4 Steps to your first profitable website

A question I often receive from people that want to startmaking money online is "Where do I begin?" A great way to get your first website up and running quickly is to use a web script. Scripts allow you to make a great looking site in almost no time at all, and as long as you put the effort in, it really isn't that hard to start making some money.

Step 1: The first step is to decide on a script. There are all sorts of PHP scripts available, ranging from joke sites, to ebook stores, to membership sites, and more. Basically- if you can think of it- there is probably a script to do it. Research different scripts, and work out what is right for you. Your decision should be based on what your hobbies are, what your skill level is, whether you want to sell something, make money from advertising, how much time you can devote, and what your budget is.

Step 2: Once you have bought and downloaded your webscript, you should read everything you can about it. Look for readme files, help files, and FAQ (frequently asked questions). This is important, because 5 minutes reading now, may save you hours of trouble while your trying to install later! Once you've read the documentation, install the script onto your web server. This will usually in volvecreating a database, importing data into the database, altering a config file, and then uploading the files to the server. Don't worry... this sounds harder than it actually is! If you run into trouble contact the developer- most will be happy to help, and some may even install the script
for you.

Step 3: Now you have to work on modifying your site a little. This is because there will probably be a lot of other customers with the same script as yours. If you don't modify your site, your content will be the same as many other people... which google doesn't like. This may lead to you having less (or even no) traffic from google. Try and find the template file for the script, and modify it in whatever way you want. You should change titles ,headers, keywords, and if your HTML skills are up for it-even the layout. You should also modify the content wherever you can (A lot of web scripts have an admin panel that allow you to do this), and also add your own fresh content. Change as much as you can- it might take a bit oftime, but you'll be better off in the long run.

Step 4: Now it's time to start getting some traffic to yoursite. There are literally thousands of ways to do this. At the very minimum, submit your website to some search engines, write some articles and submit them to article directories, and submit your site to web directories. You should research other ways of gettingtraffic- this is the lifeblood of every internet business. The most important thing is to track what works. Install an analytics program (I highly recommend google analytics), and see what works and what doesn't. When you find something that works- keep doing it. As long as you stick with it, you should eventually succeed. And you can't beat the feeling you get the very first time you make money while your sleeping! Good luck! For a wide variety of great web scripts (including scripts to make baby name sites, car sites, recipe sites, jokesites, ebook stores, membership sites, and more), checkout Dan Fletcher's website:http://www.buymyscripts.net