How Can I Create A Free Website To Brand Myself Online?
Just Follow These 4 Simple Steps And You’ll Be Up & Running In Minutes!
When I first learned that Personal Branding is essential to succeeding in business in a world where pretty much everything now happens online, the first question I asked myself was ‘How can I create a free website’?
I was a little panicked to say the least because I assumed I’d need to know all about programming and coding and all the other techie geeky stuff because I could not afford to pay a Webmaster to do it all for me.
Maybe you’re worried about the same thing? Don’t be! It’s a lot easier and far less scary than it used to be!
My name’s Richard Brennan and in this post I will show you 4 simple steps to how you can be up and running with a stunning FREE WordPress website in next to no time, even if you have absolutely zero experience or technical knowledge.
Yes that’s right! Building a website has never been easier than it is now.
Gone are the days when you needed knowledge of HTML programming and had to manually code everything – a slow, painful process that would take days or cost a small fortune if you to hire an expert to do it for you.
All the old technological barriers have been completely broken down with the coming on Content Management Systems such as WordPress, the most widely used CMS in the World.
This website is the first one I’ve ever built. Previously my IT skills amounted to little more than creating documents and attaching them into e-mails!
And yet I had this website up and running in no time. In fact, the hardest part was thinking what to write in my articles!
5 ‘Must Have’ Features Of A Website
You have a website, which is effectively your ‘online presence’ and then you have Hosting, which is the place where your website is stored and from where your viewers access it. I believe that there are 5 things that make a key critical difference between a quality website and one that is lacking:
- Appearance – First impressions count!
- Speed and time to load – people will want the information quickly.
- Navigation – well laid out and easy for your Visitors to find what they’re looking for quickly.
- Content Management System (CMS) – essential for ease of build and for maintenance.
- Quality Content – engage your Vistiors’ interest.
If you can achieve these 5 things, your website will become very profitable and this will be far quicker if you are using a ‘turnkey’ system such as WordPress which simplifies the whole process and can take less than a minute to build your website.
Wealthy Affiliate will provide you with a custom built FREE WordPress website with extras!
- Our own exclusive SiteRubix FREE domains.
- FREE hosting.
- FREE 24/7 technical support.
- Simple to follow ‘step-by-step video tutorials to guide you through the whole process.
- Immediate support from within our caring 1 million plus global Community.
You Will Never Have To Pay A Webmaster A Single Penny!
Once you have built your websites, you will be ready to learn how to drive traffic towards them so that they will earn you money over and over again while you sleep!
What is the Wealthy Affiliate SiteRubix Platform?
In a nutshell, SiteRubix is Wealthy Affiliate’s own technology platform which offers connectivity between may business environments such as WordPress, hosting, site security, site analysis, plug-in management, keywords, content creation, over a million royalty free optimized images and the underlying technologies.
Let’s Compare This To The Cost Of Going It Alone
I’ve shown you the costs below in US Dollars, as this is the currency used by Wealthy Affiliate and most glob Web Service Providers, so please convert into your own currency if you need to.
- Domain Name $10-20.
- Hosting – can be in excess of $100.
- Webmaster Fees to build your site $250-1000+
- Annual maintenance fees $500+ per year.
Let’s Get You Started Building Your First Free Website!
The first thing you need to do is create your FREE ACCOUNT
- Simply enter your chosen webstie into the .siterubix.com box.
- Click the “Build My Free Website” button.
- Enter your name, e-mail address and basic information.
- Click “Creat Account And Continue”
In the box below, where it says ‘Enter a name for your Free website’ simply type in a name of your choice and click the blue ‘Build it Now’ button.
Then follow these 4 simple steps
- STEP 1: Select “Websites”in your Side Menu.
- STEP 2: Select “Site Builder”.
- STEP 3: Choose one of over 3000 FREE WordPress themes to create the look you want for your website – I recommend GENERATEPRESS for it’s functionality and simplicity, especially for beginners.
- STEP 4: When you have chosen a look for your website, click “I’m Ready, Build My Website Now!”
This automatically does all the technical stuff behind the scenes, such as setting up security, monitoring, databases, etc, on the Hosting Platform, so that you don’t have to like in the ‘bad old days’.
So, now you have your first free website up and running and are ready to follow the step-by-step, intuitive training videos that will show you how to turn your website into a 24/7 ATM!
As a Free Starter Member of Wealthy Affiliate, you can build 1 website either on a domain that you own or on a free SiteRubix Domain and as a Premium Member, you can build 10 websites, either own or SiteRubix.
Wealthy Affiliate has it’s own Domain search and registration tool and you can easily move domains from other providers onto Weatlhy Affiliate’s servers in super quick time.
Thank you for taking time out to read this post. I hope you’ve found it helpful. To read my full review of Wealthy Affiliate and find out how you can get started FOR FREE, simply click HERE.
Please feel free to ask me any questions or leave a comment in the box below. I’m always happy to help and will do my best to reply to you within 24 hours.
Your friend and Mentor
Richard