How to create a website for less than a 100$

For most people this phrase would sound either crazy or provoke images of a site that looks like the ones in the late 90s. I would like to prove you wrong. If you believe I will admit that websitefixes.com costs less than 100$ - no kiddin. How is this possible? Here's the action Plan

1. Choose your domain name and hosting. 

Your domain name / url / is your first important part and expense / 12$ per year /. I would suggest to go with a combination of your brand and your primary keyword search.

Buying your hosting is your next step and actually 90% of the expense you will have to incur. You can go even cheaper however you will not control your website design and content in full which I do not recommend.

What is an affordable and reliable place to acquire hosting and a domain? - HostGator will get you up and running in no time with their affordable hosting plans. Click here for more information.

For list of other reliable hosting providers you can click here.

2. The CMS

This is the engine almost all new websites run on. Wordpress is what I currently explore and my respect towards this cms grows daily. My website website is built on Joomla - also free and very well known CMS. I do intend to write a detailed post of "wordpress" vs "joomla" in the near future. For the purpose of this project wordpress wins because it is easier to work with out of the box and has better SEO performance for beginners.

Installing Wordpress is easy with this guide  or some videos from youtube. If this is over your head you can ask the hosting provider to do that for your or send me an email and I will help you ( limited offer :) )

3. Skin your site - Wordpress has thousands of free templates to choose from and the coolest feature is that you can search for them within the admin panel once you are logged in / Dashboard -> Appearance -> Add New. You can also look on search engine for free wordpress templates. There is a lot of choice.

4. Plug in It:) - Wordpress has a myriad of plugins for everything. This phase does take some time and again if you need a specific function that you can't install right off the bat just use the quick contact form on the right to call for help!

5. Content is king - Before you start putting on content you can download for free this great addon for Mozilla Firefox that will help you discover what search terms are people using and as you incorporate them in your content, url, pictures and internal links you do the best on-page optimization for maximum results.

6. Links are the queen -  No king is quite successful without a great queen behind him. It is a catch 22 as good content will get you links but with no links nobody will see your good content. The solution is - Start Promoting. Start submitting your site to different directories, engage your community with the advice you have to offer, contribute to article sites and of course use the power of Social Media. 

But how all this ties together? 

I am working on a Linking Master Plan that will be available for download this month that will get you a steady stream of links.

If you can't wait check this great set of FREE videos by Perry Belcher . In exchange for your email you will get ton of good quality tips. I know because I read tons of stuff everyday and most of it is junk.

So who said you can't get good stuff for cheap. On the Internet it may as well be the case that the best stuff is FREE.