Hello, I have just finished high school, and Im in need for some pocket money to save up for a music instrument i have always wanted. I could really use some help if people would offer it, thank you. Firstly I am wanting to create a website because a friend told me he had made enough money from advertising on the internet, enough to buy a guitar, that he had always wanted, a Stratacastor (a very nice instrument). I had asked my friend how he did it, to make enough money from advertising, he said he uses google adsense. BUT he wont show me HOW to actually assemble a website where people can find the site with ease, for instance if they search for it in google, or get redirected from another site. Ive read different articles and methods on making money through advertising, but i am really confused as to how to begin. I know some basics of DreamWeaver8 but as i said before, I am really in need for someone to guide me in the right direction. I also have read different posts in this forum, one being that million dollar page thing, even that i dont understand, as to how this guy in the first place got TRAFFIC and how he got it so popular to start the spiral upwards. What im asking of everyone here is, 1. can someone help me on choosing a method which i can adopt and make enough pocket money? im not asking for $1000's, just say $50 in a month or there abouts OR even just to break even for the costs of domain/hosting. 2. after i have established a method, is it possible for anyone to help me get it spread around, meaning getting (as its called? reciprocal) linking? 3. IF and HOPEFULLY when i do get established with a method, and after a while i could repay these people who have helped me. Thanks a lot for your time in reviewing what ive written. Please if you think you can help me, feel free to contact me via msn: singjm06@hotmail.com or simply PM me. Thanks again.
Yeah.... you're going to need to do some research. Start with reading this forum. Look in the Google sub-forums, too. Look for some tutorials. Buy a book. The information is out there. I don't think that anybody is going to hold your hand through the whole process out of the kindness of their hearts.
The first step is in choosing a topic for your site. Why not make it about music, since that's the reason you're doing it? As someone said, you can start with a blog. Since you want to jump in with Adsense, and have no other site, I'd suggest setting up a free blog through www.Blogger.com. They're owned by Google, and you can apply directly through there to get accepted with Adsense (and they seem to accept people more easily coming from Blogger for whatever reason - unless that's changed). Just set up the blog, choose a different theme (some examples are at http://blogger-templates.blogspot.com/ and http://www.isnaini.com/blogger-templates/rainbow/), and make a few posts. You can post mini CD reviews, interview local bands, write about playing whatever instrument it is that you'd like, write about anything.... Once you have some posts up, then apply for adsense, and start listing your blog in blog directories. That should give you a start. Jenn
Start with making a great website. Only when you have actual visitors will the money start amounting to anything.
Make a website on a subject you are actually interested in. There are many companies offering cheap webhosting
Thanks a lot guys, some more info would help, but ill start making a blog to start of with. I was think of creating one from scratch with DreamWeaver 8 which i have on my pc, trial only though