In the past I’ve had people ask me… “what’s simplest and easiest way for creating a website?”.
If you’d asked me this 1 year ago I probably would have said download an HTML editor like Dreamweaver or NVU and learn how to use it.
That was until recently… you see I discovered this amazing online system for creating great looking, highly functional, highly interactive websites in an incredibly user friendly and intuitive way that requires few technical skills. (Did I say it’s also free?)
If you’ve been reading any of my other blogs or articles you might have heard me mention it, but just in case you haven’t here’s the link you need to check out right away!
Don’t ask me what weebly means, it sounds just as strange to my ears too! But don’t let this put you off, it’s an outstanding example of web 2.0 programming.
Heres a quick 7 step guide to setting up a website using this “foolproof ” system to get you started ASAP…
Step 1: Go to www.Weebly.com
Step 2: Create a free account
Step 2: Give your website a Title (Make sure your title includes your main keyword phrase). Recently I created a short video that shows you a powerful method of keyword generation using the Google AdWords tool. You can watch it here.
Step 3: Add the elements your home page is going to need, I would select “Paragraph with title” and start from there.
Don’t worry too much about how it looks right now, you can easily edit things later on, including the design of the website.
Step 4: Once you’ve added the elements you think you’re going to need to get started you can begin editing them…
Step 5: Remember it does not have to be perfect! just get started.
One other thing you can do is add your own custom HTML code which is perfect for adding your autoresponder form code.
As I’ve suggested before you should include your optin form on every page of your website. Building a list of subscribers is critical to your online success!
Step 6: Once you have the basic structure of your page in place you can change the design of your website.
Step 7: Now you have your first page more or less set up you can start thinking about what other pages you’re going to have on your website. Take out a piece of paper and plan out the content of your site.
So there you have it, 7 steps to foolproof website design.
Once you start exploring Weebly some more you’ll soon discover many other useful tools and features including having a blog that you can have run along side your main website. What I like about this idea is you can have a blog design that matches your main website design, not forgetting that search engines also love blogs!
Let me know how you get on won’t you? I’d love to see what you create using this awesome online website design tool.
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Brian, does this work for wordpress blogs?
Very interesting company, this Weebly. Alexa rank of 2857 and I have never heard of them. I really like the fere hosting offer too, I have some sites that people want to run, but they don’t want to pay the hosting.
I just posted a link to this article in this weeks Blog Carnival. Thanks for submitting.
Hi Brian.
Hey thanks for all your tips. I have created a folder to put all your reports into as I find them very rewarding and very informative.
You have helped me in finding tools and how too’s on what and not what to do.
So thank you for all your time and effort.
Warmly,
Gary Neame
Hey Gary, thanks for your message… no problem at all! If you have any questions just let me know and I’ll do my best to help you.
I spent $200 on a software program so I could create multiple sites myself. I’ll have to return it and use this one. lol
Thank you for this resource as well Brian. I am finding a lot of great information on your site that will save me a lot of time and money.
Keep on Writing!
Hi Brian,
I am overwhelmed by all the information I am able to obtain from your blogs. You provide some of the best information pertaining to building an online business in every area from articles, blogs, social networking, to building websites, HTML SEO, and all technical needs. I can find just about any subject that one starting an online business may need some assistance with and it is usually explained in a way that anyone would understand. Brian you are a kind and generous person. Thanks for all that you do to help me and others.
John