It seems that there are still those targeting the newbies out there with the offer of free, instant, money making websites. One such e-mail arrived in my inbox yesterday promising me I could have one set up within 90 seconds, at zero cost – unless you count my e-mail address!
I really thought this type of hype had long since disappeared. But maybe that’s because as you learn more about the whole ‘working online’, you start moving in different circles and this sort of crap just doesn’t even register anymore.
So I figured it was worthwhile pointing out why you need to avoid this sort of marketing when you’re new and looking for the quickest way to start putting money into your pockets instead of taking it out.
It’s not Free!
- There will always be costs associated with having a website.
- You will have to pay for your domain name.
- You will have to pay for hosting.
- As you haven’t set it up, you will have no idea how to make changes and will have to pay for the privelege of having someone else make them for you.
It’s not Yours!
- You have no control over what content is placed on a site that is already set up.
- Your website will be the same as all the other ‘free’ websites that are being set up for every other newbie who was suckered into signing up.
- Any earnings from the site will be split with the real owners. And if you think their split will be smaller than yours, think again!
- You cannot optimise it for the search engines so you will have to work your butt off to actually get anyone to visit it.
Offering these instant websites is nothing more than a hook to get you to spend your money on the necessary ‘extras’. Extras that line their pockets, not yours!
Think about this. It’s obviously not that hard to create a website if they can be given away so freely. So why not just create your own in the first place? You can create free websites at Weebly or Blinkweb, without knowing anything technical like HTML, or PHP, or any of the other foreign languages that webmasters seem to speak.
Creating free websites is a breeze. And there’s a good reason for that.
Free websites aren’t worth squat compared to sites that have their own domain!
Look at the domain address of the site offering the free setup – you’ll notice it’s not hosted on a shared hosting platform. Oh no – they have their own domain yet they expect you to believe you can make a fortune without having one.
Yes, they are tempting, especially for newbies. Even more so for those who struggle with computers, let alone the intricacies of creating a website, optimising and monetising it, driving traffic to it, and then converting that traffic into customers or leads for your home business.
Keep right away from this type of hype and bullshit. Check out some worthwhile newbie training that will ultimately make you a whole lot more money in a much shorter timescale.
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