How.to.make.a.website.for.beginners

How to Make a
Website for
Beginners
Learn How to Make Your
Own Website from Scratch
with WordPress!

By

Jackson Smith
Copyright 2017 Jackson Smith
Kindle Edition

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Table of Contents
Introduction
Planning Your Website
Determine the Theme of Your Website
Content
Deciding on a Name for Your Website
Getting Inspired from Other Websites
Buying Domains and Hosting Them
Properly
Step One: Choose the Perfect Domain
Name
Step Two: Choose A Domain Name

Provider
Step Three: Choose Your Domain
Name
Step Four: Register Your Domain with
The Domain Provider You Have
Chosen
Step Five: Choose A Hosting Service
Step Six: Setting Up Name Servers for
Your Website
Installing WordPress
1. Clear the Cache on Your Web
Browser
2. Wait It Out
Configuring Your WordPress Setting and

an Introduction to Search Engine
Optimization
Website Themes and Installing
WordPress Plugins
Choosing Your Personal WordPress
Theme
Adding Plugins to Your Website
Installing Google Analytics on Your Site
and Setting Up an Automated Newsletter
Installing Google Analytics
Setting Up Your Own Automated
Newsletter
The Ten Most Common Ways to
Monetize Your Website

1. Affiliate Marketing
2. PayPerClick Advertising
3. Sell Ad Space on Your Website
4. Sell Your Own Digital Products
5. Accepting Donations from Your
Website Visitors
6. Accept Sponsored Articles and Posts
7. Generate “Leads” For Other
Companies
8. Build Up an Email List
9. Setting Up Your Own eCommerce
Website
10. Flipping Websites
Top Five Ways to Gain Traffic to Your

Website
Create Great Content
Create a Podcast
Video Marketing
Document Sharing
What to Do
Where to Submit Documents
Utilize Infographics
Conclusion
Author's Afterthoughts

The ability to make your own website is
one of the most important fundamental
skills that is needed in today’s high tech
modern world. As time passes, this skill
becomes even more important as today’s
technology grows. These days it seems
that every person and every company has
a website!
Luckily, in today’s age few skills are
needed to build your own website fr0m
scratch. Back in the 1990’s, in order to
build a website, it was necessary to not
only build it manually, but to also learn
coding as well in order to get your
website to do what you want it to do.
Learning how to program websites can
be very frustrating and can take years to

learn.
In today’s world, we live in the era of
WordPress making it unnecessary to
know how to build a website manually.
It is no longer necessary to spend years
learning coding or programming.
WordPress is a website building system
that is extremely easy to use and can
even enable the user to build sites using
his own domain name.
Over 15% of all websites currently
online today are made with WordPress.
With your own WordPress website, you
can easily build any type of website
based upon what you want it to do and
how you want it to look. This type of
website doesn’t require much work and

it can be built in just a matter of minutes.
This book will show you how to build
your own website based upon your
needs and without countless hours of
coding required. You will learn how to
build your own WordPress website from
scratch in an easy to follow, step-by-step
fashion, and even learn of different ways
to monetize your website.
So, let’s get started!

Before you can even begin thinking of
building your website, you need to plan
what you want it to look like.
Understand that building your own
website is going to be a journey within
itself and the more it is planned and laid
out, the better it will come out once it is
finished. Building your own website is
going to take some preparation on your
part and in this section, you will learn
how to plan out your site so you don’t
waste precious time in the process.

Determine the Theme of
Your Website Content
The first question that you should ask
yourself before jumping in to build your
website is what kind of content do you
plan to publish on your site? Are you
going to create a blog? Are you creating
a company website for your business?
Are you going to write about the things
that interest you the most?
Once you have a basic concept in your
mind, grab a pen and a piece of paper.
Sit down and write out what your
content is going to be about. I highly
recommend coming up with content
ideas that you are passionate about and

that you have the most knowledge in.
Once you have written down your ideas,
go back over them and choose the topic
on which you can write the most
information. This is the core content that
you will want to utilize when it comes
to building your website.

Deciding on a Name for
Your Website
Now that you have started to get
your creative juices flowing, the next
thing to do is decide on a name for your
website. The best way to do this is to
use a pen and paper and write down as
many names that interest you as possible.
However, when creating these names,
make sure to come up with names that
are easy to remember, short, and of
course, unique.
I highly recommend staying away from
website names that aren’t generic and
that aren’t obvious.
Some great website names include:

Epinions
Teva
Petfoodio
DamnDelicious

Getting Inspired from
Other Websites
There are a number of different online
websites and blogs that can be looked at
online to get inspiration to build your
own website. You may already know of
your favorite websites off of the top of
your head.
When looking at these other blogs and
website, make sure to carefully
examine the design of the website and
especially how the content is structured.
Take note of what is most appealing
about these sites. Keep this in mind
when building your own site so you can
have a website that you are proud of and

that your own visitors will like as
well.

Buying Domains and
Hosting Them
Properly

Before you can even begin to think about
building your website, the first thing that
you are going to have to worry about is
purchasing a domain name and hosting
the domain name. In this section I will
walk you through this process step-by-
step so we can start the building blocks
of website development.

Step One: Choose the
Perfect Domain Name
The first thing that you are going to have
to do is choose a provider and purchase
your domain name from them. This is
going to help to establish your presence
online and also give the basic
framework of your future site. Every
website ever built has started here and
yours will be no different.
Now, what you will first have to do is
decide on an actual name for your
domain. This name is going to reflect
your niche for your site and be used for
future branding purposes. This is going
to be your unique address where

potential customers will be able to find
you and your products.
While you are thinking of these special
domain names, make sure that you write
each idea that you have down.
There are many reasons you will want
to purchase your own unique domain
name. Some of these reasons include:
1. The ability to keep this domain name
regardless of any changes in the
company you host your domain with.
Since visitors can visit your site
using the direct URL, they will never
know the difference if you change
hosting companies.
2. Having your own domain name will
give your business credibility.

Without your own domain name, it is
harder for visitors to take your
business seriously or for them to
even see it as a professional
business. This can, in the end, help to
attract important people to your
website such as sponsors and
business contacts.
3. Having your own domain name that
matches your business is similar to
having your own phone number: it
makes it easier to remember. The
easier it is to find your site online,
the more traffic you will
have directed to it.

Step Two: Choose A
Domain Name Provider
Once you have thought of different
domain names that you wish to have, the
next step that you need to take is to
choose a domain name provider. These
are the companies that you will purchase
your domain from and even host your
domain with if you so choose. There are
many different kinds of domain name
providers out there but the best ones I
recommend include:
NameCheap
GoDaddy
SquareSpace
Wix

Each of these domain name providers
make it easy to purchase your very own
domain for just a few dollars a year.
Typically, your own domain will range
in price but most domains are offered for
less than $10 a year if that particular
name is available.

Step Three: Choose
Your Domain Name
While you may have already chosen a
name that you wish for your domain
name, you must see if it is even
available. Most domains, if they are
being named via a long tail keyword
tend to be more readily available.
Once you have decided on a domain
name, the next step is to figure out is
whether to purchase a .COM, .NET or
.ORG address.
What is the difference between these
names?
There are several difference between
these names and it is important for you to

know the difference before purchasing
your own domain. The main difference
between these names are listed below.
.Com
A .com domain is one that can be
purchased by any person and any
company. It is considered to be one of
the most popular domains that can be
purchased, and thus there is some
competition when it comes to popular
names. These types of names hold
appeal worldwide and even locally as
they can last 1 to 10 years on average
and are the types of domains that many
people often turn to when searching for
something online.
.Net

A .net domain is another domain that can
be purchased by any person and any
company that wishes to own one. A .net
domain is often purchased when a
person wishes to conduct networking
through it, but in truth, it can be used for
any purpose. It is a domain name that is
appealing to both small business owners
and corporations. However, it does have
its limitations such as the fact that spaces
and special characters cannot be used
when coming up with the domain name.
.Org
While this type of domain name can be
purchased by any person who wish to
buy it, it is more likely to be purchased
by large organizations, though it is open

for purchase by anybody. Specifically,
most non-profit organizations tend to
purchase these domains. Moreover, this
type of domain can be registered
privately, giving it more of an appeal to
those who want to keep the details of
their domain anonymous.

Step Four: Register Your
Domain with The
Domain Provider You
Have Chosen
Once you have chosen the particular
domain you want and have checked to
see if that name is available, the next
step is to register your domain with the
domain provider you have chosen. This
is easy enough to do as all you have to
do is pay the allotted fee for the domain.
Most domain name providers charge no
more than $11 a year for the domain.

Step Five: Choose A
Hosting Service
The next thing that you are going to
want to do is choose a hosting
service to host your domain on. Now,
this is going to be an important step
for you to take as it will have an
effect on what you are going to be
able to do with your website.
To choose the right hosting service, it
is ultimately going to depend on
what you are looking to do with your
website. There are a few things that
you are going to have to consider
when it comes to choosing the right
hosting service.

Choose whether your website will
host advertisements or if you are
looking to offer an ad-free
experience to your users.
What kind of uploading space you
want to have on your site. This is
extremely important especially if you
are going to build a website to hold a
lot of videos or photos as this will
determine the price of your hosting.
How reliable your hosting is for your
website needs. The one thing that you
should always look for when it
comes to hosting is reliability in
running your site. Make sure the
hosting company offers a way to
recover lost data and never has any

gaps in availability.
Look at speed of access. Make sure
that your website speed isn’t too
slow as you can possibly deter
people from visiting your website at
all. You want to make sure that you
go with a hosting company that offers
a few speed packages to boost the
speed of your website.
The allotted bandwidth that is
provided. Keep in mind that most
hosting companies often have a limit
on the amount of traffic that you can
receive to your website on any given
day. So, if your own website exceeds
those limits, your site will go down
temporarily. While you obviously

may not want this to happen, you can
choose hosting companies that off
more bandwidth limits.
Choose a hosting company that is
compatible with WordPress. This is
essential since that is the kind of site
you are going to learn how to build in
this book. You want to make sure that
you choose a hosting company that
not only offers the option to build
your website via WordPress, but
also offers support for it as well.
The last thing to consider about a
hosting company is obviously price.
There are many hosting companies
out there that will have different
price packages available to go along

with your website needs. Each price
package is going to have its own
limitations on available bandwidth,
total space, and file size. So
ultimately you will need to determine
your own website needs before
determining what you are willing to
pay to host your website.

Step Six: Setting Up
Name Servers for Your
Website
Once you have purchased your domain
name and have purchased the hosting, the
next important step is to set the name
servers. The reason you want to do is
this is so that your domain name will
appear exactly as the name of your
website with your hosting company and
this is something that will have to be set
up manually.
Every domain host will have different
protocols when it comes to this and the
best solution will be to ask your web

host directly. However, these are the
basic steps.
1. Go to your account.
2. Click on manage domains.
3. Click on the name of the domain that
you have recently purchased.
4. Transfer the DNS setting to the Web
Host.
5. Choose custom DNS settings if that is
an option for you.
6. Type in the URL of the location 0f
your web host. Click save and you
are set.
The moment this is done your traffic will
go directly to your website the when
people type the domain name into the

address bar in their search engine.
With your domain name purchased and
the hosting set up, there isn’t much left
for you to do but begin building your
own website!

So, before we actually begin to install
WordPress, we need to understand what
WordPress even is. WordPress is an
online open source website building tool
that is probably considered to be the
easiest and perhaps most powerful
content management system for blogs
and websites that exists today.
The next step in the website building
process is to install WordPress on your
domain. You need to understand that
when I say install WordPress, it does not
mean that you need to install it on your
PC as many website hosting companies
will invite you to do. The good news is
that once you install WordPress on your

domain, you never have to worry about
doing it again.
There are multiple ways that you can
download WordPress onto your domain,
but perhaps the easiest and most
effective way is to do so from the
dashboard of your web host. There
should be an area that you can click to
manage your domains. In this area, you
should be able to access settings such as
upgrading your hosting package, opening
up support tickets, and adding add-ons to
your domain. This is the area that you
are going to run your business from so
make sure that you familiarize yourself
with it as much as possible.
The area that you will want to access is

your cPanel. Once there, scroll down
until you find a button that reads,
“WordPress” and under that you will
need to click the Install option. Once you
are at the install window you will need
to configure a few options as follows:
Choose the Protocol: on this option
make sure that you select the http://
option
Choose the Domain: pick the
domain name that you want to install
WordPress.
Site Name: pick the name of your
future website. Don’t worry, you can
always change this later on.
Site Description: this is going to be
the tagline of your site. For this

section I highly recommend using one
keyword to target.
Admin Username: Pick a username
that visitors to your site will get to
know you by. Don’t just choose
admin.
Admin Password: this is going to be
the password that you use to access
your website. Make sure to pick a
password that will be hard for others
to figure out.
Admin Email: pick an email address
that can receive alerts for your
website. Any email will suffice.
Auto Upgrade: check this option so
you don’t have to manually install
WordPress updates on your website.

Finally press Install and now your
website will have access to WordPress.
To double check that you have done it
correctly, type your domain into your
web browser. What you should see upon
typing in your domain is a plain website
without any information listed upon it
except for a post title that reads, “Hello
World.”
If by chance you aren’t seeing this
default installation, there are a few
things you can try before you have to
reach out to support.

1. Clear the Cache on
Your Web Browser
There are many different ways that you
can do this but of course it will
ultimately depend on what web browser
you are using. If you are unsure of how
to do this for your particular web
browser, I highly suggest looking up
instructions on Google and following
them precisely. This is something that
will only take you a few minutes to do.
Once your cache is clear I highly
recommend that you reload your
browser to see if the default WordPress

2. Wait It Out
Sometimes it just takes some time for the
default browser to appear when you
look up your domain. It can take up to 24
hours to appear, but it can take even
longer than that. I suggest waiting at least
a day if you need to for your WordPress
installation to appear.
If none of these solutions have worked
for you, then I suggest contacting your
hosting support or even going as far as
contacting WordPress support if need
be.

Configuring Your
WordPress Setting
and an Introduction to
Search Engine
Optimization

Once you have installed WordPress onto
your website and have successful logged
in to the admin dashboard, the next thing

that you will want to do is configure a
few settings within your dashboard and
begin to get your feet wet in the world of
Search Engine Optimization. Be jumping
into the setting section of your
dashboard, make sure that you are
working with the latest version of
WordPress that is currently available.
Not only will using the most updated
version of WordPress help to keep your
website secure, but it will also ensure
that your site is running as smoothly as
possible.
Now, it is time to update some of the
settings. To do this, go to the left-hand
sidebar of your dashboard and look for
the “Settings” option. From there you

will want to click on the subsection that
you wish to modify. In this section, you
will find the most important setting so
make sure that you familiarize yourself
with this section.
Here is a list of different settings
subcategories that you are going to want
to update as soon as possible.
1. General Settings
In this section, you will be able to
modify a few crucial components of your
website such as the website title, the
tagline (if using) and the email that you
want website notifications sent to. This
section should be filled in when you
initially install WordPress, but you can

update it as you see fit.
2. Reading Settings
This is the section that you will have to
decide what to display on the homepage
of your site. Here you can choose
between showing blog posts or a static
homepage. You can even choose to have
your latest blog posts show up.
3. Discussion Settings
In this section, you will be able to
configure the options for people to
comment on your blog posts. If you are
running a blog that will encourage a
discussion by your visitors, you can
allow people to comment on your posts,

and you will be able to configure
whether or not you want these comments
to appear on your website right away or
whether you want the option of
approving them before they appear.
If you have a business website set up
and don’t want users to leave any
comments, you can turn this option off as
well. If the option is set to “off”, then
visitors to your site won’t have the
option to leave a comment on any of
your posts.
4. Permalinks Settings
If you are not sure what a permalink is, it
is simple the URL that is designated to a
blog post or blog page. So, in other

words, when configuring these settings,
you want to decide what the URL of
each blog post or page is going to be?
This is an important setting to configure
for SEO or Search Engine Optimization
Purposes.

Website Themes and
Installing WordPress
Plugins

The next step in building your
WordPress website is setting up your
own custom website theme and installing
a few essential plugins that are needed
for your website to run smoothly.

WordPress itself makes it incredibly
easy to switch up the look of your site by
utilizing themes that are incredibly easy
to install.

Choosing Your Personal
WordPress Theme
When it comes to themes, there are
literally thousands of free themes that
are available for download online and
best of all many of these themes can be
accessed directly from your WordPress
dashboard. To add a new theme to your
website, just go to the left-hand sidebar
and scroll down until you see the option
“Appearance.” Once there hold your
mouse over the option and click on the
option “Themes.”
Once you are in the Themes section, go
to the top section of the page and click
“Install Themes.” Once there head to the

search section and here you will find the
various free themes that you can use to
personalize your website. You can even
customize your search by checking the
various options available to find
specific colors and features that are
offered with different themes.
If you have found a particular theme that
you like, click on the Theme preview
itself. Once there, click the “Install”
option and it will automatically install
for you. Once your new theme has been
updated, refresh your web browser
before heading to the main page of your
site. There you should be able to see the
new theme. If you are satisfied with it,
go back to your dashboard and begin

customizing it to your liking.

Adding Plugins to Your
Website
Once you have a theme set up, the next
thing to do is begin to add plugins to

your website. Plugins are one feature
exclusive to WordPress and that help to
give you the ability to do pretty much
whatever you want with your site,
without having to write any coding or
hire a professional programmer to do it
for you.
Plugins are pieces of software that are
developed to be installed on your
website to accomplish a certain task.
Think of plugins as a sort of app to
enable your website to do various things
such as coming up with a price
comparison chart, setting up a contact
form, setting up a review post,
subscribing to your social media
profiles, adding in a forum, setting up an

e-commerce store etc.
To install a plugin on your website, you
will need to head to the left-hand section
of your WordPress dashboard. Once
there, scroll down to the “Plugins”
option. Click on it and once you are on
the plugins screen you should see a list
of plugins that are currently installed on
your website. To add new plugins head
to the top of your plugins page and click,
“Add New” option. In the search
section, search for the specific features
that you are looking for in a plugin. Once
you have found a plugin that meets the
needs of your website, just click on the
install option and it will install
automatically onto your site. As soon

as the plugin is installed, click the
Activate option for it to begin running.
However, once your plugin is installed,
your work is still not completed. From
here you will need to configure your
plugin via the plugin options menu so
that it will do exactly what you want it to
do. To do this just head back to the
Plugins section listed on the left-hand
side of your WordPress dashboard and
find the plugin you have recently
installed. Click on the “Settings” option
and configure it as you wish.
There are a few plugins that I highly
recommend you install on your website
the moment you install WordPress.
These plugins will not only help to

ensure that your website runs smoothly,
but also give it a professional feel to
those who visit your website.
1. CometCache
This is the perfect plugin to download if
you want to increase your website speed
naturally. It is incredibly easy and
simple to use and just as effective. It is
so easy that you can download it in just
under 2 minutes. Since website visitors
expect your website to load as quickly
as possible, this is the perfect plugin to
use to do just that.
2. Simple Author Box
This plugin attaches a responsive author

box at the bottom of your pages and
posts. This author box also allows you
to attach social media icons to your
posts which allows your visitors to
share your posts to their friends with
ease.
3. SI Captcha Anti-Spam
This plugin allows you to add a secure
image CAPTCHA which can help
prevent spam from appearing in the
comments section from humans and bots
alike. It can also be used for websites
that contain lost password options,
registration, WooCommerce websites
and login forms.

4. Contact Form 7
If you wish for your website visitors to
have the option to contact you directly,
then this is the perfect plugin for you to
download. This form allows visitors to
fill in their information allowing you to
personally contact them. Not only does
this help to give your website a more
professional look, but it also gives the
ability to keep your personal email
anonymous.
5. All-In-One SEO Pack
This is the perfect plugin if you plan on
using SEO practices to rank your
website. It allows you to fully configure
your website titles and gives you full

control of on page search engine
optimization on all of your posts and
pages.
6. Google XML Sitemaps
What many website owners just starting
out don’t realize is that in order for your
website to be ranked within the search
engines, you need to generate a sitemap
for it. This can be complicated if you do
not know how to do it from scratch, but
with the help of this plugin, you can have
a sitemap generated for your site
automatically. This plugin will help
search engines find your website and
update them within the search engine as
soon as you update it.

7. Exclude Pages from Navigation
This plugin gives you the option to
exclude pages from your main menu bar
on the current page you are editing. Upon
installation, this plugin will include a
checkbox that you can check off or on
within the page or the post you are
editing.
8. Tweet, Like, Google +1 and Share
If you wish to include social media
share links within your posts and pages,
then this is the perfect plugin to install
on your site. This will add not only
simple social media icons to your posts
and page, but it will also include

attractive and professional designs to
make your posts more shareable.
Every one of these plugins included in
this list are free for download. You can
do everything you need to do with these
simple plugins. Additionally, they all
have premium downloads available if
necessary.

Installing Google
Analytics on Your
Site and Setting Up
an Automated
Newsletter

In this section, I will explain a few
advanced things that you will want to do
with your site to get it up and ready for
business when it launches. In this

section, I will explain the importance of
setting up tracking and an email list to
those who visit your website.

Installing Google
Analytics
Installing Google Analytics onto your
site is incredibly important for any
person who wants to build a website. It
allows you to see firsthand important
data regarding your visitors. You will be
able to know where your visitors came
from, what pages are the most popular
upon your website, what keywords your
visitors typed in the search engine to
find your website, and what referral
websites your website is currently
linked to.
While there are plenty of tracking
programs out there that you can use for

your website, there is none that are as
good and as powerful as Google
Analytics. It is one tool that you NEED
in your website building arsenal.
To set up Google analytics on your
website, just follow these easy steps.
1. Go to www.google.com/analytics
and sign up for your free account
using your GMAIL.
2. Once you have set up your free
account, set up a property, which is
going to be your website.
3. Once you have set up a website,
retrieve your Google Analytics
tracking code. To do this click on
your website and go to the Admin
section. From there head on over to

the Property section and click on
“tracking info.”
4. Click on “tracking code” and copy
the code given.
5. Head over to your WordPress
dashboard and on the left-hand
corner, scroll down to the
appearance option. Allow your
mouse to hover over it and scroll
down to the editor section.
6. On the editor screen go to the right-
hand side until you find the
“header.php section.” Click on it and
look for the code <head> section of
the page.
7. Paste your tracking code directly
underneath this section and click

“update file.”
8. Reload your website and go to the
main page.
9. Go back to your Google Analytics
and look at the Real-Time data. Your
computer should now show up as a
visitor on your website.
You should now be able to track every
visitor that comes to your website.

Setting Up Your Own
Automated Newsletter
No website can truly be complete until

you set up your own personal newsletter
for subscribers. Every viable business in
the world needs to have an email list in
order to be successful and yours will be
no different. This is going to be the main
way that you will be able to make money
with your site and is the one thing that
will set you apart from your competition.
There are many advantages to setting up
your own email marketing list such as:
Your mailing list can be used even if
something happens to your website.
It is a much more personal way for
you to communicate with the visitors
on your website.
It can help you build trust with your
website visitors.

It is the easiest way to promote
affiliate products or your own
products for sale in order to make
money.
In order to set up your own email
marketing list, find a company that offers
that service. The best programs that I
recommend include Mail Chimp or
Aweber. Once you have your own
account set up with either of these
companies (each offers a free trial
before paying monthly for the service),
you can begin crafting professional
looking newsletters to your subscribers.
Here are a few tips to making the most
out of your email newsletters:
1. Set up your email list as soon as you

set up your website. The sooner your
email list is set up, the sooner you
can begin collecting email addresses.
2. Offer a freebie for your audience as
soon as they sign up. I highly
recommend offering something that
won’t take you too much time to put
together such as an eBook or a free
training series.
3. Always ask your subscribers to
“white list” your email address so it
isn’t blocked by spam filters within
their email service.
4. Make sure that the sign-up form for
your newsletter is easily seen on
your website. You want to make sure
that visitors signing up to your list a

top priority.
5. Make sure that you update your
subscribers on new content on your
site every week by sending out
broadcasts. This will help your
visitors to stay up-to-date with all of
your content.
6. While it is true that your email
campaign is a platform for you to
utilize in order to sell and promote
various products in order to make
money, you don’t want to promote
products in every newsletter that you
send out. Sell to your visitors
sparingly and instead focus on
delivering high quality and useful
content to them instead.

The Ten Most
Common Ways to
Monetize Your
Website

Once your website is built and ready to
go, it is time to take the next step which

is to officially monetize it. There are
many different ways to monetize your
site and no one way is the right way.
Making money with your own website
isn’t easy, but the following are ten
different ways that will make this easier
for you.

1. Affiliate Marketing
Affiliate marketing is perhaps one of the
most popular, if not fastest way, to make
money with your own website. The best
way to utilize affiliate marketing is to
find products to promote that are within
your specific niche. Once you have
chosen these products, you can just
endorse it within the content of your
website, within your email newsletters,
and to visitors of your website. If
people like the product that much, they
will click on the affiliate link you are
promoting and purchase the product. In
turn you will gain a commission from
these sales.
You need to keep in mind that the

commission for these products will
range depending on what they are and
sales price. Most products have a
commission of 30% or can even be as
much as 90%. While it may not seem
like a lot of money at first, if you gain 20
sales in a day, that amount can add up
quickly.

2. PayPerClick
Advertising
Another great way to monetize your
website is to utilize pay-per-click
advertising. The most popular platform
for this kind of advertising is Google
Adsense. Google Adsense is a platform
run by Google that allows website
owners and publishers to utilize
Google’s massive advertising network
to run ads on your own site and earn
money in the process.
One of the many reasons Adsense is so
popular is how simple it is to use. The
moment you sign up for an account with
Adsense, you can get a special code for

each ad you want and you can easily
embed it into a post on your website.
The ads that are then displayed on your
website are relevant to your niche and
will show ads that your visitors are
going to be interested in.
The way that this type of monetization
works is that you are paid every time a
person clicks on these ads. While you
are not paid a great deal of money for
these ads, if you have plenty of traffic,
you can easily make a couple thousand
dollars every month.

3. Sell Ad Space on
Your Website
Instead of turning to Google Adsense to
monetize your site, another option is to
offer ad space directly on your website.
The only way this method of monetizing
your website is viable is if you get
plenty of traffic to your website on a
daily basis. The best part about this
method is that you can charge whatever
you want for this space, whether it is a
monthly price or a one-time price.
Typically, you will want to charge those
interested per one thousand impressions
their ad gets on their website. So, for
example, let’s say you are charging

someone $5 per 100,000 visits a month,
that cost will equate to $500 a month just
for you. If you get even more traffic than
that you can earn as much as $5,000 a
month!

4. Sell Your Own
Digital Products
It is true that for you to make the most
money with your own website, you will
need to offer products that you have
created directly. The main reason for
this is that there is no middle man
involved between you and potential
customers. That means there is no other
person taking a cut of the money that you
earn.
This is a very straightforward approach
because as soon as you sell any of your
products, you can earn money on them
immediately. However, as simple as that
may sound, it is a bit more complicated

than that.
5. Creating your own digital products
and then publishing them will require a
ton of time on your part. There are also
a number of additional “hidden costs” to
making these products such as time
involved and monetary costs in hiring
others to help you put these products
together. Other things that you need to
consider as well are how you are going
to collect payment, how are you going to
ship products out if they are physical
products and figuring out taxes as well.

5. Accepting Donations
from Your Website
Visitors
This is a great option for people who
don’t have a large number of people
visiting their website but have a strong
community of visitors that they are
engaged with. If you have this type of
community aspect with your own site,
simply ask your readers to help you keep
your site going and contribute.
What you need to keep in mind is that
this kind of monetization isn’t going to
put you on the road to great wealth. What
it can do is help you to cover some of

the short-term expenses that it takes to
maintain your website and will help to
support your website in every way such
as helping to cover costs of creating
products, covering the cost of research
and even helping to cover the cost of
hosting your website every month.

6. Accept Sponsored
Articles and Posts
Another common way to make money
with your website sometimes means
increasing the amount of people visiting
your website on a monthly basis. Once
you have built a steady stream of traffic
to your website, there are going to be
websites that will contact you to feature
your site. These sites will feature your
content on their own company website,
especially if it is relevant to their own
niche.
Not only is this a great way to promote
your website, but it is a great to build
your monthly visitors in the process.

7. Generate “Leads” For
Other Companies
Online businesses, and most businesses
for that matter, thrive financially when
they have new leads coming to their
website every day. With that in mind, it
is no secret that many of these
businesses are always on the lookout for
ways to help grow their customer base.
This is a great way for you to become
the middle-man and introduce both those
interested in a niche and a company that
is offering what the customer needs
without much work on your part.
This type of monetization works
similarly to affiliate marketing, but in

your case, you don’t have to worry about
promoting one product in order to gain a
commission. Your customers are more
interested in finding more information
that you can give them at this point.

8. Build Up an Email
List
Without an email list, most websites will
fail to make money. There is a saying
online which is, “the money is in the
list” and it is one saying that you want to
live by especially when building your
website. An email list is usually
comprised of subscribers who read your
blog posts loyally and the main goal of
this list is going to be to convert these
strangers into passionate subscribers
who want to stay up-to-date with your
latest content.
The thing that you need to understand is
that building up an email list is a long-

term strategy to making money with your
website. Even though it takes some time
to build up, it is one of the best long-
term money making methods that you can
utilize today.
When building your email list, you want
to make sure to create a relationship
with your followers by offering helpful
information that will help them in
whatever they are coming to you for.
Never spam your followers with offers
that they don’t want. Doing this will
abuse the trust you have with your
readers and sabotage your long-term
business goals.

9. Setting Up Your Own
eCommerce Website
Remember, when building your own
website, you don’t just have to make it
about content alone. A website can be
whatever you want it to be and another
great way to monetize your website is to
turn it into an eCommerce site. This
website will be built in such a way that
you can center it on selling tools and
products in your own online store.
One thing to realize about this method is
that there are literally thousands of other
eCommerce websites out there, meaning
that competition is going to be tough.
Make sure that you find your own unique

niche and come up with your own unique
marketing strategy to make it work.

10. Flipping Websites
Another great way to monetize your
website is to flip it for a much larger
profit down the line. The way this
method of monetization works is
creating a site, building it up and then
selling it for a larger profit than you first
put into it.
Don’t get me wrong. This is a great
profit opportunity, especially if you have
a website that is currently getting traffic
and making money. It makes it more
appealing and more buyers are willing
to purchase it especially if they don’t
have to do too much work in order to
make money. However, I am more for
building something that is your own and

that will help you make money in the
long run. Still, this is a great method to
utilize if you want to make a quick
return.

Top Five Ways to
Gain Traffic to Your
Website

Once you have your website, the next
thing you are going to have to worry
about is driving traffic to it. Without
traffic, you will not make a dime with
your website nor will you be able to
promote whatever it is that are trying to
promote. You could have the best
product in the world, but without traffic
it will never be seen. In this section, you
will learn my personal top ways to gain
money to your website as easily as
possible.

Create Great Content
Perhaps the best way to start driving
traffic to your own website is to create
the best content possible. However, you
cannot just create ordinary content. You
need to make sure that you create content
that is as high quality as possible.
To start creating content, first come up
with your own ideas for your own
content. There are many ways to do this
but the ways that I recommend the most
include:
1. Reddit
Reddit is a great place to come with
ideas for your own content. You can find

a variety of subreddits that are related to
your niche so you can see exactly what
is a popular topic being discussed in
your niche right now. This is also
another great way to get visitors to visit
your website.
2. Google News
One of the most important tools that you
can utilize when coming up with your
own unique content is to utilize the news
to your advantage. The best tool for you
to use is Google news and search for a
keyword that is relevant to your niche.
With the help of Google news, you will
see what topics within your niche are
being discussed most not only by the

press, but also by popular websites
within your niche as well.
3. Buzzsumo
Buzzsumo is a website where you can
see what type of content within your
niche is being shared the most on
popular social media platforms. To use
this tool just search a specific keyword
and get some ideas of the type of content
you should write.
4. Google’s Top 10 Results
While this is not a strategy that is
considered to be new, it is nonetheless
effective. To utilize this method, Google
keywords related to your niche or the

desired topic that you wish to write
about. Take a close look at the top ten
sites and what their content contains to
give you an idea of what to write for
your own content.
5. Q and A Websites
Another great way to come up with ideas
for your topic is to utilize Q and A
websites to your advantage. You can see
in real time what questions people are
asking and what kind of solutions they
want. Once you see these questions for
yourself you can then draft your own
content that will answer these questions
for them.

Create a Podcast
Not everybody has time to stop and read
a new article on your website. This is
when creating your own podcast can
come in handy. A podcast is a way to
broadcast content on the Internet. It has
been shown that 20% of all people who
go online, listen to podcasts as they
search the web.
This is a great way to take advantage of
this 20% to bring traffic to your own
website. Just turn your articles into
audio versions and upload them onto the
most popular podcast distribution
websites.
In order to make your own podcast, you

are going to need a few things:
A basic computer
A good quality microphone
An audio program such as audacity
A topic related to your niche
The ability to format your audio and
content so that it is easy for viewers
to listen to
An editing software to edit your
podcast
Your website
Subscription buttons to place on your
website

Another great way to drive traffic to
your website is to utilize the hottest
trend in marketing today which is video
marketing. It has been shown that people
tend to remember about 15-20% of what
they hear, but 30-40% of what they see
and hear. With the help of videos, you
can drive a great amount of traffic back
to your website with ease.
There are many different ways that you
can make videos today, but the most
popular methods include:
1. Actually Getting in Front of The
Camera
One way to create videos to bring traffic
to your website includes getting right in

front of the camera and explaining a few
key points from the article you wish to
talk about. When using this method,
make sure that you create a script that
you can use to read to keep your video
as organized as possible. Once you have
created your video, just upload it to a
video sharing platform and promote the
video on your own website.
2. Use Microsoft PowerPoint
Another thing that you can do is to create
a video by using a PowerPoint
presentation that you have prepared in
advance.
3. Record Your Computer Screen to

Make a Compelling Video
Another great way is to inform people
about your article by using a screen
capture software. Whether you want to
record a presentation, create a tutorial
using a special kind of software, or
want to do a thoroughly reviewed video,
then this is the perfect method for you to
utilize. There are different kinds of
screen recording software that you can
use, but the main programs that I
recommend using are:
Camtasia
OBS
TinyTake
Screenr
Ezvid

Regardless of how you make your
videos make sure that you follow these
tips:
Make Sure to Keep Your Videos Short
and To the Point-as a rule of thumb you
want to keep your videos below the 5
minute mark. Any longer and viewers
are most likely to end the video before
it’s actually finished.
Never Ignore Audio Quality-one of the
most important parts of your video is
audio quality. If your audio is bad, many
viewers will shut the video off so they
don’t have to hear it. That is why you
want to use a high quality microphone.
Even if you are creating a video of your
computer screen, make sure to add some

nice background music that goes with the
feeling of your video.
Make Sure to Create a Strong Call to
Action-an important part of your video
is to give your viewers something to do
towards the end of your video. This is
called your call to action and you want
to make sure that you include a call to
action at the end of every video such as
asking for your viewers to subscribe,
visit a website, or to leave a comment.
Upload to Various Video Websites-
While it is true that YouTube is known
for having the most traffic out of any
video site online today, that does not
mean that you should just upload to that
platform alone. Upload to various other

video platforms such as YouNow,
Vimeo, Metacafe, and Daily Motion.

This is one way to gain traffic that many
web users don’t utilize on their own
websites. Document sharing is creating
an electronic file such as a word or .pdf
file to share useful information across
different websites. Document sharing is
a way to help increase brand awareness
in the niche of your choice which can
help increase the visibility of your own
website when searched in a search
engine. Thus it can help bring in lots of
traffic to your site as well as increase
the keywords your site ranks for in the
search engines.
There are plenty of document sharing

sites online today. However, the most
popular sharing sites gets up to 5 million
visits every single day and that number
is continuing to grow at least by 20%
each year. These sites are quickly
becoming the go-to site to obtain more
information regarding a specific
problem requires a solution.
With just a little bit of work and effort
on your part, you can generate a massive
amount of traffic back to your site for
many years to come.

What to Do
In order to utilize document sharing sites
to your advantage, there are a few things
that you are going to have to do. What
you will have to do includes:
1. Find an article on your website that is
a minimum of 700 words.
2. Copy only HALF of this article into a
Microsoft word document.
3. At the end of your article within your
word document, paste a link that links
back to the main article on your website.
4. Include a sentence at the end of your
article that says, “To continue reading
the rest of this article, click here.”
5. Save your article in word as a .pdf

file so that it can be easily shared on
these document sharing websites.

Where to Submit
Documents
As I have stated previously, there are
thousands of different document sharing
websites out there. However the best
websites with the most amount of traffic
include:
Srcibd
Docstoc
Google Docs
Calameo
Issuu
Slide Share
If you are going to include the full article
instead of just half as I recommended,
make sure that you include a strong call

to action in the middle and end of your
article for the best results. I also
recommend including various pictures
that will link back to your website or to
a sales pages as well.

Back in the early days of online
marketing, infographics were highly
popular and to this day they still remain
a highly popular way to generate traffic
to your website. Infographics are a
perfect tool to use if you want to transfer
content quickly and make it visually
interesting to those who see it. They are
a great way for you to share complex
information in an easily understandable
format that is user friendly.
So, how do you create an infographic?
This is what you will want to do:
1. Think of a Layout
The first thing that you are going to have

to do is come up with a basic layout for
your infographic so you know exactly
what you want it to include. This is
something that you can do on a simple
sheet of paper or within a word
document.
2. Create It for Free
The next thing that you will want to do is
create your infographic. If you don’t
want to waste any money on it, then you
can always make it for free. Best of all
you don’t need to be a graphic designer
in order to do it. There are various
online tools that you can use to create an
infographic such as:

Canva
Picktochart
Venngage
Easel.ly
The main problem with many of these
free tools is that many of these programs
offer the same templates and layouts to
every person, so the chances of you
having a similar infographic to someone
else is actually quite high.
3. Hire A Designer to Create on For
You
This is an option for those who have a
bit of money to invest in their website. If
you don’t have any graphic design
expertise, then hiring an experienced

designer who has created infographics
before is the best option. You can find
people who provide this type of service
on various websites such as:
Fiverr
Dribble
Upwork
When hiring someone to create your
infographic, make sure that you check
out samples of their work beforehand
and have a sketch ready to make the job
easier for them.

Conclusion
As you can see from the help of this
book, creating your own WordPress
website from scratch (without any
coding necessary) is incredibly easier
than you may have been led to believe.
While your own WordPress website may
not be quite as versatile as websites that
are made from scratch with coding and
programming manipulation, it is easier
to make these sites, it can be up and
running in just a matter of minutes, and it
is extremely convenient for people with
no coding or programming experience.
I hope that by the end of this book you

have learned a thing or two about
building your own WordPress website
from scratch. I hope that you have seen
how easy it is to do for yourself and feel
encouraged to building your own
website. I also hope that you have
learned a few other things that you
weren’t expecting such as how to
monetize your site and how to drive
traffic to your website.
Now it is time for you get out there and
start building your own website from
scratch. Don’t forget to check out the
WordPress official website for constant
updates and answers to any question that
you may have.
Good luck!

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