Building Your Own Web Site
With Web Site Building Tools

Most people want to learn to make their own web sites instead of paying the high costs of professional designers.   There are so many easy tools available that will make it easy for you to get a top notch web site even if you have no experience.  The first thing to decide is what kind of site you need.  Here are a few different types of web sites and tools that will help you make them:

Building A Small Content Web Site:

If you want to build a plain web site instead of a Lead Capturing Marketing Machine, then you can simply use a much less expensive service such as 1and1.  They have one of the best web building utilities I've seen at rates as low as $2.95.  1and1 is where I host the majority of my web sites (including this one) due to the tremendous value they offer. 

1&1's Linux Beginner package is the perfect way to get started on the Internet and create your first website. It includes 5 e-mail accounts and a free domain name, so there's nothing extra to buy.

Includes 1 FREE domain (.com .net .org)
WebsiteBuilder
Photo Gallery
Virus Guard & Spam Guard
FREE! Search Engine Tools

Your 1and1 back office will include tutorials to help you get started and for a few dollars will provide expanded photo galleries and a large selection of templates.

Building A Large Content Site - Requires A Content Management System

If you plan to build a large content site such as this one, you will want to use a content management system to keep your content organized.  In the past, I've used  Microsoft Frontpage since it first hit the market and have upgraded several times.  It does contain some features to keep menus organized etc, but I found a piece of software that makes it much easier called XSite Pro.  The exciting thing about XSite Pro is that it contains Search Engine Optimization, Automated Menu Builders and Site Maps, Links Management, Pop up & Pop Under builders as well as dozens of other optimization tools.  You build your pages in the same fashion as you would with a blog or a simple template editor.  Then when you save your pages and press "publish", it updates your entire website and all the pages with that one push of a button!

It makes maintaining your web site as easy as publishing a blog!  Click the picture below to see what

One of the biggest frustrations of maintaining a large site is keeping all your menus consistent throughout all the pages.  If you want to add or change a link in the menu, you have to go through all your pages and update the menu.  The same is true with content in the exterior portion of the web page, if you want to make changes you would have to go through and change all the pages.  That's why it's important to use a template driven content management system such as XSite Pro.   Take a look through their site or take a look at this demo video to see how easy it is to use.

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Building a Lead Capture Site

Autoresponder / Database services like Aweber have made it very easy to develop a lead capture site.  They provide you with the html code to add to the front page of your web site in order to allow you to capture the lead and forward your new subscriber to the member's area. 

In the back office of your Aweber account, they have numerous tutorials to show you how to get started.  Once you have your lead capture page set up, the key is to spend a the time to create high quality email follow ups that will provide indepth and informative information to your subscibers.  Please visit our Email Marketing Page for more details.