In life, you often want to have control over how things work. Sometimes you want others to guide you along the way and tell you how things are going to be and you let yourself go. Being a follower, rather than a leader in the case of online marketing, can sometimes work for you, while other times it can destroy your chances of success.
If you’re just starting out, listening to a marketing “guru” can help you make some crucial decisions about what to do to get started. One of the most recurring themes that come up is the basics you need to start with in order to progress. This basic refers to web hosting. The other main component that goes hand in hand with this is having your own domain as well. You can buy them quite inexpensively in many places on the web.
When you get a domain, you are often offered a small hosting package, although it also often has limited capabilities. Here you lose the feeling of control and cannot take the full initiative on what might be available for your website compared to having your own host where you could incorporate more code (HTML etc) which would allow you to have a larger site up and running. .
The main thing to look for is what is known as cPanel. It is short for control panel and it is what allows you to manipulate your site to suit your needs. Adding code, blogs, forums, shopping carts, and having access to easily upload files, images, audio, and more are just some of the key features included in a cPanel that give you a huge head start when designing your layout.
If you just want to go the blog format, having the fantastic software will make your life easier by being able to quickly install your blog in a matter of minutes. Now don’t get me wrong, the blog itself will take a long time to make it look the way you like it (which is a story for another article). This includes things like widgets, advertising / AdSense, banners, subscription forms, and much more. Since search engines are friendlier to blogs as they get updated more, you have a better chance of receiving generic traffic than if you had a static website that never changed.
With changes in technology taking place, it is not enough to have a Facebook page or Twitter account, having a website up and running that people can see is important, and again emphasizing your ability to control it is the most. important. There is no better time than the present to start your own website. Everyone has the ability to have a great product in mind, or even to promote a great product for someone else. The best way to be successful is to solve people’s problems and I’m sure you have it in you in one way or another to help solve something.
Now you just have to go out there and start solving it while controlling it yourself!