So I have written this short guide on how to assist people who want to find the best free hosting sites, without the hassle of all the searching involved. So if you want to find the best free hosting, you will first need to understand what types of free hosting there is.

Surprisingly there are several options for free hosting, the fact remains though that hosting companies or providers do not want you to know about these free resources because then they would lose lots of money. However the point is for us to spend the least amount of money possible on hosting our website.

So with that being said, some of the options you have on the table are as follows:

1.) Free hosting with ads

2.) Free hosting with ads when you purchase a domain

3.) Free social hosting, like Myspace or Facebook

4.) Free shared hosting

5.) A form of shared sub domain such as ” your website name or title at someone else’s domain”

Free hosting with ads, there are plenty of sites like this, one in particular is the website Lycos; which you can sign up for a free account and host your own website for free. There are many more like this one such as brave host, tripod, dot easy and freewebspace.net. A Google search will turn up many others as well, I just have listed the most popular or best free hosting sites.

Another way to get free web hosting is by purchasing a domain name, a lot of hosting companies don’t tell you this but when you purchase a domain you automatically get free ad hosting. Which means it’s the same as the paid hosting packages; it just has advertisement banners on them.

You can easily hide the banner if you are really knowledgeable at CSS, or you can just Google the term hiding ads on go daddy free hosted sites. I think go daddy is the best free hosting there is, because you can easily cover the ads and so therefore there’s really no difference between the paid and non paid.

If you don’t know what MySpace or face book is than you have probably been living under a rock for the last decade. Just a brief recap in case you are unaware of the two major website communities. MySpace allows you to easily create and customize your own web space, whereas face book lets you create a wall. MySpace is for the more creative type where face book is geared toward the less technically savvy, in other words face book requires no html knowledge to update your page.

As far as social hosting goes I think my space is the best. MySpace, just has more options and you can customize the look and feel just like a real website whereas face book is just face book. I think the only reason why more people use face book is because they are non technical, but if they were technical they would be using MySpace instead.

Free shared hosting is with sites like Yola, in my opinion I think Yola is the best free hosting there is in regards to shared hosting. You can sign up for a free account by visiting Yola.com

Sub domains and hosting for free on others sub domains is probably the most popular way to get the best free web hosting, Sub domains are those that you create with a domain name that you already own. If you have a hosting provider like host gator you can create an unlimited amount of sub domains for free, you can also host as many domains as you want absolutely free.

I use Hostgator and have been using them for many years, they are the absolute best hosting out there. I am a professional web designer and developer and I have been hosting websites for over 10 years, so I know a good host when I see one.

Sub domains and hosting for free on others sub domains is probably the most popular way to get the best free web hosting, Sub domains are those that you create with a domain name that you already own. If you have a hosting provider like host gator you can create an unlimited amount of sub domains for free, you can also host as many domains as you want absolutely free.

I chose host gator as the best free hosting overall, because with the baby plan you can host millions of domains, with virtually no restrictions, in fact everything is pretty much unlimited. You only have to pay seven dollars and ninety five cents a month, you can recoup that money by reselling or giving away your own sub domains in an effort to drive traffic to your site. The possibilities are limitless.

It’s the only hosting company I know of where you can host unlimited domains, get unlimited bandwidth and disk space for less than a mc Donald’s happy meal.

I use Hostgator and have been using them for many years, they are the absolute best hosting out there. I am a professional web designer and developer and I have been hosting websites for over 10 years, so I know a good host when I see one.

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Learn how to host your own website, just by following my quick start guide from start to finish. I am a professional website designer and developer with over 10 years of experience, and I really enjoy sharing my knowledge with others. In this particular article.

I will discuss how to host your own website, a quick start guide that shows you step, by step, from start to finish on how to create and setup your own website for under 1cent in less than 30 minutes.

The first thing you should know is that you don’t have to be an html expert, programmer or web developer such as myself to Host your own Website. However, it does help to have some sort of knowledge for more advanced editing and tweaking of any website applications that you might need to change or edit. If you haven’t already done so, you will need a name for your site and a market Niche.

What is a market niche and how does this aid in the ability to host your own website? Well, Market niche is Just a fancy word for describing what your sites about. Most professionals that start their own website or website business, have a market niche that is relative to what they are passionate about, or something they know a lot about or have a trade skill in. For example I am a web designer and web developer, so it would be apparent that I’d write about web design or web development, since that is what I am skilled at and passionate about.

“Once you have a name and a niche for your web business, you can start the process and host your own website”.

There are a few steps involved with in the matter of setting up things to host your own website, below I’ve provided a step by step key process, to assist anyone on how to setup their own web host and to start publishing their articles to the web. The best part of this tutorial is that it requires absolutely no programming or Html knowledge at all. If you know how to use a basic editor such as note pad and type “you too can create beautiful looking websites just like a professional web designer.

Step (1) Purchase a domain if you don’t already have one I recommend go daddy they are the leading domain provider currently. When choosing a domain make sure the name is relevant to your business and market niche.

Step (2) Purchase hosting, there are a lot of hosting providers out there, but the one I recommend and use myself is host gator because they have everything you could want or need. They give you limitless hosting and that is why I love host gator, You want a hosting company that will grow with you and host gator does just that.

Step (3) When setting up host gator, we will be using word press, so when you check out use the word “WORDPRESS” as the access code before checking out.

Step (4) Wait 15 minutes, grab a cup of coffee or something. It will take about 15 minutes for HostGator to set up your hosting, that’s pretty fast considering other hosting providers take 2 or sometimes even 3 days.

Step (5) Open your email and log into you CPANEL, scroll down to where it says account information, this will be on the left hand side. Under name servers, copy and paste the long text beginning with the letter’s (ns).

Step (6) Log back into go daddy click on your domains and then change my DNS, which stands for DOMAIN-NAME-SERVER. Copy and paste the Name server in slot 1 then go back to host gator copy and paste the second one into the slot titled second or number 2.

What you just did was point your domains to your hosting provider choice. I don’t host with go daddy because they offer less and cost more. I don’t purchase domains from host gator because they are really expensive. However, if cost is not an option for you, you could skip step 5,6 and just purchase your domain from the same person you host with. If you had to pick between go daddy and hostgator Id say stick with hostgator.

Step (7) Once you are logged in click on the button “fantastico” it is located in your hostgator CPANEL, from there you will be taken to another page, scroll down and click on wordpress.

Step(8) Click new install, then fill out the fields, it’s pretty easy, self explanatory. Once you are finished with the wizard you will be given a link to your admin panel and your website.

Step (9) Log in using your user name and password you just specified in the wizard. Once you are logged in click on the appearance tab to the left, choose “themes” and then add new. Choose a specification from your theme and then press search. Just choose one of the free themes and hit install.

Now click the word “Posts” in your dashboard, choose add new post- from here you can copy and paste any text, word doc whatever you like and word press will automatically render it into html.

After you press the update button, click the view post button located at the top of the editor. You should know see your work visible and live on the internet.

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Creating Your Own Email Newsletter

Do you have a system to collect prospect information and a method of communicating with these potential customers? If not, then you need one. If you do, how effective is your system in turning your prospects into customers?           

Having an email newsletter is a very effective method of collecting information from your prospects. If you do not have an email newsletter then you are missing out on a very effective medium for turning your prospects into customers and your customers into lifetime prospects. No matter whether you sell a product, a service, or earn revenue through advertising, and no matter what topic your web site is on, you can benefit by having a newsletter.           

So how do you create a newsletter? First, we will talk about how to set up a newsletter for a small list. Skip below to “Automating your subscribe and unsubscribe requests” if you have a list with more than one hundred subscribers or you would like to use features such as automatic subscriber management, multiple lists, mail merge personalization, bounceback handling, or HTML email.           

Creating a small email newsletter for free           

If you have a very small list (less than 100 subscribers) you can set things up without paying a dime. Here’s what you’ll need:           

1. A form on your website to collect the prospects’ names and email addresses.
2. The FormMail.cgi script in your cgi-bin to covert the submitted information into a readable format.
3. An email program such as Eudora or Outlook that allows you to create a mailing list or send blind carbon copy (BCC) emails. If you have a computer running Windows, you will most likely have a copy of the email client Outlook Express already on your computer. You can download a free copy of Eudora from http://www.eudora.com.

First, check to make sure your hosting company has provided you with FormMail.cgi. Almost all do. Use a program such as WS_FTP or Cute FTP to log in to your domain via file transfer protocol (FTP) and open up the folder called cgi-bin. Inside should be FormMail.cgi. If you cannot find the file, email your host to inquire or search for a copy online.           

If it is there, then you can proceed to adding the form to your website that will collect the name and email address of each prospect. Open up your web page editor (such as Dreamweaver or FrontPage) and add the following HTML code in the location you want the form to be.           

Whenever someone visits your page and puts in their name and email and hits submit an email will be sent to you (or whatever address you put for the recipient value) with their details.           

When you receive these emails, simply add this person to your list. You can keep your list using the mailing list feature of Outlook or Eudora email clients.           

To send out your newsletter simply write it in your email client and select your list as the recipient. The exact method will vary slightly depending on which email program you are using. If you run into any problems check the help file.           

In each email you send be sure to have a way for recipients to unsubscribe. You can simply put in the following text:           

“To unsubscribe send an email to you@yourdomain.com with the word “Remove” in the subject.”           

You could also send subscribers to an unsubscribe form on your website if you wished. Do remember, however, you will have to manage all your unsubscribe requests by hand.           

Automating your subscribe and unsubscribe requests           

Soon, however, managing your subscribe and unsubscribe requests by hand will start to take quite a bit of your time. Your time is much better spent growing your newsletter and marketing your business than manually adding and subtracting emails from your list. Once your list grows to be bigger than about one hundred subscribers, having an automatic system in place is a necessity.           

So how can you set things up so everything is handled automatically? Well, you need to use email list management software.           

Email list management software is able to handle subscribe and unsubscribe requests automatically and send out your emails to your each of your subscribers at the touch of one button. This will save you many hours of your time.           

Choosing an Email list management Program           

Besides handling subscribe/unsubscribe requests and sending out emails, what other features should you look for in email list management software?           

Web based versus PC Based           

Some email list management programs are PC based, meaning they are programs that you must download and install on your computer, and some are web based. Web based software enables you to access your lists and send out newsletters from any computer and runs right through your Internet browser.           

If you ever travel or want to be able to access your lists from more than one computer, say, at home and at the office, then be sure to select software that is web based.           

Personalization of Emails            

Another powerful feature of many email list management programs is the ability to use mail merge capabilities to personalize each email that you send. In other words, you could put the following in the subject line:           

[fname], Your June Garden Tips Newsletter     

and if your subscriber’s first name was Betty she would see in her inbox:     

Betty, Your June Garden Tips Newsletter     

  I wanted to personally thank you for your purchase of [product] on [date]. How are you doing with [product]? Do let me know if I can answer any questions.          

Warm regards,
Bill Jennison, President
Garden Feeds, Inc.
garden@growgarden.com
http://www.growgarden.com        

The mail merge feature would insert the proper entry in each field straight from your database and send all your emails out in a matter of seconds.       

 HTML email   

 The ability to send out HTML emails has been around for quite some time. Most good email list management programs support the ability to send out messages that include graphics and formatted text. This is surely something you’ll want to look for.       

However, not all of your users have the ability to view email messages in HTML format. This percentage is usually between 10-20%. Instead of seeing your aesthetically pleasing email they might see a string of meaningless code. Using most email list management programs, these 10-20% of users will open up emails from you and be very inclined to unsubscribe or confuse your mail as spam.    

  To avoid this, look for programs that use multi-part MIME to send out messages. When you send an HTML email in multi-part MIME, users who do not have the ability to view HTML messages will receive the email in the usual text format.    

 What I Use
I use  Constant contact you can download a free 60 day trial here http://www.constantcontact.com  it is by far  the best e-mail marketing campaign out there, and it will surely do the job for you.      

 

 

Here’s a quick review of what we’ve learned.     

1. Email newsletters are a very effective way of turning prospects into customers and customers into lifetime clients.        

2. If you have a small list you can create an email newsletter for free by placing a form on your website, using FormMail.cgi to manage subscribe requests, and using the mailing list feature or BCC field in email clients such as Outlook or Eudora.    3. With larger lists managing subscribe and unsubscribe requests can take quite a bit of time. To manage these requests automatically you can use email list management software. 4. When selecting software to manage your list, look for programs that are web based, give you the ability to send personalized emails, handle your bouncebacks, and enable you to send HTML email.       

 

 5. A good email list management program that has all of the above features is  Constant contact you can download a free 60 day trial here http://www.constantcontact.com  it is by far  the best e-mail marketing campaign out there, and it will surely do the job for you.   

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Bad graphic Designs

Bad graphic designs is obviously something you want to avoid at all costs. Sometimes when you hire an individual or a graphic design or web design agency or artist to do a graphic design job for you, as a client you end up with an unprofessional website or design, leaving you without a proper website or design and without the money you initially invested in the web project. If you are a graphic designer or web designer, then make sure to give a 100% on every design project that comes across your desk. If you get a reputation for creating awesome work, you’ll be able to charge a substantial amount more, which would then lead to the occasional referrals from the businesses. If you create poor web design or poor graphic designs than you probably won’t get any business or will have to retain your business at much lower rates than your competitors.What you can do to beef up you’re graphic designs or web design business, in order to retain a larger clientele, is to start a small marketing campaign. Try experiment with new things, adjust what works and what doesn’t You can also create ads and distribute them through various mediums like e-mail, door 2 door, flyers, banner ads, etc. When doing so make sure you are targeting the correct audience. It’s important for every business to learn about demographics and analyze and research what you’re client’s are looking for and trying to fulfill your clients actual needs.

 
The method to obtaining business and retaining it is real simple; it’s a combination of many types of marketing strategies and having a great web presence and company Identity. Many companies have a professional web designer or graphic designer to design a corporate identity package for them because its permanent. You’re identity cannot be changed later down the road, if a company changed their logo or identity than customers would not recognize or identify the old company identity with the new one, this can be extremely damaging for a business. Having a poor Identity design or web design from the start can ruin a business for life and anyone who has a business should avoid having a non professional design their identity or website at all cost.

 
What set’s a great graphic designer apart from a poor graphic designer is the motivation and the willingness to complete the work that’s needed to be done. Ambition is the key to my success as a designer I enjoy what I do and am constantly investing in my skill by learning new graphic design and web design software, tips and tricks or whatever I need to know to make my designs better. It’s important that potential clients, or anyone in the web design or graphic design business understand that while some individuals may have been trained and hold degrees as graphic and web designers, It does not certify them as a good designer. A professional web designer or graphic designer already knows the concepts of good design this cannot be taught in a classroom. So if you are looking to hire someone to design websites or graphic design make sure you review their online graphic design or web design portfolio before you go into a contract for web design or graphic design services or pay them to complete any design services.

 
If you are looking to hire a graphic designer as a part of your full time staff, then a suggested practice is to give them a demo or dummy project to design as a test of skill. There is nothing worse than hiring an individual on the basis of their online portfolio but only later to find out they did not design what was In their portfolio. When hiring anyone its best to check their previous employment background and preferably you should require a letter of recommendation from either their University or their previous employer, this ensures you’re recruiting efforts are a successful one.Why is bad graphic designs all over the web? This is mainly because business do not want to invest the initial cost in creating a proper web presence or corporate identity. Many companies don’t realize how important the two really are. Bad graphic designs or bad web design gives you’re customers a cheap impression. Would you buy from a physical store that was messy dirty or had an unprofessional look or feel? No you wouldn’t, you probably keep your physical place of business in tip top shape. So why wouldn’t you want to do the same for your web presence and Identity?

You must understand as a business your identity and web presence is just as important as your physical presence if not more important. Studies show that more than 90% of the population do online research of a business before they buy. If you’re business is non-existent or you’re site is poorly designed, chances are that potential client or business will not even consider buying anything from you.Think about bad graphic designs for a minute, than browse the web for at least an hour go ahead and randomly type different words in the search engine, visit as many sites as you can. Then go ahead and write down what the first thing comes into your mind when you see these sites copy the URLS as well. Then go back and review the information you collected.

 
You will realize from the study that opinions are formed based on the visually appeal of site and not necessarily on products offered. So having bad graphic designs or web designs associated with your business identity is not a very profitable one at all. What is even more potentially damaging to a company is having no identity or online presence at all.Bad graphic designs and bad web design can be prevented by investing in the right graphic designer or web design freelance contractor, or graphic design agency. Bad graphic designs or bad web design can potentially harm or put you at risk of losing potential customers or clients. Avoid bad graphic designs or web design at all costs. For more information and more articles containing valuable free Graphic design Resources please visit 99 Graphic Design Resources.