About the Author - Lisa Irby
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My name
is Lisa Irby and I am your hostess, founder and webmaster.
What a pleasure it is to assist you with your website plans.
I hope you're learning a lot about website
building, blogging, making money online and have added my site to your favorites. *hint, hint* ;)
Why This Site?
I
created this website back in February of 2002 after realizing the lack of
thorough tutorials on creating a website.
Sure, there are tons of domain
registration and web hosting sites, but not many of them
speak to the beginners and explain the website creation
process from start to finish.
This always amazed me because I would estimate
that a good percentage of their customers are first-time
website builders.
Many of the larger companies could
probably triple their revenue if they at least offered a
free guide or some kind of tutorial for the newbies.
That's why I offer a "getting started guide" when people buy domains and hosting from my reseller store, Website Palace.
My goal was to create a comprehensive
site that not only explains how to create a website, but
also shows you how to promote, enhance and make money with it.
I'm No Designer 
As you can see from the simplistic design of
this site I am no programmer, but I do love to write and
that is what helps me earn a living online... definitely not because of my design/programing skills.
In fact, I often get criticism from true Web
developers and programmers because my site doesn't teach the
latest and greatest in Web development. However, that
was never my focus.
Not everyone who desires a website wants
to become a programmer. Some people just want to learn
enough to make their site look presentable.
And while the goal of this site is to teach
you the basics of website creation, my secondary purpose is
to teach you how to actually
make money.
And contrary to what many believe you
don't have to be a developer or Web programmer to accomplish
this. I'm certainly not nor do I want to be. I
taught myself just enough to build a decent site that will
allow me to get my message across.
And just for the record, I believe you should plan to learn something about HTML and CSS if you want to manage your own site or blog. You don't have to become a technical guru, but you should prepare to learn the basics.
Financial Freedom
Since 1998, I have been blessed enough to experience my own financial
success online, and by 2006 I began working for myself full-time. I create information websites and earn commissions when I recommend products and services that relate to my content (affiliate marketing).
Read more about affiliate marketing and watch my video.
I don't think people realize you do not have
to sell a tangible product to earn an income on the
Internet. All you need is information and the desire to learn how to market.
My most recent site,
www.flat-stomach-exercises.com, is a great example of
this. There are no products to sell on that site.
It simply offers information to a target audience (people
looking to flatten their stomach). I
used a unique
web host that actually coaches you as you write each and
every page so it is optimized for search engine traffic.
It shows you how to make money from a site that contains
nothing but information.
Most of the revenue comes in from affiliate programs
like Google Adsense.
It's a free program that allows you to display other
advertiser's ads on your site. You earn revenue any time
someone clicks on the ads. So in a
nutshell, you are helping other webmasters advertise and
Google manages this entire process -- paying you a percentage
of what their advertisers are paying them.
My Promise to You
The information you read here is based upon
my own experiences. So the content is authentic, not copied
or plagiarized. Any content that was not written by me is noted and the
author is given the proper credit.
I also don't recommend products and services
that I don't believe in and I do my best to present an
unbiased review.
If you sign up for any of my newsletters, I
promise to never give away, sell or abuse your email address
in any way. As a web surfer myself, I understand how
important your privacy is to you. Not to mention who
wants all that junk mail!
A Big Thanks to Ken Evoy of SiteSell.com
A friend of mine mentioned a while back that
she noticed how often I mention the Site Build It product on
this site. If you've read my "money making section",
you'll see plugs for SBI! in almost every article.
In
my opinion, if you want to make money with a website this is probably
the best host out there (especially if you're a beginner).
Of course you can use any company you want, but you won't get the support
and your chance of success will probably be lower.
In fact, the creator of SBI!, Ken Evoy, is a big reason for why I have
experienced so much financial success online. (That's Ken and I in the
photo.)
Even though I did not use his SBI! product to build all of my sites,
I gained a ton of insight from his eBooks, tutorials and newsletters.
Thanks Ken!
If you're interested in learning more about how to make money from a website
without a product to sell, visit
their site to view samples of other successful sites.
Thanks for Visiting!
I hope you found 2CreateAWebsite.com helpful.
Keep checking back as I continue to update it regularly with more
information that will help you build a successful website.
The more I learn, the more I'll share with you.
Be sure to visit this page to discover how you can stay connected with me online.
Take care, God bless and happy website
building!
Lisa Irby
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