Free! Yes, I said FREE!
Your just starting out, you’ve already spent money on educating yourself (hopefully not more than about $30) about the hot dog vending business, your cart is up and running and you would like to get an internet presence. Maybe a facebook and twitter too.
Here’s how easy it is:
- Go to a site like www.wordpress.com Here you can create your very own website for free. There are tips and tutorials, built in SEO (a search engine feature) and much more. You pick a name and your new free web address becomes www.wordpress.com/yourcompanyname Also look at www.blogger.com
- You can go to a site like www.hostgator.com or www.godaddy.com and buy a domain name if you prefer. This gives you your own unique web address, such as www.BensCarts.com This will cost a few dollars a month for hosting but it comes with a free website builder and tons of free templates that give you features that would rival the professional sites. One of the easiest ways to go.
- For other free sites, do a google search for free website. You will find many.
Now what about getting a website built by a pro? Let someone else do all the work for you. I am going to give you several great ways to do this without spending all your freak’n money.
- The lady that built this site will build you a customized 5 page site with all the cool stuff for only $200 (No, I don’t make one red cent) Click Here
- Elance: Just post a job and you will be bombarded with offers to build a site from $100 to $1000, you will get samples, 100% satisfaction and you can get some of the most dynamic and creative sites made for pennies on the dollar.
Realistically a website is not top priority when it comes to getting started as a hot dog vendor. Using Facebook and Twitter will win you customers and fans much faster and for no money. Facebook now allows you to create welcome pages, put a store online, a menu and a number of other things. You can even make a voting page where customers can vote on different menu items. Check out my facebook page for BensCarts.com: Here
Never done any of these things: Youtube has free videos to walk you through any thing you want to do. Want to know how to do your first free website on WordPress, go to YouTube.com and search WordPress Tutorial. Bam, like magic the YouTube servers deliver you a plate full of free instructional videos. Want to learn how to make great Facebook pages: Youtube search – Facebook Tutorial It’s that easy.
My suggestion: Start with a free Facebook Fan Page Then start a free website at WordPress.com - After your established and making money with your cart, take a little extra from your profits and purchase a domain name: HostGator or Godaddy.com Then convert your wordpress site to your new domain name. All of this for less than $100 from start to finish.
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***Update*** Roadfood vendors are spreading the wealth as well, check out what websites are being recommended for doing a free site.
