I Earn More Than You

These days if you want to make money online, it is not vital to have your own website – but it sure does help! So today I’m going to be talking to you about how to launch your new website successfully.

1. Plan To Launch On Monday

A website that launches on a Monday or a Tuesday is always more successful from the start than a site launching later in the week. It is one of the simpler things you can do to make your website successful.

2. Don’t Launch Early

I know it is tempting to launch early and start making money online with your website right away, but it is a very bad idea. A rushed launch rarely works out well, and you will find issues that you need to go back and correct later.

3. Triple Check, Then Check Again

If you have spelling or grammatical errors your site will look unprofessional to your visitors – you want to check your entire site’s content at least four times before going live.

4. Check Your Site In 3 Different Browsers

Sites can show differently in different browsers, so it is best to view it in at least three before your launch. I would suggest Firefox, Safari and either Chrome or Internet Explorer.

5. Promote, Promote, Promote!

In the month leading up to your launch you will want to be promoting your website as much as possible. Post in forums, build up a list of high PR blogs to comment on with your link, issue a free press release – none of it will cost you a cent but you will see plenty of interest, (and traffic,) as a result.

6. Manually Submit

Manually submit your website to Google, Yahoo, Bing, etc – don’t use an auto submitter for these big search engines.

7. Make Sure Your Layout Doesn’t Hurt People’s Eyes

I know this sounds obvious, but the number of sites I see with white text on a black background, or red text on black, is astounding. If you want your site to make money online you need people to read it without getting a headache. No matter how “trendy” it might look to have fancy colors, black text on a white, or very light, background is the only way to go.

8. Seek Advice

Getting advice from people who have experience in your industry is vital if you want to work at home and make money online just by using your website – it has to be the best it can be, and for that to happen you must be willing to ask questions.

9. Don’t Cover It In Ads

At the start you want the most of one ad per page on your website – too many will look unprofessional and make people think you are desperate for money, which, even if you are, is not a good look.

10. Be Willing To Suck Up

I personally don’t do this, however I know many people who do and if I launch any big projects in the near future I might get into it as well – but buying gifts or sending vouchers to people who have well read, well respected websites and blogs in your industry will get you everywhere. It might be a bit dodgy, sucking up to other people – but these people have an audience, and you want that audience to become yours.