How to start your own website, find cheap website hosting and start profiting!

Creating your own website is a lot of fun and so rewarding! This is my very first website that I've made and I love it! Too many people have their websites that are black and white. I wanted a website that made people smile and actually WANT to come back.

1. Decide on a topic. Choose something that you love so that it interests you and makes you want to keep learning. Start gathering lots of information. The more content you have on your website the more people will want to stay there!

2. Design your website. You can either purchase programs to do it yourself or have some else do it for you. There are also hosts (we'll get into that in #4) that have programs, once you've signed up with them, that will help you design your website. Start collecting content either by gathering information, writing articles or finding articles that you can reprint. Search engines love content and so will your visitors!

3. Choose a domain name. (You can skip steps 3 and 4 of your are choosing a free web site) . This means: www. your domain name .com . Once you've decided on your name make sure that it is available and that no one else has purchased it already. You can purchase a domain name and your hosting through 2 different places. Shop around, many different business have VERY different prices. Many hosting companies also offer your domain name for free if you purchase your hosting through them.

4. Choose a host. They are the people/business that "displays" your website on the internet. If you are starting your website as some sort of business then you are probably going to want to purchase your web hosting. There are also many free hosts out there, but they typically do no let you display the ads that you want and they cover your site with their ads. Find affordable web hosting here.

5. Start getting paid!! One of the best places to start is with Google AdSense! There's a ton to learn here, but that'll come eventually. Google affiliates are some of the top earners when it comes to affiliate marketing and I personally, am amazed at how far my adsense income has improved each month!

Plus, start applying to affiliate programs that relate to your products. Places like CJ.com and Linkshare.com are great places to find products related to your topic.