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HOW TO BUILD A WEBSITE AND PUBLISH YOUR FIRST PAGE IN LESS THAN 5 MINUTES

It’s easier now, than ever before, to build a website and publish your first page of content.

No need to hire a web developer to make a website!
Don’t waste your time hacking through the latest HTML or Java programming books to learn how to create a website yourself!
No need to buy any special website building software
In fact, you don’t need any special computer or programming skills at all. All of that is just noise getting between you and your dreams of building your own website.

If you follow the Step-by-Step instructions included in HOW TO BUILD A WEBSITE AND PUBLISH YOUR FIRST PAGE IN LESS THAN 5 MINUTES you can start blogging and building your audience today.

Are you a small business owner or budding entrepreneur? Do you need a website to promote an event or your hobby? Do you want to join the growing online community of bloggers? Perhaps you want to take the first step towards building an online business.
You don’t have to spend a lot of money to build a great website. If you have a little entrepreneurial spirit and a desire to do-it-yourself, you can.

This book is packed with relevant, actionable direction to teach you how to build your own website from scratch, including :

How To:

  • Research and register a domain name (URL)
  • Sign up for web hosting
  • Select and load the best content management system–WordPress
  • Change your website theme
  • Gear up for search engine optimization
  • Publish a mobile-friendly website design

 
After you build a website or blog in less than 5 minutes, the book will also show you how to install Plugins on your site that will make search engine optimization a breeze, including:
 

  • Building a sitemap
  • Managing meta tags

Learn how to build a website with wordpress
Learn how to build a website that sells
Learn how to build a website and publish your first page in less than 5 minutes

Don’t wait. The most important thing you can do is take action. Purchase this book, follow the step-by-step instructions and start creating your own website from scratch today!

About the Author

Al Ulrich is a Professional Marketer, Blogger, Entrepreneur and Author. He created his first website in 2009 and has a passion for helping others avoid pitfalls and making the same mistakes he has made along the way. Al has a Master of Business Administration degree and years of experience in marketing, managing websites and other promotional activities for a Fortune 500 company.
His writing style is straight-to-the-point and informative, with the occasional witty anecdote, sarcastic comment or nonsensical rambling mixed in. His first book, How to Build a Website and Publish Your First Page in Less Than 5 Minutes is a resource intended to help budding entrepreneurs, small business owners, bloggers or anyone looking to make a website start one on their own without a lot of hassle.

Free on 24th Jul 13
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"As a guide to WordPress, the book actually is not bad in my opinion."

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The cover is standard for this type of help books - large white text on a coloured background, and mostly readable in small thumbnail size.

As a professional in the field I find there are a lot of books filled with misinformation. This is not one of them: it is clear, concise, and easy to follow. It does however, slightly misrepresent itself.

The title is misleading: this is not about how to set up a website in five minutes, this is about how to set up a Wordpress site in five minutes. Wordpress, for people unfamiliar with it, is an extremely popular free system for building websites. Which brings me to the first problem with this book: a non-technical user could accomplish the entire thing in 50 seconds without spending anything by going to Wordpress.com and registering for a free account - and get help and support through the set-up process. You could even register the domain and link that to Wordpress.com.

Instead this suggests buying a domain name and professional hosting (which are not necessary to set up a webpage) and the author includes affiliate links to his favourite hosters so that he gets paid each time a new client signs up. This is acknowledged in the text but no alternatives are given - it even talks you through how to pay the hoster with your credit card.

As a guide to Wordpress, the book actually is not bad in my opinion. However, as an IT professional I'm not the best judge. I gave this to a non-technical client who was trying to get started with Wordpress. We ended up skipping the domain bits as too technical, but she could manage the Wordpress part without many problems. The book does not show you what to do if things go wrong, or suggest easy fixes, but as a quick start guide you don't expect it.

One thing that immediate knocks it down for me though is the author's note at the back asking people to leave five star reviews.

The other problem is that a fresh Wordpress install, which is what he leaves users with, needs hardening to protect the content. There is no mention of security, bugs, or the need to upgrade your install regularly - in other words it tells someone non-technical just enough to get into trouble.

I'd give this a 2. The affiliate links throughout, the failure to acknowledge wordpress.com, and the request for a five-star review all drop the rating. If the title had said it was to set up your own Wordpress site, it would be a three.

 

Rating: 2



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