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Create a website that will be of interest to your target audience and urge your visitors to take the action you desire.
The most important step toward how to make a website successful, will be to target it for one particular topic.

Select relevant keywords and phrases for each web page. You should use your keywords a few times within your web page, as this will enable the search engines to determine what the website is about.

When you begin adding your content, it is very important that you use the heading and sub title tag with your main title at the top of your webpage.

Be sure to include meta tags between the head tags of your webpage. Search engines will display this description in the search results.

The best display is a web page with a white background and black text, as this will make the text easy to read. Crazy backgrounds will make the text hard to read. Be sure to use a font for your text that is easily read and large enough. Basically, keep it simple, avoid the fancy stuff. Flashy graphics are annoying and so are a sea of banners. Basic also makes loading time quick and limits lagging while images and graphics load.

Be sure to include navigation links on every page, preferably in the same spot on each page, and near the top.

Be consistent with your design and layout. Mixing these can be distracting.

Spelling is very important, so check it over several times for errors, and look for any broken images or links.

Basic pages that should be on every website include: What Your About (your company information,telephone,address, email, etc.), Privacy/Terms/Disclaimer, a combination page, or separate (protects you), Site Map (for the search engines)

Perhaps a feedback form, blog post with enabled comments, ezine subscription form, etc., can be included.

Test the look of your website in “Any Browser” to see how it looks in different browsers.

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Every day, we open the browser, look at new opportunities and find new web sites, ezines and affiliate programs. We scan hundreds of ads, articles and click to new sites.

Perhaps you have your own particular rules set up to follow when you are surfing/browsing the web. I collected certain items to check off before I sign up/submit my information to others.

I always look for contact information. For example: An email, a telephone number, an address and a name.

I ask questions and wait for an answer before I hit submit.

Look for a privacy policy or ask for one. [ This will often give you vital information, such as the length of time in business and credentials.]

Look for excessive spelling errors. An occasional error is normal and can be easily missed and is not something to be   excited about.

If it is an ezine I am subscribing to, I ask for a complimentary copy or check out the archive if they have one.

Page load time is important… If it takes too long to load, we all move on. [An important note: Update your browsers - old browsers do not always display properly and often hang. This is not the web sites fault.]

Easy navigation. Can you find everything without reloading, and clicking the back button a zillion times?

Readable pages… fonts and backgrounds

Oodles of reading may indicate a scheme – do they go around in circles repeating themselves? [This one really ticks me off!] Then scroll way to the bottom of the page… and WHAM..here is where you PAY that outlandish price.

Payment options – go for your gut feeling. I offer PayPal but there are others. Often a business simply is not large enough to offer credit card payment, this does not mean they are not reliable!

Can this business provide a reference if asked?

Outdated links, or broken links indicate updating of site irregularity.  These are just a few points to help you make up your own mind Before you hit Submit.

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When people decide to work at home, they have visions of how easy and convenient it is going to be, rolling out of bed at any time they feel like it and to the computer in their PJs, and never missing any of their soaps during the day.
Actually, nothing could be further from the truth!

To work at home and be successful, a person needs a great deal of personal motivation and self-discipline. There’s no particular time to get up, no alarm clock to worry you and no set time to be at work. Instead, people who work at home are their own boss and need to set their own strict schedule and follow it.

Having a flexible working schedule is a home business advantage but it can also lead to failure if not managed properly.

If you are planning to work at home, the best thing you can do is to set yourself a few ground rules and make sure you stick to them. Plan your workdays in advance – know when
you are going to get up and start work, when you will stop for lunch and when you will quit for the day, just as you would at your normal job.
A schedule needs to exist in order for you to be productive.

Set aside a particular work area where you will work at home and try to keep it as separate from your non-work life as you can. When you make your schedule, be sure to figure in your appointments, time for family, telephone calls, errands, housework,etc. Above all, do not let things distract you.

Depending on what you’ve decided to do at home, perhaps you may need more space, if you are dealing with something home made or actual office products you need to go with your computer. Trying to keep storage, work space and computer as close together as possible will save a ton of headaches in the future.

There are other things that you may think of depending on your personal environment and those too, should be considered.