Step 1 - Determine the Website's Niche
Before beginning to build your website you should be clear about which niche you are in. This is the most important step. Find a need that your website will provide a solution for. Determine how you will provide a solution for this need through your website.
Conduct a thorough market research to determine:
- If there is indeed a market for it?
- Is there enough demand?
- Is it a profitable niche?
- Is it something you can generate quality content for on an ongoing basis?
You can begin by brainstorming and shortlisting 3 niches and evaluating each against the 4 points above. Pick the best niche and you're ready to get started.
There are various tools available to help you with your research. These include keyword research tools and tools to help you determine the monetization potential of your niche.
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Overview: Components of a successful website
Step 1: Determine the Website's Niche
Step 2: Choose Website Building Tools
Step 3: Hosting Server - decide on where you are going to host the site
Step 4: Buy domain name
Step 5: Plan the site
Step 6: Design the layout
Step 7: Convert the layout into an html template
Step 8: Create the pages as per the site plan
Step 9: Install any additional scripts on the server
Step 10: Link the pages
Step 11: FTP the files to the hosting server
Step 12: Submit to search engines and promote the site
Step 13: Website Monetization
Step 14: Maintain the site
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