From: "Frank Jamison" <webmaster@affiliatemall2000.com>
Bogdan,
My success story is rather unique and I thought it might be of interest to
you and your readers.
Dot Com on Disability
By Frank Jamison
If you think a professional website will cost you "big bucks," think
again!
I created AffiliateMall2000.com while on disability, and the only money I
spent on creating it was the $120.00.
Obviously, I built the website myself, but it wasn't because I spent years
in school to learn web design or paid big bucks for a web design
program...resourcefulness has gotten me far. Let me explain:
$50.00 of the $120.00 I spent was on a book to learn how to build websites.
The book was Using HTML 3.2 - Third Edition by QUE publishing. The other
$70.00 was on the domain name.
I read the book and built my first website, and a really terrible one at
that. But it was my creation, and I was proud. I then started
surfing the
net for a good HTML editor. What I found was a beta version of HomeSite
4.5. A FREE beta version! What Luck!
My next obstacle was web hosting. There are lots of free hosting companies
out there, and I've used quite a few. And I started posting to newsgroups
asking for reviews of my website. I was crushed at the response.
Several people pointed out that if I wanted to get taken seriously, I needed
my own domain name. I needed to optimize my graphics, and I needed to
create a user-friendly navigation system.
I couldn't afford the monthly hosting fees, so I needed to find an
alternative. It couldn't be a free site, because I wouldn't be taken
seriously. What was I to do?
My solution was to join a reseller program. What I was looking for was a
discount on hosting. What I found was a company who would host their
resellers sites for free AND pay me to resell their services! Thus, my
affiliate career was born.
After several redesigns of my website, I finally decided that I wanted to
build an affiliate program directory, and so AffiliateMall2000.com was born.
It had lots of free java scripts and graphics and loaded real slow...but
it
was my best creation yet. I started asking for reviews again...and got
some
good ones. I then found a website called Exchanging Ideas
(http://www.exchangingideas.com).
I posted a site review request to their
discussion board and got a response to my request from the site owner,
Duncan Carver. His review was incredible and enlightening. It took
me a
month to redesign my website to implement all of his ideas, but it was well
worth the effort! I now get 500-600 click-thrus to my affiliate programs
each month...and my site design rivals even the best of affiliate program
directories.
Now I just need to concentrate on the advertising!
Best Regards,
Frank Jamison
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