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For the third in our series of articles on “Getting Started” in the Internet marketing business, I had like to talk about getting a web hosting company. Having your own web host is unavoidable for all those who want to work in Internet marketing. Not setting up your own site could work against you.

It’s true that you can rely on affiliate pages to conduct business, but they make sales harder because of all the people promoting the same page. And so… So, if you are going to do that, it is better to front the affiliate page with a splash page or a squeeze page & then drive traffic to the affiliate account. The same goes for blogging. Blogs have become important to Internet marketing & when you use a free one, you can not customize it just the way you need or want it to be.

But the worst kind of free hosting for Internet marketing purposes is the kind you get from Tripod, Angelfire, or Netfirms. There is more. Those are good for personal web pages, but not for business. There is more. They usually have an ad bar or a pop-up on the screen & those things will just destroy credibility. Nobody will take you seriously, if you are trying to do business with a free website.

You have to pay a monthly subscription to a web hosting service. Just be very careful about which package you choose. At some hosting companies, for instance, they give you a free blog. Only problem is that you can not add any plug-ins & you are stuck with the themes they allow. You really can not do much customization at all. But if you get cPanel hosting or Plesk with Fantastico, installing a WordPress blog on your own server is very simple. Then, you can take advantage of all the great Word Press plug-ins & tons & tons of very cool themes.

Though this may not seem like a enormous deal to you now, it will be in the future… You also need to consider what your business model will be & how much bandwidth you will need. If you anticipate tons of traffic—if you are running any kind of free traffic program, for instance—you’ll need more bandwidth. But generally just for putting up some squeeze pages & a blog, you will have all the room you need for about $10 a month.

You still need to consider all the options. Choosing the right web hosting company is very important in Internet marketing, & can be the difference between you succeeding & you failing. A reliable company with almost 100% uptime that has caring support is what you are looking for. In Internet marketing, having your website down when you are trying to make money can be a disaster. If you had like more information, visit Tellman’s List Building Club, where getting a hosting account is explained, step-by-step on video

Tellman Knudson, CEO of OvercomeEverything, Inc., is a master list builder & well-known for his first project, List Crusade. Tellman teaches you his system for fast list building at MyFirstList.com.

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