How to Choose A Web Designer for Your Affiliate Site

Greetings Reed, Thomas Richmond here, at the moment im building a list of clients for future business and one of issues i often get with my members and affiliates is how to build a website, well for one , you can buy from me or two you can hire someone to make one for you or i can and three you can take a course online for web designing? Most will often try to find the cheapest way of doing this by searching for it at http://coffeecup.com/software . HAPPY HOLIDAYS REED AND FAMILY 🙂

I used to think website first, but since blogs are easier to setup, I think blog first then website. Who are you trying to reach what is the market. It depends where you are eventually you have to do it.

Yea I agree that having a website is important to your affiliate success. The key is to have a nice homepage where you can capture people’s email adresses for future marketing efforts.
If you want to see a sample of a good capture page you can check mine out at http://www.marketingprimetime.com. Currently I have about a 55% opt-in rate. As usual a great post Reed!

Well, a better (and cheaper) option would be to download some of the free web templates that are available. Most of them are quite good.

Hi Reed,

I think that your site has to look professional and make a good impression to your visitors, but it doesn’t have to look like Hollywood.

Having a site with a nice layout is good, but the most important thing is the content you have on it, the message you are delivering.

Of course you don’t want to have a site with an ugly design for this reason if you are not good at designing it is better that you hire someone to do this work for you.

Thanks,
^PV Reymond

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Reed, any example of experts that we can hire?

Thanks.

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It’s interesting to know that web designer is as important to entice the visitor moreover to make it neat site, I think I need some good designer to fix my site, since I want to monetize it and apply for different programs of Affiliate and or Direct Advertising.Thanks for the tips Reed

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Hi Reed,

Very useful post. It’s very important to have a site that you can build your brand on.

Finding the resources can be daunting at times and spending the needed time to do it yourself can be a real headache, however I recently came across an excellent resource that I think might help and it’s totally free.

http://www.createyourfirstwebsite.com

It’s by a guy who was frustrated with not being able to find clear instruction on how to get a website going. It’s pretty cool. Check it out.

Thanks Reed, more useful information.

I have recently discovered the power of outsourcing and now instead of spending (far too much) time on things I can’t achieve well, I have successfully increased my productivity level.

Keep the good stuff coming.

Martin

Haven’t been thinking to leave a comment this time,but reading other comments,came to my mind a question about a way you search for a web designer to build your web site.According as there are different web sites,there are probably differences among Web Designers and who you need to hire as well.I never saw a list of Web Designers selected in this way?Anyone of you?
Is there any expert list of them?

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I forgot to mention that i have build my Web site for the first time without knowledge of HTML,by help of Microsoft Office Word/i used Power Point,Microsoft Script Editor to copy/paste codes-for links,banners/you can add opt-in subscriber form/autoresponder form to capture visitors email and name/,to make your site look nice use backgrounds colors or Power Point.
Here is just a simple of my Word created web site/keep in mind it is posted on free host,otherwise you have more possibilities to improve it using paid host.
http://margarita.t35.com/mysghome.htm

This way you pay nothing.

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Hei, there.
I learn my first html. few years ago. I start to build wordpress blog when I subscript from netkl.com. Only S17.00/year. 1 domain name free. After sales. Tip top.

Hey Reed, almost forgot, Outsourcing is not a bad idea when it comes to website building, One good source if you have a little money to work with is; 1webpromotion.com . I believe you turned me on to these people Reed. Have a Wonderful Day, Timothy Millar

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I’m still throwing up one page squeeze pages and/or sales letters or, using blogs. Maybe I should grow up and put up a full website.lol
Nice post again Reed

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Reed, I say do a search for ‘free web site templates’ and get a WYSIWYG editor then keep using ‘Save As..’ to create each new page. Link them together and you have a site. I also run two built with the block builder at Ken Evoy’s Sitesell where I pickup clues on further SEO as well. They’re doing fine. Of course there’s the WordPress solution.

Geoff Dodd

Even before you try to select a person or firm to design and build your website – even if it is just setting up a blog – there are many things you need to think about that a designer will want to know – if they are any good.
I’ve written a series on this at geek-zone.yourwebreference.com called Internet Marketing which covers the basics so far. It takes a new person from the very beginning – like why do you want a website – and will work you up through advanced techniques. It also covers things to look for when it comes time to actually determining who will create the website.
As for freelancers, yes there is elance.com as well as oDesk.com and gofreelance.com. However, don’t be afraid to put out for bids among your local webdesign firms. Whichever way you go be absolutely honest with yourself and them.
Slavica, if read this – I visited the website you referenced in your comment and it has broken images (none of your images are showing.)

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Hey Reed,

True indeed- when time is of the essence, outsourcing your web development tasks result in an amazing turn around if, as you mentioned, you take the time to verify who your potential partner is and what they have done in respect to your needs.

Short and sweet, your post is definitely considered practical information that can be applied to many areas of life in my book!

Hi Reed

Just tested your audio reading utility. It’s poor, ’cause “built for as little as $30-$50” was read as “built for as little as $30 minus $50.”

So why not outsource it and get good live reading of this? 🙂

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“Better” might be good enough for second grade material, but I feel your material deserves decent marketing and proper sound.

If it doesn’t improve you can always search the blog for volunteers… Who knows? You might find a group who will volunteer on a turnaround basis provided they get backlinks to their sites for getting involved. Pure win-win for everyone. 🙂

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Hello Reed,

Considering your reputation I personally expected a better content blog regarding this topic from you.

I personally dont think any readers will actually be benefitted much from this post.

The main aspect of website design and website development needs explanation. Both are loosely taken as the same. Its not a big deal to design a website these days even a non techno can produce a professional looking piece(thanks to the great tools available). But what remains is to rank and rank well in the SEs.

There are great tools today for designing great looking websites….the best one is Xsitepro which I discussed in my website. But for a newbie wanting a total website to be successful I bet and always bet on SBI…I dont think any think else comes distant 2nd.

I have couple of websites one build one aged 6 months from external hosting and I designed by XSitepro, Alexa rank 19,84,000, the other one I made from SBI, 3 months old already PR1 and rank 5,36,000. So the result is quite clear.

If people say SBI is costly I made a cost benefit anlaysis in my website http://www.how2makeawebsite.com/make-your-own-website.html to show its certainly not and its value for money in the long run.

Please forgive me for posting my link but I hope this might add value to your readers. You might remove this if this is out of your blog discipline.

Hilarious, Reed! The link in an email you just sent me opens to a pitch for high response sales letters… but there’s a typo in the header.

LMAO. Spelling errors definitely make me less responsive. hee hee

Tip: Not only choose a web designer, but also hire a proofreader.

😎
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I’ve had good success with getafreelancer.com. They’ve got some really good and affordable designers there. Just make sure to higher someone with a feedback rating of 30+.

However, if you want to build a site only to host articles like you mention in your post, I would recommend a software solution such as Article Site Power Kit. Programs like this offer more automated SEO features than most designers will implement for you without charging an arm and a leg:

http://www.eliteactivity.com/articlesitepowerkit/

Cheers,

Ron

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I suggest downloading free website templates if you are capable to design the website yourself to save cost on hiring a website designer.

usually, if you search on google for “free html css templates” you can always find something good and inspiring!

Hi Reed a good place to find freelancers is elance.com. but if you would rather learn, then htmlcodetutorial and htmlgoodies are good places to start

Great article Reed. Your insight is greatly appreciated