Episode Overview – Creating a Website for Your Business
If you have a business, then you need to have a website. But before you start getting all nervous and worried about the all of the technical aspects, know that it is cheaper and easier than ever to create a nice looking website for your business.
In this episode, we are going to walk you through the process and show you the tools that we use to build websites for each of our businesses.
Episode Key Timestamps
- 01:35 – Why do you need a website?
- 04:04 – Tom’s pet peeve with websites and email
- 04:45 – Options for creating your website
- 06:54 – What we use for our websites and what we recommend
- 08:43 – Step 1 – Register a domain name
- 10:12 – Step 2 – Setup website hosting
- 12:32 – Step 3 – Select a theme for your website
- 14:29 – Step 4 – Install any plugins to add functionality to your website
- 15:13 – Step 5 – Go and create your website
- 16:12 – Recap of steps
- 17:29 – Tip of the week
Links and Resources Mentioned in the Episode
- NameCheap (The website that we use to register our domain names)
- Free video showing how to register a domain name with NameCheap
- Siteground (The hosting provider that we use for Serial Startups)
- BlueHost (Another hosting provider that we use for several of our other websites)
- Free video showing how to install WordPress on BlueHost (but can also be used for SiteGround or any hosting provider with a cPlanel)
- Divi (The WordPress theme that we use and recommend)
- Free video showing Divi on a few of our sites and how we use it
- How to Combine Multiple Email Addresses with Gmail
- Free Download (Checklist & Resource Guide for Branding, Social Media and Creating Your Website)
