Earning Money

This blog post is part of three part series that will provide, in detail, the methods of making a content mini-site, promoting this mini-site, and profiting from this mini-site.

The important thing to know when creating a mini-site is what type of site you want to make. Since a mini-site is so small, the topic needs to be very specific. It isn’t like a larger content site where you can have loads of different topics on it. Take, for example, a site about neurology. If it was a big resource site, you could put information about all different aspects of neurology. But, if you wanted to limit it to a particular topic, such as epilepsy, you wouldn’t need a massive site. That’s where a mini-site comes into a play. Simply put, it’s a site that has a few articles on it. That’s what differentiates a mini-site from a big resource site.

Once you have determined your topic, you’re going to want to create the site. To do this, understanding HTML is pretty important. Creating your own template isn’t that difficult once you have learned Dreamweaver. This is a program that helps you create websites without having to know how to write HTML by hand. It is definitely one tool that any webmaster should learn to use. On top of this, you’ll want to learn how to use Photoshop for image editing and then Illustrator when trying to get to add text to the header. This’ll give you a crisp look on your mini-site which, personally, I am big on. Although the sites are mini-sites does not mean that they should not be created with care.

Once you’ve created your site, you’re going to want to create the articles for the mini-site. The biggest thing that must be remembered when writing articles is that they need to actually be written. Don’t just take articles from article databases and the such to quickly make the sites. Write them. Original content is better because it is raw content. Search engines do like original content and so do people if you ever decide you want to sell the site. Make sure that the articles are original, have good grammar, and lastly, provide the necessary information for the reader.

Once the site has been created, you need to figure out what sort of domain name and hosting you want to get. One thing that I have seen people do is get a domain name that ends with the .info ending. It’s cheap and inexpensive and people like that. Personally, though, I like to stick with the .com ending because it is the original one. You also need to figure out hosting. If you intend on making numerous content sites, you may want to try hostgator because they allow you to have as many domain names as you want on their baby plan. Just type in “hgc25″ in the coupon section and you can get your first month for a penny.

This first part of creating a content site is definitely one of the hardest methods because of the time it takes to write the articles and to create the site using those different tools mentioned above. However, once it is made, technically, it can continue to earn for you for as long as you run ads on it. In my next post, I will go into detail about ways you can further expand your site by promoting it in numerous ways. Good luck with your mini-sites.

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