First Month of Web Hosting For A Penny!

Good morning to all! You might have noticed that I have a new link on the right-hand side of the blog advertising your first month of web hosting for just a penny. Well, I wanted to go into just a bit more detail about that because if you were interested and clicked on it, you might have been a little confused as to what to do once you reach HostGator!

Okay, so when you arrive there you'll see at the top of the page about 3 of their most popular packages and underneath there is where you will see a holiday sale banner advertising 20% off, blah, blah, blah! That's not what you want. You want to look right underneath there, it's basically I guess the middle of the page where it just says generically, "Sign Up Now!" Once you click on this, you'll be asked if you'd like to register a new domain name or use one that you already have. Notice that I said you can get your first month of hosting for a penny, not your domain name. If you don't have a domain name, I suggest you get one first before signing up with HostGator. Good places to get a cheap domain name are: GoDaddy.com or 1&1,com.

Anyway, back to what I was saying about HostGator, once you click on the sign up button, the first thing you'll be asked about is your domain name, so if you get one from somewhere else, type it in where they ask you to or if you'd like to register your domain name with HostGator, that's fine, too. Just know that HostGator is going to charge you $15 per year, where as there are other companies you can register your domain name with and save a little money, such as the ones I referred to above. So, after you finish entering your domain name info, you'll be taken to the next page which asks you to pick the frequency of your billing cycle (monthly, etc.) Monthly will be the default at $9.95, which is a very good price, I must say, and you'll want to make sure the package type is "Baby," which it should be set to automatically and then all you have to do is enter the coupon code "WORDPRESS" into the box where it asks you for your coupon and you're done! The next page that pops up will show you that your total cost is one penny!!! Cool, right? I thought so.

I'm kinda new at all this web hosting stuff, as I don't actually have a website yet, myself, but it is so at the top of my to-do list! I really want SBI, but just can't quite afford it yet, darn! I'm also looking into something newly released called "Static Blogging." If you've never heard of Lynn Terry, you have to check her out. She's got a site called, "Self-Starters Weekly Tips," which I found probably about a year ago or so and I just love her to death. She's been doing business from the net for I guess about a decade or so, single mom, the whole nine yards. Anyway, she provides VERY VERY useful information and recommends great products. Why am I bringing her name up? She's the one who brought "Static Blogging" to my attention. I'm not an affiliate for Lynn Terry or Static Blogging, by the way, just giving you some free useful information :) I've created a link to Static Blogging, so if you'd like to check it out you can. Lynn is, I guess an affilate or partner with them and offered a ten dollar discount off the normal price of $57, so when you click the link here, you'll get the same discount if you decide to buy. I think it's worth checking out and at least bookmarking for later because I think it's something big. Static blogging is basically all about being able to have the functionality of a blog, while not necessary having the look of a blog, thus the term "static." You can read all about it yourself, I'm not a good salesperson, but Lynn does a good job describing it as well. You can visit her site by clicking Self-Starters Weekly Tips. To read her article all about static blogging where she shows you before and after pics of her site she created, CLICK HERE. She also has a blog called, ClickNewz! Geez, after all this writing about Lynn and Static Blogging, I really wish I was somehow affiliated with the both of them!! It's okay, though because she deserves to be recognized!

Well, I guess I've ranted on for long enough today. Tomorrow's gonna be really exciting. I have something very special for you planned, something you're going to love if you're looking for a way to both promote your blog and get its name out there and also create lots and lots of backlinks for it, which is key to getting a good search engine ranking. The more backlinks, the better!

As always, if you enjoyed your read, GRAB THE FEED!