Want to use your stimulus check to make even more money? Do you have a good idea for an online business but don’t know what to do next? If you answered yes to these questions then you’ve come to the right place!

Keep reading as I go through the steps it takes to get an online business started. If you have any questions, feel free to comment below or reach out via email.

1. Registering a Domain Name For Your Business 

First you’ll need a domain name. This can get tricky because a lot of the good domains are already taken. Either there’s an existing company that owns it, or somebody bought it and is cybersquatting and trying to sell it for large amounts of money. Maybe you have a longer company name, maybe your company name is unique. If this is the case, you’re in luck

There are many ways to find and purchase your company name online. Start with well known domain registration companies that have searches on their site. Also don’t forget to look for new domain extensions out there that are available. The extension .io is popular with software and .us is popular with United States companies. But everybody is most familiar with the .com so if you can get a .com then the better off you’ll be.

2. Website Hosting

Next, you’ll need a hosting provider, once you get your domain name, you’ll need a hosting provider to point your domain to. A hosting provider is basically a server location where your site lives. There are many different cheap options out there. A quick Google search will find a ton. If you are just starting out, I would find one with the lowest entry package price and the option to grow from there. Look for one with smallest amount of storage space and you don’t need that much bandwidth getting started. Just be careful because if you’re buying shared hosting there could be another site on that server that has a lot of traffic. Larger companies, I’m not going to name any names, put as many websites as they can on these servers and they tend to get bogged down. Just keep an eye on the your site load speed, and you’ll be fine. 

5. Content Strategy For Digital Marketing

Once you get your social media channels set up, start thinking about a content strategy. You should have a blog section on your site that you regularly post content to. This content should be related to your services. Use keyword tools to find out what topics to write about. You can search Google for these keywords to see what your competition is ranking for and then make your blogs longer and better. The blogs that you create should include images, bulleted lists, paragraphs broken up into sections with headers, outbound links and a strong call to action. 

Once you post your content, share on your social channels. This way traffic will come into your site and Google will see social signals, which helps with your overall SEO.

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