For $0, you can build a website in one week.
Yes, it’s absolutely true. No cost. No credit card entry. No “try it free for a week and then pay $$$ after that.” It’s just free.
I did it.
This is me, Don Herman
After I retired several years ago, I was getting a bit bored. Yes, my partner and I travel frequently, and I love puttering in the kitchen, but those 40 hours a week started getting hard to fill, and I was looking for something else to do.
Computers have always intrigued me. I’m old enough to remember when the first LED calculators came out! I first started working on the good old Radio Shack TRS-80, programming PONG! And I worked with computers through my entire career. Naturally, using a computer to do something creative came to mind quickly.
But what? I kept searching and seeing ads for “Create your own website!” But I had no idea how websites worked. Not a clue. So I kept passing them by.
Until one day when I came across this ad:
I’ll admit, what got me was the “no credit card required.” Some of the other programs I’d glanced at required not only a credit card, but an up-front payment of some kind. No thanks. Wealthy Affiliate, however, seemed different – so I went ahead and clicked on it.
I created a login and was immediately directed to a 5-phase, 50-step program that promised to have me up and running my own free, live website by the end of the training. So away I went.
What I Found
After the first three lessons, I understood some of the basics behind how websites work (much of the mystery vanished). I understood some of the ways you can make money online (also helpful). And I was guided, step-by-step, through creating my own special niche topic and website name. At the end of that third lesson, my site had it’s own web address and I could actually see it online, in all its glory!
Ok, so it didn’t have much in it, but I felt pretty excited! And I was only three lessons in!
The rest of the lessons put some meat on the bones, so to speak. I learned how to find topics to write about – topics that people were looking for, but were having trouble finding on the web.
I learned how to apply and be accepted to affiliate marketing corporations like Share-a-Sale, Amazon and Rakuten. And I learned about companies that will pay you just for displaying their advertising on your site. Perfect! Now I could advertise on my site, pulling in a little cash just for providing my readers with good content.
And speaking of content, I learned how to write engaging content that people wanted to read. After just a few days, I’d posted my first recipe on www.bakingnaturally.org, and I started seeing traffic from far-flung locations across the country. Amazing.
Oh, But We’re Just Getting Started.
Now that I had a site, and knew how to fill it with engaging content, I learned how to direct people to it. I’d been on Facebook for years, but I’d never explored the business side of it. Once I did, I found that a single post on Facebook could direct hundreds of people to my website. And since then, that social engagement has grown to include Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, LinkedIn and YouTube.
Check out my websites here – Cowboy Concierge and Baking Naturally. And check out my post on how a typical day goes while running my blogs.
After the first week, I knew that this was the part-time gig I had been looking for in my retirement. It was fun, I could work on it whenever I wanted, and the possibilities were endless.
So, what about you? Are you ready to build your free website?
Click on the banner below and be directed to Wealthy Affiliate, and start building your free website today.
Still Not Convinced? I Get It . . .
It took me some time to think about it as well. And I’d been scared off a few times by other programs that promised instant wealth. But I’m glad I came around.
Working on my website in my post-retirement years has helped me build something I’m very proud of. I reach hundreds of thousands of people every week through three active websites: Baking Naturally, Cowboy Concierge, and this one. Check them out – everything I learned about building websites and internet marketing, I learned through Wealthy Affiliate and through subsequent research on my own.
How much did I make? Well, I supplemented my retirement income enough last year to pay for a full two-week river cruise in Europe! And that’s only working on it a few months out of the year. If you devote more time, you could make even more.
But while you’re mulling it over, here’s a table that shows you what you’ll get for your free membership:
I’ll leave you with this: Internet Marketing is hard work. But that’s why you need all the support you can get – especially when you’re getting started. Just learning all the terminology can be a chore! But at Wealthy Affiliate, I found a group of people who were willing to answer my (probably stupid) questions without judgment or snootiness, setting me on a path to success. I haven’t regretted it for a moment!
When You’re Ready, Give It A Good Look
Click on the banner below to get started. Check out the program, take a few lessons and see if it’s for you. I’m around to ask any questions, should you have them. You’ll get no BS from me. Remember – I’m retired! And I love to help.
Beautiful site Don. It’s easy to see that you have come a long way in the 6 years that you’ve been running your online business. Love the fact that you’ve personalized your site and it’s evident that you’re a “real” person. So many of these “Build your online business” blogs are so impersonal that they seem “scammy” even when they’re most likely not. How long after you launched Baking Naturally site did you launch the “Retire Online Now” site?
I only just started RON – I wanted to wait until I had seen success on my own websites, Baking Naturally and Cowboy Concierge, before I started letting people know how I did it. Thanks for the kind words.
I laugh when I saw “no credit card required”. whenever we all start something online, what got us first is “my credit card”. Wealthy affiliate is one of the best places you can ever be, they walk you through, solve any issue with your website and its affordable than the rest I have seen. I never knew anything about marketing even writing but right now I create content for people.
Haha! I hoped to get that sort of response. I know – I’m always on high alert when that’s one of the first things they ask for.
Hello thak you so much for this very detailed and informative post, my life would have been on a different level financially if I had seen this post a couple of years ago, but im grateful I’m not where I used to be, I was introduced to wealthy affiliate somee months back by a friend and from then till now I jave successfully built my website for my business because alot of people at wealthy affiliate are always willing to help, plus the live chat are all added advantage of wealthy affiliate.
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