When stepping into the Internet Marketing world, many people seem to have it in there heads that they have to have a website to make money online. So they forget the idea of Internet Marketing completely as an way to make money. I just wanted to set the recorded straight for those who want to make money over the Internet, but do not think they will be able to because they do not know how to make a website.

Building a website can be a real pain, especially when you have no idea what the heck you are doing. When first started affiliate marketing, I had absolutely no idea how to make a website. HTML coding? My uncle is a software programmer and my cousin is an aspiring game designer and I would always here them talk about HTML and C++. I was the guy, nodding along as they talked about it even though I had no idea what they were talking. Heck, I still do not know C++, I’m actually starting a class in it this semester. So we will see how that goes. But, let’s not get off topic.

The point is I nothing about websites, hosting, all the stuff. I’ve learned a great deal since getting into the Internet world, so I know a bit now. But first starting out, nothing.

So at first, I didn’t use a website. Wealthy Affiliate has a really nice  website builder that’s all drag and drop, so it’s easy to make one in a few minutes. However, I didn’t start there because that required me to purchase a domain name (back then I thought they were expensive, but you can get a domain name for actually like a buck if they are .info domains, wish I saw that before).

Instead of a website, I used Blogger, Weebly, Squidoo, Hubpages as my “website”. These are all very easy to work with and completely free. No domains to purchase, no hosting to pay for, nothing. 100% free.

Blogger – If you haven’t heard of blogger, it is where you can make your own blog very easily. You can easily make a blog with your own address. For example – http://affiliateryan.blogspot.com  – Where affiliateryan is what you name your blog. These are simple to set up and you can make money with them. You can has adsense on their, add amazon products to promote, find a ClickBank product to promote, whatever you want. I mention before about Blogging to The Bank, which I previously read. It cost $37, but has great techniques to create a network of blogs with blogger to bring lots of traffic and sales.

Weebly – Very similar to blogger, but instead of a blog, it’s an actually website! They are very simple to set up, no coding need just drag and drop with a variety of website templates available for you. You can make money the same way as blogger, too!

Squidoo and Hubpages – These are very similar, yet a big difference. Squidoo I think looks much better and is more appealing to visitors to your page. They are both free to use and what you do is, you create a webpage on Squidoo or hubpages. Hubpages allows you to link to products and adsense is available. With squidoo you, they have where you can add amazon products and link to other affiliate products. They have gotten much more stricked in the past 6 months, but if you follow their rules, they work very well. I struggled with Squidoo in the beginning becuase I didn’t know how to make th emost out of each what Squidoo calls them “lenses”. I’m a proud One Week Marketing Action Plan by PotPieGirl user. It was a simple plan to really maximize the power of Squidoo and making money with it.

For best results, I use all 4! I’ll use Weebly as my main page/website, then use Squidoo, Hubpages, and blogger to bring in more traffic to your Weebly page. If you do everything right, you can rank all 4 in the Top of Google or other search engines for a specific keyphrase. It’s a great way to really dominate an keyphrase.

These are the main free places I use to make money without a website. A website comes in handy once you have really got a grasp on the beginning steps of Internet Marketing. Then, you can make a website to really take off, but for now as a beginner, stick with these free sites. Plus, Weebly is just like having your own website. You can have multiple pages and everything.