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Part of every online success involves the use of mirror websites. A mirror
website is one that you create that compliments your main site. Make sure that
the mirror site includes some element of your main website, for example if you
have a online giftstore that sells candles and candle holders, consider creating
a mirror site that sells lamps. Of course you could offer all three products
on one site but then you will dilute your marketing focus of the candle giftstore.
Keeping the image of your online store as small and comfy as possible will give
you a way of staying on topic with the customer base of that particular website.
Within each website you can weave a few affiliate programs that you belong to
that are within the topic of the website. By doing this you are giving your
customers an option other than your offer, and if they do click through you
will benefit from the recommendation.
A mirror site can be a full blown ecommerce website that collects credit cards
and such, or, you can use it strictly as an information/advertising website.
If you choose the route of information/advertising the benefits could possibly
outway the cost of implementing the website.
No cost website hosting is everywhere and since you are using it for advertising
you won't mind the free ads the webhost places on your site. Usually, the webhost,
if they are good, will match the ads to your topic of choice. This gives you
a more professional looking website.
[www.freeservers.com][www.bravehost.com][100freemb] are a few examples of different
No cost webhost that have some good qualities that you can use for just you
name, info, and email address. Services like these gives you a good format for
learning about creating sharp websites. They all have simple templates where
all you do is type your information and upload your pictures. It is really easy
but also really frustrating because sometimes software does not do what it is
supposed to, so have patience. You will learn a lot from the experience if you
put in the effort.
A last resort for no cost webhosting is to use a big company like yahoo, msn,
and netscape that let you get an email account and webpages with the account.
And, these webpages have some outstanding templates and functions that don't
cost a thing. The possibilities are endless. Just open an account and get to
work a mirror site and make your web presence two fold by increasing your link
popularity and your credibility as a webmaster. Good Luck.
About the Author:
B.A. Marketing, University of South Florida
A.S. Computer Information Systems, Hillsborough Community College, Florida
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