Starting a new website

[spotonearth]

hello,

i am a PHP developer and i created a LOT of websites for others as a freelancer in the last three years. i have decided it is the moment i launch a website of my own. My clients always took care of the marketing of their websites so i'm new to this domain.

WHAT I CAN DO:
1. create a website with unique content
2. create CMS for website with SEF URL

WHAT I WANT:
1. get traffic on the website i create
2. get income from the site.

where should i start with this?

can someone point me to steps that need to be taken care of when building such a website?

[Habtom]

Welcome to webmasterworld :)

Will you be making the site for the sake of having one? Will the site be needed?

I hope you understand the reason why I am asking you. What do you have in mind?

Hab

[spotonearth]

Hab,

the website i want to build will contain information of interest for the general public.

why i want to start the website?
1. because i have free time
2. i have content that is of interest to the public
3. i want to combine 1 & 2 to get an income out of that.

thanks,
adrian

[jbinbpt]

Hello spotonearth,
You want to read this thread. It lays out what it takes to get what you want Successful Site in 12 Months with Google Alone...26 steps to 15k a day. [webmasterworld.com]

[mihai2u]

I once read, here on WebmasterWorld, a check-list for a successful website.
It was something like:
a) Add one page of new content every day
.... and 26 other list items.

I really-really want to find that post again. I just searched for it for the last hour.. but no good result. If someone remembers / or gives a link to this particular thread, you would find this very-very useful.

But wait:
Last-minute find :)

[webmasterworld.com...]

(seems a lot of people bookmarked it on del.icio.us)

Have a nice reading!

[Habtom]

>> But wait: Last-minute find :)

The answer was one post above yours :)

Hab

[spotonearth]

guys,

thanks so much for that link. it is exactly what i was looking for.

i will try to understand everything that's on that page, and if i'll get back to you if something is unclear.

thanks a bunch!