"I just moved here from Florida."
That sentence contains at least five follow-up questions she WANTS you to ask. Where in Florida? What brought you here? How long have you been in the area? What do you miss? How does it compare to here?
She handed them to you on a silver platter. And you said, "Oh cool. I come here every week. I love this band. Ummm... pretty crowded tonight."
She smiled politely. Nodded. And never texted you back.
I was that guy for years. Talking too much. Listening too little. Panicking about my next sentence while she was literally feeding me the answers.
Then I found 22 rules that fixed the whole thing. Rule number one: shut up and listen. She'll tell you exactly what to say.
I see a lot of guys who make websites for a living on here, I have a question
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"I just moved here from Florida."
That sentence contains at least five follow-up questions she WANTS you to ask. Where in Florida? What brought you here? How long have you been in the area? What do you miss? How does it compare to here?
She handed them to you on a silver platter. And you said, "Oh cool. I come here every week. I love this band. Ummm... pretty crowded tonight."
She smiled politely. Nodded. And never texted you back.
I was that guy for years. Talking too much. Listening too little. Panicking about my next sentence while she was literally feeding me the answers.
Then I found 22 rules that fixed the whole thing. Rule number one: shut up and listen. She'll tell you exactly what to say.
It all depends. You have to pay for hosting and a domain name. Usually, the domain name comes with the hosting plan, but you can buy it separate so they aren't tied together. If you're going to pay for someone else to actually do the coding it also depends on what exactly you're looking for. A static website (ex: landing page) is pretty easy to do, and so is pretty cheap. The harder it is to code, the more it'll cost you. You've got a range of options though. You can pay flat-fee, or you can pay hourly. Its a buyer's market.Fatal Jay said:
What type of website were you looking into creating?
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Don't put the cart before the horse. Start a free blog on wordpress or blogger, it's got everything you need to get started.Fatal Jay said:
THEN start blogging and build your audience. Once you've got a decent audience, you can then spend some cash to build your own site.
This is how all the "gurus" that blog on game got started. Blog for free, build some traffic, then once you KNOW you've got readers, then spend the cash to have a site built.
"You'll Never Feel READY to Walk Over"
Next Monday you'll feel more confident. After the gym you'll feel more confident. After one more drink you'll feel more confident. After you get a better haircut, a better jacket, a better job.
You've been "getting ready" for two years.
She's standing ten feet away right now. She'll be gone in four minutes. No amount of preparation will manufacture the courage that only comes from moving your feet.
Walk over. Stumble through the first sentence. Let it be clumsy. Let it be imperfect. You will feel more alive in those ten seconds than you have all month.
But yeah, like Taiyuu_Otoko said, you might wanna look at just a domain name (don't use the free subdomains; ie: .blogspot.com) and one of the free options for now. Get some traffic going, and then expand.
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My blog/website is probably similar to the one that you're looking to design.Fatal Jay said:
You can use any of the blogger engines out there (wordpress, blogger), pay for a domain name, and have the domain linked to your blog account.
The thing about my site is I needed webspace for storage. I fork out about $100 ever two years for my domain name, unlimited storage, and unlimited bandwidth. If you just want a domain, it's going to be much cheaper.
Agreed 100%, and this is exactly how I did mine. There's a lot of popular blogs out there that don't pay 5hit. It all boils down to necessity. For me, it became absolutely necessary that I have webspace to store all my 5hit because all the free services were too unreliable and it was pissing off my readers. Get what you need out of necessity instead of dreaming big and wasting money.taiyuu_otoko said:
The biggest challenge you'll have is building up an audience. Find websites or blogs that are similar to yours. Send them an email telling them that you like their site and are adding a link to it on your site. Send them a link to your site and ask them to check it out. If they like your stuff, they'll add you as well.
Once you build up a decent audience, it will keep itself going as long as you keep updating. Longevity will also play a big role in attracting people; the more stuff you post, the more likely people will show up from google and direct links to your stuff.
"She's Out of Your League"
You've said it a hundred times. Maybe a thousand. And every time you say it, you train your brain to freeze the next time she walks into the room.
Leagues are a myth invented by guys who are scared of women.
She's a person. She has bad breath in the morning. She picks songs she can't sing in the shower. She overthinks her own texts.
Walk over. Say something. The league dissolves the second you open your mouth.