| Are you looking to start your own MMA site or | | | | people find their site through you. The mma |
| forum? Do you want some basic guidelines to get | | | | community is very helpful with each other in this |
| you started? Let me give you a few things I | | | | aspect. |
| have learned over the past year of setting up my | | | | 2. Directories: There are thousands upon |
| own site. | | | | thousands of free directories out there you can |
| There are a few things you will need to get you | | | | submit your site to. Use the list located at they |
| started: | | | | provide over a 1000 directories that provide free |
| 1. Domain name: Make sure you get a good | | | | submissions. The best thing about most directories |
| catchy domain name that fits your subject | | | | is that they are a free link back. |
| matter, if possible get the .com or .net version. | | | | 3. Forums: Join the forums at the larger news |
| 2. Web hosting: Try not to use a free web host | | | | sites and keep a link to your site in your signature. |
| as many will place unwanted and unneeded | | | | Once you have found your audience you have to |
| advertising on your pages. There are hundreds of | | | | keep them coming back: |
| thousands of hosts out there, pick a reliable one. | | | | 1. Make sure your content is updated: There are |
| My sites are all hosted by resellerzoom | | | | events all over the country that happen every |
| hostingzoom and I have had no problems and | | | | day and every weekend. Gather event info and |
| have received excellent support. | | | | post the info and pictures on your site. Write your |
| 3. A basic vision of what you want to do with | | | | own short articles, do interviews with interesting |
| your site: Do you want a forum? A picture | | | | people from the world of MMA. |
| gallery? A directory? Get the basics of your site | | | | 2. Keep our site organized: Make sure it is easy to |
| down and write out a plan for what to do with it. | | | | find your way around your site. |
| Start off small with a blog or a directory site. Use | | | | 3. Write your own articles and submit them to |
| a free software for your site until you can afford | | | | article directories, the more they are published the |
| to get your own custom design and or software. | | | | more link you will gain to your site |
| Once you have got your site started you need to | | | | I hope this helps those of you that this article |
| get people to it. Here's a few ways to go about it. | | | | reaches out to. If anyone has any questions feel |
| 1. Link exchanges: Most sites will exchange links | | | | free to contact me through my site and I would |
| without a problem as it also helps them out when | | | | be glad to help out. |