Back in the days of yore when we walked 5 miles through 4 foot deep snow to and from... Oh, wait, that's another story!

Back in 1998, when I was starting out, there weren't many professional web designers around for hire, so I learned how to build my own HTML pages from scratch using Notepad.

In general, sites at that time looked awful and my Sage-Hearts.com site was certainly no exception, with spinning globes, blinking banners, yellow fonts on a black background and other such horrors.

But I kept learning and upgrading to new and better tools as they became available. Moreover, I have fun building my sites and best of all, I am able do what needs to be done WHEN it needs to be done.

Fortunately for you, the site building options and tools available now make building your own website pretty darned easy by comparison.

For example, NetProfitsToday.com now uses just a Wordpress blog and ArticleLive software, both of which are 'content management systems'. Furthermore, there are excellent site building tutorials to help you as well.

To start your own website using either Wordpress or ArticleLive, you will need to first register a Domain Name and arrange for web hosting. I currently recommend BlueHost, as it offers cPanel hosting and your domain registration is included in the price.