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Pros: All the work is done for you. There is a Featured section to these
stores where you can highlight the 10 products that you are actively
promoting.
It also gives you a quick web presence and if you don’t have website
building experience, everything is done for you.
Cons: Your store look just like every other person who bought the
store package. Because it is built for you, it is a standardized
template, so there can be hundreds, even thousands of other stores
out there that are just like yours.
Set Up A Blog on a Free Site
Take a short bit of time to set up a blog on one of the free sites, or
build a site and get webhosting. Which ever you decide, having a small
site that is yours will go a long way towards building your credibility
for the long term. Using PPC (pay per click) is fine up to a point.
However, to expand and grow with products and services, having a
site is essential.
Free Websites:
Wordpress: www.wordpress.com – You can get a blog started in less
time than it takes you to read this sentence. All you need is an email
address. You’ll get your own WordPress.com address (like
you.wordpress.com), a selection of great free and customizable
designs for your blog (called themes) and 3 gigabytes of file storage.
There is a great deal of help and instruction to show you what to do
and how to get started. Your website address would be something like