If you have some cash, get your self a serve, you can get some good prices if you shop around..

The price for hosting few years go is the price for a serve, so grab one...

Start some fourms topics in your niche market and post tutorials , free source code , code tips, jobs ads etc...

Work on creating questions topics that you think will make people want to talk...

here is some 2 tuts to check out:

siteground.com/tutorials/oscommerce/index.htm

support.globat.com/sc/OsCommerce

You can also rewrite the articles and then submit.

Send a sample of your articles to newsletters of the niche your are into, and contact the owner to send out, nice way to get traffic..

Press...

Test and tracking is the key to adwords..

Setup 3 ads with different words in the ad.
Adwords is all about testing which one will out perform the other.

Work on writing ads that the user would...

What you need is to add some shopping cart software, below are some options :

1. setup a webpage and add some photos on what you want to sell, and add use paypal..

2. create a shopping cart...

Their is a site you can check out hubpages.com , but you need to have a adsense account already...

I would rather advise to do this :

Buy a domain for under $20, then open a free blogger...

You need to offer something of value. Ask your self what can I offer that the other site's don't have..

Also try to build incoming traffic. You can have the best site in the world, but if you dont...

Try to have different streams of traffic for your website... I don't want to say the same over again. their is many tips on this forum...

But since this is a cool forum, I will give some tips...

Hi Josh,

I am not a student, what I can advise you to do is use google,

search for start up fourms, newsgroups, facebook etc

go to the following website mashable.com , it will keep you...

Use this site to learn some ruby basic online with exmaples ... once you got the basic steps on how it works download some ruby rails on your pc...

... tryruby.hobix.com/

I will review your website and provide feedback on how to improve for traffic and marketing...

Paypment via paypal. You only pay if you are happy with the feedback.

I will only take on 3 for...

First you need to look at your budget if you can afford agency..

Or if you want do it your self try the following:

1. search for websites or a niche that is your line of business, send a email...

I would advise that the site who wants add a link is in the same niche that you are.

Example: your site is about building cars, the link site is about plants, this is not good linking practice.....