Here Is An Outline Of The Basic Steps In Building A Web Site And Starting An Online Business...

1) Choose a site topic.  This is what your site will be about. Ideally this needs to be something you are very interested in. It also should be something lots of other people are interested in also...has a high demand. At the same time having a low supply or number of competing sites. This whole process is explained in the free online business ebooks you will download here.

2) Choose and register a domain name. This is the name your site will have online

3) Choose a company to host your web site on their servers

4) Layout your site. Based on your keyword research done in step one.

5) Write content for the pages of your site that presells your visitor

6) Get your pages listed by the major search engines

7) List your site in free and paid directories and portals to get more exposure

8) Get some incoming links to your site. Several ways to do this including exchanging links with other sites and writing articles

9) Monetize your site. This should be the last step in the process. Several ways to make money from a site including affiliate links and google adsense...both of which are free to you