March is here!  It seems like everything I wanted to finish in February, I now will be trying to finish in March!  Do you know what I mean?  I will be the first to admit that I get distracted and sometimes don’t finish a project before I find myself totally immersed in something totally new and unrelated.

This business requires focus and self-discipline, perhaps like none other.  My purpose for this post is to remind you (and myself) to stay focus on the work at hand.  Only when a project is completely finished, should you allow yourself to start working on something new.

If you find yourself falling into this same trap, don’t beat yourself up, just start focusing on your current project and finish it!  Once complete, then you can evaluate your current business model and see where your attention should be focused next.

Hey, we’re all in this together!  Let’s help each other out!

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Can you believe it’s already February?  I don’t know about you, but I blinked and January was over!  My holiday season was protracted into January with family and friends, but it seemed like there was plenty of month left after that!

Working my full-time day job eats up a lot of my time.  So late evenings and the occasional day off are my prime business building time.  Simple right?  Enter life!  Life has a way of eating up that free time that was going to be spent building my business.

So now it’s February and January is history.  I’m still working on my newest project and it should be launched this month.  If you had asked me last month, I would have said it would be finished then!  I’m still learning a lot, and have much more to learn.  One thing I’ve learned, and I would like to share with you, is that this business requires hard work and perseverance.

This may not be unique to this business, but is no less true.  So many people enter the Internet Marketing business with dreams of “clicking” their way to riches.  I wish it was that easy.   You have to commit yourself to your goals, and never give up. So even when you are tired, frustrated, and ready to give up, you must focus on your goals, and continue working hard.

So if you blinked and January was over (like me), don’t beat yourself up.  Keep your eye on the prize and make February your most successful month ever!

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Web hosting is not only getting less expensive, in some cases it’s absolutely free! However, as with everything in life, free is not always better. What I’ve tried to do here is take a look at the two best free web hosts. I have used both before, but currently I do not use either one.

First is GeoCities, which is in the Yahoo stable. They offer a totally free web hosting account. The major drawback to this account is that it is completely covered in advertising (of course, that’s why it’s free). The ads get a little annoying and obtrusive. To take it up a notch, they offer GeoCities Plus for $4.95 a month (plus a $10 setup). This account comes with 500 MB disk space and 25 GB bandwidth. Next is GeoCities Pro for $8.95 (plus $15 setup). The Pro account includes a free domain name, bumps you up to 2 GB disk space and 100 GB bandwidth. The Pro account includes 5 email addresses as well. Their top of the line account, Web Hosting, runs $11.95 a month but has no set up fee. It also has no advertising and includes a domain name. Their Web Hosting account has unlimited disk space and bandwidth, 1000 email addresses and 24/7 technical support.

Another free web host I have used before is FreeWebs. Just like GeoCities, their free account is advertising (banner) supported and will eventually get on your nerves! They offer some cool tools to help you build your site, create a blog, add e-commerce functions, install widgets, etc. To escape the banner ads they offer Premium Enhanced for $8.33 a month (no set up fee). This account comes with 25 GB bandwidth and 750 MB Disk Space, and 5 email accounts. Their Premium Pro account runs $20.83 a month and boosts your bandwidth up to 100 GB, with 2.5 GB disk space and 15 email addresses.

As you can see free web hosts are designed to do one thing, get you to sign up for a paid hosting account. That’s cool, but it really pays to shop around as all hosting accounts are not created equal.

If you just want to post some pictures for friends and family, try one of the free hosting accounts. There’s no expense, and they will serve your purpose. However, if you plan to create an Adsense or affiliate marketing site of some kind, you will probably be frustrated with a free hosting account. Not to mention your potential customers will be annoyed with all of the extra advertisements.

So it all depends on your purpose to determine if a free web host is right for you. I now use 1 and 1 for all my hosting needs. I previously used a very well known hosting company. I compared them to 1 and 1, and for half the monthly fee, I was able to get twice the disk space and bandwidth!

Think of web hosts as the “landlords” of the internet. We pay them rent for space online every month. Just like in life, not all landlords are the same. It really pays off to compare.

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