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UK Recession - Beat it!

I heard on the radio this morning that the UK is about 3 months away from recession. I can well believe it, house prices are falling so nobody can sell therefore nobody can buy, food and fuel prices are rising fast and wages aren’t increasing to cover the extra outlay. Some people would say the recession is already here.

So what can you do about it?

Well one solution is: work harder. Yeah that’s right, knuckle down at your job and we’ll all pull together… oh wait… people are losing their jobs too. And those people that do hang onto their jobs probably don’t feel that happy about working their socks off when any moment they can be out of work too.

So, really, what can you do about it?

Have a back up plan. Do something for yourself, work hard at your day job, then work harder for yourself. A back up plan can be anything, start learning another trade, go back to college, or start a little business of your own on the internet. All these suggestions are great - but an internet based business is very easy to set up, register a domain name, set up the hosting and away you go, and do it right and it can earn you money!

Is it really so simple to set up a website?

Well, yes it is. OK so there are some challenges, but on the whole it’s simple, it’s made even more simple because Design Conscious have now set up a hosting service that automatically does (almost) everything for you. Take a look here Design Conscious .com Hosting - all you have to do is choose a domain name, then choose your hosting package. When you check out everything will be registered and set up for you, all you have to do is wait 24hrs for the domain name to propagate, then you can start setting up your site.

But I don’t have any software to create my website with

Don’t worry, as part of the hosting package is a very neat automatic install mechanism called Fantastico. Fantastico comes pre-installed with all manner of Blogs, Forums, Support ticket scripts, CMS systems - everything you could want for setting up your site. It’s all done through the admin interface right from your browser - you can literally have a site set up in 15 minutes.

Here is a trade secret

Set up a blog. Blogs are incredibly good at getting into the search engines, I’ve seen posts get indexed within 40mins of going live on a blog. Here’s what you do, pick a topic that really interests you, your hobby, your pet hate even your day job. Then start writing articles about it, download an Adsense plugin from google and start hosting google adverts on your site, approach fellow bloggers or adverstisers and look at ways of monetising your blog

It won’t make you a millionaire over night, but do it right and it can make you money. Enough to get your through the credit crunch or a recession? Who knows till you try it, and for such little outlay and a few hours of your time - you’d be mad not to. And to help you get started as cost effectively as possible, we’ll send you a money off voucher when you sign up to the hosting newsletter, just follow the links in the pop up window on the Design Conscious .com Hosting website.

Best of luck in your new venture!

One Response to “UK Recession - Beat it!”

1. Conspirama Says:
   July 8th, 2008 at 2:17 am

   UK Recession - Beat it!…

   I heard on the radio this morning that the UK is about 3 months away from recession. I can well believe it, house prices are falling so nobody can sell therefore nobody can buy, food and fuel prices are rising fast and wages aren’t ……