Creating your own website should be fun, exciting and rewarding, both creatively and financially. Too often the would be online entrepreneur, hit by and whole list of technical problems, gives up in frustration – I know I've been there!

It need not be this way, like everything in life it is simply a matter of finding the right guide to take you through, step-by-step in non-techie language, every last detail to ensure that, no matter how inexperienced you are, creating your own website is within everyone's reach.

Today we look at fonts and the stuff you really need to avoid.

The correct use of fonts, images and color is what brings your website to life. Are you sure you will finish with a stylish, readable and profit producing look or will it be a 'dogs dinner?'

• You should not have more than two fonts styles on your page.
• Those fonts should be clear, clean and easy to read. I use only Arial, Verdana and Tahoma.
• Anything below 10pt can be difficult to read – remember the aging population.
• Your main area of copy should be black on a white background. Pale colored backgrounds for sidebars etc are OK but always bear in mind that you want the surfer to read your stuff and read it easily.
• Use embolding, italics, highlighting, underlining, quotation marks and color but don't over do it! You are trying to achieve clarity not clutter.
• Do use bullet points, everyone likes to take in information in short, precise chunks. Numbered lists are also very effective.
• Do not have paragraphs that are more than two sentences long.
• Use emboldened sub headings to help break the page up.
• Make sure that you pay attention to the above relevant points when it comes to your headline – it's the most important thing you will ever write!

When it comes to creating your own website, there is top quality, free expert guidance to help you achieve all of this and have you  publishing a site within a single working day!

With the world the way it is today and a future that cannot guarantee any of us being able to rely on a traditional job as our only source of income can we afford not to try and supplement our income by starting our own home based online business?

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