I’ve been successfully using the IconicOne Theme from WordPress® so for the sake of keeping things simple that’s what I went with, using SiteBuilder for the dirty work.

Next came the planning for the website. I opted to use a static front page that was basically the Welcome Page. On the Welcome Page I extended a welcome to the visitor then gave a brief overview of what the site was about. A short history of the product followed and I ended the page with a link to a set of YouTube videos on using the product (same one I looked at when researching the niche).

Then I added the Privacy Policy and the required Affiliate Disclosure, including the disclosure statement required by Amazon. I created the links for these two items on the Widget sidebar.

I clicked on the Save button to put it into play.

I probably spent more time on developing a logo for the site than I should have, but I knew what I wanted: something cartoonish, yet catchy that would easily convey the reason for the website’s existence.

My primary graphics software is Corel® Paint Shop Pro (PSP) Ultimate X9 and I love the way it does fonts and overall image development. I probably could have used it completely but the main cartoon character head lacked a driving cap that I wanted it to have.

I found the cap I wanted on Canva so I used it to upload my cartoon character’s head and then placed and tilted the cap until it suited me. Here’s the results of that effort:

Original cartoon character:

After adding the cap and tilting the character’s head a bit, I exported the image and brought it into PSP where I changed the color of the glasses to the lime green:

Then I thought he needed some kind of explosion behind him, so I used PSP to create it and mask it behind the character:

This is what I used as the basis for my website logo. After adding the logo it was time to start the monetization process.

Next Up: Sign up with reputable affiliates and add their products to the website.