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title: Starting my own Website with Bill Campbell
date: 2022-03-08T05:00:00-05:00
author: Sean Smith
canonical_url: "https://website101podcast.com/episodes/season-05/episode-5/starting-my-own-website-with-bill-campbell/"
section: Podcast
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&lt;!\[CDATA\[YII-BLOCK-BODY-BEGIN\]\]&gt;[Skip to main content](#main-content)![Bill Campbell, PhD](https://website101podcast.com/uploads/hosts/_200x200_crop_center-center_none/bill-campbell.jpg)Guest Bill Campbell, PhD

Professor of Exercise Science and Director of the Performance &amp; Physique Enhancement Laboratory at the University of South Florida.

Season 05 Episode 5 – Mar 08, 2022   
53:54 [Show Notes](#show-notes)

## Starting my own Website with Bill Campbell

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We talk with Bill Campbell, one of our subscribers, about the process of planning his website and then working with a web developer and hosting.

<a name="show-notes"></a>### Show Notes

- Introduce our new co-host Amanda Lutz
- Bill's background
- 3 products that Bill will sell on his website
- Planning pages and page content
- Newsletter call to action
- Domain should be separate from hosting company
- Ecommerce &amp; Security
- Selling courses and coaching
- Hiring a developer
- DIY - pros/cons
- User testing
- Backups

### Show Links

- [S03 E01 Do You Really Need a Website?](https://website101podcast.com/episodes/season-03/episode-1/do-you-really-need-a-website/)
- [S03 E11 Own your own content](https://website101podcast.com/episodes/season-03/episode-11/own-your-content/)
- [S01 E08 What is a Landing Page](https://website101podcast.com/episodes/season-01/episode-8/what-is-a-landing-page/)
- [S02 E02 Web Jargon Part One](https://website101podcast.com/episodes/season-02/episode-5/web-jargon-part-one/)
- [Shopify](https://www.shopify.ca/f)
- [Kajabi](https://kajabi.com/)
- [WordPress](https://wordpress.org/)
- [Woo Commerce](https://woocommerce.com/)
- [S01 E03 Web Design Shortcuts You Should Never Take](https://website101podcast.com/episodes/season-01/episode-3/web-design-shortcuts-you-should-never-take/)
- [Google Analytics](https://analytics.google.com/)
- [Google Page Speed Insights](https://pagespeed.web.dev/)
- [S04 E09 Website Optimization and Speed](https://website101podcast.com/episodes/season-04/episode-9/website-optimization-and-speed/)
- [Shopify Backups](https://help.shopify.com/en/manual/shopify-admin/duplicate-store)
- [Shopify Apps](https://apps.shopify.com/)

Have a question for Sean, Mike, and Amanda? [Send us an email](/contact).

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- 1 [ Meet your Host - Sean](https://website101podcast.com/episodes/season-05/episode-1/meet-your-host-sean/)
- 2 [ Meet Your Host - Mike Mella](https://website101podcast.com/episodes/season-05/episode-2/meet-your-host-mike-mella/)
- 3 [ Wes Bos - Your Web Boss](https://website101podcast.com/episodes/season-05/episode-3/wes-bos-your-web-boss/)
- 4 [ Tailwind CSS with Adam Wathan](https://website101podcast.com/episodes/season-05/episode-4/tailwind-css-with-adam-wathan/)
- 5 [ Starting my own Website with Bill Campbell](https://website101podcast.com/episodes/season-05/episode-5/starting-my-own-website-with-bill-campbell/)
- 6 [ CSS is Awesome with Kevin Powell](https://website101podcast.com/episodes/season-05/episode-6/css-is-awesome-with-kevin-powell/)
- 7 [ Meet Your Host - Amanda](https://website101podcast.com/episodes/season-05/episode-7/meet-your-host-amanda/)
- 8 [ 11 Things to avoid doing on your website](https://website101podcast.com/episodes/season-05/episode-8/11-things-to-avoid-doing-on-your-website/)
- 9 [ Vanilla Javascript - Fundamentals before Frameworks](https://website101podcast.com/episodes/season-05/episode-9/vanilla-javascript-fundamentals-before-frameworks/)
- 10 [ Hiring Junior Devs and How to Stand Out from the Crowd](https://website101podcast.com/episodes/season-05/episode-10/hiring-junior-devs-and-how-to-stand-out-from-the-crowd/)
- 11 [ AlpineJS with Caleb Porzio: Lightweight javascript in your markup.](https://website101podcast.com/episodes/season-05/episode-11/alpinejs-with-caleb-porzio-lightweight-javascript-in-your-markup/)
- 12 [ Contract Opinions From Not a Lawyer](https://website101podcast.com/episodes/season-05/episode-12/contract-opinions-from-not-a-lawyer/)
- 13 [ Talking to a New Dev](https://website101podcast.com/episodes/season-05/episode-13/talking-to-a-new-dev/)

### All Seasons

- [Season 01](https://website101podcast.com/season/01/)
- [Season 02](https://website101podcast.com/season/02/)
- [Season 03](https://website101podcast.com/season/03/)
- [Season 04](https://website101podcast.com/season/04/)
- [Season 05](https://website101podcast.com/season/05/)
- [Season 06](https://website101podcast.com/season/06/)
- [Season 07](https://website101podcast.com/season/07/)
- [Season 08](https://website101podcast.com/season/08/)
- [Season 09](https://website101podcast.com/season/09/)

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