10 steps to get a minimum viable landing page up and running. The goal is to use the minimum viable landing page to build a database of interested potential customers for your startup idea in the cheapest and quickest way possible. Keep it super simple so you can get something up and running quickly, then validate your web design assumptions through A/B split testing. Keep the additions which result in an increase of opt-in conversions. Remove the ones that do not. Detailed blog post explaining the steps will be made available on the Web3 blog here: http://web3.com.au/blog/

1. 10 steps to get your startup online in
30 minutes for $10
web3.com.au

2. Who am I?
James Banks
Co-Founder of Web3
@_jamesbanks
web3.com.au
Clients I’ve helped/shiny things that I’ve won

3. Why should I care?
“So you do not waste your time and money
creating a website that does nothing to help
your startup succeed”

4. STEP 1: REGISTER YOUR DOMAIN NAME (FOR THIS EXAMPLE, I USED POP.CO)

5. Quick Tip: Choosing a good domain name
1. Are you a local business or geographically unbound business? If you are local, register your
domain name under your country’s domain extension e.g com.au or .co.uk. If your business is
geographically unbound e.g an app or software product, try and register a .com
2. Is the exact name of your startup available to register? If yes, then register it
3. If it is not available, try different domain extensions like .co, .io, .me etc.
4. If you are still not having any luck, amending a relevant prefix or postfix to the name.
a. groovehq.com
b. invisionapp.com
c. teamtreehouse.com
5. Avoid domain hacks e.g brightb.it or del.icio.us - these are hard to say, difficult to remember
and are easy for your users to mispell.

6. STEP 2: ADD A CNAME RECORD WITH THE HOST NAME ‘WWW’
AND THE VALUE ‘UNBOUNCEPAGES.COM’

7. STEP 3: GO TO UNBOUNCE.COM AND START A FREE 30 DAY TRAIL
OF THE STARTER PLAN

8. STEP 4: GO TO THE DOMAIN PANEL AND SELECT ROOT DOMAIN.
ADD IN YOUR DOMAIN NAME HERE

9. STEP 5: CLICK ON PAGES > CREATE A NEW PAGE

10. STEP 6: CHOOSE THE MINIMALIST LIGHT TEMPLATE

11. STEP 7: DELETE ALL BUT THE LOGO, TITLE AND EMAIL OPT-IN MODULES

12. STEP 8: CRAFT YOUR PROBLEM/SOLUTION/TARGET & NEXT STEP MESSAGE

20. STEP 9: SET YOUR CREATED PAGE AS YOUR HOMEPAGE (DELETE SUB URL)

21. STEP 10: ONCE YOUR DOMAIN IS HOOKED UP, HIT THAT PUBLISH BUTTON!