you STILL need a website RIGHT NOW!! (yes, even in 2025)

About this video

The creator says a poll last year found 81% of his audience still had no website, and sets out to remove excuses, challenging his daughters to build sites with AI for a $100 prize decided by viewer vote. He insists a site can be a simple plain-text page, citing network engineer Nick Russo’s plain site as helpful and effective. He explains a website file only becomes a website on a web server that answers HTTP GET requests, then publishes one free with GitHub Pages: create a public repository, upload index.html, commit, and in Settings under Pages deploy from the main branch. He then adds a custom domain bought through a registrar, creates an A record pointing to a GitHub Pages IP address, deletes the conflicting existing A record, enters the custom domain in GitHub Pages, and shows the site loading securely once a certificate is active, noting the domain is the only unavoidable cost. For a fancier site he demonstrates the sponsor’s AI website builder and WordPress tools, where describing what you want generates design and content, and warns that hand-coding can trap you in building instead of creating content. His four reasons to have a site are: you learn faster when you learn to teach and give notes rather than just take them; your unique perspective can help even one person; websites act as resumes employers actually look up; and a site is a serendipity vehicle that creates unexpected opportunities. He adds that LinkedIn, X, YouTube and GitHub are someone else’s platforms, subject to algorithms and rules, while your own site is a controlled, lasting home base those platforms should point back to.

Key takeaways

• A free site is possible with GitHub Pages: public repo, upload index.html, deploy the main branch in Settings > Pages
• A custom domain needs an A record at the registrar pointing to GitHub Pages and the domain entered in GitHub, then a certificate activates
• AI builders can generate design and content so you focus on content instead of getting trapped building the site
• Publishing what you learn, in your own words, teaches you faster and can help others with the same perspective
• Social platforms are rented and algorithmic; your own website is the controlled home base they should link back to

Episode details: published April 26, 2024 · 19:15 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. Business results and any income figures mentioned are NetworkChuck’s own claims, shared for education — they are not typical or guaranteed.

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