I have done it. The site is now up and live. Drum roll please - I have successfully published my new niche content site: http://orchidcareinfo.com.

The next step is to focus on the promotion of the site. To do this, I will be focusing on the following over the next few weeks:

1. Submitting the sites to the various search engines (Google, MSN, and Yahoo!)
2. Requesting a listing in free directory sites such as DMOZ.org.
3. Using ISEDB.com to identify other directories that I can get my site listed at. This one takes some time to identify relevant directories but can be well worth it.
4. Do some link building by scouring the web for sites that will be willing to do some exchanging of links.

As you will notice, the most important aspect of this step is the building of links so that people will be able to easily find me. I will keep you all updated on my progress and success (or failure) of the site.