Internet Success with SBI
(SiteBuildIt!)

I have a confession. I'm actually a pretty negative guy.

You might not know it to look at me, but I believe the glass is half empty, and the sky is partly cloudy. I vote for the lesser of two evils.

What do I like? Well, kids. A good book...and a good movie. Oh, and...

1. being my own boss
2. being my own editor
3. reaching a large audience
4. making money while I sleep, and
5. a company called SiteBuildIt

You see, #5 is the reason I'm enjoying #'s 1-4.

SiteBuildIt goes by the nickname SBI

To the small extent that I'm famous, it's for writing a little movie called The Last Seduction. It's now known as a "cult" movie.

SBI is a cult company. You can tell by the demented grins on the faces of its customers.

Adding to SBI's cult status: no advertising. Just like with a cult movie, the word about SBI gets around by virtue of SBI's fans being unable to contain their glee.

We want everyone to know how cool SBI is. We want people to say,

So let me turn you on to SBI.

I put off creating a website for years. I thought that

1. you had to be a computer expert, and
2. no one was going to help me

Boy, did I have that wrong! SBI helps anyone (with a brain) succeed - with an all-in-one process, tools, and guidance.

How do-able is it?

Let's put it this way: the process is SO simplified that success (i.e., profits, not the mere existence of a Web site) is achievable even for a beginner.

Which is exactly what I was.

Lots of websites exist. Very few attract real traffic. SBI has enabled all these sites to build HUGE audiences.

Are there easier ways to build a Web site? You betcha. However, online profits require more than just a collection of Web pages. Do you know what it takes to land on the first page of a search engine's results?

SBIers do.

Skip this section if you've never put up a website before.

Are there some websites (and ex-websites) in your past? Know this:

With SBI you get more than just a "site builder." You won't have to worry about having to bring together from separate sources:

• domain name registration
• hosting
• your blog
• traffic reports
• search engine submission
• newsletter publishing
• forms and autoresponders, etc.

SBI integrates all the most important aspects of sitebuilding.

SBI removes technical barriers, allowing you to keep your attention on building your business. You don't need to know anything upfront about building a website. The tedious tech stuff is handled automatically so you can focus on other important business-building activities.

So what will SBI require of you?

You'll have to think, and you'll have to write. (As a writer, those are two things I was already doing!) SBI lets you post your words to the web in a way that search engines find them...and rank them highly!

Readership. That's what gives this writer that demented SBI grin.

As a writer, I know what it feels like to want to hurry my work to market. Should I slog through another draft, or should I trust that my agent/publisher/producer will see through the mess and realize what a genius I am?

Too often, we're sick of working and overly eager for reward - a combination that makes success unlikely.

SiteBuildIt is that rare web product that takes the time to prepare you to build a profitable business.

Their official mascot is the tortoise! (Click the picture to see for yourself.)

You will do a lot of learning and prep before you post your first page to the net.

(So if you think discipline is for losers, or GetRichQuick is your middle name, stop reading here. Go turn on the TV.)

What you'll be learning from SBI:

• What brings traffic
• How to build trust with a complete stranger (your visitor!)

What you won't be learning:

• Computer coding

(Unless you WANT to do computer coding, the SBI interface will take care of it for you!)

How does SiteBuildIt work?

The SBI Action Guide

It starts with the "Action Guide," a step-by-step how-to. All you have to do is follow the instructions.

Let me repeat that...

All you have to do is follow the instructions.

Do everything the Guide says (don't try to outsmart it), and you will end up with a well-trafficked website.

If the Action Guide tells you to take your cell phone, put it in a paper bag, wave it over your head and scream like a chicken, DO IT!

(But don't worry, it doesn't.)

Now how's this for cool: SBI will give you the Action Guide for free. (Written or video.) You won't have access to all the tools, but you will have access to the SBI philosophy.

If you already have a non-SBI website, use the Action Guide to give it a tune-up!

Customer support

Unlike, say, anything else having to do with computers or the internet, SBI comes with unlimited Customer Support. Here's the thing though:

I barely use it! Customer support is for technical problems, of which SBI has few. Of greater value are the private forums. Here SBIers trade tips and know-how for the betterment of everyone. You'll find tens of thousands of topics and hundreds of thousand of posts.

This peer-to-peer support gets you over any humps that come up, and always with a strong air of encouragement. Help is available even for advanced questions.

(Want to browse the SBI forums as a visitor? Jot me a note and I'll get you in.)

Know that PROFIT results from PROCESS

Promoters of non-SBI sites hold out dreams of internet success for you to grasp at, but they don't give you the tools or the know-how to achieve it. SBI gives you a process.

Content Traffic PREsell Monetize is the SBI process, a process that capitalizes upon the fundamental realities of how people use the Web.

C T P M puts you on a solid, profitable business foundation.

Meet Brainstorm It

Yes (groan), every SBI feature has the word "It!" built in. I try to spare you the exclamation points.

A keyword is the search term you type into a search engine. If you don't know what keywords folks use to find information on the internet, your site won't get found.

You wouldn't believe how many people build websites without knowing that. But not SBIers!

Brainstorm It is SBI's powerful keyword brainstorming and research tool. It helps you verify that your site concept has acceptable profit potential.

Imagine building a site that CAN'T succeed, because not enough people search for what you're offering. That's what happens with most sites.

Brainstorm It also helps you to find topics related to your niche that will pull in traffic and generate income.

Brainstorm It and Niche Choose It help you find and refine your site concept. The choices are never as obvious as you might think. One of my favorite things about SBI:

Then SBI's Monetize It helps you choose the best monetization options for your site concept. Creating a diverse money-making mix (not having all your eggs in one basket) will help you maximize your site's profitability and ensure long-term growth.

Parts of THIS site's monetization mix:

• Pay per click advertising courtesy of Google
• Selling my own ebooks
• Book reviews leading to commissioned book sales from Amazon
• Commissioned bulk book purchasing from bookcloseouts.com
• Commissioned magazine sales

Creating "content"

"Content" is what we web folk call Writing. Information. Words.

With SBI, creating content - that is, writing a page and posting it to the web - is as simple as, well, writing.

No need to know computer code. SBI's block-by-block builder simply lets you write. You end up with a page that appeals to both search engines and readers.

The block-by-block builder is perfect for beginners, but many "advanced" users continue with it. (I still use it for the most part.) It's an excellent way to break bad habits. What kind of bad habits?

Writing that doesn't appeal to search engines. SBI's Analyze It lets you know about any weaknesses in your page's search engine appeal before you post it to the web. Then it gives you the opportunity to fix those weaknesses.

How great is that!

Note to the old pros:

SBI is compatible with popular HTML editors (Dreamweaver, e.g.) and image tools (Photoshop, Flash, etc.), so you can easily use advanced page-building techniques, if you like.

Look and Feel

When it's time to create your site's graphic design/look & feel, SBI provides fully customizable, easy-to-use templates.

You can choose and create a professional-looking presentation, even if you have no design skills. And if you're a designer, you can create and upload your own work. This page shows a range of styles.

Saved from domain name embarrassment!

Just like SBI lets you know if your pages aren't search engine friendly, the interface works with you on choosing your domain name too!

I wouldn't get nearly the traffic I do if I'd named my site

I know so many people who have reserved so many domain names WITHOUT doing the research. They think a name is "catchy" or "memorable."

The search engines could care less about catchy, and memorable only works if someone has already heard about your site.

Once you select your domain name, you register it through SBI for no additional cost.

Web hosting

One more reason SBI is a bargain is because hosting is PART of the deal. You don't have to figure out your bandwidth needs or get penalized financially when your traffic exceeds some limit. However big your site is and however much traffic your site gets...

Same price. You see, SBI wants you to succeed. Remember: they don't advertise. YOUR success is how THEY get the word out!

Taking care of the tech for you

If you're like me, you quiver at the thought of figuring out what a "sitemap XML" file is and how to submit it to the various search engines. (So they know you exist. Kind of important!)

SBI creates and submits it automatically for you. It's just one more example of how SiteBuildIt has everything covered. With SBI, you don't have to worry whether you've "left something out," that your website is like a tree falling in the woods with no one there to hear it.

Search Engine and Traffic reports let you see how your pages doing. Did you know that some hosts don't even provide traffic reports? They want you to THINK your site is getting traffic when it isn't!

SBI tells you where your traffic is coming from and where on your site it's going.

List-building and e-mail marketing are included as well. (Usually these expensive features are bought separately.) Sign up visitors to your e-zine subscription list and then mail an issue to them.

Any marketing pro will tell you that it's repeat exposure devices like these that help you make sales!

(These are features you'll want once you start getting addicted to traffic. Don't worry that you'll have to figure them out at the outset.)

Q: Okay, Steve, your demented grin convinced me. But what if, after giving it a try, I decide it's not for me?

A: SBI has a no-risk, 30-day money back guarantee.

Q: Wow! Can you really read my thoughts?

A: I can only read thoughts below a 6th grade reading level.

A mind-blowing array of information

Here's something I've found about successful sitebuilding:

My site is never finished!

(The exclamation point means I think that's a good thing.)

There are always new pages I can add to increase traffic, based on keywords that SBI alerts me to that fit my site concept.

Of course, I can always take a break from my site and just let it keep doing what it does. (Bringing me an audience and earning me money.)

SBI has a ton of information resources that help you figure out where your energies might best be spent. There's even a weekly e-newsletter that keeps you informed of new ideas and new additions to the SBI package.

Yep, SBI is constantly growing its core, one-price-includes-everything package. To keep its customers atop the search engine rankings, SBI stays on top of the latest in what works and what doesn't on the web.

That's one of the most exciting things for me. When I'm working on the 17th draft of a screenplay, I experience the law of "diminishing returns," i.e. putting in a couple days' work to make just a couple small changes.

With SBI, I just put the effort into things that'll make the biggest impact, because there's always something I can do that can make my website dramatically better.

(I have a 3-ring binder I keep those ideas in. It keeps growing thicker, rather than thinner!)

A wild SBI add-on

I have to tell you about the only SBI module I know of that costs extra. It's a module that lets your visitors help you build your site by adding more content than you could ever add yourself.

It's called Content 2.0 (doesn't even have an It!, and it's such a game-changer that I bought a 2nd SBI site and made my visitors the centerpiece of it!

The form below is an example (use it to ask me any SBI questions you might have).

More on Content 2.0.

The Guarantee

When you buy SBI, you buy a year's worth of service, so it's important to know that SBI has a no-risk, 30-day full money back guarantee. And...

Even if you decide against SBI after the 30 days, you're still entitled to a pro-rated refund.

But it's hard to imagine why you'd ever want one. SBI

• brings you an audience
• lets you be your own boss, AND
• makes you money

(I pay off this site's yearly fee in well under a month, meaning the rest of the year is profit!)

In fact, I think of my sites as my pension! Here's what I mean...

All the content (pages) I've posted to the site is out there, on the internet, for as long as I want them to be. Because those pages make me so much more money than they cost me to leave them up, I can stop at any time and KEEP EARNING MONEY.

Money you collect for work you've already done. Isn't that the definition of a pension? Only SBI is better. Why?

Because I don't have to wait until I'm retired to start collecting. I'm collecting today.

You should be too!

What do you want to know about Site Build It?

Don't be shy! I'll post your question, along with my answer, so everyone can learn from it!

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