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Or maybe you already have a website,  but it’s just sitting there, and you are not getting the traffic you need to sustain your online website, auction site, small-business site or home-based Internet business site?

 -----This is the story of one newbie website builder’s journey----

Below, I will share with you a condensed account of how I built my first few websites** and got them up and running in no time at all, and how these sites have consistently generated top-ranking traffic in their few months of existence--and all this without spending one dime on advertising.

If you’re considering building a website I hope this information will be helpful to you, and save you the time and expense of some costly mistakes.

But feel free to skip this section and continue browsing if the thought of sharing some passion you have with others online or if the idea of building your own successful website or home-based business has never crossed your mind…(Editor's Note: This story was moved from our primary site which was launched in late 2003)

A little background…

I became interested in building a website after attending a one day seminar in Atlanta last July (2003). The main topic was not on building websites, but on how to receive government grant money to buy your first house, etc. They wanted $900 to show me how. I opted out.

I had already purchased a new townhome with cash back at closing thanks to the ideas presented in Carleton Sheets NO DOWN PAYMENT Program. (Though I have to confess I was not that impressed with the program Sheets sells, but the one thing that I did learn from it was that everything is negotiable, so I not only got into a new home for less than $200 out of pocket, I also negotiated a built-in microwave and other amenities for my townhome as a part of the deal.)

Perhaps because I had no social life at the time, and was having a slow day, I stayed to hear what the last speaker at the seminar had to say on a completely different topic. I do think the job of this speaker was to keep the rest of us busy while the first company collected money from the paying customers (i.e. those who were giving up the $900 dinero for the grants program). As it turned out, the speaker’s topic was on the world wide web and how it was a multi-billion dollar industry—or did he say multi-trillion dollar industry—that continues to grow.

Testing the Waters

So, I made my first investment in the web hosting program this company was selling, paid about $130 for the subsequent workshop, $99 to sign up for a merchant account that would allow me to sell products or services on my site at about $49 a month, and paid another $60 upfront to get hooked to an automated business phone answering service, that would cost me $29.95 monthly to sustain--all this to get me started in style with my new online website and new home-based internet business.

Now, mind you this is all before I even had a website up and running. (Yeah, yeah I know I was green, but that’s why I’m sharing this story with you, just in case your coat of green is of a richer luster than mine was at the time:)-

Lessons                                                                                                         

The lesson for the newbie: Don’t invest in a merchant account right away. There are plenty of ways to accept money over the net (if you are selling something directly from your site) without making that initial upfront and monthly investment. PayPal is one of them. And there are so many software programs that can answer your phone that you can save that extra phone bill too and focus instead on building your website and your business.

Check out the EZ Voice answering software when you have a minute. It comes with a free download so you can try before you buy. And the cost was less than $20, total. There are other software systems out there to answer your phone; you just have to do a little browsing to find the right one for your needs. Of course if you just have money to spend, PBNext does offers a 1- 800 professional business answering service for about $30 a month. Yes, all of my friends were impressed with their service—but I didn’t have a website up at the time so I did not really need the service.

I currently have my 800 number through my long distance carrier which redirects my 1-800 calls to my local phone number, and I pay about 6 to 8 cents a minute for the actual minutes used, with no monthly surcharge. I get rates as low as 3.5 cents/minute Unlimited Long Distance at LowerMyBills.com! I have saved tons of money on international calls and long distance bills since signing up through them.

But back to the story…

Stumbling upon SITE BUILD IT...

Lucky for me I had some time on my hand after making the investment in my first web-hosting company—did I not say I have no social life--and started using the net to do some research. I figured if this was going to be my new part-time pursuit that I probably should get a little more familiar with the World Wde Web. Somehow I ran across a website while surfing late one night where the site host gave high recommendations for the Site Build It program. When I clicked on the link to SITE BUILD IT, I found out why.

[As an aside (and as a note to save face), I should mention that I did get my money back from the first hosting company I joined—you know the one that sold me all the things I didn’t need as a newbie to the web. I used the three-day cancellation clause to get my refunds. I couldn’t get the workshop money back, but that was okay because the company had introduced me to the possibility that someone without experience could build a website and learn to work from home and make a living online. That had to be worth something. Right?]

Still after I got the code to go in and build my site using their program, I was sooooo lost. It was a nightmare. There was no way I would be able to use the program to build a website. It was not very user friendly. And I am a firm believer that in this day and age, things can be and should be friendly to the end user. Then I tried Yahoo’s Site Builder program, using their thirty-day free trial offer. After about a week of trying, l had reached the same conclusion—not very user friendly for this neophyte.

Joining SITE BUILD IT

So when I was finally able to get my hands on the SITE BUILD IT program about the first of September (2003), I could hardly wait to get started using it because I knew that if it delivered even half of what it said it would, that the money would be well spent to launch my new online part-time, work from home website business.

I was NOT disappointed. Ken Evoy, the creator of the system, walked me through it every step of the way. The program was so personable that I really felt I had a personal coach that was training me day by day on everything I needed to know to be successful in building my online web site.

At the end of the program—a 10-day course which took me a little longer to complete ‘cause I was only doing it part-time--I knew all the terms, most of the jargon, and more importantly, I had all the tools I needed to build my site. My confidence level and belief that I could succeed grew.

Content-based websites

American Express used to say "Don't leave home without it", and Coca-Cola told us all for the longest that "It's the real thing", and now Ken Evoy tells us "content-based" websites are the wave of the future for anyone wanting to succeed on the internet.

Ken’s program suggests / strongly encourages / demands website builders construct content-based or theme-based websites in order to get the maximum amount of online traffic to their sites. And this philosophy made a lot of sense to me, since information ranks in the top five categories of what website browsers are thirsting for.

The SITE BUILD IT manager program taught me how to structure the content of my site so the search engines could find their way around in it and rank it high when their “spiders” did their crawling (yeah, I can now talk about spiders and webs and crawling—it’s a whole ‘nother language, mate—as Ken might say).

The automated keyword brainstormer program, included in the SITE BUILD IT package--among a host of other goodies--helped identify words that internet browsers would most likely use in their searches to find information that my site offered; again, this for the sole purpose of getting more folks to your site. And that's important whether you have information to share, a service to provide or products to sell.

I like to think of it this way: what if you owned a brick and mortar store and on Monday morning you went in at 6:00 a.m. and opened shop, but all day only ten people walked through the door. What if on Tuesday morning you did the same thing, but somehow word had gotten out that you were now open for business and instead of 10 people showing up, 50 showed up. Now, the $1000 dollar "Who Wants to be a Millionaire" question: On which day do you think the owner of the shop made more sales?

To illustrate the point with a more concrete example I'll share this one real-life story with you, then move on. Recently I went to an Arts Festival held at a mall, and stopped in to chat with a vendor selling nutritional supplements and vitamins. I naturally asked her if she had a website. She responded that she had tried it but had not gotten any good results so I naturally mentioned my website and all the targeted traffic that I was getting on my site to which she responded, "I don't care about traffic, I am only interested in the number of people who purchase my products." I remembered that--as I opened my mouth to respond--all I could say was "Da...ah", before the next couple came up to the counter.

What’s your Passion?…

Another component which I really enjoyed about using the SITE BUILD IT program initially was how Ken provided an exercise which helps the website builder to figure out what their true passion is and what stimulates them so that they bring that idea to the internet. So that your web site is more of a fun thing to build rather than just another part time work at home job. These days, I have to force myself to go to bed because I find the theme of total health so fascinating… 

Did I say this would be brief…okay…let me wind it up

Even before buying the SITE BUILD IT program, I was so impressed with SITE BUILD IT’s presentation and just compelled to make the investment, which came with an iron clad “satisfaction guarantee or your money back” attached to it.

Now is a good time to investigate SITE BUILD IT!

What are you waiting for? A new year? Well it's here and full of new possibilities for creating your own website from scratch, of creating your own home-based online business, creating your own profit making website or just sharing a hobby with the world. The choice is yours. You can do it. I did it. And it is the most fun I have ever had in front of a computer. 

The sooner you start, the sooner you get used to working with a web host that puts all the tools in one package for you and takes out all the guestwork so all you have to do is concentrate on building your business by providing your customers with great content and great products--either your own product or service or someone else's (affiliate programs). I invite you to get started at the  SITE BUILD IT “university” today.

Looks like I am going to need a Part 2…

I had hoped to tell you about the second program used in building our websites, but because I was so longwinded about SITE BUILD IT, I will have to promise to do it at another time.

But before I go, let me direct you to the Site Build It site so you can take a closer look at all the features this program has to offer. Click here to go to the special SBI page I built listing most of their resources. You will even be able to compare their package with other programs, feature by feature.

Feel free to email me if you have other questions about building your first website using the SBI program. Though I am still a newbie, I now have connection in high places (i.e. Site Build It! support team). In fact you can ask questions directly to the experts at Site Build It here 

I’m wishing you all the best as you go online with your new or enhanced website.

Best Regards,

Lo

Editor

Did you find this Site Build It Website Building Program Review/Testimonial Helpful?

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PS 1

Download the Alexa toolbar if you haven’t already done so, and you will see what I mean about our sites ranking in the top 1 to 3 % of all sites visited on the net. The download takes just a couple of minutes and the toolbar will also come in handy when you have your own website up and want to keep up with your own site statistics. Or if you have a website, take the traffic check test at Site Build It.

P.S. II

"It's no accident that all of my sites rank in the top 1-3% of all websites on the net. Site Build It makes getting traffic to your site a no brainer--no matter what company is hosting your website account.

"You CAN build a website that draws your customers/vistors in, as well as welcomes the search engine robots in with open arms.

"And, no, it does not matter whether you are selling e-goods, hard goods, infoproducts or infopublishing, whether you are an auction seller, a network marketer, or into sales and rentals, or like referring people to offline businesses. Site Build it will help you succeed, showing you how to profit with your affiliate business, how to make your content presell, how to write for the net (netwriting), how to make your words sell , make your site sell and so much more.

"Other things like traffic, linking strategies (value exchange), store building, ecommerce and courses for seasoned webmasters are all available--and most of them free.

"Or maybe you just need more information on Adsense and Adwords or have a few questions you need to ask before you embark on your new website. SBI can help. Do a traffic check on your own site to see how it currently ranks, take a quick tour of successful SBI sites and see case studies, or do a search for keywords, or find linking partners or directories. The list goes on and on, but as they say...

"The PROOF is always in the pudding. Check out the FREE DOWNLOADS available from Site Build It first OR if you are looking for a trusted company to provide website hosting for your new web site, visit Site Build It Comparison page to see what the competition is offering AND then just go ahead and get started with positioning your online business for internet success today. Get all the tools that you need to build your internet business from the king of website development, Ken Evoy and his team of professionals.

P.S. III

"Finally, after you learn all the ropes, do like I will be doing in the next few months. Quit your day job (if that is your goal) and take a holiday while cruising on the road to living your dreams.

"That has to be why the Special Free(dom) Prize inside every Site Build It box is my personal all time favorite link."

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