Another SBI Signup, yey!

What makes SBI so much better as a web business? Even though it took me awhile to convince my friend eventually he got sold on the SBI web business model, and that also despite signing up a normal webhosting and making a few blunders like trying to use the free Wordpress.com blogging platform.

Initially he wanted to blog like one of those pro-bloggers who has quite a high traffic rank. I checked through that blogger using Alexa ranking and yes, this guy has very good website traffic with an Alexa ranking of around 69,000! Very high indeed. Much better than my travel site which has a ranking of 600,000.

Then on further scrutiny I found that his bounce rate was rather high. According to Alexa his bounce rate was measured as 70%. Since this guy was just blogging only, I cross check with my blogging website, which also gave me the same result, approx 70%. Alexa must be using a different criteria for measuring bounce, because in my Google Analytics, my blog website has a 89% bounce rate, so my guess is that this pro-blogger is experiencing the same.

So what does bounce rate means? A bounce is when a web visitor happens to find your website on search, curious about your site and drop in for a quick look to see whether it has the information that they need. If you are just blogging about everyday inane things, very likely it would not interest the visitor much. A quick glance (give about 3 to 5 seconds) and if they don’t find what they need it is sayonara, goodbye, adious!

Whereas on my travel website with proper structure and well written content for visitors who are looking for specific travel information hanged around longer, reading what I have to say, and either they click an ad or leave a comment or inquiry. Now that would be your most wanted response, right? If you are running a web business you definitely want your visitors to inquire more about what you have to offer. And for your info, the bounce rate for my travel site is about 45%. That’s a big difference when you compare it with a blog.

So if you just blog aimlessly you are unlikely to get the desired result even though you may get very high website traffic. That’s why when I first started out with SBI, they have a very good action guide that takes you through the steps of creating a REAL website. i.e. don’t blog, though you can create a blog to compliment your website, but your website should be a website that is geared towards giving the information that people wants and eventually get the desired response.

Here’s an interesting sidebar from Ken Evoy of Sitesell:

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Many SBI! owners who are not affiliates recommend SBI! to their friends, family, local businesses, etc. For no commission? Why? Because they love SBI!, and because this monetization model does not fit their main one (ex., selling real estate). If you are an SBIer AND a 5P affiliate...

Do the same, except collect a commission, too! :-)
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Haha, and I do recommend SBI to my friends who wants to start an online business. Those that didn’t heed my advise tended to wonder aimlessly in their online seeking of business.

So now that one of my friends has signed up SBI, he is now going through the action guide and digesting the finer points of setting up a web business. So will see how’s his progress in the coming months.

So what about you?
Blog or build? Webhosting or SBI?

Don’t be like my friends who didn’t heed my advise earlier and wasting so much time (and money). Take up SBI and do it right first time. (Against the advice of Billy Lim’s Dare to Fail school of thought).

Web Success

Show Your Visitors How To Own Their Web Success

"SBI! Is For Newbies."

This is by far one of the most widely-held misconceptions about Site Built It!.

We see it all time. People say it in forums. In blogs. In discussion groups. Newbies do well with SBI!, but SBI! is for anyone who has yet to succeed online, not just newbies.

The best way to dispel any "Urban Myth" is to try proving it to be true. The truth of the myth proves to be elusive, the real story emerging instead.

Are all SBIers Web beginners? Not even close.

Check out the results landing page...

http://results.sitesell.com/

These SBI! sites are merely a sample of our most successful customers. Look close - it's a perfect mix of newbies and seasoned, experienced Webmasters that are all not only performing at the top level on the Net, they're TOPPING most of the so-called "Web experts" at their own business.

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If your visitors are made up of eBayers, Twitter addicts and Squidoo page junkies, tell em' to stop "flitting" and to settle down and create success for themselves, instead of for Twitter, eBay, etc.

Naturally, if you DO reach newcomers to e-business, SBI! is perfect for them. Newcomer or "sophisticated marketer"...

Anyone can make their own success with SBI!.

Check out Ken's recent post about his latest conversation with a 10-year eBayer. It came about accidentally, while Ken was buying something on eBay. This super-experienced seller has finally started working for HIMSELF with SBI!, with the plan to phase out eBay...

An Urban Myth And The Web's Golden Rule While Buying at eBay http://forums.sitesell.com/viewtopic.php?p=704719#704719

And read this week's article below. We'll show you how to turn these Urban Myths into a positive new revenue stream for you!

Create a New Revenue Stream

1) The Top 5 SBI! "Urban Myths"
Your Chance To Expose A Brand New Revenue Stream


SBI! is in a class all its own.

Where else can you find the perfect combination of the right process, all the right tools, and constant updating. Where else can you find an unmatched track record of success?

You can't.

Unfortunately many people - including some among your audience - feel compelled to compare SBI! to existing products that do only a part of what SBI! does.

Instead of comparing apples to apples, they compare apples to, well, antelopes. It's not even in the same ballpark.

When this happens, it creates confusion. Naturally, it's a sign of a successful project -- no one creates urban myths about the unknown. And better still...

These situations represent a perfect opportunity for you to douse these SBI! "Urban Myths" with a little reality, and help gain yourself a brand new customer base in the process.

Let's take a look at the top 5 SBI! urban myths and how you can turn them around fo r maximum results...


1) SBI! Is Only For Newbies

FACT: SBI! is IDEAL for the Internet beginner, true. But it's really for anyone who has yet to succeed online.

Many very successful SBIers are seasoned Web marketers. They love how SBI! automates the most tedious site-managing tasks and allows them the time to build their business.

Long gone are the days when they have to piece together bits of necessary technologies that SBI! already does...


http://tools.sitesell.com/

Beyond the fact that power-users love the efficiencies, though, is the bigger point. If you have a successful business that earns you $1,000, $5,000, $10,000 per month (whatever you define as financially successful), you do NOT need SBI!. You already have a successful business.

But if you have yet to achieve significant, long-term success through free Search Engine traffic, give it a try. There's NOTHING to lose with the Guarantee. And as so many SBIers have said...

"Why did I wait so long. There's so much to gain."



2) I Can Make Money with Squidoo or Hubpages. Who needs SBI!?

FACT: Squidoo is pennies. SBI! is dollars and sense!

Putting up a page on Squidoo or Hubpages is NOT doing business online. You may be creating some content, but so is everyone else. For another Web 2.0 company, not for you.

And the other big drawback...

You have no control. You are controlled by the free hosting company, subject to future rules, future problems, etc. You are also subject to Google devaluing these free pages (as eBay has recently for their affiliate program -- they are seen as spammy by the engines). So...

Stop working for others. Take control of your online efforts and build your own e-business.

Build your OWN Internet "hub" of activity and make dollars, not cents. Be your OWN Squidoo (Content 2.0 lets visitors build pages for YOU -- now we are "talking business!" :-) )

Owning your own Web site makes so much sense. And following the step-by-step Action Guide will take your customer from niche-choosing to content-creating to income-earning.

Long-term. Evergrowing. Evergreen.... by SBI!.

These are the Netrepreneurs who attract the traffic. They make the money. And their visitors create stacks of original content for THEM!...

http://c2.sitesell.com/



3) SBI! Is Just Expensive Web Hosting

FACT: SBI! is sooo much more than a Web host.

Web hosting is cheap. And those with the right knowledge can sign up for a cheap hosting account in minutes and pay $100 per year to house their Web site.

Wait. That's only $200 less than SBI!. SBI!'s Brainstorm It! is worth at least that. That means you get everything else for free, everything on...

http://tools.sitesell.com/

Even though SBI! hosts your Web business as a part of the product, it can hardly be called a Web host. It's a complete education/do-it program that takes customer from concept to execution to success...

http://course.sitesell.com/

The step-by-step-by-step plan of action and all the tools needed, not to mention the constant updating, lets you focus on your business. SBI! has been creating Web success stories for over 10 years!!!.



4) SBI! Is Too Expensive -- You Can Get It All For Free

$299 is cheap for what SBI! delivers. Simply compare...

http://compare.sitesell.com

And SBI! just keeps getting bigger and better with constant updates, upgrades and new tools that employ the last technology with none of the usual technological headaches.

(Including a HUGE new announcement this month. Look out for SBI! 2.0 coming soon.)

And all at the same $299 price point since 2003!

And there is just no way that "you can get it all for free."

We once issued a major challenge, offering $5,000 for those who could find a set of tools that delivered the same functions as SBI!. No one could do it. And no one can today. Just try to match this...

http://tools.sitesell.com/

The funniest thing is that the "gurus" who spread this myth usually promote other tools that cost way more than SBI! and don't offer even 5% of all of what SBI! offers.



5) SBI! Is A Scam

FACT: SBI! is the only product of its kind that teaches ordinary people how to change their lives by building a Web business the RIGHT way.

• No Get-Rich-Quick schemes...
  
• No fooling the Search Engines...
  
• No promises of untold riches...
  

Just a proven process that takes your customers from zero to financial independence with common sense and the tools to allow them to do it on their own.

It's the only program in the world offered at major colleges and universities at all levels... undergrad, MBA, continuing education...


http://www.sitesell.com/more-info/universities.html

SBI! delivers on each and every promise it makes.

Your customers can try it totally risk-free, thanks to its iron-clad guarantee...

http://sitesell.com/more-info/guarantee-teeth.html

Want to prove SBI!'s record of success? Don't just tell them, SHOW them!...

http://results.sitesell.com/

http://case-studies.sitesell.com/

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On the Web, information moves quick, and people are sometimes quick to judge SBI! based on a blurb or a bad review written by those who know nothing about SBI!.

Turn urban myths into a great new revenue opportunity by dispelling misconceptions with facts. Use the landing pages we've highlighted above to dispel these myths and turn some sales your way.

Click-KaChing!