When I first wanted to start my business website, I started researching various tools on the Internet. I quickly became overloaded with all the information I found. Some website building packages seemed too expensive for what they offered while others simply didn't have the features I needed.

I came across Site Build It! early in my research and guess what? I passed on it! Why? Because it just seemed too good to be true. SBI was promising just about everything under the sun and, well, I just didn't believe it.

After continuing my research and coming up empty handed, I decided to email Jim Novo, a well-known authority on database marketing. Jim is a business consultant and I knew he would have a solid recommendation for who I should choose to help me build my first website. Can you guess where he pointed me? That's right, Site Build It!.

Because I had trusted Jim's advice in the past and he had always come through for me, I went ahead and purchased my subscription to SBI. Without knowing a lick of HTML code, I had my homepage up and running in no time flat. My site has certainly grown and expanded since I put up that very first page and I have to admit - I couldn't have done it without SBI.

But don't take my word for it. Let me show you exactly what SBI can do.

The cornerstone of the Site Build It! philosophy is the C-T-P-M process.

While the philosophy is quite simple, the result is very powerful. SBI teaches you to create in-demand content. This in-demand content naturally drives targeted traffic to your website which then allows you to presell to your visitors, warming them up and creating trust and confidence by delivering compelling and useful content. Once you have large amounts of presold traffic coming your way, you can easily monetize this traffic with multiple revenue models. SBI has an entire article base on how to diversify and build your revenue streams using your website.

Most people that build websites try to monetize as the first step. SBI teaches that monetization is the final step - not the first! This is the number one reason why business websites fail to generate large amounts of income. People don't want to be sold. You must presell your visitors by generating the content they want. Only then can you start to build a relationship and then to sell them your products and services.

Let's look at the "C" portion of the C-T-P-M process - creating in-demand content. How is this done? By researching keywords that have a high demand and low supply. High demand means a lot of people are searching for that particular keyword in the search engines and low supply means that there isn't a lot of competition for that keyword.

The secret of ranking high in the search engines is to base your web pages on these high demand and low supply keywords. Site Build It! makes this simple by providing an incredible keyword research tool called Brainstorm It! Let's take a closer look.

With this module, you'll be able to enter a Brainstorm Seed Word and instantly get hundreds of additional keywords returned all based on that initial word. You get complete information on how often people search for each keyword (demand data) as well as how stiff the competition is (supply data.) Take a look at the screenshots below.

Once you have uncovered profitable keywords related to your business and target market, it's a simple matter to use these words as the primary keyword for content pages you build. Your web pages will rank highly for these individual keywords, driving large amounts of free traffic that will become the lifeblood of your business.

Search It! is sort of an all-in-one research tool. You can find a good portion of these tools for free on various websites but what makes Search It! so useful that everything is integrated into a single interface. So just what can you do with this tool? Here are just a few things Search It! will help you analyze.

• Domain name research
• Content generation research
• Company and product research
• Link popularity
• Indexed pages
• Back links
• Forums and discussion group searches
• Local business competition
• Inbound link opportunities

Wanna try it for yourself? Go right ahead. SBI offers this tool for free. Click here to access Search It!

After you have researched profitable keywords, you can then start to build content pages based on these keywords. If you have absolutely no knowledge of how to build web pages using HTML, you can breathe a sigh of relief. Site Build-It! offers a very simple yet powerful content management system that anyone can use regardless of their technical knowledge. Creating your website is a simple 2-step process.

Step 1: Choose a Website Template
SBI offers dozens of various website templates segmented by category. They offer themes in the following categories:

• High Tech
• Health & Beauty
• Business & Finance
• Marketing
• Lifestyles
• Sports & Recreation
• Books & Art
• Learning & Education
• Food & Drink
• Entertainment

Below is an example of the Marketing Style template. You have the ability to upload your business logos, navigation bars, and background image. You'll be amazed at how easy it is to create a professional looking website that produces results with absolutely no experience on your part. SBI does all the heavy lifting so that you can concentrate on running your business.

Would you like to see an actual website that was created with this system? Just click the site below.

Whenever a new tool or program comes along and claims to be the next best thing, the first thing I look for is proof. The question to ask is this: By following the Site Build It! process, will you be able to build a high traffic website?

To answer this question, we can look at the website traffic patterns of SBI sites through data provided by Alexa Internet, Inc. Alexa is a subsidiary of Amazon.com and is best known for providing information on web traffic to other websites. When you look at how SBI sites perform based on their Alexa ranking, the results are quite impressive.

If you click on the link below, you'll be taken to one of SBI's pages that shows the Alexa ranking for dozens of their websites run by ordinary people just like you and me. This data never fails to amaze me. Check it out for yourself - Site Build It! has has given many business owners the tools to create websites that rank in the top 1%.

Rather than try and explain how comprehensive and user-friendly this guide is, why don't you just take a look for yourself? Click the below link to view the entire SBI Action Guide. It's the same guide you will be using when you purchase Site Build It! As you'll see, SBI takes you from ground zero all the way to a finished traffic-generating website. Everyone considering purchasing SBI should first view this guide. SBI isn't a magic button you push. You will have to put in the time to build your success. However, if you put in that time and follow the SBI manual all the way, you will succeed in building a successful online business.

Form Build It! allows you to custom design just about any form you can think of and place it on your website. It can create contact forms, referral forms, e-course & special report registrations and all types of surveys. Any time you place a form on your website, you have an opportunity to capture important contact information about your customer. Form Build It! automatically collects and stores all contact information in a database that is easily accessed.

Ezine Mailout Manager allows to you create your very own company newsletter. Like Form Build It!, this tool also collects and stores registration data automatically - you don't have to do a thing. SBI lets you design and place the ezine registration form anywhere on your site. Both an HTML and a text version of your ezine are created. If the HTML version is not deliverable because of special filters on the recipient's end, Site Build It! will automatically send the text version. You select the day and time when you want your newsletter to be sent and SBI does the rest!

The only place where SBI could improve is to offer A/B Split Testing for the Ezine Mailout Manager. A/B Split testing would allow you to test your ezine subject lines to see which ones have a better open rate. It would also allow you to split test offers contained within the ezine to determine which offer pulled the most responses. I've made a request for SBI to add this as a feature.

The link below provides a summary of the entire SBI feature set. In addition, you'll also see how SBI stacks up against the competition.

In my opinion, just having access to the Site Build It! forums is worth the yearly price alone. I AM NOT a forum guy. I prefer to figure things out on my own. So when I first went to the SBI forums, it was more out of curiosity. The result? I was blown away not only by how useful the information was, but by how well the entire forum was moderated.

There's a special place in the forum for just about every conceivable topic. One of my favorites is the Monetizing Forum. This forum discusses ways to monetize all that traffic you will start to bring in as your site matures. After all, having a website that brings in 1,000 visitors per day is not very useful if you don't know how to monetize it. Here are just a few of the great monetization ideas discussed:

• Monetizing with affiliate programs
• How to find and sell your own e-goods
• Monetization strategies for local offline businesses
• Making money with referrals
• How to sell hard goods on your site
• How to set up a membership site
• Monetizing for service businesses (e.g., doctor, engineer, landscaper)

The forums also have a special area that allows other SBI customers review and critique your site. A lot of helpful information can come out of this. In short, SBI offers a large community of passionate users that are all interested in helping each other. To be plugged into the SBI community is an amazing experience. The SBI forum is the only forum I read in a daily basis.

You can decide how much time and effort you want to invest in selling the SBI system. Most people simply put a link to SBI on their website. When a visitor clicks on that link and makes a purchase, SBI pays you a $75 commission. This is one of the most generous affiliate programs I have ever run across. Once you've seen what SBI can do, you will feel good knowing that you are recommending a business building system that really works.

If you're interested in learning more about SBI's 5P Affiliate Program, click the link below.

The Traffic Stats Center gives you basic website traffic statistics that will help you learn to fine-tune your site. Here, you will find reports of monthly visits, visitors, and pages viewed. You can drill down by clicking on a particular month to get more specific information that includes the following:

• Visits, visitors, and pages viewed per day
• Top pages viewed
• Entry and exit pages
• The website people were at right before they came to your site
• Keywords that people typed into the search engines to get to your site

While Site Build It! has done a decent job of providing basic statistics, I think they could have done a better job. As you become more advanced at building your web business, you will outgrow these basic web stats. For this reason, I recommend all SBI users install the free Google Analytics script on all their web pages in order to go a step beyond SBI's web stats.

The Search Engine Headquarters Center is a great tool that shows the main keyword for all of your web pages. For each keyword, you can see exactly where it ranks in Google, Yahoo, Live Search, and Ask. In addition, you will be able to see which of your pages have been picked up by each of these search engines. Remember, if a page hasn't been picked up by the search engines, it's invisible. SBI will help you nail down your on and off-page criteria so pages get picked up and ranked high by the search engines.

SBI costs $299 per year, which comes out to about $25 per month. This price includes web hosting, domain registration, the Brainstorm It! research tool, the education to build your website, comprehensive forums, selection of web templates, Ezine creation and mailing, search engine optimization tools, and the ability to add just about any third-party application you want, including shopping carts, blogs, and forums.

In summary, SBI offers one of the greatest values in business building you will find on the Internet today. It's not just for newbies. Experienced web people will be able to design their own web templates and upload them into the SBI system. However, If you are new to building web pages, SBI offers their block-by-block system which requires no HTML knowledge.

You can literally start planning and building your new business website today. When you're ready to get started, click the below link.

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