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Site Build It! Review
Currently, Site Build It!, or SBI! for short, is the only website building and hosting solution that has my full endorsement.
SBI! is for complete beginners as well as advanced webmasters that want to take advantage of all the unique business building tools under the SBI! hood. When I wanted to start my business website, I researched a lot of website starter tools on the Internet. I quickly became overloaded with all the information available. Some website building packages seemed too expensive for what they offered, while others simply didn't have the features I needed. The SBI! Video ReviewProven Success Using SBI!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. The SBI! sales pages are so jam-packed with information, endorsements and testimonials, that it's almost too much. My first reaction was that SBI! was way too hyped-up and couldn't possibly deliver what they were promising.Well, I was wrong. This entire website was built using Site Build It!, and the results have far surpassed my expectations. This website is currently ranked in the top 1% of all websites monitored by Alexa. Alexa is an Amazon-owned, Microsoft-powered Search Engine that measures traffic-popularity based on a sample of over 10 million users, who are tracked as they surf, providing the most comprehensive traffic ranking figures available. But I'm not the only one experiencing success with the SBI! website building system. If you'd like to read some case studies of other small business owners using SBI!, click the link below. The Magic Formula: C-T-P-MHow can SBI! deliver on their promise of allowing someone with no Internet experience to build a business website that automatically generates large amounts of free targeted traffic?It all comes down to SBI!'s unique C-T-P-M process.
While the philosophy is quite simple, the result is very powerful. Here's what C-T-P-M is all about. The "C" in C-T-P-M stands for Content - but not just any content. You'll be creating content that is already in-demand. That is, content related to your business that people are already looking for in the search engines. The "T" in C-T-P-M stands for Traffic. Once you create and optimize page content based on what people are already searching for, you naturally start driving targeted traffic to your various content pages. The "P" in C-T-P-M stands for PREselling. Just because you've been successful at getting targeted traffic doesn't mean you'll automatically generate revenue. SBI! places a lot of emphasis on the power of PREselling. That is, warming up your visitors by building trust and confidence through your website content. The "M" in C-T-P-M stands for Monetization. Once you've built in-demand content, generated traffic, and have successfully presold that traffic - you are finally ready to monetize that traffic. This is where most people fail. They try to monetize right away, before even generating much traffic. Monetization is the last step in the powerful C-T-P-M process. SBI! will teach you multiple ways to monetize your website traffic, allowing you to build a thriving and profitable business. In fact, they have an entire article base on how to diversify and build your revenue streams using your website. Let's take a look at just how Site Build It! allows you to research in-demand content. The Brainstorm It! Module - The Magic Behind the CurtainAbraham Lincoln once said that if he had six hours to chop down a tree, he would spend four of those hours sharpening his axe. Site Build It! takes a similar approach by systematically walking you through the process of planning your page content based on the concept of keywords.A keyword is simply a word or phrase that is typed into the search engines. The secret of a successful website that drives traffic is researching profitable keywords. In order to do this effectively, you really need a third-party keyword research tool. Fortunately, Site Build It! contains a world-class keyword research algorithm that makes it easy for you to base your page content on profitable keywords related to your business. Here's a quick example of how it works. Suppose I wanted to write an article on my website relating to "sales letter." I would simply type this phrase into the search box and then click the Brainstorm It! button. Site Build It! returns dozens (and sometimes hundreds) of additional keywords related to the phrase "Sales Letter." What makes this tool so important is that each keyword will be listed along with Supply and Demand data. This data tells you how many people search for this exact same term each month as well as the level of "competitiveness" for the keyword. This information allows you to build content pages that are based on what SBI! calls "high-profitability keywords." That is, low-competitive keywords that allow you rank high in the search engines while still driving good amounts of traffic.
The more pages you build with high-profitability keywords, the more targeted traffic you generate. Take a look at the below images to get a better idea of how the keyword data is displayed within the Brainstorm It! module.
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. Let's take a look at how you actually build your web pages. Creating Web Pages That Generate TrafficAfter 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
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.
Step 2: Add Your Written Content Once you have selected your website look & feel, you are ready to start adding content. This is done by filling in various dialog boxes as shown below. 
This is all you need to do to start creating web pages. This system also makes it very easy to upload photos and to create clickable links to take visitors to other areas of your website. It will automatically create your navigation bar, add RSS feeds, social bookmarks, and a host of other traffic building features at the click of a mouse. Want to change a page - no problem - it can be done in a matter of minutes. Want to change the order of your navigation bar or add a new navigation topic? Again, a few mouse clicks and your done. The Site Build It! content generation system has been designed especially for the business owner that doesn't want to get caught up in the technical details of HTML code. However, it would be a mistake to assume that Site Build It! is only for the HTML-challenged. If you're an experienced website builder, you'll be happy to know that you can use any HTML editor to create your pages and upload them into the SBI! content management system. In fact, that is exactly what I did to build this site. If my site is a good example of using the Site Build It! with templates, HTML editors and more advanced knowledge, what can a novice expect to accomplish? Below is a good example of a website that was built using the internal page building system. This is the system you will use if you have to build your website yourself and have little knowledge of HTML.
As you can see, you can build an impressive site without needing to know the technical underside of building and uploading pages. It's unusual to find a product that not only fits the needs of a complete beginner, but can offer a tremendous amount to the seasoned site builder. Powerful List Building ToolsOne of the most important things you can do to grow your business is to start building a database of customers and prospects. SBI! contains two important list building modules called Form Build It! and Ezine Mailout Manager.Form Build It! allows you to custom design just about any form you can think of and place it on your website. You 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 you can view at any time. 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. Site Build It! lets you design and place the ezine registration form anywhere on your site. You select the day and time you want your newsletter to be sent and SBI! does the rest! Search Engine MonitoringSBI offers a module called the Site Build It! TrafficCenter. This module contains several tools but two of them are very important. They are the Traffic Stats Center and the Search Engine Headquarters Center.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:
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. The Value of Site Build It!I have to say that Site Build It! offers an incredible value for all the tools and modules offered and they are continually adding new features and improvements. As of this writing, they recently added a tool called Infin It! that allows users to plug in their own shopping carts, stores, blogs and forums. They also recently updated their Brainstorm It! research module, making it even more powerful than before. It's nice to see a company that is so proactive in improving an already great business building tool.
The link below provides a summary of the entire SBI! feature set. In addition, you'll also see how Site Build It! stacks up against the competition.
The SBI! Forums - Information at Your FingertipsIn 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 5,000 visitors per day is not very useful if you don't know how to monetize that traffic. Here are just a few of the great monetization ideas discussed:
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. SBI! Drawbacks?You probably think I'm an SBI! employee after reading this review. The fact is, I love Site Build It! because it has worked to quickly grow my business. Instead of selling my products locally, I now have a wordwide audience.That said, let me fill you in on a few areas where I think Site Build It! could improve. I would also like to see Site Build It! 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. Also, I feel the integrated website analytics package is just adequate. SBI! gives you all the basic statistics you will want initially. However, as your site grows, you will want more data than what SBI! provides. This isn't a huge deal as it is very simple to integrate a web analytics package like the free Google Analytics into your site. A Comprehensive Business Building PackageIf you're looking for a comprehensive solution to building your business website, I highly recommend Site Build It! as the way to go.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, Site Build It! 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.
Side Note: I think the below SBI! promo video is a great example of targeting a particular market and using several emotional hooks to bring the message home. If used right, video can be an important part of making that emotional connection on your site. The below video targets moms that want the freedom to move out of the 9-5 corporate environment and work from home. It's worth viewing just to see a solid example of how video can help potential customers connect with your product.
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