A First-Hand Report

I have a Site Build It website and think SBI is very good, especially for beginners. However, I’ve also read a number of strongly positive reports from experienced website builders who prefer it also.

The $299 yearly fee is virtually all inclusive - domain name, hosting fees, the site builder program itself, mailout manager, ezine program, all kinds of tracking, powerful keyword search tools, webFTP, RSS, blog program, link exchange program, link tracking, dead link notification, etc. Most of it is very easy to set up if not automatic.

The Site Build It program has tons of free articles and books for members on all kinds of topics. There are literally dozens of forums to deal with just about any problem you might encounter, as well as very helpful customer service. The community of users is strong, positive, and supportive.

The site building process is extremely thorough. They have an “Action Guide” on video and in print that takes you through every step of the process - all the way through monetizing the site, building your business, and making it as profitable as possible.

In addition, they have a staff of people who literally sort through all the newest and latest techniques and programs and tricks to sort out the good stuff from the junk. They report on those things to members regularly.

This company has intentionally and carefully set out to be the most complete one-stop-shop in the do-it-yourself, website building business and I think they’ve succeeded admirably. I have searched around a lot, but I’ve seen absolutely nothing else like it anywhere.

You might not know it from this post, but I’m really NOT a fanatic about Site Build It. Yet I am a fan. The all-inclusive package they offer is hard to beat if you try to do it on your own. But then, you wouldn’t have all the business guidance they offer if you did it on your own. You wouldn’t have all the very high-quality free materials and business building resources. You wouldn’t have all the great support and friendship of fellow Site Build It users either.

(Preceding post used with permission from a recent Internet Marketing forum discussion.)

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Thought I’d share my take on Site Build It!

Just for the record, I joined SBI! in Jan 2004, now in my fifth year (my second site is very nearly ready to go live). I’m in no way a techie - I turned to the web, and after much research, I chose SBI! to build a small online business.

I could not find any other company that provides a clear, detailed process integrated with all the tools I needed to actually succeed online. It’s not about putting up a site that’s just “UP.” It WORKS.

To see what you really get, have a look: SBI! - Compare

Having spent a year researching an online business application, I couldn’t find an all-in-one package that came close to SiteSell, $ for $.

In all my time online (since 1997), I have not come across a better training guide than SiteSell’s Action Guide - this leads the user from identifying a site concept, to choosing keywords for traffic, to building relationships with your visitors, PREselling those visitors, and a lot more. All boiling down to succeeding.

An exercise I do every now and then, I compare site stats at Alexa and also at Compete.

For example, here are the stats for my site, eaziGOAL.com:

Alexa: 445,392 Compete: 500,087

As a non-techie, “typical” web user, I feel really satisfied with these results. Similarly, my traffic has been on an upward trend EVERY year, since I started with SBI! (as also the income from my site).

When you consider the price of $299, keep in mind all you’re receiving: SBI! - All The Tools

Sure SBI!’s block-by-block site builder is for newbies - “the training wheels” as it’s referred to. But you should be aware that it’s also possible to design your site with Dreamweaver, or any other HTML editor, and then you can upload your own HTML pages to SBI!

Colin, EaziGOAL.COM

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“SBI was what I used for my first site, and it is my biggest success….by far. It took me a long time to build, and it was hard work, but it brings me in great money every month. I keep looking to create my own websites, using other methods, yet I still can’t even come close to the success of SBI. Sure, it’s a little basic and tedious, but it works if you work. Simple as that.”
Billy Bob

Eat BBQ Every Day For Good Health and a Long Life
www.TexasBarbeques.com

(Preceding post used with permission from a recent Internet Marketing forum discussion.)

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I have 10 websites. Two of those websites are with SBI and the other eight I designed myself with my own hosting service and my own domain name reseller. I’ve been building websites since 1997.

Nothing comes close to the performance of my 2 SBI sites. Nothing!

Is $299 a year “A little pricey?” No!

If you build a site without SBI, autoresponders alone cost you anywhere from $17-$19 per month. Cheap hosting around $4-$5 per month. Then there’s search engine submission, etc., etc.

I ain’t real good at math but I believe we’ve already got close to the $299 per year - and that’s just for hosting and autoresponder!

I haven’t even mentioned the other 41 reasons I use SBI - all the other things that are included in their package.

Why aren’t my other 8 sites with SBI?

I do have sites that require php, data bases, asp, and SBI does not have those features at this time. When SBI offers those features, all 10 of my sites will be with SBI.

But for a newbie or veteran, I’ve not found anything to compare to the effectiveness of SBI for the dollar spent…

Of course I’ve only been doing this for about 10 years and am still a rookie with only 10 sites and a blog.

“The absolute best online ezine on earth”

Paul