After logging in to SBI's Site Central, you click the button to add a new page.



Next, you fill in some blanks. If you don't understand something, there are some question marks you can click on and an explanation will pop up in a small window. You can also refer to the SBI Action Guide.



Finally, you add the block you want to be a part of your web page and type in your content. Content blocks include headers, text, links, graphics, etc.



Once you're done adding content you can preview the page, anaylize it to discover if everything is perfect for the search engines and build it.

That's it. 1-2-3. You added a page to your website.

You provide the content (I mean it is your site about something you enjoy) and SBI provides everything - and I mean EVERYTHING else. Here is a list of what comes with SBI.

Build & Host Your Website

SBI's hosting allows you to build a website with an unlimited number of pages. Your bandwidth is unlimited as well so it doesn't matter how many visitors you get, it will never go up.

The package includes domain name registration. Even if you cancel and get your money back, you get to keep the domain name.

I already mentioned the point-and-click building tool above. You can also choose from a wide selection of cool website templates. No need to worry about graphics and layouts.

Traffic Building System

The Action Guide teaches you how to prepare your pages so that they rank well in the search engines. The online website builder lets you analyze each page to make sure you've included everything necessary to reach that goal.

Each time you build a web page, it is automatically submitted to the most popular search engines. It is then re-submitted as needed.

The ranking reports in Site Central help you keep up with where your pages rank in Google, MSN, Yahoo and Ask.

Effective Marketing Tools

SBI has a cool brainstorming tool that lets you research the ideas that interest you most to discover their potential for generating profits. Of course, if you're not concerned about making money, the tools can show you if your site can become popular and generate a lot of visitors.

The traffic stats and analysis tools help you understand how many visitors are coming to your site, where they are coming from and what keywords they used to find you.

Tools to Make Your Site Interactive

SBi makes it easy for you to interact with the visitors to your site. Their Form Build It tool allows you to easily add a variety of forms to your site. Just like the web page builder, Form Built It helps you create a form with building blocks.

You can make contact forms, newsletter subscription forms, polls and surveys and much more. It's a great way to get your visitors involved. You can even let them submit comments, tips or articles to help build the content on your site.

One of the mantras of SiteSell, which owns Site Build It, is overdeliver. You've already seen some of the incredible tools they give you. Many hosting companies would charge extra for each tool but not SBI.

It's the same with customer support. You'll find at least three ways to get help.

One, the in-depth guides and online instruction are very thorough. The guides take newbies into consideration and describe all steps with clarity. All the online tools provide buttons you can click to get explanations.

Two, SBI's customer support team responds quickly to any question you might have and will work with you until things are resolved.

Three, the SBI forums are an awesome place to find help. Hundreds of Site Build It users have made thousands of posts about every step of the process.

You'll find help with getting started.



You'll get help to generate more traffic.



There are a lot of great ideas on how to monetize your site, too.

When it all comes down to it, this is what really matters. Site Build It deliver results. Go ahead. Take a look at SBI's results page.

What kind of results?

First of all, 63% of SBI users rank in the top 3% of all websites on the internet. Independent of the topic, the tools provided by SBI get your web pages to the top of the search engines.

By following the Site Build It Action Guide and making use of the Analyze It tool for the online website builder, SBI gives users an advantage over those who use other website builders.

The first website I built with SBI - U.S. Passport Service Guide ranks high in Google for many major keywords for my theme.

In fact, my website has both the #1 and #2 spots for keywords like quick passport and passport expediter and, even, popular luggage.

I could give you a list of 15 to 20 keywords for each of the first ten rankings in Google for my website.

That proves the popularity, what about the profitability of the website?

You must understand that this is not a get-rich-quick scheme. SBI is not about making a lot of money quickly. It is about building a web business with a solid base that grows over time.

It took me about a month to brainstorm, research, decide on a theme, find affiliate partners, write about 25 pages of content and build the web site.

During this phase, I spent about 10 hours a week on the project. I had a full-time job. I was also committed to my family and my church.

I continued to add pages to the website during the second month. I also began to promote the website according to the Action Guide.

This included using SBI's Value Exchange Program to find link exchange partners.

It took a couple of months for the search engines to pick up my site (it was harder then). It quickly moved up in the ranks and gained popularity.

People started finding my site. The number of visitors continues to climb with the last couple of months reaching 37,344 and 33,096 respectively.



The third month the site was live was when it started making any money. I think it brought in a little over $300. It wasn't much but it was a sign that this could work.

NOTE: There are several ways to monetize a website. One of the quickest and easiest is my promoting affiliate programs. That's what I do on this particular website. If you don't know much about what this is, get SBI's free affiliate masters course.

The income generated from this website has steadily increased each year. Because my site is travel related, the amount fluctuates with low and high travel seasons.

I recently changed affiliate partners. They offered a higher payout and have proven to have a higher conversion rate.

Last month, the revenues for my site totaled $6,442.27 and this month looks as if the amount will be larger still.

High ranking in the search engines. Large numbers of visitors interested in my theme. Continually increasing sales that put money in my pockets. That's what SBI can do for you.

Before we move one, take the Site Build It video tour.

Before we move into the 10-day process for building a website with Site Build It, there are a few things you need to understand.

The 10 Steps to Web Business Success

The 10-Day process outlined in the SBI Action Guide may best be viewed as 10 steps. It's not that it the steps could not be accomplished in 10 days. They can. It's just that the amount of time you spend on each step is not the important thing. What matters is that you fully understand and completely implement each step before moving on to the next one.

Remember C => T => P => M

This formula is the foundation of all successful SBI sites. Follow it and you are guaranteed success. What does it stand for? Let me spell it out for you.

C is for Content

It has often been said that content is king on the internet. If you know anything about history, then you know that not every king that has ever ruled was worthy of the throne. In fact, many were downright horrible. It is no different on the World Wide Web. There is good content and there is bad content.

SBI's Action Guide provides guidance on writing content that will capture the attention of your visitors because you will be providing them with helpful, quality content. You do not have to be a professional writer. The Action Guide teaches you how to write for the web.

T is for Traffic

Driving traffic to your website is not a matter of working hard. It is a question of working intelligently. The Site Build It Action Guide debunks the myths about certain traffic generating methods and gives you the knowledge for mining the methods that are most effective.

There are two important aspects to the traffic SBI teaches you to generate. One, it is targeted traffic. That means that the visitors that arrive at your site are interested in the topic you have written about.

Two, it is free traffic. You don't have to pay a dime for it. Can you imagine driving hundreds, thousands and, even, tens of thousands of visitors to your website each month with zero cost. SBI shows you how to do that.

P is for Pre-Selling

Not many people like to sell. Fewer like to be sold to. That's why salesmen have a bad reputation. Site Build It has understand the importance of pre-selling since the early stages of the internet.

You don't have to push products on people. You don't have to use manipulative language to get them to buy. You don't have to learn psychological tricks to lead them to a choice they don't really want to make.

You job is to help people. I mean really help them. Offer good content in the form of tips, ideas or suggestions and then provide a sincere recommendation for a product that will make their lives easier.

M is for Monetize

There are a lot of ways to generate income from you website. Putting up a bunch of flashing banner ads it not one of them. As I mentioned earlier, promoting affiliate programs is one of the quickest and easiest ways to earn money from your website.

Site Build It also teaches you how to make money from your website from Google Adsense, creating information products, referral fees, an online store and others.

The important thing is to fix the formula in your mind and remember the order. Don't focus on the money. SBI is not about making money. It is about building a web business about a theme that you enjoy and that offers value to your visitors who, based on their trust in you, purchase items that you recommend. They get what they want. You get a commission. It's a win-win deal.

If you haven't already do it, be sure to download the Site Build It Action Guide. I will now begin a journey through the 10-day process.

Day 1 is about laying a firm foundation. Once again, this is not a get-rich-quick scheme so you don't want to rush into it. Take the necessary time to fully understand the basic concept of establishing a successful web business.

One of the principles in 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey is to Start with the End in Mind.

The goal of your web business is to Monetize it, i.e., make money. However, hard selling will drive most visitors away. Sure, you'll make a few sales but you will actually lose more than you gain.

By building a relationship of trust, you can sell to your visitors now one time but over and over again. That relationship begins with good, quality content.

The SBI Action Guide describes it this way.

"The high-value content 'warms up' (i.e., PREsells) visitors by OVERdelivering what they came for... information.

Visitors start to like and trust you (based on what you write about on your site). Your content-rich site builds trust and credibility... "PREselling!" The visitor begins to like and respect you... you are a knowledgeable expert.

This credibility creates an open-to-buy or open-to-hire mindset. You are now a mere click away from Monetizing (converting PREsold traffic into dollars)... affiliate links, order pages, contact forms, Google ads, your own store, eBay auctions, or any other way to monetize -- they are now just one friendly click away!

This proven, results-generating process...

CONTENT => TRAFFIC => PRESELL => MONETIZE

... works. No matter how you plan to monetize..."

Therefore, to be effective in monetizing your website, you need to build a relationship of trust with your visitors by providing them with the information they are looking for.

The Site Build It Action Guide goes on to say,

"People 'buy' from those they know and like. They resist sales efforts from everyone else.

And that is why 99% of small businesses fail online.

Selling is not your site's first priority. (In fact, you may decide not to sell anything and become an "infopreneur" instead!) Your #1 priority is to PREsell through the delivery of the information that visitors seek.

You "monetize" (i.e., convert visitors into money) later.

Effective PREselling creates an open-to-buy (or open-to-hire) frame of mind in your visitors and "gets the click" to your income-generating source (whatever your monetization models may be). That is what produces high Conversion Rates (the percentage of visitors who convert into dollars) and generates more income for you.

The needs of your target group must be your #1 priority, the reason behind every action you take. Your desire to earn income always comes second. Paradoxically, by doing that your income soars."

Help people first. Make money later...over and over again.

This is where you start to generate ideas for your website's theme. The first step is just to sit down and brainstorm. Write down everything that comes to your mind that may interest you in some way. If you get stumped, use some of the questions below to help.

What jobs have you had that you found rewarding?

What would be your ideal job?

What tasks do you enjoy doing?

What magazine articles are you drawn to?

What hobbies do you have or would you like to pursue?

What subjects do you talk about enthusiastically?

Another way to generate ideas is to look at the various roles you have. It could be son/daughter, husband/wife, father/mother, employee/employer, volunteer, etc. What do you enjoy about each one? What are the challenges you have faced? What are the lessons you have learned?

Here is a list of 20 topics that I created in about five minutes. These are things that I am somewhat interested in or have experience with. I am more enthusiastic about some than others.

Living Abroad
Living in the U.S.
Learning Languages
Cross Cultural Marriage
Raising Boys
Homeschooling
Cooking with Kids
Coaching Soccer
Digital Phone Service
Saving Money
Low Cost Travel
Alternative Accommodations
Bass Fishing
Leading Small Groups
Website Creation
Web Business
Web Video
Web 2.0 Traffic
Google Adsense
Fitness for 40+

Now I'm off to research and evaluate each one better. I'll be back soon with the results. Be sure to bookmark this lens so you can keep up with the progress of my website creation.

OK, I'm back with the initial results.

The first theme I chose to research was "Cook with Kids". My youngest son likes to cook so it is a great opportunity for us to spend time together.

While the list above has "cooking with kids", I actually used SBI's Brainstorm It tool to research "cook with kids" instead. Here´s what I got.



Brainstorm It only returned 33 keyword phrases related to that theme. Because of that, I got an alert concerning my topic. Brainstorm It informed me that my topic might be too narrow.

It will be hard to build a website out of only a few keyword phrases that are not searched for very frequently. There is the possibility that the theme could still be popular and profitable.

Brainstorm It uses several different kinds of searches and I had only utilized one of them. However, due to such low numbers, I decided to move on to another theme.

I'll be back with the results soon.