richADZ's Site Build It! - Profitable Web Business or Bust

I had one of my busiest schedules in many years as far as my day job was concerned. Still, I managed to build up to 15 web pages at this point of writing.

While I still found it rather inflexible to use the SiteBuilder to create a page, I realized that the best way - the SBI! Tortoise way - is to build it slowly but surely, bearing in mind that the page is never really finish, always getting a "facelift" as one progresses.

Based on my Blueprint, what I've done at this initial stage is to focus on building Tier 2 pages by adding in the content first (since the content is what makes the page PreSell).

Note: Tier 1 is already done as it is the main page, the first page to be published, whereas Tier 3 can be added later or in my case, while building a Tier 2 page, some new Tier 3 ideas came to mind and I proceeded to create them before I forgotten.

Relevant images will be added later (as my SBI site is travel-related, images can be very helpful in preselling).

Although I'd tried my level best to ensure that the page that I build is Search Engine Optimized, it tend not to pass the "Analyze It" test, which hold me back in the past. But I'd decided that SEO will have to come later, after publishing the page, or else it will delay the buidling process.

SBI! had also automatically submitted my site to the Search Engines and my SBI site is now ranked surprisingly well at MSN for some keywords.

Google and Yahoo! will come later - but this will require some action on my part (more on this later when I reach that part)

You can check out Borneo Tropical Vacation to take a look of my progression.

I have been 'sort of' complaining about some of my difficulties using the SiteBuilder tool (more towards the lack of flexibility of SiteBuilder especially at the initial stage) to create my desired web page design in my previous posting.

It looks more appropriate for a total newbie who doesn't have an inkling what's SSI or CGI.

But I presevere with it (even though I regard myself as pretty good in HTML by now) as there must be a 'catch' to why the 100s of SBIers are building profitable web businesses.

I decided to stick with it because I also like to adhere to the Keep It Simple Silly/SBIer (KISS) mantra. Now, I'm beginning to see the benefits of using SiteBuilder - it takes all the technical hardwork away to let me focus totally on creating better (and keyword-rich) content!

Anyway, a recent SiteSell's affiliate newsletter has an excellent (and logical) explanation on why some people think SBI! is only for the beginners (like yours truly) and that it somehow does injustice to the creativity of an 'expert'. Refer below to a feature article by Ken Evoy:

SBI! Is For Beginners Only?

Yes, If Success Itself Is For Beginners Only!

Every now and then, I'll see a post in one of the
professional Webmasters' forums. It's always from one of
those smarter-than-thou types. And it says...

"Sure SBI! is great, but it's for beginners. I'd rather use
$3 per month hosting and"...

And he then follows with a list of tools that cost several
times more than SBI!. Amazing, but it gets worse...

The smarter-than-thou types will complain about how long it
takes to build a page, claiming that they really need FTP,
CGI, and all the tools of what we now call "old-fashioned"
Web hosting (because that *IS* what standard business
hosting is -- comparing SBI! to all other hosting is like
comparing the Mac to DOS).

They forget that it can take a couple of hours, or more,
just to create one great page of Content. No HTML yet, just
the writing. Done properly, the SBI! way, that page will
make you money for years. So if it takes 1 minute to put up
a page (the first time) with SBI! instead of 30 seconds,
what difference does that make?

Especially when you consider that you gain hours of
time-saving, automated maintenance forever after!

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Anyway, this whole "snobbiness" about "it's-too-easy" should
be a compliment, I guess, not a real pet peeve. And the
other day, two thoughts occurred to me...

1) I realized why the experts poo-poo about Alexa, despite
all its obvious benefits...

http://results.sitesell.com/kbusiness.html

They don't rank! They are not succeeding.

I will invariably check out their Alexa ranking and rarely,
very rarely, do they score as well as the average SBIer (who
is not, if you recall, , a so-called "expert").

-AND-

2) When they say SBI! is for beginners...

"Like what? Is success ONLY for beginners?"

And THAT is the bottom line...

Forget about the smarter-than-thous. Insist upon proof of
success, no matter where you go...

http://proof.sitesell.com/kbusiness.html

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P.S. There is a small group of Webmasters who seem blessed
with common sense. Why work harder when you can work
smarter?

If you read the words of "SBI! geeks," you'll see one trait
that they all share... common sense. It's obvious...

Why the heck would you want to do it the hard way?

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OK, I've got that off my chest. Please share it with the
smarter-then-thou types that YOU know.

Save a Webmaster's life today.

(c) copyright 2005 SiteSell

Slowly bur surely, I'm building my new SBI! site. One day at a time... The Tortoise way!

I have no problem with that as Rome was not built in a day anyway.

I continue to presevere with the SiteBuilder. Although initially it was a bit inflexible for an intermediate-pro FrontPage user like myself (I am sure those with no knowledge of HTML will find the SiteBuilder easier to master), I decided to carry on with it.

Eventually, Ken Evoy was right. The SiteBuilder freed me of all the technical stuffs as well as Search Engine Optimization, and let me concentrate fully on building keyword-rich targeted content for my business.

Over the week, I'd build a Tier 2 web page at a rate of 2-3 days per page.

Not bad, considering I'd an extremely busy week at the office..., and several other establised sites to run.

Not to mention that my kids are having their final term examinations from next Monday to Wednesday (I normally oversee their studies as my wife can't really take the stress...).

Tier 2 pages are normally high profitability sites (i.e., with more demand than supply). The pages must also be in line with the overall Theme of my site (i.e., Tier 1 homepage). I did this with some ease utilizing the Brainstromer modile of SBI! way back in "Day 1-3" of the SBI! Guide.

Hence, I have already drawn up a draft blueprint of what my Tier 2 pages' theme (and keywords) would be as well as some Tier 3 pages.

For example, to be in line with my Tier 1's theme (i.e., 'Tropical Vacation'), I'd found some really interesting and good keywords such as 'Tropical Island Vacation', 'Tropical Adventure Vacation', 'Tropical Beaches', 'Tropical Resorts', 'National Park Vacation', etc.

These will be my Tier 2 pages. Some ideas also prop up when I was building and worry that I'll forget about them, I proceeded to add some Tier 3 pages as well.

Of course, I wrote my content with a NotePad first (i.e., in txt file) using the template for site building (later, modifying it to suit my liking). And after each page was build, I use "Analyze It!" to well, analyze it, to see whether it pass the Search Engine Optimization test.

Then, I again, effortlessly submit to the Search Engines.

Boy, was I getting the hang of it..., but weekend's here and I usually don't do any "work" during the weekends. And this weekend I suspect will be a busy one for me as I have to "drill" my two kids for preparation for their final examinations.