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My Secret for the Success of this Website?

Hello, my name is Jay Snively. For 18 years I had worked in the audio-visual field designing, installing, and repairing systems and equipment. That all ended one day when on the job I injured my back. On disability and no longer able to do my job, I searched for meaningful work I could do from home (and did not involve heavy lifting!). I tried quite a few things and met some degree of failure at all of them.

A Dream I've Had

For a long time I've wanted to be my own boss, working from home, making a comfortable income, doing something I like to do. I forget how it happened, but I came across a company that promised to help me build a website that had a good chance of being a profitable business. I didn't know anything about building a website and had no idea what the topic of the website would be.

I did my research and purchased the system - it's called Site Build It! (SBI!) by SiteSell. First, SBI! helped me find a topic that was of interest to me and at the same time profitable. The idea is to become an info-publisher and give away information for free. People use SBI! to build sites on just about anything you can think of. There are sites on juggling, how to use your digital camera, free online piano lessons, and even dreadlocks, to name a few. See some of the sites that have grown out of other people's interests.

So How Does This Website Make Money?

But if I'm giving information away for free, how do I make money? One way is to display a small amount of advertising on select pages. Another way is by being an affiliate. That's where you recommend a product or service and if a visitor to your site makes a purchase based on your recommendation, you get a commission. This site gets visited by almost 3000 people every day and a significant portion of those people take an action that makes me money.

I don't have a boss and I work from home, so there's no fighting rush hour traffic - I fill my car with fuel about once a month (and it's a gas hog)! I work when I want and that makes much of my life stress-free. About the most frustrating thing I deal with is a kitty by the name of Tzilla that insists on sitting in front of my monitor or on my keyboard. And one website requires very little time to maintain once it's up and running. Yes, it was a fair amount of work to start with, but now I spend about two to four hours a week adding a few articles and answering emails (I get to communicate with people from all over the world!). And that's left me more time to start two more SBI! websites.

Will You Follow Your Passion?

Don't think for a minute that you have nothing worth sharing. Everybody knows something or at least has a passion for something - and that's all that's needed. There's plenty of room on the Internet for more information. You'd be surprised how many topics still lack good, thorough, and hype-free content. How many times have you searched the Web for information and could find nothing but sites trying to sell you something? And with today's fast-paced society and technological advances, new topics are being born all the time.

If you're inspired but can't decide how (or if) you can proceed, I highly recommend contacting an experienced SBI user. They are friendly, reassuring, and extremely good at helping you find your way.

A Few Final Words About Site Build It!

There's no need to know HTML (that's the code that builds websites) and SBI! keeps adding significant features without raising the price. The customer support is top-notch and there is a community of hundreds of experienced SBI! users ready to help you out in the forums. These sites work - 35% of all SBI! sites are in the top 1% of all websites on the Internet in terms of popularity.

The best way I can sum it up is by telling you Site Build It! doesn't just show you how to build a website, it shows you how to build a business.

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