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Two Launches + Final Days: 5 Pillar Affiliate Report #261

Zine Mailings

The 5 Pillar Affiliate Report is for SiteSell.com affiliates only (click here for 5 Pillar Report #261). This e-zine, together with the Quick Start Guide, the 5 Pillar Marketing Guide, and the SiteSell Promotion Center, forms the backbone of the #1 affiliate program in the world.

This week, 5P News announces the extension of the Buy-1-Get-1-Free special to Jan 3 (at midnight), the launch of the "I Love SBI!" video site, and the release of Form Build It!'s graphic-challenge, making form spam a non-issue for SBIers.

The Articles section covers 10 quick, last-minute strategies to squeeze all you can from the holiday special extension.  The clock is clicking for this sales-driving promotion!

Finally, Pearls From The Affiliate Forums features the following...

• Feed It! -> Blog
• Using Brainstormer To Market SBI!
• Holiday Extension - Your Last Chance!

Click here to read this issue of the 5P Affiliate Report. (Affiliates only. Not an affiliate? Register today.)

Video Winners And BubblePLY SBI! Xpress #194

Zine Mailings

Site Build It! Xpress ("SBIX") is for SBI! customers only (click here for SBIX #194). It boils down the near-infinite Net marketing and e-business noise into "only what you really need to know."

This week, SBIX News announces the 38 winners of the Why-I-Love-SBI! video contest ($43,500 in prizes), how to optimize your video for the YouTube Collection, the release of Thank It! Parts IV and V, the FBI! Graphic-Challenge Option launch, and the Buy-1-Get-1 holiday special extension to Jan 3.

The Articles section covers BubblePLY, a powerful affiliate monetization tool, and Google AdSense's policy clarification regarding the placement of images near ads.

Finally, Pearls From The SBI! Forums features the following...

• What To Do (And Reassurance) If Leeches Copy You
• The I Love SBI! Channel Is Now Live!  :-)
• A Great Video Marketing Tip From Elad
• DMOZ is up for Submissions
• Hmmm... maybe I should tell everyone to stop...
• INSTRUCTIONS: How to put audio files on your site

Click here to read the three most recent issues of the SBI! Xpress. (SBI! owners only.)

Small Business Trends In 2007. Ready?

Ken's Blog

"Ken, what are the major trends that will impact online small business people in 2007, and what should they be doing now to get ready for them?"

Wow! A great question during a recent interview.

Out of all the "noise" that bombarded us in the 100+ blogs, news feeds, e-zines, and Web sites that we followed during 2006, what was the "signal" mixed among all that noise?  What are the major trends that will have a tangible effect on small businesses, and what can they do about it?

Could it be Google and its ever-improving search algorithms?  Only if small businesses depend on SEO for traffic.  SEO-driven sites are doomed to chase the algorithm.

What about Google's frequent new product launches?  No, Google is already learning that they have to simplify, to make the Web accessible by a single search through its home page.

Is it Google at all?  Blogging?  Web 2.0?  YouTube?  Yes and no.  Here we go, black and white, no vague predictions... Here are the trends for 2007, extrapolating what we have witnessed during 2006...

Holiday Special Countdown Begins!: 5 Pillar Affiliate Report #260

Zine Mailings

The 5 Pillar Affiliate Report is for SiteSell.com affiliates only (click here for 5 Pillar Report #260). This e-zine, together with the Quick Start Guide, the 5 Pillar Marketing Guide, and the SiteSell Promotion Center, forms the backbone of the #1 affiliate program in the world.

This week, 5P News announces the countdown for the special Buy-1-Get-1-Free Holiday Promotion.  Three days to the December 25 midnight deadline!

The Articles section has one super-intensive article that covers strategies for promoting the holiday special. Not only do you earn a commission for first purchases, but you also earn for renewals the following year!

Finally, Pearls From The Affiliate Forums features the following...

• Checking out this Program. Have Questions
• Your 5P Goals for 2007?

Click here to read this issue of the 5P Affiliate Report. (Affiliates only. Not an affiliate? Register today.)

Round 1 Of Why-I-Love-SBI! Video Contest SBI! Xpress #193

Zine Mailings

Site Build It! Xpress ("SBIX") is for SBI! customers only (click here for SBIX #193). It boils down the near-infinite Net marketing and e-business noise into "only what you really need to know."

This week, SBIX News announces the final 4 days of the Buy-1-Get-1 SBI! holiday special, the first round of finalists in the Why-I-Love-SBI! video contest, 5 new searches in Search It!, and employment opportunities at SiteSell.

The Articles section covers cheap and disposable video camera options, and a link-building strategy about submitting full articles to niche-related forums.

Finally, Pearls From The SBI! Forums features the following...

• How I Made $7,462.90 in 51 Days with a NEW SBI! Site
• Speechless Over Video!!!!!!!!!! :-))))))))
• One Of The Things I Don't Like About Google

Click here to read the three most recent issues of the SBI! Xpress. (SBI! owners only.)

Holiday Special: The SiteSell Edge #080

Zine Mailings

The SiteSell Edge is for people who aren't yet SBI! customers (click here for The SiteSell Edge #080). It boils down the near-infinite Net marketing and e-business noise into "only what you really need to know."

This week, News From The SiteSell Edge announces the Buy-1-Get-1-Free SBI! Holiday Special and 142 Videos Entered in the Why I Love SBI! $10,000 Video Contest.

The Featured Article covers Music Sources for Your Videos.

Click here to read previous issues of The SiteSell Edge.

5 New Searches In Search It!

SiteSell Insider

Search It! is the ultimate e-commerce search tool.  And we have just added five more invaluable searches...

• Monetization > Finding Advertisers And Other Monetizers
• Monetization > Does THIS Site Have An Affiliate Program?
• Specialty Hubs and Directories > Google Search For Topical Forums
• Competition > SiteSell Multiple Keyword SUPPLY
• Competition > How Many Blog Mentions About?...

Who has time to bookmark and remember how to use all the really useful searches that exist online?  And Search It! even creates optimized, advanced searches.  It's an invaluable tool.

What's The Point For Your Business??

Create a free tool for your audience, one that provides genuine utility and value.

Repeat exposure is key to building trust and top-of-mind.  What free tool would your PRE-customers love you for?

Holiday Special & Blog Launch!: 5 Pillar Affiliate Report #259

Zine Mailings

The 5 Pillar Affiliate Report is for SiteSell.com affiliates only (click here for 5 Pillar Report #259). This e-zine, together with the Quick Start Guide, the 5 Pillar Marketing Guide, and the SiteSell Promotion Center, forms the backbone of the #1 affiliate program in the world.

This week, 5P News announces the special Buy-1-Get-1-Free Holiday Promotion (the gift that keeps on giving and earning!), the recent release of  The Blog, and the fast growing popularity of the Video Tour, as it moves up to spot #3 on the Top 10 PREseller list.

The Articles section first covers how to effectively promote The Blog, while earning a no-overwrite cookie at the same time, and then it introduces the 5 Pillar Marketing Guide's four new PREselling strategies.

Finally, Pearls From The Affiliate Forums features the following...

• Looking to start promoting SiteSell, what approach is best?
• Building content - is it OK to PREsell SiteSell?

Click here to read this issue of the 5P Affiliate Report. (Affiliates only. Not an affiliate? Register today.)

Video Love

Ken's Blog

We spend a great deal of time on our sitesell.com Web sites trying to explain what SBI! is and does, trying to answer the age-old "What's in it for me" question.

We spend even more space proving that small business people really do succeed with SBI!, unlike the vast majority who fail using conventional methods.  We have to prove it, beyond any shadow of a doubt, because we don't start out-of-the-gate with the brand credibility of Yahoo! Small Biz.  And, I guess...

We must be doing something right, or more specifically our customers must be doing a whole lot of things right, because SiteSell has been growing steadily, regardless whether "e-commerce" is at the hysterical top of a BOOM or at the "Net-is-dead"-bottom of a BUST phase.   Our customers thrive, so we do, too.

But it's not easy to communicate Site Build It!.  It's big, all-encompassing.  It sounds too good to be true.  So it's not the easiest message to convey, not "tightly," anyway.

Until now.

Nothing has ever allowed us to communicate as well as video.

Here are just two examples...

1. SBI! Video Tour
This clean presentation of SBI!'s who-what-when-where-why-and-how has dramatically increased our Conversion Rates.

2. Customer Reaction
Take a peek at these SBI! videos at YouTube.  Site Build It! connects emotionally -- folks get emotional when their lives change.  Video shows emotion far better than any million words I could ever write (and I've been known to write a million or two  ;-) ).

New Way To Choose Best Site Concept! SBI! Xpress #192

Zine Mailings

Site Build It! Xpress ("SBIX") is for SBI! customers only (click here for SBIX #192). It boils down the near-infinite Net marketing and e-business noise into "only what you really need to know."

This week, SBIX News announces the tortoise slogan winners, the closing of the ilovesbi video contest, a reminder about the YouTube Collection, two additions to Ken's Blog, and two new ways to choose your best Site Concept.

Articles cover a fast-and-full brainstorming strategy for identifying the best Site Concept, and the introduction of Shopster, an e-commerce solution compatible with SBI!.

Finally, Pearls From The SBI! Forums features the following...

• Stay Out Of Your Own Way
• An Asphalt Pearl Of Inspiration
• Important:  A Special Tip For Your Closing Screen
• Visualizing (mindmapping) your website without building it
• Adding A Shopster Store To Your SBI! Site?
• New Way To Choose Best Site Concept!

Click here to read the three most recent issues of the SBI! Xpress. (SBI! owners only.)