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Snippet Build It! Contest Roars Ahead!: 5 Pillar Affiliate Report #299

Zine Mailings

The 5 Pillar Affiliate Report is for SiteSell.com affiliates only (click here for 5 Pillar Report #299). 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 roaring-ahead progress of the Snippet Build It! Contest and two new Case Study updates.

The Articles section covers Snippet Build It! Contest's "Sticky Lessons" for designers and marketers.

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

• Best Landing Page For Non-Techies
• Holiday Promotion Is Coming - Are You Ready?
• The Tortoise's Little Green Book Of Winning Theories
• Do family pics on a site look amateurish? Does race matter?

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

SBI! Distance Learning Moving Ahead!: SBI! Xpress #232

Zine Mailings

Site Build It! Xpress ("SBIX") is for SBI! customers only (click here for SBIX #232 and recent issues). 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 latest entries in the C2 Olympics and the Snippet Build It! contest, plans for SBI! Distance Learning, and feedback about the Master Keyword List's Notepads.

The Articles section covers C2 SuperBlog (an "out-of-the-box" idea) and how to monetize with Blog It!'s help.

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

• Seeing the big picture
• A Success Vs. Failure Pearl
• The Tortoise's Little Green Book Of Winning Theories
• BI!/MKL V3 and Questions For You About Notepad
• WAHM Publicity, Anyone?
• Do family pics on a site look amateurish? Does race matter?

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

New Video Build It! Sales Closer!: 5 Pillar Affiliate Report #298

Zine Mailings

The 5 Pillar Affiliate Report is for SiteSell.com affiliates only (click here for 5 Pillar Report #298). 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 a new Video Build It! sales closer and Snippet Build It! contest is in full swing.

The Articles section covers strategies for using the C-T-P-M landing page.

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

• New Video In Video Build It!
• Daljit Needs Some Help With His Promotion
• Gary Asks "Is Success Really Possible"
• Follow the Guide (Really)

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

Sitesell Education Phase 3 Launches!: SBI! Xpress #231

Zine Mailings

Site Build It! Xpress ("SBIX") is for SBI! customers only (click here for SBIX #231 and recent issues). 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 launch of SiteSell Education's Phase 3, Content 2.0's new feature that allows you  to turn comments and/or ratings on or off, the latest entries for the C2 Olympics Contest, a new Video Build It! video and the final call for Infin It! beta testers.

The Articles section covers SBI! lessons that are also life lessons.

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

• The Never-Ending Video Contest Does A Cameo!
• SBI is like a big souped-up car...
• Drive Noise-Free(
• Finally took the plunge to 3 columns
• Snippet Build It! Contest Roars Ahead -- See These Entries...
• A Survey... How do YOU use the Action Guide?
• Store Build It! Announcement
• An eBay Learning Experience...

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

Snippet Build It! Contest Starts!: 5 Pillar Affiliate Report #297

Zine Mailings

The 5 Pillar Affiliate Report is for SiteSell.com affiliates only (click here for 5 Pillar Report #297). 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 start of the Snippet Build It! Contest and an e-goods Case Study update.

The Articles section covers what the Video Tour can teach you.

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

• Confused About Her Team
• How To Send Your Friends To The Forum
• A great example of letting SBI! do the grunt work!
• Follow the Guide (Really)

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

The C2 Olympics Are Underway!: SBI! Xpress #230

Zine Mailings

Site Build It! Xpress ("SBIX") is for SBI! customers only (click here for SBIX #230 and recent issues). 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 C2 Olympics (a Content 2.0 contest), the release of two new video mini-guides (Niche-Choosing and Transition to Uploading Your Own HTML), and an e-goods case study update.

The Articles section covers common C2 mistakes to avoid and 15 affiliate link tips for SBIers with travel sites.

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

• Happy Birthday, Queen Debs
• 20+ Years Later, Back On The Floor...
• 5th Year Anniversary... WOW!(
• Currency Converter: What does it cost to get on a bus?
• More On Infin It!, Online Help,and SiteSell Services
• The Ins And Outs of INbound and OUTbound Links
• Yoo Hoo! Any eBayers Out There?
• Beware those expensive (eBay and other) coaching come-ons
• Getting/Using Great Ideas To Go To The Next Level Of Success
• Do You Have An Update On Kontera?  Please Share At...
• C2 Registrations?
• Take THAT ... and That ... and That

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

Advertising Technology, Today's VC Game?

Ken's Blog

Did someone start a newspaper fifty years ago specifically to sell advertising?

Did Brin and Page start Google to sell advertising?

The answer, in both cases, was no. They started from a passion to deliver the news and to provide better search (respectively). Google stumbled onto advertising after other monetization models had failed.

But startups today develop products specifically to attract folks/create advertising space. And then, presumably, they flip to Google (or other media giant of choice).

That's not business. That's a VC (Venture Capital) game. And not a particularly innovative one.

I saw the game in action at the Ad:Tech conference in New York.

What is Ad:Tech? Here's their Web site's opening paragraph...

Snippet Contest Is Fast Approaching!: 5 Pillar Affiliate Report #296

Zine Mailings

The 5 Pillar Affiliate Report is for SiteSell.com affiliates only (click here for 5 Pillar Report #296). 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 addition of more Snippet Build It! Image Sets and Snippet Contest coming.

The Articles section covers increasing your commissions during the last days of the " "Days Of The Dead" $100 Special.

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

• 3 days of click ads
• Days Of The Dead?  What Say You?
• A great example of letting SBI! do the grunt work!
• Follow the Guide (Really)

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

C2.sitesell.com Launches!: 5 Pillar Affiliate Report #295

Zine Mailings

The 5 Pillar Affiliate Report is for SiteSell.com affiliates only (click here for 5 Pillar Report #295). 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 launch of C2.sitesell.com, a new Order Page (with its streamlined order form) and the $100 Halloween Special holdover.

The Articles section covers strategies for using C2.sitesell.com to drive SBI! sales.

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

• A Great Team-Building Tip!
• Where to start, new affiliate.  A short questionnaire...
• Hey, who are we to turn down banners/image ads?
• How I Nearly Doubled My Adsense Revenue
• SBI is like a college education!

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

Infin It! In Beta, Halloween Special Holdover: SBI! Xpress #229

Zine Mailings

Site Build It! Xpress ("SBIX") is for SBI! customers only (click here for SBIX #229 and recent issues). 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 beta release of Infin It! (plug in all sorts of functionality into subdomains of your SBI! site), the extension of the Halloween $100 Special to Nov. 11, and an update about the SBI! Caribbean Cruise.

The Articles section covers a mindmapping exercise for reviewing your site's content, and ways that you can generate traffic via eBay.

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

• How I Nearly Doubled My Adsense Revenue
• Follow the Guide (Really)
• I am seriously thinking of quitting :(
• A great example of letting SBI! do the grunt work!
• Widgetbucks, yay or nay?
• SBI is like a college education!
• So Who ARE SBIers?
• Lessons Of SBI!
• Content living in Averageville?
• Your Visitors Can Upload Videos Through C2 Now!
• How To Capture C2 E-mail Addresses (well, at least 99%)
• Content 2.0 And Paid Directories/Ads

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