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Blogs vs. Theme-Based Content Sites

Ken's Blog

Site Build It! (SBI!) owners build Theme-Based Content Sites. They  build traffic right into their sites from DAY 1 by following the Content Traffic PREsell Monetize process. They build valuable sites that are searched-and-found by prospective new customers... with the number of visitors steadily climbing as their sites gain in relevance and reputation at the Search Engines.

Let's compare that with blogging...

Blogging is merely another way to build a Web site. Its content tends to be temporal or time-sensitive (ex., news-oriented or "the latest" or "the thought of the day"). And that is blogging's first major drawback. 

Blogging is heavily covered by the media because they "get" the concept. They themselves create time-sensitive info every day. The great-untold story of blogging, however, is how 99+% of blogs lie dormant. Dead. And THAT failure rate is the second very big drawback.

As Chris Anderson, executive editor of WIRED magazine and one of the most prominent bloggers, said (in Blogging Heroes, a book published by Wiley in late 2007)...

Follow the Tortoise It! Motto SBI! Xpress #242

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Site Build It! Xpress ("SBIX") is for SBI! customers only (click here for SBIX #242 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 some Tortoise It! advice for new SBIers, and the closure of the Directory HQ.

The Articles section covers Profitability number guidelines, tips for exporting your MKL's keywords, the hidden costs of MLM, and Snippet Build It! ads as AdSense ads alternatives.

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

• My Four Month Evaluation Of Our Slow Express Journey
• Only One Thing Stops You From Living Your Dream...
• Converting PREsold Visitors Into INM Customers/Distributors
• Value Exchange -- Fine-Tune Your Keywords
• Montreal Monetization Beta Course
• Tiers Without Tears And Dealing With Synonyms
• ebay and BANS as Monetization Models for SBI!?
• BANS as part of your SBI! site
• Motorcycling over the hump...
• A CafePress Pearl
• Let's all be tortoise ambassadors

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

It's Not Your Father's SBI!:5 Pillar Affiliate Report #310

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The 5 Pillar Affiliate Report is for SiteSell.com affiliates only (click here for 5 Pillar Report #310). 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 covers SBI! myth busting and more cutting edge launches.

The Articles section covers how ignorance is bliss...  especially when it's a sales opportunity.

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

• To Help Or Not To Help
• Your Own Geo-Local Control Booklet
• InterNETwork Marketing Success Story... Already!
• Trouble Monetizing? Create A Looming Helicopter Loan
• It Takes Renegade Courage To Buck The System
• Update on SiteSell Services From Richard

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

Brainstorm It! V2.2 Is Phasing In: SBI! Xpress #241

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Site Build It! Xpress ("SBIX") is for SBI! customers only (click here for SBIX #241 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 Feb 14 entry deadline for the $20K InterNETwork Marketing Contest, the winners of the C2 Contest, new pinging for Live Search and two launches -- the C2 Comments Approval option and an AdSense video tutorial.

The Articles section covers the new Directories Series (the information you need to kickstart your link-building program) and a 3-step process for deciding between old-school MLM and InterNETwork Marketing.

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

• Content 2.0 is boosting my traffic, now I need help to sell
• The Top 10 Things I've Learned from SBI!
• If You Stumble, Really Stumble... Or You'll Trip
• Letter To Nori Contains Keys To Excellent PREselling
• Thoughts On Blogging And Web Sites
• [$20K Contest] How WILL your visitor react when you do... ?
• Thanks for my continuing SBI Journey
• Zig.  If that fails, zag.
• Guess who's jumping up and down?

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

$100 Special Valentine Gift!: The SiteSell Edge #090

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The SiteSell Edge is for people who aren't yet SBI! customers (click here for The SiteSell Edge #090). 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 final days of the "I Love SBI! $100 Special Valentine Gift" promotion and the entry deadline for the $20K InterNETwork Marketing Contest.

The Featured Article covers the question about using family/personal photos on your site and why Robert Ringer's "Reality Theory" is part of the answer.

Click here to read previous issues of The SiteSell Edge.

Last Week For The $100 Valentines Special!:5 Pillar Affiliate Report #309

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The 5 Pillar Affiliate Report is for SiteSell.com affiliates only (click here for 5 Pillar Report #309). 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 last week for the $100 Valentines Special.

The Articles section covers the $20K InterNETwork Marketing Contest Deadline Extension To Match Valentine's $100 Special.

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

• How My New Design Helped Set a Record Day
• MythBust To Drive Sales
• InterNETwork Marketing Success Story... Already!
• Trouble Monetizing? Create A Looming Helicopter Loan
• It Takes Renegade Courage To Buck The System
• Update on SiteSell Services From Richard

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

$20K Contest Entry Deadline Extended!: SBI! Xpress #240

Zine Mailings

Site Build It! Xpress ("SBIX") is for SBI! customers only (click here for SBIX #240 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 entry deadline extension of the $20K InterNETwork Marketing Contest to Feb 14 (matching the Valentine's Day $100 Special's deadline), your last chance to vote for the C2 Contest winners, and a spam warning for all SBIers.

The Articles section covers the monetization potential of audiobooks, and the mindset of an independent business person.

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

• Squidoo and Social Media Of All Kinds:  Keep it real.
• It Takes Renegade Courage To Buck The System
• Things Are So Different Now . . . Wow!
• The Power Of SBI! For Local Sites
• Update on SiteSell Services From Richard
• What do you do EVERYDAY that makes you succeed with SBI???
• Bye-bye Directory HQ?
• We All Have Problems

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

Special $100 Valentine Gift!:5 Pillar Affiliate Report #308

Zine Mailings

The 5 Pillar Affiliate Report is for SiteSell.com affiliates only (click here for 5 Pillar Report #308). 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 I LOVE SBI! Special $100 Valentine Gift.

The Articles section covers reaching Network Marketers during the final sign-up days for the $20K InterNETwork Marketing Contest.       

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

• 5P Questions Answered
• How Are Those Snippet Banner Ads Working?
• Winning Tortoise Theory #6: Keeping Positive Theory
• Blog It! Or Full Blogging Through Infin It!?
• Take This Personal 3-Step INM Vs. MLM Test

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