SiteSell: The Blog

To Get Where You Want To Be Takes Work

Ken's Blog

So many of us want all the answers and success for our business right now, if not sooner.

And I'm not necessarily talking about SBI!, but about life in general.

But so many of us are not ready to do the work (preparation and execution) required to get there.

In that respect, SBI! is as much a course in personal development as it is in business development.

If the tortoise teaches us anything on these more important concepts, it's all on this page...

"Back to Work" $100 Special Extended!: The SiteSell Edge #095

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The SiteSell Edge is for people who aren't yet SBI! customers (click here for The SiteSell Edge #095). 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 extension of the Back to Work $100 Special, along with the release next week of Socialize It!, and an update of the Affiliate Masters Course.

The Featured Article covers Alexa Competitors.

Click here to read previous issues of The SiteSell Edge.

"Back To Work" $100 Special Extended!: 5 Pillar Affiliate Report #332

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The 5 Pillar Affiliate Report is for SiteSell.com affiliates only (click here for 5 Pillar Report #332). 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 "Back To Work" $100 Special to Sept. 4, and the release of the updated Affiliate Masters Course, an affiliate marketing classic.

The Articles section covers why the Affiliate Masters Course is a top PREseller and how you can use it to convert your audience.

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

• This Idea For A New Landing Page Looks Like A Hit
• The Referral Lock-In Program - Revisited
• How SBI Made Me Love My JOB

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

Are You Ready For Social Media Marketing?: SBI! Xpress #264

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Site Build It! Xpress ("SBIX") is for SBI! customers only (click here for SBIX #264 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 extension of the "Back to Work" $100 Special and the upcoming launch of Socialize It!, a tool for Social Media Marketing.

The Articles section covers the HTML code required to create photo captions, a discussion about Alexa competitors (and new Popularity Searches), and JR Rowling's Commencement Address.

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

• It Truly Is Remarkable What You Can Do...
• Site On Debt... A Summary And Initial Conclusions
• Facebook, Socialize It! and INM
• Don't flop with the flip ;-)
• "It certainly wouldn't hurt nothing"...
• Getting over that first hump? Add missing ingredients.
• How Long to Write a Content Page? Please don't do this...
• Google Suggest: What It Means For You
• Understanding BlockBuilder, When To Transition, And With What
• The Zen Of Development -- Deciding where to slice it.

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

Does It Make Sense To You?

Ken's Blog

A comment in the Forums made me remember a basic business proposition that I live by, and that I should have applied to Twitter (see previous blog) by now...

If I have to work too hard to get a new proposition... It isn't "it."

By that, I mean that every good deal I've ever done, all the best modules that we've introduced, everything that I've really ever decided to do in business (and probably in life, come to think of it)...

The "Back To Work" Special Begins!: 5 Pillar Affiliate Report #331

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The 5 Pillar Affiliate Report is for SiteSell.com affiliates only (click here for 5 Pillar Report #331). 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 "Back To Work" Special.

The Article shows how to promote the "Back to Work" Special.

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

• One For the Powerful Practical PREselling "Hall of Fame"
• What Do You Think About This Idea For A New Landing Page?
• How SBI Made Me Love My JOB

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

Watch For Something Special!: SBI! Xpress #263

Zine Mailings

Site Build It! Xpress ("SBIX") is for SBI! customers only (click here for SBIX #263 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 behind-the-curtains SBI! infrastructural upgrades and the "back-to-work" Hi-Ho $100 Special.

The Articles section covers the Upload Your Own HTML setup for using a FeedBurner Feed for your RSS/Blog It! Feed, tips for finding contact information, and an SBIer's feedback about PlatinumPartner.com (an affiliate program).

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

• Google is looking for AdSense Success Stories from Europe
• A Grounded SBIer Delivers A Pearl For All
• Yup, addicted and proud of it
• Simple HTML For Photo Caption
• Not Happening? It May Be Time For The Forest, Not The Trees
• Compare This INM Thread With That MLM Thread... Wow!
• JK Rowling's Commencement Address
• INM and SBI!? It's Not The Competition That Is Key...
• How SBI Made Me luv My JOB
• How Far Can You Go One Step At A Time?
• If you have to WORK too hard to GET IT...
• New Landing Page On Debt Reduction? Yes or No?

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

New Ways To Grow Your 5PP Team!: 5 Pillar Affiliate Report #330

Zine Mailings

The 5 Pillar Affiliate Report is for SiteSell.com affiliates only (click here for 5 Pillar Report #330). 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 affiliate signup page tweaked to perfection.

The Article shows exciting new ways to promote the 5 Pillar Program.

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

• Lessons On Our Way To Anguilla
• Today Is My Site's Birthday!

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

New Tool For Higher SiteSell Services Commissions!: 5 Pillar Affiliate Report #329

Zine Mailings

The 5 Pillar Affiliate Report is for SiteSell.com affiliates only (click here for 5 Pillar Report #329). 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 Tool for higher SiteSell Services commissions.

The Article provides a refresher on promoting SiteSell Services.

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

• Another Way To Think About Those Who Already Have Web Sites
• Using Linked-In To Recommend Ken
• What Would You Include On A CD?

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

Twitter, A Below Average Business-Building Activity

Ken's Blog

There are two things that folks who do something need to keep in perspective, at least when it comes to speaking about online activities as they relate to doing business online...

1) Not everyone else does that activity. As a matter of fact, a much smaller minority does "it" than you imagine.

For example, according to Alexa...

• 30.5% of Internet users Googled yesterday (you can check this by looking at the "reach" figures) -- I would have guessed 100% used Google each day.
• 9.91% visited Facebook -- from all the "noise" about Facebook, I would have guessed more. But Facebook is reaching "interesting" numbers and it does provide ways to spread the word. So we'll be incorporating this into the upcoming Socialize It! module of SBI!.
• Less than 1/10th of 1% visited twitter.com. More on Twitter in a second.

2) There are many things one can do online. Tons of activities. "Keeping in touch" is just one of those activities -- whether it's "keeping in touch" through Facebook or site blogging or e-mail or networking or now with Twitter, it doesn't necessarily have anything to do with building a business.

Note the word "necessarily." Of the above activities...