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February 04, 2009

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Bonnie

Thank you Ken for your insight and perspective. And of course, you are so very right. Thank you also for the reminder that I am working on a "business" not just a website. It will take persistance, vision, clarity and hard work. The dedication I apply will be what I receive back; that is up to me.
The distinction between simply building a website and building a business is very strong point that should carry weight and importance with everyone.
Here's to holding onto that vision and pushing forward to a better future for us all.

Bonnie
www.breyerhorsecollectors.com

Kevin

We developed the concept of "web presence package" instead of calling a website a website for a small business. I am glad that we are on the same page. It is amazing how much our thinking is common and I have not found you yet. But I am glad I did.

Bill

You are absolutely right about that! We "onliners" think only of building sites, not businesses.

One thing I learned a long time ago was to stick to your knitting, your "core competency" and let others do the rest.

But with SBI!, one CAN stray a bit and learn not only how to build a site but really build a business. And knowing how your web site works, and not having to rely on flaky or over-extended "web masters" is beneficial to your business.

Ronald

I cannot add much to the previous comments, they are all so right. I am soon 58 and of course want to build a business (I too have "built a website" till some minutes ago). Although I have a 7 to 18 job, doing admin and website for my doughter I can come to about 10 hours/week developing my business with SBI (since april08). I want to have more time, however even with this limited time I observe rising numbers of visitors and I am still confident to do my business within 2010 latest. I went back to read MYWS, which gave another impact in customer oriented content production.

Michael Boyter

So, to continue on with the dry cleaning analogy...

...instead of fussing so much about the
color of the store window shades, the
pictures that I'm going to hang in the
lobby, and where I'm going to place the
decorative in-store plants, I guess I
should be in the back doing business
like, actually dry cleaning clothes
and working to bring new customers
in my door? lol :-)

Great post Ken. It makes discussion
of 3 column or 2 column seem very
trivial, doesn't it?

Reinis Ikass

At first I wanted just to say "amen". That would sum it up. :) Then again it would be a waste of everybody's time.

So let me elaborate with my story:

About a year ago I "put up a site", made some videos (good ones - in my opinion), wrote some articles, some blog posts...and nothing happened.

Okay, some of my friends did visit my site and liked it - I did my best to give good content. But that was it.

I had fallen for the Internet Marketing/ Blogging/ Social Networking hype. Where people make money on internet by telling others how to make money online - thus making money. Brilliant! :)

Anyway, I have wasted about a year, countless hours working on my sites and thousands of dollars in opportunity cost. Needless to say that my site has yet to show income. :)

About two weeks ago I "re-discovered" Sitesell. I had already seen it some time ago, but did not pay any attention at that time. Ouch! :)

I've read the whole site. At least twice. And most of the books. It all makes sense, all pieces of puzzle fit together.

It still puzzles me though - how I lost the "business" part in Internet Business. I guess experience does come with a price tag. :)

I just want to thank you Ken for making all of your knowledge and experience available. You are my hero! :)

PS: I could kick myself in the head for missing the Valentine Day special offer! :)

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