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A group dedicated to helping build successful websites for entrepreneurs, infopreneurs, products, services, local business and more. Helping you to find your niche and create time and income to do the things you love.

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1) Why do 97-98% of Web sites fail to thrive… or worse die?

2) Why are the 2-3% remaining sites so successful at generating traffic and income?

Learn more at www.sitesell.com

The key to success on the Net for the small business owner is to master an in demand niche. With a niche-focused business, your competition will be lower and it will be easier for targeted, interested visitors to find your Web site. And “visitors” equals “traffic”… the lifeblood of any business.

By building a Theme-Based Content Site, you will be growing your clientele (i.e., targeted traffic) from the ground up. Owning your traffic is essential to your longevity on the Net because…
If you don’t own your traffic, you don’t own your business.

An effective Theme-Based Content Site will be searched-and-found by prospective customers -- a number that will increase steadily as your site gains in reputation and relevance at the Search Engines. Simply put, you will be building a site that works for you, not the other way around!

So how do you build a site that works? It all boils down to this do-able process…
1) Develop a valuable product or service -- your own creation or someone else’s!
2) Develop your own site in the niche that you know and love.
3) Fill that site with high-value content.
4) Use that content to attract your own niche-targeted traffic.
5) Build trust and credibility with your visitors.
6) Use content to PREsell your targeted visitors. And...
7) Convert that PREsold, warm, willing-to-buy traffic into sales or contracts.
8) Diversify your revenue plan to include other monetization options (ex., Google’s AdSense, affiliate income, services, etc), all related to your site’s theme-based content. This diversification will help you grow a stable business that you own, one with true equity.
The process is simple, straightforward and easy once you shift your thinking to…
“Information first… income generation, second.”

There are simply no other variables to blindside your goal. If you “do” each step
of the process correctly, your Net venture will prosper. No, it must prosper.

But, here’s the catch...

You have to succeed at all steps. And the good news is that anyone can succeed if they combine motivation, the right process and tools (http://tools.sitesell.com/) and a little hard work

So why then do 98% of online businesses fail? Sadly, their owners started with and continued to follow the wrong process…
1) Create a product/service.
2) Create site to sell a product/service.
3) Add payment and fulfillment solutions.
4) Die due to lack of traffic.

If you want to know what it takes to write well to build traffic on the internet then please
download the free e-book .The Netwriting Masters Course. It is 48 pages (hey how did that happen??) of fantastic content to help you write for success online.

Discussion Forum

Performance based compensation for website and online marketing services

Started by Luke Townsley. Last reply by Peter Brissette Apr 19. 3 Replies 0 Likes

I'm wanting to start offering website and online marketing services to local businesses. Most of the talk I hear about this model focuses on getting cash upfront and charging an ongoing fee. I…Continue

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Slide Show plugin

Started by Jean Smith. Last reply by Jean Smith Mar 15. 2 Replies 0 Likes

What do you recommend for WP plugin for a slide show? I have tried Satellite but the graphic images seem to be blurred.Continue

WordPress back up

Started by Jean Smith. Last reply by Jeff Long Mar 11. 2 Replies 0 Likes

What is the best free WP plugin for backup?Continue

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Just started a website and need feedback

Started by Brian Casey. Last reply by David Jackson Mar 8. 10 Replies 0 Likes

I am following my passion and have started my own business as a proofreader. Yes, it's about earning business from writers, but it's also about doing something I truly love doing!I realize following…Continue

Website vs Blog/FB

Started by Leslie Charleville. Last reply by David Jackson Mar 8. 12 Replies 0 Likes

Hi everybody,Can anyone give insight on a blog vs a website. I am in the process of putting together material for a website, but I've been told that a blog is just as good as a website if not…Continue

Need help with membership model

Started by Kami. Last reply by Lee Uzziah Mar 2. 5 Replies 0 Likes

I'm back again! I posted my site here last week (www.DisneyForTeens.com) and got some great feedback. I have made many of the suggested changes, and still…Continue

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Comment by Stephen Scasta on May 14, 2012 at 10:56pm: I should have also have noted that you can start a wordpress.com site for free. However if you are going to have a business site, I'd go ahead and set up your own hosting from the get-go. Just my opinion, others may disagree.

Steve

Comment by Stephen Scasta on May 14, 2012 at 10:54pm: Hi there Lesley! I'm definitely not a web guru, but I think you should be able to get started rather inexpensively. I'm using Wordpress with hosting by Bluehost, and after checking their site, it looks like at least today they're only charging around $5 a month for hosting if you sign a contract. For a theme, I'm using Elegant Themes which charges $39 a year for a subscription in which you can use all of their themes plus get support. Not bad, particularly for some beautiful themes that are fairly easy to modify for beginners. You can also go free with the default Twentyeleven theme that comes with the initial Wordpress install. Other than that and the time I took to teach myself a little more about customization, I'm paying $5 a month for a business spam filter from Akismet for my blog. I believe they don't charge if your site isn't commercial.

If you want to take a look at what you can get for that pricing, my site is www.profitdriversconsulting.com. Also, in full disclosure, the links provided to Elegant Themes and Bluehost are affiliate links. Thanks in advance if you make a purchase through them.

Good luck!

Steve

Comment by Lesley Sobeck on May 14, 2012 at 6:03pm: I know having a web site is crucial to the beginning of any business and I'm looking to get one up and running in the next few weeks. My question is: when you are trying to cash flow the business and get it started, what's a reasonable amount to expect to spend on a web start-up when you aren't even sure yet if you'll have a sale in return to off-set the cost?

Comment by Danny Mullen on March 9, 2012 at 8:55pm: Actually funny story, in over a 2 years I have not had any issues with godaddy. I know people complain about them, but I have not had issues. I have used both windows and linux hosting. I would however not recommend them, but it is not because of downtime or slow responses. It is because other hosting companies have a better cpanel with options godaddy does not offer.

Comment by Rob Orr on March 9, 2012 at 8:17pm: Godaddy is never a good idea. I move clients from Godaddy all the time. I wrote this blog post about what you need to know about your hosting service a few months back. I also do cloud hosting through my business. Let me know if I can help.

http://www.roborr.net/four-types-hosting-your-blog

Comment by Nate Schubick on March 9, 2012 at 7:50pm: What about hosting? Is GoDaddy a viable option? What is your thoughts on this

Comment by Nate Schubick on March 9, 2012 at 6:45pm: Cool ill check them out, gather information and make my decision. Thank you, great advice is always useful

Comment by Peter Brissette on March 8, 2012 at 11:49pm: I have used pretty much every web building tool and platform that is available.

The single best platform to build a website when you need to learn how it all works and your goal is to build an online business then you need www.SiteSell.com

I will not use my affiliate link because I don't care about that. I care that those who are wanting to learn how to have a successful business online will not find any better value than from Sitesell (SBI).

Please take the time to investigate it and explore it as a possible option. I tell you that with nothing to gain from it other than the fact that it is the truth and I know you will find and learn things that you never dreamed you could or would.

I would not spend any money on anything else. (I have spent thousands on many things, tools, software, programs, training and nothing delivers like SBI).

You need a fundamental understanding of how a web business is built. SBI will give you that. I personally guarantee it. If you use SBI and it doesnt deliver like I say I will pay you the amount that they dont refund you. (they have their own guarantee as well).

Thanks,

Peter

Comment by Nate Schubick on March 8, 2012 at 8:31pm: Would it be easier for someone who has never worked with html to buy a webpage generator or have it designed or step by step assemble one withhtml, xml...?

Comment by Stuart Matthews on March 8, 2012 at 1:54pm: Awesome ideas Jeff! Most of my product is drop shipped from my supplier, but I can make videos of what I do have and see what happens. Thanks!