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SBI! Case Studies

The biggest mistake people make in life is not
making a living at doing what they most enjoy.

- Malcolm S. Forbes (1919-1990)

SBI! the only all-in-one site-building, site-hosting, and site-marketing product that makes it easy to build a professional, popular, and profitable business.

SBI! works for every type of small-small business ("SSB"). For example, are you thinking of starting a Net-based, work-from-home business? SBI! is perfect, even if you have no online business experience. Click SHOW to see how SBI! makes your business successful.

There are so many Web hosting companies chasing your business... from the "local expert" to the largest multi-national companies. There is a lot of noise out there, all promising the instant gratification of "getting your site up." 

Choosing the future home of your business is not an easy decision. Once you do get started with Site Build It!, of course, you understand...

You see the results. Your business builds. You realize that your life is changing in significant ways.

Important

The people featured here receive no compensation of any kind from SiteSell.com. Their stories are true. They write and update their case studies as their way to share SBI! with you.

If you read all of these Case Studies, you will notice one common thread... They all simply did it. They have "BAM" ("Brain - Attitude - Motivation"), the key ingredient that you must add to SBI!.

"Brain" does not mean "brainy." It means they have, or developed, knowledge in a niche. "Attitude" means they are positive. And "motivation" means they want to build a business and take control of their lives enough to sacrifice leisure activities.

We point this out because we do not want to falsely raise your expectations. SBI! does not deliver "automatic success." Nothing can.

Your degree of success depends on your own level of "BAM," upon how much time you devote to building your business, and upon following the process correctly (every successful SBIer will tell you, "Follow the Action Guide").

SBI! does deliver what it promises... your best chance at e-business success. SBI! works... if you work it.

And that is why so many SBI! users go on to start a second site (many have five or more!) after their first one is established... without hesitation.

But right now, there is a lot of noise clamoring for your attention. And, unlike the others, we don't promise "instant gratification." That's not realistic for those who want to build a real business.

We do, however, promise (actually, we guarantee) that the SBI! Process (Content arrow Traffic arrow PREsell arrow Monetize) works. We back that up with certified proof of success. No other company in the world can match that.

Still, nothing gets a point across better than the personal, real-world experience of people just like you. The case studies here are detailed recountings of individual SBI! experiences, each in their own words, in their own styles.

As you review their stories, do more than read the words -- read between the lines. Feel the emotion they have for SBI!. It is the very rare product that creates the type of intensity you are about to experience.

With that in mind, let's proceed with the case studies, as told directly by small business people from around the globe -- people who "took a chance" and then realized...

Their worlds had changed.

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Case Study Menu

Moms E-Goods Travel Hard Goods/E-Commerce Sales Agents Affiliates
Network Marketers Web Professionals Local Businesses Retirement Auction Sellers Service Businesses
   

Case Study: Work At Home Moms (WAHM)

Crystal

Crystal Maleski - MakeDinnerEasy.com

Crystal, a non-techie, turns her passion for cooking into a successful online business. It all started with some e-mails to friends about easy dinner ideas. Now this WAHM, with four teenage kids all in sports, loves how she can work whenever and wherever she wants.

"While I loved my career when I was single, I found the stress of working long hours when I had small children was very taxing. I no longer feel stressed when one of my kids needs to stay home from school. I can take care of them and still work on my business. I wake up excited every morning. There is nothing like the sense of accomplishment that I feel when I learn something new or master a new skill."


Work at home moms cover all "kinds" of business, of course. Read about Fiona's business in Tuscany, Marney's e-goods empire or click here for more information on how moms use SBI!.

Case Studies: E-goods Creators/Sellers

Marney

Marney Makridakis - Artella Words And Art

An excellent example of a highly profitable e-good business is Marney's ArtellaWordsAndArt.com.

This is an original, creative and popular site with a huge following. Marney sells over 250 items through her simple PayPal shopping cart, including some audio-based e-goods!

"In one year's time, I went from fiddling around with a hobby to manifesting a full-time business doing what I love: celebrating the creative uniqueness in an ever-growing community of thousands of people all over the world, inspiring them to uncover their artistic spirits and dare to let their creative souls shine."

Marney Updates...

Dec/2004 - Business expands -- 600 items to E-sell! Scholarship fund grows, too.

Sept/2005 - 700 items, 6 employees, 3 zines, 2 blogs, and a community.

May/2006 - 1000+ items, 10 employees, YOUniversity, and a book!

May/2008 - Expanded membership programs, daily newsletter, a thriving online community, 15 staff members from around the world -- all this exciting growth from a little self-published magazine that started as a hobby five-and-a-half years ago!

Sept/2009 - The birth of a baby boy, the 7th anniversary with SBI!, and new resources for creative entrepreneurs - so much to celebrate!

May/2011 - Passionately sharing 9 years of e-business experience to help new entrepreneurs invent their own successful reality too.


Shaun

Shaun Fawcett - WritingHelp-Central

This bureaucrat turned to the Internet and SBI! for his "last shot at financial and career freedom." A ClickBank expert, Shaun uses SBI!'s C arrow T arrow P engine to drive ClickBank's sales of his e-books (the M in Shaun's C arrow T arrow P arrow M).

In all, he has written, published and sold 10 books, online and off.

"For twenty-five years, the spirit of a small time entrepreneur was trapped inside the mind and body of a government administrator. Me. Unlike my many years as a paycheck-to-paycheck civil servant; every moment that I'm working now I'm creating additional value for me and my family as I build my business and add to my portfolio of products."

Shaun Updates...

Nov/2007 - Annual income exceeds previous executive salary!

May/2008 - Year-end analysis illustrates the power of income diversification.

Dec/2009 - More than 5 million no-cost visitors per year and multiple streams of passive income!

May/2011 - Semi-retirement mode... working less, enjoying life and creating new dreams... income-generation is in automatic mode.


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Case Studies: Travel Sites

Nori

Nori Evoy - Anguilla Beaches.com

The vast majority of offline small businesses still don't have a clue, let alone a Web site. If they do have a site, it's likely the proverbial "far away tree in that faraway forest." Does it even make a sound when it falls? Well, does a site even exist if it does not get traffic?

Those "no-clue" businesses are opportunities for you. Become their joint venture "content partners." Refer traffic to them.

Get paid on a pay-per-click or pay-per-lead basis. Or earn referrer or finder's fee for finding a customer (or a "lead") for it. Or negotiate per-month advertising arrangements.

"I now have a business that I can grow over the years. A business that is fun. I'll never do a 9 to 5. I'll always own my own life. That, more than money, more than learning about the Web, more than anguilla-beaches, more than learning how to write well, that is the most important thing I've learned from SBI!. Own your own life. If you don't, what's the point?"

Nori Updates...

May/2005 - Almost 17 years old and soaring like an eagle on her own wings.

Feb/2007 - "I'm bored." Business-building is too easy!

Mar/2009 - "I'm going SBI! full-time!" Nori takes her business to the next level.


What offline small businesses could you partner with? Real estate agents? Service businesses? They need you now.

Click here for more information on how SBI! is used to generate substantial finder's fees.


Bradke

B. Bradtke - outback-australia-travel-secrets.com

Living in what she calls the "Outback of the Australian Outback," a Web site seemed like a crazy idea to B. Bradkte. Internet access in her area is slow and unreliable.

However, 15 months and 2 SBI! Web sites later, B. is happily self employed, after quitting her soul destroying day job. She writes about what she loves, and is free to roam the world with her laptop.

"What can I say? Life has never been better. Freedom is something that can't be paid for. It's not that I work less, I probably work more than I ever did, but I do it on my own terms. It doesn't feel like work at all.I am confident that I will never have to work for others again unless I want to!"

B. Bradtke Updates...

May/2008 - A self-published book increases monthly income by $2000, with sales continuing to climb!

Nov/2008 - Reaching the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro fulfills mother's dream

Dec/2009 - Books sales doubled and income milestones were met, all while traveling for 6 months!


We all have favorite destinations, places we'd love to write about...

Click here for more information on how to build your own travel site/business.

Case Studies: Hard Goods Sellers/E-Commerce

Louann

Louann Shenberger - Wedding-Flowers-and-Reception-Ideas.com

Health concerns forced Louann to resign from a much-loved full-time position managing a florist shop and handling wedding contracts. But she wasn't financially ready to take early retirement.

Flash forward and Louann is now the proud owner of a thriving e-commerce business where she teaches brides how to create their own wedding flowers and provides the supplies they need to accomplish that goal. Creative information + well-stocked store = one-stop shopping for brides! On top of that...

A florist wholesaler was so impressed with her site's traffic and sales growth that he drop ships Louann's orders, which means that she has access to a warehouse full of products that she doesn't have to spend a dime on until she sells them!

"My first year in sales were over $12,000 and the following year I more than doubled it with over $32,000 in sales. I anticipate continued growth and have had great satisfaction in knowing that my business is growing by leaps and bounds."


Juggle Now
 

Jim Nelson - JuggleNow.com, ParrotsNow.com

From the U.S.A., Jim Nelson's story shows how he uses SBI! to sell hard goods so effectively. Jim started by selling hand-made juggling balls (knitted at home by his 90 year-old mother!). Now he sources products internationally, selling to customers in every state and on every continent. And he has started a second site, also a success.

Must-read material, especially if you are considering selling hard goods.

"I took my time with the brainstorming, eliminating several ideas. After working through the Action Guide, with several ideas, the idea of a juggling site became obvious. My favorite hobby, juggling, was a niche that I knew! And the e-com ideas kept coming, the e-books and other e-commerce ideas. I now sell so many different juggling products, and even have my two e-books ready to go soon..."

Jim Updates...

A year later - New parrots site gaining steam -- on pace to match or exceed juggling income.

Nov/2007 - Product line expands on both sites and now manufacturers contact Jim about their new products.

Dec/2008 - "Auto-pilot" site frees up time for new pursuits, including teaching SBI! at local college.

Dec/2009 - Juggling 4 sites while getting back to basics!


Richard

Richard Bergman - Ideas-For-Deck-Designs.com

An "offline entrepreneur," Richard is using his SBI! site to drive sales out of this world. Richard's product development went from the city dump in Ottawa, Canada to a licensing deal that will distribute his unique, patented fence post stabilizer for wooden decks throughout stores in the United States.

His theme-based content site allowed him, as Richard says, to seed the market, prove the concept and then create a buzz that now has people going into stores and demanding his product.

"The web site has allowed me to seed the market, prove the concept and create incredible buzz among the public who now go into stores demanding the product. This is how I was able to level the playing field and run around the big corporations to get my product to market."

Richard's Updates...

Nov/2008 - Triple the traffic and a new warehouse

Nov/2009 - 2 million visitors, booming sales, 30 new products, licensing agreements, and more!

Dec/2010 - Biggest traffic year yet with close to 2.5 million visitors!


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Case Studies: Sales & Rental Agents/Reps/Distributors

Fiona

Fiona McCardle/Jim Andrew - Rent a Villa in Tuscany

How do two Scots end up in warm, sun-kissed Tuscany, hobnobbing with Hollywood producers and visiting Salvatore Ferragamo?

SBI!. That's how.

Dreams do come true, if you dare them to be. And if you work to turn that dream into reality.

This story is a powerful demonstration of how themed content drives yet another monetization model... a rental agency.

"If you'd told me 12 months ago that a couple of ex knitwear designers with very little experience of the web would now be running a successful web based villa rental company I'd have found it hard to believe. If you then tried to convince me that their plans are now to run it from a poolside, looking out over the Tuscan hillside, sipping on a cocktail, I'd probably think the Tuscan sun had got to you!"

Fiona Updates...

2005 - 7000 visitors per month and enquiries from around the globe.

2006 - New sites & Webmaster contracts

2007 - More new businesses, even international board meetings! And Jim and Fiona even have time to press their own olives!

2008 - Simple, steady and real expansion... on the business and personal side of life

2009 - Leveraging and delegating, the best mantra for a mature business

2010 - "Moved up" successfully into the Luxury Villa rental market


Sonoma Health

Jerry Mack - Sonomahealth.com

Of course, your business does not have to be as glamorous as setting up "shop" by the side of a pool in the hills of Tuscany. SBI! is for "everyday businesses," too -- take Jerry Mack's story, for example...

Jerry represented a line of medical imaging equipment. Since the parent company was generating zero traffic/leads via its Web site, Jerry took matters into his own hands. He used SBI! to build leads... tons of leads... millions of dollars of sales.

He left that company to start his own business -- too bad the parent company legally owned the rights to the site he built -- be careful about employment agreements!

And now... this time he's doing it all over again... for himself.

"Actually, I'm more of a broker or a sales agent than a distributor. To my customers, though, I look like a large national distributor with multiple warehouses across the country.In fact, I do use several warehouses across the country, I just don't have to tie up any of my money in owning inventory because I let the "old school" distributors do that. I am a virtual distributor, a modern-day sales agency..."

Jerry Updates...

One Year - No employees, no warehouse, no inventory, no debt, and no boss!

Dec/2005 - The Story Grows

Nov/2006 - Couple Blows Past Profitability Goal

Dec/2007 - SBI! knocks off Jerry's socks!

Dec/2008 - No longer tied to an office or schedule!

Dec/2009 - A year to remember: good news even in a tough economy!

2010 - 2011 - 10 years later, SBI! still gives Jerry exactly what he wants... high-value, targeted traffic!


Click here for more information on how SBI! is used for sales agents.

Case Study: Affiliates

Allan Gardyne

Allan Gardyne's Two Affiliate Experiments...

From Australia, Allan Gardyne, the Internet's #1 affiliate authority, challenged an employee, a "Net marketing novice," to use SBI! to build an affiliate site. That first success led to "well, can he do it again?" second experiment. Yes, anyone can do this, and they can do it more than once...

"This affiliate marketing case study describes how a novice working part-time used SBI! to create an affiliate web site that achieved $49,000 in sales in just over a year. His second site has now achieved more than $308,000 in sales for one merchant. We earn a commission on that. He spends nothing on advertising."

The fears. The insecurities.

The important things he did that led to his success.

And then he did it again. With confidence this time. His second site became an even bigger success than the first!.

Written by Rupert, with comments by his employer, Allan Gardyne of AssociatePrograms.com fame (the leading affiliate expert on the planet), this is an absolute must-read, even if you are not interested in becoming an affiliate. Why?

Because it's a powerful demonstration of exactly how Rupert did it, and why the infopreneurial C arrow T arrow P arrow M process works so well.

2004 - Test site earns $2,363.59 last month without paying a cent in advertising.

2006 - Two sites continue to earn income even with limited maintenance!

2009 - Celebrating longevity on both the personal and business side of life!


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Case Studies: Service Businesses

Nick

Nick Stubbs - All-Things-Photography.com

When deciding upon a career, Nick chose a safe office route rather than following his passion for photography. As a result, he kept searching for "THE thing," a job that would free up his time to do what he does best and loves the most... write, teach, play, and learn.

Two years after building his first SBI! site, Nick's schedule for the next twelve months is packed with weddings, commercial work, property photography, and fashion shoots. His contracts take him all over the world. In fact, Nick is so booked that he often forwards client inquiries from his site to other photographers.

Nick is even complaining that "work is getting in the way of work." His photography Web site is producing so much work offline that it is stopping him from building more sites!

"My photography website is producing so much work offline it is stopping me from building more sites (which is what I want to do). I have started another which is also starting to take off, and now "work is really getting in the way of work." The beauty about everything I am currently doing, and plan to do for the next few years, is that my efforts will create passive and residual income. I am creating a pension that I can actually pass down to my kids. How many people have one of those? "

Nick Updates...

March 2009 - Pushing monetization boundaries as e-business expands!


Patty

Patty (Sassy) Knutson - Vegan Diet and Nutrition Coach

Patty knew nothing about the online world except for checking emails and doing Google searches when she started. Four years later, she has a growing coaching business and multiple secondary income streams, including her own e-books, filled with various vegan cooking tips and techniques, and a weight-loss e-course. The best part, according to Patty, is that her very portable service business allows her to travel with her husband for his work, without affecting her own!

"The number of people who write to me each and every day telling me how much my information-packed website has helped them is humbling. Currently (Aug/11), an average of 2500 people visit my site each and every day. That's at least 75,000 people each month! To be able to help so many people in such an important way is sometimes hard to wrap my head around." (Update Oct/11: visitor average = 3500 per day.)


Click here for more information on how SBI! is used in service businesses.

Case Study: Retirement

Claude

Claude Jollet - Top-Web-Entrepreneurs-Plan-It.com

Claude at 61 is cruising along and having the time of his life as he steers his "Web ships" to exciting ports of call, including his wife's new Bed & Breakfast home business.

Author and publisher of French poetry, operational business planning consultant, meteorology enthusiast, and the list goes on, Claude uses his SBI! sites to share his life's experiences and passions and gets paid for doing it.

There's no looking back to the shoreline for Claude. He's sailing into retirement full steam ahead!

"SBI! changed my life. I know this sounds like a "cliche", even corny to some, but it is perfectly true. I now devote all my time at being happy and productive, with my wife, close by my side, making her own dreams come true. As we sail in the sunset ... it keeps receding, while remaining just as breathtaking. I am 61 years young, and having the time of my life!"

Claude Updates...

Nov/2008 - As an "accidental" business man, Claude invests in himself - a recession-proof decision!

Nov/2009 - Instead of being a way to "unwind" and play, a hobby site "winds up" Claude and becomes his 3rd business!

Dec/2010 - Business rewards go beyond extra money!


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Case Study: Network Marketers/Multi-Level Marketers

Sara

Sara Ding - Juicing-for-health.com

Sara, a single mom in search of extra income to make ends meet, tried several MLM businesses with no success. She knew exactly the reason why... Sara doesn't like to "sell."

SBI! turned things around for Sara. Now she lets her site's information about healthy juices (her passion!) do the "PREselling" for her. Her MLM juice extractor business is taking off -- almost daily enquiries about her product, a growing downline, and multiple income streams are underway. Sara was even invited to make a presentation at her MLM company's meeting for top performers. Not bad for a mom who doesn't like to sell!

"And what's amazing above it all is that it doesn't seem like I'm selling. People who contacted me have already been sold on my website. They have already seen and felt my passion and know that they want what I have to offer. When they call me, their mind was already made up to make that purchase."

Sara Updates...

July/2009 - More downlines, more sales, more checks!

Dec/2010 - Resigning from the day job to focus on SBI! businesses!


 
Jim

James Beane - TeaTreeWonders.com

James Beane got tired of humiliating rejection from friends and family. Living in a remote rural town, he also ran out of folks to chase. Now he talks to hundreds of visitors daily, his phone rings daily, and his inbox receives warm leads daily... all people who want to do business with him! Pride in his voice, read all about it...

How To REALLY Do Network Marketing Online -- it's so very obvious, yet almost everyone is doing it wrong and failing. And the irony here is that the Internet is the ultimate networking medium.

"I treat network marketing like a "real" business. You cannot thrive on a system that requires enrolling only eight customers, all of whom are family and friends. As I watch my traffic, leads, retail sales and enrollments increase, I am convinced that there is no better way to build a network marketing lead generation source that brings in the kind of quality leads you would pay a fortune for anywhere else."

James Updates...

Dec/2008 - InterNETwork Marketing builds confidence and income!

Dec/2009 - Diversification opens business to a world of opportunities.

Nov/2011 - Site now acts as a presold traffic funnel to new online and offline ventures.


Click here for more information about how SBI! is used for Network Marketing.

Case Studies: Web Professionals

Marc

Marc Liron - updatexp.com

When more and more Webmasters and power users start using SBI!, you know you're on to something great! Webmasters use it to build their bottom lines by increasing their clients' bottom lines. Web-savvy pros benefit from SBI!'s time and cost efficiency, and of course because it flat-out delivers better income-building results.

"How ironic that all those years, I was starting backward.... putting up a great site, all the bells and whistles, cash register ready. Only one problem...

No traffic. As Ken would say... "You have to start where your pre-customers start... Content." It is indeed the only way for the small business to succeed online."

I now have SBI! sites that are full of relevant content for my audience, with growing newsletter bases and steadily increasing targeted traffic and income.

Marc Updates...

Jan/2004 - His one year SBI! anniversary update

Feb/2004 - Go back to "traditional" (soon-to-be-called "old-fashioned") hosting plans? Not likely!

April/2004 - Site featured in Windows XP zone at Microsoft

July/2004 - Quitting the Day Job!

August/2005 - Spain, Microsoft, and The Home Sarah Always Wanted

Feb/2006 - The Move, 6 Figures, and the Quality of Life

June/2007 - Flexibility for Family Needs

Oct/2009 - Six years of Building Equity For My Business


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Case Studies: Local Businesses/Professions

Judd

Judd Burdon - Asphaltkingdom.com

Judd Burdon went from "dead-end Canadian asphalt man to cutting edge, international digital man" in less than a year. His is a fascinating story, one that may even help take your local business to the world!

Small local businesses are starting to realize the potential of the Web, not just to double or triple the size of your local business (see previous case study), but to actually take your business, in a different form, to the entire world.

"So, here I am with the U.S. Armed Forces inquiring about my business from overseas - about my very own web site that I had no clue how to build or even start 3 months earlier! I was able to reach the global market 24X7, rather than just the local market for my paving company that I was used to reaching in the past. I had left the manual-labor era and had become what Dr. Ken calls a digital worker... a knowledge worker who can reach the globe by using his brain."

Judd Updates...

Dec/2005 - Digital Man Updates From The Caribbean

March/2006 - Traffic and Sales ($1,000 Profit On Each) Exploding

June/2007 - Business is soaring! And so is Judd!

Nov/2008 - Two full-time staff, a new directory listing service, and an asphalt trailer division!

Dec/2009 - Conversions, conversions... sales are up 270% compared to 2008!

Nov/2010 - Newest site follows tried-and-true success process!


Click here for more information about how SBI! is used to drive local businesses.

Case Studies: Net Auction Sellers

Amy

Amy Dykens - Beach-Therapy.com

Amy had always wanted to own a gift shop, but it wasn't feasible due to her husband's career, which creates frequent relocations. She thought that she had found the answer with eBay, but that all changed... literally overnight. eBay had shut-down her business on a false accusation with no questions asked.

This frustrating "eye-opener" underlined for Amy the importance of self-reliance, owning your own traffic and income diversification. SBI! provides Amy with all three, plus a way to share her passion about beautiful beaches!

"... eBay sends me traffic and when I send them traffic they pay me as an affiliate for doing it. To say the least, my business has grown and prospered since I stopped working for eBay and started using SBI! to grow something that is truly mine."

Amy Updates...

Sept/2010 - Traveling with a mobile business instead of being stuck packing/shipping for eBay!

Are you an eBayer itching for independence?
Follow Amy and take charge of your own business.



The "bigger picture" of SBI! is the self-liberating empowerment.
Own your own life by doing what you love...
by owning your own business.

What Makes These Folks
(And Thousands Like Them) Winners?

They...

  • put themselves into SBI!'s hands
  • trust and follow the Action Guide
  • supply the Brain Attitude Motivation ("BAM!")
  • tune out all the other Web marketing noise and focus on building their businesses.

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And soon, when they see a real business start to build, driven by targeted PREsold visitors (C T P) who Monetize...

They start to realize that their worlds have indeed changed forever, all because they jumped into SBI! with both feet and ran with it.

Try it and see for yourself...

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