What is SiteBuildIt all about?

Well, for Amy, SiteBuildIt is about massage. She has studied and practiced many forms of massage (Amy's experience) for sixteen years. She has also studied acupuncture and Chinese medicine. She has practiced from her home and from the back room of hair salons. Amy was looking for her next gig and discussing all the options with me.

Who am I?

My name is Kevin. I am Amy’s husband and the one who came up with the bright idea that Amy should have her own practice that focused on massage and the client experience. Hands On Healing Arts Center was born. We both thought it was a great idea – and we still do! But, we didn’t really know what we were getting into. Neither of us had a small business background. So business startup was a very steep hill to climb. We were both hard working, smart, and willing to make mistakes left and right. Which we did.

Getting Started

We did all the things that are required to start a local business. We leased a nice, clean office in a good traffic area. We had signs made for the marquis in front and for the door. We outfitted the office and treatment rooms with all the necessary items to conduct business. We got our Yellow Page ad ordered in June so it would appear in October.

Whoa! That was a mistake. Read on.

We all make mistakes

Amy and I have made our share of mistakes getting this business started. There are two kinds of mistakes. The first kind of mistake happens when you do something and then find out that you made the wrong choice. The next time you make that choice you can just choose correctly. The second kind happens when you make a wrong choice and you have to pay for that mistake repeatedly and in many ways. That is the Yellow Page mistake that we made.

We pay almost $200 per month for a small block ad in the column. And that was discounted 50% for the first year. We had to wait four months for it to appear. We waited with open doors for that ad to appear so that we could start getting some traffic. After October came and went we were still

waiting, and waiting, and waiting

Big mistake. We had worked on other promotions and started a website (not SiteBuildIt – coming soon – read on). Unfortunately we were really counting on a boost in business once that Yellow Page ad came out. I felt like Steve Martin in The Idiot when the phone books were delivered in October. We were dancing around yelling “We’re in the phone book! We’re in the phone book!” We have a little bell on the door that goes “PING” when the door is opened. Amy waited for the non-stop pings after the Yellow Pages ad came out. She waited and waited. Still no cascade of pings at the door.

The Yellow Pages were not the solution that we had hoped for. Not even close

Amy knew that part of a business plan these days included the creation of a website. She worked with the website designer to create a really great looking site. The original site is still up and refers to the site you are currently reading. I was not really too involved with the website at that time because I did not believe that it would help a local business.

Hold on!

Did you read that? I said I did not believe that it would help a local business. Read on.

Since Amy was putting a lot of energy into her website I decided to do some research to find out how well websites work for local offline businesses. One of these was a SiteBuildIt site. I looked at several pages and found the site to be very easy to navigate and easy to read. I liked the look and feel of this particular site. I felt that I could trust a recommendation from the person who ran this site. She had a link on the home page that said “Why are these ads here?” I clicked the link and was sent to her page that explained SiteBuildIt or SBI for short.

What I read changed the way I thought about using the internet to promote a small local business. There are many examples of people using well designed web sites to direct targeted traffic to their businesses. Take a look at how well SiteBuildIt can work for local businesses.

How we find information

Amy and I began to look at how we find local businesses and services. A large part of our information comes directly from the internet - even for local services. I am not just talking about using YellowBook.com. I continued to read more about SBI and visited their sites several times for more information. I read about drburch.com and I said “I want clients calling Amy from out of town to make appointments too.” And SBI was the only place that could get us there.

Using SiteBuildIt we built a website to promote our local business. This site was built with SBI and no prior experience with HTML or website design. SBI's instruction and tools have allowed us to proceed at our own pace. They supply the raw materials and the tools, and they tutor you every step of the way. Not only do they help you get the website built but they show how to make money with the website. Ways that I never dreamed of. Have a look at the Video Tour. to get an idea of how it works.

Do It Yourself

You can do this. OK, you need a computer and the internet connection first. After that you are just as qualified to start as the next person. You will need to bring your brain and motivation. If you want to get rich quick look somewhere else.

People Are Searching For You

The reality is that people are looking to the web more often than the Yellow Pages for local business information. Your website can offer a lot more information to a potential local customer than any print ad. With great web site content and traffic to your site you can't miss. All you need to do is build a web site that attracts the right kind of people – that is, people ready to buy what you are selling. SiteBuildIt tells you exactly how to build the site to get the traffic. Look at this: hundreds of successful SBI websites, built by all kinds of people. These sites are all in the top 1% of the highest ranked sites on the web.

This is exactly where Amy and I want our site to be. That top 1% means that when someone searches for massage they will see our page right on top every time. That is the goal. This will get great targeted traffic to our site and our business. We are still working our way there and the results get better every week.

Once the site is up and running you will have more income and more free time. Many people make their living just from websites.

There are countless ways to make money on the internet. Look at these Case Studies that show how you can create your own egoods to sell, sell other people’s products for a commission, get paid for the leads and referrals and more. SBI provides the tools and shows you how to use them.

Work Smarter

SiteBuildIt makes it clear that most sites fail because they are not designed to succeed. SBI shows you how to build a site with great content and how to bring traffic to that site. Great content and traffic means you can not fail. SBI provides all of the technical know-how that you will need. They will even teach you how to write the content for best results.

100% money back

That's right. You buy it. You try it. If it is not everything I have described (and more) you get all of your money back. I spend more in two months for Yellow Page ads (that do nothing) than I spent to get SiteBuildIt. We get 3 to 4 new customers each week from this website and we are just getting started.

Get SiteBuildIt

SBI will give you all the support that you will need to create a professional website. You can do this for your business too. Click on the button below to see how you can sign up for SBI.

Do you still have some questions about SiteBuildIt? Would you like to get some answers to your specific questions? Here is a place where you can ask questions and even talk to an SBI website owner.

Take your time. Bookmark this page. Get your questions answered then come back and push the SiteBuildIt button. It will change the way you do business and the way you live.

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