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| Hi!...This is me at my oldest son's wedding in August of 2007! 
|  | Above everything, I'm a wife, mother, and grand-mother! My family is more important to me than anything else in my life. I don't consider myself remarkable, or above average, in any way. I graduated fifteenth in my class. I never went to college. I'm not one of those moms who is asked to speak on career day. Homemaker equals Ho-Hum to most kids. They don't want to hear about scrapbooking, cooking, or sewing! My husband, who is in sales, switched jobs and took a pretty big pay-cut. I decided I was going to try to start some kind of small business of my own. I figured that was a way I could help out with the bills and still be home with my family. I didn't have any idea what kind of business I was going to try. I'd spent nearly 20 years packing lunches, bandaging boo-boo's, and folding endless loads of laundry. I was pretty sure that didn't qualify me for anything! |
Just before my husband's pay cut, we bought a new computer. My friends used to tease me about the old one. They used to say "Judy's computer is so old she has to start it with a crank!". I have funny friends! Anyway, the new computer got me thinking. I knew people were making a living online. Why couldn't I? Scary idea, considering I didn't really know much about operating a pc. I'd only used the old one for typing and email. Pretty basic stuff.
I was also scared because I never went to college. I didn't have any kind of special training whatsoever that would qualify me to run my own business. I made a decision not to let that stop me, though. I started looking at online businesses right away.
That's when things started to get really, really crazy! The phone started ringing off the wall with salesmen trying to recruit me. I listened to all of them. I was looking for something that was "just right" for me. I even three-wayed my husband in on most of the calls. One particular call perked up our ears.
The salesman said I could work strictly from home. Big perk! That meant I could still be home with my family. He also said that with a one time investment of $329.00 I could build a residual income of over $10,000 a month. I was excited! Who isn't excited by the idea of lots, and lots, of money?
That meant vacations, new cars, all kinds of things we could never afford before. He explained how that happens and it seemed so logical. Please don't think we just sat there and listened. No, no. We asked questions. Lots of them! We wanted to be sure this was absolutely legitimate. We even put off giving an answer until we could do some more investigating on our own.
Everything seemed good. The health and wellness company he represented really was a solid one. I'd heard of it many years ago and had even taken some of their products. We were impressed and decided to signed up. That decision just about put my family into bankruptcy!
My first week I bought $4000.00 worth of inventory! Even though I had been told no further monetary investment was necessary. My supervisor, who is no longer working for the company, explained that this was a one time thing that would help me climb the company ladder faster. Again, it all sounded very logical. We didn't question it. It was all part of the plan to start building that residual income. My husband and I decided we would set aside one credit card to be used only for my business expenses.
Oh how I wish I could go back, shake myself, and say "Stop!".
That month, and every month after, I spent anywhere from $500.00 to $2,000.00 for leads. You know, people like me who wanted to start their own businesses online. So here I was trying to market supplements and sponsor new people into the business. I was on the phone constantly. I did everything I was told to do. I attended webinars. I signed up for extra trainings. I was so busy I could hardly breathe.
At the end of one year I had personally sponsored 15 new distributors and had brought in a grand total of $12,000.00. And, I only spent $27,000.00 getting there! None of my distributors was making any money either. I was sinking into a deep hole of debt fast. I was sick with worry. My husband and I decided it was time to pull out. There was just no way we could shoulder the expense any longer.
I won't be bad-mouthing that company. Truth is, the company is solid. Their products are great. It was me! I just didn't know what I was doing. Neither did anyone else! I was doomed from the beginning.
A member of my upline had sent me a link to a company called SBI. That link changed the way I do business online! Now, I actually make more money than I spend. Oh, I'm no multi-millionaire. Just a couple hundred here and a couple hundred there. But, thanks to SBI, I know how to keep it growing. I'm an affiliate marketer. I write articles. In fact, I'm involved in almost all of the things you'll read about at this website.
I could have built a website about scrapbooking, sewing, or cooking. I could even have built a movie review site or a website for fans of 80's rock music. Truth is, I probably will. It's something I've been keeping on the back burner. These are all the things I really like and any one of them would make a good second business for me.
I started with this site because I wanted to try and help people just like me who were looking to build a real business online. For me, it was about trying to help others stay away from the pitfalls I landed in.
SiteBuildIt taught me that there really is an easier way, a more logical way, to build an income online. I've learned things I thought it was impossible for a regular person to learn. I even write some of my own html code. You don't have to. I just do it because its fun. There's a lot about SBI site building that gets done for you. But you can take over the reigns any time you want to.
Until August of 2008, the only money I'd spent was the $299 fee for my SBI site! Recently I did spend some money doing some direct mailers for one of my affiliates. I'm still in the process of paying off my debts from the health and wellness fiasco, but at least now I know my family's future is bright! I don't sit and worry anymore. I bless my husband for standing behind me. I bless SBI for showing me how to build a real business of my own. I bless God for everything else!
My life isn't the only one SBI changed for the better. SBI owners are 20,000 strong, and growing. I've included some of their stories so you can see just how passionately we all feel about our sites, our businesses, and SBI. Take a look at their sites and read their stories. In every case, the power of SBI comes shining through!
See what other SBI'ers have to say...
"My goal was to build an online business that would generate an income equal (or greater, of course) to the salary I was earning. And also wouldn't be dependant on any country's economy (as my country's economy is in shambles...)."
Who is ~ Elad Shippony
Coolest-Parties.com
Read more INFOPRENEUR case studies...
"It's been over a year now since I started my first website, which ranks within the top 1% of sites on the net and receives up to 1500 visitors per day. I now have a second site, and plans for a third before the summer of this year. I no longer work from home in the evenings and my income is constantly growing. Right now, it's double what I was making when I was standing behind a chair."
Who is ~ Michelle Schill
Style-Hair-Magazine.com
Read more WORK AT HOME MOMS case studies...
"SBI made it easy to learn how to optimize my pages for search engines. I quickly learned (actually SBI! took me by the hand and made the process "artist-proof"!) how to build traffic right into the content I was creating... as I created it."
Who is ~ Marney Makridakis
Artella Words And Art
Read more E-GOODS SELLERS case studies...
"I exercised due caution and did some more research first. I asked a few people, I dug around on the internet, and no matter where I looked, I didn't hear a bad word. Everybody said the same thing, "If you build your site with SBI, you will definitely get traffic."
Who is ~ B. Bradtke
Outback-Australia-Travel-Secrets.com
Read more TRAVEL SITE case studies...
"The process is just so logical... Content - Traffic - PREsell - MONETIZE. Starting with content (after all, that's what people search for, so that's where we begin, too). Right from the start, SBI showed us how to brainstorm our idea to find out if it was valid. It helped us choose and register our site name. Then it supplied the tools to create a content rich themed site, which the search engines love."
Who is ~ Fiona McCardle/Jim Andrew
Rent a Villa in Tuscany.com
Read how these sites used SBI to GENERATE LEADS for their businesses...
"This affiliate marketing case study describes how a novice working part-time used Site Build It! 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."
Who is ~ Allan Gardyne
Rupert's SBI! Experiment
Read what happened when Allan challenged his new AFFILIATE, Rupert, to build an SBI site...
"Fire your web designer immediately. Buy SBI! instead and give it to the smartest person in your company, and watch for the results to come. Or if the web designer is crying under your door or has a large family to support, give him the book, ask him to learn SBI! and use it to its fullest potential." :)
Who is ~ Nadir Burnashev
Chief Economist, Kazkommerts Securities
Read how even the most unusual SERVICES benefit from an SBI site...
"Frankly, I don't know much about online systems and technology but I do know about Audio, Video and Home Theater, and the SiteBuildIt! system let me focus on what I know best -- my business. I have been able to create a professional web site that gets significant traffic that provides us with qualified leads that convert into Axiom Audio sales which have an average value of over $800 per sale."
Who is ~ Alan Lofft
Axiom Audio
See how Alan drives TRAFFIC to generate leads...
"From the beginning of this year, my site traffic has rapidly increased and my Adsense income has more than tripled. At the time of writing this, my traffic is hovering around 800 visitors a day."
Who is ~ Sara Ding
Juicing-for-health.com
Read more MULTI-LEVEL MARKETING case studies...
"My puny little hand-built, local-dentist Web site broke the Alexa 100,000 barrier today and none of this would have been possible if it weren't for the power and effectiveness of the SBI process. (OK - I did put in a little elbow grease)"
Who is ~ Dr. John Burch DDS
DrBurch.com
Read more LOCAL business case studies...
One last comment...
I know it seems squishy and mushy listening to SBI owners talk about how it changed their lives and how their dreams are now reality. That's what I thought, too! I thought, "Oh, blah, blah, blah! You know they pay these people to say that. Or, its all made up."
Now I'm the one who is all squishy and mushy. I can't help it. SBI saved me. Better yet, they saved my family!
I'm still not someone who is asked to speak at career day, but I think my life's a lot more interesting than it used to be. I like what I'm doing. I'm happier. I'm still at home. For me, it doesn't get any better than that.
Wishing you much success,
Judy
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