“Site Build It! is a Scam!”
That was the comment left on one of my YouTube videos a few days ago.
It’s not the first time I’ve heard the scam cries regarding SBI!.
Apparently this person heard about the $10,000 prize Ken Evoy, President of SiteSell.com, awarded to the customer who created the best “I Love SBI! video.”
So his comment warned others there was a prize out for videos like mine. I guess he thought my video was created for the sake of entering the contest.
Sorry, Mr. Anonymous-YouTube-commentor, some of us actually use the product and love it. And while I make it no secret I belong to SiteSell’s affiliate program, I still believe in the product and endorse it because I used it to create my site, Flat Stomach Exercises.
In fact, I didn’t even enter the $10,000 I Love SBI! contest.
I also want to point out that everyone who was eligible for the contest had to actually own SBI!. So these weren’t SiteSell employees or random people paid by SiteSell to create hype.
Let’s not fool ourselves. The $10,000 prize was a great incentive for many I’m sure. But these videos were made by happy customers who were proud to show the world how much Site Build It! changed their lives.
Many of these people were able to quit their jobs because of SBI!.
Is SBI! for Everyone?
No, it’s not. And I would never proclaim anyone that uses it is going to have automatic success.
There is work involved, lots of reading and definitely a good amount of patience and motivation required… just like any other business or money making venture.
I just felt the need to clarify the scam statements because it’s so easy to lump SBI! into all the other get-rich-quick programs on the net.
And I wouldn’t blame people for being skeptical because there are a lot of scams out here.
Fortunately for me and the other video makers, SBI! is not one of them. ;)
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I am not a customer of SBI. I have done allot of research on it and believe it is NOT a scam! It is funny how the people who bash it are not customers. It is just like parenting. The people who think they know it all about parenting have NO children.
I currently have a blog in the martial arts field. It is doing ok with around 150 visitors a day. I have a few ideas for specific niches within the this field and am thinking of getting SBI to create the websites. Im just not sure weather it would be worth it or not. Please could you let me know if its is worth it giving advantages and disadvantages of it. Many Thanks.
Markos,
Since you already have a blog with traffic, what I would do is use Site Build It! to create another site related to your blog and use that site to draw additional traffic to your blog and vice versa.
I’ve been researching on-line business for a whil;e and SBI! does keep popping up. People keep saying it’s not easy but I’m not getting specifics on what exactly is not easy. Is it the work involved in writing content or something else?
Thanks
Hi Michelle,
It’s the work involved of building useful content and learning how to market so you get enough traffic to succeed. I think most would agree traffic generating is the most challenging.
Hi Lisa,
Like Douglas above, Feb. 14, 2008, I too am passionate about politics and economics, particularly relating to current issues, foreign and domestic, but unsure of an approach or angle that would draw substantial long-term traffic and profitability.
I agree with Brenda! Love the analogy!
It IS like those thinking they KNOW the best about Parenting, but have NO children.
Some go by word of mouth, or see an SBIer struggling and assume that all SBIers do.
SBI is an amazing tool - you have to know how to use it and implement it well.
The forums from SBI make it so much more amazing, in that all the support and time and help that other successful SBIers give you, is worth the $299 in itself.
Hi Lisa,
Thank you for your useful information. I’m searching a lot in order to create my own site for offering translation services.
Can you give some idea about how to start?
Thank you so much.
William, my site http://www.flat-stomach-exercises.com is an SBI! site. Check the Alexa rank. :)
I also been doing a lot of research about SBI and I’m agree that it is NOT a scam!
I have a blog and I’m planning to use Site Build It! to create another site related to the same niche, and at the same time what had motivated me were the searches engines tools.
One question, $299 for one year and after that?
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I’ve done my website with SBI, and although I haven’t made money, it’s not because I haven’t been able to build traffic–an average of about 150-200 a day–but because I chose a political goal, not a monetary one. I wanted to show-case a book, and I’ve at least brought the idea of it to a couple hundred thousand in the last seven months, many more in the last year.
In fact, right now, I’m trying to figure out how to subscribe to two more sites, before the Valentine special is over.