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Sales from the EDGE Issue #013

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Sales from the EDGE
Breaking Through the "White Noise" Of Selling on the Net
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From time to time, the EDGE publishes important updates that
you need to SELL on the Net. Most "latest and greatest" Net
marketing & sales developments simply waste our time. Today's 
"hot new technology" is tomorrow's "whatever happened to?"

Occasionally, though, something comes along that STICKS. It
might NOT even be NEW... but we need to be reminded. When
that happens, the EDGE cuts through all the "white noise" of
Web marketing.  It explains the issue and outlines clearly
how YOU can best take advantage of it.

SALES FROM THE EDGE is sent ONLY to SiteSell product owners.
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December 6, 2000
Issue #013
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TABLE OF CONTENTS

o SITESELL NEWS -- A BLOCKBUSTER

  1) SiteSell.com is Acquired -- Watch Out, 2001!

     If you're a 5 Pillar Affiliate, you likely read this 
     announcement earlier today.  If not, please read on. :-)

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>-News-
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>-News-

SiteSell.com is Acquired -- Watch Out, 2001!

Twenty-one months ago, we soft-launched Make Your Site Sell!

Eighteen months ago, we full-launched MYSS!, along with the
5 Pillar Affiliate Program.

Twelve months ago, we still had but a single product... Make
Your Site Sell!.  

http://myss.sitesell.com/

The foundation was laid.

This year, we built on that foundation.  We've added three
well-received books, plus pricing survey software...

http://myks.sitesell.com/

http://myps.sitesell.com/

http://myws.sitesell.com/

We're testing Dynamic Pricing, and are about to launch a
product that is bigger than everything else put together...

Site Build It!.

http://buildit.sitesell.com/

I'm fiercely proud of what we've all built during 2000. And
I'm proud and thankful of your support during our brief
history.

AND...

Now, SiteSell.com  is about to leap to a new level... we'll
be operating at a whole new order of magnitude.

And not just because of the impending launch of Site Build
It!.  Why?...

Because we've been acquired.   Yes, that "brain seed" that
really started almost three years ago has been bought.

By who?

By the "kid" who I used to coach in baseball 25 years ago!
Or, to be more exact, by the company that he (Joel Leonoff)
and his business partner (Rory Olson) of many years founded...

SureFire Commerce
http://www.sfcommerce.com/

Strange world.  What goes around, comes around.  But...

"Who woudda thunk it?"

They are amazing people... drivers in the true sense of the 
word.  Determined to grow an e-commerce business that is a 
major force on this planet.

It's a marriage made in heaven...

We've added the power of a large, dynamic company...

o  Professional management

o  Business development skills

o  Administration.

This frees me up to do what I love to do best... empower 
small businesses to thrive on the Net.

They, meanwhile, have added practical, in-the streets Net
marketing expertise, educational capabilities, a
state-of-the-Net affiliate program, and a product that could
sweep e-commerce very soon...

Site Build It!.

SureFire Commerce has some exciting products coming down the
pipe... store-building solutions and hosting, e-payment
technology, transaction processing.   They're rock solid...

o  $30 million cash on the balance sheet

o  no debt

o  over $53 million in gross revenue

o  $5 million in operating profit in its first 12 months

o  phenomenal people.

All of which adds up to more wonderful e-commerce
information and solutions for our customers!  Far more than
we here at SiteSell could ever have provided by ourselves.

And it adds much more than great new products.  It adds
stability and strength.  

Think of the Net as the ocean in the movie, "Perfect Storm."

SiteSell was kind of like that fishing boat.  Strong, doing
well, but small. One "perfect" wave and any company our size
could have been capsized.

Not any more.  A much strong engine is powering a much
bigger ship now.  And I'll be staying at the helm.

It's going to be business as usual, for SiteSell, you, and
me.   Except much bigger, much faster.

Get ready for some amazing developments over the next few
months. Starting with Site Build It! at the end of this
week.

Fasten your seat belts!  :-)

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If you have not yet joined the 5 Pillar Affiliate Program, now 
would be a great time to capitalize on this development...

http://www.sitesell.com/affiliateprogram.html

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P.S. Just a quick reminder re: purchases...  See the Discount
Directory below?  Please remember... visit each product's
site, but buy via the Discount Directory.  Of course, if you
forget and buy it at full price, just let us know.  We'll
refund the difference.  With a smiley.   :-)

Make Your Site SELL!
http://myss.sitesell.com/

Make Your Knowledge Sell!
http://myks.sitesell.com/

Make Your Price Sell!
http://myps.sitesell.com/

Make Your Words Sell!
http://myws.sitesell.com/

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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~SiteSell Discount Directory~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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http://www.sitesell.com/discount-directory.html

Please bookmark this page -- it's the only page that you
will EVER need to buy SiteSell products at an owners-only
discount. For owners of SiteSell products only, it provides
discounts on all products, except for the Electronic Version
of MYSS! -- if I reduced the price on it, I'd have to pay
*you* to buy it!  ;-)

SiteSell Discount Directory
http://www.sitesell.com/discount-directory.html

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Written by Ken Evoy, M.D., 
President, SiteSell.com
(c) copyright 2000 SiteSell.com