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SITE-SELL!
The World's Most USABLE E-commerce E-zine
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A free, occasional e-zine, SITE-SELL! cuts through the
"white noise" of Web selling, covering only the important
developments that you NEED to capitalize upon.
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December 10, 2007
Issue #082
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> >All-Time Favorite SITE-SELL! Article
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our readers' all-time favorite SITE-SELL! article. It's a
powerful example (using the luxurious Beverly Hills Hotel)
of how to makeover your own site to...
.... SELL on the Net!
http://articles.sitesell.com/bhh/
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> >Reader's Choice...
Care to see the VERY BEST ARTICLE (according to reader
feedback) from each of our OTHER two e-zines?...
http://articles.sitesell.com/
We turned the best article ever into THE definitive
site about how to get the most out of AdSense...
http://adsense.sitesell.com/
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> > TABLE OF CONTENTS
o Two "Must-Have" Free Tools
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o SITE-SELL! XPRESS NEWS
1) The $20,000 InterNETwork Marketing Contest Launches!
2) Two More Updated Case Studies...
Use This Powerful PREselling Site To Drive Sales
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o FEATURED ARTICLES
1) Use StumbleUpon to Build Traffic to Your Site
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o Important SiteSell URLs
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> > Two "Must-Have" Free Tools
1) SiteSell Value Exchange
If you have NOT yet submitted your site, you're letting
Search Engine rankings go to your competitor.
http://value-exchange.sitesell.com/
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2) The Ultimate E-commerce Search Tool
Search It! is the only ecommerce-related search tool that
you (and your friends and colleagues) will ever need.
http://searchit.sitesell.com/
o every search you could ever want, all in one spot
o advanced searches "pre-packaged," ready to go
o constantly being refreshed with the best
>From keyword brainstorming and research to the ultimate
online reference library, from specialized hubs and mini-
directories to pulling SUPPLY data for 1000 keywords AT A
TIME... IT'S ALL HERE. Keep it open in the upper corner of
your monitor, for instant 24 x 7 access to Web info-mining.
http://searchit.sitesell.com/
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~SITE-SELL! XPRESS NEWS~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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The $20,000 World Championship
InterNETwork Marketing Contest Launches!
After much anticipation, it's here. But it's much more than
we had originally planned. This is a pivotal moment in the
history of Network Marketing, much more than "a contest"...
The $20,000 World Championship InterNETwork Marketing
Contest is actually a one-year coaching/training/forums/
collaboration "CO-OPETITION." It is the most revolutionary
event that the Network Marketing world has ever seen online.
In the offline world, you'd pay-pay-pay to receive this kind
of serious training and growth. Not in the online world.
We're not only giving you the tremendous rewards of DOING
IT RIGHT, we're adding some serious cash prizes to add some
spark and fun.
And that's exactly what you should expect. Sparks. Fun.
Banter and commentary and feedback in the forums, everyone
pushing each other to be better. And there's a special
coaching bonus from Ann Sieg, the Renegade Network Marketer.
Watch for contest details over the next couple of days at...
http://networkmarketing.sitesell.com/
The world as you know it is about to change.
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Two More Updated Case Studies...
Use This Powerful PREselling Site To Drive Sales
I was thinking a couple of weeks ago...
"It's getting to be that time of year when Case Study SBIers
tend to count their blessings." Shaun Fawcett updated...
http://case-studies.sitesell.com/egoods-shaun1.html
And then Jim Nelson weighed in...
http://case-studies.sitesell.com/selling-hard-goods-jim-update2.html
Where else could a drama professor be making money from
juggling and parrots?
And Fiona and Jim are going from strength to strength,
keeping ahead of the competition for the popular Tuscany
area. Of course, they are starting more sites.
http://case-studies.sitesell.com/rental-agency-tuscany3.html
And that brings up an interesting trend...
http://case-studies.sitesell.com/
You see long-term, ever-growing success that SBIers send in
every now and then -- end of year seems to remind them! ;-)
Where else have can you see such steady growth, documented
so well, in real-time?
Proof-positive of the kind of success SBIers build.
A trend you can see is how SBIers achieve an excellent,
low-work, high-return, steady state. So they start another
site. And another one. Actually, in case you're wondering
whether the case studies featured on the landing page are the
"sum total" of examples...
More than half of SBI! owners now run more than one site.
The proof, as they say, is in the e-pudding.
My greatest regret is that we can't include the thousands of
case studies that all belong on this page. So many great
life-changing stories.
If you've been struggling online, it is time for you, at this
time of year, to also think about the future.
You CAN do the same. All you have to do is have some
motivation and follow the SBI! Action Guide... pour yourself
into your project with GUSTO... and decide to MAKE it happen.
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Use StumbleUpon to Build Traffic to Your Site
StumbleUpon (SU) is a social bookmarking site that became
popular enough for eBay to purchase it. There are now (at
the time of writing) over 3.7 million "Stumblers" voting on
and reviewing Web pages that they find.
Once you're a Stumbler, if you find a Web page you like, you
can vote for it (give it a thumbs up) to add that page to the
millions already available through SU. Or you can "stumble
thru" those millions to find pages that interest you. You do
both by adding a toolbar to Internet Explorer or Firefox if you
use Windows, or Firefox if you use a Mac (SU doesn't work
with Safari or IE on a Mac).
SU isn't just a social bookmarking site, though. It's also a
simple social networking site. You create a page that lists
your interests. The Web pages you like in SU are added to
a "blog" that anyone can view. And on SU, if you like the
pages that other Stumblers submit, you can become friends
with them. Then you'll always be notified when they submit
new pages, and they'll learn about yours.
So where is the value for you in using StumbleUpon? Well,
once you have the SU toolbar installed in your browser, you
can navigate to one of your own site's pages and click on the
toolbar's "I like it!" thumbs up icon to add the page to the
SU database.
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Keep it real, though. Don't give every
page of your site a thumbs up. Other
Stumblers can see the list of pages/sites
you like. If all of them are from your
site, alarm bells will go off.
Keep a high ratio of other-site pages to
your-site pages (50:1 or even 100:1 --
it doesn't take long to reach those levels)
and you'll be contributing to SU rather
than using it.
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Your page is added to the growing list of sites and pages
available for all Stumblers to view. And since the average
number of pages viewed on a site found through SU is 1.8,
most people will look at least one more page on your site. If
they really like what they see, they may view more pages or
even become a customer.
SU has a feature that makes it more likely that people will
find your pages. All Stumblers can select the topics they're
interested in. If your pages fall under one of those topics,
Stumblers with that interest will see your page sooner rather
than later.
Once they land on your page, they have the option of giving
it the thumbs up, which helps SU provide other pages similar
to yours from its database (a thumbs down means they don't
want to see more pages like that one).
After giving it the thumbs up, they also have the option to
write a review about your page. Reviews are less common
than votes for any page, so any review your page or site
receives carries weight with other Stumblers.
If others like your page(s), you'll gain links to your site. Your
link will appear on the "blog" for each person who gave your
page a thumbs up. However, all links have the rel="nofollow"
attribute, so they won't help you gain Google PageRank.
So focus on using SU for the traffic you'll receive and the
relationships you'll build, rather than for the links back to
your site.
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Important SiteSell URLs~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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SBI! URLs
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o The Site Build It! Summary Site
"Why build JUST a Web site...
when you COULD build a Web BUSINESS?"
http://buildit.sitesell.com/
o The Special Prize Inside Every Box of SBI!
http://specialprize.sitesell.com/
o Quick Tour Slide Show
A fast step-by-step demo of how SBI! works
http://quicktour.sitesell.com/
o The SBI! Video Tour
Invest the most important 30 minutes you will
spend online.
http://videotour.sitesell.com/
o "Find YOUR Small Business (Or Idea)"
http://find.sitesell.com/
o For Webmasters Only...
http://webmaster.sitesell.com/
o SBI! is All About "Profitable RESULTS"
http://results.sitesell.com/
http://case-studies.sitesell.com/
o Others would show proof like this... if they could.
http://proof.sitesell.com/
o Get Rich Quick? Ha!
http://tortoise.sitesell.com/
o Get a Certified SBI! Webmaster to do it for you
http://directory.sitesell.com/
o Have a question? Ask an actual SBI! owner!
http://question.sitesell.com/
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SITESELL.COM HOME PAGE
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o SiteSell Home Page
Follow the links to best of breed e-books, free
Masters Courses, and the complete site map
http://www.sitesell.com/
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SiteSell.com's 5 Pillar Affiliate Program
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o SiteSell.com's 5 Pillar Affiliate Program
Graduated from the Aff Master's Course? Get your PhD, Free!
And Earn Substantial Lifetime Income at the Same Time.
http://affiliates.sitesell.com/
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Make Your Content PREsell!
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o EVERYONE needs this book. EVERYONE. If you don't insist
that your children, friends and colleagues READ this book,
you're doing them a disservice. We live in a world where
written communication is the #1 skill set of value...
http://mycps.sitesell.com/
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Free SBI! Resources
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o Search It!
Get the most of the Net! Use this search tool daily
for advanced ecommerce-related searches. Indispensable!
http://searchit.sitesell.com/
o SiteSell Value Exchange
Exchange links in a way that search engines LOVE...
http://value-exchange.sitesell.com/
o A Revolution in Web Site Monetization -- Google's AdSense
A Tailor-Made Way to Monetize Your Site!...
http://adsense.sitesell.com/
o SpamCheck Report
Now your readers can stay out of the "Junk Mail Folder."
For this free service, please visit...
http://spamcheck.sitesell.com/
o The Masters Courses
http://freetrial.sitesell.com/
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o And here is "The #1 E-commerce Trio of E-zines"...
It begins at the Beverly Hills Hotel,
and gets better from there!
http://articles.sitesell.com/
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SiteSell University: The Masters Courses (Free)
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SiteSell University is free. The Masters Courses cover all
the vital "must-get-it-right" issues with fresh, original,
and valuable thinking. You won't read this anywhere else on
the Net. And, best of all, the courses are free.
Take the courses that interest you today. They are available
as SiteSell-quality e-books, via direct download...
o Netwriting Masters Course
Want to sell more? Write better. Write smarter.
First, write to PREsell. Then write to SELL.
The *ONLY* course on the Net that shows you how to do BOTH.
http://netwriting.sitesell.com/
o Affiliate Masters Course
Become a high-earning affiliate champion.
http://aff-masters.sitesell.com/
o Service Sellers Masters Course
Attract new clients from around the world...
Or from around the block
http://service-masters.sitesell.com/
o Make Your Net Auction Sell!, The Masters Course
Start and grow a profitable Net auction business.
MYNAS! --> Now Free!
http://mynas-masters.sitesell.com/
o Webmaster BUSINESS Masters Course
Show Webmasters How to Run The BUSINESS of WebMastering...
Including, Of Course, Using the Ultimate PRODUCTIVITY Tool.
http://webmasterbusiness.sitesell.com/
o Make Your Price Sell!, The Masters Course
"How much money are YOU leaving on the table?"
Price with complete confidence & double your Net profits.
http://myps-masters.sitesell.com/
o WAHM-IT!, The Masters Course
Are you a Stay At Home Mom?
Become a Work At Home Mom!
http://wahm-masters.sitesell.com/
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