My SBI, Site Build it

My SBI - Site Build it Sometimes people ask me how I, a 76 year old woman, wound up building this web site. And when I tell them that I have 2 other web sites now, they are even more surprised.

Well, I did not start out thinking of building an online business. Nor did I ever think I would have 3 web sites....and be thinking about adding another.

MY SBI story is a bit 'roundabout'. When I was close to retirement ( I was a professor at a small college in New York state) I realized two things:

• I wanted to remain active. Because I had residual problems from an auto accident I did not see myself able to do many of the things that are open to 'seniors'. I needed something I could do from home.
• It would be good for me to find a way to earn some money in retirement. Oh, I had enough for right now. But I remembered older friends when inflation was rampant in the United States. They were on fixed incomes and they slowly slipped down the economic ladder. At least one, who not in the best of health, began updating her resume in her 80's because she really needed more money! I did not want that to happen to me.

My thought was to earn money through the web. I am not very technically oriented.(When the college where I worked first got computers, I over heard one of the faculty in computer science say, "If Kate can learn this, anyone can.") That says something of my technical skills. But I enjoyed the web, had used it for private research for years and I thought that it would allow me to work from home, at my own pace etc.

I began subscribing to web business newsletters. I tried several programs that promised success. ( I even traveled across the country to Los Angeles to attend an Internet Marketing seminar.) I worked hard at each program but I finally decided that as far as I was concerned, the people earning money from the programs were those selling them. I was not having success. I concluded I had paid some 'tuition' to learn what would not work for me.

My SBI business - success at last!

I went to Ken's site and watched his slide show. Click here for Slide show: My SBI

What it was saying made sense but what REALLY convinced me to give it a try was Ken's unconditional 'money back guarantee'.

Try it out, Ken said, and if it is not for you, I will refund ALL your money. . . so I started MY SBI trial.

After using BRAINSTORMER to research ideas for a site, I got my first domain (SBI pays for this), used one of their templates (you can upload your own design if you want), built my first 'bare bones' web site.

I added a few pages each week. Slowly I began to get traffic. As the months went by, my ranking in the search engines began to improve. (That first web site ( www.osteopenia3.com) now has over 100 pages ranked on page 1 of Google search returns!) As my traffic increased, I found the site began to earn money whether I was working or on vacation or....

That was 8 years ago and MY SBI sites have grown. I feel good about the fact that I offer information people want and need. I enjoy doing the research for my site. (I know other people have sites about their hobbies or things that do not require research. But I am an academic and doing research is one of my joys.) The fact that I am earning money this way really is icing on my cake

And SBI has given me a real education. After working with the SBI 'Brainstormer" to select my site concept and seeing how SBI analyzes each of the pages I write and then suggests small revisions to make the pages better fit the search engines, I realized what was missing from all those other programs I tried. They assumed I understood all these things that SBI does for me.

I have learned soooooo much in the process of using SBI. And I have made some great online contacts. (The FORUM section of SBI offers practical help.) SBIers are a great group. People are even willing to visit your site and make suggestions.

But this past year has shown me an added value of SBI for Seniors. I had a number of serious medical problems crop up. I had several surgeries, needed time to recuperate. BUT my web sites continued to bring in weekly income - whether I was online or not. What other job or business would do that?

So SBI has turned out to be a great retirement activity. It is providing me with a reliable retirement income AND it allows me to provide a service - information - to those wanting or needing it. My SBI is giving me purposeful work in areas I enjoy. I love it.... It is a great retirement activity ANDit now brings me more income than Social Security - all part time.

In the SBI forums I have met students earning their college tuition, adults who have actually quit their jobs because they are earning more than they did in those jobs, people with physical limitations (including some who are blind) as well as lots of seniors. (One woman in her 90's has a SBI site!)

So that is my story. Do take a look at Ken's video. Click on the image below:

To give it a trial run, use this link :Order SBI

If you have questions you want to ask me, just use the form below.

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