Hi, my name is Ken Evoy. I founded SiteSell.com back in 1997, at a time after I thought I had "retired" for good shortly after 1991 (when my second daughter was born).
Well, it turns out that we never retire for good... not until we expire for good!
Some of us need a challenge, something to keep us excited about life. Too many still need money. Many need both. Me? I'm just a curious guy who "got interested in the Net" after I "retired."
In previous lives, I have retired and "un-retired" many times. For example, I have been...
an emergency doctor who taught and practiced at a McGill University teaching hospital
a toy designer who licensed 23 different toys and games to large companies around the world (here's one at eBay and this discussion group)
an amateur golfer who was asked to coach a pro in Canada (here's what happened).
I retired from medicine when our second daughter was born. I retired from toys to golf after we moved to a small country village to raise our girls. And I retired from golf, too...
One day, I found myself on the golf course but wanting to be in front of the computer. I retired from golf to "work" on the new company that was growing, SiteSell.com.
Retirement should be about "retiring" towhatever it is that you want to do.
Why Tell You All This?
Because I'm 57 years old, a "50+er" who is very much like you. "Been there, done that, stopped that"... and started again in a "retirement" that I love, doing work in a company that impacts lives in so many positive ways.
You are never too young to "retire" for a while. And you are never too old to "un-retire" and start something new from scratch. Not in this world!
We here at SiteSell.com develop and offer a unique, online business-building product called "SBI!". It started out as one of the first site-builders that work through your Web browser, not through software on your computer.
We soon realized that almost everyone needs more than a "builder-plus-hosting" to create sites or blogs that grow serious, long-term revenues. You also need...
regular updating and upgrading to stay ahead of the competition
24x7 advice, support, encouragement, help, hand-holding and community.
A Site Or Blog Is Not An E-business
Allow me a moment of immodesty. We were right. While site-and-blog-building software like DreamWeaver, Yola and WordPress focused on putting up sites or blogs (just 1 of 10 steps), we focused on developing SBI! into a business-builder (all 10 Steps).
Results are clear...
SBI! delivers websites that become profitable e-businesses by providing the process and tools for all 10 steps required to build an online business.
Software like DreamWeaver, Yola and WordPress deliver websites (1 of the 10 Steps) that flounder as their owners try to figure out how to get traffic and make money.
Our little sitebuilder has grown into the only all-in-1 product that enables you to build profitable e-businesses. You follow the complete step-by-step process. You use all the tools you need to execute that process. Get help as needed. Succeed.
What Do SBI! and IBM Have In Common?
"SBI!" has outgrown its name because it accomplishes so much more than its original purpose (site building). That's why we call it "SBI!" now (the same reason that you see "IBM" instead of "International Business Machines").
The Perfect Vehicle To The Retirement You Want
SBI! enables you to achieve the retirement you want by building an e-business. Don't let that word "e-business" ("web-based business" or "online business") intimidate you. No need to be a techie. It's better if you're not.
"E-business" means that you generate income online. The best way to do that is by building a website that attracts free, interested visitors who find you by searching for the topics you write about on your site. You convert those visitors into income.
Why is it better not to be a techie? Qualities like common sense, maturity, and experience stand you in better stead. SBI! can't teach you those, but it can lead you through everything else. Oh yes, and "non-techs" arrive without any bad habits!
SBI! is absolutely perfect for you, the 50+er who wants to retire to activity (ex., travel), to freedom, to intellectual challenge... and to sufficient income to get everything you want from "retirement."
Thousands of 50+ers use and love SBI!. I will introduce you to many of them right here. You will, I think, be amazed by them... because they are just like you.
Income Plus: Lessons From The Wise
Income Plus: Life-Long Learning Sue Spires
SBI! means friendship, community, family, caring, and learning how to do it right to make money.
SBI! also means the pleasure of building a quality website that is #1 on Google and Yahoo and getting over 1000 unique visitors a day.
I'll keep at it as long as I can remember how to turn on my computer. Hey, don't forget I'm in my 70's!
You will find "Income Plus" notes scattered here and there on this page. Hover over each photo of a 50+er SBI! owner ("SBIer") for a brief, experience-based, personal memo.
A while ago, I was struck by the comments of SBIers in the 50+ers area of the SBI! Forums. We asked for their permission to share them here.
What struck me? Yes, income is important, of course. But what most impressed me was how important the intangibles are for 50+ers. Don't get me wrong...
Most start an SBI! site to build an e-business that generates revenue. And they do...
Most folks on this page have "Top 1%" sites. Most receive 1,000-12,000 visitors per day. A few receive less, but even the lowest-traffic site (by a 91 year old!) gets much more free Search Engine traffic than most non-SBI! sites or blogs.
High traffic turns into real income. As I said, though, even the most successful (financially) have strong non-monetary intangibles on their minds.
For 50+ers, it's clearly more than just the money. Watch for the "Income Plus" notes... Each will tell you something special.
SBI! Spreads Among 50+ers Largely By Word-Of-Mouth
Income Plus: Community Jack Feka
SBI is a constant source of inspiration.
It's a place where I can hang out (the forums) when I start to feel that the world is crumbling around me or there are just too many hard challenges to face.
Now on my 3rd site, plus one for my wife, we have a comfortable life here in Chile.
Friends show SBI! to friends. Word spreads increasingly through word-of-mouth. They explain how...
the best part is that you get to have the "retirement" you want by sharing what you know and love.
you achieve that through a website that attracts people with an interest in your niche.
you convert those visitors into fans who generate income by clicking on ads, by buying products, or who otherwise "monetize" through any of 15 methods for you to consider.
Income Plus: Dragged Kicking Vicki Funes
Retirement is the perfect time for SBI!. You actually know a few things and you have the time to write about them.
I was "dragged kicking and screaming" by my kids to the second-hand computer. I just absolutely KNEW that I would NOT get the hang of it.
I tried SBI! because of the success stories, but I was fine with it being just a hobby that would be fulfilling.
Who woulda guessed more than 10,000 people would visit my site every day?! When your hobby earns good income AND your kids marvel at what you've done, can it get better?
They show their friends the step-by-step video instructions (the "Action Guide," also available in written and mobile formats), all the tools, and their own results (in the form of traffic stats and bank deposits).
They tell them about our Guarantee. You cannot lose if you try SBI!. SBI! owners ("SBIers") know us so well that they often tell their friends, who don't know us, that they will guarantee our Guarantee!
Only truly great products get this kind of word of mouth. (If you don't use a Mac computer, think of friends who do own one and who tell you how much they love their computers. SBIers are like that.)
We See 50+ers Start and Grow and Retire With SBI! Every Day
Income Plus: Beyond My Hopes Don Bell
I wanted to create a profitable online business to supplement my retirement income. I wanted to build a quality website without needing to know or learn html.
I hesitated because SBI seemed too good to be true for the price. And do you know what?
If I had not actually done this, and if I did not actually see more than 5,000 people visit my site every month, it still seems too good to be true!
SBI is one of those rare products that turns out to be far better than you could ever hope for.
Many 50+ers often start with minimal computer skills (just enough to find our site, order and receive our "getting started" e-mail).
They advance patiently and methodically to build outstandingly successful e-businesses.
Before they know it, they know way more than their children (even the grandchildren!) about building profitable websites.
I love it when a grandfather reports in the Forums that his 24 year old granddaughter asks him to show her how to make money online.
SBI! is...
All about you starting and building a long-lasting, profitable small business online.
The only all-in-1 step-by-step system of process-and-tools that truly delivers on its promise.
Something that works no matter how little you know about computers or the Internet right now.
Click on the video (on the right) to see a 50+er transform from "trapped suit to retired cowgirl." Beware of the blood-curdling, high-decibel "scream of the trapped," a symbol of how so many feel. There is a way out.
This SBI! Video Tour is "must-viewing." It takes only 30 minutes to see the what-when-why-how of how SBIers succeed. Many have called it "the most important 30 minutes" of their lives.
Before I started on this amazing journey, I was afraid to even turn off the computer if the kids left it on when they went to school. No joke.
My typing was of the 2-finger variety. I could send and receive email - that was the dizzy limit of my ability. Now?
My puppy site gets over 5,000 visitors per day. Visitors have added 5,000 Web pages for me, so site traffic and income grow on their own. That gives me time to start one new SBI! e-business per year. I'm on my fourth!
I know what you can accomplish with SBI! because I've seen it happen tens of thousands of times.
And I know that 50+ers do especially well with SBI! because they bring "BAM" (Brain - Attitude - Motivation) to the table. They bring it in spades. In 3 words...
50+ers Are BAMmers!
"Brain" = knowledge about anything (everyone knows something about something)
"Attitude" = positive, optimistic, can-do
"Motivation" = willing to work for one's goals.
(Beware! Anyone selling anything that is does not require "work" is a charlatan.)
BAM tends to come with maturity. 50+ers have grown a tree of knowledge with branches of knowledge about many subjects.
Maturity brings a patient, reasoned and positive attitude.
Income Plus: 91 And In Touch Peggy Hanson
I was 90 years old Aug/08.
SBI keeps me mentally alert, gives me lots of activity during the day and introduces me to new ideas and new people.
My organic greens customers can view the latest pictures of my gardens, greenhouses and crops and try new recipes.
And my children, grandchildren and great grandchildren can experience my life's adventures.
And the "new life" that starts at 50 brings the motivation and energy to make "the rest" into "the best," free of bosses and other roadblocks that may have held one back.
Many younger people want everything to happen yesterday. Worse, many of them seem to have a sense of entitlement, expecting good things to just kind of happen if they merely "show up."
It can take a decade or two of "real world seasoning" (ex., the realities of responsibilities, bad bosses, endless cubicle life) before one is truly ready to grab SBI! with BAM, firm in a determined decision to own your business, own your life.
SBI! and 50+ers... Made For Each Other
Without BAM, you won't succeed with SBI!. Heck, you won't succeed at anything substantively life-changing. If it is worth having, it takes time, work, positive energy and persistence.
50+ers bring BAM... in spades. They are "BAMmers."
Income Plus: No "E"diot. Sue Cooper-Dolan
"E"diot. "E"literate. "E"scaredy-cat. That's me!
I still can't program my cell phone 'cause it gives me a headache trying to figure it out. So I don't bother, I let my kids do it.
SBI held my hand as it taught me how to build a website. Now I can really navigate around cyber space.
My "kids" are amazed that 40,000 visitors find my site every month. Also, while I used to ask questions in the forums non-stop, now I give back. I've made over 2,000 posts.
And yet, before purchasing SBI!, many 50+ers did not, at first, believe it was possible for anyone to earn substantial money online.
If they did accept that possibility, they thought that they were simply too "Web-dumb" to do it.
These were the most common responses to a "pre-purchase survey" we ran in the forums. Most 50+ers who ultimately purchased SBI! did not believe in it, or themselves, at first.
And yet, they would remember us. They'd keep coming back, often after a failed blog or Yahoo! store or eBay effort. Some would even explain painfully expensive "Get Rich Quick" frauds.
If you have any notion that it can't be done or that you can't do it or that this is some sort of scheme, please put those out of your head and evaluate SBI! on its merits.
Thank you to SiteSell and to all SBIers for saving me from daytime TV, keeping my mind active and giving me excitement every month when I look at those visitor stats!
I started my website just for fun, without realizing that it would end up helping us financially and giving me a positive focus during a very stressful 18 months in our family business, due to bank failure.
I have so much to thank SBI! for - putting food on the table and keeping my brain alive!
Here it is, plain and simple. You will succeed if...
you have BAM
you are not afraid to ask questions. Where do you ask them?
The World's Most Helpful and Friendliest e-Business Forums
The SBI! Forums are my favorite spot on the Web. Dubbed "The Place For Friendly, Success Focused Discussion," SBIers from all over the globe learn from each other.
Some SBIers have answered 20,000 questions and up. And at any given moment, 24x365 there are always many SBIers in the forums helping out. Many used to ask for help. Now they give it.
I'm not just whistling Dixie when I say that I love these forums. I have made about 7,000 posts in the forums to help SBIers who range from "raw Newbie" to seasoned pro. Many of these posts are valuable new strategies, original ideas, and useful observations that non-SBIers will never read.
Access to the Forums is even considered by some to be SBI!'s most valuable feature. The SBI! community is the most generous group on the Net. It is the positive place to "help and be helped." What does this all mean?...
You build your business from the comfort of home. But you are never alone.
I have long said that I'm jealous of SBI! owners ("SBIers"). Why? Because I want to do what they do.
If I wasn't "working" at SiteSell for SBIers, I'd certainly be one of them for several reasons...
The overwhelming usefulness (I could not imagine trying to amass all the tools I need in one spot).
The challenge and pleasure that comes from accomplishment.
The friendships in the SBI! Forums.
Frankly, I prefer making money from my passions, rather than spending on them.
My Idea Of SBI! Retirement
I'd probably be "un-retired" on my daughter's SBI! site about Anguilla (anguilla-beaches.com). It is the #1 site in the world on Anguilla, receiving over 1 million visitors per year.
She averages maybe 2-3 hours per week on the site since she was 14 years old. She earns $4,000 per month (she would be earning several times that if she gave this her full attention, but school and social matters are her priorities).
She calls SBI! her "slight-time" job. I'd love to make it my "full-time retirement."
My "retirement work" at SiteSell is work that I love. The "Income Plus" comments of SBIers resonate with my personal philosophy...
Make A Difference
Income Plus: Short. Sweet. Dennis Gourley
I will never collect social security. I will never retire.
If we can say, at the end of this journey through life, that we impacted lives positively, that we left just a bit of this world better off due to our actions, and if we enjoyed ourselves while doing it, it will have been a life well spent.
SBI! has this type of impact in two ways...
directly upon SBI! owners
indirectly through every SBIer who uses SBI! to organize certain knowledge into a site that is of value to someone else.
Every SBI! site owner, in his/her own way, can lay claim to adding value to this world.
When you put what your brain has accumulated on a subject into a website...
when you do it in an original and high-quality way (yes, SBI! even shows you how to do that)...
when you share it with the world in a way that gets found...
when you do it all your way...
Well, you have made a difference.
SBI! has an unmatched track record of success, of impacting lives. Part of that success is the ripple effect of your success, of enabling you to reach your goals by reaching others.
"Retirement"... Time To Do Life Your Way
Income Plus: No Tick-Box Here Rona Sharp
I love that I can put down my tools and head for the fields at the click of a mouse and the traffic will keep coming. My traffic has more than doubled this past year to over 2500 visitors per day, which brings in some good income.
But what is really important is that the site is my own thing. I can use my creative abilities to do it all my own way. That is absolute bliss after 10 years in adult ed, feeling increasing pressure to conform and get into the tick-box mentality.
Retirement is about doing what you want to do. You need income to have that freedom. Both freedom and earning income should be about doing what you like to do.
Some start SBI! for the money. Some start it for a challenge, to have a "project." I say... do it for both reasons. Take Claude, for example, who started with zero-knowledge and is now a prominent, confident contributor to the SBI! Forums...
Bored "beyond belief" by retirement, he "needed an intellectual challenge to wake up to, each morning." Like me, he figures if you're going to take up a project, why not make money from it instead of paying money for it?!
I'll let Claude finish the story in words and video...
It's been pure bliss. I supply the ideas, the passion, and the drive, in the foreground. SBI! takes care of all the tech stuff, in the background.
I "work" at my own pace, when I feel like it. My website is building increasing traffic and income.
With a mobile satellite internet system installed in the RV, I can run my small business while we explore the beautiful scenic regions of North America.
I have found the winning combination to a happy and productive retirement.
Claude Jollet B.Sc.A.
www.top-web-entrepreneurs-plan-it.com
Who Really "Retires" Anymore?
Income Plus: Identity Wendy Fisher
I wanted something challenging to do in retirement. The income is a bonus!
Income, for many, is an issue in retirement. But even bigger is the need to have a life, to be someone after you lose your work life identity.
SBI provides that to me. SBI is now my passion in life!
"Retirement" no longer means to "retire" from the active world and disappear into a recliner. More people, at a younger age, are deciding to retire to a better life than they've ever lived.
Living life your way is all about gusto...
• Still working and trying to "last" to retirement age?
• Already "retired" and bored, limited by your income?
Make a change before it's too late.
The Internet makes possible a life of freedom and passion. Strong positive cash flow makes retirement dreams come true.
Freedom, passion, cash flow... put it all together with SBI!
Here Is The 50+er Reality
50+ers from around the world are using SBI! to create income-generating websites, real "e-businesses" that grow week upon week, month upon month, year upon year.
Many do it without selling a thing! Yes, no customers. Others sell products, either "digital" products like e-books or "physical" products like cacti or handmade furniture. Yet others sell services.
Income Plus: Mobility/Flexibility Kathi MacNaughton
I'm 55 and I've been with SBI almost 10 years and have 7 SBI websites (and would like more)!
In the past 5 years, I have moved 3 times to help my husband's career. My home businesses traveled with me. How perfect that I didn't have to worry about finding a new job every time.
Also, during the past 3 years, my mom has been slowly dying of COPD and needing more and more care. SBI has been a blessing.
My sites are always there waiting for me when I have time to work on them. When I don't, they pay my bills with passive income.
Do it the way you want to do it. Work at your own pace (set expectations that are reasonable for the hours you devote to it). Learn to outsource to developing countries, leveraging your key skills, or keep it to "just you."
Young retirees... "older" retirees... those who were "retired" by their employers... it does not matter. Many barely know how to surf the Web and get e-mail when they start SBI!.
Now they are using "SBI!" to create profitable niche Web-based businesses. No niche is too esoteric. The number of possible themes is limitless. And the opportunities will only increase.
There has never been a better time to start a niche-oriented e-business, build traffic by providing what people want (information), and turning those visitors into income in several of 15 major ways.
What Do You Know And Love? Write About It!
Do you travel? Have a favorite destination? Perhaps your passion is in food and cooking? Or maybe you have special knowledge in a health-related niche.
Whatever your interest is...
Build a profitable popular business by simply writing about what you know and love.
Think you can't write? This is not "Hemingway-writing." If you can talk, you can write...
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Learn how to write to communicate.
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We used to sell this book. It shows you how to acquire the most important skillset you need. A careful read and a bit of practice will get you there.
I promise you... you can write.
What's the catch? None. This is a free lunch. Of course, you have to chew carefully to get the most out of it. But there is no catch...
You don't have to register to get it, so you won't be bombarded by any sales letters.
There have been hundreds of books on how to write to sell. This is the only one about writing to communicate, to deliver original, high-value content in a unique voice (your voice!) while positioning your site's niche in a certain way.
This book received "waves of raves" when we first released it. I am pleased to give you something that will polish a skill you do have or that will give you a skill you lack.
It's also my gift for making it this far down the page!!
Right Now, Someone Is Searching For What You Know
Income Plus: Give Service Kate Lindemann
My own experience [age 73] is that having an SBI site not only exercises mind/skills, it provides additional income and allows me opportunity to give service, even if the body is sliding a bit.
As the economy shifts and costs rise, more elders need to supplement retirement income. Being an infopreneur is a great way to use a lifetime of skills, info, passion, etc.
Actually, hundreds of people are likely searching for a wide variety of topics related to what you know.
Deliver what they seek... information. Original, experience-based, valued information.
The best part is that your site generates income while it delivers what people want (your "been there, done that" first-hand experience and knowledge), 24 x 7.
Think of starting SBI! as an investment in your retirement plan. This investment is a teeny fraction of what you currently have in your plan. When you consider it like this...
You have a high Return On Investment asset that will prove to yield far more than any other investment you have ever made. High-yield investments are usually extremely risky...
Would you turn down a high-yield, zero-risk investment? Of course not...
Invest in yourself for maximal, lifetime returns.
"Me Build A Web Business?"
Income Plus: Own The Future Barbara Cederberg
I was certain that I could not count on the government pension, so better find a future. Even though I was afraid of, and unsure about, the internet, I knew it was the future.
I have read that working SBI! into a full blown successful business means that you have got yourself a Masters Degree In Web Business. It's so true. SBI has educated me, helped me build a business that I could never have even attempted on my own.
I don't care how un-Web-savvy you think you may be, you absolutely can do this. And by "this," I mean more than just building a website, which is merely Step 6 out of 10 steps..
Anyone can blog or build a site that nowadays. It's the other 9 Steps that "sitebuilding-or-blogging-and-hosting" don't deliver.
Update: Since originally writing the above, Linda updates...
My income has tripled. It is now my main income. The 50+ years are an ideal time for a complete change, a time for choices, the perfect time for doing just what you want.
I'm glad I started that "hobby."
Only SBI! offers an affordable and achievable way to win the race between nest egg and lifespan. 1st Prize?
Quality of life.
This is your personal tipping point. How are you going to live the rest of your life?
You deserve more than a frugal lifestyle and constant worry about future expenses and a dwindling nest egg.
You know that you're in trouble when you find yourself hoping that you don't live longer than your savings!
Thrive on the challenge of building your own income-generating business, all by doing something you know and love.
SBI! Is For The Anti-Get-Rich-Quick
Income Plus: Belly Laughs Reg Hardy
I just turned 71 and have been an active SBIer for almost a decade now.
There is nothing like being part of a group (the Forums) where a belly laugh is more important than belly fat, where I can always get another perspective and new insights, and where I am part of a networking medium where mistakes are greeted with corrective help and not judgement.
With so much noise on the Net, it's hard to wade through all the false promises.
SBI! is it.
The exhilaration and pride that come from building a popular, highly visited, useful resource on a topic you love is unequalled. SBI! is for anyone with BAM!
Build a business around your passions and interests.
Starting without any knowledge what-so-ever ("computer illiterate"), my site is ranked #1 at google for over 10 of my important keywords! Many others rank in the Top 10.
It only took a couple months to reach over $200 a month in AdSense and another $100 a month from eBay partner, and growing. Soon I'll add some other ways to monetize (from SBI!'s "Monetization HQ").
For the first time I'm thinking that I have much more than a hobby here and will start treating this as a business!
62% of SBI! sites rank within the top 3% of ALL websites on the Internet. Success like that is no accident. Nor is there any reason for you not to be among them.
Online success is do-able. It is not reserved for Web-savvy wizards. Even those new to computers can use the SBI! process and tools to build a profitable e-business.
With the right tools and a sensible, step-by-step process, have the "retirement" you want, simply by sharing your knowledge and passion with others.
You Now Know All You Need To Retire The Right Way
SBI! works. If your SBI! experience is like most, you are setting a life-changing course.
You likely have doubts of all kinds. I would. So what? Do not let them stop you. Instead, answer the two simple questions everyone has...
What is the risk, the worst that could happen?
What is the potential reward, the best that could happen?
The answers...
Absolutely no risk. Whether you save $60 with the annual subscription or choose the monthly subscription, I will refund you if you decide it's not for you.
The reward is more than "money." It is what owning your own profitable and growing e-business means... freedom, travel, independence. Retire to the life you want.
It does not matter if you are still not sure if SBI! is right for you, not when you weigh the answers just above. Risk is zero. Reward is high. And when you do start SBI!...
The reward is 10 times more likely to happen than you asking for a refund.
Total risk = $0.
Strong upside. No downside.
Set your real retirement in motion...
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