Comments on: EzSEO Newsletter # 212

By: Owen

Owen — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 02:42:10 +0000

I have an SBI site and I believe its a great product for a beginner and really not expensive. There is a learning curve and the SBI forum is second to none.Great place and great community. My second site was and is WordPress. The learning curve is greater and sometimes very frustrating.
My second point is that I have bought a few blueprints from Dr Andy and a few recommended products via his affiliate link. He is a great marketer, love his views and love his newsletter and wait for it in anticipation every sunday. Keep up the good work, mate. You give great value.
As for item 3, Caroline Middlebrook also has a great Twitter guide. She is an English IM and I subscribe to her e-mail Feed.
If you want to read her guide,Andy its http://www.caroline-middlebrook.com/blog/twitter-guide

By: Carol

Carol — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 00:36:19 +0000

Oh my! After reading that guy’s “rant” about Dr. Andy all I could think was “what a BIG FOOL he just made of himself”, LOL. IMHO, he’s obviously a guy with a chip on his shoulder and a lot of hot air to blow around. All he proved to me is that HE certainly doesn’t know a thing about SEO or internet marketing. However, what he did do well, was give a great example of how NOT to behave on the internet if you ever hope to be successful

By: Andy

Andy — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 15:57:35 +0000

Hi Rick
You obviously have your opinions on SBI, and I have mine. I actually started out with an SBI site, and it did very well. I eventually switched to a different “host”, and to Dreamweaver, but that was only because of the akwardness of editing the sites in those days. SBI had all the tools necessary to succeed and that was several years ago: I bet it is a lot better now. As for the cost, it is a little pricey, but then add up all the tools you get, and its not actually so bad.

Having said all that, I think today, WordPress is a better option, but you will need to buy other stuff, like a subscription to a good keyword research tool (which could cost the same as an SBI license if oyu pay for a year). You also need to learn how to use WordPress properly, which is why I am doing the tutorials, and putting together the WordPress for Affiliate Sites Community.

By: Rick S.

Rick S. — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 15:31:37 +0000

You’re kidding that you think it’s hard to fail with “Site-Build-It”. That has to be one of those things where you have to learn to walk before you can run. It’s way too expensive, and it’s on a yearly subscription basis!

Honestly, if I were advising someone on how to do this business, I would tell to start out small and follow the KISS principle. WordPress on a Fantastico-enable server for example. Start blogging, and don’t quit your day job.

If you don’t have the tech-savvy for that, then go with WordPress.com or BlogSpot.com

Really Andy, I think your reader tried biting off more than he could chew with Site-Build-It … and he unfortunately bought into the hype. It sounds like a good service, but you need to know what you’re doing. Your reader obviously didn’t and didn’t do much research on the industry to boot.

Oy.

By: Sandra Wilson

Sandra Wilson — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 15:23:25 +0000

I like your content tip. Had not thought of using rss feeds that way. I do use google alerts to find stories and information to make posts about on my blogs. Thank you for your tip.