How I Built This Website
With Limited Computer Skills

Crossroads ... Choices ... Dreams

In December 2008, my life was at a bit of a crossroads. (This is the third set of crossroads in my life.)

I had a choice on where my life should go next ... so I opted for following a dream ... having my own website and virtual business so I could work from home.

I live on lake front property (I followed this dream at my second set of crossroads awhile back) ... less than an hour away from a city in one direction and a small town in the opposite direction. (You'll see pictures of the area around my home scattered throughout this website ... just in case you were wondering what the heck they had to do with bookkeeping!)

Living year round at the lake allows me ... to breathe and feel like ... I'm home ... I'm finally home. The tension my body feels when I'm in the city ... falls away when I turn off the highway and drive the long lake road to home.

This want ... this need to live at the lake only remains a reality if I have income (like everyone!)... and I wanted ... so wanted... to not drive to the city five days a week ... I wanted ... and the want slowly became a need over the years ... I needed ... to find a way to work close to home.

Okay, I'll admit there were some health issues driving this need as well. Sometimes when life throws some curves at you, you have to be creative in how you catch them!

I was doing a lot of thinking on how I could make this happen when ... I started toying with the idea that ...

... if I built a website ... I could work from home.

My original goal was to create my own website that I could access from anywhere ... and have a place to direct clients when they needed information or had questions. The idea was to create a "brochure" website for my business.

(I decided to start up my business again after my parents' deaths and more time became available ... looking for employment was difficult due to my chronic health issues. I had become accustomed to flexible hours after six years spent caring for my parents and wrapping up their estates. The flexible hours makes it possible for me to work.)

Once I decided to build a "brochure" website, I was faced with the problem of learning how to do that ...

I didn't want to pay someone thousands of dollars just to create and maintain a website

... when I found a free host that would enable me to put up a simple website ... actually, a neighbour across the lake had started using it.

While researching some aspect of how to get the site up and running, I stumbled onto SBI! (Site Build It!) as an affordable solution.

For $30 US per month (or $300 US per year), SBI! provided the guidance, tools, and support so I could become my own web master and run a profitable (eventually ... with some hard work) online business.

Once I made the decision to go the SBI! route, I deleted my "brochure" site and started over ... building my site following SBI!'s advice.

Working Towards The Dream

After reading (in pdf format) and watching (on video) the SBI! Step by Step Action Guide, I realized that ALL (not just some) of my notes and references may be useful to other work from home business owners or bookkeepers starting their own practice from home ... and that I could earn some money providing this information.

I took the leap and decided to make all my notes available on the internet for others to use and reference.

(Update January 2010 - Actually this website has now taken on a life of its own. Update January 2011 - Visitors to this site now drive the content. I've published what notes I had. Update January 2012 - The site more than doubled this past year and I spend most of my time maintaining the information to ensure it is current.)

Prior to finding SBI!, I did not think of having an internet site as a business, in its own right, that I could earn money from.

After I discovered that gem of a possibility ... I decided to "make a curve in my pathway" ... setting my first goal to earning $200-$300 a month in net income.

Once I realized the amount of work actually involved in building the site, I revised my initial goal to making this site pay for itself first ... starting with achieving gross income of $200-$300 per month.

(To be really truthful, SBI! testimonial ads and the SBI! forums are full of real life people who have been able to leave their jobs six to eight years (or earlier for some) after having an SBI! website. That is my dream too! ... I can't say I really believed it at first

... you know the "if it's too good to be true, it probably isn't"!

But my site has been progressing just like Dr. Ken Evoy and SBI! said it would ... just slower than I originally anticipated ... I have always been a bit of a slow learner ... but once I catch on ... I've got it.

... All of the successful SBIers say all you need to do is plan for it to take two to five years and ... this is very important ... follow the Action Guide ... step by step ... no deviations.)

Building this site has been a learning curve ... but one I am enjoying.

It is taking longer to earn money than I planned ... I had trouble with a few of the concepts, still do ... so I'm a bit behind on my plan ... but I still think it is achievable.

I started a log of my progress on building this site so on the days I am a bit discouraged at my progress, I can check in with myself and see how much I have accomplished!

Make Lemonade ...
It's all about how you handle life's challenges!

As I have been explaining, life events meant I had to change and adjust my lifestyle ... from which has come many unexpected blessings. Working from home has been the perfect solution for me.

Starting this website was part of the perfect solution ... and SBI! (Site Build It!) made it possible with their amazing set of tools ... that even someone with limited computer skills (like me) can use.

With SBI!, you don't need to have graphic design skills ... or computer programming knowledge. You don't even have to have an existing business that sells products or services. If you can type an email, you can build your own online business using SBI! tools.

SBI! has a toolkit and they teach you how to use it to build a successful online website. All you need is some motivation, the courage to reach for your dreams, and be willing to put in a bit of hard work.

Take the full 30 minute SBI! Video Tour to see all that SBI! offers. For those "in a hurry," (you don't have the time to sit through a 30 minute presentation), the SBI! Quick Tour is the way to go...

SBI! comes with a money back guarantee ... so sure of their product, they have no problem with you trying it out to see if you like it ... making it totally risk free to you ...

... about 10% of people who purchase request and receive a refund ... just so you understand that Dr. Ken Evoy stands behind his product. :0)

SBI did an analysis of the sites that do not succeed during their first year (defined as did not renew their subscription). What they found was that 43% did not put in the work required.

The remaining 57% made six basic mistakes that can be corrected by following the Action Guide. As Dr. Ken Evoy said in one of his weekly newsletters, "It can't happen without work. SBI! is not GetRichQuick. It works if you do."

I was skeptical when I first came across SBI!

It took me 3 days before I finally hit the purchase button ... 3 days of hovering the mouse over the button ... and then stopping

... clicking on the purchase button ... then canceling the purchase

... followed by 3 weeks of second guessing my purchase decision.

I waited for the rip off to happen ... but it never happened!

Everything SBI! promised, they delivered on

Perhaps you think you could never write one page for the internet ... let alone 200 pages. Well Dr. Ken Evoy, the creator of SBI!, has a book called Make Your Content Pre-Sell that he makes available to anyone at no cost ... yup free.

The e-book teaches you how to communicate effectively over the Internet ... internet writing has its own unique style and character ... the e-book explains it all.

... SBI! actually has a library of e-books available ... so you can get a self-directed on-line education on building a successful online website.

SBI is a Service and User Friendly Software ...
All Rolled Into One Package!

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