If You HAD to Start Over - What would you do Different???

[Linda Buquet]

Yes Lisa. Great contest, great advice and a GREAT 1st PRIZE!

Thanks so much and extend our thanks to Ken also for providing a copy of SBI!
I'm sure djaco99 will make very good use of it.

[djaco99]

Originally Posted by Linda Buquet

Yes Lisa. Great contest, great advice and a GREAT 1st PRIZE!

Thanks so much and extend our thanks to Ken also for providing a copy of SBI!
I'm sure djaco99 will make very good use of it.

Yes, I've already received a welcome email from Ken Envoy as well as my logon credentials and introductory material (how fast and efficient - I love it!!!). I have a few sites already that I've built the "traditional" way, and for this SBI site, I plan to "forget everything I know" and follow the SBI method to the letter. I want to make a comparison between my new SBI site and my "home grown" sites, for my own testing as well as some great article material!!

I plan to get started with the SBI method this week, and will start a new thread here once I get going so anyone who is curious about SBI can see how it works!

I'm really looking forward to this project, and want to thank you all once again for selecting me as a winner! This forum is super!!!!!

[Linda Buquet]

"I plan to get started with the SBI method this week, and will start a new thread here once I get going so anyone who is curious about SBI can see how it works!"

AWESOME can't wait. That will be really helpful for other affiliates that are considering SBI and will be a really great test project since you do already have other home grown sites.

Thanks in advance for sharing your experiences with our members!

[hurricaneshutters]

I would have improved the look and feel of the website soon to increase conversions! I would have added more articles and additional content pages to get more free traffic.

[djaco99]

Originally Posted by Linda Buquet

"I plan to get started with the SBI method this week, and will start a new thread here once I get going so anyone who is curious about SBI can see how it works!"

AWESOME can't wait. That will be really helpful for other affiliates that are considering SBI and will be a really great test project since you do already have other home grown sites.

Thanks in advance for sharing your experiences with our members!

I just wanted you to know that I started my "basic training" with SBI today. While in the process of making notes to chronicle this experience, I thought "why not start a new blog???" - so I did. I plan to use this as a "diary" to document my entire SBI experience, from beginning to end. Here's the link to "My SBI Experience": http://mysbi.blogspot.com/.

Thanks again Linda, for an awesome contest - and thanks again Lisa, for an awesome prize!!!

[AffiliateGuild]

Hey! Thanks so much for blogging about this experience. It's very cool to follow your progress and learn a few tips along the way.

[Scratch2Casher]

Originally Posted by webshack

purplebear, I really wouldn't worry too awful much about hurting anyone's feelings when you get an email offering you an affiliate account... those are sent from an email list that you ended up on somewhere, no one is sitting there and wondering or waiting on you to join.... not being a smartass, just telling you the truth about that...

Just wanted to say that I do sometimes, when encountering a site that I think can work well with my site, send a personal email to the webmaster. And if it's a site I really like, I even wait for a response. Not that that should make a difference to people, but affiliate managers have feeling too.
But of course, business is business...

[fahren]

I would not have done a web page but went straight to a blog. Also focused on how to get directed traffic.

[Lisa76]

Interesting Fahren...I know some people get tons of traffic from a stand-alone blog but most people use the traffic from their sites to make their blog popular. So do you not have a website at all?

[fahren]

Yes, I do but it's so pitiful I'm redesigning it