Comments on: Site Build It! or WordPress? Which is Best? Why? http://21stcenturyaffiliatemarketing.com/2009/01/16/site-build-it-or-wordpress-which-is-best-why/ News and views about affiliate marketing in the 21st century Fri, 06 Apr 2012 12:51:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Ron http://21stcenturyaffiliatemarketing.com/2009/01/16/site-build-it-or-wordpress-which-is-best-why/#comment-5177 Ron Wed, 14 Dec 2011 07:29:09 +0000 http://21stcenturyaffiliatemarketing.com/?p=321#comment-5177 I just started my first website about half a year ago and WordPress is awesome! I highly recommend someone who is new to use WordPress. It doesn't take a genius to run one. I just started my first website about half a year ago and WordPress is awesome! I highly recommend someone who is new to use WordPress. It doesn’t take a genius to run one.

]]> By: Nate http://21stcenturyaffiliatemarketing.com/2009/01/16/site-build-it-or-wordpress-which-is-best-why/#comment-4915 Nate Wed, 19 Oct 2011 01:59:06 +0000 http://21stcenturyaffiliatemarketing.com/?p=321#comment-4915 I agree that SBI is by far the best for newbies who will take the time and learn how to build a successful site. SBI teaches much more than just how to build a website. I think you should not try to handle very many blogs at the same time but focus on the ones that are most interesting to you. Hopefully these are also the ones with the most potential in regard to making profit. Although from reading your text. I agree that SBI is by far the best for newbies who will take the time and learn how to build a successful site. SBI teaches much more than just how to build a website. I think you should not try to handle very many blogs at the same time but focus on the ones that are most interesting to you. Hopefully these are also the ones with the most potential in regard to making profit. Although from reading your text.

]]> By: John Dilbeck http://21stcenturyaffiliatemarketing.com/2009/01/16/site-build-it-or-wordpress-which-is-best-why/#comment-4027 John Dilbeck Thu, 14 Jul 2011 15:26:17 +0000 http://21stcenturyaffiliatemarketing.com/?p=321#comment-4027 Good morning, Glen. I'm not as focused on how a site is built as I am on the quality of the information, the ease of navigation, and being able to find what I want quickly. Quality can be found on all types of sites. I believe that tier-structured websites are better at the last two. Thanks for your comment. JD Good morning, Glen.

I’m not as focused on how a site is built as I am on the quality of the information, the ease of navigation, and being able to find what I want quickly.

Quality can be found on all types of sites.

I believe that tier-structured websites are better at the last two.

Thanks for your comment.

JD

]]> By: John Dilbeck http://21stcenturyaffiliatemarketing.com/2009/01/16/site-build-it-or-wordpress-which-is-best-why/#comment-4026 John Dilbeck Thu, 14 Jul 2011 15:23:54 +0000 http://21stcenturyaffiliatemarketing.com/?p=321#comment-4026 Good morning, James. Acquiring money is not my primary motivation. That's true. Still, I have to earn enough to live on and do the things I want to do, so profit is important. You're absolutely right about not trying to do too many blogs (or too many of anything). Focus on what works best is a strategy I've relearned. (grin) I refer to the two approaches as "shallow and wide" vs "deep and narrow." I believe the latter strategy is best. I've tested both approaches for a number of years. Thanks for your comment. I love it when someone acts on his dream! (grin) JD Good morning, James.

Acquiring money is not my primary motivation. That’s true. Still, I have to earn enough to live on and do the things I want to do, so profit is important.

You’re absolutely right about not trying to do too many blogs (or too many of anything). Focus on what works best is a strategy I’ve relearned. (grin)

I refer to the two approaches as “shallow and wide” vs “deep and narrow.” I believe the latter strategy is best.

I’ve tested both approaches for a number of years.

Thanks for your comment.

I love it when someone acts on his dream! (grin)

JD

]]> By: Glen http://21stcenturyaffiliatemarketing.com/2009/01/16/site-build-it-or-wordpress-which-is-best-why/#comment-3995 Glen Thu, 14 Jul 2011 07:15:58 +0000 http://21stcenturyaffiliatemarketing.com/?p=321#comment-3995 I have been working with Wordpress generated sites as well as our very own site builder and they're working pretty well too. Just like SBI, it has a good interface which is very user friendly. I have been working with WordPress generated sites as well as our very own site builder and they’re working pretty well too. Just like SBI, it has a good interface which is very user friendly.

]]> By: James Freundschaft http://21stcenturyaffiliatemarketing.com/2009/01/16/site-build-it-or-wordpress-which-is-best-why/#comment-3093 James Freundschaft Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:25:37 +0000 http://21stcenturyaffiliatemarketing.com/?p=321#comment-3093 Hey JD, I agree with you on how difficult it is to decide what to spend your time and money on. I think you should not try to handle very many blogs at the same time but focus on the ones that are most interesting to you. Hopefully these are also the ones with the most potential in regard to making profit. Although from reading your text I can't really tell how importatn money is to you. Acting on my dream ;) James Freundschaft Hey JD,
I agree with you on how difficult it is to decide what to spend your time and money on. I think you should not try to handle very many blogs at the same time but focus on the ones that are most interesting to you. Hopefully these are also the ones with the most potential in regard to making profit. Although from reading your text I can’t really tell how importatn money is to you.

Acting on my dream ;)

James Freundschaft

]]> By: John Dilbeck http://21stcenturyaffiliatemarketing.com/2009/01/16/site-build-it-or-wordpress-which-is-best-why/#comment-3032 John Dilbeck Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:06:51 +0000 http://21stcenturyaffiliatemarketing.com/?p=321#comment-3032 Good afternoon, Larry. I think it's interesting that you say that WordPress is the standard to live up to. Is that really true? Where can we find stats to back that up? I'll agree that WordPress is popular, but I'll also state that most online marketers who use blogs as their primary business presence probably earn less than $100 per month. Does that make it the best way to build an online business? I have a number of static sites and a number of blogs (most of which are powered by WordPress on my own domains). When I look at my income stats, it's clear that I'm earning the vast majority of my income from the static sites (over 80%). Even if I look at only the top three static sites vs the top three blogs, that 80% holds true. The static sites earn more with less work than the blogs do. At least, that's my experience. Act on your dream! JD Good afternoon, Larry.

I think it’s interesting that you say that WordPress is the standard to live up to.

Is that really true? Where can we find stats to back that up?

I’ll agree that WordPress is popular, but I’ll also state that most online marketers who use blogs as their primary business presence probably earn less than $100 per month.

Does that make it the best way to build an online business?

I have a number of static sites and a number of blogs (most of which are powered by WordPress on my own domains).

When I look at my income stats, it’s clear that I’m earning the vast majority of my income from the static sites (over 80%). Even if I look at only the top three static sites vs the top three blogs, that 80% holds true.

The static sites earn more with less work than the blogs do.

At least, that’s my experience.

Act on your dream!

JD

]]> By: Larry Rivera http://21stcenturyaffiliatemarketing.com/2009/01/16/site-build-it-or-wordpress-which-is-best-why/#comment-3028 Larry Rivera Wed, 03 Feb 2010 19:12:03 +0000 http://21stcenturyaffiliatemarketing.com/?p=321#comment-3028 I would have to say that wordpress is the standard to live up to if you are online marketing. .-= Larry Rivera´s last blog ..<a href="http://profitonknowledge.com/internet-network-marketing/how-to-get-free-mlm-leads/" rel="nofollow">How To Get Free MLM Leads</a> =-. I would have to say that wordpress is the standard to live up to if you are online marketing.
.-= Larry Rivera´s last blog ..How To Get Free MLM Leads =-.

]]> By: John Dilbeck http://21stcenturyaffiliatemarketing.com/2009/01/16/site-build-it-or-wordpress-which-is-best-why/#comment-2991 John Dilbeck Fri, 22 Jan 2010 21:13:06 +0000 http://21stcenturyaffiliatemarketing.com/?p=321#comment-2991 Good afternoon, Hundefutter. WordPress certainly qualifies as one of the top PHP scripts in the world, but I'm not so sure of how simple it is. There are a lot of things to learn in order to effectively put WordPress to use. Still, that sounds like another vote for WordPress. Act on your dream! JD Good afternoon, Hundefutter.

WordPress certainly qualifies as one of the top PHP scripts in the world, but I’m not so sure of how simple it is. There are a lot of things to learn in order to effectively put WordPress to use.

Still, that sounds like another vote for WordPress.

Act on your dream!

JD

]]> By: Hundefutter http://21stcenturyaffiliatemarketing.com/2009/01/16/site-build-it-or-wordpress-which-is-best-why/#comment-2984 Hundefutter Fri, 22 Jan 2010 19:58:49 +0000 http://21stcenturyaffiliatemarketing.com/?p=321#comment-2984 Wordpress is actually the best php script on the world. Above all I prefer it because of the simplicity which is provided. .-= Hundefutter´s last blog ..<a href="http://www.hundefutter-hilfe.de/knochen-fuer-den-hund/" rel="nofollow">Knochen für den Hund?</a> =-. Wordpress is actually the best php script on the world. Above all I prefer it because of the simplicity which is provided.
.-= Hundefutter´s last blog ..Knochen für den Hund? =-.

]]> By: John Dilbeck http://21stcenturyaffiliatemarketing.com/2009/01/16/site-build-it-or-wordpress-which-is-best-why/#comment-2972 John Dilbeck Mon, 18 Jan 2010 20:01:29 +0000 http://21stcenturyaffiliatemarketing.com/?p=321#comment-2972 Good afternoon, Sabine. Welcome to our discussion and thanks for the kind words. That's another vote for WordPress! Act on your dream! JD Good afternoon, Sabine.

Welcome to our discussion and thanks for the kind words.

That’s another vote for WordPress!

Act on your dream!

JD

]]> By: Sabine Unfallversicherung http://21stcenturyaffiliatemarketing.com/2009/01/16/site-build-it-or-wordpress-which-is-best-why/#comment-2967 Sabine Unfallversicherung Mon, 18 Jan 2010 14:40:53 +0000 http://21stcenturyaffiliatemarketing.com/?p=321#comment-2967 good evening, i think this is a very interesting discussion! I prefer wordpress, because it's easy, useful and you can do nearly everthing with it... greetings good evening,

i think this is a very interesting discussion!
I prefer wordpress, because it’s easy, useful and
you can do nearly everthing with it…

greetings

]]> By: John Dilbeck http://21stcenturyaffiliatemarketing.com/2009/01/16/site-build-it-or-wordpress-which-is-best-why/#comment-2718 John Dilbeck Tue, 08 Dec 2009 13:38:41 +0000 http://21stcenturyaffiliatemarketing.com/?p=321#comment-2718 Good morning, Beth. Welcome to our discussions. I've never left SBI and have two sites powered by it, including my newest that went live in July. I've come to the same conclusion that you have and I'll be spending much more time on my SBI sites and less on my blogs. I want to get the most "bang for my buck," so to speak. I'm a very technical person, but I don't enjoy doing it for no reason. I'm tired of the constant need to update my WP blogs and I'm tired of solving problems instead of adding more content and making more money. I've never had that problem with SBI. They are continually adding new features and I don't have to do anything to take advantage of them, other than to perhaps modify a page or add new ones. SBI offers something called Blog It!, but it's not really blogging. What it does, if you want, is create an RSS feed and build a "blog" page for you showing your latest updates to the site. This RSS feed can be syndicated like a blog and you can have updated pages tweeted for you. The RSS feed is organized in reverse chronological order, like a blog, but the links point to your pages that are organized using the three-tier structure taught in the Action Guide. You can post "bloglets" to the feed, but they don't build pages and will scroll off the feed as you modify more pages. What I love about blogs is the comments and discussions. Now that Content 2.0 is included in the price of SBI, I'm going to be adding more C2 invitations for commenting on new pages I add and that will be similar to blogging, but not the same. Actually, I probably won't close my blogs, but I won't be investing the time and effort into them that I have in the past. Act on your dream! JD Good morning, Beth.

Welcome to our discussions.

I’ve never left SBI and have two sites powered by it, including my newest that went live in July.

I’ve come to the same conclusion that you have and I’ll be spending much more time on my SBI sites and less on my blogs. I want to get the most “bang for my buck,” so to speak.

I’m a very technical person, but I don’t enjoy doing it for no reason. I’m tired of the constant need to update my WP blogs and I’m tired of solving problems instead of adding more content and making more money.

I’ve never had that problem with SBI. They are continually adding new features and I don’t have to do anything to take advantage of them, other than to perhaps modify a page or add new ones.

SBI offers something called Blog It!, but it’s not really blogging. What it does, if you want, is create an RSS feed and build a “blog” page for you showing your latest updates to the site. This RSS feed can be syndicated like a blog and you can have updated pages tweeted for you.

The RSS feed is organized in reverse chronological order, like a blog, but the links point to your pages that are organized using the three-tier structure taught in the Action Guide.

You can post “bloglets” to the feed, but they don’t build pages and will scroll off the feed as you modify more pages.

What I love about blogs is the comments and discussions. Now that Content 2.0 is included in the price of SBI, I’m going to be adding more C2 invitations for commenting on new pages I add and that will be similar to blogging, but not the same.

Actually, I probably won’t close my blogs, but I won’t be investing the time and effort into them that I have in the past.

Act on your dream!

JD

]]> By: Beth http://21stcenturyaffiliatemarketing.com/2009/01/16/site-build-it-or-wordpress-which-is-best-why/#comment-2687 Beth Sat, 05 Dec 2009 19:29:40 +0000 http://21stcenturyaffiliatemarketing.com/?p=321#comment-2687 After a long and winding road which included creating MANY blogs using WP, I too am headed back to SBI! I was huntin' the web to read up on other people's opinions on WP and SBI and found your awesome site and have enjoyed reading the discussion here. My two cents....Yes, WP is great for many reasons - I love the flexibility, Plug-ins are great. If I choose to do some coding then I can - but I could also put it all up with point and click. My problem with WP is doing everything I need to do to drive traffic to the site - it takes up a lot of time. So much so that I have at times had to choose between spending time adding more posts or driving traffic. And...here is my BIG issue with WP....I had a decent WP site/blog up, decent # of daily visitors, page rank increasing - built it up over a year or so. THEN I did an "automatic WP update" using an OUTDATED and NO LONGER SUPPORTED Plug-in (WHOOPS!) !! One click of the mouse and everything is all messed up. I'm somewhat techie - but not techie enough to fix this confusing SQL problem I now have. Anyways....IF I had done this site on SBI it would have been - #1 organized better, #2 saved me a lot of time with driving traffic, #3 SBI takes care of the technical end so I wouldn't have messed things up! Plus add in their Web 2.0 stuff - Visitor's building unique content!!! For me it is a no-brainer.....SBI ALL THE WAY! From now on, I'll only be using WP to perhaps create a blog to drive traffic TO my SBI site - but if I remember correctly, didn't SBI allow you to set up a "blog" portion of your site within SBI ?? I'm waiting for their Christmas special and jumpin' on it :) .-= Beth´s last blog ..<a href="http://bethsawickie.com/re-discovering-sbi" rel="nofollow">Re-Discovering SBI</a> =-. After a long and winding road which included creating MANY blogs using WP, I too am headed back to SBI! I was huntin’ the web to read up on other people’s opinions on WP and SBI and found your awesome site and have enjoyed reading the discussion here.

My two cents….Yes, WP is great for many reasons – I love the flexibility, Plug-ins are great. If I choose to do some coding then I can – but I could also put it all up with point and click.

My problem with WP is doing everything I need to do to drive traffic to the site – it takes up a lot of time. So much so that I have at times had to choose between spending time adding more posts or driving traffic.

And…here is my BIG issue with WP….I had a decent WP site/blog up, decent # of daily visitors, page rank increasing – built it up over a year or so. THEN I did an “automatic WP update” using an OUTDATED and NO LONGER SUPPORTED Plug-in (WHOOPS!) !! One click of the mouse and everything is all messed up. I’m somewhat techie – but not techie enough to fix this confusing SQL problem I now have.

Anyways….IF I had done this site on SBI it would have been – #1 organized better, #2 saved me a lot of time with driving traffic, #3 SBI takes care of the technical end so I wouldn’t have messed things up!

Plus add in their Web 2.0 stuff – Visitor’s building unique content!!! For me it is a no-brainer…..SBI ALL THE WAY!

From now on, I’ll only be using WP to perhaps create a blog to drive traffic TO my SBI site – but if I remember correctly, didn’t SBI allow you to set up a “blog” portion of your site within SBI ??

I’m waiting for their Christmas special and jumpin’ on it :)
.-= Beth´s last blog ..Re-Discovering SBI =-.

]]> By: John Dilbeck http://21stcenturyaffiliatemarketing.com/2009/01/16/site-build-it-or-wordpress-which-is-best-why/#comment-2647 John Dilbeck Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:58:24 +0000 http://21stcenturyaffiliatemarketing.com/?p=321#comment-2647 Good evening. Some of you have said that you don't like the look and feel of SBI sites. Sitesell has just held a contest for people to develop both 2- and 3-column CSS-driven website designs. There were over 450 contributions to the contest, and over 100 new designs will be added to the Look & Feel selector in the very near future. These designs can be used by both people who prefer to use the blockbuilder and by those who prefer to upload their own pages. Those of us who prefer the blockbuilder will be able to switch easily between two and three columns, if we want. I still prefer the 2-column look for my static sites. They are in the final voting stage of the contest to see who wins the top prizes, and first prize is $5,000. Not bad. For anyone who felt that it was just too expensive to come up with the $299 annual subscription price, Ken Evoy has just announced that SBI version 2.0 is now available - for a limited time - for a monthly subscription price of $29.99. He still believes that people who pay the annual price are more motivated, but is giving this a try. He's calling it the "recession buster" special. When your SBI-powered online business starts making money, you can switch to the less-expensive annual subscription, if you want. What do you think of those developments? Act on your dream! JD Good evening.

Some of you have said that you don’t like the look and feel of SBI sites.

Sitesell has just held a contest for people to develop both 2- and 3-column CSS-driven website designs. There were over 450 contributions to the contest, and over 100 new designs will be added to the Look & Feel selector in the very near future.

These designs can be used by both people who prefer to use the blockbuilder and by those who prefer to upload their own pages.

Those of us who prefer the blockbuilder will be able to switch easily between two and three columns, if we want. I still prefer the 2-column look for my static sites.

They are in the final voting stage of the contest to see who wins the top prizes, and first prize is $5,000. Not bad.

For anyone who felt that it was just too expensive to come up with the $299 annual subscription price, Ken Evoy has just announced that SBI version 2.0 is now available – for a limited time – for a monthly subscription price of $29.99.

He still believes that people who pay the annual price are more motivated, but is giving this a try. He’s calling it the “recession buster” special.

When your SBI-powered online business starts making money, you can switch to the less-expensive annual subscription, if you want.

What do you think of those developments?

Act on your dream!

JD

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