Affiliate since: 05/03/2002, Power Rank: 292 | Read Mar's 582 other Ask SC answers

Basically, there are some key factors involved in the success of a regular hosted SFI website or blog about SFI. There are several universal principles that embody the success of a website or blog and affect its traffic.

When thinking of advertising SFI whether with a regular hosted website or a blog about SFI, you should consider the following factors that affect the effectiveness of both SFI website and blog about SFI:

- Content quality

Focus on the content of your SFI website or blog. People visit your site to view the content, so providing worthwhile content is one of the most basic things you need to incorporate in your web/blog design. Include simple and easy to understand information, images, videos or audio data. The quality of a site’s content not only plays a vital role in converting visitors into good results, but also directly and positively impacts your SEO rankings.

- Easy Navigation

Think of the innovative navigation that might be helpful for your visitors. The usability and easy navigation of your website/blog will have a big impact on people visiting your site.

- Accessibility

Your SFI website/blog should be accessible on any platform. One can access the Internet with devices such as smart phones, blackberries, iPhones, laptops or desktops, the key concept here is adaptability that no matter how simple or complicated the Internet access device is, your SFI website/blog should be compatible to all and should show itself with no troubles at all on the device.

- Website/Blog Design

Is your SFI website/blog design looks appealing? The appearance and design of your website/blog can make a big difference among the crowd of many website/blog owners. Just keep in mind though, that your design should clearly identify your target demographic.

- Winning Strategy

You need to develop a winning strategy in promoting your SFI website/blog, by actively building traffic, promoting your site. Here are the ways:

1. SEO – Search Engine Optimization

2. PPC – Pay Per Click

3. Distribute flyers, brochures etc
- Offer Good Value

If you want repeat visitors to your SFI website/blog, offer a compelling value, mentioning free to start, free training and so on. This will increase the chances of getting new sign ups.

The performance of your SFI website/blog also depends on the regular updates. The increasing popularity of social media and social networking demands that your SFI website/blog should be fresh and up-to-date. A well maintained and successful website/blog is all about keeping the web pages fresh and current.

With the above information, you’re now well equipped to decide which is most effective for advertising SFI.

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Basically, there are some key factors involved in the success of a regular hosted SFI website or blog about SFI. There are several universal principles that embody the success of a website or blog and affect its traffic.

When thinking of advertising SFI whether with a regular hosted website or a blog about SFI, you should consider the following factors that affect the effectiveness of both SFI website and blog about SFI:

- Content quality

Focus on the content of
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Affiliate since: 04/13/2012, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Andrew's 330 other Ask SC answers

I sure wish I could show you how I have created both using Wordpress which powers over 30% of the web's top websites and blogs.

A website format is easier to train your team because you can make static pages for step by step training, and have a default landing page with lead capture form so you can qualify prospects and pass on to SFI people who are ready to work and already know the score.

But even a website needs a blog. A Blog with it's ping tools and rss feeds alert search engines on auto pilot that there is new content on the site and the comments sections keep your business social and allow user feedback and questions.

A Blog forward format can still have static pages like my main blog but it changes the presentation of your home page and makes you use a pop-up or sidebar widget to display your lead capture form, often putting this lead gathering to the side or bottom of the page.

No matter what I beg you to do yourself a favor and get a paid blog with a owned domain name. Don't use free services because people will not trust you, and the providers can decide what links you can and can not have on your site. Ask anyone on Blogger about how their SFI links no longer work on their blogs.

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I sure wish I could show you how I have created both using Wordpress which powers over 30% of the web's top websites and blogs.

A website format is easier to train your team because you can make static pages for step by step training, and have a default landing page with lead capture form so you can qualify prospects and pass on to SFI people who are ready to work and already know the score.

But even a website needs a blog. A Blog with it's ping tools and rss feeds alert search
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Affiliate since: 06/06/2014, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Great's 27 other Ask SC answers

In my opinion, a blog would be more useful and effective compared to a regular hosted website. here the the reasons.

1. A blog can easily be updated and new contents added to it. you don't need to have basic html knowledge to maintain a blog, which is not the case with a regularly hosted website. you must have html or php knowledge depending on the language your site is built on. Adding new pages to a basic website will not be that easy to someone who is not knowledgeable in these languages.

2. In terms of SEO, blogs get preference to static pages and since most of the blog platforms are already optimized for the search engines, it makes your life a lot easier.

3. since its a lot easier to add comments to blogs, you get a lot of nosy bees hovering around your blog, visitors seeking back links and a lot of scammers, good will advertisers seeking cheap advert on the internet, you just cannot tell which of these can convert.

4. As mentioned above, you can easily added contents to a blog, this is quite exciting and encouraging and there is no limit to what you add in a day. The more fresh content you add, the more the search engines love your site and the more pages of your site that is indexed. These also goes to say the more your chances of featuring in a related keyword search.

After all said and done, a blog is best for advertising SFI.
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In my opinion, a blog would be more useful and effective compared to a regular hosted website. here the the reasons.

1. A blog can easily be updated and new contents added to it. you don't need to have basic html knowledge to maintain a blog, which is not the case with a regularly hosted website. you must have html or php knowledge depending on the language your site is built on. Adding new pages to a basic website will not be that easy to someone who is not knowledgeable in these
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Affiliate since: 07/02/2024, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Williams's 638 other Ask SC answers

The most effective advertising will come from your blog. A standard website(one provided by SFI) which brand your business opportunity. All of the traffic from all of the affiliates who advertising this site serves to brand SFI and not you as a independent business owner. It is not a total loss because the site is provided to your for free and hosted on SFI's servers which they have the professional level service to maintain. Generally, the site loads fast and is very marketable. As of this year the site has under gone a number of updates. So in the end, your marketing strategy overall is going to determine how well this site serves you.

Notwithstanding, investing in your blog will reward you 10 times over. Mainly because you can control the content and brand yourself as an independent business owner. All from one interface you can sale TripleClicks products, promote Pricebender Auctions, promote Eager Zebra Games, you can diversify your marketing so you can create multiple income streams from your SFI business, and so much more. With your own web property, you can really began to build a serious income for yourself and your family. The biggest advantage of your blog will be that you can diversify the content yet maintain the focus so that when your audience comes to your blog they will interact with the content in such a way to build liking and trust. In the end, your blog is going to be more personable and receive more ranking in the SERPs so you can build organic traffic. The organic traffic that comes to your SFI website is mostly likely not going to come through your gateway.

Therefore, I recommend that you send all of your traffic to your blog and not to your SFI gateways. Use the site for what is intended as a back office. Use your gateways but point to your blog. If you can't invest in a good WordPress blog then use what you have until you can then brand your business so you can achieve greater success over time.
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The most effective advertising will come from your blog. A standard website(one provided by SFI) which brand your business opportunity. All of the traffic from all of the affiliates who advertising this site serves to brand SFI and not you as a independent business owner. It is not a total loss because the site is provided to your for free and hosted on SFI's servers which they have the professional level service to maintain. Generally, the site loads fast and is very marketable. As of this
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Affiliate since: 08/06/2012, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Ronilo's 408 other Ask SC answers

If our primary purpose is to effectively advertise SFI there is not much difference. The effectiveness does not depend on whether its a blog or regular hosted website.

The effectiveness of both depends on:

1. The quality of the content - Search engine loves to display website or blog with quality content that are related to the query.

2. Search Engine Optimization (SEO) - Search engines has different algorithm and each item that are included in the algorithm has weight. As I mentioned in no. 1 content has the biggest weight. Other items are, keywords, back links, no. of traffic, age, etc.

3. Lay-out - the lay our is the face of the blog or websites, visitors will be encourage to read more and sign up if you have good lay-out that includes the color and the font you use.

The advantage of each other is on different aspects and not on its effectiveness.

1. The free blog has advantage in terms of cost and simplicity and can be easily maintained.

2. The regular website has an advantage i terms of flexibility of design. It also have a professional website address compared to free blogs. This important for branding.
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If our primary purpose is to effectively advertise SFI there is not much difference. The effectiveness does not depend on whether its a blog or regular hosted website.

The effectiveness of both depends on:

1. The quality of the content - Search engine loves to display website or blog with quality content that are related to the query.

2. Search Engine Optimization (SEO) - Search engines has different algorithm and each item that are included in the algorithm has
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Affiliate since: 08/04/2013, Power Rank: 11 | Read Moira's 74 other Ask SC answers

Hello Andy,

I think both a website and a blog would be the perfect combination and a very effective advertising strategy to get your business noticed. It is a two-pronged approach that could cover all of your essential advertising needs in one neat package. Set them up so that they complement each other.

1.- Use your website to provide an in-depth and detailed explanation of each of the income streams at SFI and TripleClicks, including the more fun aspects, such as the games and auctions. Organize the information in a way that is pleasing to the eye and easy to navigate.

Intersperse some photos or graphics to make the pages look more appealing. Also place some of the banners you'll find in the Marketing Center to further adorn your pages and make it easy for your readers to just click and go. Don't forget to include the link to your blog at the bottom of each page or on your Welcome page.

2.- Use your blog to complement your website by strategically placing banners and links to SFI and TripleClicks as well as a link to your website. In the case of a blog, you have more freedom to express yourself, because you don't always have to write about SFI or TripleClicks. It is a more dynamic way to advertise because you will post a new article each week (at the very least) which will continue to get you noticed in the search engines and among your readers.

A blog post or article does not have to be very long but it should be original and entertaining in order to keep your readers interested. You never know when one of them may decide to click on a banner or link when curiosity overtakes them. That is why you should also display a link to your website, in case one of your readers wants more detailed information about your business.

3.- If you have neither a website nor a blog, there are several website hosts that also include a section for your blog. There is a good reason why you should have everything in one place, especially if you do not have much time or you don't know how to manage a website or blog:

a) the website host usually has a training section;
b) it's easier to organize your work when you have it all in one place; and
c) each time you publish a blog, your entire website gets noticed too.

A final thought: Remember that there are always new and exciting developments going on at both SFI and TripleClicks, so make sure you keep the information on both your website and blog up to date.

I hope this answer helps you decide.


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Hello Andy,

I think both a website and a blog would be the perfect combination and a very effective advertising strategy to get your business noticed. It is a two-pronged approach that could cover all of your essential advertising needs in one neat package. Set them up so that they complement each other.

1.- Use your website to provide an in-depth and detailed explanation of each of the income streams at SFI and TripleClicks, including the more fun aspects, such as the games
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Affiliate since: 03/04/2013, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Raymond's 64 other Ask SC answers

Short and simple? Both. Let me explain.

The ways that we have available to us to be able to market our SFI businesses are truly countless. These include such options as classified ad sites, text ad exchanges, safelists, traffic exchanges, social media advertising, search engines, etc.

Static sites are great to use with all the above except for social media and search engines. Small, simple landing pages are ideal for traffic exchanges. They are also useful for building an autoresonder mailing list.

Blog sites are they best when you are wanting to utilize both search engines and social media. As you may or may not be aware, sites like Facebook and Twitter have blocked us from being able to post our gateway links directly as they are regarded as spam. However, create yourself a useful blog site with frequent, unique posts covering business and marketing topics that your readers have a genuine interest in, and then post on your social media sites letting your friends and contacts know each time you make a new post on your blog... viral traffic. And we all know that search engines are getting more strict about what gets indexed. So ensure that your blogs are both useful and unique and you will start getting a lot of search engine traffic as well.

Hope this helps.
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Short and simple? Both. Let me explain.

The ways that we have available to us to be able to market our SFI businesses are truly countless. These include such options as classified ad sites, text ad exchanges, safelists, traffic exchanges, social media advertising, search engines, etc.

Static sites are great to use with all the above except for social media and search engines. Small, simple landing pages are ideal for traffic exchanges. They are also useful for building an autoresonder
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Affiliate since: 01/05/2011, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Bob's 135 other Ask SC answers

Both have their attributes and shortcoming.
A website is more topic specific and leads it's readers in one direction.
A website in normally set up to sell one product. It is more ridged and limits
your ability to expand into other related areas.
Although, I have notice some of the new Website building sites, offer a blog
page now.

In my opinion, a blog is best. It offers more freedom for information sharing.
The ability to write, sometime daily, articles, training lessons, update or informational
notices, or just tell an entertaining story.
And, it is much more easy to make changes. For example, changing
banners, adding articles, re-writes or updating, entering plug ins, etc.

As you build your skills, you should try both. I still favor blogs,
at this time.
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Both have their attributes and shortcoming.
A website is more topic specific and leads it's readers in one direction.
A website in normally set up to sell one product. It is more ridged and limits
your ability to expand into other related areas.
Although, I have notice some of the new Website building sites, offer a blog
page now.

In my opinion, a blog is best. It offers more freedom for information sharing.
The ability to write, sometime daily, articles,
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Affiliate since: 12/31/1969, Power Rank: 99999999

Hello, Andy Sanchez

Both Website and blog are excellent methods for advertising And marketing SFI.

Both are intermediate/advanced marketing methods recommended by SFI Corporate.

The differentiating factors are:

(a) costs and

(b) speed.

A. The cost is: "how much are are you able to spend in builing, hosting and maintaining a website, versus setting up a blog and writing your blog posts on a regular basis.

B. The speed factor is: How long will it take to get your website ready and running efficiently, versus using one of the blog.

C. A wise, and well thought method may be to start with a blog. You can set it fairly quickly and test your market with it. Posting regular blog write-ups will give you the experience you need in starting to publish online.

After you blog is fully running, you can consider setting up a website, link both and share the links within the major social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Instagram, etc.


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Hello, Andy Sanchez

Both Website and blog are excellent methods for advertising And marketing SFI.

Both are intermediate/advanced marketing methods recommended by SFI Corporate.

The differentiating factors are:

(a) costs and

(b) speed.

A. The cost is: "how much are are you able to spend in builing, hosting and maintaining a website, versus setting up a blog and writing your blog posts on a regular basis.

B. The speed
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Affiliate since: 02/08/2014, Power Rank: 99999999 | Read Mats's 2 other Ask SC answers

Without hesitation, I answer a blog. Either you use a WordPress blog on your own
server (host) or a free online service with a blog alike engine in the bottom.
I still say a blog. Why?

- It's easy to setup.
- Easy to write, since it's very much like a common word processor.
- Search engines loves blogs.
- Tons of tools and themes to make the blog standout and promote your SFI.
- Huge amount of tutorials at Youtube how to use a blog
- Tools to backup and easy move your blog when you need to do that (WP Clone).
- One easy way to promote SFI at FaceBook using your blog instead of the banned
SFI gateways.
- A WordPress blog is under continued development, so it's never outdated or
out of fashion. I'm sure it still will be here after another 10 years.

So take a deep breath and buy a domain for $10, a hosting and get going!

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Without hesitation, I answer a blog. Either you use a WordPress blog on your own
server (host) or a free online service with a blog alike engine in the bottom.
I still say a blog. Why?

- It's easy to setup.
- Easy to write, since it's very much like a common word processor.
- Search engines loves blogs.
- Tons of tools and themes to make the blog standout and promote your SFI.
- Huge amount of tutorials at Youtube how to use a blog
- Tools to backup and
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