In my mind, Retirement Income and Websites go hand in hand. Websites are the perfect match for retirees and retirement plans. I'm very serious here... I intend to make this retirement website a second income when I retire. It's already an income... and growing!

Extra retirement income is always needed in your retirement years. We don't know what our retirement future holds. In today's economy, retirement certainly doesn't look like what we worked for all these years.

I discovered Site Build It (SBI), a program that taught me everything about making this website. With SBI, I will create a new retirement income that will last me for many years. I might need extra income for:

I also need to keep mentally alert, I'm not a rocking chair retiree and I will keep my mind active and thinking... once again, this website is my solution!

Retirees are perfect as website owners. We have it all:

If you are curious how I made this website, Read On!
I answer these questions over and over via private emails, so I've decided to take the time to share SBI out there and then I can refer visitors with questions to this page!

Why should retirees consider a website? If you can write, you can do a website. This is relatively simple (even for a non-technie, like me!)

First, I used the SBI Action Guide that lead me, step by step, through the website building process: from selecting a topic to making an income with the website. The Action Guide is like a college education on website building (and I'm not kidding either). If you read and work the Action Guide, you are almost guaranteed to succeed. They help you with every single aspect of your website. Baby step by baby step, it slowly grows... and so does your income.

One huge benefit, with SBI, is that nothing is left to chance. The Action Guide is logical, methodical, and tried 'n true. It works as shown by approximately 40,000 SBIers out there... many with multiple sites like me. “Keep it Real” is my motto. This isn't a "get rich quick" scheme. I am committed to writing on my website.

This website (www.retirement-online.com), has 324 pages and gets approximately 7500+ unique visitors each month and they read 11,000+ pages a month. I admit I picked a large niche -- hard to “win” but I'm doing fine, thank you! I love sharing my knowledge.. it makes me feel good somehow, to guide others through retirement, like I've done for years at work.

How do you choose a niche website topic? I used my employment experience as I wanted to share the thoughts in my head. When you consider website topics, consider ideas that excite you. Think about hobbies, knowledge from previous employment, something you enjoy learning about or doing, or possibly something you loved from childhood but never had time to pursue.

Website owners need a real interest on the topic or you'll get distracted and bored later. Pick your niche well.... it will carry you for years!

How do you write your website pages? I've always loved writing... do you? I have a Pen Pal website too as I used to do letter writing like crazy. Now - I write about retirement issues... write, write, write. For me, that's the fun part! I'm simply sharing what I know, with a little research on the side to assure myself my memory is correct.

SBI helps you to research with a powerful keyword brainstorming tool. It helps you verify that your site concept has profit potential. I have specific researched keywords to write about. Keyword terms that folks use in search engines, but that aren't overused in other websites already... see how smart this is? I can help people find the information they need, and yet, I won't waste my time if the keyword has been way overused already.

How exactly do you get your pages on the website?
First, I write pages everywhere, watching tv, on lunch hour at work, on vacation, then later pop them into the website. SBI makes this really simple. You log on, open a “new page”, add text for the website page name, keywords, description, and headline... then you simply cut and paste from your text program into the text window. You've just made your first website page!

SBI has pull down menus for each item. Do you want to add a headline? Select “headline” and you type in the name of the headline. Ready to add text? Select “text” and cut/paste the full article into the text box. Want a photo or graphic on the page? Select “graphic”, then pick one you've previously uploaded for use, and that's done also. There is no coding, it's all behind the scenes making it so darn easy for me (and you too).

How do you get visitors to your website? OK, for years now, I had websites for my Pen Pa l hobby. I made them pretty and flashy – and nobody came. You can do all this work, for nothing. SBI automatically submits your pages to Google, Yahoo, Bing, etc and when they get you listed, visitors will find your website just waiting for whatever they seek.

If you select a good topic (and you will with the help of SBI keywords)... you'll know how many folks search for your keyword, write a good page about it, and visitors will find you. Build an interesting website, and visitors will come... by the thousands!

How do you make an income from a website? My Google ads are a simple cut and paste into my website page.. visitors click, I make money. There are also Affiliates -- simply lots of companies will pay you to advertise their products. This is an education in itself.. so I'll leave this alone. As with any other SBI website process, the Action Guide will take you, step by step, through the process.

Don't Retire, Re-Invent Yourself Online... I know, like everyone else, I will lose my work identity when I retire... but I will also gain a new identity as “ Wendy from retirement-online.com”.

We can't sit at home in a rocking chair. We are more active - physically and mentally, and need to keep our youth as long as possible.

SBI Help:
SBI has oodles of ways to guide yourself through the process... I'm not alone on the web. They provide a written Action Guide, video Action Guides, conferences, classes, SBI coaches, and they even have Do-It-For-Me help... finally there are SBI forums where you can post any question or problem and an SBI user will help you. This is the most sharing and caring group I've ever encountered online... they really do help you.

SBI has a no-risk, 30-day money back guarantee. It's a risk-free decision that you can make with confidence and peace of mind. Try reading the Action Guide for 30 days.. see if it makes logical sense to you. Is this something you can do? (You'll quickly see how simple they lay it all out for you).

Some people prefer starting with a ten week class, the instructor (via telephone and online) can guide you through starting the website. SBI E-Learning - take a class and learn as you start your own website!

Site Sell Services - for the Do It For Me types! If you already have a local business and you'd like to get more action online, to bring more profits to you, let the SBI experts build a website that REALLY brings you visitors.

As a Retirement Manager at work, I've attended Retirement Commission meetings for 25 years. The retirement trustees use “due diligence” when they review retirement plan assets. As a website owner, I feel I've done my own “due diligence” with SBI... and I can most wholeheartedly recommend it to any retiree who needs an income... I totally trust SBI and the process. The bottom of this page has some SBI links if you'd like to read more!!

I hope you enjoyed the tour of my personal Retirement Income Planner! If you have any questions at all, ask the SBI Question Guys! (and Gals!) They know SBI inside and out and if you are curious about anything, or whether it will fit your idea... call them for answers!

ORDER SBI - Click the pink box above! You won't regret it... and I'm here to hold your hand with thousands of SBIers on the forums too!

If you have questions, like always, just hit the CONTACT ME button on the left navigation bar!!

SBI (Site-Build-It) has truly changed my life! I honestly and truly believe this... thats why I'm adding this page to my website. I owe oodles to SBI as a comprehensive website building system.

There are lots of SBI links below if you want to read more.

Happy Writing! WendyRetire to the Internet... like me!

P.S. SBI has many tools to help you build a successful online business including:
domain name registration
web site hosting
simple pages
blogging
market research
traffic stats
search engine optimization, all automated
auto-responders
form builder for visitor participation
graphic manager
customizable templates
sitemaps
RSS feeds
web mail
newsletter management

Many functions are completely automated, and some tools work for you in the background even when you aren't aware of them! That's why I love SBI!

This page from the SBI website shows how OODLES of sites, from a variety of niches, all rank in the top 1% in Alexa... I love to review it simply to see the huge variety of websites SBIers have written about! Pretty amazing!

Make Your Knowledge Sell! - This is a free downloadable book about the whole website process.

Retirees DO SBI! We really do! All About “InfoPublishing” with SBI.. pure information that folks are seeking.

SBI! Case Studies - I visit this page often as these folks amaze me! SBI websites get real results - the proof is here.

Google Adsense Income - learn about how this works.

SBI and Passion... you need a niche you really want to write about!

Websites are a Work from Home job! Oh yeah.. loving that.. I'm in my PJ's right now!

Travel Websites - I might do this next!

Why I love SBI and proof that I'm not the only one! Grin!