Small town piano studio...
...and a successful web business!

100+ visitors a day and 3 pages in
Google's Top 10!

Who'd have thought a small-town piano teacher could build a growing, successful web business?

Not me! At least, not in the beginning.

But now I can see the success happening every day.

I started building this site in January, 2007.

As of July 2007, I'm getting 100+ visitors daily, I have 3 pages scoring in the top 10 results at Google, and another 4 pages in the top 20.

I love the fact that here on my website, I can share everything I tell students who sit at my piano (that's a picture of it, above), and even more! I can teach people all over the world.

In 2005, I became a small business owner! I had a great time searching for teaching space, designing business cards and brochures, and sharing the excitement with friends and family.

And of course, I wanted a website! And I had dreams of having a successful website -- not just an online brochure. I even dreamed that maybe, somehow, my website could make some money. (I know, that's a big dream, right?)

I searched for a web host that could help a non-techie piano teacher build a great website. I was excited by some companies that promised "beautiful website templates" and "easy-to-use marketing tools." I even signed up with one of them.

Only to find a confusing interface, barely any instructions -- and the fact that 80% of their wonderful tools were for PC users only! That left my Mac and I out in the cold.

I eventually managed to get a site up, after hours of frustration and help from my software-developer and all-around computer-savvy husband. Very basic, very plain, very much just a brochure-on-the-web.

Simple as it was, I was excited. I waited. I checked my hit counters.

And nobody came.

One day, searching the web again for online marketing help, I discovered SBI (SiteBuildIt!). I read the homepage, and I could actually understand it!

And I read case studies, and results of real people. People whose sites I could visit! People that I could send email to! Not made-up success stories or anonymous testimonials.

The light bulb went on in my head, and I thought, "Hey, I can do this!"

And so I took the leap and bought SBI. Following the detailed, step-by-step Action Guide, I researched, developed, and honed the essence of what I wanted to tell people -- you CAN play piano!

Now, I am a webpreneur! :-)

Me -- a small-town piano teacher. An online success story.

If I can succeed online from my small town in western Washington, anyone can. You can!

It's almost magical the way a steady, step-by-step process and a bit of elbow grease (or should I say typing fingertips) can make dreams come true...