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Design your online store.

Quick Facts
Build an attractive store using our easy wizard or advanced design tools.
Pay to have a customized store built for you by a firm in our Developer Network.
Use third party software, like Dreamweaver®, to build your own online store.
Design a professional looking store using our store design tools.

Design your online store.

Yahoo! Web Hosting and Merchant Solutions


Quick Facts
Build an attractive store using our easy wizard or advanced design tools.
Pay to have a customized store built for you by a firm in our Developer Network.
Use third party software, like Dreamweaver®, to build your own online store.
Design a professional looking store using our store design tools.

Design your store in minutes with our wizard.
Pick a pre designed theme or pick from a range of color palettes and layouts to create your own look.
Customize your store with built-in tools to create a design that matches your brand and vision.
Automatically create product pages for every product in your inventory -- no programming experience required

We automatically code your pages with titles and descriptions based on page content, to help search engines match you products to relevant searches.
All pages are built following a standard coding format so that search engines can easily read and index your page content.
Each page has a customizable, static URL (such as www.acmewidgets.com/widgets.html) based on product search keywords, to help improve search rankings.

Need traffic? Use our store tools to build search engine-friendly pages.
Get a custom web site design, a complete store, or specific functionality built for you by a firm in our extensive developer network***.

Design your store using your favorite third-party tools.

Use third-party software such as Adobe® Dreamweaver®, Adobe® GoLive®, and Microsoft® FrontPage® (2000 and 2002) with your web site design.*
Use our Adobe® Dreamweaver® extension to automatically link and update the product pages you create in Dreamweaver® to your product information stored in Yahoo! Merchant Solutions for faster site development and updates.**
Add interactive features like blogs and community forums, and use scripting and database tools like Perl, PHP, and MySQL.
Need help setting up your store?

No problem. All our plans include setup consulting and our premier support services, so you can get your store up and running as quickly as possible.

Yahoo! Web Hosting discount offer is open to new customers who purchase Web Hosting, which is offered for three-month terms. At sign-up, customers will be billed for three months' service, with the first three months charged at the discounted rate. Thereafter, quarterly fees will be charged at the current rate. Merchant Solutions discount offers are open to new customers that purchase Merchant Solution plans and apply for 3 months after which the then current monthly or annual fees will be charged.

Manage your products and inventory.

Quick Facts
Add products to your store with an easy wizard, or upload the details from a spreadsheet.
Manage and update your product information using our simple online tool.
Easily track how many products you have on hand so you know when to reorder.
Easily add products to your store.

Use our easy wizard to add information about the products you plan to sell, such as photos, pricing, and descriptions.
If you already have a product list, you can upload this information from a database or spreadsheet.
Manage product details.

Track product descriptions, styles, sizes, prices, and custom details in our powerful product catalog, the Catalog Manager.
Customize your Catalog Manager fields to track unique product details that matter to your online store.
Accurately track and manage your inventory.

Use our inventory management tools to:

Get insight into your inventory levels and track inventory at the item level, so you can see exactly how many large green shirts or small red shirts you have in stock.
Set up automatic alerts to learn when inventory falls to predefined levels.
Display inventory availability to customers so they can see whether you have sufficient quantities of a product in stock to complete their orders.

Customize your shopping cart and checkout process.

Quick Facts
Easily customize your entire checkout process to maximize sales.
Automatically calculate and display shipping and tax fees in the shopping cart.
Offer gift wrapping and messaging options and sell downloadable products.

Help maximize your sales with our customizable checkout process.

With our checkout tools you can:

Choose a single- or multi-page checkout process to help customers complete their sales process faster.
Easily tailor your checkout page layout, fonts, colors, and buttons to match the rest of your site without any coding.
Easily modify your checkout fields to collect information relevant to your business.
Checkout pages are created automatically after you select your preferences - no coding required.
Automatically calculate shipping, tax, fees, and discounts before checkout.

We calculate purchase totals in the shopping cart so customers can see exactly what they'll owe before they check out, eliminating a common frustration.

Encourage larger orders with cross-selling tools.

Set rules to display complementary products when a user adds an item to their shopping cart. For example, whenever a digital camera is purchased you can show batteries and camera cases as a cross sell.

Available with Standard and Professional plans only.

Save shopping cart contents so customers can return.

If customers leave your store without purchasing the items in their shopping cart, those contents are automatically saved for up to two weeks. Returning customers can then pick up where they left off and complete interrupted purchases.

Show customers where they are in the checkout process.

Display a progress bar at the top of your checkout pages to help prevent shoppers from leaving your site before completing a purchase.

Offer gift wrapping and messages.

Give shoppers the option to select gift wrapping services and leave personalized messages (if you offer them), and automatically add your gift wrapping fees to the purchase total.

Sell downloadable products.

Our flexible platform also allows you to sell non-tangible goods like downloadable products (such as software or music) or gift certificates.

Since 1997, SiteSell.com has delivered "E-business success. Simple. Real."

Over 100,000 entrepreneurs & small businesses outperform large competitors.

Clients tell us what they need to succeed. The result?

Site Build It! ("SBI!"), is SiteSell.com's next-generation small business Web hosting platform. It does more than earn income for customers and affiliates... It changes lives.

Do a search at Google for "Site Build It!" (with quotes) and find hundreds of thousands of articles about SBI. You will find that we have more than merely "satisfied customers." We have raving fans and high-earning affiliates.

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SBI! is more than a Web host. It's a one-of-a-kind blend of content, process and tools that drives success (domain name and hosting included). SBI! grows Top 3% Traffic Sites that generate substantial income... and freedom.

Whether you reach newbie "work at home moms", savvy Web marketers/Webmasters, affiliates, vendors of e-goods/hard goods, eBay sellers, network marketers (MLM) or offline business owners, your audience will rave and thank you for your SBI! recommendation.

SBI! is the Net's best-kept secret, yet SiteSell has grown into an Alexa Top 500 Company. And now we're inviting you...

"Why Just Build A Site
When You Could Build A Business?"
Site Build It! ("SBI!") is the only, all-in-one, site-brainstorming-and-building-and-hosting-and-marketing, step-by-step system of software tools that delivers thriving, profitable business.

The right process, the right tools that remove all the barriers and mysteries, correctly applied at the right time. That is how you grow long-term profits. And that is how SBI! works.

SBI! owners do not just "put up Web sites." They build genuine, profitable, evergrowing businesses. And that, in turn, delivers life-changing freedom (the "It!" in Site Build It!).

You can do the same, build Web sites that work, with SBI!.
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Best Part: What you're about to discover took Dave Moore from clueless rookie to millionaire in less than two short years. He swears anyone can follow his step-by-step strategies for building a virtual empire of websites that flood you with profits 24 hours a day, 7 days a week... on auto-pilot.

The handful of people Dave has taught his methods to drag in tens of thousands of dollars per month without hardly lifting a finger.

Because his system is based on a solid process and turnkey software that does 95% of the work for you. In fact, by doing what Dave teaches, you could make more money every month sitting on your couch than you do all year slaving away at a dead end job.

You don't need any special skills or experience. Dave's "push button" system is perfect for online webmasters and total newbie's alike who have little to...

No internet marketing knowledge
No money for advertising
No HTML experience
No software expertise
No business background
The only thing you must possess is a burning desire to get out of the darn rat race... and... the ability to follow simple instructions a 10-year old couldn't botch up.

Take a look at some of the secrets you'll discover during the training:

The first step to take before starting your online empire. Hardly anyone gets this right. Which is why so many people - who would otherwise get rich - barely get things off the ground.

My personal business philosophy and how it can save you years of financial mistakes. (I'll share with you the fundamentals I rely on to build an ultra-profitable Internet business from the ground up. These secrets will ensure you lay down a sturdy foundation for long-term success. You won't learn this anywhere else.)

How to choose the hottest niche topics for your websites.

The proprietary three-tiered process I go through to crank out the most amount of money from my websites in the fastest amount of time humanly possible. It's probably the most efficient and effective way to bankroll any project into a virtual flood of unstoppable cash flow with no upfront risk.

What you must do with your initial profits (and it's not go out and buy a "Beamer" to impress your friends) if producing maximum results in minimum time is important to you. It works like crazy to exponentially boost your money making power quickly and easily.

The simple basics about choosing the right domain name and hosting account. Tips, tricks and sneaky ways to avoid getting ripped off. And other secrets to dealing with service providers.

How to tap the Adsense goldmine (just like I'm doing) and turn it into a 24-hour-a-day cash cow.

The Affiliate Connection: How to find, join and profit from the hottest affiliate websites. These sites feature products people are desperate to buy. I'll show you how to get a nice piece of the "action".

When to create your own product... and... when not to. (A lot of "gurus" say - in order to make any real money online - you need your own product. Nothing could be further from the truth. And, in fact, developing a product at the wrong time guarantees frustration and financial disaster. On the other hand, knowing how to time product development and marketing just right - the way I do it - almost always guarantees an explosion in your income.)

How to start your Internet business with no out-of-pocket advertising costs.

How to quit your job (if you want to) as quickly as possible.

When you should outsource to leverage your time. Using this strategy I barely put in two hours a day in my business any more. I just don't have to and neither will you when you discover my proven secrets.

How to go from launching your first successful website to developing a saleable business asset. The Super Apprentice goes beyond money making websites. For example, the last Internet business I put up for sale was listed at $7.9 Million. You'll learn how to do the same.

How to set up your own affiliate network to drive in massive amounts of non-stop targeted traffic.

And a whole lot more.
That's just a small (very small) portion of the secrets I'm going to teach you. I want to make sure you understand this is a complete system. One you can duplicate over and over again.

Let me tell you about some of its main features...

Market/Topic Distribution. Choosing the hottest markets and topics is a priority. Not only do I show you how to choose these... but... I also give you the perfect topics to build your sites around. One of the biggest problems online is finding profitable keywords. The research is labor intensive and stops most people in their tracks. Well, I'll hand you the markets, topics and keywords proven to make money online right now. My team does the research and - on a monthly basis - we give you a bunch of the best markets to target. This saves you time and puts you on track to earn income fast. (Note: Competitive market research software such as that from ThemeZoom.com runs as high as $197 a month.)

Keyword Helper. Attracting tons of search engine traffic depends on "keyword relevancy". What this means is that the search engines must think your site (and the keywords you use) is relevant to your topic. If the search engines don't agree you ain't getting much traffic. Well, I developed the first keyword application that integrates the Google AdWords keyword tool directly into the Super Apprentice site creator. The software program tells you which keywords will succeed in Google when plugged into the Super Apprentice system. No more tedious research and no more guesswork. Now you get the exact keywords the search engines agree are relevant. (Note: Wordtracker.com charges $54 a month.)

Template Creator. This tool allows you to easily design the look and feel of your websites without knowing HTML or web design. More technically advanced members can customize their template with a massive amount of tokens with randomization. Less technical members use the "newbie" or basic mode to choose the font and colors they want for their site. You get a unique template to start with. If you want to change the template, you click a button... if you want to change the colors in a template, you simply point and click on a new color on a color wheel. It's that easy. (Note: Easy-Web-Editor.net charges $69 for their software.)

Advanced Website Creator. The search engines prefer websites with a logical and defined structure. If you don't know what that is you're in trouble. One of the structures of choice is the "silo" structure. This structure refers to the linking between the individual webpage's on your website. Although this can get a little complicated to accomplish you don't have to worry. Because the Advanced Website Creator and Keyword Helper automate the linking process. Which means you get to create professional level websites - the way the search engines want them - without knowing any of the technical details. (Note: ThemeMatic.com charges $69.)

Automated Link Directory Submission. Linking is absolutely critical to attracting search engine traffic. This tool allows you to submit your link to dozens of link directories - based on the category you choose - at the push of a button. Normally, submitting links is a time consuming task. Using this tool only requires a few lines of text about your website and the click of a button. (Note: Directory-Submission.net nails you $30 per URL.)

Automated Article Submission. Sending out articles is a great way to get incoming links to your website. But again, this is another one of those labor intensive tasks. Because without automated software you would have to submit each article manually. Not any more. Now, you supply one original article for submission, press one button and the article goes out to dozens of article directories instantly. (Note: Isnare.com charges $59.95 per month for this service.)

Streamlined Reciprocal Link Campaigns. Through this mega-advanced software platform you'll find link partners with no hassle. Then, instead of dealing with the nightmare of managing all those reciprocal partner links, the software makes it a cinch to add them automatically to your links page. (Note: Linkmachine.net charges $149.95 per month.)

Domain Management. One of the most amazing things about this software is the domain management feature. Because it lets you know - by email - when a domain name is about to expire and whether or not you should renew based on your previous months stats. Even better is the fact you can now tell what visitors were searching for when they got there, and with one click add any keyword from your stats to your Super Apprentice projects. Which means you can modify your site to fit exactly what visitors want. By doing so, you increase repeat visits and sales. (Note: DigitalPoint.com charges $750.)

Plus a ton more features. I don't have enough room here to explain to you the other time saving and money making tools in the Super Apprentice software platform. But some of them include: URL Submission, Monetization Template, Outsource Management, Budget Helper and everything else you need to run a highly automated and ultra-profitable Internet business from your computer.
But wait... there's more...

Component #3: Complete Support And Assistance

Since I want everyone who becomes a member to succeed I've arranged for full support. The instruction is easy to understand and implement. However, I know how it is. From time to time we all get stuck and need a little more clarity. For this reason, the following support and assistance is available to you...

Web Hosting Features
Special pack for eCommerce sites:
FREE Shopping cart
FREE Ecommerce tools
Website statistics
Website Promotion Pack

BEST Features on the Market:
750 GB Web Space
We provide you with 750 GB of disk space for your website. 750 GB is more than enough space for almost any kind of personal, business and community web pages or other website content.
7500 GB Monthly Bandwidth
7500 GB monthly bandwidth is more than anyone offers for such a low price! This generous feature allows your website to grow freely and attract more and more visitors!
FREE Domain Name
With SiteGround.com you get a FREE domain name for your website. The domain name is YOUR property.
FREE SiteBuilder
The easiest website builder is included for FREE in the SiteGround hosting account. With its help you will be able to build a great-looking, fully-functional website in less than 30 minutes!
99.9% Server Uptime
Your website will always be online if hosted by SiteGround! Our servers are administered and monitored 24/7 by the best experts. That is why we can provide 99.9% server uptime!
Immediate Account Activation
SiteGround provides immediate account activation. You will receive your Welcome email and will be able to access your web site administration a couple of minutes after you sign up!
Best Customer Care:
Toll Free Sales Phone
SiteGround sales assistants are available for you 24/7 via our sales phone numbers. Call us at 1.800.828.9231, toll free web hosting line for US use.
24/7 Live Chat Sales Assistance
SiteGround sales assistants will answer your questions 24/7 on our Live Chat.
24/7 Friendly Tech Support
We serve all critical hosting issues in less than 15 minutes. Our Support team is online 24/7 and is ready to attend to any issue that may endanger your website accessibility.
Fast Support Response
SiteGround average response time for critical service-related issues is below 15 minutes. We also provide fast and professional support for multiple other hosting related issues.

See our support stats here

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Staff Training and Supervision
SiteGround support and sales personnel pass a 1-month training before starting to provide customer assistance.

For SiteGround company, customer satisfaction is the main goal. That is why we have built a 2-level Support supervision hierarchy to make sure our sales and support staff always delivers outstanding quality support
Helpful Tutorials & Knowledge Base
SiteGround Tutorials will make it easier for you to install and manage your website, built in Mambo, Joomla, osCommerce, phpBB, and other tools. SiteGround Knowledge base is a rich and powerful resource for any webmaster
Extremely Affordable Pricing and Convenient Billing Periods:
1 month

$24.95 setup
$9.95/month

3 months

$24.95 setup
$8.95/month

12 months

FREE setup
$7.95/month

24 months

FREE setup
$6.95/month

36 months
BEST VALUE

FREE setup
$5.95/month

E-commerce Pack:
FREE Shopping Cart Software
Free shopping cart software is included in the SiteGround hosting plan. We will install OsCommerce (or CRELoaded - the upgraded osCommerce version), ZenCart or CubeCart for FREE on your account. This is a perfect opportunity to start your e-business.

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SSL Certificates
A Free Shared SSL certificate is included in the SiteGround hosting plan. You can also add a private SSL certificate to your account from your user's area.

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Accept PayPal payments
With SiteGround E-commerce pack you will be able to easily accept PayPal payments with any of the Shopping cart tool we support.

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Merchant Accounts
With SiteGround E-commerce pack you will easily choose the best merchant solution for your needs among the 4 most favorite merchant accounts providers 2CheckOut, PayPal, MerchantLogic and Worldpay!

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Site Traffic Statistics
SiteGround provides you with three different website statistics: Awstats, Webalizer and Analog stats. All of them include charts and graphs revealing useful information about the traffic your site generates. For example the number of hits, most visited pages, referral URLs and many more.

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Open PGP/GPG Encryption
Great security feature for your email communication! You may use it to send important Business information encrypted via email and to be sure that only people that are authorized will be able to read it.
E-mail Management:
UNLIMITED Email Accounts
You can have UNLIMITED FREE email accounts at your domain name - e.g. you@yourdomain.com.
Web-based Email Access
You can access your email accounts from any computer with an Internet connection. Our hosting plan includes the two most popular web-based mail clients: Horde and SquirrelMail.
SMTP, POP3 and IMAP Servers
On a SiteGround hosting account you can easily send and receive email messages via POP3 and SMTP protocols. The IMAP protocol is the perfect solution if you need your email account to be simultaneously accessible by multiple clients. With SiteGround you can use any email client, such as MS Outlook, Mozilla Thunderbird, Eudora, Pegasus mail and so on.
Forwarding, Aliases, Auto-replies
The forwarders and aliases allow you to forward emails received to any of your email accounts to another mailbox.

Auto Responders allow you to set automatic answers for email accounts. For example, your customers can receive a confirmation that their inquiry has been received.

If you plan to offer goods and services for sale on your business web site, you will have to decide on the best business web site hosting. There are so many business web site hosting services and options now available. When considering business web site hosting there are three types of options. Dedicated Server, Virtual Hosting and Co-location. You may be asking yourself, "How can I get the best business web site hosting?"

When you are looking for business web site hosting you will see a number of ads and links that promise many great options for your business. You will see options that vary from free web hosting and cheap web hosting, to expensive business web site hosting. It's best to stay focused on what you really need for your business situation and try to ignore all the hype.

Some of the basic questions you may have to answer when considering business web site hosting are, "What type of server should I have? Am I going to have a business that is a simple business site or a complex Ecommerce site with real time statistics and payment functionality?" Only you can answer these type of questions when considering business web site hosting.

Dedicated Server business web site hosting is a type of hosting service where you rent the entire server. This is a good solution for webmasters who lack the startup capitol to buy their own server. With Dedicated Server hosting you have a lot of control with disk space and file transfer capacity available for your business web site hosting needs. This will give you fast connection because your business is the only one being served by the Dedicated Server. In most cases you will have top quality service with everything you need for business web site hosting. The disadvantage is that a Dedicated Server will cost more than Virtual Hosting and does not offer the same level of control that is available from Co-location business web site hosting.

Virtual Hosting business web site hosting is a type of hosting service where you rent space on a large server and share the server with other web sites. This type of business web site hosting is very cost effective and has many features and options for almost any type of business web site. The major disadvantage with Virtual Hosting is that if you have the server go down, you may lose sales and customers visits. With business web site hosting you can not afford the loss of sales with a start up. This is why it is so important to pick a good quality hosting service for your business web hosting needs.

Co-location business web site hosting is a type of hosting service that uses your server equipment located in a secure state of the art facility in another location. The great advantage of Co-location business web site hosting is that it provides you with total control over the reliability and data transfer speed of your web site. It is tough to beat the quality of Co-location business web site hosting, but it can be a very expensive hosting solution to consider with a business start up. If money is not a concern, Co-location can be a great alternative for serious business webmasters.

Business web site hosting services are available with so many different options. Take time to compare the business web site hosting options for your type of business. Only you can decide on what is right for your business.

CY Fok is a webmaster with many years of experience. His latest site is "Information About Web Hosting": http://www.infoaboutwebhosting.com/

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Low Cost Small Business Web Hosting
By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=CY_Fok]CY Fok

There are many things to consider when selecting the best small business web hosting. With all the options and features available in the web hosting industry, it may be a good idea to take time out to educate yourself on what is the best type of small business web hosting. Your particular needs are crucial in finding the best web hosting for your small business.

There are three categories of web sites. Personal/Small Business Homepages, E-Commerce, and Information sites. The type of web hosting you choose will depend on what category your business falls into. Your small business may be related to information and small business services. This is one reason why it's important to find out what small business web hosting is best for your situation. You may not need the expensive types of hosting services that some people need for large sites. With a small business you usually do not need the massive disk space and bandwidth large E-Commerce business sites need for their hosting needs.

Important Considerations For Small Business Web Hosting:

Unlimited space, transfer. This is in many cases an advertising ploy. Be sure to check out the small business web hosting Acceptable Use Policies to see what they say about unlimited plans. You may end up kicked off if you use too much space if you do not upgrade.

Setup fees. Many small business web hosting services don't tell you about the fees until you go to the sign up page.

No POP email access to emails. Some small business web hosting services only offer you access to site's email accounts.

Limit on monthly traffic. Some small business web hosting services will limit you on how many hits your site or sites can receive.

Customer support. Does the small business web hosting service have good customer support 24/7? Do they offer weekend support?

Control panel. For experienced webmasters this is not a problem, but for new users a small business web hosting control panel is a must.

Does the small business web hosting service require long term commitments? Many times you can go month to month with a good web hosting service.

Uptime guarantees. Take a good look at the small business web hosting uptime qualifications.

FTP transfer limits. Few small business web hosts have limits on FTP use to their customers.

There are many aspects to consider when looking for small business web hosting. The time you spend on educating yourself on the different features can be invaluable in choosing the right small business web hosting service for your needs. You will know you have made the right decision for your small business web hosting solution.

CY Fok is a webmaster with many years of experience. His latest site is "Information About Web Hosting": http://www.infoaboutwebhosting.com/

Business Hosting
By Charles Fuchs

For many small businesses, having a website is essential to growth. With the widespread use of the internet, business hosting for a website is a normal business expense. Websites can draw in new clientele, and a good company offering business hosting for your website can bring a lot of traffic and business for your company.

Business hosting for a website allows your site to have a place to live and grow. Your computer connects to the internet and is provided with an address, commonly referred to as an IP address. This IP address is how people find your computer to communicate with you. A business hosting company for your website allows you to take advantage of a DNS, or domain name system, instead of an IP address. This way other people can find your computer via a URL, or uniform resource locator. A URL is basically what most of us refer to as a web address.

A business hosting company allows you to put your website on a server that makes it available on a permanent basis, as that server will always be connected the internet. Keeping that server running all of the time is a lot of work, and business hosting companies are the ones responsible for the daunting task. By paying a small fee to a business hosting company, they will make sure your website can be seen by the public 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Some business hosting companies do it all from designing your website to maintaining it. However, in many cases, you will be responsible for uploading your website onto the server from your computer. However, a business hosting company will provide you with some essential for maintaining the operation of your website. Many business hosting companies will offer you a domain name and an e-mail program to give your company that professional edge.

If you are going to be using a business hosting company for your website that does not do the design and maintenance, you may want to consider hiring a web designer before you pick a business hosting company. By designing your website first, you will know more about what you will need from your business hosting plan, like how much storage space you will need and what operating system will be required.

Business hosting for your website is fairly inexpensive, and there are a multitude of business hosting companies available to get your website on the internet. Yet, you should make sure that you look closely at each business hosting company to make sure they have the features you will need. For instance, if you want chat rooms, bulletin boards, or a shopping cart, you need to make sure that the business hosting company for your website offers you that capability.

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Charles Fuchs is an established Six Figure Income earner and one of the top online marketer's. He specializes in showing people the fastest way to Starting a business.