My name is Carl Mueller and I created BailoutMyCareer.com. I began working as a recruiter in 2000 so I’ve interviewed hundreds of job searchers, dealt with dozens of hiring managers and helped many people find better jobs.

I’ve found that one of the most interesting things about working as a recruiter is hearing a job searcher describe how well an interview went from their perspective and then have the hiring manager describe the same interview in totally different terms. In other words, someone thought they were getting the job but that person wasn’t the hiring manager. This website will describe why the person didn’t get the job.

This website will not discuss how to write a cover letter or whether or not you should use a career objective in your resume. There are plenty of other websites that already do that.

[OK, that last point isn't exactly true. I did actually write an entry on career objectives. I can't believe how popular that topic is.]

This website will instead discuss mistakes that people make during job searches, interviews, reference checks and other career-related areas and will shed light on many aspects of job searching and your career that you might not know about.

A Bit More About Me

Among other things, I:

• Know what it’s like to work internationally, having worked overseas (in New Zealand) for 4 years.
• Have survived several corporate downsizings while many of my colleagues were being laid off.
• Have experienced being laid off twice myself during corporate downsizings.
• Know what it’s like to be self-employed.
• Have helped many people find better jobs.
• Have observed people lose jobs at every step of the job search process and most of the time they didn’t even know where they’d lost the job until I told them.
• Have written numerous articles on job searching and career management.
• Wrote an ebook for career-minded individuals called Recruiter Secrets Revealed that can be bought and downloaded online.

Websites

Speaking of websites, up until November 2005, I knew nothing about personally building a website – let alone websites plural – from scratch. I knew nothing about HTML, SEO, or any other buzzword or acronym associated with website design.

Other than this website which is the fifth I’ve created myself, I continue to operate other career-related sites including Find Your Dream Career and Recruiter Secrets Revealed which sells an electronic book of the same name that I wrote.

The point is that we all know something about something. We all have a skill, hobby, interest or all of the above that we are an authority on or at least that we could speak and write comfortably on. More to the point, it’s something we could profit from.

Setting up a website is great. Setting up a website that people actually visit and that you can make money from is even better.

I built my first four websites using Site Build It!.

Your next question is probably “what is Site Build It!?”

In a nutshell, it’s the difference between building a website that works and one that doesn’t. A website that works is one that actually attracts visitors. A good-looking website is one thing but a website that attracts actual human visitors is another and trust, you want both.

If you want to build your own website(s) and don’t know where to start, you’re in the same boat I was in.

If you want to pursue the option of working online but don’t have any website development experience, then you’re in the same boat I was in.

Or if you’re just thinking about starting up a personal website for fun, you’re still in luck!

If you want a solution that not only helps you build and host your site but also shows you how to get visitor traffic to it, then you’re still in the same position I was in.

There are so many companies that offer website hosting and web design and SEO (don’t worry if you don’t know what SEO stands for…) and all sorts of other things related to building a website.
Very few of them actually tell you how to build a website that actually attracts visitors.

You wouldn’t set up a business in your basement and just expect people to come knocking on your door to buy stuff from you, right?

And yet so many people set up a website with a cheap ISP offering the lowest price around and after spending hours / weeks / months building their website, they give up when no one visits their site.

I don’t have that problem.

People visit my websites and the number of people visiting just keeps increasing. The reason this happens is because of the formula that Site Build It users employ when building their websites called CTPM. This stands for Content -> Traffic -> Presell -> Monetize. Visually, it looks like this:

This is the same formula I used to build my websites including this one:

Create content that people want to read.

Attract targeted visitors who are interested in the content that you created.

Build credibility with your visitors by giving them what they are looking for.

The monetization part occurs when your visitors do some action that results in you earning money ie. they purchase products you recommend, visit websites that you recommend to them.

All The Tools You Need

Here is a short list of tools that you get with Site Build It! that I use on a regular basis:

• domain name registration
• website hosting
• keyword brainstorming tools
• point-and-click page creation
• ability to upload your own HTML
• content management
• ability to allow visitor submissions
• blogging
• market research
• traffic stats
• link building
• search engine optimization
• auto-responders
• form builder
• graphics manager
• customizable templates
• 3 column templates
• RSS feeds
• webmail with spam control
• newsletter management
• access to private user forums

The forums are especially helpful. You can trade messages and view messages from literally thousands of other Site Build It! users, like me for example. I use the forums regularly and they are unbelievably helpful when you need advice or help or when you’d like to offer it to someone else.

“Pay it forward” is an expression you see frequently in the forums and when you sign up with Site Build It!, you’ll see why.

Getting Started

The first step is to do what I first did when I was starting out and probably had the same questions you did. Visit the Site Build It! homepage and see if it’s right for you. They offer a money-back guarantee so you really have nothing to lose.

If you’re a visual person like I am, they offer videos and a quick slide show you can check out, too. I found these helpful when I was first checking them out.

You can also check out real-life case studies.

If you’re considering setting up an online business or just want to set up a website for fun, I strongly suggest you at least check out Site Build It!. In the meantime, I wish you the best with your online endeavors!