About Us

Hello and thanks for your interest in who is making this website.

Me and rocks

My name is Katrin and I live in Australia.

I love nature, including rocks and geology.. so amongst other things that I have done, I studied geology and worked within mining exploration..

I used my knowledge from my geology studies in combination with my uni books and practical experience to put together this website.

But why go through such a trouble and create so many pages of information?

Good question.

It is because I earn money from this website.

Yes, that's right.

You can put up any information site and earn money from advertisements and affiliate websites.

There is only one thing - you need a good amount of traffic to your site to earn money. To get the traffic, you need to write a lot of pages of unique content.

But more than anything, and particularly if you are a beginner and don't know how to make a website, you need one vital tool - SBI.

Well, here is what happened to me...

I always wanted to work with something I absolutely love, and I have always been very passionate about nature and all kinds of science. So in the early days I did a science degree, which I hoped would give me an opportunity to work with animals, which it did at the time.

Me sitting on mining exploration drilling rig

But then my partner had to move with work, to a small place where it was hard for me to find my dream job.. so I was looking for alternatives... and after trying a few different things, I finally ended up working with mining exploration and studying geology.

I loved geology and the job, but there was one thing I didn't like - I had to drag myself out of bed 6am to go to work every morning..

I am not a morning person and often I didn't even "wake up" before lunch time, so it was a real struggle!

But I was doing it, and I did find the job interesting until..

... one day I thought I would make a website to sell photos.

Not knowing how to make a website, I went Googling "how to make a website", and found something called SBI... totally unaware of the fact that it would change my life completely.

Well, I didn't only find SBI, I found many other options too, but SBI really stack out. It was perfect for me because I was a beginner and only had average computer skills - SBI teaches you how to make a website from scratch.

It included all the tools needed so I didn't have to go looking for hosts or anything else separately.

And more than anything, it taught me how to actually build traffic and earn money...

Well my photo selling idea went out the window pretty quick - it would not have been successful. It is much easier to build traffic by writing a lot of unique content.

So I did.. My first website was a travel site - Australia Facts and Travel Guide. The second one was about short hilarious jokes. And the third and fourth were Rainforest Facts and Whale and Dolphin Facts. The fifth one was Collecting Rocks and Minerals, and I am now working on a new one again - another travel site.

I am probably working more than ever before but it doesn't feel like work because I write about my interests. I can be creative and make money at the same time.

And not least, I am working for myself and nobody is bossing me around. I am working the hours I like and I take time off when I want.

No 6am starts! Beauty sleeps every morning :-)

Needless to say, I love it!

YOU Can Do the Same...

I would have LOVED someone telling me this before I found SBI.. so, if you like the idea, and have interests to write about, you can do the same!

It doesn't need to be a travelling or nature website - it can be absolutely anything. It can be as simple as family, kids, parties, cooking, gardening, cars, motorbikes, home improvement, what ever interests you - the list is literally endless.

You put up an information site and start earning money :-)

Here is a quick video tour about how it all works.

Or, you may prefer a slide show..

And, here are other SBI stories.

If I could do it, you can :-)

You don't need any webmaster skills - I didn't have any when I started!

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P. S. Please note:

The content of all my websites, including this one, is strictly protected by the Law of Copyright.

Copying and redistributing ANYTHING is ILLEGAL and copycats are tracked by Copyscape.

On top of that, copying would not get anyone anywhere. What it creates is so-called mirrored pages, which will not get listed in search engines and the new site would get no traffic, which means no money.

To earn money it is vital that the content you create is unique.

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