Knowledge "Information is the oxygen of the modern age."- Ronald Reagan Building Block Four - Part 1 In this section you will discover how to convert knowledge of a passion, hobby or interest into useful information for others and income for yourself. You may want to skip this building block. The reason is that Your Travelbiz Website is designed to assist you in setting up essentially three websites. But, for various reasons you may only want the first one or two sites. Let's Review: One website will introduce people to your work-from-home travel business opportunity. Another website is for your booking engine. The third website will generate traffic for your booking engine. This third website is what you develop when you convert knowledge of a passion, hobby or interest into relevant content. It is designed for long term benefit. It may take a year or so to fully develop, depending on your subject matter. You can do it, just as Nantley in the video did it, but you must get started. You receive a second website (access to booking engine, support, and more) when you become a Referring Travel Agent (RTA) in building block 5. Of course, you already have your first site. That is what you received in block two (Travel Rep) when you became an independent marketing representative. Remember: You can earn a substantial income with just a travel rep website. The decision you now have to make is that there are cost associated with your second and third websites. For your second website (see building block 5): YTB companies offer two unique and powerful business opportunities, that of referring travel agent or "RTA" and that of independent marketing representative or "REP". A "Referring Travel Agent" (RTA) is a person who has purchased an Online Travel Agency in an agreement with YTB Travel Network and pays a monthly fee for a personalized website with travel booking engine and its Back Office management tools. An RTA refers people to their Online Travel Agency to book travel and earns travel commissions on travel booked though their personalized site. For your third website (see building block 4 - part 2): Purchase a Site Sell Package (the all in one package for site hosting, site building, and site marketing). Use this site to generate traffic to your online travel agency, while creating additional revenue streams. Click here to see Why and How you can get to know the folks at Site Sell. View this (must see) 30 minute video presentation of Site Sell and the C-T-P-M process. Note: Your challenge is to master the C-T-P-M process discussed in the video. The "C" of course refers to your knowledge of a passion, hobby, or interest. Everyone has knowledge about something. You simply must convert what you know into a usable format. The best of both worlds... Purchase an Online Travel Agency and a Site Sell (all in one) package if you can afford it, and you have no immediate need to recover your investment. Your challenge is to not put yourself in financial jeopardy. Allow enough time for one or both websites to become profitable, before you feel the pressure to start earning income. Recommendation: If "learning" is your thing I recommend that you start with Site Build It!. Also, study build-a-home-business-website.com to get valuable information and how-to tips that only experience teaches. Or, You can go now to purchase a personalized website with travel booking engine and Back Office management tools through YTB. Continue with Part 2 - Action Steps Convert Your Knowledge Into Revenue Or, Start Building Block Five Become a RTA (Referring Travel Agent) Back to Building Block Three Use Your Hobby, Passion, or Interest Back to Top Convert Knowledge Back to Introduction