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October 6, 2008
If you are paying even one small piece of attention to the economy over the past few weeks, there’s no doubt, we are going through a very shaky time in history! This is not something that’s USA only, we are walking on the edges of a worldwide recession! I am not going to spout my own views on this subject, that is something for another forum all together… but what I will divulge, is that we need to look at our own efforts and make sure we watch our own Personal Economy - Now!
I am not going to claim to be an expert on the economy, but between Kim and myself… we are pretty good at managing our finances. (Thank you Kim) That was not always the case and we have both hit the lowest of lows over many years of learning, and personal trials. The one thing I can relay to anyone worried about their finances… only YOU can turn it around! Regardless of which candidate ends up as the next POTUS, the economy as we see it developing now… will take longer than 4 years to turn around! YOU must make some changes in the way you live through every single day, to make sure all your efforts support small gains toward your goals! …Read more about Avoiding a Personal Recession before its Too Late!
October 2, 2008
I dont know how many of your remember Ben from Niche Store Market, but he is back at the theme designs again and has just completed a Free BANS WordPress Theme for everyone, just in time for Halloween! Ben has been building themes for BANS for a long time… its good to see him back!
Head on over and check it out at his Halloween WordPress Theme for BANS post!!
Mark
October 2, 2008
Much of the headache involved with adding a WordPress blog to an existing BANS site revolves around the re-directions needed, once you move BANS off the domain root. I am hoping I have found a workaround to this and testing continues now! The process was so simple… I actually had a “Pop myself in the Head” moment! If you want to leave BANS where it is and still have your Blog come up as the homepage of your site… read on! …Read more about Redirecting an Existing BANS Store to your Blog Folder
October 1, 2008
In 30 short days… the Insanely Popular Revolution Themes by Brian Gardner will be Free!
Apparently, there has been a bit of gray area discussion over the usage of custom themes with WordPress, since it was released under GPL license. In my nightly travels, I ran across this post at the Blog Herald and they have posted, and Brian confirmed, as of October 31st at midnight, the Revolution Themes currently available, will no longer exist!
It only took a few short clicks to find the info on Brians site as well:
As of 12:00 midnight, Friday October 31st, the themes that are currently available at the Revolution theme site will no longer be available. Ever. This was a decision that I made in order to protect the integrity of the current themes and the conditions under which they were released.
…Read more about The End of an Costly Revolution!
October 1, 2008
Now that I got your attention, how are your websites doing? Do you have a site that could easily promote Halloween Costumes, house decorations etc? If so… get on the move to list your promotions today! I knew the time was right when I saw some ghosts hanging from a neighborhood tree this morning! :-) It reminded me that I needed to update my offers to represent the coming goblin day!
Login to your Affiliate Network and see if they are running any special offers - most are! Get those banners or items onto your sites today and start posting content about it now!
What Else can you do to get ready for Halloween?
October 1, 2008
Looking for a Niche Market to target and wondered where you were going to find alternative offers for your visitors? Look no further… The Pepperjam Networkjust sent in the Kitchen Sink! PepperJam, listed as #70 on the Inc 500 Top 100 Fastest Growing US companies in 2008, once again comes through to give affiliates exactly what they need! Niche focused product offers, for niche product affiliate websites!
What can I say about this - I was overwhelmed this morning when I saw the list of niche targets on the list I got in email! If you ever wondered where all the great domain names went, look no further than NetShops! They have very keyword centric domains and products that are now available to us for promotion! If you ever struggled on what type of banner ad to put on your site… give up and sign up now! They have it covered!
In total, I counted more than 100 niche focused websites like:
BarStools, Tikibars, ToyBoxes, OfficeFurniture, DiaperBags, RockingChairs - Just add a .com to the end of these and you can see how powerful this is! There is something for literally, everyone!
If you have not signed up to be a PepperJam Publisher yet - you’re missing out!
I wonder if there is a plugin yet? I know they have a datafeed!!
Edit: Found the plugin buts its commercial - time to search a bit longer!
Mark
October 1, 2008
As soon as I opened the 50 Kickass Keyword Strategies pdf… I saw many tips I had not even thought of before! If you are unfamiliar with the author, Aaron Wall from SEOBook, lets just say he is the Godfather of SEO. His SEOBook has even been used by colleges to help people get a grip on search strategies, and now he has teamed up with WordTracker to release a compact and informative guide to you can start using immediately to increase your understanding, presence and most importantly… search rankings, with 50 quick and easy tips for keyword research and implementation!
The thing I liked most about this entire book is that it was written in a way to get immediate results, without having to learn all the technical jargon! …Read more about Best Keyword Strategies from the GodFather of SEO
September 30, 2008
Several weeks ago… I started on my own little coding project of a plugin. NOTHING at all to do with BANS, but instead, a way to help your fellow blog readers get the most from your topic! As many of you know, the Top 100 MMO blogs at 45n5.com is a GREAT resource to be listed on! I have been as low as 250 and as high as 72 at one point… but still struggling to get higher! Since entering the top 100, I get at least 35-50 visitors from it every day!
If you look up in the main menu, you will see a link for Top 100 Niche Blogs. it is my latest effort to put a little something together than is useful to you, the community. I am NOT going to list MMO blogs like Mark does, as that does nothing but saturate the market with a great thing, thus discounting all of them! (Sound familiar?) Instead, I am only going to allow sites that actually blog about helpful ways to get ahead with BANS, Niche Websites, Niche Marketing etc.
The Top 100 list is part of something MUCH larger that will be revealed in a few days… something you will want! …Read more about Do you Blog about Building Niche Websites?
September 29, 2008
Just in time for your Holiday Niche Store Building…
The ChristmasDays WordPress themeby Design Disease is a widget-ready, 2 column theme with a nifty little countdown script in the headers section, showing the days left until xMas!
If you have a blog and site that deals with holiday gifts, or can easily be geared toward the holiday season, you should be starting your promotion of the site NOW to be ready in time!
To see this theme in action, click over to the Design Disease theme preview here. The only difference is that the black bar on top is NOT there on the production site. I have installed this theme for 6 different people and am awaiting permission from them to link to their sites as an example of the BANS side.
Example 1: Christmas Ornaments, Recipes and Collectibles
…Read more about Free BANS WordPress Template - The Holidays are Coming!
September 29, 2008
I have spent most of the day today in a hospital with Kim… she had to have a bit of emergency surgery, and had her Gallbladder removed. Most of this post was written in the waiting room…
Yesterday, I wrote a review of the newest plugin for wordpress, WPBans. I can see by the feedback, I was not the only person who felt it fell short of expectations… at least from the perspective of the more desirable advanced features.
The one thing I think we can ALL agree on however is that Casey has taken the first steps in trying to bridge the gap between BANS and WordPress, with a plug and play solution. I want to use this post to build a wish-list of what the perfect affiliate plugin for wordpress would have! …Read more about Lets Help Build a Niche Store Plugin!
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