Two of my favorite times during each month, are the first and last days. It’s during these days that you can really gain the most from your general site statistics, and act on what you see to get the most from either the following month, or the rest of the month. In this post, I want to talk about 3-4 quick and easy thing you can do at the beginning of the month, today for instance, that will benefit you throughout the month, sometimes, longer.
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Many of you said you liked the last Back to Basics post on What is an RSS Reader, so I thought I would dip back into that pool of things that some of you may not know about and shy away from, because you think its too hard to do. I mean, even though it comes easy to some, it may not be so easy for others.
No use debating the fact that video is AWESOME for your review sites and readers LOVE them! So lets add one!
How to Add a …

It’s a beautiful day in Charlotte today! Looks like we will reach into the 60’s as far as the temps go, and it already has me thinking about playing hookie and spending the day cleaning my car! I know, shame on me! :-)
What it REALLY means to anyone who is site building, is that its time to get in front of the spring and summer seasonal trends our own niche markets tell us will be popular! I know, some of you are staring at the screen right now with a …

One of the biggest areas ANY website owner struggles with, is finding ideas for new content! Sure, we all “think” we know whats best for our visitors based on our own experience and research, but how about taking it up a notch, and delivering content on top of what they already like!
This post is going to walk through a simple way of discovering exactly what your existing readers like, turning that into fresh content, and ultimately appealing to an even wider reader base. Along the way, we will also see …

After several weeks of planning, starting and stopping between several other ongoing projects, and oh… Christmas Shopping, I have completed the Website Rebuild of the Niche Store Builder site.
Hopefully, when you finish reading this post, you will have a better understanding of Why I rebuilt the site. The level of planning that goes into a website rebuild,  the new features I added to the new site along the way, and of course, future plans I have at the Niche Store Builder.
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You read it right… Google has delisted one of my BANS sites that was showing Google adsense!
Photo courtesy of: ahomeinrichmond.com
The really weird part of the delisting is that the site in question, more than 9 months old, was NOT just a replica of hundreds of other BANS sites, and was rather popular and unique, with more than 400 unique visitors a day! I won’t link it in this post, to avoid bringing further attention to the matter.
In addition to the BANS site, a different site not using BANS was also brought …

I recently had a few very good questions via email that deserve a post. Randy wanted to know:
Is there a Post for Understanding your LogFiles on an Affiliate Site?
… and Arthur asked:
How will I know when to Start Adding New Content and Make Changes to my Niche Website?
I have actually spent 2 days recording a screen capture for this post. I was unhappy with the results and deleted it, at least 5 times! Instead, I am going to write it all out… there is a link to the unedited video at the bottom of this post as well.
How can I Understand …