New Version Of PHPZon Coming Soon

Just a heads of that the new version of PHPZon will be released any day and I suggest buying a license before the price goes up. At this time you need to own PHPBay to order PHPZon, but both are fantastic and well needed Wordpress plugins. PHPZon gives you the ability to show Amazon products much in the same way the PHPBay plugin displays ebay items. I have been using the Amazon plugin for some time now and love it. It gives me flexibility to show my surfers products other than eBay items. You will not be disappointed.

Easy Contact Form

As many of you have seen in the last post, I have new contact form for this blog. I have been meaning to post a contact form on this blog for a while, but for one reason or another, just have not gotten around to scratching this off my list. Although I have posted my email on this blog numerous times, people still have a hard time getting questions to me and end up just sending me a private message on the BANS forum. In a mere few hours since posting the new form, I have had several asking where I got the form and how I made it work on Blogspot blogs.

The form comes from Kontactr and can be integrated into any site, even a BANS site. To make it work in Blogger Blogspot blogs, you simply need to remove the line breaks and paragraph breaks using the text tool I posted about a while ago. So simple it will take you all of 5 minutes to do.

Contact Me

Use the form below to contact me concerning any questions you may have. I will get back to you as soon as possible, so please use a valid email address. Save the SPAM for your sandwiches. I already have a lifetime supply of it.

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Are You Using Today?

Authority sites that can be used to rank an article and funnel traffic to your BANS site or niche site should not be ignored. The latest gem is Today.com. This is a site you can host a blog on and earn money as well. The best thing about it is that it has authority and articles or blog post can be ranked in Google very easily. I did a test by merely re-posting an article from another site of mine on Today.com and the page now ranks for it's target phrase on page 1 of Google in the number 5 position. No backlinks or anything. If you have used Wordpress before, getting around Today will be a breeze. You can have a site up and running in 15 minutes flat. They have some tutorials as well if you are new to the platform. You earn money from them via Rev Share on Products, Flat Rate for Traffic (CPM) and are Paid Monthly via Paypal.

Marketing via authority sites is great practice for veterans and newbies alike. It is a great way to rank quickly and also build traffic to your own site. Get going today with Today.

When Competition Attacks

I received a frantic email from a BANS user who found another new BANS site in the same micro niche that he was in and wondered what he should do. What you do is out work the other site. Just because you are in a hidden away micro niche does not mean that others will not find it and try to exploit it. That is the way business works. The email went on to say that they thought that the new site owner was following his progress and modeled the site similar to his. This very well could be the case, I see several similar sites to my micro niches all the time. Some have even ripped my content as well. Does it hurt me? No, as they never out rank me. It is important to watch for competition, but it is healthy at the same time. Just do what it takes to build a great site and master the niche and let the other things roll off you. Build more backlinks, write better content and fully engage the surfer, those are things that your competition is unlikely to do. Anyone can copy a site, but not everyone can rank it or drive traffic to it.

Do Not Ignore Your Stats

Stats can really tell you a ton about your site. They let you know where the surfer is coming from, what keywords they used to find you in the search engines, what part of the world they live in, how long they stayed on your site and where the exited your site from. Google analytics is over most newbies head, but in the mean time, you can use either statscounter or sitemeter to get a better hold of your traffic. Both of these stats trackers are free and easy to implement into your site. Google analytics is a little more challenging, but can offer up a ton of information about your surfer and I highly suggest you get a grip on it as soon as possible.

I really tend to focus on where the surfer came from and where they exited the site. This lets me better tailor pages for what a surfer is looking for. There are plenty of free videos on Youtube for all of these stats programs if you need to study up more on them. Stats are an integral part of your business and should not be treated lightly.

The Social Media Train Has Left The Station

Social media is hotter than ever and has been for a while. If you have not been utilizing it, you are WAY behind. It is a very effective way to drive traffic and link bait for backlinks. You need to learn how to leverage the Social media sites in your favor. Joel Comm has a great workshop for this at the link below.

http://www.twitterpower.com/workshop/

I highly suggest you research social media marketing as I will be dedicating more time to it myself in future post.