In a rush to get our Niche Websites built, there are several small mistakes we all make, including myself… I wanted to post about a few of the most common site building mistakes I see and do myself, in the hope that its just one more small piece of the puzzle… slowly coming together! As you read this, remember, I have been building websites for almost 15 years and EVERY DAY is still a new learning process to me as well!
Just when you think you have it figured out… the …

Many of us, myself included, get hung up on ALL the combined aspects of building a niche website, that we try to do everything at once! When RankSpankers comes to life, the one thing you will immediately notice is that everything I am doing, is done in very “Methodical and Logical Stages“. So what does that mean?
Separating Tasks for Best Results and Least Frustration!
Shhh… this is a secret! A secret that will not only save you time, but makes sure your niche product website will do its best, right out …

Building your site in WordPress is easy and quick enough without a custom theme… but several of you have asked about how I made changes to the Arthemia theme, to get it working the way I wanted. This post is a quick video recap of installing the Free Arthemia WordPress theme, with the edits in place.
Before anyone gets started on this, as much as I wish I could,  I simply cannot answer “site specific” support requests on it, due to EVERY site being different! It will take me 30-60 minutes …

Slow down… take a breath… and STOP! One of the most common things I have noticed over the past month and the release of the N1Way Guide, is that many of us are pushing our sites out to the search engines and visitors before they are truly ready. In this post, I am going to look at one simple aspect to use for EVERYTHING you do on your site… working backwards. If you work from the bottom-up, your site will be an instant success… otherwise, it may just crash and …

Many questions have come in about building your N1WAY planned Website with WordPress, and the best way to get it accomplished. Should you use Pages, Posts, or a combination of both?
I had contacted Kelvin and Adam directly to discuss this last week, and this post should answer many of the questions… based on their own replies, along with sharing how I have built my own new WordPress driven N1Way site!
WordPress Pages or Posts – Which Is Better?
I have at least 100 emails on this topic, to the point that I …

When it comes to the point that you have to start building the content on your site, you really have but 2 choices… Create the content yourself, or farm it out to a ghost writer. Unless you are a Pro in the niche market you chose, its likely going to be hard finding the strength to write the content yourself. In almost every case, I find it easier and much more cost effective to hire the work out to a qualified writer.
The Hurdles of Writing Your Own Content
I am no …

I have had a few emails asking how the new Contest Site is coming along… I just have to say, Marvelous!
You can see to the left, I have decided to create a simple and basic logo, that really just states what the site is about, and nothing much more! I really want to keep this as simple as possible, without causing any confusion to those of you who are following along and rebuilding or building a new site of your own following the Build a Niche Store guide.
Do …

Alot of emails have flooded my inbox asking me what platform I planned on using to Build this Niche Guide Driven website. I actually pondered several different methods, from phpBay, static html with auction code, WordPress with widgets, and of course, BANS.The answer.. of course, Build a Niche Store (BANS)!
Why am I Choosing BANS?
Someone will surely ask… Why are you going to use BANS when you and many others have previously had some bad luck with the software? To answer that elephant sized question, you have to assume that every …