Keyword Tracking

Once you’ve  got more than 10 sites keeping track of what’s going on can be a nightmare.  For example how do you know when one of your keywords is rising or falling in the search engines?  Having good quality information is a key to success and having access to that information on a daily basis is essential. Unitl now I have used the highly unreliable page rank checker which is a free... [Read more]

PHPBay v BANS (Build a Niche Store)

I’m trying to increase my post regularity once again to this site to offer some additional value.  Since last September I have tested both BANS and PHPbay quite extensively and feel the time is right to come out and say that I no longer build BANS sites.  There is much to admire about this script and the interface for creating customized store pages is strightforward and simple.  It is also... [Read more]

The Super Affiliate Club

I’m sick of super affiliates aren’t you?  This year the market is even more saturated with product launches than ever.  They’re bigger, better and more informative (?) than ever before.  But isn’t it interesting to note what a little club has  been created by self serving “gurus”.  Over the years super affiliates have got to know one another via internet marketing... [Read more]

ShoeMoney Free 12 week training course

Okay the new site update is taking longer than expected but then whats new?  That said I thought it was time to get going on providing some additional resources to help ramp up our affiliate marketing profits.  For much of this year I have been trying to find some great resources that don’t cost a lot of money that will help me and others break away from the eBay monetization model which I... [Read more]

Site Refresh

Over the next couple of weeks I’m updating the site and overhauling the template.  Please bear with me as, to be honest, I’m too busy to keep swapping from one template to another. Every site I build these days is based on the Wordpress platform and having access to great themes is a pre-requisite.  I used free themes when I first started out but these really were not robust or flexible... [Read more]

Niche Review Site Templates

One of the reasons I haven’t posted so often on this site for the last 3 months is that I have been spending a lot of time trying to find a cost effective business model that will enable me to diversify my earnings stream.   Having built a good income using eBay I need to generate similar amounts from other affiliate programs so that my earnings are protected. I have tried a number of models... [Read more]

The Tool That Transformed My Business

I’m long overdue and update on this site so I thought I better make it a good one.  For those of you that have visited the site regularly you’ll know that in August of last year I was only making $600 per month from my niche stores.  By the end of the year that had increased to $6000 an increase by a factor of 10.  Pretty impressive results but how did I do it? Well, there were a number... [Read more]

What You Don’t Know About SEO

I know I haven’t been blogging much on this site lately but when I don’t think I can offer value I refuse to post for the sake of it.  I’ve been very busy trying to develop income streams outside of eBay over the last couple of months and lets say, well, I’m breaking even.  Not a stellar result but I still haven’t found anything as profitable as building mini sites. Anyway... [Read more]

Internet Search Changes

A couple of interesting stories on SEO in Sitepro News today.  Firstly from http://www.seobook.com/google-branding on how Google is now favoring big brands.  I had noticed this myself over the last month or so and the trend is now firmly set.  Big corporates will start to dominate search in the same way they dominate traditional markets - perhaps more so. This sucks if you’re a one man band... [Read more]

January 2009 Update

As I mentioned at the end of December I am not proposing to post specific numbers any longer.  I started this site as a permanent record as much for myself as the many others who now read the blog whenever I make a post.    It was to document my internet marketing journey from hopeless newb to super success lol.   I thought it would take a couple of years to generate an income sufficient for... [Read more]