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So what should you choose? It's obvious that big ticket items will produce a higher income, but will you have sales on a regular basis or once in a while? That answer relies within the related commission. For example, it's better to earn $100 every five days then to earn $10 every day OR earn $50 every five days vs $15 every day. You have to go with what will result in a higher return.

For my seasonal niche store, I went with buy navs, mainly because it makes a good gift for a loved one, specially for the elderly. It's a gadget and everyone will eventually have one. Within the next five years, this will become a standard item on all cars.

The product you choose will play a key role in bringing people to your site because that's your main attraction. Though it's important to note that most of the products sold within a niche store are typically unrelated. Some will argue that it's more important to get a click-thru from your site.]]> http://blog.4yn.com/index.php?entry=entry080529-164603 What's Craygo?
Craygo is a wonderful software that can help you boost your sales. But before I get into it, let me go over Craigslist.

If you have any knowledge of Craigslist, you'll know how powerful it is and can be for anyone, particularly your business. Craigslist is the largest and most visited site for classified ads. Posting a simple ad can produce instant traffic to your business. The problem is that most of you probably spend hours browsing their website and posting ads manually over and over again in multiple cities. This is where Craygo comes into the picture.

It's a very simple software allowing you to automate your postings. The basic version of the software costs $57, which is very affordable and you can have a return on your investment with a single sale. The base version allows you to create a single ad and post it to as many cities as you like by simply creating the post links. It allows you to randomize the subject, description, price and more so that your ad appears unique every time. They also offer a number of add-ons enabling more advanced features, such as the CAPTCHA bypass.]]> http://blog.4yn.com/index.php?entry=entry080529-133152
(1) Do your research.
Look at websites like GasNearU to determine the stations that have the lowest gas prices in your local area.

(2) Plan ahead.
Before stepping out of the house, make a list of all the errands that you need to run. Then map out your tasks by determining what's nearby or on your way and plan the most gas efficient route.

Feeling overwhelmed? Or maybe just lazy? The program Remember the Milk will do this entire step for you...

(3) Stay on schedule, be on time.
Knowing when your car needs to go into the shop for tune ups, oil changes, and tire rotations is only half the battle. Making and keeping the maintenance appointments are the second half. By accomplishing each half, your car will remain the well-oiled machine that it was made to be...all while helping stretch the gas as far as it can go!

(4) Purge to remove excess weight.
According to FuelEconomy.gov, you should "avoid keeping unnecessary items in your vehicle, especially heavy ones. An extra 100 pounds in your vehicle could reduce your MPG by up to 2%."

(5) Purchase a fuel efficient vehicle. You can start by a visit to Hotsellingcars.com and search for Hybrid or other high miles per gallon cars.

(6) Consider even a smaller vehicle and get yourself a motorcycle.]]> http://blog.4yn.com/index.php?entry=entry080430-014643 Build A Niche Store (BANS) is all about. If you don't click the link to learn more.

These are step by step instructions on how to get started:

1) Click here to find a domain that's available. Do not purchase a domain here since you'll get a discount when buying the domain and hosting as a combined package (see next step).

2) Click here to review and purchase your domain and hosting. Browse the various plans and choose the one that's right for you. Choose one of the Linux Web Hosting plans. The Hatchling program only allows 1 domain, which is fine if you plan on hosting only one site. But if you plan on multiple domains, which most people do, go with the Baby plan. Use coupon code "SPRING" to get a 20% discount (expires June 1, 2008)

3) Click here to join eBay Partner Network. This is the affiliate program. You will be notified via email when you are approved. It's always possible for anyone to be declined, which is at the discretion of eBay and their policies. If you're not approved, you can try again at a later time. Continue to the next step after you have been approved.

4) Click here to purchase your BANS script after you have been approved by eBay. The cost for this program is $97.

After you've successfully completed all of the steps above, follow the instructions provided by the script, which will walk you through the installation process. After it has been successfully installed, it will also walk you through the setup process, which is very simple.

If you've made it this far, congratulations and good luck.]]> http://blog.4yn.com/index.php?entry=entry080326-155641
Well I have a surprise for you because it's the eBay affiliate program that's taking the web by storm at the moment and a great program called Build A Niche Store (or BANS as it's nicknamed) which enables you to really dig into and profit from this hugely under-exploited money making opportunity by building super targeted, traffic pulling, money making eBay affiliate websites at a few clicks of a button.

I'm not going to drown you in the details as the BANS site covers everything you need to know but suffice to say that this is going to BIG over the next 12 months and now is the perfect time to put the groundwork into your own portfolio of money making eBay affiliate websites.

It's only now and then that a really great product comes along and this one is getting rave reviews. Check it out!

Click Here To Read More About Build A Niche Store]]> http://blog.4yn.com/index.php?entry=entry080315-155237 http://blog.4yn.com/index.php?entry=entry080304-174330
Another benefit is that they are inexpensive. Bidding Web Directory is one, among others that has a starting bid of $1. If you happen to be the link leader, your link will be promoted on every page of their website. What's unique about Safaari Bid Directory
is that the link leader gets additional exposure from their peel of advertising. If you lose your top position because someone has outbid you, you can increase your bid at anytime.

One more benefit is that your link becomes permanent for as long as the directory is live. All you do at this point is increase your bid as often as needed. This permanent link can provide ongoing high exposure for your website, with a worthwhile return on your investment.]]> http://blog.4yn.com/index.php?entry=entry080301-102159
Let me get straight to the point. If a domain's homepage that relates to your site has a PR10 rating, but your link is added on an inside page, you will only benefit from the PR of that particular page. Chances are, it won't have a PR10 rating.

The key is to target "related sites" and once you have identified them and are ready to get your backlinks, free or paid, find out the exact page where your link will get added.

Don't always seek out the highest PR sites, you can benefit from the whole range, starting from PR0 to PR10.

You can check page rank for that particular page by using this PR Rank tool.]]> http://blog.4yn.com/index.php?entry=entry080229-125543
Well, stop looking. There are thousands of web hosting providers in the hosting market and there are hundreds of web hosting resource sites loaded with host advertising, bogus recommendations and dishonest best host lists. Godaddy is the most reliable web hosting company that I've come across. Yes, I am affiliated with them, but for a reason, because they are simply the best. Otherwise, I'd have a top 10 web hosting list.

I've used a number of companies over the years and ran into constant issues with server being down, untimely customer service or useless technical support. What's good about Godaddy is that I don't need to use their technical support, the best tech support is when you don't need them. Their servers have true 99.99% uptime and that can't be said for many companies who claim 99.99% uptime. In my experience, I truly find that to be the case.

MYSQL Database
If you use MySQL database, their platform is superior compared to others. Each database is hosting on an unique server, giving you flexibility, if you run several websites on a single hosting account.

Domain Management
It can't be any simpler. The control panel is very user-friendly and setups are complete within hours if not minutes. Their easy interface allows you to setup multiple domains for a single hosting account, saving you even more money.

Sub-Dmain Management
Very easy to create and modify sub-domains. Just specify the sub-domain name and where it should be pointed to, it's that simple. Many competitors require you to contact support to have this done, which will waste your valuable time.

FTP Management
Again, very user-friendly interface and easy to use. New user setups are completed in minutes.]]> http://blog.4yn.com/index.php?entry=entry080228-173646 Google Analytics to be one of the best. Their member page breaks down the data by many categories, but I find the following to be most useful:

Visitors
This captures all visitor related data such as Visitor Trending and Visitor Loyalty (very important in my opinion):

Visitor Trending: Includes Visits, Absolute Unique Visitors, Pageviews, Average Pageviews, Time on Site, Bounce Rate and New Visits

Visitor Loyalty: Includes Loyalty, Recency, Length of Visit, Depth of Visit

Traffic Sources
Equally important, this captures the sources from where your visitors reach your site. The most important being Direct Traffic, Referring Sites, Search Engines and Keywords.

This is the best website analytics tool that's being offered for free. It breaks down what's important and lets you see who visits your site, when, how often and where they come from. No one else come close, not for free anyway. Others offer limited resources that can be helpful, but charge a fee for the full feature.

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