At the end of December 2006 my husband and our launched our first company. My husband is an IT guru and my background is marketing, so using our combined skills we decided in May 2006 to develop a website. We chose on an auction website as our first company, as we thought this would be fun, engaging and challenging. We recognised the obvious dominance of other sites in this

If you are using php as the development language for your site then you will be aware that php is an interpreted language. This means that every time a page is requested from your server the corresponding php file needs to be compiled first before being run. This obviously creates a performance overhead. However, what if you could compile these files only once and then execute just the compiled code

 

A sitemap file is a fantastic way to promote your site content to search engines. However, in its XML format it is not particularly useful for anything else.

I have just posted an article for members in which I show you how to customise your sitemap to be human readible and provide some useful features.

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Those of you who are looking for ways to generate an income from a website would be wise to investigate becoming an affiliate.

Affiliates make money by encouraging users of their site to click through to sites of which they are affiliates and then get paid a commission for leads and sales generated from that link.

I have just uploaded a great ebook on becoming an Affiliate Master.

From this book you will learn how to create a Theme-Based Content Site... a site that is loaded with high value Keyword-Focused Pages that rank highly with the Search Engines *AND* get the click through to  income-generation sources. The choices for monetizing your targeted traffic are numerous... from affiliate merchant sites, to Google's AdSense Program, to finder's fee relationships, to an online store, to selling
your own product/service, to name just a few.

Registered members will find it in our Tools & Services section under resources by clicking here

As an entrepreneur you may find yourself wishing you had more time to work on your business venture. The thing is you already have the time; you’re just not using it properly. Time Management is vital to the success of any business; you need to get a grip on it from the start to ensure the success of your business and your sanity! If you