THE TWEAK SHOW

UPDATE 8/14/08: BANS GIVES ITSELF AN UPDATE

I recently posted an article titled "BANS IMPLODING." In this posting I mentioned a few items disheartening to me regarding BANS and the changes I saw occurring over the last year. My main disappointment was in the forum and how it had gotten out of control in many ways that was detrimental to new membership.

Within days of that article being published, Adam and Kelvin, the founders of BANS, announced that a new forum and new rules of conduct on that forum would be implemented and the "look" of the forum would be changed. I waited with anticipation for those changes to arrive, as the forum was closed for two days while the forum format was altered, it was cleaned of many useless postings, new rules were created, and the entire program the forum was created on was transitioned.

FOR THE BEGINNER - AGAIN

On August 13th, 2008, the new BANS Forum was unveiled and it was a major improvement that brings BANS into a new era of growth. It has shed its' old skin of being an uncontrolled tiger-by-the-tail and transformed into a monster money making program with teeth - Only this new monster won't be eating its' young.

At the top of the list of new rules for members is the rule that abusive behavior toward newer members (or any member, for that matter) will not be tolerated. The rampant selling of affiliate programs through signature links has ended. It had become a place where members seemed to practice affiliate marketing far too much by posting useless responses only for the sake of getting an affiliate link seen and was thankfully killed. With just these two changes (among many), the flamers and sellers will likely find less reason to bother creating the problems that we had previously. The support system has also been improved, with a ticket and registration system that should go a long way to assist new members with any problems fellow members can not assist them with.

APPROVAL WITHIN BANS COMMUNITY
The response by members is overwhelming approval to the new forum and rules. We all like some order to our lives and our community. This applies to a cyber-community, as well.

Additional changes include more category listings to keep some order to the 100,000+ posts made on the forum, thus far, and the many more thousands that are sure to follow in the coming years. One addition I particularly liked was the new "Templates" made available to members. In addition to the basic template that arrives when you purchase the program, you can now download pre-made templates that are more appealing in color, design, and overall appearance, which translates not only into being more user friendly to the new member, but into more money, as a visitor to your site sees a more professional landing page. Though I have learned over the months to tweak the basic template, these new offering provide me even more options for creating websites with unique appearances.

TWO THUMBS UP!

With the changes now implemented to the BANS forum, support system, and membership, I can now give it my full and honest recommendation to all who want to make extra money through the internet. BANS is once again for the beginner and at $97 is still the best investment you will make. As always it requires a commitment from you to create your own fortune, but it is the best tool that allows any "Noob" to do so. Like an old house that needed repairs because the foundation was crumbling, those repairs are complete.

It's good to be home.