Late Night Internet Marketing Blog

Internet Marketing Musings From Mark Mason

The Late Night Internet Marketing Blog has been up and running since late in 2007.  Originally the “MasonWorld” blog, the posts here chronicle my journey first practicing, and now practicing and teaching, internet marketing.

Late Night Internet Marketing Blog

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Being Aware of Marketing as it Happens to You

One of the great things about understanding internet marketing is being able to realize when marketing is happening to you.  As marketers, we are marketed to all the time.  If you pay attention to the marketing that’s happening in the world around you, you can get a...

Motivational Tip #48 – Make Friends with People who Motivate You

No matter what goal you are trying to accomplish, your friends will play a role in determining how successful you are. If they cheer you on, check up on you, and encourage you, you’ll remain motivated; and you’ll accomplish that goal in short order. And if they tell...

Motivational Tip #47 – Always Try to Learn

If you’re like many people, you get as much information as you need to complete a task, and then you shut your brain off to new information. For instance, at work, you might be learning to use a new software program. As soon as you learn all the basic controls, you no...

Motivational Tip #28 – Start Your Day Early

OK -- this is going to sound goofy coming from the "Late Night Internet Marketing Guy".  But it turns out that many successful individuals follow a very similar morning routine - they get up early and work on the most critical parts of their business first. ...

Motivational Tip #46 – Toss Away Unimportant Hang-Ups

In relationships, hang-ups are little things that drive you away from a person you otherwise could have a long, meaningful relationship with. They’re stupid and trivial, but for whatever reason, they have a tremendous amount of power over you. In business, people have...

Motivational Tip #45 – Build Good Habits

We all know how bad it is to build and reinforce bad habits. It can be as simple as trying something once, finding out you like it, and then continuing to do it on a regular basis, even if you know it’s detrimental to your work schedule or personal life. One trick to...

Is Your Internet Marketing Business Fun?

My wife shared this video with me. The video shows how some engineers were able to change people's behavior by making it fun to climb the stairs.  That's right, people used the stairs instead of an escalator because the stairs were more fun. Is your business fun? Is...

Motivational Tip #44 – Seek Out the Help of Others

One common reason people give for not accomplishing their goals is that they hit a snag and were never able to get through it. Eventually, they got discouraged and gave up, assuming it would be impossible to get through it. In life, no matter what you do, there is...

Motivational Tip #27 – Stretch and Take Walks

OK -- so you might think this is crazy.  But from time to time you need to actually stop working, get up from your computer and stretch.  I am not talking about procrastinating -- I am talking about taking a break.  Case in point:  Jason Van Orden from Internet...

Good versus Evil in Internet Marketing

Always committed to truth and justice, Mark Mason, Nicole Dean, Pat Flynn and Willie Crawford fight evil forces in the Internet Marketing empire. Watch in this "never-before-seen-secret-footage" as Pat and Mark rescue Nicole as Willie makes the ultimate sacrifice. Few...

Motivational Tip #26 – Avoid Procrastinating

OK -- I know it is not Monday. The truth is that I have a confession to make - I have been meaning to get back to "Motivational Monday" posts for some time, but I have been procrastinating.  I've actually been procrastinating about a lot of internet marketing things...

Motivational Tip #43 – Create a Support Network

One of the factors that typically differentiates those who achieve their goals from those who do not is a strong support network. At the very least, this means a network of individuals who are willing to support you emotionally; and are there for you whether you...

Motivational Tip #42 – Visualize Your Goals

There’s a growing amount of evidence that visualization can play an important role in helping people to attain goals. Visualization is the practice of focusing on something you plan to do in the future; and then mentally simulating everything as it plays out....

Growing Your Affiliate Niche Site in 2011

One of the great things about having a blog is that you can have great readers that are really fun to get to know.  Susanne Myers is one of those, and she creates excellent content.  So, I was thrilled when she read my post from January 1 and asked to guest post. Her...

Resolutions, Weightloss, and Internet Marketing

I am sure that many of you have New Year's resolutions about your business.  I know that I do.  The New Year is a great time to set new goals for your business and get some perspective on the coming months. New Year's Resolutions can be tricky.   Here today, but...

Motivational Tip #41 – Use Aromatherapy

In the previous tip, I talked about using rest and relaxation to get motivated and to stay motivated. One way in which you can do this is by using aromatherapy. This is the use of scents to alter your mood. You can perform aromatherapy by using a combination of...

Motivational Tip #40 – Spend Time Relaxing

One important part of staying motivated is knowing when to stop working. Of course, working hard is important; but beyond a certain point, it becomes largely counterproductive. Instead of getting more work done, you’ll get a lot of work done, become burnt out, and...