Late Night Internet Marketing Blog
Internet Marketing Musings From Mark MasonThe 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.
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Niche Site Duel Update #2
A few days ago I posted my very first Niche Site Duel update. For those of you that missed that one, I’m participating in the Niche Site Duel along with Pat Flynn at the Smart Passive Income Blog and Tyrone TyroneShum.com from . The point of the duel is to try and...
Find and Follow a Mentor for Your Internet Business
This week's tip is one that I personally think is really important. You really to find and follow a single mentor. Not 42 mentors, not an entire Google reader full of RSS feeds, I’m talking about a mentor. If you’re working part time you’ve only got time to listen to...
Niche Duel Update #1
If you follow me on Twitter you’re probably aware that I am participating alongside Pat and Tyrone in the Niche Duel that’s being documented over at the Smart Passive Income Blog. Now, my participation in this contest is a little bit different than Pat and Tyrone. Pat...
Sleep Less and Get More Done in Your Internet Business
This week's tip might seem a little strange and you may say, "Mark, I think you've gone bonkers." The tip is... sleep less. I’m serious about this. Of course, I’m telling you this at 1:52 AM and this is the "Late Night Internet Marketing Blog." I've talked to my wife...
Does Google Love WordPress?
I hear this all the time when people are talking about old-school static HTML sites versus newer Wordpress sites. They say it loud and proud as if it were a law of nature like gravity or something. Google Loves Wordpress! The truth is (as far as I know) that there is...
7 Serious Salescopy SEO Slip-Ups
Boy, that is a mouth full. As an affiliate marketer, one of the things that you need to be able to do is write good pre-sales copy with great SEO properties. This is hard to do sometimes, but it can make or break your affiliate campaigns when you are counting on...
Work During Your Down Time to Grow Your Part Time Internet Business
The other thing you can do as an internet marketer is work during your downtime. This is one of my favorites. You can get stuff done during your lunch hour if you’re workplace permits it. A really good thing to get done during your lunch hour is social marketing. If...
MW011 | Interview With Pat Flynn
In this episode of the MasonWorld Late Night Internet Marketing Podcast,...
Motivational Tip #21 – Give Yourself a Break
Throughout our lives, we repeatedly hear that hard work is the key to success. But sometimes it isn’t. In some cases, working harder and longer hours won’t bring you closer to your goal; it will only move you further away from having perspective—and it will only sap...
Work on Your Part Time Internet Business Every Day
Now, one of things that I do and one of the things that I think it is absolutely critical for part time internet marketers is that you need to work on your business every day. Habits that you form as a part time internet marketer are the most important tools that...
Get Into a Regular Routine in Your Part Time Internet Business
Another thing you need is you need routines. I live in Allen, Texas, there’s a famous Olympic gold medal gymnast that lives here and she grew up in a gym down the street from me and I know these gymnasts they have these crazy routines and they show up at the gym every...
Motivational Tip #20 – Tell Others About Your Goals
When it comes to accomplishing your goals and staying motivated, it is important to employ “commitment devices.” A commit device is any strategy that will give strong incentives to adhere to your commitment, even when there is no third party enforcing that commitment....
Automate Repetitive Tasks in Your Part Time Internet Business
The other thing I think you need to do is you need to get as much software as you can to automate tasks. Now, I’ve got some recommendations here and these are products that I actually use. If you’re going to submit your websites to directories I recommend Deep Linker...
Owl Pellets – A Weird Niche Response To Nicole Dean
I had the funniest phone conversation with Nicole Dean yesterday. Nicole is the "mostly sane marketer" -- at least that is her claim. I'm seriously not sure about the "mostly sane" part. On days like yesterday, she calls that whole sane thing into question. You...
Motivational Tip #19 – Think in Shades of Gray
Often, when we think about goals, we either think “either I will accomplish this goal in one week or I will never accomplish it at all.” Unfortunately, things don’t always work out this way. More often then not, we’ll run into a snag when we attempt to accomplish...
Outsource Tasks in Your Part Time Internet Business and Work In Your Sleep
I know. You are sick to death of people telling you that you need to outsource. Just hang with me for a second here. I know you hear this all the time, but that is only because it it true. As a part time internet entrepreneur you need to outsource in your business...
MW010 | Is There A Mouse In My Pocket?
In this episode of the MasonWorld Late Night Internet Marketing...
Motivational Tip #18 – Reward Yourself
One of the best ways to motivate yourself to achieve goals is to provide yourself with tangible incentives for doing so. For instance, if you work at a sales-based commission job and you want to push yourself to sell more, then you may want to commit yourself in the...