by Mark Mason | Feb 6, 2008 | Web Monitization
Niche selection is one of the most discussed topics in internet marketing, and for good reason. Picking the right niche can make everything else easier, while picking the wrong one can doom a project from the start. In February 2008, I laid out my approach to...
by Mark Mason | Feb 5, 2008 | Web Monitization
Day one of the Niche Super-Site case study. As an engineer by training, I believe you need to know what you are trying to accomplish before you get started. This does not completely explain why I always needed to make seven trips to Home Depot per home improvement...
by Mark Mason | Feb 4, 2008 | Web Monitization
In February 2008, after almost two months of research and experimentation, I was ready to take my internet marketing education to the next level. I had spent that time reading everything I could find about making money online, experimenting with different blogging...
by Mark Mason | Feb 4, 2008 | Miscellaneous
Super Bowl XLII on February 3, 2008, was one of the greatest football games I have ever watched. The New England Patriots came in with a perfect 18-0 record, chasing the first undefeated season since the 1972 Miami Dolphins. The New York Giants had other plans. The...
by Mark Mason | Feb 3, 2008 | Gadgets
In early February 2008, I wrote a post asking a simple question: is anyone actually buying the Amazon Kindle? The device had launched just a couple of months earlier in November 2007, and despite Amazon's enthusiastic marketing, I had never actually seen one in the...
by Mark Mason | Feb 3, 2008 | Miscellaneous
In February 2008, my niece asked me about a song called “Kiss Kiss” by Chris Brown. I had never heard of Chris Brown, which I took as a sign that I was getting old. The fact that I referred to his music as being on an “album” instead of a...
by Mark Mason | Jan 27, 2008 | Gadgets
I love gadgets, but I am an electrical engineer with years of experience playing with technology, so it takes a lot to impress me. In January 2008, Drobo impressed me. What Drobo Was Drobo was a “data robot” that offered fault-tolerant data storage for...
by Mark Mason | Jan 25, 2008 | Web Monitization
In January 2008, I wrote a review of phpBay Pro, a WordPress plugin that embedded eBay auction listings directly into your blog posts and pages. At the time, this was an exciting tool for anyone interested in building niche stores, which were a popular internet...
by Mark Mason | Jan 23, 2008 | Web Monitization
In January 2008, while browsing ShoeMoney's blog late one night, I stumbled across Caroline Middlebrook's blog and it immediately resonated with me. Caroline had quit her day job about six months earlier to follow her dreams of becoming a full-time internet...
by Mark Mason | Jan 21, 2008 | Announcements
In January 2008, my blog went through its first major migration: converting from b2evolution to WordPress. After a several-day hiatus, MasonWorld.com was back online and running on what would become the platform I have used ever since. The Migration The switch from...
