by Mark Mason | Feb 27, 2009 | Internet Marketing
Internet marketing is an incredibly competitive space, especially if you are trying to compete in the make money online niche. The people you are up against are experts in SEO, content marketing, and paid advertising. They use the very skills they are selling to...
by Mark Mason | Feb 22, 2009 | Internet Marketing Terms
Years ago I woke up one morning, logged into my blog, and found seven new comments from people I had not heard from before. I was thrilled. New comments meant people were reading and engaging. Then I looked closer and discovered that four of the seven were pure spam,...
by Mark Mason | Feb 9, 2009 | Internet Marketing
In early 2009, I won second prize in the Micro Niche Finder video contest by showing how I built a BMW car parts affiliate site using eBay listings. It was a fun project, and Micro Niche Finder was a genuinely useful tool for its time. I used it alongside phpBay, a...
by Mark Mason | Jan 13, 2009 | Internet Marketing
One of the most common questions I get from people just starting out in internet marketing is some variation of: I found a product I want to promote as an affiliate. Now what? The question usually comes with a mix of enthusiasm and overwhelm, and I completely...
by Mark Mason | Dec 1, 2008 | Internet Marketing, Video
Back in 2008, I recorded a video showing how I used a keyword research tool called Micro Niche Finder and a WordPress plugin called phpBay to build a niche eBay affiliate store in about an hour. The specific tools are long gone, but the underlying strategy of finding...