March 2009

Google Romance – April Fools Blast From The Past

by Mark E. Mason on March 31, 2009

Update:  Looks like this was the foundation for GMail Autopilot.

Now that is more like it.

Is this Google's April Fools joke this year? Lame.

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SEO: Number Of Competing Pages Is The Wrong Measure

by Mark E. Mason on March 31, 2009

I have not written about SEO in a while, but it seems to me like everywhere I turn there is someone telling someone else how they should go look for niches with a low number of competing pages.  They use the logic that since there are relatively few people directly competing for the niche with content, it should be easy to win.

First of all, this makes no sense.  There are more than six billion people on the planet.  Just because there are relatively few people competing for the international power-lifting championship, that does not mean that I can win easily.  Why would I expect the number of competitors to be a direct measure of the strength of the competition on the internet?

Well, I wouldn't.  And you shouldn't either.

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One Week Marketing Sale

by Mark E. Mason March 31, 2009

Hey; Just a quick note for you regarding some information that I just received. Several weeks ago, I recommended a product called One Week Marketing in response to a question that I got about how to get started making money on line without a big investment. I still think that is a great product, and [...]


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MasonWorld Twitter Updates for Week Ending 2009-03-28

by Mark E. Mason March 28, 2009

Marine Sniper bumper sticker in parking lot today: You can run but you die tired. # @lynnterry It’s really easy to sound overly critical when limited to 140 chars. Sorry about that. LOL in reply to lynnterry # @lynnterry Oops — not suggesting nothing left to learn. Just seemed the emphasis was tilted that way. [...]


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ClickBank Cash Secrets

by Mark E. Mason March 23, 2009

Most of you probably saw an email from me this morning regarding ClickBank Cash Secrets.  If you missed it, you can find it here through the magic of Aweber. Just want to give you some additional comments about the product and upload some screen shots from the download area. My Quick Notes About ClickBank Cash [...]

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Free Copy Writing Seminar

by Mark E. Mason March 23, 2009

With all the discussions about writing sales copy on the blog last week, I decided to see if I could put together a Free Copy Writing Seminar for MasonWorld.com readers. I have a tentative agreement with a mysterious professional copy writer that has agreed to put on a free Webinar teaching the basics of writing [...]

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MasonWorld Twitter Updates for Week Ending 2009-03-21

by Mark E. Mason March 21, 2009

@HawaiiRealty What context? United Arab Emirates is called UAE. # @jeremyfrandsen Let me know if you need any help with testing or feedback. Have spoken to @jasonvo about needed software improvements b4. # @Josh_Spaulding Apply online at http://www.uspto.gov. Best to consult an atty if not clear cut. Some cases are complicated. Approval takes 18mos # [...]

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Trial By Fire: Developing A New Sales Letter

by Mark E. Mason March 18, 2009

Several months ago I posted that I would be working on my sales letter for Niche AdSense Themes for WordPress.  You probably remember that this was one of my very first products, and that I am always learning by doing.  Man, that first product seems like a lifetime ago. Edit — See my special guest [...]

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