by Mark E. Mason on May 5, 2008
Last week I had lunch with a close friend. My friend wanted to start a web site about science fiction. He asked me if I knew anything about starting a blog, making money on the web, Adsense, SEO and a host of other Internet Marketing topics. He knew that I had been working on MasonWorld.com for the last few months, but we had not discussed many of the details.
Amazingly, I did know a lot. I suddenly realized that after six months of aggressive study, I had accumulated a ton of information and experience in the mysterious world of internet marketing. That night, I spun up some web hosting and launched my friends blog for him.
Now, don’t get me wrong. I am not the Zen Master Guru of Internet Marketing. I did not present him with any new ideas over lunch (although many were new to him). Many smart people have come before me and done the same things I talked to him about that day.
So, here is the really cool part. Today, my friend made his first post on his shiny new blog. The blog is called SpaceTimeStories.com.
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by Mark E. Mason on April 16, 2008
On Monday, I said that today (Wednesday), I would report on my progress in my article marketing experiment. Actually, I am making some really good progress with Article Post Robot, and I have been working with Garry Conn on a new Adsense-optimized theme for WordPress. I'm waiting on some articles to be approved in the article directories, so I decided to move that post on article marketing to Friday.
While I was making that decision, I got back to thinking how weird it was to be off line over the weekend due to the storms and the kidnapping, and how cool it is that you can make money online from your home. What really makes this possible?
Answer: Semiconductors (and the electrons they manage).
Then I wondered, how many Internet Marketing geeks (or general web surfers) really understand the technology that allows them to read my blog? I mean, we all hear the marketing buzz about Intel and AMD microprocessors, and quad core technology and all that. But what does it mean? How can you put it into human terms? Read the Full Article →
