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Overcoming Bloggers Block

by Mark E. Mason on January 19, 2009

Writer's BlockOne of these pieces of advice that I constantly hear regarding blogging is that bloggers should post on a regular schedule.  If you've read my blog for any amount of time, then you know I am terrible at this.  The excuse that I use is that I have a day job and sometimes I am just too busy to write a post.

The reality is sometimes I know I need to write a post but I can't decide what to write about. Some people call this writer's block. I call it a lack of inspiration. I think perhaps the best name for this problem in this context is blogger's block. Do you have bloggers block?

Here are a few ideas for beating bloggers block:

1.  Keep a list. The best way to defeat bloggers block is to maintain a list of great blogging ideas. Any time an idea occurs to you, you should add it to the list. This means you need to keep the list with you in the shower. I will leave it to you to figure out how to manage that.

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Beginning Affiliate Marketing

by Mark E. Mason on January 13, 2009

beginning affiliate marketingAs I have mentioned before, I am a forum moderator at Coaching With Josh.  That program is set up to help a wide range of people, including beginners.  Today, I got the below question, and I thought many people might be interested in the answer.

Of course, I have changed the names and some of the details to protect the innocent:

For the last couple of days I've been checking out XYZ product on ClickBank and I think it's a great product to promote as an affiliate, due to the fact that commissions are paid through ClickBank and the sales letter is really good.

I've been considering promoting it on specialized forums and on EZA.

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Using Opt-Ins to Increase List Subscriptions

by Mark E. Mason November 18, 2008

I have written a lot recently about the importance of mailing lists. Last Friday, in fact, I explained about how I had been working on a lightbox solution for optins using the You Can’t Block This script. The only problem is that I have been worried about bugging my normal readers and tarnishing my brand. [...]

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Internet Business Fortune Cookie #5 — Big Things Come In Small Packages

by Mark E. Mason November 12, 2008

It’s Wednesday, and you know what that means. It’s time for another weekly Internet Business Fortune Cookie. Last night I had Jalapeno Chicken and fried rice. Basically, I call this “Texas Chinese Food.” It was really spicy hot, and that explains this week’s cookie that talks about a hot new blog from Garry Conn. The [...]

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Get A Free Hosted WordPress Blog

by Mark E. Mason September 6, 2008

Just wanted to drop a quick note and let you know that Garry Conn has indicated that time is running out on his “free wordpress blog offer.” If you need a blog, this is a great deal.  I actually took him up on the offer and plan to use the blog for “an experiment.”  So, [...]

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Happy Labor Day (US)

by Mark E. Mason September 1, 2008

Hello everyone; It’s Labor Day in the United States.  If you don’t know about the history of Labor Day, you can learn everything you need to know over at Wikipedia: Labor Day is a United States federal holiday observed on the first Monday in September. The holiday originated in 1882 as the Central Labor Union [...]

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Niche Adsense Themes Lessons Learned (Part 2)

by Mark E. Mason July 30, 2008

Man, Time Flies…. Well, it has been almost a month since I did a trial launch of my first product, Niche Adsense Themes for WordPress.  Two weeks ago, I started a post series talking about the lessons learned in doing my first digital project launch.   A few days later, I offered a free copy of [...]

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The Real Power Of The Internet

by Mark E. Mason June 2, 2008

Internet marketing is certainly an interesting part of the internet, but it is clearly only one tiny part. One of the things that I like about Garry Conn is that he is willing to divert his attention away from internet marketing for a moment and try to help someone. He does this even when he [...]


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