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Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) Intense StareI had the funniest phone conversation with Nicole Dean yesterday.   Nicole is the "mostly sane marketer" -- at least that is her claim.  I'm seriously not sure about the "mostly sane" part.  On days like yesterday, she calls that whole sane thing into question.

You see, our conversation was about owl vomit.  Well, not owl vomit, exactly.  We were talking about owl pellets.

Nicole does a series on her blog called "Weird Niche Wednesday" -- and today her weird niche is owl pellets.  In case you don't know, owl pellets are little balls of bones and feathers that owls cannot digest after eating their prey.

I've had two fourth graders, so I knew that kids all over America dissect these little gems each and every year.  What I did not know was that there is a niche market for these pellets on the internet.

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How To Find Blog Post Topics: A Quick Tip

by Mark E. Mason on January 5, 2010

One of the questions I hear a lot is "what do I write about?"

Here is a quick tip for you when you are looking for some blogging topics.

One simple answer to this age-old blogging question is to write answers to the questions that people have about your area of expertise.

For example, let's say you have a killer blog about WordPress.  Crank open your favorite keyword tool.  I like Micro Niche Finder for this type of work, but you could also use one of the free tools out there like The Google AdWords Keyword Tool or the Wordtracker tool free trial.

Search for your topic and "how to" -- For example "How To WordPress" (without the quotes).

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eBay TOS And The Third Slash Rule

by Mark E. Mason December 31, 2008

Internet Marketing Fortune Cookie #12 Staying Out Of eBay Jail It’s Wednesday, and you know what that means. It’s time for another weekly Internet Business Fortune Cookie.

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Using Micro Niche Finder and phpBay to Build eBay Stores

by Mark E. Mason December 1, 2008
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I have written several times in the past about how Micro Niche Finder was the first keyword tool that I ever purchased, and how I still use it today because of the great user interface. I have also talked about how you can build cool eBay niche stores using WordPress and the phpBay plugin. In [...]

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Micro Niche Finder Discount

by Mark E. Mason October 16, 2008

Greetings; I just got off an email exchange with James Jones of Micro Niche Finder. As you know from reading my blog, Micro Niche Finder was the first keyword tool that I ever bought, and I still use it today.  To be fair, I use some other tools now too — mostly because of some [...]

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Niche Super-Site: Testing the Long Tail Keyword

by Mark E. Mason February 21, 2008

So far on our journey to build the Niche Super-Site we have discussed: Definition of the Niche Super-Site case study List of Niche Super-Site design goals How to select your niche Choosing your keywords Choosing a domain name Setting up your niche site Making things look nice Installing Plugins Getting listed in Google Making Money [...]

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Niche Super-Site: How to Select the Niche

by Mark E. Mason February 6, 2008

So far on our journey to build the Niche Super-Site we have discussed: Definition of the Niche Super-Site case study List of Niche Super-Site design goals Remember, our overall goal is to build a niche site that returns $2/day in residual income with only a simple investment in cheap web hosting. I begin today with [...]

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