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Thai Food and eMail Marketing In The Offline World

by Mark E. Mason on May 5, 2009

I really like Thai food and Mexican food.  This is a story about both.

I look to some people to learn about internet marketing, and I look to others to learn about internet business.  It's not that internet marketing gurus are not good at teaching internet business and vice versa, it's just that everyone is great at something, and it makes sense to learn from the best people in every area.

Jason van Orden is one of my favorite internet business guys.  One thing I will never forget is a tale that Jason tells about a friend of his that ended up on the wrong end of an investment joint venture.  The guy had a successful business, but after the deal went bad, he no longer owned the business.  In fact, he was forced out.  He lost everything over night.

Well, not everything.  As it happens, the guy had his email list.  He was able to contact his loyal customers, explain the situation, offer value to them (as he always had in the past), and rebuild his business quickly.  When people say "the money is in the list," I think they have it wrong.  The value is in the list.

What About Thai Food

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2 Ideas For Finding Niche Markets

by Mark E. Mason on January 9, 2009

If you are an internet marketer interested in niche marketing or writing niche eBooks, one of the hardest things can be finding niches to market to (or write about).  To help with that, here are a couple of fresh ideas for finding niche markets to help you make money online.

Get niche market ideas from other people.

Whether you get family members, a group of friends, or other writers together, brainstorming is a wonderful way to beat Niche Marketer's Block. When you are stuck, make brainstorming fun. You can sit and just start throwing ideas out or make a game by putting ideas in a hat and then passing it around to read or act out.

Fancy Internet Marketing gurus call this a "mastermind" session.

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Internet Business Fortune Cookie #10 — Find A Guru

by Mark E. Mason December 17, 2008

It’s Wednesday, and you know what that means. It’s time for another weekly Internet Business Fortune Cookie. This week I skipped the entree and had hot-and-sour soup and steamed dumplings (both appetizers).  It was kind of nice.  Less Filling.  Tastes Great.  I like those little dumplings.  Steamed are yummy, but like most things, dumplings are [...]

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