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Is Firepow Worth The Cost?

by Mark E. Mason on October 29, 2009

My friends and mentors Andrew Hansen and Collen Slater just released a free video promoting their new product -- Niche Blogging Institute.   The video is great.  Andrew reveals three important keys to niche marketing.   I recommend that you take a few minutes to watch it.  It is a promotional video, but it is great content and you don't even have to opt-in.  You can even skip the first 4 minutes if you want to jump straight to the content.

Anyway, seeing that video made me think about Andrew's other products -- specifically Firepow.  I use Firepow, I have promoted it, and I get a lot of questions about the Firepow software.   Specifically, and specifically whether or not it is worth the cost.

When I am asked this question, I usually tell people that it depends on your business model.  I often think in terms of "wide" business models and "narrow" business models.  A wide business model would imply that you have lots of streams of revenue, and this probably means lots of web sites (and lots of blogs).

If you have a narrow business model, then you might only have a few streams of revenue and a couple of blogs.

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Internet Marketing Fortune Cookie

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 Cookie Speaks The Truth

As you know, everything you need to know about running an internet business can be learned from fortune cookies. This week The Cookie has obviously been surfing the Internet. Read the Full Article →

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Internet Business Fortune Cookie #2 – Google Dance

by Mark E. Mason October 23, 2008

It’s time for another weekly Internet Business Fortune Cookie.  Last night I had General Tso’s chicken.  It’s funny, because a Chinese guy at a restaurant told me once all about General Zuo Zongtang, who was a Qing dynasty General.  He explained how the dish was prepared for the General by his wife and served for [...]

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What is Firepow?

by Mark E. Mason October 21, 2008

I am a little behind on my commitment to blog all week about Firepow, but don’t worry.  I will get all of the information out there and answer all of your questions — even if it stretches into the weekend. To be completely honest with you, the first time that I saw Firepow, I wondered [...]

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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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October Focus — Niche Adsense Sites

by Mark E. Mason October 1, 2008

For those of you that are interested in building niche sites for AdSense revenue, I wanted to let you know that I will be moving my focus back to niche site creation for the month of October.  My goal in October will be to end the month with 30 niche AdSense sites up and running [...]

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Conn Creaming Cow: Comm Contributes Classroom Course

by Mark E. Mason May 29, 2008

I think most of you are probably aware of the contest that Garry Conn is running against John Cow. Basically, the two of them are in a death match to build and sell the best blog in one month. The winner is the site that sells for the most on SitePoint.com.  Participation in this contest [...]


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Niche Super-Site: Checking In On Elvis

by Mark E. Mason March 28, 2008

Several months ago, I started a case study of the Elvis Niche. I built a site, added content, and demonstrated that I could rank for a very long tail keyword with no competition. As I mentioned in that post, I felt like there was no stopping me after I ranked for “Elvis Aaron Presley Collectible [...]

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