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Some “Free” Information Marketing Resources

by Mark E. Mason on June 18, 2008

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The Beatles said it best - "The Best Things In Life Are Free." Of course, the hook to that song is "Give Me Money - That's What I Want." It's pretty clear to me that John, Paul, Ringo and George would have made a great Internet Marketing Team.

Many of you know that I have a 3 part strategy for my internet marketing business. I am building adsense mini-sites, thin affiliate sites using phpBay and popshops, and working on information products and list building.

Since internet marketing is a hobby for me, I have been trying to learn about information products without spending $1997 on an internet marketing information product that may or may not be great. Pretty funny -- I am trying to avoid buying the kind of product that I want to build. I may need professional help. Read the Full Article →

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Niche Super-Site: Elvis Traffic Starting to Build

by Mark E. Mason on April 7, 2008

Last week, I updated you on my Niche Super-Site Project, History of Elvis. My strategy of going after long-tail keywords paid off, and I demonstrated a front page ranking for history of elvis using link directory submissions. (It is important to remember that there are links from this site to the Elvis site as well). This organic search engine ranking is starting to "pay off." In the last 30 days, most of the traffic to the site has come from search engines as seen below:

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It is interesting to note that 15 searches in the last 30 days came from AOL and MSN. I never pay attention to those engines, but I have heard it said that the people using AOL and MSN are generally less computer saavy and have higher conversion rates than their Google bretheren.

What are people searching for?

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Niche Super-Site: Plan for Building Traffic

by Mark E. Mason March 12, 2008

So much has been going on in the last few weeks. Most obviously, I was able to convince Garry Conn to redesign my blog and create this killer custom theme just form me. Garry is a great guy, and he knows a heck of a lot about niche IM. On top of that, he is [...]

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Niche Super-Site: Using eZineArticles as Content

by Mark E. Mason February 25, 2008

I think my eyes are finally returning to normal, so I will be getting back to focusing on the Elvis project after a few days off. Did you miss me? I hope so. So far on our journey to build the Niche Super-Site we have discussed: Definition of the Niche Super-Site case study List of [...]

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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: Adding a Favicon

by Mark E. Mason February 20, 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: Adding Amazon

by Mark E. Mason February 16, 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: Adsense

by Mark E. Mason February 15, 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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