by Mark Mason | Jan 7, 2010 | Blogging, Video
When I first started writing about PLR (Private Label Rights) content, one of the most common questions I received was whether using it is ethical. If you publish content under your name that someone else initially wrote, are you misleading your readers? It is a fair...
by Mark Mason | Jan 6, 2010 | Blogging
One of the things that drives me crazy about internet marketing advice is when people say “just hire a writer” without explaining how to actually do it. When I first started outsourcing content, I had no idea where to find writers, how to evaluate them, or...
by Mark Mason | Jan 5, 2010 | Blogging
If you have been blogging for any length of time, you know the feeling. You sit down at your computer, stare at a blank screen, and wonder what on earth you are going to write about this week. The content treadmill is real, and it never stops. I have been creating...
by Mark Mason | Jan 5, 2010 | Blogging
One of the questions I hear most often from new bloggers is deceptively simple: what do I write about? After more than 15 years of blogging and podcasting, I have a go-to strategy that consistently generates dozens of blog post ideas in minutes. It works in every...
by Mark Mason | Jan 4, 2010 | Internet Marketing, Video
When I first started building websites, I kept running into the acronym PLR and had no idea what it meant. If you are new to online business and feeling overwhelmed by the jargon, you are not alone. Let me break this down in plain English. What PLR Stands For PLR...
by Mark Mason | Dec 31, 2009 | Miscellaneous, Video
When my daughter Morgan was born, I discovered something that every parent-entrepreneur figures out eventually: your available work time does not just decrease, it changes shape entirely. Suddenly you are working in five-minute windows, often with only one free hand....
by Mark Mason | Dec 14, 2009 | Blogging
Back in 2009, I wrote about a tool called QuickScrib, a simple web-based text sharing platform that my friend Josh Spaulding was building. At the time, I compared it to Twitter, wondering if it might become the next big thing. It did not, and that is actually the...
by Mark Mason | Dec 14, 2009 | Internet Marketing Podcast Transcripts
This is an updated guide based on Episode 007 of the Late Night Internet Marketing podcast, where I first introduced the concept of making money through blogging. The fundamentals I covered back in 2009 remain surprisingly relevant, though the tools and tactics have...
by Mark Mason | Nov 25, 2009 | Internet Marketing
Sometimes I read the success stories from internet marketers and wonder how everyone except me became an overnight sensation. The sales pages always highlight the incredible results. What they leave out is the graveyard of failed projects that came before. The truth...
by Mark Mason | Nov 21, 2009 | Internet Marketing
One of the things I have always believed in is learning from people who are genuinely good at what they do. Back in 2009, I invited Nicole Dean to share her expertise on PLR content with my audience. Nicole had been running one of the most respected PLR businesses on...
