Free Thinking - Mark Thompson

Google Algo Changes – Is SEO Dead?

March 21, 2012 By Mark 14 Comments

Another week another Algo change , at least that's what it seems like. It seems that yesterday google instigated some major changes to the algorithm which targeted Build My Rank (BMR) and possibly other private blog networks. However there are also plans in place for Google to target "overly optimized sites" You read that right, google are planning on targeting sites that are obviously seo'd. I haven't bothered to check how bmr has affected me yet as google choose to instigate these changes while I was flying to Barcelona . So much for me having a few days away from IM! I can't … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Free Thinking, Internet Marketing Tagged With: Algo, algorithm changes, Bmr, Google

When Did You Start Being Afraid?

March 7, 2012 By Mark 20 Comments

I was doing a few small updates to an e-book I give to my subscribers today about How to be Successful in Internet Marketing, it's not one of those …Do this and do that type books it's more a ..this is the mindset you need to succeed type books. (If you are a subscriber you'll get a link to the .pdf version , If not you can buy it on amazon). One of the sections talks about how people are afraid to actually try things. What puzzles me is when do people start to get scared of failure? In the book I tell a story about the first …and only airplane I ever built. It must have taken … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Free Thinking, Internet Marketing, Make Money Online Tagged With: build a blog, do something, stop being afraid

Product Pricing- Is it Time For a Change?

June 7, 2011 By Mark 50 Comments

Isn't it about time that we as Internet Marketers took our heads out of the sand and started to think like Apple arguably the worlds most successful company? For years companies like Microsoft and Apple have charged premium prices for software, I think Windows 7 is about $119 - $219 depending on version and Mac OSX 10 Snow leopard will cost $129 as an upgrade. These prices have been justified because of the cost of producing CD's and distribution. However since I switched to an iMac 2 months ago i've noticed a trend. Apple are unbundling their applications and charging much less for them … [Read more...]

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The Emperors New Clothes

August 22, 2010 By Mark 8 Comments

I am sure you know the story of the emperors new clothes (if you dont' you'll find the details on wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Emperor's_New_Clothes) Everytime I see one of these new style "4 videos, leave a comment below" product launches I can't help but think of this story. You see the thing about these launches is as soon as you see the first video you know the product is going to cost $1997. At that price point the vendor basicaly gets $1000 and the Affiliate gets $1000. I have no problems whatsoever with affiliates making money what i do object to is affiliates … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Free Thinking, Internet Marketing

Something For the weekend – The Internet Marketing Jigsaw

August 28, 2009 By Mark Leave a Comment

Internet marketing is a lot like a jigsaw, you need all the pieces to make sense of it. Have you ever tried to build a jigsaw without the box lid with the picture, difficult isn't it. What about trying to build it and finding a few random pieces are missing. On the surface Internet Marketing looks easy, In fact most marketers make it look very easy.. "buy this great product for only $997 and you'll make $100,000 a month "... Wake up and smell the coffee it's not going to happen. The only person making money from that offer will be the marketer and his selected friends in the "Golden … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Free Thinking, Income Generation, Make Money Online Tagged With: affiliate marketing with wordpress, Internet Marketing, Make Money Online

Fast keyword Research With Googles Wonder Wheel

August 21, 2009 By Mark 7 Comments

There is nothing worse than spendin g an hour researching a niche only to find that it's very competitive or that there is not enough good kewords to make a site worthwhile. I've been using Googles wonder wheel to get a feel for a niche before I even start to research it. If you want to do some very quick niche research you can't beat it. If any of you tech dudes from google read this why not color code it so we can see the approximate searches per month, we'd all be eternally indebted to you! All you need is Google chrome and you can initially research a niche in about 30 seconds. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Free Thinking Tagged With: google wonder wheel, keyword research, niche research

Outsourcing Experiment Pt 1- How to Outsource and Increase Your Profits

August 6, 2009 By Mark Leave a Comment

I have hired a few people in the past to do the occasional task i couldn't do or didn't want to do. However up to now I've been an idiot! I should have been using outsourcing for so much more, backlink building, Article submissions etc in fact everything I hate doing and avoid doing because it's so mind numbingly boring. But because of some horror stories I've heard about I have avoided hiring people. This is about to change. I am about to take on 3 or 4 staff maybe even more depending on how it goes. I have looked at elance and Getafreelancer and also companies like Agentsofvalue … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Free Thinking, Income Generation, Outsourcing Experiment, Site Promotion Tagged With: elance, how to outsource, odesk, outsourcing