by Mark Mason | Aug 13, 2012 | Internet Marketing, Video
Productivity is one of the most seductive traps in internet marketing. You can spend so much time reading about productivity systems, testing new apps, and optimizing your workflow that you never actually do the work. I have fallen into this trap myself, and I suspect...
by Mark Mason | Aug 12, 2012 | Podcast
In this episode I shared practical advice for building affiliate review sites that actually help people, along with updates on niche site experiments and a few content curation tips. The review site guidance has been updated for 2026, where the standards for affiliate...
by Mark Mason | Aug 7, 2012 | Blogging Software, Video
In 2012, I was excited about the idea of fully automated websites. Tools existed that could generate content, post it to your blog on a schedule, and even monetize it automatically. The promise was irresistible: set up a site in a few hours, let the software do...
by Mark Mason | Jul 28, 2012 | Announcements
Back in 2012, I put out a call to listeners in the Dallas area to see if anyone was interested in getting together in person. The response surprised me. Several people reached out, and we held our first meetup at The Londoner Pub in Allen, Texas on September 11, 2012....
by retta719 | Jul 25, 2012 | Internet Marketing Podcast Transcripts
Back in 2012, I sat down with Michelle MacPhearson for one of the most revealing conversations I have ever had about backlink building strategy. Michelle had been in the internet marketing trenches since 2005, and she had seen every side of the SEO game — black...
by Mark Mason | Jul 20, 2012 | Podcast
In episode 29 of the Late Night Internet Marketing podcast, I had the chance to interview Michelle MacPhearson from FromIdeaToEmpire.com. I had been following Michelle's work for years, and this conversation was long overdue. If you knew her from the Internet...
by Mark Mason | Jul 18, 2012 | Internet Marketing, Video
I was thinking the other day about a question that keeps coming up in online business circles: if you could only have one thing — email subscribers, social media followers, or YouTube subscribers — which would you choose? My answer is email subscribers,...
by retta719 | Jul 16, 2012 | Internet Marketing Podcast Transcripts
In July 2012, Digg — once the most powerful social bookmarking site on the internet — was sold off in pieces at a fire sale. It was a moment that should have been a wake-up call for every online entrepreneur. A platform that had been the center of the...
by Mark Mason | Jul 15, 2012 | Podcast, Video
In the summer of 2012, Digg was sold off in a fire sale. Patents went to one buyer. The brand went to another. A platform that had defined an entire era of internet culture was dismantled and sold for parts. It was one of those moments that makes you stop and think...
by Mark Mason | Jun 25, 2012 | Internet Marketing
There is a concept in physics called entropy. In simple terms, it means that systems left alone tend to fall apart. Ice melts. Gardens get overrun with weeds. Relationships wither without attention. And internet businesses? They decay, lose rankings, and stop making...
