by Mark Mason | Jan 10, 2012 | Articles On Motivation
It was January 10, 2012, and I was already behind on my New Year's goals. Almost 3 percent of the year was gone. I had set ambitious targets for my internet business, and instead of executing, I had just bought a WSO (Warrior Special Offer) from Willie Crawford that...
by Mark Mason | Jan 5, 2012 | Announcements
Back in 2012, I was excited about LiveFyre. It was a third-party commenting system that promised to revolutionize how blog readers interacted with content. I installed it, loved it, and wrote a glowing review. Fast forward to today, and LiveFyre no longer exists. It...
by Mark Mason | Jan 2, 2012 | Articles On Motivation
At the start of 2012, I did something I had never done before: I published my internet marketing goals publicly. The idea came from watching Pat Flynn share his goals at Smart Passive Income, and from Pat literally calling me out on Twitter to do the same. So I did....
by Mark Mason | Dec 20, 2011 | Articles On Motivation
Here is something I have learned after more than 15 years of building internet businesses late at night: the right music can make or break a work session. When you are working on your side business after the kids are in bed and the day job is done, energy is at a...
by Mark Mason | Dec 14, 2011 | Internet Marketing
We have all seen the sales pages. Internet marketers lounging on beaches, riding in limousines, dining at five-star restaurants. The message is always the same: making money online is easy. But if your experience is anything like mine, you know the reality is...
by Mark Mason | Dec 1, 2011 | Internet Marketing
One of the first challenges you face when starting an online business is figuring out how to choose a domain name. It seems simple, but it is a decision that sticks with you. Once you pick a domain and start building links, content, and brand recognition around it,...
by Mark Mason | Nov 11, 2011 | Experiments, Internet Marketing, Part-Time Internet Business
Editor's note (2026): Nuke4Me and the SENuke tool it was based on are no longer available. The backlink-building tactics described in this post — mass-creating spun articles across Web 2.0 properties and article directories — are now explicitly against...
by Mark Mason | Oct 25, 2011 | Articles On Motivation
There are plenty of practical reasons to create a blog. You can use one for affiliate marketing, to promote a product, or to carve out a space on the internet to write about something you care about. The uses are limited only by your imagination. But here is a reason...
by Mark Mason | Oct 19, 2011 | How To
People still ask me all the time: “How do I start a blog?” It is one of the most common questions I get from aspiring online entrepreneurs, and the good news is that starting a blog in 2026 is easier and more affordable than ever. The bad news is that...
by Mark Mason | Sep 28, 2011 | How To, Video
One of the most common questions I get from WordPress beginners is how to change the home page from the default blog feed to a static page. If you are building a business website or an affiliate site, you often want visitors to land on a custom page with specific...