by Mark Mason | Jan 31, 2010 | Gadgets, Video
Back in January 2010, I was at the Niche Affiliate Marketing System (NAMS) seminar in Atlanta, and the event had the kind of energy that only happens when a room full of internet entrepreneurs get together in person. One memorable moment: Lynn Terry finally opened the...
by Mark Mason | Jan 30, 2010 | Internet Marketing
At an internet marketing workshop in 2010, I watched a speaker named Kevin Riley do something simple that stuck with me for years. He asked the room a question that cut through all the excitement of a weekend conference: what are you actually going to do next week?...
by Mark Mason | Jan 30, 2010 | Internet Marketing
Back in 2010, I watched a panel of experienced internet marketers debate whether social media was real or just a fad. The question seems almost quaint now. Social media is not just real, it has become one of the primary ways people discover content, build audiences,...
by Mark Mason | Jan 30, 2010 | Internet Marketing
In January 2010, I attended the Niche Affiliate Marketing System (NAMS) seminar in Atlanta, Georgia. It was one of the first internet marketing events I attended, and looking back over 16 years later, it was one of the most important investments I made in my business....
by Mark Mason | Jan 19, 2010 | Blogging
Back in 2010, I wrote a review of Windows Live Writer, a desktop blogging tool from Microsoft. At the time, the WordPress admin editor was clunky enough that writing posts in a separate application and publishing them remotely seemed like a genuine improvement. That...
by Mark Mason | Jan 18, 2010 | Internet Marketing
One of the most common questions I get from part-time entrepreneurs is whether they should form an LLC for their online business. I went through this decision myself in the early days of my internet marketing career, and what I found surprised me. The most popular...
by Mark Mason | Jan 15, 2010 | Blogging
Back in 2010, I published a post about PageRank and meta tags, largely to make the point that both were already becoming irrelevant for SEO. More than 15 years later, that point has been proven many times over. Google officially retired the public PageRank toolbar in...
by Mark Mason | Jan 12, 2010 | Blogging
Private Label Rights (PLR) content has been a staple of the internet marketing world for over a decade. Back in 2010, I recommended a specific PLR provider and offered bonuses to people who purchased through my affiliate link. That provider and those specific products...
by Mark Mason | Jan 8, 2010 | Internet Marketing
Every January, the internet fills with New Year's resolutions and fresh commitments to finally build that online business. And every March, most of those resolutions are forgotten. The difference between people who build successful businesses and people who do not...
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...
