by Mark Mason | Nov 27, 2008 | Announcements
Back in 2008, I wrote a very short Thanksgiving post. Two sentences, basically. I was thankful for my family and grateful to live in a country where I could have a blog. Simple as that. Looking back on that post seventeen years later, I realize that those two things...
by Mark Mason | Nov 26, 2008 | Internet Marketing
This is part of my Internet Business Fortune Cookie series, where I extract business wisdom from actual fortune cookies. This week the fortune spoke directly to one of the most powerful strategies in online business. “Take a trip with a friend.” Of course,...
by Mark Mason | Nov 24, 2008 | Internet Marketing
Back in 2008, I wrote about a service called 1WayLinks that promised to deliver hundreds of backlinks per month for a fee. At the time, I compared paid link building to article marketing and argued they were essentially the same thing. That article reflected the SEO...
by Mark Mason | Nov 24, 2008 | Internet Marketing, Video
In 2008, I did a video series walking through the Firepow interface and features. Firepow was a web-based tool that combined social bookmarking, blog management, and content distribution into a single platform. At the time, I was genuinely impressed with what it could...
by Mark Mason | Nov 21, 2008 | free stuff
Not everyone wants to write from scratch. I get it. Staring at a blank page at midnight after a full day at your regular job is not exactly inspiring. That is where PLR content comes in, and it is a strategy that has been around almost as long as the internet itself....
by Mark Mason | Nov 20, 2008 | Internet Marketing, Video
In late 2008, I promised my readers a look inside Firepow and delivered a video overview of the platform's home page and major features. Firepow was a web-based social bookmarking tool that let internet marketers submit content to dozens of bookmarking sites, manage...
by Mark Mason | Nov 19, 2008 | Internet Marketing
This is part of my Internet Business Fortune Cookie series, where I find business lessons in actual fortune cookies. This week I went to one of my favorite Chinese restaurants in a primarily Asian section of greater Dallas. I have been eating there for more than ten...
by Mark Mason | Nov 18, 2008 | Internet Marketing, Products
If you have been building an email list for any length of time, you know the tension: you want more subscribers, but you do not want to annoy your existing readers. Popup opt-in forms work, but they can feel aggressive. The solution is smarter targeting. The Opt-In...
by Mark Mason | Nov 14, 2008 | free stuff
Popup opt-in forms have been controversial since the earliest days of internet marketing. People claim to hate them. Bloggers feel guilty using them. And yet, decade after decade, they keep working. The reason is simple: a well-timed, well-designed popup converts...
by Mark Mason | Nov 12, 2008 | Internet Marketing
Everything you need to know about building an internet business can be learned from fortune cookies. This week the cookie is reminding us of something that every successful entrepreneur eventually figures out: the biggest results come from the smallest beginnings. The...
