by Mark Mason | Aug 22, 2008 | free
Back in 2008, I ran a recurring series called Friday Freebies where I shared free ebooks and resources with my email subscribers. One of those freebies was an ebook about making money with ClickBank that included a solid overview of free traffic strategies: press...
by Mark Mason | Aug 20, 2008 | Humor, Internet Marketing
I have traveled to dozens of countries over the years, and no matter where I go, I find McDonald's. I still remember seeing my first foreign McDonald's while walking down a street in Tokyo. I had a bowl of McNoodles that day. But here is what struck me during a trip...
by Mark Mason | Aug 17, 2008 | Internet Marketing
I wrote the original version of this post from the United Airlines lounge at Narita Airport near Tokyo. I was 20 hours into a 28-hour travel day, waiting for a connection to another Asian country. It was 2AM Dallas time and the middle of the afternoon in Japan....
by Mark Mason | Aug 15, 2008 | Announcements
One of the most common questions I get from people starting their online business is about the difference between WordPress.com and WordPress.org. A reader called me about this back in 2008, and I still hear variations of the same question in 2026. The confusion is...
by Mark Mason | Aug 11, 2008 | Miscellaneous
The original version of this post was a quick mention of a giveaway for a membership site called LifeFoc.us. That site is long gone, but the concept behind it, getting more out of life by tracking and focusing on your goals, is something every part-time entrepreneur...
by Mark Mason | Aug 8, 2008 | Internet Marketing
Back in 2008, I built a tool that ranked article directories based on their Google PageRank and Alexa scores. At the time, submitting articles to directories like EzineArticles, GoArticles, and hundreds of smaller sites was a core internet marketing strategy. You...
by Mark Mason | Aug 4, 2008 | Announcements
In 2008, I paid my own money for a membership to the Internet Business Mastery Academy. At the time, there was no affiliate program, so I had nothing to gain from writing a review except sharing something I genuinely found valuable. That honesty is worth preserving,...
by Mark Mason | Aug 1, 2008 | free
Back in 2008, resale rights products were a popular way to make money online. The concept was straightforward: you buy the rights to sell someone else's digital product (usually an ebook), keep all the revenue, and avoid the work of creating a product yourself. I even...
by Mark Mason | Jul 30, 2008 | Products
In 2008, I launched my first digital product: Niche Adsense Themes for WordPress. It was a collection of WordPress themes designed to maximize Google AdSense earnings on niche sites. The product itself was solid. The sales page was not. This post is part two of my...
by Mark Mason | Jul 29, 2008 | Announcements
Back in 2008, a friend of mine ran a contest on his blog that gave away fourteen prizes, including a Garmin GPS unit and an iPod. The contest was dead simple to enter and generated a massive spike in traffic. It was one of the first times I saw contest marketing in...
