by Mark Mason | Dec 31, 2008 | Miscellaneous
Back in late 2008, I wrote an excited post about a mobile app called ShopSavvy that could scan barcodes with your phone camera and find the best prices online and at nearby stores. At the time, this felt like science fiction. The iPhone was barely a year old, and the...
by Mark Mason | Nov 29, 2008 | Miscellaneous
In 2008, I shared a story about a marketer who claimed to have made over eight thousand dollars in three days starting from scratch in niche marketing. At the time, these kinds of income claims were common in the internet marketing world. A decade and a half later, I...
by Mark Mason | Sep 1, 2008 | Miscellaneous
Labor Day in the United States has been celebrated since 1882, when the Central Labor Union in New York City created a day off for working citizens. It has always made me reflect on what work means and why we do it. When I originally wrote this post in 2008, I made a...
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 | Jun 30, 2008 | Miscellaneous
On June 30, 2008, I launched my first digital product: a set of WordPress themes designed for niche AdSense sites. The launch was messy. I was still waiting on ClickBank approval, so I had to jury-rig an alternative payment solution to hit my deadline. But I shipped...
by Mark Mason | May 8, 2008 | Miscellaneous
When I sat down to write my first ebook in 2008, I had been doing internet marketing for about six months. I was still working my day job as an engineer, and I distinctly remembered the overwhelming confusion of being brand new to online business. Terms like squeeze...
