by Mark Mason | Aug 25, 2008 | Internet Marketing
Writing sales copy is probably the most challenging skill in internet marketing. I have been studying it since 2008, and I am still learning. But understanding the basic anatomy of a sales letter gives you a framework that makes the process far less intimidating. Here...
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...
