by Mark Mason | Apr 29, 2009 | Internet Marketing
Updated 2026: This post originally reviewed Jimmy D. Brown's Affiliatenaire course, a membership-based affiliate marketing training program that launched in 2009. The course is no longer available, and the specific tactics it taught have been overtaken by changes in...
by Mark Mason | Apr 27, 2009 | Internet Marketing
Updated 2026: This post originally promoted a free video I created about building AdSense mini-sites based on Josh Spaulding's $5 Formula eBook. The video, the eBook, and the mini-site strategy itself are all artifacts of a different era. But the underlying concept of...
by Mark Mason | Apr 17, 2009 | Internet Marketing
Updated 2026: In 2009, I wrote about hiring my first full-time virtual assistant and how outsourcing transformed my productivity almost overnight. The specific membership program I used to learn outsourcing is long gone, but the principles of effective outsourcing are...
by Mark Mason | Apr 8, 2009 | Internet Marketing
Back in 2009, I was obsessed with the idea of building websites on autopilot. I ran a case study using Jon Leger's suite of tools — WebComp Analyst for keyword research, Instant Article Wizard for content creation, 1WayLinks and 3WayLinks for backlink building...
by Mark Mason | Mar 31, 2009 | Internet Marketing
Back in 2009, I noticed a persistent myth circulating in the internet marketing world: find niches with a low number of competing pages in Google, and you will rank easily. People were using the total number of search results as their primary measure of SEO...
by Mark Mason | Mar 31, 2009 | Internet Marketing
In 2009, I recommended a product called One Week Marketing by Jennifer, known online as Pot Pie Girl. It was a beginner-friendly affiliate marketing course built around Squidoo and what was then called “bum marketing,” the practice of promoting affiliate...