by Mark Mason | Sep 12, 2009 | Announcements
Updated 2026: In September 2009, the Late Night Internet Marketing podcast landed on the New and Notable list in the Business section of iTunes. At the time, I wrote a quick thank-you note to my listeners. Looking back, that moment was a small but meaningful milestone...
by Mark Mason | Jul 28, 2009 | Announcements
Updated 2026: In 2009, I was genuinely excited to discover that American Airlines had rolled out in-flight WiFi through GoGo (originally GoGoInFlight.com). I wrote a quick blog post from the plane, marveling at the ability to work at 30,000 feet for the low price of...
by Mark Mason | Jun 10, 2009 | Announcements
Updated 2026: This post originally shared a discount coupon for Firepow 2.0, a WordPress plugin that helped marketers create landing pages and sales pages. Firepow has been defunct for many years, and the coupon code is obviously long expired. But the need for landing...
by Mark Mason | Apr 1, 2009 | Announcements
Editor's note (2026): Article marketing — the practice of submitting keyword-stuffed articles to online directories for backlinks — is completely dead as an SEO strategy. Google's algorithm updates eliminated article directories as a viable ranking tactic...
by Mark Mason | Mar 31, 2009 | Announcements
Every year, Google rolls out April Fools pranks that range from genius to groan-worthy. Back in 2009, I wrote about one of the more memorable ones: Google Romance. The tagline was perfect: “Romance is just another search problem.” You could upload your...
by Mark Mason | Mar 23, 2009 | Announcements
In 2009, I tried to organize a free copywriting seminar for my readers. I had been writing about sales letters on the blog and figured a live webinar from a professional copywriter would be valuable. I even joked about trying to get Gary Halbert, the legendary direct...
