by Mark Mason | Sep 6, 2008 | Announcements
Back in 2008, I wrote a quick post about a free hosted WordPress blog offer. The original post was basically a heads-up that someone was offering to set up a blog for you at no cost. That offer is long gone, but the underlying question is still one I hear all the...
by Mark Mason | Aug 27, 2008 | Announcements
Back in 2008, I wrote a post about a desktop software tool called Article Post Robot that automated the process of submitting articles to hundreds of article directories. At the time, article directory submission was a legitimate traffic and SEO strategy. You would...
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 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 | 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...
by Mark Mason | Jul 28, 2008 | Announcements
Back in 2008, one of the hottest traffic strategies was StumbleUpon. A British blogger named Caroline created an entire multimedia course teaching people how to use the platform to drive massive traffic to their websites. The free portion alone was packed with more...
