Mark from Alchemist Camp by Mark

questinglog.com Dec 31, 2020

Alchemist Camp 2020 Year in Review

2020 was my second full year running Alchemist Camp as a screencasting business, and it enjoyed some growth. Looking…

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questinglog.com Nov 25, 2020

The power of a small product

Realizing I'm not on track to hit my goals, I've been doing more experiments recently, and one has gotten some momentum.…

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questinglog.com Aug 30, 2020

Why I don't give .edu discounts

I create an educational product and students occasionally ask for discounts. So-called "educational" discounts are…

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questinglog.com Aug 14, 2020

My best SEO tactic so far

Over the years, I've worked on building search traffic for two kinds of sites. The first, was working for companies that…

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questinglog.com Aug 4, 2020

Costs are part of scalability.

On Indie Hackers, I often people writing about their concerns of their site being able to handle the sudden burst of…

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questinglog.com Aug 3, 2020

Web apps aren't (necessarily) tech. They're "tech".

I do hear sometimes from programmers who are kind of sad that they don't have the opportunity to write game engines from…

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questinglog.com Jul 31, 2020

"Everything" is done.

It's not unusual to see people on entreprenurial subreddits or message boards make a claim along the lines of, "Your…

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questinglog.com Feb 29, 2020

Why managing subscribers with tags is a bad idea

The email list is the lifeblood of marketing efforts for many, many online businesses. For mine, it is no different.…

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