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How Much Should You Charge For Advertising On Your Blog?

Yaro Starak — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:53:24 +0000

So you have decided to sell ads directly to sponsors on your website or blog.

Great idea.

I’ve made money using this method since the early 2000s. It started off as a trickle – my first ad sale was direct to a small business for $50 a month for one banner on my card game website. From that point forward… Read the rest of this entry »

Which Business Model Is Best: Selling Services, Software, Information Or Physical Products?

Yaro Starak — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 23:00:06 +0000

I’m getting old.

Well, at least in internet years.

It’s getting close to 15 years now that I have been online and had a website of my own. During this time I’ve played with all kinds of different business models. Perhaps just calling them money making techniques rather than fully fledged businesses is more accurate in the majority of… Read the rest of this entry »

How To Finally Make A Profitable Website In 2012 – Webinar Recording Now Available

Yaro Starak — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 22:00:51 +0000

New Update! As requested, the recording of the webinar is now available.

You can stream it from this page –

How to Finally Make A Profitable Website In 2012 – Webinar Live Recording

On that page you will also find the link for the special $1 trial for two weeks + huge bonus pack offer that expires January 31st… Read the rest of this entry »

How To Fire Yourself: Chris Ducker Reveals How He Removed Himself From His 300 Employee Company

Yaro Starak — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 23:00:22 +0000

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After ending his marriage, Chris Ducker packed his bags and moved to the Philippines for a fresh start. A few short years later he was married again with a new… Read the rest of this entry »

My Most Challenging Year Part 2: A New Business Is Born

Yaro Starak — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 23:00:09 +0000

If you haven’t read part one, you can do so here – My Most Challenging Year Part 1: When Family Tragedy Strikes

At the start of 2011 I set up this blog to run as automatically as possible.

A stay at home mum friend, Steph, from my city Brisbane came on board as editor and head of… Read the rest of this entry »

My Most Challenging Year Part 1: When Family Tragedy Strikes

Yaro Starak — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 13:14:38 +0000

As is tradition here on EJ, this is my end of year post, or two posts in this case, recapping the year that was and my plans for the year coming up.

Yesterday I read over the article I wrote at the end of 2010 – My Big Plans For 2011. Things didn’t go exactly according to plan –… Read the rest of this entry »

How Jenna Bagwell Makes $100,000 Selling Virtual Goods In Second Life

Yaro Starak — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 23:00:37 +0000

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Apologies for the slight clicking noise you hear in this recording when Jenna speaks. This is a very unique story, so I hope you can get past the clicks and… Read the rest of this entry »

Popup Domination Review

Yaro Starak — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 23:00:49 +0000

There are only a handful of plugins for this blog that make a direct bottom line increase to income.

Popup Domination is one them, and they just released a brand new version, Popup Domination 3.0.

This plugin is all about increasing the number of people who opt-in to your email list. The more people on your list, the more… Read the rest of this entry »

The Ultimate Step-By-Step Guide To Set Up A Profitable Website

Yaro Starak — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 11:00:50 +0000

If you haven’t seen it yet, take a look at the new EJ step-by-step guide to set up a profitable website.

You will find it under the “How You Can Start” tab in the navigation bar above, or click this link –

How You Can Start: A Step-By-Step Guide To Set Up A Profitable Website

You… Read the rest of this entry »

The 5 Golden Rules Of Expectation Management And Why You Can’t Ignore Them

Yaro Starak — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 23:00:36 +0000

You may recall a few weeks just before Steve Jobs passed on, Apple stock dropped a good few percentage points.

It wasn’t because of Steve’s death that brought the valuation down (it was factored into the stock market years ago when he first began to get sick), it was because the market expected something and then didn’t get… Read the rest of this entry »

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com New Design

Yaro Starak — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 04:08:45 +0000

As you will notice if you are reading this at the www.Entrepreneurs-Journey.com website using a web browser, we’ve just activated our new design.

There are so many new cool features in this layout that I want to tell you about, but for now we are focusing on fixing the bugs and polishing up all the new pages.

Now that… Read the rest of this entry »

Blog Mastermind Closing Forever This Friday (Plus A Story About Video Games, Magic And Skating)

Yaro Starak — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 12:18:23 +0000

When I was about 5 years old I discovered my first love – video games.

It all began with a nintendo entertainment system. There was nothing more important in my life at the time than Super Mario Brothers.

My passion grew as I grew, going from nintendo to the sega master system, to the mega drive, the super… Read the rest of this entry »

Blog Mastermind Is Closing Forever

Yaro Starak — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 10:59:15 +0000

At the end of this month, September 2011, my course Blog Mastermind will close forever.

Only current members and those who join before the end of the month will have ongoing access to the program. No one new will be able to buy their way in again, no exceptions.

As a special discount for the closing down period,… Read the rest of this entry »

Email Marketing Case Study: How I Generated $40,000 In Sales Without Annoying My Subscribers

Yaro Starak — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 13:50:28 +0000

As you may know, I currently spend every day in hospital with my mother while she recovers from a stroke. We are in month four now.

The good news is that she is improving each day, but we have a long way to go. You can find ongoing updates at her blog including more detailed reports. Thank you… Read the rest of this entry »

How To Write Award Winning Blog Headlines

Yaro Starak — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 12:10:48 +0000

I remember when I was putting together the Blog Mastermind course four years ago, writing lessons on how to produce powerful blog content. I felt very confident teaching this area except for one topic – how to come up with effective blog headlines – which I felt deserved an entire course in and of itself.

The headline is the… Read the rest of this entry »

7 Blogging Tips You Can Apply Today

Yaro Starak — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 09:27:29 +0000

About a month ago I wrote an email to all the columnists on Entrepreneurs-Journey.com with some advice on how they could achieve more rewards from their writing on this blog and also some tips to improve performance of their articles.

As I was writing the email I realized much of the advice is good old fundamentals for successful blogging. I… Read the rest of this entry »

The Day My Life Changed

Yaro Starak — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 01:14:10 +0000

Almost a month ago I woke up to a phone call at 7am. It was my mother’s partner’s son calling me to tell me that my mum had a stroke and was in hospital.

She had been watching TV, heard a buzzing noise, had a seizure and started speaking gibberish. Her partner called an ambulance and although she recovered somewhat… Read the rest of this entry »

How To Conduct A Quality Podcast Interview In 7 Steps

Yaro Starak — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 03:52:41 +0000

Six months after starting this blog back in 2005 I purchased what at the time was a cutting edge MP3 player, called an iRiver. It was a 20GB HDD MP3 player, a principal competitor to the dominant iPod.

I didn’t get an iPod because I wasn’t a mac user yet. I wasn’t a fan of itunes (I’m still not a… Read the rest of this entry »

Why I Am Cutting Costs And Changing Business Models

Yaro Starak — Fri, 27 May 2011 13:57:22 +0000

The last few months have been interesting. I’m currently going through a transition phase. While I experience this process I think about my business goals, what kind of money I want to make, how I want to make it and what roles I specifically want to do. This takes time.

It’s an exciting process, one that very much appeals… Read the rest of this entry »

How To Segment Your Subscribers When You Run A Blog Business

Yaro Starak — Fri, 20 May 2011 10:23:06 +0000

I was reading Dee’s recent article in his customer segmentation series where he talked about how to segment your blog readers.

One of his main premises was the difference between a person who leaves a comment, or many comments and those who don’t. I agree with Dee that these are possible options for segmenting your blog readership, but… Read the rest of this entry »

How Scott Valdez Bootstrapped His Way To A 6-Figure Income Helping People Outsource Their Love Life

Yaro Starak — Fri, 13 May 2011 10:45:16 +0000

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This was a really fun interview for me.

Why? Because Scott Valdez, my guest entrepreneur on today’s podcast, started a business called Virtual Dating Assistants. Scott’s business is… Read the rest of this entry »

How To Create Online Video Super Fast

Yaro Starak — Fri, 06 May 2011 03:13:54 +0000

If you haven’t yet downloaded your copy of Gideon’s brand new report and training video series on how to create online video blog posts super fast, make sure you opt-in here to get the free goodies!

The Rapid Video Blogging Report by Gideon Shalwick

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Three years ago I started a project with Gideon Shalwick to produce some training… Read the rest of this entry »

How Helping Newbies Led To Big Profits And A Closing Down Sale (Discount Price Ends Friday)

Yaro Starak — Wed, 04 May 2011 13:13:34 +0000

One the factors I like to hammer home to people when they create any kind of information, whether it’s blog or website content, membership content, or any kind of paid info product, is not to underestimate how much of your audience truly are beginners.

Everyone starts as a beginner. If you are teaching something that requires any kind of practice… Read the rest of this entry »

Matt Belcher Asks Yaro Why He Is An Entrepreneur (And Other Interesting Questions)

Yaro Starak — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 13:53:27 +0000

Recently I had the pleasure of being interviewed by Matt Belcher. Most of the interviews I do focus on making money with blogs, however Matt’s area of interest is personal development and as a result he wanted to have a conversation more on mindset.

In the video interview you will discover…

what was the core motivation for

… Read the rest of this entry »

How Blogger Darren Rowse Leverages His Content For Targeted Traffic

Yaro Starak — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 07:02:24 +0000

I recorded this video for you from the Botanic Gardens in the Brisbane CBD for a change of scenery.

The video starts with a brief chat about how I can easily pack up my video recording equipment and head to the park to record a video like this, all thanks to Gideon’s Rapid Video Blogging set-up, which you… Read the rest of this entry »

How To Use Simplicity As A Means To Destroy Fear And Doubt

Yaro Starak — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 07:26:27 +0000

In business, as with all of the most important parts of life, sometimes it’s difficult to know what to do when faced with a challenging situation. Your usual guides and helpers – your mind, gut, intuition, faith, environment, peers, mentors, family, study resources, etc, don’t always point out a clear direction.

Sometimes what you come to rely upon may contradict… Read the rest of this entry »

My Top 10 Methods To Make Money Online

Yaro Starak — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 09:29:59 +0000

The following article details my personal top 10 methods to make money from the Internet.

What makes this list unique is it’s based entirely on the methods I have personally used, so I can reveal to you what I did and what my results were. Bear in mind these methods represent ten years of working online, so I do… Read the rest of this entry »

Tony Hawk: How A Personal Brand Can Build A Business Empire

Yaro Starak — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 13:37:35 +0000

While browsing the bookshop at the airport I picked up a copy of Tony Hawk’s book – How Did I Get Here: The Ascent of an Unlikely CEO

It’s a short and simple book where Tony takes you behind the scenes of his business empire.

What really grabbed me about Tony’s story was how he was able to… Read the rest of this entry »

From Video Games To Netbooks: How Chris Guthrie Made $150,000 Online After Losing His Job

Yaro Starak — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 22:00:08 +0000

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Chris Guthrie is like your every day guy. He’s into video games, he likes computers, he studied marketing at Western Washington University, worked a full time job first as a… Read the rest of this entry »

The Success Ladder: How To Leverage Each Small Success As A Stepping Stone To Greater Success

Yaro Starak — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 05:06:57 +0000

The Day I Made A $700 Affiliate Commission

One of my favorite stories to tell during interviews is my first attempt to make money selling an affiliate product.

My campaign started off as a failure as my blog post promoting the product netted zero results. I briefly doubted my decision to blog and considered giving it up for all… Read the rest of this entry »