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Figure Out What Works For You And Then Stick To It

Yaro Starak — Sat, 22 May 2010 03:57:23 +0000

Jonathan Beebe recently contacted me asking to submit a guest article. Normally I say no because it is tough to find good writers with good content, but Jonathan did a few things right that convinced me to give him a shot. His email was short, to the point and he came across as a nice guy. He explained how he… Read the rest of this entry »

Social Media Mistakes: Are You Forgetting Your Fundamentals?

Yaro Starak — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 04:54:01 +0000

It’s interesting as a marketer to watch how the Internet has changed over the last ten years, especially what has changed for solo entrepreneurs and small business owners.

When I started investigating how to make money online in the late nineties, most strategies were e-commerce focused, or built specifically to take advantage of the dot-com bubble.

You either set… Read the rest of this entry »

How John Jonas Outsources To Full Time Staff For As Little As $200 Month

Yaro Starak — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 04:04:59 +0000

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Download the MP3 [ 73 Minutes - 113 MB ]

John Jonas and I spent several months trying to connect to get this interview done, but it was worth the wait.

I was referred to him via Adam Short… Read the rest of this entry »

Living The 2-Hour Workday: How To Create Event Independent Income Streams

Yaro Starak — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 11:39:28 +0000

In the previous article on living the 2-hour workday I introduced the concept of travel buffers, cash created either through saving or selling assets that is designed to give you a buffer of capital you can comfortably spend if you need to while you travel.

Travel buffers are mostly for piece of mind so you can relax while you… Read the rest of this entry »

Living The 2-Hour Workday: What Is A Travel Buffer & How Can You Create One

Yaro Starak — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 01:15:56 +0000

Towards the end of my trip around the world in 2008 I started to lose interest in seeing the typical tourist spots, even if the destinations were exotic countries or ancient monuments from cultures long passed.

After visiting many amazing buildings and sites in cities like Edinburgh, London, Brussels, Paris, Rome and Athens, I was feeling a little tired.… Read the rest of this entry »

How Well Do You Know Your Customer?

Yaro Starak — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 04:29:53 +0000

I’m not 100% sure, but I believe the very first email list I subscribed to was David DeAngelo’s Double Your Dating free newsletter. At the time I didn’t realize David D. was a nom de plume (fake name) and that the real person behind the newsletter was Eben Pagan, who I would later come to know as a leading… Read the rest of this entry »

Podcast: How To Profit From Niche Websites By Adam Short – Part 1

Yaro Starak — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 05:35:56 +0000

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Download the MP3 [ 46 Minutes - 21 MB]

Download Part 2 here –

How To Profit From Niche Websites By Adam Short – Part 2

I’ve been asked many times whether I own other websites in various niches,… Read the rest of this entry »

How To Become Comfortable With Yourself

Yaro Starak — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 09:44:58 +0000

Reflections On My 30th Birthday

As I type this I just turned 30 years old and if you’re reading this and it’s still Sunday July 19 where you are, make sure you wish me a happy birthday .

I had a conversation leading up to my 30th birthday with a fellow 29 year old who was heading towards her 30th… Read the rest of this entry »

How To Make Money Teaching People How To Make Money

Yaro Starak — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 02:14:13 +0000

Teaching how to “make money online” is one of the most lucrative niches to be in as an Internet marketer, however most people who attempt to profit from this niche do not.

Some people consider making money by teaching how to make money essentially a scam. I mean if you know a system of how to make money, why… Read the rest of this entry »

What Topic Should You Blog About?

Yaro Starak — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 07:41:16 +0000

I spent some time yesterday manning the live chat interface we have running on the Become A Blogger Premium sales page.

The live chat is a little innovation Gideon and I came up with to help any person who is reviewing our sales page by making ourselves available to answer any questions live.

At any given point in… Read the rest of this entry »

Do You Want To Become A Professional Blogger?

Yaro Starak — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 06:22:03 +0000

Back in 2004 when I started blogging there really wasn’t anything such as a professional blogger. Those who were making money as a blogger weren’t talking about it… yet.

Over the next two years the idea of blogging for money, possibly even as a career, became a reality. Blog networks started up paying bloggers a salary, thanks to programs like… Read the rest of this entry »

Advanced Affiliate Marketing Strategies For Bloggers

Yaro Starak — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 01:32:47 +0000

Affiliate marketing is, and will likely always remain, my favorite method for making money online. At the risk of repeating myself, here’s why every blogger should get into the affiliate marketing game -

You make a margin per product sale that is often as good or better than the person or company that produces the product
You

… Read the rest of this entry »

What Motivates A Purchase?

Yaro Starak — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 09:56:24 +0000

Over the last week I attended three very different live events, although they all focused on the same thing – making money.

The first one was Roger Hamilton’s introduction night, a free event he puts on as a feeder to his 3-day workshop and breakfast pitch.

I’ve heard of Roger before, but I had some misconceptions. I thought… Read the rest of this entry »

You Don’t Know What You Don’t Know

Yaro Starak — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 03:05:25 +0000

Press play and watch the video for some important lessons I learned about how I was the reason my business took so long to get off the ground and how I could leverage who I am to increase my online earnings.

Once you’ve watched the video, read below for more information about the two programs coming out and… Read the rest of this entry »

The Triangle Of Trust Technique

Yaro Starak — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 10:31:21 +0000

I just watched Frank Kern’s latest free video called “Sneak Attack“, which for the first half is a bit of Frank’s usual silly antics where he attempts to sneak attack John Reese at his new south coast headquarters.

If you don’t have much time and want to zip through to the practical stuff, go through about half way… Read the rest of this entry »

The Core Reason Why Your Business Lacks Momentum

Yaro Starak — Sun, 31 May 2009 12:48:46 +0000

A couple of years ago I was exposed to Rich Schefren during the very first Internet marketing launch he did. I had never heard of the guy before, but suddenly a lot of people I had heard of and respected were recommending him, so I paid some attention.

Rich went mainstream in the Internet marketing world thanks to… Read the rest of this entry »

Is Branding Important To Small Business?

Yaro Starak — Thu, 28 May 2009 12:05:45 +0000

I’ve been working my way through Eben Pagan‘s DVD recordings of his “Get Altitude” program, which was a $10,000 per head live in-person seminar presented as advanced entrepreneur training. It’s focused on people who already have businesses who want to grow their operation towards seven and then eight figure turnover.

One of the concepts I’ve heard Eben teach over… Read the rest of this entry »

You Are As Good As The People Around You

Yaro Starak — Mon, 25 May 2009 01:15:21 +0000

During the opening campaign for Membership Site Mastermind I actively observed the conversation occurring at other blogs about what I was doing.

One of the less-talked about benefits of conducting a major launch is the education you receive about your market. As Jeff Walker points out in his Product Launch Formula (PLF) program, each launch is an entirely… Read the rest of this entry »

How To Use Negative Feedback As A Benefit To You And Your Business

Yaro Starak — Tue, 19 May 2009 03:35:34 +0000

The day you start a business you enter the public sphere of perception. This means that what you do and what you say will be judged by everyone who is listening or purchasing your offerings.

The day you start a blog something similar happens, where every word you publish becomes available to the entire world for all to see and… Read the rest of this entry »

Video Interview With Fran Kerr: 3 Tips For Driving Traffic To Your Blog With YouTube Videos

Yaro Starak — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 22:35:45 +0000

I had breakfast last weekend with my good friend, Fran Kerr who blogs at HighOnHealth.org. Fran has enjoyed some pretty amazing results, growing her audience to over 6000 daily subscribers, and much of that growth has come thanks to YouTube video marketing.

In this video Fran offers three quick tips for improving your results marketing with YouTube. Keep an… Read the rest of this entry »

Dominate Your Market: How Self Contained Communities Create Permanent Barriers To Entry

Yaro Starak — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 02:50:35 +0000

Some of my early readers may recall that I was a Magic: The Gathering card player as a teenager. No, that’s not dungeons and dragons or role playing or anything like that. It’s closer to poker combined with chess with a little bit of lord of the rings story telling thrown in. It’s a “mind sport” as far as… Read the rest of this entry »

Podcast: How Did Jeremy “Shoemoney” Schoemaker Get To Where He Is Today?

Yaro Starak — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 16:15:48 +0000

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Download the MP3 [ 77 Minutes - 106 MB]

Jeremy Schoemaker, otherwise known as “Shoemoney” thanks to his famous blog, Shoemoney.com, is a serial Internet entrepreneur.

I looked forward to doing this interview for a couple of reasons.… Read the rest of this entry »

How To Run An Affiliate Competition During Your Next Product Launch

Yaro Starak — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 09:17:52 +0000

Do you know what Apple TV is? I didn’t either, so I decided to buy one. I explain how it works in this video, then I show you the Sony Bravia 40″ LCD television I won in an affiliate competition, which leads us to the real topic of today’s video – how and why you would want to run an… Read the rest of this entry »

Product Launch Formula 2.2 Easter Monday Video

Yaro Starak — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 04:46:05 +0000

I’ve been inspired by the pure madness that is Gary Vaynerchuck to get in front of the camera and do more video. I hate making promises I can’t keep, so I’m not saying I’m going to stick to a strict schedule, but you will definitely be SEEING more of me, so be prepared…this could get scary.

… Read the rest of this entry »

Product Launch Formula 2.0 New Student Intake This Wednesday

Yaro Starak — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 23:50:01 +0000

Jeff Walker has offered his Product Launch Formula 2.0 course two times now. He opens it up for a week, takes on a bunch of students, closes the doors and the course begins.

He’s about to open the doors again for the 2009 intake, and you really don’t want to miss out if you’ve never done this course… Read the rest of this entry »

Timing Is Everything In Affiliate Marketing – Read This Now

Yaro Starak — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 06:49:18 +0000

I ran two affiliate promotions recently for very similar products at very similar pricing points. The promotion techniques were also very similar, and although there are many variables involved, there’s a powerful conclusion you can make as a result of this test.

One promotion, as I type this, is nearing $5,000 in commissions.

The other is nearing $500.

So… Read the rest of this entry »

The Truth About Membership Sites

Yaro Starak — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 22:15:50 +0000

I’ve read a lot of articles about membership sites at other blogs and websites. Many people who write in the online marketing space jump on the bandwagon and talk about the benefits of owning some kind of subscription based income stream. They point out the obvious, such as recursive income, the stability and significant money that can be made with… Read the rest of this entry »

Thesis Review – A Premium Blog Theme For WordPress

Yaro Starak — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 23:19:33 +0000

A couple of weeks ago I introduced and reviewed the Affiliate Theme, which I called the perfect WordPress blog theme for marketing.

In the comments to that review, some people mentioned they were using the Thesis Theme, which is also a very powerful theme for WordPress created by Chris Pearson and Brian Clark, two very respected… Read the rest of this entry »

How To Make Money Online Part 2 – What Product Should You Sell?

Yaro Starak — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 22:33:34 +0000

After I finished writing my previous article that featured a very basic diagram of the three steps you go through to create an online conversion process (the Squeeze Page, Email Follow-up and the Sales Page), I was struggling with what to title the article. In the end I went with the decidedly simple, “How To Make Money Online“, and… Read the rest of this entry »

How To Make Money Online

Yaro Starak — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 04:35:51 +0000

I was at the World Internet Summit (WIS) a couple of Sundays ago when it was held on the Gold Coast, an hours drive away from Brisbane (my home), on the coast of Australia.

Brett McFall, co-host of the WIS, was up on stage doing the last formal presentation of the event. During his presentation he had a diagram… Read the rest of this entry »