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When I first started Entrepreneurs-Journey I wrote something that I believe was one of the most powerful rapport building pieces of content I have ever created.
I called it my “Business Timeline” and it was exactly what it sounds like, a chronicle of my life as an entrepreneur.
Since this blog began when I had already enjoyed a … Read the rest of this entry »
During the dot com boom around the year 2000, and the years that followed it (this was before I started blogging in 2004), I was a guy in his early twenties looking for a business idea to make my riches with online.
At that stage I had only built a few handful of websites, hobby sites that shared content about … Read the rest of this entry »
As you can probably tell I have upped the amount of videos I release on my YouTube channel.
I am personally recording quick behind the scenes updates that I call “Yaro.TV Dailys“, as well as releasing the occasional more substantial videos like my Stand Up Desk video.
I’ve also been working with my new Filipino project … Read the rest of this entry »
I recently had the opportunity to play with a couple of great cameras to record some videos. After some trial and error with lighting, I finally came up with a setup that combined the Canon 6D with an Ikea lamp and a Rode lavalier lapel mic and went to work recording videos.
The big video I needed to create was … Read the rest of this entry »
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Joey Kissimmee worked at Walmart for ten years. During that time, to make extra cash he went online and managed to bring in a few hundred to a few thousand dollars a month whenever he needed it.
He started with eBay, ordering a CD-Rom from a poster he … Read the rest of this entry »
Over the last two weeks I’ve been doing some video recording work at home.
My goal was to create a new optin video for the new EJ design I have coming out soon. I also needed to create the video for the sales page of my upcoming product, the EJ Insider, a monthly interviews club.
I’ve been recording videos … Read the rest of this entry »
I don’t know how to start this article other than write the sad news that my mother passed away a month ago.
You may remember back in June 2011 she had a fairly significant stroke, which I wrote about in The Day My Life Changed and again in My Most Challenging Year Part 1: When Family Tragedy Strikes.
Since … Read the rest of this entry »
I’ve made the decision to spend most of the month of May in Sydney.
I’m going there to visit friends, explore some of the cool suburbs, sit at cafes and do my work, and hopefully attend a few events if there are any in May (if you know about startup or blogging or internet/social media events in Sydney in May … Read the rest of this entry »
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If you have ever thought about sourcing a product from overseas and then selling it locally and online, or you have an idea for a physical product you want to have created in a country like China, were costs are lower, this is the interview to listen … Read the rest of this entry »
In case you haven’t heard, I’m a co-founder of a start-up called CrankyAds.
CrankyAds is an ad management tool that allows website owners to rotate banner ads, YouTube video ads and text link ads on your blog or website. You create ad zones on your site, determine how much to charge, and then sponsors can purchase ads directly on … Read the rest of this entry »
Last night I attended the Silicon Beach Brisbane event.
This is the fourth such event I have attended. They are definitely a highlight on the Brisbane tech scene, attracting 100 to 200 entrepreneurs and people involved with or interested in launching a startup company.
Brisbane isn’t exactly known as a tech hub globally, but it’s great to see so much … Read the rest of this entry »
Last night I was at the Sunshine Coast premier of the documentary The Startup Kids.
It’s an hour long movie created by two woman from iceland, Vala Halldorsdottir and Sesselja Vilhjalmsdottir, who came to America to interview people about life as a young entrepreneur working on a tech startup.
Several high profile company founders feature in the film, … Read the rest of this entry »
The Halo Effect, as per the Wikipedia definition is…
The halo effect or halo error is a cognitive bias in which one’s judgments of a person’s character can be influenced by one’s overall impression of him or her.
We judge a person’s character based on their physical appearance and the things around them. It’s a quick judgement that is … Read the rest of this entry »
When I started teaching people how to build blogs that could potentially make money, I faced a difficult challenge.
How can I teach people to pick the right blog topic or niche?
It’s the hardest decision to make and the place where everything can wrong right at the beginning.
No one gets this 100% right from day one, but … Read the rest of this entry »
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In Brisbane we used to have a networking event called “The Hive” (you can find my presentation at the HIVE here). The very first HIVE I went to featured a talk by a gentleman named Richard Eastes, who cofounded the very successful car rental comparison site, … Read the rest of this entry »
A few weeks ago on one of my Yaro.TV daily videos I talked about solving problems by learning how other people have solved the same problem before you.
You can study other people’s solutions and then copy them to solve your problem. Easy.
Here’s the video –
A week later I published another video talking about how you can’t just … Read the rest of this entry »
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Back in 2007 I met Andre Chaperon in Florida at one of the very first Rich Schefren Strategic Profits seminars. Before that Andre was a familiar name to me because I had seen him listed near the top of affiliate leaderboards for some of the product launches I … Read the rest of this entry »
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How is this for a claim to fame – earning at least $200,000 a year for the last four years straight online. That’s what Courtney Tuttle has achieved.
A long time ago I was researching what top level keyword phrase I wanted EJ to rank for in search … Read the rest of this entry »
Last year I did a lot of online shopping, more shopping than I have ever done before.
I suspect if you’re a net addict as I am, you spent more online last year than ever before too.
According to Comscore, over $43.2 Billion was spent online in 2012. That’s up 15% from 2011. It’s a cliché to say … Read the rest of this entry »
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Clay Collins is the founder of Leadbrite, the company behind LeadPages and LeadPlayer, two tools that are fast becoming the go-to-standards when it comes to collecting leads online with video and landing pages.
This interview is epic in terms of how many things Clay talks about. … Read the rest of this entry »
Many years ago I coined the phrase “Pillar Article” or sometimes called, “Pillar Content“, to describe how to create great blog content.
To my surprise, it really caught on in the blogging about blogging community and many thousands of bloggers use it to describe what good blog content is.
If you have never heard of … Read the rest of this entry »
I’ve always been of the belief that success begins and ends in the mind.
Techniques and systems work, but if the driver is inefficient and ineffective, failure is more likely than success.
I consider myself a lifelong student of mindset, in particular my own. Ever since I experienced the raw fear of panic attacks I’ve realised just how powerful … Read the rest of this entry »
Recently in the news you may have heard some rather alarming data was released about the impact sitting down for long periods of time can have on your health.
When I was younger I’d sit down in front of the TV for entire days sometimes, watching TV or playing Nintendo. I noticed if I did … Read the rest of this entry »
A short and sweet video message for you on Christmas day here in Australia.
I hope you have a great day wherever you are and I look forward to staying in touch with you in 2013.
This video is from my Yaro.TV channel, please subscribe if you haven’t already!… Read the rest of this entry »
Every year I attend a massive sci-fi and pop culture expo called Supanova. There are events all around Australia and for anyone who is even slightly geeky, such as myself (well maybe more than slightly), they are awesome.
Whether you are into comics or anime or science fiction or superhereos or video games or card games or fantasy art … Read the rest of this entry »
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I was recently interviewed by Nick Broadhurst for his ASPIRE magazine. After the interview I asked Nick about his background…and things got interesting.
He explained he was a founding member of Sneaky Sound System, a dance act that is pretty huge in Australia and around the … Read the rest of this entry »
I’ve had my own small business online since the early 2000s. One of the benefits of being an “early adopter” is that I was able to assume a position of leadership before I faced too much quality competition.
It was great for me back then as I could test basic ideas, see how they went and report back my findings. … Read the rest of this entry »