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7 Insights Every Blogger Should Know

Mitch Wilson — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 23:00:38 +0000

What is more important: quality or quantity?

The easy answer to this long and heated debate is both are very important – and I’ll give you that, they both are, but for free content I am in the quantity camp. Go ahead and paste me and leave 1,000 comments telling me I’m wrong – I don’t care, I will read… 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 »

If Content Is King, How Do I Generate Enough Content For My Blog?

Mitch Wilson — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 12:03:56 +0000

I like to use my time and the space Yaro gives me here at Entrepreneurs-Journey to base my articles on questions I often receive and this one will be no different as I am going to discuss how “Mitch’s Blog” became a company with 18 current writers.

While the building a company part I have talked about in the past… Read the rest of this entry »

How To Get 55 Comments And 98 Likes On Your First Article Using Social Media

Leslie Samuel — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 11:54:16 +0000

A few weeks ago I decided to conduct a social media experiment to see if I could start a blog from scratch and generate a big enough buzz to get a good discussion going. I was on vacation in Florida and had more time on my hands than I normally do, so I decided to give it a go.

The… Read the rest of this entry »

3 Limiting Beliefs You Must Eliminate From Your Mindset

Yaro Starak — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 10:43:54 +0000

I had conversations with two people in the previous weeks who were considering blogging for the first time, or at least taking it serious for the first time.

It’s interesting to speak to people who are considering this path, especially hearing what stops them from doing it. Most people never start a blog, and of those who do, very few… Read the rest of this entry »

Why Blogs Fail

Mitch Wilson — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 00:48:40 +0000

Mitch is in charge of a well over six figure blog empire in the sports niche, which he started by focusing on college football in the USA.

He was one of the very first people to join Blog Mastermind. He also happens to have the distinction of attending almost every single coaching call I have done since I… Read the rest of this entry »

How To Make Money With Your Blog (With Case Studies As Proof)

Yaro Starak — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 05:45:36 +0000

People often come to me as an expert at monetizing blogs. Although my experience making money online is not limited only to blogs, I’ve been able to extract a lot of income from not necessarily a lot of traffic.

For example, my proofreading business was able to generate a salary level income – sometimes as much as $15,000… Read the rest of this entry »

Can Your Blog Explain Its Purpose In One Second?

Yaro Starak — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 07:09:36 +0000

This is potentially one of the most important questions you need to ask yourself as a blogger, and yet is where I see pretty much every blogger go wrong. I’ve even had trouble with this myself over the years each time I redesign my blog.

The challenge, when coming up with a blog design, is to ensure your blog conveys… Read the rest of this entry »

How To Avoid Hype When You Sell

Yaro Starak — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:40:27 +0000

There’s an interesting challenge I’ve come up against many times, which I think most professional bloggers know well.

The challenge is how to sell something without using all that horrible “hype” that Internet marketers use.

But wait a second. Hype actually works, or at least good “sales copy” works if you call convincing people to buy what you sell your… Read the rest of this entry »

Are Blog Comments A Trustworthy Source Of Feedback?

Yaro Starak — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 01:53:06 +0000

I’ve done a lot of online launches – about eight all up if you include closing down and reopening promotions – and each one included heavy support from affiliates, some of whom run popular blogs, including Problogger, John Chow, Shoemoney, Copyblogger and DailyBlogTips.

During a launch, to get a feel for the pulse of how… Read the rest of this entry »

New Free Report: The Roadmap To Become A Blogger

Yaro Starak — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 12:35:46 +0000

Update: The MP3 audio version of the Roadmap report has been added to the download page and it’s free too. Now you can read and listen to what it takes to build a great blog!

I’m very excited to announce that my latest report, co-authored with Gideon Shalwick, my partner in the Becomeablogger.com video site, is now ready for download.… Read the rest of this entry »

How To Simplify The Niche Selection Process

Yaro Starak — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 16:02:59 +0000

During the last few live question and answer sessions with my Blog Mastermind students at least one person every call asks for help determining whether they have a good choice for a blog topic.

Given that new people join the program each week, it’s not surprising that question crops up over and over again. Everyone new to blogging faces… Read the rest of this entry »

The Death Of Blog Networks?

Yaro Starak — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 01:20:57 +0000

I saw this coming years ago and thankfully I made adjustments back then too.

If you watched my video on Conversion Blogging and the blog posts leading up to the release of the video, you know I was advocating a move away from the Page View Slave (PVS) model of blogging for money.

The PVS model relies on… Read the rest of this entry »

Anatomy of a New Blog Design

Yaro Starak — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 04:01:23 +0000

In 2007 I decided my blog was due for a new look, but it was not just about a cosmetic face-lift. I wanted to improve usability, clarity and most importantly, highlight a very important aspect of my business – the Blog Profits Blueprint/Blog Tips newsletter email opt-in.

Blog Designer: Mick Real

I’ve worked with a good designer friend… Read the rest of this entry »

How I Make Money Online Part 4 – Blogging

Yaro Starak — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 22:54:26 +0000

Back in August 2005 I wrote a three part series of blog posts about how I have made money online. This was one of my first pillar article series and forms one of the foundation content pillars that this blog was built on (my business timeline and typical day in my life articles were other foundation pieces… Read the rest of this entry »

I Made $6549.52 From Blogging in March

Yaro Starak — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 02:15:19 +0000

This is a topic I’ve wanted to chime in on for a long time now. Many bloggers, some well known, others not so well know, have been talking money. In particular how much can you earn from blogging.

Combining all my income sources outside of my business, the total for March 2007 comes to $6549.52 – and most of that… Read the rest of this entry »

Why Ongoing Education Is The Key Ingredient For Success In Business and Blogging

Yaro Starak — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 10:33:39 +0000

At the start of March I bought a bunch of new products, including Product Launch Formula from Jeff Walker ($997), the Dot Com Secrets Free CD from Russell Brunson ($7.95 for shipping) and paid half of the $997 fee to attend the World Internet Summit in Melbourne. On top of that I subscribe to Perry Marshall’s… Read the rest of this entry »

How To Grow A Great Blog Without Writing It Yourself

Yaro Starak — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 03:07:17 +0000

As an entrepreneur and a blogger I’ve been afforded a unique outlook on the whole blogging as a business discussion. Bloggers look at blogging as something they do for fun, for creative expression, for meeting people, for making money directly from advertising and affiliate promotions or indirectly by promoting a business. Most bloggers are either not blogging for money or… Read the rest of this entry »

How To Outsource Your Blogging – A Case Study

Yaro Starak — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 04:42:51 +0000

The recent series of articles I wrote on blogging as a business model sparked a few queries about how I have gone about outsourcing the writing of my blogs. In the article I talked about how it is important to move away from being solely responsible for content output, otherwise you limit your potential for growth and are effectively… Read the rest of this entry »

AdVolcano – Another Blog Monetization Option

Yaro Starak — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 20:48:27 +0000

I just received a sponsored review request from a company new to me called AdVolcano. I had a quick browse of their site and initially thought it was another standard middleman style ad services company (clearing house) linking advertisers with publishers – and it is – but they are doing one thing that I like, which I think is… Read the rest of this entry »

Should Bloggers Accept Money For Reviews?

Yaro Starak — Sat, 11 Nov 2006 04:17:24 +0000

Wow, this is interesting however I don’t know what is the best way to approach the situation so perhaps you can help me, in fact I really think you are the best person (people) to offer feedback since ultimately it’s you I care about and I believe this situation could damage our relationship if I went down this path.

Let… Read the rest of this entry »

Blogging For Beginners And 10 Blog Traffic Tips

Yaro Starak — Thu, 02 Mar 2006 06:08:52 +0000

Darren Rowse has been putting in the hours to produce an absolutely mammoth blogging for beginners series. I get tired just thinking about how much work went into it but it wasn’t all by himself, he did get help from a few other bloggers, I even contributed a little article in there too.

Darren realized a need for introductory… Read the rest of this entry »

Bloggers: Write New Articles For Traffic

Yaro Starak — Wed, 31 Aug 2005 22:30:40 +0000

In today’s blogosphere I generally come across three styles of writing:

1. Reproduction of other people’s content

Most bloggers do this either by lifting whole sections from other blogs or websites as the full entry, or as I often do, sampling a piece from another blog as inspiration to write fresh content or give an opinion on someone else’s idea.… Read the rest of this entry »

No More NoFollow

Yaro Starak — Mon, 22 Aug 2005 04:53:06 +0000

I wrote an article titled Trackbacking Lies – How rel=Ã¢â‚¬ÂnofollowÃ¢â‚¬Â Stops Spreading the Love which outlined how the rel="nofollow" line of code is placed on all comments and trackbacks on many blogs, including by default on any blog running WordPress, such as Entrepreneur’s Journey.

That line of code stops search engines following the link so as to theoretically reduce… Read the rest of this entry »

What is RSS and How Do I Use It?

Yaro Starak — Sat, 30 Jul 2005 22:11:41 +0000

This one is for the newbies that have no idea what RSS, XML and syndication are…whoa, confusing already isn’t it!

Start with this video by my friend, Gideon Shalwick taken from our website, BecomeABlogger.com.

Definitions

It wasn’t much longer then six months ago that I had no idea what these terms were. I understood what XML was… Read the rest of this entry »

Trackbacking Lies – How rel=”nofollow” Stops Spreading the Love

Yaro Starak — Mon, 25 Jul 2005 22:37:10 +0000

I’ve been touting the brilliance of blogging as a great way to get content indexed into search engines quickly. I’ve told people how I set up my first blog (which is now a PageRank 5), how Google ate up the pages and consequently I had top ranking for phrases I had merely mentioned in a blog post or two.… Read the rest of this entry »

Trackbacking Lies – How rel=”nofollow” Stops Spreading the Love

Yaro Starak — Mon, 25 Jul 2005 22:37:10 +0000

Making Money From Your Blog Using Advertising With BlogAds

Yaro Starak — Fri, 08 Jul 2005 01:19:46 +0000

I’ve mentioned AdBrite and Text-Link-Ads as options to make money from your website or to buy advertising to bring in traffic and raise your PageRank. A third option targeted specifically at the blogosphere is BlogAds.

BlogAds operates much like the other two services except they target only blogs and not general websites. This is a nice niche… Read the rest of this entry »

Free Traffic From Free Directories

Yaro Starak — Wed, 29 Jun 2005 00:39:54 +0000

The jury is still out on whether listing your site in free directories is good for your site’s search engine optimisation. Same people say Google ignores directories for rankings, some say that a few of the authority directories, especially DMOZ – The Open Directory Project, are important. There is even rumours that Google will penalise sites with a lot… Read the rest of this entry »

Choosing the best blog software – WordPress is winning

Yaro Starak — Fri, 27 May 2005 15:22:21 +0000

I’m fairly new to the blogosphere (the fact that I even know that term is scaring me) and I find myself becoming ever more alienated from normal society, and I love it! Slap that geek badge on me and I’ll wear it with pride. But seriously I am enjoying learning more every day about blogs, blog software, Read the rest of this entry »