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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 »

Why I Canceled All My Memberships Except One: Mixergy Premium Review

Leslie Samuel — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 23:00:41 +0000

I’ve been involved in internet Marketing since January 18th, 2011.

Since I started, I’ve had the privilege of taking part in a number of online courses that have given me a solid Internet Marketing Education. On the other hand, I’ve also purchased courses that just didn’t live up to the awesome sales page (and trust me, in some cases,… Read the rest of this entry »

Direct From Google: How To Build A Quality Website In 2012

Ana Hoffman — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 23:00:44 +0000

I hear a lot of webmasters complain day in and day out about all the changes that Google constantly makes to its algorithm and how they affect our search engine placement.

Let me break it to you: it’s not all about what Google has done and will do to update its algorithm.

It’s about what you SHOULD BE doing.

I… Read the rest of this entry »

5 Questions To Ask To See If You Are In The Wrong Business

Dr Mani Sivasubramanian — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 23:31:33 +0000

“I’m going to build a business!”

These words have a certain magical energy to them. They give every solopreneur, looking to hang out a shingle on the Internet, a sense of being on the same level as a Bill Gates, or a Donald Trump, or a Larry Ellison. The vision of a future business maven who creates an empire and… Read the rest of this entry »

MailerLite Review: A Simple Email Marketing Tool for Small Business

Leslie Samuel — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 23:00:51 +0000

When it comes to building an online business (especially if you’re a blogger), one of the most valuable assets that you can have is a email list.

I currently run two relatively active blogs, and my mailing lists play a HUGE role in helping to keep them going. In fact, back in 2010, I reached a stage in my business… Read the rest of this entry »

When Growth Is The Wrong Strategy

Mitch Wilson — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 23:00:54 +0000

This happens to me far too often. I think change can be a good thing, but change for the sake of change is not.

The same goes for growth for the sake of growth. There is no quicker way to kill your business than to grow too fast.

When I communicate with new bloggers I always tell them to start… Read the rest of this entry »

What Really Motivates A Small Business Owner

Neroli Makim — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 01:00:36 +0000

This weeks article is sneaking in front of the Creative Visionary series I have been putting together since my previous post. Apologies to anyone who was expecting to see the next installment, it will be following this article in my column.

The reason for the delay is because of a last minute invite to write about a Visa small… 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 »

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 »

Discover EXACTLY What Your Audience Wants With This Clever Google Analytics Hack

Leslie Samuel — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 12:42:32 +0000

Are you a married man? I am! Happily married now for five years, one month, and seven days at the time that I’m sitting down to write this. In the five years of my very happy marriage, and my dating years that came before, it has become quite obvious to me that, in many situations, guys can’t read girls’ minds.… Read the rest of this entry »

Is Your Marketing Strategy Using This Powerful Principle?

Leevi Romanik — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 09:45:39 +0000

In this day and age we are constantly bombarded with advertising and marketing. It is estimated the average person sees 5000 ads per day. The result? We ignore the majority of them. The marketing message falls on deaf ears or blind eyes. Simply put, there is too much clutter out there, and to deal with it (and in… Read the rest of this entry »

How My 5 Question Survey Saved Me Time And Resources In Product Development

Leslie Samuel — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 22:00:21 +0000

Selling information for money – it’s such a beautiful thing. It’s what so many of us love talking (and blogging) about. It doesn’t take a huge office, lots of inventory, and once it’s done, you can almost set it and forget it – right? Well, it all depends. Allow me to explain . . .

Since the beginning of this… 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 »

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 To Write Winning Content

Mitch Wilson — Tue, 03 May 2011 10:39:09 +0000

Almost every article I write and almost every discussion I have about blogging goes pretty much the same way: If you write a lot of quality content, your blog can’t help but be successful.

Whether your content is self-created, you have staff, or you rely heavily on guest posters, having lots of fresh content is almost a guarantee you will… 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 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 »

Why Passion Is A Key Ingredient In Entrepreneurship And How To Identify Yours

Dr Mani Sivasubramanian — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 22:00:43 +0000

Late to Bed,
Early to Rise,
Makes an Entrepreneur,
Happy, Cheerful & Nice!

What gets you so excited you can’t wait to begin working on it today?

Think about it while you read the rest of this post.

In 1997, I got married. It was barely two weeks later that my wife and… Read the rest of this entry »

How I Started, Grew & Sold An E-commerce Business For Quarter Million Dollars ($250,000) – Part 2

Sunil — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 22:00:12 +0000

In part one of this post titled, How I Started, Grew & Sold An E-commerce Business For Quarter Million Dollars ($250,000), I wrote about how I came about the idea for the e-commerce website that I started, grew and sold, while on an international work-related trip.

The article goes in depth explaining the formulation of the idea, the facts… 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 »

If Content Is King What Role Does Social Media Play?

Leslie Samuel — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 08:26:12 +0000

In a previous post, I wrote about “How To Get 55 Comments And 98 Likes On Your First Article Using Social Media“. In the article, I spelled out the process I used to gain traction to a blog post I wrote on a brand new blog, using Facebook as the only source of traffic. This article… Read the rest of this entry »

How I Started, Grew & Sold An E-commerce Business For Quarter Million Dollars ($250,000)

Sunil — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 17:37:06 +0000

In my previous post, Why Leave A Six Figure Corporate Job For Internet Entrepreneurship?, I wrote about the various business ventures I have tried and tested over the years. One of those ventures was the creation, establishment, growth and sale of an e-commerce business. In… Read the rest of this entry »

7 Tips To Super-Charge Your Online Communication

Yaro Starak — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 13:16:05 +0000

As I write this I’m listening to a podcast from Armin Van Buuren, the world’s number one trance and progressive DJ.

Armin is dutch, however he speaks very clear English on the podcast. During each episode Armin will talk in between songs briefly with updates on upcoming gigs and shout-outs from his listeners. I’m always impressed by how he… 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 »

My Big Plans For 2011 (Plus What You Need To Focus On Next Year)

Yaro Starak — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 11:52:21 +0000

This will be the final blog post I publish on Entrepreneurs-Journey.com in 2010. Like most of my articles that I’ve written in the past six years, this one is being constructed in a coffee shop in downtown Brisbane Australia as I sip a lemon-lychee iced tea.

Tomorrow, likely the day you read this if you’re one of my more dedicated… Read the rest of this entry »

How To Get Coverage In Print Media

Kerry McDuling — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 12:33:33 +0000

Contacting and communicating with the media is an art in itself. Whether or not your item will make the news often depends largely on the initial contact you make. In this article, we will look at the best way of approaching print media, including newspapers and magazines.

The best and most common way of communicating with the media – print,… Read the rest of this entry »

What Are You Really Doing To Change Yourself?

Yaro Starak — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 06:32:07 +0000

In my last article I mentioned there are two Tonys who I am currently receiving coaching from. Last week I wrote about Tony Horton and his P90X training program and how it helped me smash through some long-held body image limiting beliefs.

Today I’d like to discuss another Tony and what I am learning from him. Many people already… Read the rest of this entry »

How I Discovered And Changed One Of My Most Deep Rooted Limiting Beliefs

Yaro Starak — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 01:42:16 +0000

I currently have two coaches in my life and they both happen to have the name “Tony”. I’m not working with these two Tonys personally, though it feels like it for me as they “talk” to me every day.

One is Tony Horton, who you may know as the leader of the P90X exercise training program. I first… Read the rest of this entry »