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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 Develop A Crystal Clear Understanding Of Your Customer

Yaro Starak — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 07:15:25 +0000

I recently published a video on why it is important to develop a deep understanding of your customer. In that video I covered a brief overview of the different psychological elements that relate to you understanding your customer and how you fit in as a service or product provider, fulfilling their needs.

After reading the comments on that video… 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 »

A Day In The Life Of An Internet Entrepreneur 2009 Edition

Yaro Starak — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 02:20:09 +0000

Back in August of 2005 I wrote an article that outlined what a typical day in my life was like. I linked to the post in my about page as I see it as a subject people are very interested in – what’s it like to live each day when you make money from the Internet?

You can read… 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 »

How To Work Less and Earn More By Leveraging The Synergy Between People And Technology

Yaro Starak — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 03:19:27 +0000

Several years ago when I was managing BetterEdit, my proofreading company that I sold in 2007, I was knee deep learning from Rich Schefren, taking his Business Growth System course.

Rich launched that program on the back of his most successful report to date, the Internet Business Manifesto, which featured the now famous flow chart of what… Read the rest of this entry »

Are You Demonstrating Enough Proof?

Yaro Starak — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 05:18:19 +0000

If you’ve been reading my blog over the last few months you’ve seen me publish quite a few successful case study podcasts with my coaching students. Stories like Alborz Fallah the million dollar blogger, Leigh Peele making $4,500 a month in the fat loss niche (and recently another $11K in a relaunch), Miami Mitch attracting thousands of… Read the rest of this entry »

How To Combine Your Brain And Willpower To Break The Pattern Of Average Results

Yaro Starak — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 22:28:54 +0000

There are some sad facts about this article you’ve just started to read, sad for me as the author and sad because it reflects something unfortunate about our current society.

Today we just don’t have enough time to learn new things. Worse still, most people don’t have the motivation to improve themselves and their lives, and instead choose to… Read the rest of this entry »

Revisiting The 80/20 Rule and Why It Is Even More Critical To Your Business In 2009

Yaro Starak — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 12:14:43 +0000

The year 2008 for me was dominated by a long trip overseas, which meant I was away from home and in a constantly changing environment.

Although I boast I was able to run my business while traveling a circle around the globe, I’d be lying if I said I didn’t experience more pressure on the time available for work.… Read the rest of this entry »

Revisiting The 80/20 Rule and Why It Is Even More Critical To Your Business

Yaro Starak — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 12:14:43 +0000

The year 2008 for me was dominated by a long trip overseas, which meant I was away from home and in a constantly changing environment.

How To Start An Internet Business In 3 Easy Steps (And What Holds You Back)

Yaro Starak — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 04:44:20 +0000

It’s not quite as easy as the title makes it sound, but bear with me, this article will explain the three steps that are the foundation of every Internet business, why so many people go wrong and give you some realizations that might just be the key to take your Internet business to the next level…

I’ve been studying resources… Read the rest of this entry »

Is Internet Marketing Just Another Fools Gold Rush?

Yaro Starak — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 03:02:55 +0000

There’s a well known story that the only people who got rich during the gold rush era were the smart business folk who sold the tools to help the prospectors search for gold – the shovels and picks and so forth.

There were thousands of miners and a limited supply of gold. Those who got in first or were lucky,… Read the rest of this entry »

Inside My Business: The Evolution Of A Customer Service System

Yaro Starak — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 03:34:16 +0000

This is the third part in a four part series of articles on customer service.

In part one we looked at a example from Starbucks customer service, where a simple free beverage voucher left a lasting positive impression on me. You can read this article here – Reputation Management: Starbucks Offers A Simple Lesson In Good… Read the rest of this entry »

How Does AlexaRank Work And Should You Pay It Any Attention?

Yaro Starak — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 03:01:16 +0000

I have a confession to make. Ever since I installed the SearchStatus extension into my FireFox browser I have discovered a new addiction to go right along with my healthy love for PageRank – it’s close cousin, AlexaRank. In this case the bar is blue, and unlike PageRank the statistic AlexaRank represents has more to do with traffic… Read the rest of this entry »

What Is A Namesqueeze?

Yaro Starak — Mon, 17 Apr 2006 01:26:15 +0000

I’ve mentioned the namesqueeze technique previously on this blog. It’s a very popular technique in Internet marketing circles and I’ve been itching to try it out myself. With the launch of Blog Traffic King I finally had a reason to test the namesqueeze and so far, I’m impressed, it works really well.

Squeezing The Email Address

The namesqueeze… Read the rest of this entry »

What Is The 80/20 Rule And Why It Will Change Your Life

Yaro Starak — Wed, 29 Mar 2006 00:48:37 +0000

I mention the 80/20 rule frequently in my writings so I thought it was about time to write a proper introduction to the concept. I believe it’s fundamental to every business person – to every human being – so if you have never heard of this rule, please read on and absorb everything I’m about to tell you, it could… Read the rest of this entry »

PageRank Explained – Keeping SEO Simple

Yaro Starak — Wed, 05 Oct 2005 08:26:19 +0000

What is Google’s PageRank? If you have ever done any reading about search engine optimization or were just curious how you can get your site to the top of the Google search engine results, understanding PageRank is vital. I’m going to introduce you to the basics of PageRank and also provide a brief discussion on how much you should really… Read the rest of this entry »

What Is Pagerank?

Yaro Starak — Wed, 05 Oct 2005 08:26:19 +0000

What is Pay-Per-Click Advertising?

Yaro Starak — Sun, 04 Sep 2005 04:41:36 +0000

Pay-Per-Click (PPC) advertising is a method of bringing visitors to your website by using an advertisement that you only pay for when someone clicks through to visit your site. Made popular by Google.com’s AdWords system which allows advertisers to place context sensitive advertisements on the search results of the Google search engine and on other websites that choose… 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 »