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Could This Be A New Traffic Generation Strategy?

Yaro Starak — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 00:08:31 +0000

If you’re a regular podcast listener you may have heard of the Sterling and Jay show, which like this blog, covers Internet marketing and entrepreneurship.

Co-host of the podcast Jay, or aka Jason Van Orden, just released a new video as part of his launch of “Traffic Attraction Formula”.

You can watch it here after you opt-in and… Read the rest of this entry »

Podcast: What Does James Schramko Do Differently To Succeed Online?

Yaro Starak — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 03:08:07 +0000

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Download the MP3 [ 50 Minutes - 68 MB ]

I had the pleasure of joining James Schramko on a panel at Ed Dale’s coming home 2 live event in Melbourne recently.

James and I have known each other… Read the rest of this entry »

My Notes From The Ed Dale Internet Marketing Seminar

Yaro Starak — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 13:21:54 +0000

Over the weekend I attended Ed Dale’s 30DC Coming Home three day event in Melbourne.

Ed Dale, if you don’t know him, is one of Australia’s most well known and likable Internet marketers, who adds a uniquely Australian flavour to the industry. Currently he is most well known as one of the founders of the 30 Day Challenge,… 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 »

How Not To Approach A Potential Joint Venture Partner

Yaro Starak — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 01:29:12 +0000

Let me state an obvious fact about Internet marketing:

Joint ventures (JVs) are the quickest and most effective way to make a lot of sales and/or bring in a ton of targeted leads.

The reason this is the case is fairly obvious. You get someone who already has access to and a relationship with a large audience, who then… 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 »

Core Influence: Frank Kern On How To Connect With Your Audience

Yaro Starak — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:14:02 +0000

When I got home from my travels I finally had some time to go through some of the DVDs and CDs that came in the mail from various purchases I had made.

I bought Traffic Secrets 2.0 from John Reese when he released it mid last year and Frank Kern was nice (smart) enough to throw in a… 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.

Become A Blogger Membership Discount Ends Thursday At 6PM

Yaro Starak — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 15:00:06 +0000

Update: Looks like Gideon did the old switcheroo on me without telling me (to be fair I was on a plane from Dubai to Singapore at the time), so the deadline is actually 6PM now, not 4PM. You’ve got two extra hours.

I’ll make this brief since you have probably made your decision already, but I want to… Read the rest of this entry »

Become A Blogger Premium Open

Yaro Starak — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 16:00:47 +0000

We’ve just flicked the switch to open the doors to Become A Blogger Premium video coaching program and I’d like to invite you to sign up as a member at this link -

Become A Blogger Premium

How Much Is The Course?

Gideon and I are focusing this program at beginners and we don’t want to restrict anyone… Read the rest of this entry »

How Email Segmentation Made My List Stronger AND $31,940 More Profitable

Yaro Starak — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 00:01:25 +0000

This is a somewhat advanced email marketing tactic, although most serious email marketers having been doing it for years. For me though, this is something I’ve only recently been able to test because I haven’t had the technological resources to do so.

I recently upgraded my AWeber account to the “new” version. In case you missed the news about… Read the rest of this entry »

Hiring In The New Economy Requires A Proactive Recruitment Process

Yaro Starak — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 22:09:09 +0000

How To Create Recruitment Systems To Hire People Before You Need Them

I was recently asked how I hired quality editors when running my previous business BetterEdit. As I responded to the question I realized the information provided might well serve others, so I’m going to explain my system for staying on top of the recruitment process here in… 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 »

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 »

Get Stomping The Search Engines 2 For Free (sort of…)

Yaro Starak — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:05:00 +0000

Apologies if you got this notice from my newsletter yesterday around 2PM. It appears Andy and Brad had some technology issues so people haven’t been able to take advantage of this one until today. The links in this post go to an active page where you can order.

You can skip the background story and go straight to the good… Read the rest of this entry »

Traffic Secrets 2.0 Has Arrived – Join My Private Club Now

Yaro Starak — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 00:14:52 +0000

My copy of Traffic Secrets 2.0 from John Reese arrived last week and I’m about to dive in and study the resources.

Here’s a short video of me going through the product -

To order go here: http://www.trafficsecrets.com/home

If you haven’t ordered your copy it’s not too late, you can purchase Traffic… Read the rest of this entry »

AffSphere – A New Article Directory With Perks Beyond Just Traffic

Yaro Starak — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 15:22:37 +0000

Update: I put this post up just before Anik went into launch mode, so the directory link below points to a sales page at the moment. I’ve emailed Anik to find out how to get free access to the directory again and will update the post as soon as I find out myself! Sorry about the confusion – this surprised… Read the rest of this entry »

Why Don’t Bloggers Understand Email Marketing?

Yaro Starak — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:11:36 +0000

Over the weekend I worked hard on video presentations for the release of Blog Mastermind. Obviously the core topic of the videos is how to make money via blogging, however I’m introducing a new form of blogging for profit, something that can lead to income quicker, it’s more stable and in the long haul is a much better model for… Read the rest of this entry »

Traffic Secrets 2.0 Video: How To Use Software As A Traffic Generation Tactic

Yaro Starak — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 03:27:13 +0000

John Reese just released the third and final launch video as part of his Traffic Secrets 2.0 release.

You can watch the video here –

http://www.trafficsecrets.com/home/v3.html

I just finished watching it and it was great stuff, just like the first two.

In case you missed John’s first two videos released last week, make sure you… Read the rest of this entry »

What Are Millionaire Internet Marketers Really Like?

Yaro Starak — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 06:28:43 +0000

Here’s the video footage taken from behind closed doors in the Skyloft at the MGM Grand in Vega, where Jeff Walker hosted the Product Launch Formula top partners networking event. Look for 30 second interviews with Brian Clark, Tom Beal and Michael Cheney, along with scenes from inside the Skyloft.

Back in February I received the fantastic news… 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 »

5 Tips For Success When Traveling With Your Business

Yaro Starak — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 21:46:27 +0000

I’m in Hawaii now having come up from Fiji on my way to Canada. I’m presently typing this at a cafe on the top floor of the Ala Moana shopping center – the largest mall in Hawaii.

Typing on the third floor of the Ala Moana Center in Hawaii

In response to my recent blog… Read the rest of this entry »

Free Report – How To Start An Internet Business

Yaro Starak — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 04:29:49 +0000

We’ve almost nutted out the bugs with the new design and I must say I’m very happy with how everything looks. I’ll talk more about the design process (and reveal who did my blog design) in a later post, now I want to tell you about a little free report I’m giving away to my RSS subscribers as part of… Read the rest of this entry »

How To Build Traffic Without Marketing

Yaro Starak — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 04:57:18 +0000

There’s something I’ve come to realize about most of my fellow bloggers – you guys and girls are not great at marketing.

Don’t take offense, marketing is not something that comes naturally and most people enter the blogging world as writers or hobbyists, not business people.

Some look at marketing as advertising and their current perception of advertising is akin… Read the rest of this entry »

If Long Sales Pages Work, Why Do You Hate Them So Much?

Yaro Starak — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 01:42:57 +0000

Some of you are not going to agree with this, but it’s the truth.

Raise your hand if you are put off by those long form landing sales pages you see that are used to sell online?

Yep, it seems a lot of you stuck your hand up.

Let me ask you another question -

If you were selling something… Read the rest of this entry »

8 Pitfalls To Avoid When Starting An Internet Business

Yaro Starak — Mon, 25 Sep 2006 03:30:26 +0000

I’ve been thinking lately about starting another Internet business. I’m not actually going to (right now), but I was considering my future and also what I might do hypothetically if today I decided to dedicate myself to a new project.

Over the past years of running an Internet business and studying information marketing and strategic business development I’ve come to… Read the rest of this entry »

Does Your Website Make Sense?

Yaro Starak — Thu, 24 Aug 2006 13:32:05 +0000

The more I use the Internet the more amazed (and frustrated) I am at how so many people are putting online websites that are built to make it difficult for viewers to actually do what the website is designed to do.

Here’s a quick checklist for anyone working online, especially those in Internet business who want their websites to sell… Read the rest of this entry »

Free AIS E-Book For Forum Members

Yaro Starak — Thu, 18 May 2006 14:43:24 +0000

Burty in the forums has made a generous offer to other forum members where you can get a copy of a good little e-book he wrote about the launch of a product AIS (Automatic Income Stream) site he created, which cost $40 to create and brought in almost $1000 in a short period of time.

If you like tidy… Read the rest of this entry »