It’s about time I give my take on The Long Tail. I find myself referring to it on a regular basis as I write articles about blogging and business in general and if you have been following the recent fuss about the evolution of Internet marketing (or known as it’s “death”) or read a handful of popular blogs about… Read the rest of this entry »
Article Marketing For SEO Purposes Encourages Content Spam
By 3 Comments November 7, 2006
An interesting blog post at the Christopher Knight driven Ezine Articles Blog describes how they have recently changed their “benefits list” removing the key SEO related benefits of article marketing. Instead they are now focusing on promoting the raw traffic pulling power of EzineArticles.com itself, regardless of whether your article is syndicated to other places or not. Simply… Read the rest of this entry »
Will Internet Marketing Product Launches Always Work?
By 21 Comments October 3, 2006
Today Brad Fallon and Andy Jenkin’s StomperNet (aff) was launched and as of writing it appears to be nearly sold out. This was by far the largest ongoing launch I have ever witnessed, both as a prospect and a JV partner. Also launched today, but not quite with as much a build-up as StomperNet, was Scott Boulch’s Click… Read the rest of this entry »
10 Ways to Make It Great! By Phil Gerbyshak
By 5 Comments July 24, 2006
Phil Gerbyshak of the Make It Great! Blog has been a supporter of me and my blogs for a long time. He’s just released his first book, fittingly titled 10 Ways to Make It Great!.
10 Ways to Make It Great! is packed full of ways you can take control of your life, stop having a nice
Self Development Saturation
By Leave a Comment July 10, 2006
I know I said there would be no more self development articles on Entrepreneur’s Journey, but what I meant to say there would be no more by me! Matt kindly contributed this great article on self development and I wanted to publish it here since my personal development blog won’t be launching for a while. Enjoy! – Yaro
******
6 Tips To Reduce Your Stress
By 39 Comments June 26, 2006
Continuing from the article – It’s Time To Reduce Your Stress – I’ve produced a series of practical tips for you to reduce your stress. I intended to include these in the original article about stress but they didn’t fit with the flow and made an already large article even longer. If you haven’t read the previous article I… Read the rest of this entry »
Has AdSense Gone Too Far?
By 45 Comments June 14, 2006
I watched the movie Titanic with Leo and Kate on Friday night. It’s a good movie and afterwards I was interested to learn more about the tragedy so I Googled up some answers. As I progressed through page after page something started to bother me. I had trouble finding the real content because there was Google AdSense in all the… Read the rest of this entry »
It’s Time To Reduce Your Stress
By 18 Comments June 5, 2006
I was sitting at the bus stop the other day. It was a Friday. I had spent the day leisurely – some work in the morning, then off to the city after lunch for some writing on my laptop at an Aroma’s cafe for a couple of hours. I had plans for a game of tennis with my friend
It’s Time To Reduce Your Stress
By 18 Comments June 5, 2006
I was sitting at the bus stop the other day. It was a Friday. I had spent the day leisurely – some work in the morning, then off to the city after lunch for some writing on my laptop at an Aroma’s cafe for a couple of hours. I had plans for a game of tennis with my friend
Why Yahoo!, MSN & Ask.com Will Fail In The Pay-Per-Click Game
By 21 Comments May 24, 2006
Yahoo! Search Marketing’s Failure
I’ve cancelled my Yahoo! Search Marketing (YSM) pay-per-click (PPC) account. It’s a terrible product and I’m not afraid to tell you why.
One problem, the first big problem most people notice especially if they have been using Google’s AdWords system, is how terrible YSM’s system is to use. The interface is awful and after… Read the rest of this entry »
Why Yahoo!, MSN & Ask.com Will Fail In The Pay-Per-Click Game
By 21 Comments May 24, 2006
Yahoo! Search Marketing’s Failure
I’ve cancelled my Yahoo! Search Marketing (YSM) pay-per-click (PPC) account. It’s a terrible product and I’m not afraid to tell you why.
One problem, the first big problem most people notice especially if they have been using Google’s AdWords system, is how terrible YSM’s system is to use. The interface is awful and after… Read the rest of this entry »
The Sweet Spot
By 9 Comments May 12, 2006
I just stumbled across a fantastic article by Pamela Slim on her blog, Escape from Cubicle Nation, titled – The sweet spot of your work. She must be loving the attention and the traffic because Guy Kawasaki also sent her some link loving.
The sweet spot as Pamela describes it is:
…the intersection of three interlocking circles:
Why I Have To Keep It Simple In Melbourne
By 6 Comments April 21, 2006
Melbourne Minutes & More 80/20 Moments
I’ve snuck down to Melbourne for four days. This trip is for business and pleasure, starting with the two days of work I’ve just finished.
I’ve been training someone who will be marketing BetterEdit.com at three of the largest Melbourne university campuses using posters. This is the first year I’ve attempted to hire… Read the rest of this entry »
Steve Pavlina Interview – Part 3
By 15 Comments April 6, 2006
Here is the final part of the interview with Steve Pavlina. You can read part one here -
Steve Pavlina Interview – Part 1 and part two here – Steve Pavlina Interview – Part 2.
8. Children
It can be hard to encourage children to be their own person and go against the grain when peer pressure… Read the rest of this entry »
Steve Pavlina Interview – Part 2
By 8 Comments April 4, 2006
Continuing the interview with Steve Pavlina here is part two. You can read part one here -
Steve Pavlina Interview – Part 1
4. How To Reach More People
You use the slogan “Personal Development For Smart People” and talk about raising levels of awareness. The majority of people in this world are probably not at a level… Read the rest of this entry »
Steve Pavlina Interview – Part 1
By 19 Comments April 2, 2006
A few months ago I contacted Steve Pavlina about doing an interview. At the time he was too busy but recently he agreed to participate and today I have the first part for you.
Steve is a self development expert who largely has risen to fame through blogging (his blog is at StevePavlina.com/blog/). Personally I am big believer… Read the rest of this entry »
What Is The 80/20 Rule And Why It Will Change Your Life
By 167 Comments March 29, 2006
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 »
The Key To Happiness
By 53 Comments March 27, 2006
At the bus stop near my house where I catch my ride into town on a regular basis is an unusual piece of graffiti. I often walk to the bus stop, sit down and turn my head to the ground and read the line of words neatly scrolled on the pavement that I guess you can only call vandalism but… Read the rest of this entry »
You Suck And I Love You
By 18 Comments March 14, 2006
All you sensitive types out there reading this are going to know exactly how I feel right now.
Someone just unsubscribed from my email list telling me that what I was teaching was “too basic and boring“.
Ouch.
Yeah, that hurts. But he or she is probably right. What they are learning from me is too basic and boring. I’m… Read the rest of this entry »
Your Questions For An Upcoming Interview With Steve Pavlina
By 12 Comments March 12, 2006
Many of you will be aware of Steve Pavlina and his self development blog. I consider Steve to be a mentor of some sorts when it comes to self development topics and I’m certainly not alone. Last time I checked Steve was doing about two million page views per month at his blog. It was one of the… Read the rest of this entry »
