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Can Social Media Hurt The Success Of Young Entrepreneurs?

Ken Sundheim — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 23:00:30 +0000

I’m always amazed that interns at my company can do so much with the web. I’m even more amazed at the limitations social media has put on young aspiring entrepreneurs and how it hinders the necessary fundamentals to start a business.

If you want to open a B2C (Business to Consumer) company, than yes, social media helps. In B2C,… Read the rest of this entry »

The Top 7 Social Engagement Plugins To Drive Free Traffic To Your Blog

Ana Hoffman — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 13:44:31 +0000

The very survival of any blog lies in the hands of its readership. No readership, no blog; I am sure we can all agree on that.

There are numerous ways you can cultivate an active community around your blog that goes way beyond simple traffic generation.

After all, who wants the kind of traffic that comes and leaves to never… Read the rest of this entry »

How To Turn Social Media Into Your Own News Channel

Kerry McDuling — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 13:32:23 +0000

What We Have Learned From 2011

There is no doubt that 2011 is the year when Mother Earth has been incredibly active, with the most notable results being earthquakes/tsunamis in New Zealand and Japan, cyclones and floods in Australia, and hurricanes on the East Coast of America.

I found it very interesting that for each and every one of these… Read the rest of this entry »

5 Ways To Use Google+ Social Circles Like A Pro

Ana Hoffman — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 11:39:17 +0000

Let me level with you: I am not a big fan of social media. I just don’t have the time and the energy for it, it’s that simple.

However, social media traffic generation has always been and undoubtedly will remain one of the best referral traffic sources on the web.

We go where our audience goes, right?

And right now,… Read the rest of this entry »

How My Facebook And YouTube Profiles Led To An Invitation To Become A High Paid Speaker

Neroli Makim — Mon, 02 May 2011 11:20:30 +0000

Greetings once more Entrepreneurs! I’m going off on a tangent today about engaging in the world of social media to build your profile, build your brand and grow your business. This is a topic we’re all pretty savvy about as online entrepreneurs, because we’re all doing it, and most of us will have experienced some success with it. I’m writing… Read the rest of this entry »

Can You Actually Make Money With Social Media?

Yaro Starak — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 02:06:32 +0000

Over the last week Don Crowther has released some free videos in the lead-up to his Social Profit Formula launch.

You can now watch all three of the content videos here (this is my affiliate link, but you don’t have to buy anything – I strongly recommend you watch the first video, it’s good stuff – especially in the… Read the rest of this entry »

How To Profit Helping People Become Famous – Interview With Laura Roeder

Yaro Starak — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 13:37:57 +0000

Make sure you look out for Laura’s cat – she features in this interview too.

Click here to download the audio-only MP3 [ 54 MB ]

This interview is a great story, which for many online entrepreneurs will seem very familiar – as it was for me.

Laura is young, but she’s not young in terms of how… Read the rest of this entry »

Social Media Mistakes: Are You Forgetting Your Fundamentals?

Yaro Starak — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 04:54:01 +0000

It’s interesting as a marketer to watch how the Internet has changed over the last ten years, especially what has changed for solo entrepreneurs and small business owners.

When I started investigating how to make money online in the late nineties, most strategies were e-commerce focused, or built specifically to take advantage of the dot-com bubble.

You either set… Read the rest of this entry »

Podcast: Maria Andros Reveals Her Tactics For Driving Traffic With Twitter, Facebook and YouTube

Yaro Starak — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 10:45:25 +0000

Press play to begin streaming the audio or right click the text link and choose save as or save link.

Download the MP3 [ 58 Minutes - 53 MB]

Click Here For Instant Access To More FREE Stuff From Maria Andros

Gideon Shalwick interviewed the video marketing queen, Maria Andros, in this fantastic podcast.

Let’s state the obvious –… Read the rest of this entry »

What Is The Right Way To Grow Your Twitter Following?

Yaro Starak — Thu, 14 May 2009 05:34:20 +0000

I sent an email out to my newsletter before I went into launch mode for Membership Site Mastermind that was promoting the virtues of Twitter. I was hoping to introduce some new people to Twitter and increase my followers with the enticement of a behind the scenes look at the launch I was about to do.

Here is the… 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 »

Is Twitter A Time Waster Or A Powerful Business Tool?

Yaro Starak — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 04:39:18 +0000

It’s pretty clear that Twitter is the social media star of 2009, at least so far.

In case you haven’t got an account yet, make sure you go to Twitter.com and register for free. After you have your account, you can begin by following my updates –

http://twitter.com/yarostarak

I won’t go into the details about how Twitter… Read the rest of this entry »

Podcast: How Companies Use Social Media And What It Means For Bloggers

Yaro Starak — Mon, 26 May 2008 02:52:29 +0000

Press play to begin streaming the audio or right click the download text link and choose save as or save link.

Download the MP3 [ 30 Minutes - 10 MB]

I meant to have this out to you on Wednesday last week after I recorded it, since the prior evening I attended a Third Tuesday meet-up in Toronto, which… Read the rest of this entry »

Yes I Am On Twitter

Yaro Starak — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 01:05:40 +0000

You can follow me on Twitter here – http://twitter.com/yarostarak

Did you notice the tipping point? Twitter hit the tip somewhere in the last few months and it’s clearly gaining serious critical mass.

I’ve had a Twitter account for many months but largely ignored it because social media is such an attention suck and I already spend… Read the rest of this entry »

Going Natural 2.0 Video – 3 Social Marketing Tips You Can Implement Today

Yaro Starak — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 13:15:03 +0000

Update: The links in this post now point to the sale page for the SMARTS program, since the program went live. If you haven’t seen the video yet, here’s the link: Going Natural 2.0 Video.

Also I called Don Crowther “Dan” in this article and have since fixed it – sorry Don!

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StomperNet have released a… Read the rest of this entry »

Skype & Myspace Team Up To Bring Voip To Myspace IM Users

Bryan Clark — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 21:29:09 +0000

Talk about an odd couple. Social networking giant Myspace has teamed up with internet phone provider Skype to bring Voip (voice over internet protocol) service to Myspace IM users. The proposed service update would provide Myspace IM users the ability to enable voice chat.

This will bring voice chat to Myspace in a big way. Skype… Read the rest of this entry »

Skype & Myspace Team Up To Bring Voip To Myspace IM Users

Bryan Clark — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 21:29:09 +0000

This will bring voice chat to Myspace in a big way. Skype… Read the rest of this entry »

Warning To All Business, You Must Blog and Here Is Why…

Yaro Starak — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 08:45:22 +0000

I woke up early this morning – well early for me – to catch a group coaching call with Rich Schefren. I wanted to ask him some specific questions regarding the future of my business and get his input on how to craft a blogging product offer.

During the call there was a lot of focus on reputation building and… Read the rest of this entry »

Warning To All Business, You Must Blog and Here Is Why…

Yaro Starak — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 08:45:22 +0000

During the call there was a lot of focus on reputation building and… Read the rest of this entry »

Facebook.com To Fetch $2 Billion?

Yaro Starak — Fri, 31 Mar 2006 10:28:23 +0000

About six months ago I was working with two mates here in Australia to get an aussie version of the university social networking site, Facebook.com, set up in order to beat them to this market. Unfortunately due to various personal concerns the project was closed.

A short three months later and Facebook went and opened up doors in Australia.… Read the rest of this entry »