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Let me begin by thanking everyone who signed up to Blog Mastermind. In 24 hours we already passed the 200th member and more people keep joining every few minutes.

I’m presently working with my team to deal with initial hiccups with the order process and that’s why I’m writing this post.

If you joined Blog Mastermind and are yet to receive your welcome pack email please make sure you email supportATblogmastermind.com

Please forward your payment receipt if you have it available and we will send you a form to manually create your membership account.

So far about 5% of people got lost half way through the order process, so I want to make sure everyone gets what they paid for.

Blog Mastermind Is Still Open

Blog Mastermind is still open and if you want to join the 200+ people who have already become members, please sign-up here -

http://www.blogmastermind.com/coaching/

I look forward to working with everyone!

Yaro

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I just sent this notice to my email newsletter. Sorry for the copy and paste below, but it’s a little busier than usual today at Yaro HQ and I think you need to know about this too, in case you are not on my newsletter.

If you haven’t joined Blog Mastermind yet, I have good news, I’ve extended the deadline on the bonuses to all members who join within 24 hours of opening. You have until 10 AM Eastern USA time, Wednesday July 30th.

You can sign up at the link below and as long as the clock is before that time, you qualify for the fast-action bonuses -

http://www.blogmastermind.com/coaching/

Here’s my explanation for the change…

I said I would update you on the status of the fast action bonuses you receive if you joined Blog Mastermind today and were one of the first 100 people to do so.

Unfortunately I didn’t think we would get to the first 100 so fast - we made it there shortly after lunch time, after a 10 AM start. That was quick and I’m thankful we have so many great new students in my program.

However, what this means is that all of the people on different time zones to where I am presently (Toronto, on Eastern North America time) never had a chance at the bonuses. They woke up, got their email about Blog Mastermind opening, and were already too late.

I’ve already had one person from New Zealand complain about the problem.

Now, as an Aussie myself (I know I sound like a strange Hybrid-Aussie-Canadian - blame the parents for that one! - I was born in Brisbane, Australia), I totally understand what it is like to miss out on things because of the time difference.

So, because of this and because I’ve realized it’s crazy-hard for me to figure out exactly who made the top 100 cut-off I’ve decided to make the deadline a full 24 hours from when the doors opened.

My email system has a time stamp on all emails, so as long as your order confirmation comes in to me with the time stamp within that 24 hour period, you qualify for the bonuses.

That gives everyone a chance to join and qualify for the bonuses, no matter where on this planet you are.

As a reminder of what bonuses are on offer, you can see them here - Fast Action Bonuses Breakdown

If you are reading this and it’s not yet 10 AM Eastern USA time on Wednesday July 30th, then you can still make it.

This is the link to sign-up -

http://www.blogmastermind.com/coaching/

As clarification, Blog Mastermind remains open and does not have a closing deadline. You can join when you are ready after reading all about the program at the order page. It’s only the fast action bonuses that have a 24 hour cut-off.

Yaro Starak
Working Hard Today

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Update: The deadline on the fast action bonuses has been changed to 24 hours from the time of opening. You can read more about this here - Extended Deadline On The Blog Mastermind Fast Action Bonuses

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It’s ready. If you want to join my blog coaching program, go here -

Fast Action Bonuses If You Make The First 100

If you are one of the first 100 people who sign-up for Blog Mastermind today you will claim all of these fast action bonuses.

Bonus 1: “Conversion Blogging Revealed” - Live Teleconference With Yaro Dissecting The Conversion Blogging System

I presented the strategy in the Conversion Blogging video, in this teleconference I’ll break it down so you can directly apply it to your blog. I’ll also take your questions live in a special Q&A session just for the first 100 new Blog Mastermind students.

You will learn -

• How to craft a compelling offer to convince people to join your email list
• What incentives work best to maximize the number of opt-ins to your email newsletter
• Where to put the newsletter opt-in box for best results
• What type of email messages you should send to your newsletter to build relationships
• How to use your newsletter in tandem with your blog for big profits
• And a whole lot more, completely dedicated just to Conversion Blogging…

Bonus 2: “How To Use The Power Of Video To Market On The World Wide Web” - Live Teleconference With Gideon Shalwick PLUS six brand new videos from Gideon, the man behind the fantastic BecomeABlogger.com videos

Gideon is the guy who has taught me everything I know about online video so far, and he’s a lot better at it than I am. Video is obviously an important part of the strategy for Blog Mastermind and it’s amazing how good a marketing and teaching tool it is. You simply have to get on top of this aspect of Internet marketing, and if you are one of the first 100 people to join Blog Mastermind, Gideon is going to help you get started.

Gideon’s offering six brand new videos and will jump on a teleconference with me to teach us -

• Exactly what kind of equipment you’ll need to record perfect video
• The secret formula for creating powerful video scripts
• How to setup your shooting area to increase the quality of your videos
• How to capture and record your first video
• How to edit your video using a free and easy to use editing program
• How to get your new video onto your own blog or website
• Plus you can ask Gideon any questions you may have about video marketing

Bonus 3: “How To Boost Critical Conversion Points In Your Blog Business” - Live Teleconference With Will Swayne on testing elements of your blog and email newsletter to improve conversion rates

Will Swayne and his company, Marketing-Results.com.au, are my conversion specialists. They help by testing my opt-in forms and sales pages to increase conversion at each point in my business process.

In this live teleconference with Will, only for the first 100 new Blog Mastermind students who join today, we will review the critical conversion points of a blog business, including -

• What are the critical elements of a blog post to test to make more sales
• How to sell more affiliate products by improving upon what you already do
• Simple tweaks you can make to your email newsletter to improve open and click-through rates
• How to change your newsletter opt-in form to boost how many people join your email list
• And lots more simple tips to improve your conversion rates…

You get all three of these bonuses if you join Blog Mastermind today and are one of the first 100 people to do so.

You will receive the details for the teleconferences and video downloads after you join Blog Mastermind, and if you can’t make them live, don’t worry I’ll have downloadable MP3 audio files and transcripts of the calls made available.

So don’t wait, go sign-up to Blog Mastermind now, here is the link again…

I’m off to welcome the new students into the program.

I’ll see you on the inside…

Yaro Starak
Blog Mastermind Coach

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Thanks to everyone who replied with such positive feedback about the Conversion Blogging video and the interview with Alborz, a million dollar blogger. It’s been truly overwhelming how many messages I’ve received plus there’s nearly 200 comments made to my blog in reply to the content, and it’s not even a week since I released it!

What I’m most happy about is how inspired you all sound and how you are ready to take your blogging seriously. If I can help a few more people realize the full time income from a blog dream, then I consider it job well done.

But we’re not finished yet!

How Does A Blog Make Money?

Next I have two videos, which are not quite as long as the previous videos, but definitely as compelling and full of great tips to help you make more from blogging.

Both videos are completely free and take you behind the scenes of this blog. The first shows you how I make money and the second shows how much I make. You can view the practical implementation and the financial outcome as a result.

These two videos should help demystify ambiguity you might be experiencing regarding how a blog like mine can make $10,000+ a month. Here are the videos…

Please reply with comments and let me know what you think of the videos.

Blog Mastermind Opens This Tuesday at 10 AM

By now you should well and truly realize that I’m not just giving away these videos because I can (well, I am in some ways… it is gratifying to see my work benefit people regardless of financial outcomes for me).

I’ve distributed all of this great content in part because I want to convince you to come work with me in my blog coaching program, Blog Mastermind.

I showed you some of the concepts I teach with Conversion Blogging and the Blog Profits Blueprint. I brought Alborz on stage to demonstrate that other, normal people just like you, can do this if you stick to it long enough to realize success. Today I’m showing you how I do it and giving you proof of what I earn.

All I want you to do in return is consider whether what I’ve shown you has been helpful and if so, whether more training of this quality, delivered in a structured format and all nicely packaged in a friendly community environment, is something you would like to take part in.

My coaching program opens on Tuesday July 29th - that’s this Tuesday. I’m aiming for a 10 AM EST USA time opening.

We should make that deadline, but of course I’ll let you know if there are delays. We have a couple of tests to run Monday and if they go okay, we will be good to go on Tuesday.

You might be wondering whether there will be a time limit or a limited number of spaces in the program. Let me put your mind at ease - I’m not closing the doors this time, nor will I be capping the number of people who can become members.

I will have some fast-action bonuses for the first 100 people who sign up, thus demonstrating their eagerness to participate (I like to reward the eager beavers with extra goodies). However, if you live on the other side of the world (Hi Australia - I miss you - I’ll be back soon!) or for whatever reason you can’t get to a computer when the doors open, don’t worry, you won’t miss out.

Get to a computer when you can and you will still be able to join my program.

How Much Will Blog Mastermind Cost?

The program is six months worth of training plus a members resources area and online community. You can participate in two ways -

Option 1: Pay $97 for the first month, try it and if you like it, continue to pay $97 a month for six months total. You will have immediate access to the member resources and online community and receive one lesson per week until you graduate in six months.

Option 2: Pay $497 upfront, save yourself $85 and get access to all the materials at once. You get instant downloads for all the lessons, the member resources and access to the online community.

There’s also a third “all you can eat” option, where you get all of the Blog Mastermind content (all of option 2 above) PLUS my second course, Membership Site Mastermind (currently not available to the public), which is my coaching program for people who want to start a membership site using a blog as a launch pad. You can get instant access to both these programs for the one time fee of $1497.

The sign-up page will break down every tiny detail about my coaching program, so bookmark the page below and on Tuesday you will be able to see all the details and join the program -

http://www.blogmastermind.com/coaching/

That’s it from me, enjoy the videos and get ready to begin your training with me from Tuesday onwards.

Yaro Starak
Demystifying Ambiguity

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

• Download the MP3 [ 49 Minutes - 22 MB ]
• Download Text Transcript [ 18 Pages - PDF ]

It All Started With A Blog

If you opted in after watching my Conversion Blogging video you would have received an email from me talking about a podcast interview with a student of mine running a million dollar blog.

My friend’s name is Alborz Fallah and he was one of my very first students and certainly is the most successful. His blog, CarAdvice.com.au is one of the top blogs in all of Australia in any category and competes right along with some of the biggest media companies in the world for the car enthusiast market in the land down under.

His blog gets phenomenal traffic, brings in hundreds of thousands of dollars in advertising revenue each year and Alborz has traveled to Europe to drive some of the most prestigious sports cars ever created. His blog became a true business and Alborz has to be one of the luckiest people in the world, living out a passion every single day and earning big money along the way.

What’s really great about this story though, is that Alborz started out just like you and me. He wasn’t sure what topic to write about, so he created three blogs at once to see which one would stick. The car blog got the traffic so he dropped the other two and slowly built up his site off the back of his own content.

I convinced Alborz to test AdSense on his blog after much pestering and he immediately made around $10 per day. Over the next few months his income grew, AdSense reached about $100 a day and he started branching out and testing other forms of advertising.

I don’t know how much his blog generates today, but 12 months ago it was making $30,000 a month, so I expect the site generates at least half a million dollars a year now. I do know the site was professionally audited (necessary when you take on capital investors) and valued at 5 million dollars!

Did I mention during this entire time he was still working a full time job?

It wasn’t until Alborz sold some of his blog to investors and his blog became a real serious business that he finally left his job to focus 100% on growing his project.

Since then Alborz and CarAdvice have gone from strength to strength. He’s knocked back a million dollar buy-out (actually I think he knocked back a couple of offers), he’s had more people join his team contributing articles and he recently told me about a deal just made with one of the major online media companies to supply car related content to their network in Australia. There’s also new branches of the blog opening up in other countries.

It’s truly become a massive enterprise, which all started as an after-hours experiment to see if he could build a popular blog.

There’s A Lot To Learn From This Interview

The interview is very practical, and if you pay close attention you will learn a lot about the specific techniques Alborz implemented early on to grow his traffic. You will also hear the story of how he brought on investors to back his blog and help grow it to the next level.

Here’s some of the most important points to take away from the podcast -

• You can start a blog and choose top level categories in very competitive markets, if you niche it down based on geographical location. In other words, you can start a car blog and target just your country to differentiate it. There’s big bucks to be made as the leading blog in just one country for mainstream subjects.
• When you don’t know what topic to blog about, pick what you think might work and just put something out there and see what happens.
• You can build a significant blog based only on part time labor, if you are dedicated and get things done during the time you have available to work on the project.
• Sometimes, being controversial can do wonderful things for your traffic. Strong opinions will always stick out and grab attention.
• Search engine traffic is very powerful if you just do a few things right, like blog post titles in Alborz’s case.
• Think BIG with your blog, it doesn’t have to be just a small publication - consider taking things to the next level with the help of financial investors.

This is one of the most inspiring blog case studies I know of. I don’t expect everyone to do as well as Alborz, but it’s VERY realistic for you to enjoy even just 10% of Alborz’s success with your blog and make a good living as a result, if you can just commit yourself to the goal for long enough to give yourself a chance of success.

Here are the links to the Interview again -

• Download the MP3 [ 49 Minutes - 22 MB ]
• Download Text Transcript [ 18 Pages - PDF ]

I hope you enjoy the interview as much as I did creating it. If you like this style of interview there’s another 10+ interviews with professional bloggers inside Blog Mastermind, which you can download and listen to any time after you join the program.

That’s it from me. I’ll speak to you again soon.

Yaro Starak
Blog Coach

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