It’s My Birthday
Just a short note today before I go run out and play (I’ve been told I’m not allowed to “work” today).
It’s my birthday! I’ve just turned 29, which apparently is the ideal age. Old enough to know better and still considered young. Go figure.
Apparently whenever someone asks your age you should say you are 29. At least for this year, I won’t be lying.
I received a present when I woke up this morning – a helicopter!
Here’s a video from my first flight.
Make A Note In Your Calendar – Tuesday A Special Video Is Released
On Tuesday, if all things go according to plan I’ll have a special video for you to watch that covers my take on what I think is currently the best formula for making money blogging, and I’d go as far to say – one of the most enjoyable Internet businesses you could ever own.
A week later, Tuesday July 29, Blog Mastermind opens to new students (fingers crossed anyway!).
Until then, stay tuned to this channel.
Video Update: Frank Kern Funnies and Yaro Interviewed
Ron Goodwave, newsreader at InternetMarketingNews.tv has released his next video. The unsuspecting victim this time is Frank Kern and his Mass Control system.
You can watch the previous video featuring Marlon Sanders here – Internet Marketing News – Marlon Sanders Exposed – Episode #1
Ron’s alter ego, Gideon Shalwick, did a video interview with me in 2007 and the first part of the video is now live at Internet Marketing Wizards.
There’s quite a bit more to come in this interview, so if you want to catch the remaining parts when they are released, make sure you go to InternetMarketingWizards.com and subscribe.
How To Market Your Blog With Conversations – A Free Sample Lesson From Blog Mastermind
It’s been a crazy last few days. I sent out a lesson to Blog Mastermind students about direct advertising and it was a huge lesson, more than 5,000 words, plus an extra video and audio – there is so much to teach about making money with blogs!
In between finishing that lesson for the current students I’ve also been putting together a few resources to give to the public because I’ve decided to close the Blog Mastermind doors to new students on Monday, December 10.
Yep, that’s right – I won’t be taking on any new students from Monday and only the people in the program now or who join before Monday will get to complete their training.
I must say that the course has come together very nicely, I think there is something in it for everybody if you are interested in making blogging an income source and a lifestyle.
How To Market Your Blog With Conversations
I know a lot of people are not sure whether Blog Mastermind is right for them, so rather than send out a bunch of emails and blog posts telling people how good it is, I decided to release one of the lessons to the public and let you make a decision for yourself.
You can read and/or listen to the lesson here -
Lesson 11: Marketing With Conversations
The lesson covers the most popular topic in blogging – how to get traffic. It’s actually the very first lesson on traffic in the program and introduces you to some core concepts about building an audience and then teaches you one of the most powerful yet simple techniques available. I actually debunk a few myths about this particular traffic technique, because sadly, most bloggers get it wrong.
From that point forward in the program there are another eight lessons on building traffic, then the we dive into monetization.
If you want to see what sort of content and structure Blog Mastermind contains, this free lesson should give you a good idea. Note that most lessons also have a video or additional audio component as well (lessons come in audio and text format). All lessons have actions steps at the end so you know what you have to do after the lesson is done.
Remember, the doors to Blog Mastermind close on Monday, so if you want to join, you have to decide between now and then. There is a 30 day money back guarantee, so if you don’t like it, there is no risk, plus you can cancel at any point beyond the first month.
The program goes for six months and you get one lesson per week, plus lots of extra resources like interviews with professional bloggers, my Master The Mindset audio series, case study videos where I review the blogs of students and offer recommendations to help them improve their performance, plus loads more.
If any of this is appealing, please check out the free lesson and consider signing up. Here’s that free preview lesson again.
Lesson 11: Marketing With Conversations
If you have any questions about the program or the advice I talk about in lesson 11, leave a comment.
Yaro Starak
Blog Mastermind Mentor
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Podcast: Advanced Blog Monetization and Traffic With Darren and Yaro
Darren Rowse and I did a special one hour podcast discussing advanced blogging strategies to generate more traffic and make more money from blogging.
The podcast has just gone live at Problogger.net and you can get it now from here -
Free Blogging Tips Podcast with Darren and Yaro
Here is the timeline of what we discussed in the podcast, which goes for just over an hour:
- Yaro on the convergence between the Internet marketing and blogging world
- How to build buzz and traffic by releasing a viral PDF report
- Tips on how to build relationships with other bloggers
- Darren talks about techniques to capture more repeat readers using your blog archives
- Customizing pages based on where your traffic comes from
- Why adding an email list newsletter to your blog is critical
- Tips to monetize your blog or newsletter using direct sponsorship
- Testing how your ads convert on your site to increase your income from sponsors
- Using split testing software (openads) to improve the performance of ads on your blog
- Testing different elements of your blog using crazy egg
- Buying sites with the profit you make from blogging
Surprise Offer
At the end of the recording Darren and I talk about a special offer I’m making just for his readers who are interested in joining Blog Mastermind. It’s a limited time offer, ending this Friday and the link for the special offer page is only available in the podcast and at Darren’s blog.
I explain why I made the offer in the podcast too, so if you are curious you will have to listen to the conversation right to the end.
You can get the podcast direct from Problogger.net in this link -
