Blog Mastermind is a new blog mentoring offering from Yaro Starak.

Yaro has been blogging for a few years and in that time has built up a site with a Page Rank of 6, Alexa ranking of about 14,000 and has over 4,000 RSS readers.

In March 2007 Yaros reported earnings were about $6,500. Given the low overheads of blogging, this is a good income from a home based business.

In short Yaro is a successful blogger who knows how to turn a dime.

I’m one of Yaro’s RSS subscribers and have always enjoyed reading his posts. He’s obviously a smart guy but has a down to earth style that makes it easy to understand what he is saying.

Just recently Yaro released his new blog mentoring program. The free introduction to the program is called Blog Profits Blueprint and is available in text, audio and video.

Blogs Profits Blueprint is about 55 pages and lays out in a clear concise manner the steps anyone can take to grow their blog to the point where a sustainable living can be made.

Here is a quick look at the chapters

  • How To Make Money Blogging
  • How I Discovered Blogging
  • Blogging as a Business, Not a Job
  • What’s Next?
  • Who Is Yaro Starak?
  • What Is A Blog And Why Are They So Popular?
  • How Blogs Make Money
  • Two Key Ingredients For Attracting Attention
  • Why Do You Blog?
  • How To Choose Your Blog Topic – Passions Vs. Profits
  • Let’s Talk Tactics
  • Content + Marketing = Traffic
  • What Is A Pillar?
  • How Do You Create A Pillar?
  • How To Market Your Blog
  • Time vs. Reward
  • Most People Are Lazy
  • Communication Channels
  • The Power of Leverage
  • Compound Effects
  • Think Big Picture, Work Little Picture
  • Traffic Tactics
  • Peer Relationships
  • Network Effects
  • Start With Your Peers
  • Bigger and Better Content Pillars
  • It’s Time To Make Money
  • Can Blogs Be A Stable Income Source?
  • The Holy Grail of Blog Monetization – Recursive Affiliate Income
  • The Next Best Option – Direct Advertisers
  • The Problem with Google AdSense
  • Other Monetization Options
  • My Top Blog Monetization Methods
  • Turn Your Blog Into A Business
  • Why Most Bloggers Fail
  • Do You Have Enough Information To Succeed?
  • Congratulations! – Now Get To Work
  • Advice For Beginners, The Lost And Confused
  • Private Mentoring For Serious Bloggers
  • Affiliate Opportunity

As you can see its pretty comprehensive and contains as much information for free as many paid publications of a similar size.

The notes about pillar articles and growing traffic by using blog comments has made a real difference to the traffic for this blog and the direction I need to take it in for the future.

Here are a few of the additional resources Yaro has provided to compliment his blog mentoring offering.

Sneak Peek into Blog Mastermind (video)

How I Make Money Blogging (video)

The Blogspot Case Study (video)

Blog Profits Blueprints (text, audio, and video options)

The purpose of this post is to let you know about Yaro’s offering. The free information, is well worth taking time to read and will be useful for the first time blogger and those with more experience.

Even if the mentoring program is not for you, I hope you download the free Blog Profits Blueprint. The information is first rate and I’m sure you will derive as much value from it as I have.

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