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So you are a serial investor in internet programs and can’t get no satisfaction (apologies to the Rolling Stones)? Do you want to have a blog and have no idea where to start? Are you tech-challenged and the idea of running a website actually scares the pants off you – could be embarrassing!

You are not alone. If you seriously want to start a blog there is a great program for you. It is called Become a Blogger. It’s a series of videos hosted by Gideon Shalwick. Yaro Starak is a partner in the program and he provides very valuable strategic direction. I have written about both Gideon and Yaro and their approach to the business of internet marketing and blogging. I am particularly impressed by their hard work makes good approach and not promising overnight success.

What is the Become a Blogger (BAB) Program ?

BAB is a series of step by step videos that set you on the course of setting up and optimizing a blog through to monetization of your efforts. It is for beginners or near beginners who may have stumbled through on their own or who might be dissatisfied with other programs that failed to provide practical steps to getting started. Without the practical advice it is unlikely you will be able to TAKE ACTION in an effective manner.

Gideon and Yaro give you some straightforward practical steps. It is hand holding if you like. If you sincerely want to TAKE ACTION this program is for you.

BAB takes you through the steps of starting a WordPress blog with your own website and the plugs ins you must have. Do you want to back up your blog? Do you want to be found by search engines? Look for guidance in BAB.

Gideon’s passion is multimedia and he guides you through putting images, audio and video on you blog. This all lets you stand out from the crowd. Don’t worry it is for beginners and you should be able to follow the detailed step by step screen shots. You will be amazed what you can do in a few simple steps.. If you get stuck you can post a question that will be answered promptly.

Gideon’s excellent step by step videos helped me start a Podcast on my hat blog Many Hatty Returns and get it on iTunes. Please check out my Podcast on Many Hatty Returns and on iTunes. All of this was developed using Gideon’s advice.

BAB will also help you with writer’s cramp if you suffer from that and other mission critical stuff like traffic generation and monetization.

If you are looking for an advanced exploration of the topics you probably will not find it in BAB. You will definitely get enough information to get you started and up and running. You will get support from Gideon and Yaro. You might want to check out Yaro’s more advanced programs such as Blog Mastermind.

Here is a flavour of the type of guidance you get in BAB:

The seven steps to create your own email opt in form using the AWeber email  service.

1. Create a confirmation page and an opt in page
2. Create a new list in AWeber
3. Modify the confirmation details
4. Create a new Web Form
5. Copy and Paste the code into your blog sidebar
6. Program your first follow up message
7. Testing everything

Yes this looks intimidating but I promise you that you will be following it in no time. If you decide to hire a tech person to do this stuff you will certainly understand it better by following Gideon’s step by step approach.

Unlike many programs you continue to have access to the training and guidance after you have paid for it and the course is officially over. That is not what you get on many other membership programs so take particular note of this. All of us have events in life that cause us to stumble for a while. It is comforting that you can go back and restart or review the training on Gideon and Yaro’s membership sites and not worry about losing anything. (I joined another membership site in the summer to help with multimedia training. I signed up for a six month period. When my Mother passed away in September I lost three months as I cut back on a lot of my activities. The only way to have continued access to the valuable training was for me to renew and renew and renew. In Gideon and Yaro’s programs there are no such worries beyond your reasonable commitment when you join).

The icing on the cake are the conference calls with Yaro and Gideon at least once a month.

Members of Gideon and Yaro’s programs pose questions at all levels and often this lasts two hours (thank you Skype for making it affordable). You can pose questions in the forum and listen to the archived version of course. Part of the fun for me is to interact with Gideon and Yaro personally. AND you get to participate even after you have paid and run the course of the training period. It keeps on giving. This stuff is worth 10 times the price of the programs in my opinion.

The Become a Blogger site is re-launching this week. The first step is to grab your copy of the free ebook Road Map to Become a Blogger.

I am an affiliate of all of Gideon and Yaro’s programs, and yes FTC I get paid commissions if you join through me. I am also an affiliate of AWeber.

Yaro Starak’s Membership Site Mastermind Site Program opens up TODAY. In my last post you will find my unreserved endorsement of Yaro Starak and his approach to coaching. (I myself am a member of his programs and I find them really useful. And I am a professional accountant – albeit out of the box sometimes).  The post also links to a video where Yaro looks at two case studies of membership program launches. I think and hope that you will be impressed by Yaro’s personable approach as I am.

You can grab Yaro’s Membership Site Masterplan ebook here.

The Master Plan e book is chock full of information on how to set up Membership Sites on the Internet.

This is a very valuable program that will teach you all the steps to getting your membership site program on line. You will get access to my Internet mentor Yaro Starak.

You can JOIN NOW at the following page. (WARNING if you don’t like long sales pages watch the video at the top of the landing page instead)

http://www.entrepreneurs-journey.com/go.php?offer=darla01&pid=4

Please note that Yaro is taking students for One Week only starting  May 5, 2009.

I fully endorse Yaro and you can find out the five reasons why here.

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http://www.entrepreneurs-journey.com/go.php?offer=darla01&pid=4

Good luck with your membership site and enjoy Yaro’s program.

If you are a Blogger like me you owe it to yourself to take a look at this avenue of monetizing your passion further and take it beyond affiliate sales to the next level. I am in Yaro’s Membership Site Program and I really hope that you will join me and we can interact in the Forums and elsewhere as fellow students.

Sorry for the sales type posting here. I really like Yaro and everything he does. If I was not fully behind him I would not be this forceful with affiliate links even.

I revised this post on October 27 2009.

Yaro Starak my all time mentor is re-launching his Membership Site Program. Yaro is a young Australian with mysterious Toronto connections (no it’s not me) who is going from strength to strength in the Internet Marketing business.

For a number of years now Yaro has been a blogger. I have completed Yaro’s Blog Mastermind and Membership site programs (updated) and I am a very satisfied student. Yaro is quite the opposite of your normal Internet marketer.

Here are Five Reasons I recommend Yaro Starak.

• He does not Spam you in the sales funnel process

He offers free e-books that are substantial and content rich and actually provide a lot of tools for you to get started. Yes you need to sign up for his email list to get the ebook (he teaches this method in his courses). However, the emails themselves contain very valuable hints.

Check out the ebooks for his two main  programs. You can grab your own copies of these valuable resources at the following links.

Blog Mastermind

Membership Site Mastermind

• He teaches that success comes through effort and does not hold out the promise of instant riches with little or no investment of time or money.

He is the very opposite of many of the late night Internet marketing jockeys I see on late night television. These imply that you can gain the keys to freedom for something like $39.95. Clearly this nominal “investment” is just the beginning and you will be asked to join programs with a monthly subscription or buy additional products. These people just don’t tell you upfront what the investment of money or time is required. Yaro is very upfront about the cost of his programs and he does have a real guarantee. He also preaches the work ethic. You may not succeed if you do the work but you will certainly fail if you do not apply the lessons. Unfortunately too many people have been lead to believe that they can succeed with little effort and their dreams of financial independence or just getting out of the unemployment or welfare trap are easily crushed. I have paid for many programs in the past and Yaro’s is the best. I have actually applied his advice and I am way further than I would have been without him. I’m not profitable yet but Yaro has helped me stay on target and I believe I will succeed through continuing focus.

• He cares about your success

Yes, this sounds sappy and you may not believe it. It’s not about numbers at any price. He looks at a smaller number of students and a higher yet reachable cost. Just the right price to ensure you value the content and treat it seriously but not prohibitively expensive for most. (Note Yaro discusses the various pricing methods in his Membership Site Free Report). He also explains things well and does not talk down to you. You do not have to have a college degree to understand them. Many of his segments are designed to keep your morale up. I have been encouraged to continue by looking at Yaro’s  smiley positive face and his encouraging writing. He has been there done that and probably did not even get the T Shirt. You and I can profit from his early mistakes and get up on the learning curve by avoiding Yaro’s early mistakes and profiting from his experiences.

• The lessons and resources are detailed, numerous and focused

You will not be disappointed with the resources and lessons in Yaro’s courses. He uses a combination of written words, spoken words and videos. He adds useful external references to the mix. The whole experience is enhanced through Forums and frequent Conference calls that are tailored to different world time zones.

Remember again you actually have to participate.

Many have said that Yaro’s stuff is too detailed. Don’t worry or get stressed out. You may have day jobs at least for the time being. You do not have to rush to get through his programs since you have continuing access after the program is finished so you can catch up at your pace. That’s the point these are the courses that keep on giving and giving even when your official lessons are over – you still have access to Yaro.

• Yaro does not practice a “bait and switch” approach

Many programs will have a front person making the sales pitch and you will be turned over to “Associates” who actually teach you the methods of the main person – the “guru”. You will have access to Yaro in both of his programs through forums, e mail and telephone conferences. Yes he is busy and employs people to do administration and answer some questions in the Forum. But you will always have access to him personally. I know I have just completed the lessons in the Blog Mastermind program

All this adds up to value for you.  Yaro has never short changed me in his courses. I am a professional accountant and I look at value added and cost benefit very closely.

Please take a close look at both of his programs.

As I said in my introduction Yaro has re-launched his Membership Site Program and I will be writing more about that during the launch period. My advice is do not procrastinate but certainly grab your Free information packed report now – you have nothing to lose – you can unsubscibe to the emails if you are not interested. I think it’s worth “kicking the tires”of Yaro’s very effective Membership Site business model.

Please take a look at his introductory video.

http://www.entrepreneurs-journey.com/go.php?offer=darla01&pid=3&u=http://www.entrepreneurs-journey.com/1111/slide-show/

The start of the video is really inspiring, as Yaro takes you through a slide-show from his 8-month trip around the world.

During his trip he conducted two different membership site launches in two different countries. One of these launches alone generated $211,969 and the other resulted in a $20,000 a month income stream.

In the second half of this video Yaro Starak takes you behind the scenes of two case studies of people who are using his online marketing principles to build businesses in unique niches:

- Fran Kerr is helping people treat acne with alternative methods

- Jay Jay is a professional illusionist and magician, who teaches people his tricks using online video

Please go over and view the video right now.

I am a satisfied student from the Blog Mastermind program and I have joined Yaro’s Membership Site Mastermind program. I would love to have you as a fellow student and read your Forum comments and questions.

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The small print.

The links are all my affiliate links thanks for your support of this blog.

UPDATE October 27 2009

Yaro has opened up his Membership Site Mastermind Program for the second and last time this year.

I still stand by my evaluation of him and his programs. He underpromises and over delivers. The best feature is that you stay involved with him even after the formal period has ended. You have access to the materials and the updates as long as he owns the program. One of the big bonuses is that you attend calls with him and his associate Gideon bi weekly and ask any question – I am a member of his programs and I find this valuable to keep me going and to help me up the learning curve. Here are the links to the membership site information again (yes they are affiliate links). My endorsement is sincere:

Membership Site Master Plan

(Full of information at no charge or obligation to you)

Membership Mastermind Offering (yes it’s a sales page)