Dec
1st
By Mert Erkal in Problogger | Comments (8)
How to become a blogger
Yaro Starak has released a free report today for his new blog mentoring program become a blogger. You may download the report from here: Roadmap to become a blogger. The report is 72 pages, therefore I wanted to highlight the most important parts for my busy readers.
The Roadmap To Become A Blogger
The report is based on this idea: If you want to be successful in blogging, you need to reach the 5 Major Milestones listed below. The report also provides action plans for each milestone:
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Nov
24th
By Mert Erkal in Problogger | Comments (15)
Become A Problogger
I quit my job last July, and become a problogger. Many readers are still asking me how I managed to quit my full time marketing job after 10 years, while still paying a serious monthly mortgage debt. In this post I would like to share the key turning points in my blogging career.
- Joined Blog Mastermind: I joined Yaro Starak’s Blog Mastermind blog mentoring program in August 2008. It was a paid program, and I nearly paid $400 for 6 months. Now I see that it was a wise decision to enroll the program. I learned a lot from Yaro’s course. He gave me a very solid road map to blogging success. Read the rest of this entry »
Oct
2nd
By Mert Erkal in Affiliate, Blog, Making Money Online, Marketing PR, Small Business, Social Networking, WordPress | Comments (8)
“Do you really make money with blogging?” will be the most common question you will be hearing throughout your blogging career unless you are Darren Rowse or Yaro Starak. Everytime people ask me such a question, I take a deep breath and start telling them everything I know about blogs, and making money with them. I noticed that many bloggers are also not making enough money to earn their living from blogging like I do today.
Do not expect making serious money from blogging without investing any money. You need to have a certain strategy to follow if you want to become a problogger in the end. You may start with reading Yaro Starak’s Blog Profits Blueprint. You will find all ways of making money with blogging in this PDF document. After reading that, you may join Blog Mastermind blog mentoring program. You will learn everything related to blogging from A-Z, and start building your own blogging venture with Blog Mastermind.
I know it is not so easy to pay $97 a month over 6 months or $497 upfront for Blog Mastermind. Therefore I decided to offer prizes if you join the program through my Blog Mastermind affiliate link: Join Blog Mastermind and Earn Prizes from SearchForBlogging.com
WordPress has recently become blogger’s standard. You need to use WordPress perfectly well as a problogger. If you can afford you should also enroll Alex Sysoef’s Expert WordPress program. The good thing about the program is that a custom script does the full blog configuration and customization based on a few answers you provide on web page and you got a clear winner. But you really must see the video that shows you entire process to understand just how simple it is. Watch the video Expert WordPress to see how anyone can create a blog in less than 4 minutes from Start to Publish.
An email list is one of the most powerful marketing tools you can have on the Internet. Your blog and your email list are the perfect combination for a successful online business. You may use your email list to develop relationships, to deliver value added content and to communicate with your audience. Most internet marketing gurus tell that the majority of people need to be told about a product seven times before they buy it. So if you are telling your visitors about your product less than seven, no way out! You need an auto responder to remind people about your product.Aweber email autoresponder has recently become a standard for most of the Internet marketing gurus. You should use Aweber if you are going to make money through affiliate programs.
Sep
4th
By Mert Erkal in Affiliate, Blog, Blogroll, Copyblogger, Making Money Online, Marketing PR, Personal Development, RSS & Subscription, Relaxation, Small Business, Social Networking, WordPress | Comments (12)
It’s been one year since I launched SearchForBlogging. I have decided to have a custom blog design with the money I made online to celebrate one year anniversary. I was so lucky that I found Sahil Lavingia, the owner of Pixel Jig, as designer (Read my previous post on him Pixel Jig – Creativity That Inspires) Sahil has done a great job and delivered a great design. The good thing is Sahil is only 16 years old. I can not imagine him at my age. I will work with him on TechSuave‘s custom blog design soon. Special thanks goes to Ilker Yoldas who has designed a very remarkable logo(and favicon for me). If you are looking for a logo/favicon for your blog, there is no need to look for another alternative than Ilker.
Yesterday I thought about the things I accomplished during my blog’s first year:
- 250 posts are delivered. If we assume 3 hours spent in average per post, it makes 750 hours for one year. In other words, 31 days spent only for writing posts and promoting them! What a dedication!
- I finished Blog Mastermind Blog Mentoring program by Yaro Starak
- I invented the term Bloghology.Similar to an anthology, Bloghology was a collection of bloggers, their profiles, photos, and links to their best posts. It was a PDF e-book which can be easily circulated throughout the blogosphere for personal branding and marketing of start-up bloggers. It was evolved and became a magazine when I met Vasilis Pasparas, the owner of IGM Interactive. Have you joined our contest by the way? Spread the Word Bloghology, Win an iPhone 3G!
- My blog’s Alexa hit 69,168. RSS readers are almost 300, and up!
- In average 400$ per month was generated through my blog which encouraged me to leave my full time job by the end of July 2008.
- I signed a contract with a media company in USA to let them use my RSS feeds for the magazine they are building for mobile phone users mainly in USA. I will tell you more about this as soon as I get the media kit from them.
All in all, it was a very fruitful year for me. Next year will be a lot better than this year. This new blog design will help me get more attention, thanks to Sahil Lavingia!
How do you find my new custom blog design? I am looking forward to hear your thoughts and suggestions.
Jul
28th
By Mert Erkal in Affiliate, Blog, Making Money Online, Marketing PR | Comments (8)
Blog Mastermind opens Tuesday 10 am EST USA Time. A lot of people are already registered. For those of you who has not decided to join, I have good news for you. I know it is not so easy to pay $97 a month over 6 months or $497 upfront for all the training. Therefore I decided to offer below prizes for you if you join the program through my Blog Mastermind affiliate link:
- 500 Entrecard credits (immediately after you sign up through my link!)
- The complete advertising package at SearchForBlogging.com worth $75 per month, including text link, banner ad, your blog’s review, and your interview at Peopleized.com.Valid for 6 months.
- Coaching worth $100 per month, including finding an effective domain name for your blog, help on WordPress themes, installation, and plugins. We will then evaluate your progress during weekly progress chats over Skype. I can provide this service for $100 a month even if you don’t want to sign up with Blog Mastermind.
Yaro has recently launched two more videos to show you how his blog makes money and how much money it makes. If you follow what Yaro teaches and does every single day, you will be making steady income from blogging within 6 months.
Now watch How Yaro’s Blog Makes Money – 2 Videos
If you accept my offer, please click below link and send a comment to this post so that I know you signed up through my link:
http://www.entrepreneurs-journey.com/go.php?offer=merkal2005&pid=2
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