Category: Podcast

Blogging. Is it dead, or is it still a viable business strategy?

For the mighty goal of answering the question above, I’m joined by Yaro Starak. Yaro is one of the most famous bloggers out there, and has branded the term “live the laptop lifestyle”. Over the years, he has helped thousands of people launch successful businesses. All of which, had a blog as their core.

Yaro consistently makes $10-40K a month from his blog, which is now set on auto-pilot. Starak still puts in a few hours a week into it, but even when he doesn’t – business continues as usual.

In today’s episode we discussed how to choose a market with buyers, find your unique selling proposition, and offer your first product. Click play now:

How To Start A Successful Blog – Episode Highlights:

• Is blogging still a relevant business building strategy in 2015? (01:10)
• How to validate that there’s money in the market you’re considering? (03:25)
• Figuring out the language your target audience will resonate with (04:25)
• Creating your first product when you have no customers, no list, and no money (05:40)
• Should you be using paid traffic? (08:50)
• What you need to do to get noticed (10:05)
• How Yaro learned to be less negative, and why it’s crucial for your success to do the same (14:06)
• Skills every blogger needs to develop (19:15)
• How to get unstuck (20:10)
• Ask yourself this question, and you will stop quitting, and start winning! (21:36)
• What should your content product include? (23:29)
• Get Yaro’s book – Blog Profit Blueprint – in PDF and audio format… for free! (25:33)

Mentioned Resources

• Entrepreneur’s Journey (Yaro’s blog)
• Yaro on Twitter – @YaroStarak
• Get Yaro’s book, Blog Profits Blueprint 2.0 for free!
• Yaro’s Blog Mastermind 2.0
• Yaro’s guide to Master Your Mindset & Productivity
• Yaro’s Beginner Blog Traffic (how to grow your blog from 0 to 1000 subscribers). Traffic won’t be a problem anymore after this resource!

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Forget everything you’ve learned about making passive income online. Forget about guest posting, link building, and social media. Let’s go back to the basics. To the core of what being an entrepreneur means: becoming a successful business owner.

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In today’s episode you will learn:

• How to stop delaying the “money getting” process
• Why building your first online business around “a personal brand” might not be the best option for you
• How to streamline your marketing & sales by tapping into existing channels where money is already being made
• How to do effective market research and uncover trending markets with little competition
• How to learn your competition, and outdo them
• How our guest built in 18 months a business generating over $250,000/month (including the exact steps he took!)

“Personal branding” is the biggest hype right now. Many are obsessed with turning themselves into “the product” that people buy. This is no little due to many gurus giving advice like:

“There is no one like you in the world. That’s why your unique selling proposition should be YOU! Then, no one can copy it!”

This advice is hard to follow and extremely time-consuming. But more than that, by definition – it’s not scalable!

Think about it. Say you go ahead, and build a successful personal brand. Well done! Your coaching, your books, your courses, your DVDs, and your membership sites are selling well. That’s amazing!

But… hold on one second…

The entire sales and marking process is based on people buying “you”! Congratulations, you’ve just cemented yourself into your own business. Is that a bad thing? Only if you ever want to enjoy the money you’re making – without the business crashing while you’re away!

This is why in today’s episode, my guest and I go back to “business 101”:

1. Choose a rising market
2. Find an existing channel where money is already being made
3. Learn what products are doing well in the market and what problems they solve (or what desires they meet)
4. Find the shortcomings of those products, and to make something that solves it better
5. Put your product in the market
6. Promote it using the existing channel where the customers already are and are accustomed to spending money

This is exactly, to the dot, how Chad Mureta built his app empire. And it’s also how today’s guest, Ryan Moran, built in 18 months a business that’s making over $250,000 a month.

I also seen Ryan mentor a good friend of mine recently. That friend went on to building his business from zero to 5-figure monthly income – in just a couple of months!

No matter where you are in your entrepreneurial journey, you’ll want to scroll to the top of this post, and click play right now! Don’t miss the information on today’s episode!

BTW, if you enjoyed this episode, please leave Ryan a comment below, or Tweet him (@RyanMoran) to let him know 🙂

Mentioned Resources

• Tell Ryan he was awesome on his Twitter account, @RyanMoran
• Ryan’s website, Freedom Fast Lane
• Ryan’s website, Freedom Fast Lane Podcast
• The official Fulfilled By Amazon (FBA) page
• Ryan’s yoga business, Zen Active Sports
• The Facebook page Ryan and his partner built to promote the yoga mats and get initial sales
• Podcast episodes Ryan recommended:
  • Sean Coyne and Ryan Moran: Step By Step to Six Figures on Amazon
  • How I Grew To $200k/month in One Year
  • 12 Months To $1 Million On Amazon

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Are you ready to finally build the relationships that will make your success a reality?

I used to hate getting into rooms full of people I didn’t know.

I used to think I’m pretty good with people… but when you’d put me in a room full of strangers… all that confidence evaporated.

Have you ever felt the same?

Every entrepreneur worth his salt attributes a large portion of their success to the people around them. In fact, they met most of those people first at a party, or some conference or meetup.

When I think about it, I met 95% of the core of my professional network in 3 events!

Everyone I interviewed on the show, I reached through this core network. Every person on my masterminds, I met through this core network. Every joint-venture I was involved in, came from this core network.

3 events. That’s all it took.

Well, 3 events, and working the room to actually make those events count!

Two months ago John Corcoran shared with us the 10 Steps To Becoming A Business Networking Superhero. After than interview, John introduced me to Susan Roane.

John referred to Susan’s book, ‘How To Work A Room’, as “the bible of networking”. And today, she will show you how you can put your best foot forward next time you enter any room.

Click play now, and learn how to build the relationships that will make your success a reality:

How To Work A Room – Episode Highlights

• The 3 most important traits of savvy networkers
• How to introduce yourself to new people in an engaging way… in 9 seconds or less!
• The 4 magic words that help conversations flow with ease
• How to segue from the small talk… to the big talk!
• Three ways to get out of a conversation… graciously!
• How to remember the people you met at events and meetups
• The main don’ts of networking that you should avoid

Mentioned Resources

• Susan Roane Website, Twitter profile, Email: [email protected]
• How to Work a Room – The Ultimate Guide to Making Lasting Connections–In Person and Online

  

• How to Create Your Own Luck: The “You Never Know” Approach to Networking, Taking Chances, and Opening Yourself to Opportunity
  
• What Do I Say Next?: Talking Your Way to Business and Social Success
  

I hope you enjoy the episode!

Have an amazing weekend, my friend!

Meron

P.S. Next week we’re switching gears as we’ll talk about a business model never before covered on the show… don’t miss out. It’s HUGE!

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