We’ve almost nutted out the bugs with the new design and I must say I’m very happy with how everything looks. I’ll talk more about the design process (and reveal who did my blog design) in a later post, now I want to tell you about a little free report I’m giving away to my RSS subscribers as part of the new blog design launch.
My First E-Book (unreleased until now)
Several years ago around early 2006 I had just begun blogging seriously and had spent the previous six months pumping out some of my early pillar articles.
At this time my proofreading business BetterEdit was my main focus (I sold it in 2007) and I was not a professional blogger. I don’t think I was making much, if anything from my blog yet, but my other business was doing well and I made a good living from it.
Those who have read this blog from the beginning might remember back during the early days I talked a lot more about entrepreneurship, setting up a business and general passive income strategies - and not so much about blogging (though I was starting to write about it even then).
It was around that time I decided to write my first e-book. I had no idea what I would do with it, but I felt with the several years experience running a few different businesses and I had enough content to produce a short book.
How to Start an Internet Business by Yaro Starak
Over the course of a couple of months I wrote a 50 page report detailing some of the key lessons I learned about starting and running my business and what I felt were the foundation principles necessary that all entrepreneurs understood and practiced.
The end result was a book I titled “How To Start An Internet Business…and stay happy doing it“.
For the new release today, I decided to change the tile to something a little more appealing to most people’s desires -
“How To Start An Internet Business…and make your first $1,000 online“.
The book is not about basic tutorials on the practical aspects like setting up websites, choosing domain names, etc. It talks more about mindset and business strategy, although I include 12 steps necessary to start an online business at the end which are quite practical.
The book is a companion to this blog. You can read it and gain a grasp of what you need to do and how you should think when starting your Internet business, and then use the content from within this blog to find information on the finer details about Internet marketing.
Create A Passive Income Business
What I find interesting after reading this book myself was how clear my intentions were at the time. I had a reasonably successful business, and although it would never make me rich, it was very automated - almost pure passive income because of the business model I set up.
My proofreading business operated through the use of contractors, a deliberate choice made from the beginning. When people asked me what I did for a living I explained that I basically forwarded emails for a few hours each day. Later that same year even the forwarding emails role was contracted away so that business became a 5 hour a week commitment at most, with the time spent cashing money orders and confirming PayPal payments had come through.
I think you will see my obvious devotion to working as little as possible yet still running a solid business and these motivations carried through into this book. I talk a lot about automation and the attitude you need to adopt to create a true business, not just a self employment job from hell.
As a precursor to the very practical Blog Mastermind course, even back when I wrote this book I knew how valuable having practical steps is if you want to get results from something you study. In this book at the end of some of the chapters I include activities you can do to help realize some of the goals outlined in the preceding chapter. I think you will find the activities a nice way to get real-life outcomes after reading about the strategies.
How To Download The E-Book
How To Start An Internet Business is free to everyone who subscribes to this blog via my RSS feed.
All you have to do is click the big orange RSS button in the top right or click this link to subscribe -
http://feeds.feedburner.com/EntrepreneursJourney
If you are new to RSS, please follow the instructions here: How To Subscribe To An RSS Feed
Once you have subscribed, when you read this blog via RSS you will see something like this at the end of every post -
Click that download link in your RSS feed and you will be taken to the page where you can download a copy of the book.
Note: We’ve tested this on the more popular RSS readers like Bloglines and Google Reader, however it appears that for a few RSS reading services the download link for the e-book does not appear. If yours doesn’t work, try Google or Bloglines.
I hope you enjoy reading some of my earliest work on Internet business. It’s 100% content from me and very relevant to anyone just beginning their journey into the world of online entrepreneurship.
If you have any feedback after reading the book, please feel free to leave comments here.
Yaro Starak
Author
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Thanks for that Yaro, look forward to reading it over the next few days. The new design is cool too.
Hi, Yaro.
I am glad that you release your first special report and I am going to read it from top to bottom. In fact, I have read your Blog Profit Blueprint for 5 times since January this year but only make around $2 from my blog. So I try to find out everthing that can help me to increase my online revenue and finally I stumble upon this special report.
Regards.
Hi Yaro,
Hey! Man I love your new design, the structure and over all look & feel,
looks great.
Thanks’
Albert Hallado
Nice new design Yaro. I did a quick browse through of your book, what you mentioned is quite true in my own experience. Will take a closer look thru your e-book later.
Hi Yaro,
Thank you for ebook and I like the new design and layout. I also wanted to say Thank you for always having such great information to share. Have a Happy Tuesday.
Peace and Blessings,
Tracey
I like the new design. Thanks for the e-book. Looking forward to reading it.
I do look forward to the read. I always gather great insights from your material. I do read a lot. And I do put that into action.
I was talking with a close friend the other day about how we are exposed to information all the time and some of that info we are able to out to work right away and then some of it pops up a year or so later.
We were ready to be exposed to it at the time however it’s application came to life at a later time.
Happy Netting!
The new design looks great Yaro - very clean - I also like the text size and uncluttered layout.
Everyone should read this book before they start an online business! There are far too many promises of overnight riches, blah, blah (see my blog) and this sets the record straight.
The internet is not a business in itself but a medium for conducting business and your are so right to explain some business basics, the need to be patient and in particular persistent. There is too much hopping from one launch to the next - which simply leads to failure.
Thanks Yaro
thanks for the ebook. I’m going to read it as soon as I get the time
Thanks Yaro…Your new design is really good…so much easier to read and well done. As soon as I post this comment I’m on my way to reading your e-book. Sure it’ll be a “winner”, just like your Blueprints has been.
Hi Yaro, thank you for the gift. Looks like you did some “Spring cleaning”. Nice job, easy to read and uncluttered. Guess I better tend to my own, lol. Thanks Again
Debi-Jene
Yaro,
After reading your free report. I would like to work out a system with you for my SMS business in Australia. Do you think this is workable? Hope to hear from you.
For more information about my Bulk SMS business please refer to the following URL
http://bizfinder.globalassociate.net/index.php?topic=4.msg4#msg4
Regards,
Jon
When did you write the ebook? Was it before you earned your first $1000? That would be excellent. I will definately get a piece of your generous offer although I already have passed the $1000 mark. IM about to go full-time with my online interest and I am using every piece of advice and infomation you provide. Keep it up
Hey Yaro
Awesome! Thanks for sharing, by the way, the new site design is great. I’m interested in buying a theme, any suggestions?
Thanks Yaro.
51 pages of pure gold - for free. Wow.
Haven’t had time to analyse it all yet, but the checklists are brilliant for keeping focus.
Talking of keeping focus, your best bit of advice is “Don’t Move On Until Your Baby Has Grown Up”. With half a dozen unfinished projects failing to reach their true potential, how I wish I could keep to that.
The new design is very easy to use and somehow calm to look at, does that make sense? Have been following you for a while and as usual, Yaro, your information is simple, applicable and creates results.
Thank you for your continued commitment to your readers! Look forward to sharing this links on a few of my sites.
Have a great week, Yaro!
Thanks for the ebook Yaro I just downloaded and will read it through out the day, great job on the podcast I like them a lot.
Nice Design. Love the white space and clarity for reading.
- And it is the first time I have seen a give-away that requires RSS subscription. Nice
Yaro,
I read your blog via RSS in firefox — I can’t see the download link
Hi Adam - we are going to play with a few more RSS readers to see how it works. I’m not sure what the problem is at this time but we will try and fix it.
Hi Yaro,
Nice new design! Good luck.
Thanks for the report… I will post an opinion once I’m finished reading it.
Cheers,
Alex
No link for me either. I subscribed and it puts you right in my NetNewsWire. Of course I had to un-subscribe first since I have been a reader now for at least 2 years.
Yaro,
Thank you for the e-book. I wanted to download it the other day, but the link was broken. I’m glad you’ve gotten it fixed and also ironed out some other snags with the new theme/host.
I too think it looks great!
I don’t know if this is the right place to tell you, but I wanted to let you know that your RSS feed is no longer full feed. This happened a few weeks ago, and I don’t mind, I still read, but I’ve noticed it cuts off if you have a “more” tag.
Keep up the good work!
Cathy
Hello Yaro,
Congratulations on your first book, I will be checking it out soon.
Thank you
Hi Yaro,
Thanks for the Pdf.
My preferred way of managing my RSS feeds is thru Firefox’s Live Bookmarks, although I can read your posts the Pdf download is not accessible. I had no problem when I viewed the feed thru Yahoo’s feed reader.
If downloads can not be made available to Live Bookmark users, that would seem to be a significant restriction on this method of distribution.
Harry
Yep - quite true Harry. It could be the plug-in we use so we will have to test some alternatives.
Thanks for sharing your e-book.
I like the clean new design. It’s definitely feels uncluttered and well organized. It’s a nice case study for sure.
I’m doing a WordPress theme update on my wife’s cooking blog and I can say it is not as simple as one might think. We bought a premium template as our base and have modified it from there, but there is still a lot of work involved.
So, great job Yaro. Good luck with the new design.
Charles McKeever
OpenSourceMarketer.com
Yaro,
I like the new design, except that on the system I have set up with large fonts the message at the top that says:
“Click play to hear a welcome message from Yaro.”
overlaps the top navigation bar.
I look forward to checking out your new ebook.
- George
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Hello Yaro
I would like you for this book and for the valuable information you share with your subscribers. I am really thrilled to see the videos as well as it is very helpful to me as a newbie
thanks once again
Judith
Thanks for sharing the e-book.
Hi Yaro,
I’ve done everything you say and I have probably made you a fortune signing up for all the stuff you promote, and now I have very little left. I can’t make a living blogging and I wonder who really can do it. I hope others don’t get hurt like I did.
Hi Sarah,
Sorry to hear about your frustrations. Could you elaborate more about what you have done so far? I know blogging is not something that is easy to get going, but if you get certain things right you can make a living do it - thousands of people already do it.
If you don’t produce enough content and do enough marketing it’s hard to get through the early stages and build momentum. It’s definitely hardest at the start.
You are welcome to ask me for specific help in the Blog Mastermind members forum too - I check in every day and help out with every student who asks for help.
For everyone having problems with the link, here is the direct link to the download page.
http://entrepreneurs-journey.com/free-report/
J
Thanks Yaro, I look forward to going through it.
I subscribed via the RSS feed but don’t see the download link for the book. What gives?
Sweeet title change. I love it.
Glad I’ve already got your feed …
Can’t wait to read this book, it will be interesting to see your views from this time.
Oh and a great way to promote your RSS feed!
Just what the Dr. ordered! Thanks so much for the report and the consistent hot content bro!
Thanks everyone for the great feedback.
We will keep working on the RSS delivery of the ebook and the other layout issues.
Please keep the comments coming.
Hi Yaro,
I downloaded the book and started to read it and before I knew it I had it read cover to cover and it is a great read. I realise some of the mistakes that I have been making, such as not concentrating on one business at a time and seeing it through, my blog is a testiment to this, it has been suffering while I have been trying to work on other things, which doesn’t work for me as I make very little online.
Thanks again for a great read.
Mike.
P.S. What is the font that you use on this site and also is it the same as the font from the previous design? If not what was that. Thanks Mike
Hi Yaro,
Thanks for the e-book. It was a great read. The point about needing to be patient really hit home for me. I’m in my third month of blogging and keep holding out for the traffic to build. I really like the analogy of compound interest — that your current success builds on your previous efforts. I received a comment a couple of days ago from a reader, and I was pleasantly shocked to find that I now have enough content for have “a reader”!
Of course, the e-book eloquently summarizes a lot of themes on EJ, so much of my perserverance in blogging has been due to the moral support that you and your blog offer.
And I love the site redesigned. Definitely less cluttered and easier to navigate. The increased whitespace is very welcome.
I haven’t read the ebook yet but you just gave me a great idea how to increase my RSS subscriptions
Yaro,
Quick question…
How did you place that download link in your feed?
And thanks for the report.
Curtis - We are using a plug-in called RSS Feed Signature.
Yaro, I think of the traffic situation like a snowball. When it is small it needs to be encouraged to roll along and gather mass. As it grows it tends to roll along a bit by itself. Then when it grows even more it can begin to roll on its own.
The key is to keep on building the snowball when it is small. Those first few months can seem like forever but it pays in the end to put in the work up front.
Geoff
I love the look of your new design. So big and “spacious”.
I was busy trying to copy the old look and here you’ve changed it on me!
Take care. (Very impressive - that number in your RSS feed!!! Talk about social proof!)