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If Product Is The New Marketing, How Can We Apply This As Bloggers?
In 2013, I attended a networking event in Melbourne, one of the regular "Lean Startup" meetups. The feature guest for the night was Jonathan Teo, a Singapore born, Aussie raised guy, who moved to the US, worked for Google and eventually found himself part of the...
What The Toyota Way Can Teach Entrepreneurs About Continuous Long Term Improvement
I recently listened to the audiobook, The Toyota Way To Lean Leadership, by Jeffrey Liker and Gary Convis. The book pertains to provide the final step in "lean methodology" by reviewing how company leadership contributes to the process. I'm listening to the book via...
My Sci-Fi Confession And How Kickstarter Is Changing The World
It is no secret that I'm a bit of sci-fi geek. That is probably not too big a shock to you, given I walk in some fairly geeky circles already as a blogger. I might be stereotyping, but I suspect there is an overlap of people who write blogs and like sci-fi. I grew up...
Why Facebook Might Beat Google At The Online Advertising Game
During the few years I was running CrankyAds, an advertising management tool for bloggers, I spent quite a bit of time researching the online advertising space. One of my primary goals for this research was to find a way to deal with two issues - Banner advertising...
Have You Seen My “How You Can Start Making Money Online” Mega-Resource Page?
The sun is shining here in Melbourne as the cold weather is leaving us down under and no doubt making its way slowly back up to you guys in the northern hemisphere (sorry about that). Don't worry however as I have a resource that will keep you busy if you end up...
Blog Traffic Fundamentals: What Are Communication Channels?
It's been a long time overdue but I have finally released an update of the Blog Profits Blueprint, my ground-breaking report from - and you won't believe this - 2007! Yep, that's right, it's now more than a decade since I first published the Blueprint. What's even...
How Kickstarter, Crowdfunding And The Presell Process Are Changing The Way Entrepreneurs Start A Business
Last night before heading to bed I was browsing through Kickstarter, in particular the film and video category, to see what projects are raising funds or have been funded already. In case you have been living under a rock (or maybe you just don't live online like I...
My Week Spent Shopping And A Sunday Study Session
I just had one of the most productive weeks of my life. However, it wasn't so much business productivity, I was shopping for stuff to put into my new house in Melbourne (it still counts!). You see for my new place I went in empty. The landlords left me a washing...
Welcome To The 2013 New EJ Blog Design
Every few years I launch a brand new design here on Entrepreneurs-Journey (now Yaro.Blog). I'm happy to announce that the new 2013 design is live. If you are reading this page on an RSS reader make sure you take a look at yaro.blog on a desktop or laptop screen to see...
Product Launch Formula And How Two Bloggers Make Money In Different Ways
I've landed back in Melbourne, where for a week I am staying in an AirBNB rental apartment in Carlton North, then moving on to a proper 12 month lease in my new home in Fitzroy North. I have to say it was a surreal feeling leaving Brisbane knowing that this time I was...