YARO STARAK

4 Tips For Becoming A More Productive Entrepreneur

4 Tips For Becoming A More Productive Entrepreneur

These tips will make you a better human being in my opinion, but you have to stay on topic, so let’s focus on business. Over the past few months I’ve experimented with some lifestyle changes. Not all of these changes were specifically about improving my...
Do You Lack A Powerful Vision?

Do You Lack A Powerful Vision?

The most common and powerful advice dished out by every expert on this planet is one word: Action. At the heart of almost all business and personal development education is the concept that in order to realize a goal you have to do something – sometimes anything...
Are Freelancers Really Business Owners?

Are Freelancers Really Business Owners?

I just completed a great podcast interview with Collis Ta’eed from the NorthxEast blog, although the focus was not on that blog, it was on his newer blog, Freelance Switch. Freelance Switch is all about freelancing and skyrocketed in popularity in a matter of...
Is This The Only Sustainable Blogging Business Model?

Is This The Only Sustainable Blogging Business Model?

It’s taken four articles to get here, but at last the final chapter in the series on sustainable business models that use blogs. If this is the first time you have read this series please read the articles in sequence. Here are links to the previous articles...
The Advantages Top Bloggers Have That You Don’t

The Advantages Top Bloggers Have That You Don’t

The first article in this series on professional blogging as a business model, I introduced you to the core formula behind how most bloggers attempt to make money – content = traffic = money. In the second part I concluded that professional blogging is NOT a...
How To FINALLY Start Your Online Business

How To FINALLY Start Your Online Business

Let’s jump straight into it – if you are reading my blog then you either already run an Internet business, you want to run one or you dream about running one (or you are stalking me!). With this article I hope to help you move from the “I want to...
6 Tips To Reduce Your Stress

6 Tips To Reduce Your Stress

Continuing from the article – It’s Time To Reduce Your Stress – I’ve produced a series of practical tips for you to reduce your stress. I intended to include these in the original article about stress but they didn’t fit with the flow and...
It’s Time To Reduce Your Stress

It’s Time To Reduce Your Stress

I was sitting at the bus stop the other day. It was a Friday. I had spent the day leisurely – some work in the morning, then off to the city after lunch for some writing on my laptop at an Aroma’s cafe for a couple of hours. I had plans for a game of...
AWeber Review: Is This Right Email Newsletter Service For You?

AWeber Review: Is This Right Email Newsletter Service For You?

A lot of people come to my blogs looking for advice and help to start their own Internet business. In order to help you make more informed decisions, I’m producing a series of reviews of the software, web services, e-books and other online resources I use to...
Don’t Wait As Long As I Did To Learn This Business Building Lesson

Dealing With The Loss Of People Resources

Back when I was running an English school one of the greatest challenges was juggling staff. Finding talented people that were available when I needed them was difficult and unfortunately since I could only offer casual hours most teachers didn’t stay around...
My Top 8 Search Engine Optimization Tips – Part 1

My Top 8 Search Engine Optimization Tips – Part 1

I joined Perry Marshall’s Renaissance Club to get my copy of the Definitive Guide To Google AdWords at the discounted rate, however I’ve started to realize there is a lot more value in it than just the AdWords eBook, which I guess makes sense since Perry...
How To Sell A Website – How Much Are Websites Worth?

How To Sell A Website – How Much Are Websites Worth?

Straight off the bat, here are a few key insights: Selling a website depends on revenue, costs, growth, and market potential. Valuation is often 2-3 times annual revenue. Prepare detailed data for buyers. Reach out to industry insiders first. Negotiate sale terms...
The Advantages Top Bloggers Have That You Don’t

Do You Want to Run Your Own Business? Read this First!

Are you considering the life of an Internet business owner? Well before your eyes gloss over with dreams of endless free time and images of sitting on your couch with your laptop clicking away earning you thousands let me show you the reality of the situation. A...

Timeline Part Four

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | 30yr Birthday Post Locating Office Space Searching for an office in early 2004 was one of the hardest things I have ever done as an entrepreneur. I certainly learnt a lot of lessons during the two months it took to find...

Business Timeline

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | 30yr Birthday Post 1979-1997 The first 18 years of my life, while being unique to me, are certainly not out of the ordinary and could be considered a typical upbringing for a child in Australia. I was born in Brisbane on...