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Successful Blogging Tips, Authenticity And Longevity With Yaro Starak
Almost 7 years ago, in Dec 2008, I started this site with the aim of helping authors like me who were self-publishing.
But I discovered that you can put your words into the world and no one will notice unless you learn some marketing (sound familiar?!).
So I started learning about how to make my site stand out, how to blog successfully and how to podcast. I learned all that from Yaro Starak and today I'm thrilled to be interviewing him.
In the intro, I talk about Risen Gods and Co-Writing a Book, both out now, and give an update on my own writing. In publishing news, KU payout dipped again this month.
This podcast is sponsored by Kobo Writing Life, which helps authors self-publish and reach readers in global markets through the Kobo eco-system. You can also subscribe to the Kobo Writing Life podcast for interviews with successful indie authors.
Yaro Starak is a blogger, podcaster, speaker and entrepreneur at Entrepreneurs-Journey.com. I took Yaro’s Blog Mastermind course back in 2008 and it changed my life. You can get Yaro's Blog Profits Blueprint here.
You can listen above or on iTunes or Stitcher, watch the video here or read the notes and links below. Here are the highlights and full transcript below.
* Yaro's start in the blogging world and the changes his site has gone through.
* On whether content blogging and writing online are still viable.
* How long it takes to make money blogging, and why it's important to celebrate all our little wins, figure out what keeps you motivated and keep moving forward.
* Setting goals and changing them as they are reached.
* Authenticity and its effect on an audience.
* Video and its advantages for those who are not writers.
* Why practice with new mediums and technology and not judging ourselves matters.
* On bloggers branching out into book publishing, including fiction.
* On the global and local communities in blogging and internet marketing.
* Yaro's tips for maintaining a long entrepreneurial career.
You can get Yaro's Blog Profits Blueprint here and find him on twitter @yarostarak
Transcript of interview with Yaro Starak
Joanna Penn: Hi everyone! I'm Joanna Penn from thecreativepenn.com and today I'm here with Yaro Starak. Hi, Yaro!
Yaro Starak: Hi, Joanna!
Joanna Penn: Just a little introduction. Yaro is a blogger, podcaster, speaker and entrepreneur at entrepreneurs-journey.com. I took Yaro's blog mastermind course back in 2009 and it really changed my online life. So if sounded a little bit fan girly today that will be why. It's amazing what can happen over the years.
Yaro, to get started, you've been doing stuff for a long,