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Happy First Birthday to The Baby Boomer Entrepreneur
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On the one hand, it’s hard to believe I’ve been blogging for a year now. It doesn’t seem possible that I’ve written that many blog posts; who knew I could be that prolific? On the other hand, in some ways it seems like I’ve been blogging longer. The focus of my business has changed so much it hardly seems possible it’s only been 12 months.
When I first started blogging I worried about coming up with enough content. How could I possibly write three to five blog posts a week when I was having trouble writing a monthly newsletter? My blogging mentor Yaro Starak insisted finding content wouldn’t be a problem. Since I was paying him to learn how to blog, I decided to take him at his word.
Turned out Yaro was right. The more I wrote for my blog, the more ideas I got. In fact, everything in my business life – and a lot in my personal life – is fodder for the blog. Ideas pop into my head constantly. I’ve learned to write them down before they vanish again. This way, when I sit down to write, I don’t always have to think up ideas from scratch; I can look at my list for inspiration. Even better – I choose my topic the night before. Sleeping on it often means I sit down to the computer with the post half written in my head.
Yaro was also right about how blogs help with SEO (search engine optimization). When I launched my first website – www.stenbergwrites.com – it took almost eight months before I showed up in Google. And that was just typing in my own name, never mind keywords that potential clients would use.
With the blog however, Google found me much sooner. Read More→
The Baby Boomer Entrepreneur is Looking For Advertisers
Posted by: | CommentsThis blog is not just a hobby, but part of my overall business strategy. While I really enjoy writing for the
blog, it does take up quite a bit of my time; almost two hours a day. If I want to continue doing this, I need to start making some money.
Part of my business plan is to sell advertising on this blog. As you probably have noticed, I already have a few ads up. But I’m not sold out yet. I’m looking for six advertisers for each of the banner positions – on the header, in the right sidebar and after each blog post.
Can you help?
Do you know anyone who might want to advertise with TheBabyBoomerEntrepreneur.com? Please send them to my Advertise page and your favorite blog posts. Don’t forget to tell them how much you enjoy the blog yourself.
Or you could send me an email and tell me who you think I should contact.
Don’t worry!
Even though I’m adding advertising to my blog, it won’t affect the quality of posts or the type of content I supply. If anything it will improve the content because I’ll have more time to devote to researching and writing.
Thanks for your help readers!
Andrea J. Stenberg
Blogging Boomers #80 Blog Carnival
Posted by: | CommentsThe Baby Boomer Entrepreneur has been accepted into the Blogging Boomers carnvial. Blogging Boomers has an eclectic mix of bloggers writing about Boomers or subjects of interest to Boomers. This week’s carnival is hosted by the Fabulous After 40 blog.
Topics in this week’s carnival include divorce, AARP, Randy Pausch’s farewell lecture at Carnegie Mellon University, the political implications of the new Batman film and a new study about happiness. If you’re looking for some interesting new blogs to follow, please check out this week’s carnival at Fabulous After 40.
Andrea J. Stenberg
Here’s some advice to improve your blogging
Posted by: | CommentsI expect you have seen what Yaro Starak released during the previous week. The videos and interview with a million dollar blogger he published to help us all become better bloggers really impressed a lot of people – including me.
Today is your chance to become the next blogging success story and Yaro is willing to help you get there.
His private coaching program has just opened to take on new students. You can join here -
Blog Mastermind Coaching Program
The program, called Blog Mastermind and is the coaching program I used to get started blogging. Blog Mastermind is comprehensive and includes:
- A step-by-step coaching course delivered in weekly lessons in text and audio format
- Private members-only forum community and access to regular live training calls with Yaro (you can ask him anything you want about your blog)
- Video case studies of blogs and a ten-part series of audios from Yaro covering the core aspects about what it takes to earn big dollars from a blog
- Access to the social traffic club, a special community of members who help each other drive traffic to their blogs from social media sites
- 5 unique interviews with professional bloggers like Darren Rowse, Brian Clark and Andy Wibbels
- Plus loads more.
You can take a behind the scenes tour and hear Yaro talk about his coaching program if you watch the short video at the start of the sign-up page here -
Blog Mastermind Coaching Program
This is definitely the only course I know of that teaches you how to make a full time living blogging only part time, and how to build a real business from a blog, taught by someone who has actually done it.
Yaro’s teaching style is unique, he’s easy to learn from and has an ability to make complex subjects simple to understand.
He’s also one of the only bloggers I know of who really understands Internet marketing and how to build a business that doesn’t suck all your time.
Plus he makes over six-figures a year from his blog, so that’s enough proof for me!
No matter what level of blogger you are, whether you are brand new and still don’t even have a blog, or you are an experienced blogger who wants to take their income to the next level and stop working so hard, Blog Mastermind is for you.
Yaro is offering 3 fast-action bonuses for the first 100 new members who join his program today. They include three interviews and videos on important subjects to any blogger -
- How to effectively implement Yaro’s “Conversion Blogging” system on your blog
- How to use video to market online, just like Yaro did with his recent videos, with advice from video expert Gideon Shalwick
- Advanced tactics to improve your conversion rates to sell more from your blog posts and email newsletters, coming from Will Swayne, the conversion specialist Yaro hires to improve his blogging business
You can read more about the bonuses at Yaro’s blog post here -
http://www.entrepreneurs-journey.com/954/fast-action-bonuses/
These bonuses are only for the first 100 new members today, so you better hurry if you want these extra goodies. Here is the link to join the coaching program -
Blog Mastermind Coaching Program
Even if you don’t join Yaro’s program today, make sure you study his videos and the Blog Profits Blueprint report he gives away.
Yaro offers so much great advice that won’t cost you a cent and I’m sure if you follow his instructions you will begin earning rewards from your blog.
I’ll speak to you soon,
Andrea J. Stenberg
PS. Remember, if you want the fast-action bonuses you have to join Blog Mastermind within the first 100 people. As I write this, 60 people have already joined up.
Cold Calling Works For Me
Posted by: | CommentsIn the early days of my copywriting business, one of the most effective ways I used to promote my business was cold calling. I made lists of local businesses that were likely prospects for my business and set out to call them. Later I set my sights further afield and began a cold calling campaign in larger cities further away.
While I didn’t have huge success with cold calling – mainly because I only did it sporadically – I did land several large clients who paid my mortgage for many months.
Cold calling also gave me the opportunity to do more interesting work because I could work in more industries than I could by focusing solely on local business.
Another interesting side effect of cold calling – every time I engaged in a cold calling campaign I got work from elsewhere. Either someone I’d met at a networking meeting would call out of the blue with work, or I’d get a referral for work. It happened so regularly even my husband began to notice.
And this phenomenon is not unique to me. Several other writers who do cold calling mentioned the same effect. I think it’s the Law of Attraction at work. By putting so much energy and attention into gaining new clients, they appeared, just not in the manner I expected.
It’s my personal experience in cold calling that made me so excited when I met Shawn Greene, author of I’d Rather Have a Root Canal Than do Cold Calling! After several emails and phone conversations, Shawn kindly offered to do a free teleseminar for my readers. The teleseminar is Thursday July 3rd at 1 p.m. eastern. Even if you can’t attend the live call, please sign up because I will be making the recording available for everyone who registers.
Andrea J. Stenberg
