his blog is doing well so you know that he knows something!

David King,

http://davidbeking.com

so please dont go around and call it scam before even using it.

How are all the members doing now?

I personally think it is a good idea for any newbie to get involved in these membership sites as it will help guide their efforts.

Three others I know of are:
PortalFeeder
StomperNet
JobCrusher

At first I was going to give up because I didn’t get the Word Press platform and how to get my plug in’s to work. Then I was like I am not going to quit I am going to keep going because quiters never win and winners never quit.

I am lucky to have been in the right place at the right time for this program and I am working hard to utilize everything Yaro is teaching us in the program.

My friend Cindy of GoWorkOutMom has blossomed in her blogging skills since she has been on Yaro’s program.

I heard about Yaro’s program from Wendy over at emoms and I took the plunge I am glad I did. I really think people need to not focus on the instant gratification process rather the long term picture of all the experience they could gain from this to make themselves a credible authority in their blogging.

Everything I have going with my mini empire on the internet is a success in terms of focusing my energies towards my niche. Just the other day I got a comment from a reader who said the enjoyed reading my blog because I offer comprehensive material.

Money would be just a bonus in this I am loving the ride.

That being said, I do plan on working to grow my blog from a hobby to something more and I could use a mentor, especially since my flip from Typepad to WordPress seemed to have really affected everything from my Feedburner subscribers to my pageviews to my Adsense earnings. I am sure that a music blog can be a successful full-time venture. I am certainly willing to do the work.

Looking forward to contributing some positive feedback on the Blueprint and then we will see about the full course.

You posted this on my blog too so I’m sticking a reply here as well…

I’m sorry you feel that way. During the last few weeks since I released the Blog Profits Blueprint I’ve had many people ask me to come review their blogs. If I responded to every request I receive I would do nothing else all day but visit other people’s blogs and surf around MyBlogLog, which doesn’t move me forward – in fact I tell my students to spend more time writing their own content than reading other people’s – so I have to follow my own advice.

I’m happy to visit the blog’s of my students and help them – in fact I’ll be doing just that this week, but when it comes to public requests for help there is only so much I can do!

Anyway, I don’t think you would benefit from my program if the cost is turning you away or you think it is a scam, so please feel free to follow the information in the Blog Profits Blueprint, which is completely free and very good, if I don’t say so myself ;-).

Good luck with your blog!

Yaro

No thanks not for me.

The only way to know is to test, test, test. I’d almost be willing to bet money that if Yaro went with some professionally built site with flashy graphics and fantastic theme that people SAY they want, his subscriber count would go down.

The reason I know this is I’ve tested it. I put thousands into a site for my software. It looked great, had eye-catching flash and flair. But converted at a measley .3% that’s point3%

Only when I did the long sales page did my conversion go up to a standard 1.5% and in some categories as high as 3.4%. The reason: Graphics and flair don’t tell potential customers anything. If you land on my page, you get complete information of what you get in its entirety. A hot theme can’t do that.

Yaro, sure, try Darren’s idea. I think it’s a good idea to test. But I’d track the results carefully before abandoning what you do have.

No animals were harmed in the writing of this post…

Perhaps some kind of special offer just for problogger readers too…

I think in terms of bloggers who signed up most of them knew me already or at least read the blueprint, then bypassed the sales page altogether to join.

I probably lost a few too who just hate the long page format.

For those who are not bloggers/saturated with sales pages, the long format will likely convert better.

But you are quite right, some form of short letter for the blogging community is a good idea.

I’ll put that on the to-do list.

My main focus now is getting materials to my students and responding to questions.

Yaro

1. Long sales pages are probably not as effective as they used to be – but from talking to the successful internet marketers that I know well, in general they do convert better than short ones.

2. However – when you’re marketing to seasoned bloggers I suspect that this approach doesn’t work so well. Most bloggers are a pretty cynical and hardened lot who become skeptical of ’spin’ or ’sales talk’. They respond more out of relationships, personal recommendations and actual helpful information. This is why Yaro’s free report has been so widely read – it’s genuinely helpful, personal and a good read.

I wonder if perhaps Yaro should have gone with two (or more) sales pages – one that he gave to us bloggers to use (ie I would probably have felt more comfortable sending people to a page that was much shorter and that I personalize in some way (ie with a recommendation from me and an outline of what people get). A second sales page could have been given to those promoting to non blogging audiences or for him to direct traffic to from advertising.

Just my two cents worth.

I’d bet good money that if Yaro set up a landing page specifically for ProBlogger readers that was to the point, used my recommendation and built on the great free report that he’d see higher conversions from my readers than what he’s getting (although I should say quite a few of you have purchased and I’m hearing great reports from those who have).

So far I’m very pleased, the information is good, but I mainly subscribed for the step by step system, I for one haven’t seen another system like it.

We’ll soon see if it works :)

And while I do make fun of the sales format, it’s a proven converter. From an investment standpoint, I would be more skeptical of promoting products who don’t use it.