Yaro Starak’s Membership Site Mastermind is for you if you want a very simple system for setting up near-passive income streams from the Internet, using the membership site model.

It works like this -

1. You find a need in the marketplace where people are suffering from something and they want to fix it (for example – losing weight, or improving your golf score, or how to get pregnant, or how to make money on the stock market, etc)
2. You create an information product that teaches how to solve the problem, which you deliver in steady increments, for example one lesson sent via email every week
3. You charge people a monthly fee to go through the program

The formula is simple enough, but obviously you are going to need to help, which is exactly what Yaro’s training program is for.

He will teach you -

• How to get traffic so you have hungry buyers ready to join your membership site
• How you can launch and start making money with only 10% of the content for your membership site finished
• How to find topic ideas if you are not sure what to base your membership site on
• How to get other people to create your content for you
• And what simple technology you can use to deliver your membership site automatically

…plus so much more.

If you want to see exactly what is inside the program, watch the video here.

CLOSING DEADLINE IS TODAY

I don’t want to rush you, but the doors to this program close tonight (Friday) at midnight EDT US Time.

You should take a look at the sales page and video, decide whether the program is right for you, and join today if you like what you see.

Already over 400 people have taken this course and Yaro’s ready to work with the next group, starting now.

If you want to be part of this amazing community of people all working to build real sustainable and profitable Internet businesses, join today or you will miss out. This is the last time the course will be open this year, so this really is a big deadline.

Winners are action takers, so if you want to start winning – take action today before the deadline ends.

There is a full 60 day refund period for this course, so even if you are not sure I recommend you join this program and try it out for yourself.

If you decide it’s not what you want, email Yaro to cancel and get your money back. There’s no reason not to try it, go here now and sign up.

Yaro Starak just opened his Membership Site Mastermind training program for the last time in 2009.

The doors will close on Friday at midnight.

You can join right now at this page (WARNING:
it’s a lengthy page, so watch the video instead if you don’t like reading).

There was quite a build up to this opening. Yaro’s report, the Masterplan, was hugely popular and received a lot of great feedback.

Then Yaro hit us with two amazing videos, one explaining his powerful yet simple survey technique that you can use to find out exactly what your people will buy from you.

The second video showed you that it is possible to start building an Internet business in niches that are not about money, by looking at two case studies in two very unique niches (acne treatment and magic illusions).

If you found the Masterplan helpful and the stories of other people enjoying success, people who started off with no Internet business experience, then Yaro’s coaching course is for you.

You even get direct access to Yaro with live coaching calls, so if you want to work with this guru of Internet marketing and get personal support, this is a brilliant opportunity.

Don’t wait, join today and start your journey towards making $10,000 a month from your membership site.

MEGA BONUS PACK IF YOU ACT TODAY

Yaro’s offering an incredible bonus PACK if you join his program within 24 hours of it opening.

There are five bonuses, including -

• Two live workshop presentation recordings from Yaro (he rarely speaks on stage, so this is unique content from his latest talks in 2009)
• A series of 13 videos of Yaro revealing his techniques to build a successful and profitable blog (this is really comprehensive stuff!)
• An interview and coaching call discussion with Gideon Shalwick on how to create video using a basic PC or Mac computer
• A detailed discussion of advanced conversion tactics with Will Swayne, the man who helped Yaro sell more of his products in 2008

You can see the full list of what is inside the mega bonus pack here.

REMEMBER: You only qualify for these bonuses if you join Membership Site Mastermind within 24 hours of it opening, so you need to be quick!

This is a priceless reward for making a decision to join his coaching program early.

You support Yaro and he supports you with his best resources, so if you’re ready to take your Internet business serious, join now.

I wish you the best with your membership site, enjoy Yaro’s program and good luck claiming the bonus pack before the deadline.

PS. If you’re not sure whether Membership Site Mastermind is right for you, go read the details on the order page.

The video on the order page will teach you a lot about how to make money by selling your own product so even if you have no intentions of joining his program go check out the video simply for the education.

Yeah, I’m pretty skeptical too, and that’s why I like this video.

In the second half of this video Yaro Starak takes you behind the scenes of two case studies of people who are using his online marketing principles to build businesses in unique niches:

- Fran Kerr is helping people treat acne with alternative methods

- Jay Jay is a professional illusionist and magician, who teaches people his tricks using online video

You can see how they are building their lists in the video here!

The start of the video is really inspiring, as Yaro takes you through a slide-show from his 8-month trip around the world.

During his trip he conducted two different membership site launches in two different countries. One of these launches alone generated
$211,969 and the other resulted in a $20,000 a month income stream.

Yaro did this all while living in a different exotic city each week, traveling and running his business. Doesn’t that sound like an awesome lifestyle?

The membership site model can grant some amazing lifestyle freedoms and I’m excited by what Yaro is teaching. I like learning from people who are actually living the life they teach is possible.

Watch this video and I know you wi

Yaro created a short video that reveals a very simple technique to find out what people want, so your next product will be a best seller.

It’s called the Blue-Sky video and you can watch it here.

I can’t believe how easy this technique is, yet how incredible the insights you can get from doing it.

Yaro uses this simple idea each time he launches one of his membership sites. It’s useful because you can find out what people are actually willing to pay money for, rather than waste all that time creating a product and then finding out no one wants it.

Simple ideas are often the best, and this is definitely the case here. Go watch it now!

PS. If you haven’t yet grabbed your copy of the Membership Site Masterplan, it’s still available.

Just go to this page and register and Yaro will send you a copy of what has to be one of the best reports of this year!

His report is called the Membership Site Masterplan and as you would guess, it is a step-by-step guide for launching a profitable online membership site.

Download the report now.

Yaro’s a great teacher and writer, and whenever he releases a report people always eagerly await what he has to say.

His gift is the ability to take complex subjects and make them very easy to understand. As you will see in this report, Yaro makes the process of setting up and profiting from a membership site so easy, anyone can do it, including you.

The Masterplan doesn’t disappoint, and once again Yaro has not held anything back. This is a report that is full of CONTENT, it’s not some hype-filled document just designed to sell a product and not really teach you anything.

In the Masterplan Yaro explains how he was able to make $250,000 from just one membership site and then goes on to lay out a plan so you can launch your own membership site and earn at least $100,000 within the next 12 months.

In the report Yaro takes you through the following process:

• How to find topics for a membership site
• How to develop preeminence, which means people choose to join your membership site over all the other options
• What sources of traffic Yaro uses to bring members to his site and build his list
• What technology Yaro uses to deliver content (this is so simple, anyone can do it)
• How to make money from a membership site BEFORE you create the content for it
• How to fill your membership site with hundreds of new members in a matter of days by conducting a powerful, yet simple, launch campaign

And much more…

Download the Masterplan now.

This is by far the most comprehensive report I’ve ever seen on this topic and I can’t believe Yaro is willing to give it away.

Of course Yaro hasn’t put all this work into the report for nothing. He’s launching a training program next week and this report is designed to introduce you to his teachings.

That being said, this report is a complete document – no matter whether you decide to join Yaro’s program or not, you will benefit greatly from this report, I know I did.

If you’re thinking of selling something online, a membership site is definitely the top choice. A product that you sell once, yet continues to deliver income month after month, is by far the best business model.

But listen, I don’t need to convince you of this, read the Masterplan. Yaro has put together a very compelling story and followed it up with a very detailed plan so you can do it yourself.

Go get your copy now.

Good luck with your membership site!

P.S. You can download an audio MP3 version of the Masterplan too, again at no cost. If you prefer to listen in the car or on your ipod as you run about, you will appreciate this audio file.

You can go register for both versions here.

That’s why you should always check the seller’s reputation, or ‘feedback rating’. This is a quick and easy-to-read summary of their history as an eBay seller, which gives you some idea of whether or not you should trust them with your money. Buying anything is a calculated risk: you want to minimise that risk.

How to Check Feedback Ratings

On each item’s description page, there is a box in the top-right hand corner about the seller, with the title ‘Seller information’. This contains the seller’s name, their feedback score, and their positive feedback percentage, as well as any stars they have earned.

Different coloured stars are given to eBay sellers depending on their rating, in this sequence: yellow, blue, turquoise, purple, red, green, shooting yellow, shooting turquoise, shooting purple, shooting red. Anyone with a ‘shooting’ star is an experienced eBay member who you should be able to trust.

If you click on the seller’s name, you can get to a more detailed view of their reputation – their ‘member profile’ page. This page shows the total number of people who gave them a positive or negative rating, as well as a breakdown by time. You can also see a complete history of all the comments that have ever been left about them, with the most recent first.

What to Look For

You might assume that anyone with a very high number can be trusted, but that isn’t always true. It is more important to look at their positive feedback percentage – and you should really consider anything below 99% to be a red flag and investigate further.

Take a look through the first visible page with the most recent transactions: are there any negative comments? What do they say? Take others’ experiences into account, as they could happen to you if you deal with this person. Be careful not to punish sellers unfairly, however, if they did bad things in their past on eBay but have improved since. You should look at the breakdown by time and ignore any negative feedback that was left a long time ago. Equally, though, you should sit up and pay attention if a seller seems to have been left an out-of-character amount of bad feedback in the last month or so.

Now that you know who to trust, it is worth learning a little more about how the different kinds of auctions work, so that you don’t accidentally slip up and make yourself and your feedback page look bad. Our next post will be about the different kinds of auctions you can expect to encounter during your time on eBay.

Each time you buy or sell something on eBay, people can leave feedback for you, and you can leave feedback for them. This feedback can be positive, negative, or neutral, along with a comment. Your feedback rating, then, is worked out using a very simple sum: the number of positive feedback comments people have left for you, minus the number of negative ones. This means that someone with a feedback rating of 28, for example, might have 30 positive ratings and 2 negative ones.

If you are a considerate buyer, then you should find that positive feedback will just appear next to your username, without you needing to do anything. If you want to help it along, though, there are a few things you can do.

Always leave feedback for others: People will feel an obligation to leave feedback for you if you leave it for them (eBay will send you an email after each transaction to offer you the opportunity). Take the time to write a positive comment about sellers who do what they should and the chances are they’ll do the same for you.

Pay promptly: Sellers love nothing more than to be paid promptly – paying as soon as the auction ends saves the seller all sorts of worry, especially if you pay by credit card or another electronic method. You will often find that your positive feedback appears within a few minutes of you paying if you pay as soon as the auction ends.

Don’t be a difficult customer: Understand that your seller might take a day or so to respond to you, and perhaps a few days to send your item – harassing them is nasty and unnecessary, and won’t get you good feedback.

Build relationships: If a seller sells a lot of a certain kind of thing you like, buy from them a few more times. They will be very happy to find a regular customer, and will go out of their way to leave positive feedback like ‘a joy to deal with as ever’. Also, they might offer you a few special deals!

Sellers won’t generally be reluctant to sell to buyers without much of a reputation, simply because it is the buyer who takes most of the risk in a transaction. It is worth remembering, however, that transactions where you are the seller and where you are the buyer are counted towards the same feedback total – so if you ever want to start selling, being a good buyer is especially worthwhile.

On eBay, people pay far more attention to sellers’ ratings than they do to buyers’ – most sellers can’t be bothered to check their buyers’ feedback, while bad feedback on a seller can (and should) be a dealbreaker. When you are buying, then, you need to worry more about the seller’s reputation than you do about your own, and that’s why the next post will be all about sellers’ feedback ratings.

The Right to Receive Your Item.

Maybe the seller never sent the item, or maybe it got lost in the post. Whatever happened, you paid for the item. If it doesn’t arrive in the post as described, you have the right to a replacement or a refund, whether it’s the seller’s fault or not.

The fact that you bought something on eBay doesn’t mean that you don’t have the exact same rights that you would have if you bought it in a shop (these rights are pretty much the same all over the world). Plus, under eBay’s rules, the seller isn’t allowed to change their mind about selling you the item: once the auction ends, it becomes a contract – you must buy and they must sell, or face eBay’s penalties.

The Right for Your Item to Be as Described in the Auction.

Sometimes sellers don’t wrap items properly, and so they get broken. Occasionally they write descriptions that are misleading or just plain wrong to begin with, leaving out vital details that would have caused you to change your mind about buying. If this happens to you, you again have the right to a replacement or a refund.

So How Do I Use My Rights?

First, you should take it up with the seller – most will be responsive, as do not want to have their reputation damaged when an upset buyer leaves negative feedback for all their future buyers to see. If that doesn’t work, report them to eBay.

While eBay don’t have many people handling complaints, they do have a relatively effective set of automatic process to handle common problems buyers and sellers have with one another.

Finally, if that doesn’t work, then you should seek advice from consumer groups in your country, and as a last resort from the police. You should never have to get this far, though: problems on eBay that can’t be resolved easily are extremely rare.

Don’t Be Too Quick.

Remember not to get too annoyed and be unfair to the seller: nice sellers have agreed to give me refunds for undelivered items, only for me to find out a few weeks later that they were being held for me at the post office! Always try your best to communicate and think of everything that might have gone wrong: eBay works best when buyers and sellers sort out their problems together, instead of reporting each other to the authorities straight away.

More often that not receiving what they paid for, buyers have an altogether different problem: they knew what they were paying for, but didn’t realise that what they were paying for was overpriced, low quality or a scam. The next post will give you a list of tips on how to avoid being ripped off on eBay.

So What is eBay?

eBay is an online auction website – and not just any auction site, but the biggest one in the world. If you know how an auction works, then you already know how roughly eBay works. Someone adds something they want to sell to the site, and then buyers come along and place bids on it. The highest bid wins the item! It’s that simple.

eBay being an online auction makes a big difference, though. Buying and selling are not reserved for any elite. eBay accept almost any item, no matter how small, and will then advertise it on their sites all over the world. It’s a powerful combination of an auction and a slightly chaotic marketplace.

What is Bidding?

Bidding is when you say how much you will pay for an item in an auction. Bidding on eBay, however, doesn’t work in exactly the same way as a normal auction, at least in theory. On eBay, you tell the site what the maximum you are willing to pay for each item is, and then eBay places the bids on your behalf. That means you could say you were willing to pay up to $100 for something and only have to pay $50, if that was the highest maximum bid anyone else placed.

It’s not as complicated as it sounds – the best way to get used to it is to give it a try. First, the best thing to do is to go to the eBay website designed for your country. If you don’t know the address for it, just go to www.ebay.com and it will tell you there. Now, on the front page you should see a big box marked ‘search’: just type in anything that you’d like to buy there.

Wasn’t that easy? Now you should have a list of items for sale in front of you, along with how much people are currently bidding for them and the time when bidding ends for each item. If you click one of these, you can read the description, and then – if you’re happy with the item and happy to pay more than the current highest bidder is – you can bid!

How Do I Bid?

Go ahead and scroll down to the bottom of an item’s description page, and type the maximum you are willing to pay (your maximum bid) into the box. Then simply press the ‘place bid’ button – you will need to sign in once you press the button, or go through a quick registration process if you don’t have an eBay username).

If someone else’s maximum bid on that item is higher than yours, then eBay will tell you and give you the opportunity to bid again. Otherwise, you’re now the new highest bidder! All you need to do now is wait until the end of the auction – if someone else outbids you, then eBay will email you and you can bid again.

All sounds great, doesn’t it? But by now you might be wondering whether a site as chaotic as eBay can really be all that safe to buy from. That’s why the next post in this series will be about your rights when you buy from eBay.

Improve your picture: In all that description writing, you might have missed the vital importance of your item’s picture. A picture with bad lighting or an intrusive background looks amateurish and won’t make anyone want to buy from you.

Add an About Me page: You’ll be surprised how much you can reassure bidders just by creating an About Me page and putting a little bit about yourself on your business on there. You can also have a few special offers there for people who bother to look at the page, and let people subscribe to your mailing list so that you can email them updates.

Use SquareTrade: Signing up at SquareTrade and displaying their logo on your auctions shows that you are committed to have them resolve any disputes that arise. You always see this on PowerSellers auctions – it makes you look more professional.

Write terms and conditions: Have the ‘small print’ clearly visible on all your auctions, giving details of things like shipping times and prices, your refund policy, and any other business practices you might have. This helps build confidence with buyers.

Show off your feedback: Copy and paste a selection of the feedback comments you’re most proud of to each item’s description page, instead of making bidders go and look for it. If you have 100% positive feedback, be sure to write that on every auction too.

Add NR to your titles: If you have extra space in a title, put ‘NR’ (no reserve) on the end. Bidders prefer auctions that don’t have a reserve price, and doing this lets them see that yours don’t.

Benefits not features: Make sure your description focuses on the benefits that your item can give to the customer, not just its features. This is a classic sales technique. If you have trouble with this, remember: ‘cheap’ is a feature, ‘save money’ is a benefit.

List more items: If you want more people to respond to your items, then list more items! You might find you have better like listing items at the same time, instead of one-by-one. There’s no need to use a Dutch auction – you can just keep two or three auctions going at once for an item you have more than one of in stock.

Accept unusual payment methods: To reach those last few buyers, accept payment methods that many sellers don’t, like cheques.

Buy some upgrades: The best upgrade is the most expensive one, which makes your item appear first in search results. In crowded categories, you might find that this is worth the money.

Once you’ve got some buyers, you want to keep them coming back to you. The next post will show you how to turn one-time buyers into long-term customers.