Oct 26 2009

Boomers and Blogging: We Need All the Help We Can Get!

Published by Pat Mullaly at 12:37 pm under Current News

I’m a Boomer Blogger. And I’ve been working this blog for a few years. I want to make an income doing it. But I need all the help I can get. I think I found it. Membership Site Mastermind. Here is a bit of my story:

For over two years I’ve been plugging away at this blogging thing and it’s been a mixed blessing. In the beginning, midlifejourney.com was your standard website. I had plans to cover every aspect of the boomer lifestyle. Following the design of a major newspaper, The Boston Globe, the site had tabs and nav bars for everything from Fitness to Finance, Sports to Saving Money. It was too much. No way, could I keep it up. I have a full time job as a graphic designer, and keeping the website fresh and new each day was taking too much time.

I decided to invite other writers to help by contributing their words of wisdom and developed a loyal group of about ten people who consistently sent articles. But, even they dropped off after a while. Life takes over and things change. Finally, the static website just was not working.

It was about that time that I discovered WordPress and redesigned midlifejourney.com into something close to what it is today. But how do I make money at this? Sharing ideas and information was not enough. I wanted to see some income from all my effort. As you can see I have added a number of affiliate advertisements to the sidebar on this blog. If a visitor clicks through one of those ads and purchases a product, midlifejourney.com gets a small piece of the action.

One of the best affiliates with whom I have a partnership is Yaro Starak and his Blog Mastermind Membership Site. I’ve taken his program and continue to benefit from his expertise. With videos, mentoring forums, training modules, group chat rooms, this program has taught me a great deal about blogging, with steps to success, and how not to waste your time on ideas that just don’t work. The program is not inexpensive and it takes time to develop, but it’s worth it. My goal is to create a membership site on one of my other blogs: GolfGurls.com.

So what’s the point of this post? If you are reading this, you are probably a midlifer. If you are a blogger and interested in monetizing your blog or website, then you, like me, need some expertise to help you. Yaro Starak is one of those online blog gurus who knows the ropes and is generous in sharing what he knows. And I strongly recommend his program. If you don’t do anything else, click here to get his FREE Membership Site Masterplan Report. It’s filled with great ideas to help you build your blog.

If you want to know more about the Mastermind Program, click here to see an intro to the program, or here to listen to an interview with Daniel Scocco, one of the big success stories from people who have joined this program.

The Blog Mastermind Membership Site Program is only available once or twice a year. And this week, for the last time this year, his membership site is open for new members. Here are the important dates: Membership is Open – Tuesday October 27th at 9am EST and closes Friday October 30th at midnight EST.

It’s not for everyone. If you are not serious about blogging as a way to increase your revenue stream, then I would say it’s not for you. But if you are interested in exploring ways to increase traffic and monetize your website or blog then this is a great program.

Click here to get your FREE Membership Site Masterplan Report.

Click here to go directly to the Membership Site Mastermind Site for more information.

Thanks for reading this post. Are you making money from your blog? How do you do it?

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