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New Year, New Start & Yaro Interviewed Me :)

January 7, 2009 Posted under: Personal by Caroline Middlebrook

Well Happy New Year to you all, hopefully by now you are fully settled into 2009.

I have been somewhat slack in getting back to work this year but I do have a valid excuse – a new home at last! Throughout all of 2008 I didn’t have my own place and I lived with friends and family and generally felt very unsettled. I finally got the keys to my own place a couple of days before Christmas and officially moved in on the 2nd Jan. Since then I have been busy cleaning, decorating, shopping, assembling furniture and all that stuff that goes with making a house a home so that’s my excuse!

However my broadband is now connected (10Mb niiiiiice!) and my office is setup so I have no more excuses now so it’s back to work (though I still have a ton of decorating to do!) As you may recall, I ended 2008 by closing off all my projects, finishing up products such as the Bloggers Bible, reducing my social media activities and cutting back on the blogs I read in order to clear my schedule for my new software project which I am really excited about.

As I won’t be actively working on income-generating projects for the next few months (other than promoting the Bloggers Bible) I will be experimenting with some monetisation methods for this blog which I plan to begin implementing next week. Other than that I plan to write some posts about some topics that I’ve been planning to write about for a while but I may cut my posting frequency down a little bit. It’s tempting to think up posts just to hit a certain posting schedule and this is something that many bloggers so but in my experience I think it is best to only post when there is something pressing to post about. If you post filler content (hmm this post is a bit like that!) then you are really just wasting the time of your blog readers!

So I won’t keep you much longer… Any of you who have read my blog for any length of time will know that I am a big fan of Yaro Starak and his products. This morning I was delighted to be interviewed by him via Skype and he will be posting this interview on his blog, the Entrepreneur’s Journey in the next day or two. Also, he will be promoting the Bloggers Bible and will be offering an exclusive discount. It’s not as high as the launch discount that was offered when first released but it’s still very significant so keep an eye out on his blog for that!

Ok back to my decorating…


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37 Comments:

Mikael Rieck
January 7, 2009

Congrats on the new place Caroline. ;)

I’ll look forward to hearing your interview.

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R&B Love Songs
January 7, 2009

Nice job on the new place! I hope it treats you well, it feels great to be on your own!

Also, what I do to help keep blogging on a regular schedule is build up a buffer of posts. When I think of things to write about, I write them down then, whether or not I need a new post on the blog. That way, I have a stable of posts when it comes time to post.

Franklin Bishop
January 7, 2009

Congratulations on the new place and the interview. Don’t you feel like you just keep going up in the world? Caroline’s domination!

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Enduring Wanderlust
January 7, 2009

A new home is a great way to start off the new year, congratulation. I’m looking foward to reading your interview with Yaro.

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Andy Bacon
January 7, 2009

Happy New Year Caroline. A new place is a great way to start out the year. I hope it fits you well and you will be happy and peaceful there.
Congratulations on the interview. That is a a great accomplishment. How does it feel to be a Guru? :)
I look forward to reading all your posts this year.

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Sadny Naidu
January 7, 2009

Happy New Year and wishing you good luck in the new house…

Looking forward to listening to the interview. I have always enjoyed reading your posts and I am sure you would have shared some valuable insights about Blogs in general in the interview…

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Looking forward to hearing your interview. Yaro is definately one of my favourite bloggers! And congratulations on the new place :D

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Kelly
January 7, 2009

Congratulations, Caroline,

When I saw Yaro’s name I thought wow, in the time I’ve “known” you, you’ve really come full circle now. What a wonderful boost that must have been!

Regards,

Kelly

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Mike Collins
January 7, 2009

Congrats on your new home Caroline! I’m sure you’ll have your hands full making it all your own. Looking forward to hearing your interview with Yaro too.

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Jade Craven
January 8, 2009

Congratulations, Caroline!

It sounds like 2009 will be a year you really shine. I hope you enjoy your new place and am looking forward to the interview!

I actually post a bit of filler content on my blog, but I use a plugin that excludes certain content from both the front page and RSS feed. This is for little pieces that are relevant, but not to my main RSS audience. Eventually, i round up those articles and create a ’sneeze page.’ I do this for a lot of case studies. It helps me write both the types of articles I like writing.

:) Enjoy your new house – I’m so jealous!

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Donny Gamble
January 8, 2009

Congrats Caroline on the new home and securing an interview with Yaro. I am willing to bet that your traffic will surge when he posts the interview.

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Happy New Year and congrats on the interview, that is a biggie!
JR

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MikeWords
January 8, 2009

Nice Milestone!

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BlogTalks
January 8, 2009

A new focussed Caroline for 2009:)

Hey Caroline, Congrats Caroline. I’m about to head over an listen to the interview now. Yaro is a great guy. I did an interview with him on Freebies and he posted it on Monday. It was fun. I hope you enjoyed yours too :)

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Pinny Cohen
January 9, 2009

Caroline,

Congratulations! I heard your interview, and it was great. Keep sending those tips, and the best of luck in 2009.

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Reyn Aria
January 9, 2009

I really admire your courage and that never-quit attitude towards internet marketing. Truly the trait of successful internet marketers. I wish you an even more success in 2009, Caroline!

Chris Gaynor
January 9, 2009

I listened to your interview with Yaro and thought it was a well assemble piece. Great stuff. The tips are very useful. Will be following you from now on….

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Caroline Middlebrook
January 9, 2009

@BlogTalks, yeah I really enjoyed it. I’ve been a fan of Yaro for ages and often thought about interviewing him but hey, it’s worked out the other way around instead :)

Atniz
January 9, 2009

Wow.. you must be proud to be interview by Yaro. I’ve subscribed to your blog and will be more active on your blog too.

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Steve Renner
January 9, 2009

Hi Caroline,
I just happened across your site and wanted to say congratulations on your accomplishments in the last year with your Online Marketing. You seem like a very sharp marketer, and I will definitely recommend my readers and students check you out.

All the best with your Marketing Efforts!

Steve

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Ilaria Papini
January 9, 2009

Hi Caroline, just listened to your interview with Yaro. Great interview! Congratulations on getting your new home, which is something I talk about in my blog as well.
I love your blog and I’ve subscribed. I also have signed up for the free lessons of the Bible, but I think I might end up buying it. I am interested in the affiliate program as well, as I have another blog, just born, that teaches “real” beginners how to use the computer and the internet.
All the best! You’re right up my alley!!
Ilaria

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Congratulations on your new home, Caroline. And kudos for continuing to keep moving ahead with your business. It’s easy to give up or slack off, but I can see that you have too many great ideas bubbling up to let that happen.

For your readers: I subscribed to the Blogger’s Bible email course a while ago, and it’s just terrific. There’s so much fluff and hype out there, and this is just good old red meat.

I recommend that you either sign up or buy the book now from Caroline if you want the information right away. Nothing in it for me. Just an appreciation.

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Broderick Durisseau
January 9, 2009

Just found this site from Yaro Starak’s newsletter, and I just finished listening to the interview. I was scared too about commenting on other blogs, and many of the things you mentioned in that interview I’m going through now. It makes it a lot easier knowing people have been there before. Thank You.

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Patrik Berggren
January 9, 2009

Congrats Caroline,

under the interview You didn’t say You succeded with Niche Sites, but You have succeded to monetize from this blog.

Why didn’t You created the traffic in the same way for Your niche sites? It’s mostly the same process, driving traffic to a site or a blog … both need traffic to “tap money” from them …

And, later, both the nichesites and the blog will get search engine traffic

/Patrik Berggren

Win Prizes
January 10, 2009

Congraluations and Happy New Year Caroline :) You’re sooo lucky that Yaro interviewed you :P

-Mike

Caroline Middlebrook
January 10, 2009

@Broderick, I know what you mean, it can be a little intimidating to start commenting on blogs – especially if they are quite active with commenters already. By it’s like anything new, once you’ve done it a few times you wonder what all the fuss was about!

@Patrik, the niche sites failed mainly for one reason – lack of traffic which I attribute to failure to rank in the serps for the chosen keywords. It’s much easier to rank with this blog as it has higher PR and much more authority. I have put a tremendous amount of effort into driving traffic to this blog – hundreds and maybe even thousands of hours and that is not something I was prepared to do for the niche sites. They were completely different – designed to be small 10 page sites that could simply be left to mature on their own with no maintenance. A totally different beast to this blog, you simply cannot compare the two.

Mike
January 10, 2009

I found your site through Yaro’s podcast. I found your interview very inspiring and it is given me a couple of ideas for new projects.

I have an ebook that I have been working on for over a year and I have never gotten around to putting the final touches on it. After listening to your podcast, I am going to try and get it finished over the next couple of days.

I also plan on giving it away as a free ebook with some affiliate links in it.

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Brian
January 10, 2009

Loved the interview. You are genuine. Tried to subscribe several times, all to no avail. ;(

Spin Ready Articles
January 11, 2009

I found out about you from Yaro. Interesting stuff you got going. It’s surprising that lots of people said they got started from reading your stuff. Hmmm, I will surely be visiting your blog more often. Keep it going, Caroline.

Fernando | Jackie Tohn
January 12, 2009

Cool. :) Must be great to have your own place, and I do like the idea of having a home office all set up. The hardware I would buy… :)

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Sean
January 14, 2009

Great Interview Caroline! You have such a great attitude!

Question – you mentioned that originally you read many blogs and now you only follow a handful. I’m curious, what are some of your favorite blogs now?

Thank You!

Rick imby
January 14, 2009

It is about time you quit being such a slacker.

I think the idea of living with friends is great. Sharing a place gives you an insight into friends that you can not get in any other way. You must keep the positives in mind though….

Looking forward to seeing your new project.

Rick

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Caroline Middlebrook
January 15, 2009

@Rick, ugh I could never live with any of my friends lol! It was bad enough living with family for 8 months!

Alan Parekh
January 23, 2009

Just listened to the interview. Very interesting road, and eerily similar to mine… I also signed up for the Bible, even though I have been building blogs for years I am sure there are things that I can learn!

Megan
March 9, 2009

Hey Caroline! Congratulations on your new place – I know how much this means to you! (hoping it has some nice surrounding areas, where you can go and contemplate life still) :-)

And congrats on the interview – as everyone here is saying! The pressure is on, as savings reduce – mine too! but you are way ahead of me and I am rethinking my online goals (and getting rid of all that ‘filler content’ too!), as my health is now improving – life is wonderful when health improves – mindset, everything! WOWOW – and I always remember your support last year, friendship :)

Hope to get back in contact again and love to know how your new lifestyle/home proceeds – time for yourself/space – will be great :-)

Catch up soon,
Meg

(I have lots to do around the house too, and its hard to find the balance – should I be on the computer, or the house! Need that routine! – hehe)

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Joey Logano Fan
June 10, 2009

Well a new year and a new home, it seems like a great start to the year, Although I wish the economy would pick up, so we could dig ourselves out of this hole. I am also a fan of Yaro Starak, and I am sure many others reading this post are too. Its great that you got to do an interview with him!

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