$5+ Million Dollar Blog: Awesome Interview By Yaro Starak

First of all, if you don’t read Yaro’s blog, I highly suggest you do so starting right this very minute.  Really. Stop reading this post. His website is: http://www.entrepreneurs-journey.com.

What?  You’re still reading this? Well, since you’re here, I wanted to share something totally WhackedOut with you.

I just finished listening to an interview Yaro did with his friend, Al in Australia awhile back.

Yaro’s interview with Al ROCKS.  It’s the real deal and it shows you the potential of blogging for dollars. Now this is not your typical success story you’ll hear.  The results Al has received is not typical, but shows us what is possible.

However, Al has created a blog earning roughly $50,000 + + a month - and recently evaluated (by a group of investors who invested into his blog) at $5,000,000.00.

So take a look at Al’s blog he started in 2006…
http://www.CarAdvice.com.au

Yup - that car advice/review blog is worth over $5,000,000.

However, the story and the knowledge you’ll gain by listening to the interview is worth much, much more than that.

To listen to (or read) the interview, go to: http://www.entrepreneurs-journey.com/952/alborz-interview/

Some WhackedOut insights if you don’t have time to listen to the interview at this very moment:

- Al posted at least 2 times a day when he started his car blog.

- Al worked full-time at his job and ran his blog on his side until the income got crazy.

- He started his blog because he loves cars - he didn’t start out the blog to make a ton of money.

- He had many # 1 Google organic listings; targeted long-tail keywords. He also focused on searches that the traditional media was looking for - which drove the media to his site.

- He was also a “link hunter”… he was all about getting a ton of links to his site when he first started the blog. He then switched to spending more time on writing more posts, and higher quality posts, knowing others would link to his blog because of his great content… and they did.

- He started making money on his blog by using Google AdSense. Started making $15 a day. Then grew from there, making up to several hundred a day before he took the AdSense off.

- He then had someone approach him, wanting to help take the blog to the next level. Al accepted, brought in investor

- Side note: Al had ZERO qualifications to be an auto blogger/journalist.

- Al tests 2, sometimes 3 cars a week. Car companies beg to have him test their cars. From family cars all the way to $100,000 + + + sports cars.

- He put an ad on his site looking for people who want to write for their site. Out of 2,000 entries, 6 or 7 professional writers who write for car magazines or newspapers emerged. Some writers write for free, others are compensated.

- Site is now self-maintaining. Niiiiiiice. Al has more time to drive around and test out cars.

- WhackedOut Alert!  On average, there are 6-7 new blog posts per day. Some days there are 15 or more new posts per day. Now that is really Whacked!

- Al does not use AdSense exclusively any longer. He had companies approach him to advertise, and his investors mentioned it would be a good idea to branch out.

- Ahhhh…. and so much more.

Great stuff.  Listen to the interview yourself at: http://www.entrepreneurs-journey.com/952/alborz-interview/