The Blog Mastermind 30-day money back guarantee

[Machine]

I just found out who Yaro Starak was this morning. I never heard of him until today. When I first learned his name, I thought perhaps he made his name up, the way a movie or television actor might assign themself a stage name. Well, it is an interesting name...

I took a look at his ad page that describes his Blog Mastermind system and I read that he has a thirty day money back guarantee. I think that's great, I really do. When I first discovered it I said to myself, 'Wow, that's great, that might mean his system is legit...so far, so good.' Money back guarantees are a sure sign that the owner of a how-to make money program is pretty darn confident about his tutorial. A money back guarantee provides the student with a strong sense of faith and fairness, which is what any honest buyer can, or should, appreciate. I know I do.

Any merchant who offers a money back guarantee is a merchant who should be held in high regard, especially compared to merchants who offer no guarantee. I've done a lot of shopping in my time, including purchases made on the Internet. A tip of the cap and a sincere 'thanks for being a stand-up, fair minded businessman' comment should be given to any person or company who offers a moneyback guarantee, whether they are an Internet merchant or a real world merchant.

The only thing is, from what I gather, it would be hard to recover the $495, the cost of Yaro's system, thirty days after launching your first blog. As someone who doesn't have a lot of discretionary income to spend, that's important to some people. Put another way, I'll admit that $495 is a lot of money to someone like me. I have to look at it like gambling: if you're going to place a bet, make sure it's with money you can afford to lose. On one hand Yaro should be commended for even offering a moneyback guarantee in the first place. On the other hand I don't think it would be realistic for a person to expect to recover the cost of the course thirty days after launching their first blog, no matter how much time they put in on a daily basis, seven days a week. In his ad, Yaro states that a person would need to work a couple of hours a day. Personally, in my situation, I could easily put in a 10 hour work day, seven days a week, for the first month or so. After that I would taper it down to 4 hours a day.

Could a person recover the cost of the course six to twelve months later? I would certainly hope so. But in a short thirty days? I don't know... that might fall under the 'if it's too good to be true then it probrably isn't' category. From what I've gleaned over time, it might take a new blogger six months to recover $495. Let me note here and now that Yaro does not claim the student will recover the cost of the system in thirty days. In all fairness to him, he never stated that in his ad, that's not something he guarantees. If I'm wrong about any of the points I've made, please share your comment. Lord knows I'm certainly not a know it all.

And thanks for your time.

P.S. I know that you can get all of the necessary start-up/SEO info on the Internet. But those of us who have used the Internet to gather information, sort it out, put it all in one place, and who want to go to work right away - right now, know that gathering that type of information can take a very long time. And even then we don't know if the free information that's out there is effective or not.

[ianblackford]

Hi

I'm not sure if you have the wrong end of the stick about the 30 day money back guarantee - or that I have read your post wrong, but as I believe it the money back guarantee ISN'T a guarantee that states in 30 days you will have recouped your outlay, simply that if within the first 30 days you are not satisfied you can have a refund.

Hope that helps to clarify

Ian

[Machine]

Originally Posted by Machine

Let me note here and now that Yaro does not claim the student will recover the cost of the system in thirty days. In all fairness to him, he never stated that in his ad, that's not something he guarantees. If I'm wrong about any of the points I've made, please share your comment. Lord knows I'm certainly not a know it all.

Hello Ian,

I made it a point in my thread starter to note that in all fairness, Yaro does not guarantee the student will recover the cost of the course in 30 days.

No problem and certainly no fault of yours. That part of my post was easy for alot of people to overlook as my thread starter was quite lengthy and time consuming. Lengthy as in wordy-wordy

[Blaine Moore]

Originally Posted by Machine

The only thing is, from what I gather, it would be hard to recover the $495, the cost of Yaro's system, thirty days after launching your first blog. As someone who doesn't have a lot of discretionary income to spend, that's important to some people. Put another way, I'll admit that $495 is a lot of money to someone like me.

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Could a person recover the cost of the course six to twelve months later? I would certainly hope so. But in a short thirty days? I don't know... that might fall under the 'if it's too good to be true then it probrably isn't' category. From what I've gleaned over time, it might take a new blogger six months to recover $495.

Just to be clear, the $495 up front fee is if you purchase the entire 6 month program in one shot. You have the option of paying $97/month over the span of the 6 months to make it easier to afford.

Generally speaking, you probably won't recover the $97/month for the first few months. Yaro's program can be speedy, but isn't necessarily going to be a get rich quick type of scheme. By the end of 4-6 months, you may be making $10/month or you may be making $1000/month, but either way you have the foundation to grow your content, your traffic, and your income.

If money is tight, then I'd recommend taking the $97/month option, give it a go for a few months (he sends the lessons out weekly) and see if you like the program. If you don't learn anything worthwhile in the first 4 weeks, ask for your refund and cancel.

The first few lessons are pretty basic, but I've been blogging for years before Yaro even finished this program. I still go through the lessons though when setting up a new blog to make sure that I don't miss any steps. Lots of good info in there.