"Over the past year it is obvious that membership sites are growing by leaps and bounds. The problem is many of these are total pieces of garbage that offer little if any value. Well today I review a membership site that I actually was impressed with. It may not be for everyone but read on and decide for yourself.

The site is called Blog Mastermind and is the creation of Yaro Starak from Australia. Yaro is a professional blogger (not a splogger but an actual quality blogger) and has been able to earn a decent living from using blogs. I originally met Yaro when I came across one of his main blogs and wanted to pick his brain. We ended up talking for a while as it became obvious that this guy knew his stuff about blogging and he even agreed to record an interview with me for my members.

At the time he mentioned he was creating a membership site to teach his principals and wanted me to check it out when it was finished. I agreed but made it clear that I did not want to create any false hopes that I would promote it because I am very cautious about any membership site and I made it clear that I needed to have access to it and check it out myself. I am not one to promote anything that I do not believe in myself.

Members Resources: This area is full of…

• Bonus interviews
• 10 audios that focus on the mindset of blogging and creating a business online
• Case studies (the greatest value in the resource area in my opinion) that are of blogs that members submit to Yaro to get reviewed. They do one of the case studies each week.
• Question and Answer audios that are taking from questions that are deemed important from the forum
• and a few additional resources.

Training: OK, call me picky but first of all the training is fantastic for a beginner in blogging, Yaro knows his stuff and communicates it well but I just do not like not having access to all the training upfront. I think having it upfront and also having it emailed sequentially would be best. If you are very experienced with blogs you will find the first few lessons to be nothing new but if you are not experienced then they are of huge value.

Membership Navigation: As for a membership site it is good but I still found it a little confusing at first trying to figure out exactly what was where and so on and so forth. When you first log in there is a welcome page but the navigation along the top was a little confusing because it is focused on getting set up as an affiliate to promote the site. Make sure you read the welcome page first and navigate that way and it will be clearer.

Money Back Guarantee:  With a membership site and a recurring fee, you really can only offer a 30 day money back, after that if you keep paying then it should mean you took the time to check it out and see value.

Jason Katzenback