Yakezie Membership Application Form
The Yakezie Membership application is open to any Challenger who joined 6 months before the publishing of this post. If you are within 30 days short of 6 months and are reading this, you should still fill out the form. If not, please wait for the next class.
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Website Name *
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What is your e-mail address? *
What is your name or how do you like to be addressed? *
What Is Your Twitter Handle? *
Yakezie.com Username *
Your login ID
What date did you join the challenge? *
What is your current Alexa Rank? *
200,000 or below is the historical goal.
What was your starting Alexa Rank? *
See how far you've come!
Roughly what date did you complete the challenge and get below Alexa 200,000 *
What were your other Alexa milestones? e.g. 150,000, 100,000, 50,000, 30,000 etc
What is your current mozRank? *
What is your estimated monthly unique and pageviews? *
We collectively have collectively more than 3 million page views a month.
What is your current Google PageRank? What are you doing to strengthen your site? *
How did you first hear about the Yakezie Challenge? What compelled you to join? *
List 20 Yakezie Members and up to 10 Challengers who you've developed relationships with and can vouch for your involvement *
It's important we know as many people as possible to keep the community feel.  List more if you wish.
Have you participated in the Yakezie Forums? Please share your positive and negative experiences. *
When was the last time you left a comment on a Yakezie.com post and shared the post? What editorial direction do you think Yakezie.com should go? *
The forums are active and we're figuring out a way to improve interactivity with the Yakezie.com posts.
Have you made an effort to reach out to Sam and make an effort to get to know him? *
It's important you and Sam get to know each other at some level.
Have you subscribed to the Yakezie RSS feed and follow @Yakezie on Twitter? *
Please feel free to copy and paste your own RSS feed and Twitter handle again to follow back.
Will you endeavor to follow the spirit of selflessly helping others? *
We strongly believe giving is better than receiving.  
Do you promise to keep all information in the Private Forums private and for your sole use only? *
Trust is tantamount.  You have to earn your spot in the Yakezie.  All violators will be removed.
Are there any Yakezie.com leadership roles you'd like to see, create, or volunteer for? e.g. Twitter, Facebook, Charity, Community Outreach, PR, Interviewer, Editorial, etc.
We plan to revamp Yakezie.com and the Network Page
What was the most rewarding experience during the challenge? *
Re-live the glory!
What was the most frustrating or difficult experience during the challenge? *
Re-live the agony!
What type of policy would you recommend we institute for Members who are no longer active in the forums, comments, posts, leadership roles, and who have seen their Alexa Ranking slip above 200,000? *
We understand that life happens and people move on.  We'd like to keep the group as relevant as possible.
Why do you blog?  What are your long term goals for blogging? *
There are no right or wrong answers.
Do you legally own your personal finance blog and are you the primary author and editor of your site? *
The Yakezie Network is made up of individual blog owners and we'd like to keep it that way.
Are you incorporated as an S-Corp, LLC, sole-proprietor or no incorporation at all? *
To protect yourself from liability, we suggest incorporated your blog/side business.  Also, please make sure you have all necessary disclaimers.
What do you think is the optimal Yakezie Challenge length? *
Are you of legal age (18 years or older)? *
For legal reasons, we have been advised that only people of legal age 18 or older can join the Yakezie.  
How can the Yakezie Network get better?
All ideas welcome. I've taken a very relaxed approach to the Network.
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