Category Archives: Personal

Bercuti sambil bekerja

Baru-baru ni saya telah ke Genting bersama keluarga untuk bercuti sambil bekerja (macam lawatan sambil belajar la) sempena promosi yang ditawarkan – 3 hari 2 malam dengan breakfast dan pertunjukan Mysteria (ala magic show)

Memang berbaloi dengan harga yang ditawarkan (cuma RM48.88×2) dan orang pula tak ramai. Puas anak saya bermain semua mainan dalam theme park sampai taknak balik. (Saya pun join sekali dapat tiket free sempena birthday)

theme park genting

(pemandangan theme park dari bilik tingkat 13. Klik untuk besarkan)

Ok bukan nak cerita tentang show Mysteria atau theme park tapi tentang perniagaan dan pendapatan di internet.

Di sana saya masih lagi menjalankan aktiviti di internet seperti membalas email, menyemak pesanan dan bayaran dsb menggunakan notebook dengan sambungan internet menggunakan 3G (kat sana maxis 3G tak cover)

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(Buat kerja sambil mengadap tingkap dengan theme park view. Ok jugak sekali-sekala ubah angin. Asyik ngadap white board je kat home office)

Disamping bercuti, saya sempat juga untuk mengkaji, membuat pelan dan menetapkan sasaran sehingga berakhirnya tahun 2006 ini. Beberapa perubahan dan tindakan akan diambil untuk terus maju.

Adakah anda juga telah menetapkan sasaran? Jika belum, lakukan sekarang. Tetapkan sasaran dan sediakan pelan tindakan untuk mencapainya.

Dalam bercuti ni baru terasa yang pendapatan pasif di internet sangat-sangat istimewa. Apa yang saya maksudkan ialah Google Adsense dan juga Affiliate programs. Pendapatan anda berjalan walaupun anda sedang bercuti!

Tiada panggilan telefon untuk dijawab, tiada email untuk dibalas. Tetapi ada habuan dari penjualan atau klik. Semuanya dilakukan oleh pihak ke-3 iaitu Google atau Merchant.

Jadi cuba pelbagaikan sumber pendapatan anda di internet dan beri lebih tumpuan untuk menjana pendapatan secara pasif di internet.

Selamat berjaya.

Mulakan dengan langkah pertama

Langkah pertama adalah sesuatu yang sukar namun boleh membawa perubahan yang besar.

Antara langkah pertama yang pernah saya ambil

  1. Membeli domain name yang pertama hartanah.net – July 2003
  2. Membeli hosting berbayar dengan harga RM300 setahun!
  3. Membeli web hosting reseller account
  4. Melanggan autoresponder berbayar dengan aweber
  5. Menulis artikel dan menghantarnya ke direktori artikel
  6. Mendapatkan cek pertama Adsense dan Clickbank
  7. Mendaftar dengan Google Adwords dan memulakan iklan PPC

Langkah pertama yang akan saya buat tak lama lagi ialah menganjurkan workshop ‘perniagaan internet’ yang pertama. Walaubagaimanapun ini bukan ‘workshop’ pertama yang saya pernah anjurkan.

Mungkinkah langkah pertama anda akan membawa perubahan besar dalam hidup anda? Fikirkan apa perkara yang anda ingin buat selepas ini dan lakukan secepat mungkin.

Publish laman web pertama? Mengeluarkan produk maklumat pertama? Mendapatkan jualan pertama di internet? Mendapatkan cek Google Adsense yang pertama? Mendapatkan RM1000 pertama di internet?

Apa saja yang anda lakukan, mulakan dengan langkah pertama dan teruskan dengan langkah berikutnya dengan lebih yakin. Ingat, seribu langkah bermula dengan satu langkah. Mulakan langkah pertama secepat mungkin.

Contoh terbaik ialah Google, apa saja projek yang akan dilaksanakan akan dibuat terus dengan status ‘Beta’ bermakna dalam percubaan. Mereka tidak menunggu sesuatu yang sempurna untuk bermula.

Adakah anda masih menunggu?

Just bought a new 3G phone

Latest news 🙂 I just bought a brand new 3G phone Sony Ericsson K608i. Cannot place the picture here since there is no image on SE website yet. Its features same as K600i phone but with smart all-black casing and slightly bigger screen.

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(image of K600i – K608i comes with all-black color casing)

After this will get the 3G sim and account activated. Actually I plan to have this 3G phone by end of this year but my wife’s handphone was not working sooner than expected. Hmm.. (always the reason to purchase a new one.. haha)

Some of K608i interesting features:

  • Bluetooth
  • Infrared
  • USB connector
  • 3G, video call
  • Camera 1.3MPixel
  • Organizer – tasks,notes with ability to sync with Outlook
  • Photo, Video and sound DJ (editor)
  • Radio
  • Support Java application/games
  • and more..

This is my son’s picture taken with the camera phone
(not in such good quality since it is in door and at night)
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The price you can get is RM600 (this is the price I got). Maybe you can get cheaper. I traded in my wife’s phone (after repair it a bit) for the price of RM150 (So I got the new handphone for RM450!). That’s the best price I’ve got for trading in the old phone. Some shops wanted to take it just for RM70! Huh..

New handphone. New spirit.. hehe.. hope will do much better in near future. So much plan in list to execute. Do YOU have a list? If you don’t, go create your to-do or action list now. You will become more efficient if you have one. Trust me. All the best in your venture too!

p/s: I got more responses today for my upcoming workshop, care to join? Something you will learn – how to build fast and easy website (for your business), where to get visitors, how to make search engine like Google your best friend, how to sell online and some quick tips and guide on making money with Adsense! Whohoaa… lotsa stuff on a day. Plus continous support from me even after the workshop! Click for more info

Buying physical book online

Buying e-books online has become a trend to internet society especially in US. It is fast and easy. But sometimes, it is costly and not handy (you cannot bring your e-book if you are not carrying or having your computer with you).

You can get a physical book for maybe half of the e-book price. Some of popular author wrote their books in both formats – physical book and e-book.

I’ve just looked around MPH portal (maybe this is the Amazon for Malaysia without the affiliate program.. hehe) for price of some books I would like to purchase (few are from US). The price is no more than RM100 for each. Quite cheap. If you buy an e-book the price usually no less than US47 (about RM170) or you can get it for half the price if you buy from your own affiliate link. That is what I did if I purchase e-book online.
Here are few important things you need to know when purchasing physical books online

  • Payment via credit card (the fastest) or online banking
  • Courier to your doorstep within 2 weeks time
  • Return policy – within 7 days
  • Courier charge is waived if your purchase value is more than RM80 (for West Malaysia)

Now I want to register and place my order. I will get my books in 2 weeks time. Hmm.. maybe that’s why people love to purchase e-book. They get it immediately after they pay. Yep, most people can’t wait if they really really want something.

Why some people get rich?

Went to a seminar today (some sort of training of trainers).

A quick share on the motivational part. Why some people do get rich and most of us don’t? You will only be given (anything, responsiblility, money etc) when only you are prepared for it and able to handle it.

So what does it mean? It means, you have to struggle and try to improve yourself continously in order for you to achieve more. No matter you talk about money or anything.

What you need to do then? Always search ways to improve yourself and prepare for more. More responsibilities, more risk, more contacts, more knowledge and you’ll be getting more of what you want.

iklan101.com is up and running

At last I managed to finish up the classifieds portal iklan101.com (beta version). Some of the advantages of this classifieds are

  • No registration required to post ad
  • Immediate ads appearance
  • Search engine friendly (still working on it)
  • Simple and easy navigation

Will further enhance the application to make it smarter than other classifieds apps. Hope so. Just have a visit on the classifieds portal iklan101.com and revisit it in this few weeks since I will make continous update on it until all features planned are there.

Also visit my previous Property Listing website – Hartanah.Net

Stop reading. Start doing.

So many writers. So many information on the internet. Sometimes you don’t even know which one to follow which one not. And most of them you are not doing anything about the info. We are facing the too many info syndrom.
I don’t know how much of my time spent reading other people’s articles, blogs, forums, websites, e-books etc to gain knowledge on internet marketing/business. Several of my online projects are pending and I’ve to focus to finish them up as soon as I can. Then I need to proceed with my planned projects.
All I need to have are quality time and discipline to finish all the projects and forget about them for a while then.

Old website design

Just browsing the net and found that my old, old website is still active. http://invtr.tripod.com. I access the page via ftp and download all the directories and files in it.

I found few old website designs I made in 2001 where I was still studying at MMU. Below are some of the screenshots

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Busy week

So busy this week settling unsettled programming project with client. Do not have time to do my internet marketing work but still have time to monitor the result 🙂

Today I realize my blog and my few other sites has page rank on them. Hmm.. it has been almost 2 months since I register this domain name. Seems google is doing its major indexing to include/exclude/rank websites in its database.

So what I can conclude is you have 3 major milestones to achieve in building a high-traffic website

  1. Get indexed by search engine. How to check? Just type your URL on the search box. If it produces result then your site has been indexed (is in the search engine database)
  2. Get as many quality links as possible. How to do this? Find related websites/blogs/forums and post quality comments or request for link exchange with them.
  3. Place as many content on your website as possible, always update it with fresh content, write keyword-targeted content. How to target what to write? Search for high-demand keyword (you can use Overture Keyword Suggest Tool)

The MOST important thing – DO IT man.. don’t just know it and say it but do nothing about it. Take action!

Back to work!

It has been few days I was busy with my new born little baby. So now its time to get back to work. I’ve been surfing around and read quite interesting posts on other internet marketers’ blog. About their upcoming projects, problems, achievements etc. They are doing great. Good for them.
Me too need sometime to review my goals and update my action plans. Chop off anything that is not working and unnecessary and start doing something that are working.
Will still concentrating on adsense income generation, affiliate marketing and work out for some new online businesses.

All I need are time and action! Just do it bebeh.