Derek Gehl's Ultimate Internet Entrepreneur Bootcamp

Derek Gehl and May Ong (UIE Bootcamp)

I have just attended a 2 and a 1/2 day Derek Gehl's bootcamp organized by Wealth Mentors at Berjaya Times Square, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (15 - 17 Sept. 2006). It was attended by 142 participants in all.

Derek Gehl was the sole speaker throughout the internet marketing bootcamp and he was awesome. He brought with him 2 other assistants who are successful internet marketers themselves from Canada to be with us. They acted as Derek's supportive role in answering alot of questions we have about internet marketing strategies from newbies and experienced marketers.

I was so pleased that I did not miss this event. It was well worth attending.

Derek gave us very good workable Step-by-Step strategies covering how to find niche markets, research into keywords, designing websites that sells, email marketing and its importance, affiliate programs, ebooks, pay-per-click search engines, action plans, traffic strategies, website make-overs, eBay and blogging, RSS and Podcasting.

All in all, it was definitely informative, eye-opener, loaded with tactics, internet marketing strategies, tips, steps and the how-to.

Best of all, he introduced the use of Google Analytics to the students. It is a free tool offered by Google to track any web sites or page

Online Seminar, Seminar Video, Webucation

Online Seminar, Education, E Learning, Online Learning but has anyone every heard of online seminar on video?

When I was an active working adult, I was always looking for ways to improve myself, that is, personal development. I spend some time and money to attend seminars presented by world class speakers like Robert Kiyosaki, Anthony Robbins and so on. Experience from listening to these world class speakers at live seminars is an experience.

However, most of the time, I would not have the time nor the permitted budget allowed for me to attend many more of these live seminars be it internet marketing, seminars, training seminars or financial planning seminar.

An obvious solution to this is the availability of online seminar video, where I am given the option to listen and watch world class speakers and masters on video 24/7 at any time and any place I want.
Wouldn't it be great too if such learning channels are also available in various languages like Chinese and Japanese too.

As a parent, I would like to learn more about family issues. A family friend recommended me this site where I am able to get access online seminar video to over 200 world class speakers at very affordable price, as its a membership site.

I wasted no time and signed up. It is truly an experience to be able to sit at home or at the office to listen to master speakers at online seminar video.

Fishing in Pulau Ketam, anyone?

My 6 year old son wanted to try out fishing so we took him out to Pulau Ketam. We opted to stay out overnight at one of the fishing farm's hut that floats in the swamp.

The journey involves taking a KTM from Subang to Klang. Steps off and take a boat to Pulau Ketam. Contacted agency to take us to the fish farm by another boat.

Spent the night there. Evening breeze were so cool that we planned to sleep outside and not in our rooms.

My son caught a 'sting-ray' from the bottom of the bed and he was estatic about it. He has never forgotten that experience of sitting on the deck with his fishing rod for 4 hours. (Normally, he would not be able to sit still.)

Eventually we caught another 'silver' fish.

My New Image, LIke it?

Check out my new image.

I have had this done by a makeup artist at a professional image studio. I am quite pleased with it.

Worth the money spent!

My First 'Check' - Nothing to Shout About!

I was so pleased.

I received my first 'check' via post first week of August 2006. Its about US$100+. Not much but sufficient to drive me further on this journey.

I was so pleased with it, that I made copies of it and frame it up. Although its my 1st check, I am certainly pleased that it came from an Affiliate Program which I took up.

Its Results that matters!

What's Up in August?

Whew!

What a month it has been. I have been so busy with putting up my new site and revamped some of the older sites.

I just gave birth to http://www.OnlineInternetMarketingTip.com and it was born out of attending a short class on getting traffic with Blogs! It helps.

The process goes this way:-

1. Register a Domain Name
2. Copy and Paste a Blog Templat (find them somewhere)
3. Changed all the Links via Frontpage
4. Look for Affiliate Program you can promote
5. Insert these Affiliate links
6. Sign up for Google Adsense and get the HTML codes to paste
7. Paste Google Adsense on your page + Google Referrer and + Google Adwords
8. Viola! You have your Blog webpage ready on the go!
9. Submit this site to 3 major Search Engines, namely Google, Yahoo and MSN monthly.
10. Then drive in traffic and wait for the 'checks' to come in.

Free! Download Your Original "Think And Grow Rich" e-book by Napoleon Hill

At last! The Master Mind Study of Think And Grow Rich principles is finally out.

I am officially a Licensee to the Master Mind Study of Think And Grow Rich principles available in transcripts for all 13+1 chapters in the book.

I am also one of the Original members who contributed to this Master Mind study from one of the Eastern countries, amongst others.

So, if you are keen to download your own FREE! copy of the original 'Think And Grow Rich' e-book from me, please visit http://www.EastWestThinkAndGrowRich.com

Enjoy reading!

Finally! My Website Went Live! But Not Without Hitches!

After 2 months of hard work, time and effort, my website http://www.onelibidus.com is finally live. Promotes Men Health related issues.

From 20th May till 8th July, I struggled through the layout plans of my website. As I started off without a plan initially, the work was tough as I had to make many amendments towards the launch of it.

So read further for details on the process on How I Did It on my own, within 1.5 months only.

Step 1: Take up a Microsoft Frontpage course/learn it hands-on. Takes you 7-10 days.

Step 2: Decide what you want to promote with the website. Find a product with Affiliate program. Register with them. You have got a product to promote.

Step 3: Register a Domain Name and get a Hosting (also to generate HTML scripts).

Step 4: Start to build your very 1st own website from scratch. Otherwise, take the short cut - get a template (you know what I mean - just 'select all', then 'copy' and 'paste').

Step 5: Plan out what you want your website to do. Tips - Ask yourself what do you require your customers to do when they come to your webpage. Is it an Opt-In page? If so, you would require scripts for the Opt-In box.

Step 6: Write your Sales Letter/Intro. page. I used a software to generate a 'sales letter' page and made amendments to it to suit my product.

Step 7: What are you offering? Any Free Bonuses you want to include? If yes - work on the Bonuses. I wanted to give out relevant ebooks of my product to my customers to take away, also as a Viral Marketing tool.

Step 8: I worked with my eCover team to come up with 3 eCovers for 3 e-book titles.

Step 9: I finished the general layout of the webpage. Its time for me to insert in Images, Photo and Links and Scripts. Tip - make sure you named your files correctly with the proper extension, like htm, index.html, lower case letters or upper case letters.

Step 10: Create files for Contact, Privacy, Anti Spam, Disclaimer Policy, Copyright, Subscribe TQ, Unsubscribe message.

Step 10: Work with your Hosting webmaster on how to use cPanel X. Set-up email, how to use File Manager to load webpages and all files relevant to this website and Autoresponder messages.

Step 11: Plan out your Autoresponder messages. Save all your Autoresponder emails in your hard disk as back-up.

Step 12: At Internet Explorer browser or whatever browser you are using, type in your website. Tests out all Pop-Ups, if you are using them. Tests out Opt-Ins and its Links. Tests links in TQ page, Contact page. Tests out your Autoresponder and its messages and links in them.

Step 13: Make all the amendments required after Testing every links on your Main Webpage/index.html page using Frontpage (not via cPanel Editor).

Step 14: Upload a fresh new amended webapge to your hosting to replace the 'old' main page/index (and don't forget to re-name it as 'index.html' to go live). Then re-test and re-check all the links. If all works to your liking, then your website is called completed and ready finally!

Time and time again, you may wish to add in a Tell-A-Friend script or Close This Page or Print This page script.

Again, repeat the process again, but making amendments via Frontpage on the Main Page/index page and upload it to File Manager, re-name it to 'index,html' to go live!

Quotes from 'Think and Grow Rich' - Napoleon Hill

Quotes from the author of Think and Grow Rich, by Napoleon Hill

'Man, alone, has the power to transform his thoughts into physical reality;
Man, alone, can dream and make his dreams come true.A goal is a dream with a deadline.'

All achievements, all earned riches, have their beginning in an idea.

'Cherish your visions and your dreams as they are the children of your soul, the blueprints of your ultimate achievements.'

Any idea, plan, or purpose may be placed in the mind through repetition of thought.

'Don't wait. The time will never be just right.'

Action is the real measure of intelligence.

'Big pay and little responsibility are circumstances seldom found together.'

Desire is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish, but a keen pulsating desire which transcends everything.

'Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.'

Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice, and is never the result of selfishness.

'Ideas are the beginning points of all fortunes.'

More gold has been mined from the thoughts of men than has been taken from the earth.

'Procrastination is the bad habit of putting off until the day after tomorrow what should have been done the day before yesterday.'

You give before you get.

'Think and grow rich.'

Your big opportunity may be right where you are now.

Napoleon Hill 'Great Achievement Is Born Of A Struggle'

"Our strength grows out of our weakness," said Ralph Waldo Emerson. "Not until we are pricked and stung and sorely shot at, awakens the indignation which arms itself with secret forces."

Strife and struggle can inspire you to overcome adversity and to propel yourself to real achievement. View every struggle as an opportunity for personal growth.

It is the struggle itself, not the result that builds character. If you know you are right, stay the course even though the whole world seems to be against you and everyone you know questions your judgment. When you prevail and you eventually will if you stick to the job, they will all tell you that they knew all along you could do it.

Source : Napoleon Hill Foundation

Acres of Diamond by Russell H. Conwwell

Extracts from the book "Acres of Diamonds".

The old guide said, "I will tell you a story now which I reserve for my particular friends."

An old priest visited an old Persian farmer, named Ali Hafed. The priest told Ali that 'a diamond is a congealed drop of sunlight'. Scientifically this is true, that a diamond is an actual deposit of carbon from the sun. Ali asked the priest, "Will you tell me where I can find diamonds?"

The priest said, "Well, if you will find a river that runs through white sands, between high mountains, in those white sands you will always find diamonds."

"I don't believe there is any such river." "Oh yes, there are plenty of them. All you have to do is to go and find them, and then you have them." So Ali sold his farm and set out far to Palestine, then Europe, and at last when his money was all spent and he was in rags and poverty, he stood at the shore of Barcelona, in Spain and cast himself into that incoming tide, and sank beneath its foaming crest, never to rise in this life again.

The man who purchased Ali hafed's farm one day led his camel into the garden to drink, and as that camel put its nose into the shallow water of that garden brook, Ali's successor noticed a curious flash of light from the white sands of the stream. He pulled out a black stone having an eye of light reflecting all the hues of the rainbow. He took the pebble into the house and put it on the mantel which covers the central fires, and forgot all about it.

A few days later this same old priest came to visit Ali's successor and saw the flash of light on the mantel, and shouted" "Here's a diamond! Has Ali returned?" "Oh no, Ali has not returned, and that is not a diamond. "But," said the priest, "I tell you I know a diamond when I see it. I know positively that is a diamond."

Then together they rushed out into that old garden and stirred up the white sands with their fingers, and lo! there came up other more beautiful and valuable gems than the first. "Thus," said the guide to me, and, friends, it is historically true, "was discovered the diamond-mine of Golconda, the most magnificent diamond-mine in all the history of mankind. The Kohinoor, and the Orloff of the crown jewels of England and Russia, the largest on earth, came from that mine."

Moral of the story : "Had Ali remained at home and dug in his own cellar, or underneath his own wheat-fields, or in his own garden, he would have had 'acres of diamonds.'

The idea is that every man has the opportunity to make more of himself than he does in his own environment, with his own skill, with his own energy, and with his own friends.

Mistakes of Startup Internet Marketers

This has been my personal experience.

This is what I have discovered after attending a number of internet marketing seminar and bootcamp.

These are some of the mistakes many new startups/newbies make when they embark upon learning or building an internet marketing business, from fresh.

Actual work starts from attending at least 1 internet marketing seminar, enrolling into a course or go to a bootcamp.

IT’S WHAT YOU LEARN AFTER YOU KNOW IT ALL. THAT COUNTS MOST!

The speakers told us that there will be only 3% out of 100 attendees of any seminars they have spoken at, will take Action to implement what they have learned. That will be 97% who will give up along the way. How true! I have made this observation and found that to be true.

I volunteered to set up Yahoo! Groups so team members who wish to learn continueswith the 'high energy' to implement their ideas and projects and support each other. Initially all team members contribute their thoughts, but after some time, many do not even bother to answer your messages you post online.

Many just gave up when they stumble upon small challenges. Some did not bother to find out how to start. Well! I continue to pursue till this day.

Of course I stumbled and fall along the learning months but I picked myself up again and told myself, I must not let this opportunity go by without even giving it a try, at least once.

Many newbies did not do the initial 'research' to find out more about internet marketing. Many do not even spend the time to surf on the internet and find out about 'internet marketing' from Yahoo, Google or MSN. They had no idea what 'internet marketing' is all about. Can you beat that?

The first thing for anyone who wish to learn this new business opportunity in 'internet marketing' is to find out more about it. Be prepare for it by researching on the subject. Then attend at least 1 bootcamp or seminar.

After the seminar or bootcamp, go and do more research from the internet, books, subscribe to some of the websites online e-zines and newsletters. Opt-in a number of 'guru' internet marketer webpage and see what they do to convince you to part with your money.

80% of my time is spent on research on the internet. I spent time listening to Audio Bonuses included in these seminars and bootcamps. If I do not understand a certain term - I will look it up. I read all the Bonus printed materials. I participate in Blogs and see what other people write on and I learn to follow instructions. This is how I set-up my own Blog! This process of learning takes TIME....

My knowledge certainly did not come overnight. I have been doing this in the last 6 months (I gave up from Jan. till Mar. 2006).

My stumbling block was I did not know How to Create my 1st Webpage! But I overcame that, as I asked my fellow attendees who were more experienced and they helped me out. Learning comes with experience too, I believe.

The 'More I Learn' and implement my 1st project, the 'More I Earn', in knowledge and experience.

So don't give up on your first few stumbling block!

My Son, Nicholas' Favourite Dog

This is my son, Nicholas's favourite kind of dog. It is not his dog but he loves to play with 'Pepper'. We have our own dog, and he is named 'Boss', an English bulldog.

AIMS Internet Bootcamp in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

I counted myself lucky this weekend because I attended a 2-day seminar at the AIMS Internet Bootcamp (Asian Internet Marketing) at Federal Hotel, Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia from 20-21 May 2006.

The speakers were really good. Do you want to know who they were? They were Alex Mandossian together with Armand Morin and we have been lucky to get them to speak to us for 2 full days in Malaysia, teaching us all about the different 'techniques' to use in search engine optimisation, building internet business online without a website, 1-minute website creation, how to automate your business, product creation from 'thin air', traffic generation strategies, traffic conversion strategies, copywriting secrets and eBay business setup.

This has been our first day at the seminar and I must say, I have learned so much on this 1 day versus reading internet marketing books and researching on the internet for hours. It was definitely worth every dollar I paid!

We were taught 'tips' and 'strategies' on the various topics and were also shown how to do it live at the seminar via broadband connection.

All I can say for today is I am mentally exhausted but feeling excited at the same time.

I have earn sales on my website which sold computer hardware but the profit margins there are too meagre to shout at. What Alex Mandossian and Armand Morin has shown us or myself personally, is that we can make 'unlimited' amount of money on the internet at anytime we want from where we want it, provided we follow the 'system'.

I am confident that I can double my income in the coming months, to demonstrate that their 'system' works.

Current Learning Experience in Internet Marketing

Alex Mandossian shared with us this example recently at 1 of the previews to AIMS Internet Bootcamp in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

He gave an example of a Bamboo tree, a strong and resilient plant that grows throughout Asia.

How long does it take for a bamboo to see light, from the ground?

In fact, it takes 2-3 years for a bamboo shoot to see light at all, through the soil its grown in. The 1st bamboo shoot remains hidden underground, away from sunlight for 2-3 years. Thereafter, as soon as they see sunlight, they will grow 6 inches on a daily basis.

This is a good example of what a new entrant into internet marketing is. I mean, the journey that is required to walk through, for a beginner or newbie.

In the 1st year

It may be tough for a newbie to start off when we are not IT-savy. It took me 6 months just to read up most writeups about internet marketing. It took another month to learn Microsoft Frontpage to create the 1st webpage. Then its a few more months into looking for a product to sell - product development. This is the hard part!

Getting a hosting company and the webpage to go live is peanut. Plenty of freeware to help with that ( but don't rely on this too much). The next thing is testing out your Sales Letter on your webpage and the price of your product.

2nd year

Adopt a new marketing strategy, that is to go into Affiliate Marketing and market other people's product for awhile. You will probably be earning enough to make a living and work from home, by this time.

3rd year

You may have a number of websites set-up already and earning enough to make US$4,000 and above monthly ...... Who knows! Look out for joint-ventures and partners to leverage on each other. If you are good, you may get invited to be a JV partner.

Many internet marketing gurus make loads of promises of making you think you can earn plenty in your 1st year. In fact, there may be some truth in it for some technie IT savy people, but for most other non-IT savy (90%) of the population, they may end up getting more confuse after the end of a seminar.

So allow time for an internet marketing business to grow from strength to strength. Take this advice from Alex who, in my opinion, is a an honest, reliable, practical and down-to-earth man.

This is the type of "mentor" that any newbie or beginner should seek out to learn about internet marketing. As he says :

There are 3 kinds of 'mentor' out there.

1st kind - teach it but never done it at all

2nd kind - teach it and do it continuously, even in present day

3rd kind - teach it and do not plan to do it anymore and not ever again

So beware of who is pulling the sheeps wool over your head!

I have probably found a genuine 'guru' who is of the 2nd type from above.

Fortunately for me (as I have enrolled into his coming Internet Bootcamp in Kuala Lumpur).

As a reminder, you need to make some sacrifice in initial investment to attend seminars and boot camps to learn about internet marketing and spend plenty of time online to conduct research.

As Alex Mandossian always say "The more one learns, the more one earns!"

Reason Why Internet marketing

I would like to share the experience of learning to be an internet marketer, since the inception of that thought since August 2005, and the reasons behind it.

At 20s of age : graduated from university in the 1980s, looking for employment was the 1st thing in mind. Scouted around, send out resumes and attended interviews. After landing a job, a steady flow of income comes monthly. And the partying began. Became bored after a number of years, and went to work overseas to gain exposure in 1 of the cities in the Pearl of the Orient.

At 30s of age : age seemed to be catching up and began having the feeling of being maternal. So went out looking for a life partner, got married and build a family together and had children. And continued working for an international company.

At 40s of age : Work got caught up, got stressed daily, bosses were unhappy and so was I. Quitting was the only option. Spending time with the kids sounds great. Moved to a larger house that came with larger expenses. Soon, as the kids grew, boredom sets in. A hunt is on again seeking out a outlet avenue to consider working from home as the next option. Hated daily commuting in heavy traffic jams, travelling 3 days weekly to meet sales target, politics at the office was a thing of the past, at least for me. Searched around and attended previews to MLM, surfed the internet and joined Chat Rooms.

As an introvert, preference was given to an option that requires - less travelling time, no meetings with clients/customers, based at home, use of the computer and a broadband connection was all the basis for this option.

From October 2005, the decision to be an Internet Marketer was on! But how to start to become one and how to start an online business? Learn from a mentor, buy up courses and the learning journey began.

Throughout this journey, in a matter of only months, success was like 'a light at the end of the tunnel' and yet so far to reach. This was in May 2006.

A friend shared a quote from Thomas Edison... "It's not 999 failures that I've gone through to create the bulb successfully at the 1,000th attempt... It's in fact, a 1,000 steps process that I've gone through to create thebulb!"

See the difference? Don't give up at the sight of failure, but continue as these are just steps you need to complete to be success at the end!

Perhaps, God heard my prayers and I had a chance to a preview talk given by Alex Mandossian, a very successful internet marketing 'guru' who now lives in California, USA. I had read much about his work and strategies and are also aware that many other internet marketers from around the world attends his seminar on a yearly basis.

So, my learning process has just been spiced up again and ready to go, especially after learning Frontpage to create my 1st webpage of my own from scratch.

Learning Curves of Microsoft Frontpage for my 1st webpage

I have been working around the Microsoft Frontpage manual for 1 month in March and have not been very successful with getting round to creating my very 1st webpage to be published. The manual is wordy, like any other manuals.

Anyway, I managed to get round this problem as I had been lucky. I contacted a friend of mine on the isle of Penang and he told me, they will be organising a 1-day training course early April using Frontpage specifically designed for newbies to internet marketing. I thought it was a good idea to attend it but somehow, other activities cropped up on that day. In the end, I managed to get a distant-learning copy of the course material, and ended up working around the exercises given.

Low and behold! I managed to create my 1st webpage with music inserted as well as photo. I was so pleased I gave my testimony to this friend of mine. I was impressed with the course material as it the instructions were easy to follow and my 1st webpage was completed within 2 days. What a record!

To view this simple Step-By-Step course material, please check this link out ......

East West 'Think And Grow Rich' Mastermind

As "one" of the original East-West Success Mastermind group members, I am excited to announce finally we have finished our last 8 sessions of the book Think and Grow Rich, by Napoleon Hill at the end of February 2006 with Ted Ciuba as our Headcoach, and a co-founder of World Internet Summit.

And we are very excited as our final product will be ready for the new launch sometime in June 2006.

Wow! I bet you may be asking - how did it go? How on earth were we able to gather people from all walks of life, East (Asians) and West (Westerners) to contribute in these 8 mind-blowing mastermind sessions?

To find out more info. on this, visit www.EastWestThinkAndGrowRich.com

Internet Marketing Workshop - Profit in 90 days or Less!

I have been busy lately preparing for Patric Chan's 2-day workshop in Penang on 26 Nov. 2005.
He shared with us the 5-step System which he used to get started on the internet and to profit from it within the next 90 days or less!

After attending the workshop, here are my reviews which I have also given him.

He is the one and only Malaysian that I feel qualifies to teach internet marketing as he offers easy step-by-step guide to starting and building our own little internet marketing business. His workbook is 'simple', easy to follow and he made us write our own notes! I made quite a number of notes, including his 'secrets' which I am unable to share online. In the workshop, he gave us so much attention that he made sure each and everyone of us understood the concepts he shared, before moving on to the next topic. He has patience (with this 'slow' newbie group). I was glad I watched the DVD videos and CD-ROM before attending the workshop, as it sure helps me in absorbing all the information.

Now I feel more confident to take the next step, i.e. turn it into Action and make it work, despite future challenges along the way but I will not give up! Its a golden opprtunity to make money online, right from my own house, with my laptop/computer sitting at home or from anywhere else in the world, for that matter. In the next few days, I think I will allocate more time to taking the 1st step is to conduct 'reseach' into 'niche' marketing, as advised by www.patricchan.com

Today, I have also received the package of "Think and Grow Rich" book by Napoleon Hill, brought to us by Ted Ciuba, an Internet Marketing consultant in the US. He also sent a packet of Jelly Beans which my son totally enjoys munching. I was surprised that we can actually download a Free copy of the above book from www.eastwestthinkandgrowrich.com

Oh! Before I forget, I will also be attending another bombastic 1-day workshop at end of this week. Its going to be a 'copywriting' workshop entitled "Double Results Internet Copywriting Workshop" by Jo-Han Mok, a Singaporean.

Jo-Han Mok is renowned for creating effective sales letter copy that brings in sales in 1 day! I am not going to miss this no matter what. Guess what? He was an apprentice of Dr Joe Vitale. Wow! And its going to be held in Penang again. This time, my family will get to go with me to this island to enjoy themselves over this weekend.

So ta ta! See you in the next update!

Why the Name "Acres of Diamond"

Since setting up this blog and sent to some friends, the comment I received was "what is the meaning of Acres of Diamond" and what are you trying to say?

Sorry readers! I did not do a good job in explaining.

What I meant by "Acres of Diamond" for me is - there are plenty of money-making opportunities out there in this world and all we have to do, is to go out there and look for it.

I used to work in a 9-to-5 JOB, got up early in the morning, drove to work, got stuck in the traffic jam, returned from work, rest, eat, sleep and this daily routine was repeated over a number of years. Then I decided 2 years ago to stop working and went out to look for money-making options, by attending previews to options trading, property, selling online etc.

It was not until I stumbled upon a stranger at 1 of these previews that told me to take Risk! And so I did. I went on to enrol into 1 of Jay Abraham's Marketing program (Aug '05) and came out with new hopes that I can use his strategies in my current online business.

Now, this lead to another seminar which I attended. The World Internet Summit (Oct '05)where 12 experienced internet speakers shares their system and success stories that had made them to what they are today.

Since then, I have been doing daily research and reading up on internet marketing, viral marketing, direct response marketing, affiliate marketing, you name it all. From all these effort, I know the day will come for me to put all that I have learned of marketing on the internet to Action and make at least a dollar (US$1.00) online.