Trip to Bangkok

I will not be in Malaysia from 23rd till 30th November 2006.

I will be taking my family off to Bangkok and spend a whole week there.

There will be a number of tourists sites that I have earmarked to visit.

Check out my Blog at : http://familytravelsite.blogspot.com
to find out more.

Where to Find Top Blogs?

I have been researching alot about Blogging for Bloggers lately.

Ths is where I find the Top Blog Sites on the internet.

Check out: www.blogtopsites.com

I had a look around the Categories and found some to be some really interesting blogs to take note of.

I like PhotoBlog (www.blogtopsites.com/photoblog/);
Resources (www.blogtopsites.com/resources/);
Travel (www.blogtpsites.com/travel/); and lastly,
SeeAll most.

World Internet Summit 2006, Kuala Lumpur

The World Internet Summit 2006 is here again in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Only this time, they have some new speakers and some veteran speakers. Some of the speakers are Willie Crawford, Stephen Pierce, Patric Chan, Jo-Han Mok, Ewen Chia etc. It was held for 4 days starting from Fri. 17 till Mon. 20th Nov. 2006 at the Park Royal Hotel.

This event was organised once again by Success Resources.

I popped by WIS 2006 to visit some of my IM friends like Gobala Krishnan, Stephen Wong and LaiYin Koe and we will be sharing resources and tips.

This year's event was highly charged as Patric Chan demonstrated a live demo. called the Internet Challenge. He sent out a list of products to his namelist and within 3 days, he collected over US$20,000+ from this marketing campaign. It also demonstrated the power of joint ventures with other internet marketers.

Resource for New Bloggers Who Needs Help

This was what I came across while searching around for help on my Blogs at Blogger.com

Check them out, newbies!

http://bloggerfordummies.blogspot.com

http://blogger-tricks.blogspot.com

http://testing-blogger-beta.blogspot.com

Lastly, go to:

http://groups.google.com/group/blogger

Check This Image - Quality Beats Quantity

I got an interesting email today from my friend Alex.

This is what it says:

You're going to love this.

It made me realize even more how Quality Beats Quantity.

One quality site, one quality blog, one quality product, one quality AD could do better than a thousand and make difference inyour life.

I'm going to make you FEEL this fact with one image.The image is an Ad. What an Ad!

"In a marketing campaign in Vancouver, 3M sought a strong image for their security glass.
They modified a bus shelter and fitted their security glass and filled it with REAL BANKNOTES.
Many have tried to gain access with golf clubs and baseball bats but obviously the glass remains intact!

This is what you call having faith in your own product... "

How to Optimize Your Mind with OptiMINDzation

Stephen Pierce and May Ong

How do we optimize our mind or brain? OptiMINDzation? What is this?

This audio CD contains 'wave-sound' that can alter the brain-wave in your brain, if you use it regularly for the next 30 days.

All I did was put on this audio CD on my desktop, click play listen to it for about 20 minutes daily.

Initially, when I got started, I get slight headaches at the back of my neck. It is as if, my brain is working overtime.

After about a week, I noticed when I read any materials, my brain tends to process information at a faster rate. It is like it can speed read on it own automatically.

At night, when I get sleepless nights, ideas seems to pop-up from nowhere.

I can also remember 'things' I was supposed to complete in the day, in my unconscious mind. When I wake up, I seemed to know that I have to complete that 'task' that day.

Don't believe a word I say. Try it out yourself here.

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.