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Dear friend,

By now I believe you’ve download, read and finished reading the free report: Blogging for Profit.

If you have, you’re very rare my friend because I’m willing to bet my bottom dollars that from 100 persons who downloaded, less than 20 will read the report. From 20 who read, less than 3 finished it!

But I’ll take my chance here…

Remember I’ve made a promise to WALK you through a proven success formula?

Of course I still remember. And without further ado, let’s get started.

What Is Required From You?

Now, realized that we’re on a journey - a process, and not a one time event so, we need to bring along some tools and provision i.e. we need to prepare.

Maybe some of us think that,”This is for part-time. Why the preparation?”

I’ll answer that in a moment.

“You make it sounds like there’s work involve, and it sounds boring already!”

Really? Well, I’ll look at this from the positive angle - there would be less people walking through the same alley! And that’s good news. I can walk without dodging too many body and brushing too many shoulders…

Here’s the grand reason why we need to prepare:
“It’s easy to prepare than to REPAIR!”

I borrowed that from one of the BEST Online Marketers alive today. I agree wholeheartedly with his statements.

Even you’re doing this part-time, if you set everything up right the first time, ONCE is enough. That one time will keep paying you evrytime. You would like that to happen wouldn’t ya? So prepare.

These are what required from you:

• Mental preparation
• Online tools
• Offline tools

Let’s look at each of these in turn.

Psyching Yourself Up.

Basically what it means is having a different mindset.

Always ’see’ in your mind eyes that you’re going to enjoy doing this…part-time.

‘See’ that you’re getting somewhere with this…part-time.

‘See’ that you’re getting better and better, and ejoy yourself more and more doing this…part-time.

Not hard at all to see isn’t it?

If you can see it, you can believe it. That’s the main point.

Plus…

You’ll face with roadblocks along the way. They comes in many forms and figures. The only fuel that will keep you going all the way is your mental endurance so that’s why I make this as your TOP most requirement.

Got it?

If you need a kick-start, I’ve gathered some of the best resources here.

Now, lets move on to the next item…

Your Online Toolbox

Want to start earning part-time oncome online? Obviously you’ll need online toolbox.

You wouldn’t be so insane building something online with offline building tools would ya?

So what’s in your toolbox?

I’ll line them up in descending order with item number one as the most important one.

1. Keyword Suggestion Tools. You can get one for free here.
2. More Keywords tools. Again, use a free tool here.
3. An account at Blogger (as detailed in the free report - Blogging for Profit)
4. An account with Adsense (also detailed in the report)

I walk you through the exact steps of using these tools after I’ve done with…

Your Off-line Tools.

The list is going to be very short.

If you’re reading this blog, it tells me that you already have the basic tools (if you’re in the office, make sure your Boss or ‘nosy’ colleagues didn’t see you’re doing this).

Just a few things to add on (easily acquired):

• Calendar
• Pen/pencils
• Scrap papers
• Printers

You’ll see how all these will become handy.

On to the exact steps…

The Most Important Steps

Before you start your new part-time income venture, this step I deem as the MOST important step. Do not go beyond this step until you get it done - your ‘keyword research’ step.

Why is it important?

In the online world, relevant content makes all the difference.

People go online searching for ‘relevant content’ - a solution to a problem that they’re having, a product to buy, a service to engage or a person to consult.

What people usually do is to open up the browser (Internet Explorer or Firefox, just to name 2), choose their favorite Search Engine, type in the ’search term’, and press ‘enter’ on the keyboard or click ’search’ on the browser menu.

The search engine in return will supply them with the ‘relevant’ info with TOP one being the most relevant.

Even if you’re going to do this part time, aiming to become the MOST relevant info for your chosen favorite pass-time subject is very much desirable.

So here’s how you’re going to do this:

1. Open up your web browser.
2. Go to your online toolbox no.1
3. Type in your favorite pass-time subject (let say ‘football’ since I’m writing this during Euro)
4. Carefully read through all the phrase people online are using to search for this words
5. Pick at least 25 phrases that you find useful (Tips: avoid general terms like ‘football’) and preferably get lots of ’searches’ (the number to the right)
6. Copy that to a piece of paper (like I told ya…offline tools, remember?)
7. Go to your online toolbox no.2
8. If you’re lazy (who’s not right?), just copy all the items from (6) above and click ‘get keywords ideas’
9. Notice the variation of the phrases
10. Copy those that ’strikes’ you the most

You see, when I walk you through this, you might be heard small voices in your head ‘complaining’ every step of the way.

It’s NORMAL and this is when you’re mental fortress is tested and I can instantly tells you whether you’re prepared for this or not

Now you need to ask yourself:

“Is this something desirable (based on the number of the searches done on it)?”

If you answered with a resounding ‘YES!’, do proceed. If not, go back and do the research until you can answer ‘yes’.

(to be continued…)

Dear Friend,

This post is a side-kick from yesterday’s post. I hope it’s still fresh in your head that choosing the ‘offensive’ attitude in the midst of current Malaysian economy is not only sensible but desirable.

And today, I’m going to help you get started with a SIMPLE part time, free time, leisure time and ‘to kill time’ activity which has become very popular and making a headline among Politicians and Businessman alike - BLOGGING!

It’s exactly like what you’re reading now. You can make yours ‘looks’ and ‘feels’ better of course.

Majalah PC, a local PC mag, in their Issue #127, July 2007 reported that Asia has the highest blog reader with Japan topping the chart with 74% active blog reader.

English is the bloggers’ language of choice:39% and Japanese came in second at 33%.

Bottom line: Blogging is one of the favorite pass-time and it can be profitable.

The question is,”HOW?”

That my Friend is exactly what I’m going to share with you BUT first…

Why BLOG?

Yeah, why blog? Why not e-mails? Websites? Podcast?

I can’t tell you the reasons of others but I personally like the simplicity of setting up a blog.

It gets even better for ‘part-timers’ or ‘leisure seekers’ like us because we can set it up for free!

Yup F-R-E-E…don’t have to pay a single red cent.

There are 2 favorite choices:

1. Blogger. This is still ‘all time’ favorite (based on the response in one of my favorite forums) and many prefer Blogger platform due to its’ user friendly features and monetization channels (I’ll explain what this means later). Take a look at one of my blog here as an example.
2. Wordpress. It’s a good choice if you’re into flashy design, almost complete content management system and more user control but the biggest drawback is in its limited monetization option. I have a blog set-up on this platform here.

Now, since we’re going to use blog as a way to earn extra income in our free-time, without having to leave our ‘beloved’ jobs (not just yet), obviously BLOGGER got my highest recommendation!

Why Blogger?

Here are my top picks:

1. It’s own by Google. So? Google will index your blog ‘faster’, which means you can get your blog into the Search Result pages - pages that Google displays when you type in a search or querry - in a shorter period of time compared to a normal Search Engine URL submissions, which could easily take about 3 to 6 months therefore you get ’seen’ faster. Get it? Ok.
2. It’s user friendly. If you’ve never build a blog before maybe this is something you can’t imagine but picture 2 houses. Both have a few doors leading to the toilet and that’s where you’re going. If that’s your first time in the house, and you really need to answer ‘nature’s’ call, which house would you prefer - the one that all the doors are like a maze and you have to guess before reaching the toilet or the house that with a single twist of the doorknob sends you straight to it? The choice is obvious right? And that’s what Blogger like to a beginner. It’s so much easier to post to Blogger.
3. This is the killer part. You can choose multiple ways to monetize your blog. Monetizing your blog simply means ‘make money, make profit, create income from your blog’. This choice is SEVERELY limited for Wordpress.com (it’s a different story if you host it on your own domain but that’s the topic for some other day). Want to see what’ll happen if you try to actively monetize your Wordpress.com blog? Just go here and you see what I mean.

Remember that our aim is to create a way to enable us to earn extra income in our spare time, preferably a ‘no-cost,high-return’ method. Hmm…lets make it reasonably high. Not going to give you false hope here…

How to begin?

Phew! That will take more than a single blog post to cover. So, I tell you what my Friend, why don’t I make this ’simple’ and easy for all of us. Everything you need to know about setting up a Blogger account and properly monetize it is contained in this f.r.e.e report.

It’s yours to download whenever you please - Blogging For Profit (you can click the link or the report image)

Now, downloading this report is just the beginning. Reading it and applying its ideas and tips is the next logical step.

Where do we go from here?

There’s an undisputed, proven Online Success formula that we can follow and for the next few days, I’m going to help you to walk through this formula (watch the word ‘walk’ - it’s not simply tell).

Until then, keep your chin high and make use of those spare time to earn extra income while keeping your monthly paycheck. Not at all a bad idea don’t you think?

Nezrul

Dear Friend,

I know this is a tough time.

For ‘post-independent’ child like us, this is ONE of the most, if not THE MOST life-threatening moment of our time. Indeed, this moment is unprcedented.

It used to be just a few cents hike - 0.05, 0.10 and it happened in a few years apart. But the recent oil price increase?!! It’s 0.70 cents and it happened in a blink of an eye (almost!).

Who’ve seen it coming?

‘They’ announced possible increase will likely happen in August (they represent all the people Malaysians elected during 2008 General Election) but the ‘killer’ announcement was made 2 months earlier. And guess what? Rumors already had it that there’s going to be 2 more increase - until the oil price is USD 1.00 per liter (USD 1.00 = MYR 3.5++).

Remember those days?

Those were the days when I can fill-up my car petrol tank for less than MYR 60.00. Even after I upgrade my car a notch (due to a new member of the family - my daughter), I paid about MYR 120.00 for a full tank. I consider that a fair bargain because my car is Korean made (well known for its high fuel consumption) and I can refill in a week time. Well, depend on my travelling actually but a week is about right…

But today, after the announcement…

‘Thanks’ to the new oil price, I paid almost MYR 200.00 for a full tank. With my current job and other people who gladly ‘volunteered’ me to take them for a ride, for their purpose, my full tank usually last me for 3 days! 3 days the most. That’s mean (roughly) 8 times refill a month equivalent to MYR 1600.00.

How’s that for a change?

You know what my wife said? “When are we going to buy that HONDA?”

Judging from the current situation, well, she got a point there. Or at least a TOYOTA. I just read in the Newspaper that Proton was about to make headway as Malaysia’s No.1, again. Hmmm…too bad isn’t it? I’m not going to make it as my next choice.

Too bad…

You know what…oil price is just the beginning

What can you expect next?

Next on the list are:

• elctricity
• transport charges
• labour fee
• food price (already taken place it seems)
• raw material price
• ‘unrelated’-mee-too stuff (I’ll tell you about this one)…

Let me tell you about the final item on my list.

I was making my back to Kuantan after attending my wife’s sister-in-law’s brother wedding reception (that a mouthful) in Kuala Trengganu (KT).

Now, last week, KT was in festive mood. SUKMA (national sporting event) was on. School holiday was on.

As usual, I made a stop at Marang where they sell corns - raw or cooked. I didn’t bother asking the raw corns. “How much is this a piece?” I asked lifting a cooked corn.
“Two bucks,” came the reply.
“You’re kidding?” I said.
“No Sir. This is due to the oil price increase. I can’t help it,” reply the lady-seller.

I just look at her with blinking eyes and wondering how’s that related when she’s cooking the corn using firewood!

Do you get my drift here?

I’m not forecasting doom and gloom here but…

How are we Malaysians going to ensure there’s going to be enough food on our table and enough clothes to wrap our bodies?

We can do 2 things:

1. Defend. This simply means we do our best to eat less, eat ‘cheap’, shop less, shop cheap, etc.
2. Attack. Have you heard the expression ‘attack is the BEST defense’? Let me explain a bit about this…

The guys and girls we just elected suggest that we, act as good, responsible citizens. We should live below our means. Save for the rainy days. Adjust our lifestyle and save some more. And some more…

But here’s the catch.

How can you save when there’s barely ‘enough’ for your own use?

Take the inflation rate for example. The ‘published’ rate is close to 5% but I can guarantee you, it’s double that amount - in actual. So, if you save say in ASN, and the return is 10% a year (lets just say), well my friend, you just break even!

No profit. Nada, Ziltch.

And how would you feel if you used to eat 5 times a day and spend say 5 bucks a meal and now you have to not only cut that down to 3 times a day and eat Maggie mee-based meals?

Would that make you happy?

After all the labor and hard work, you ONLY have that to fuel you up?

Just imagining the thought makes me miserable already!

So, as a ’sane’ human being, I’m not going to sit around cutting up things I enjoy and let some ‘arbitrary’ power takes control of my life.

Would like to hear THE alternative?

Yes?

Here it is:

• Be more ‘proactive’
• Decide to take control
• Look for ways to increase your revenue (not cutting them).

I’ll tell you why this makes more sense - TECHNOLOGY.

Nowadays, it’s possible to create more than one source of income - using technology.

Nowadays, it’s possible to work without you physically present - with technology.

Nowadays, it’s possible to save precious times and energy and still make profit - with simple technology.

And the good news is: technology is abundant and it’s readily accessible to all of us.

With technology, it’s possible for you to work at home, spend more times with your loved ones, reach out to more people outside Malaysia at lightning speed.

Technology my friend, make all these possible.

But my question to you is:

Are you ready to take control?

Are you willing to explore the possibilities?

Are you willing to take appropriate action?

If you are, you can read MORE about the technology, concept, ideas and simple plans to put you in control and allow you to spend more times with your loved ones. And think about all those travelling times, petrol cost and entertainment expenses you get to drastically cut back.

And who can tell if you came out better than before.

Take a look.

Nezrul.

Dear friend,

It’s already June and like it or not, we’re already halfway through 2008. Another 6 more months and hey presto! It’s 2009 but lets not get ahead of ourselves. Lets take one day at a time.

My job as a ’sales-person’ taught me to be aware of the passing time. Beginning of the year and 2 months after that are what is called ‘the First Quarter’. That means, there are 4 quarters in a year (and that’s why it’s call quarter! Obviously…). My first sales company start the quarter in January but my second company begins in December. Only their fiscal year begins in January (don’t bother yourself with all these sales jargon. You’ll understand them as we progress).

So now, we’re in the Second Quarter or better known as ‘half-year’.

What usually happen in ‘half of the year’?

Well my friend, this is time we pause, take ample time to reflect how far we’ve come. It’s time to re-assess. It’s time to re-evaluate. And that brings us to the airplane and sailboat…

It is said that airplane had to re-adjust their course every time it took-off before reaching the destination. Sometimes to the count of 20 to 30 times. Same goes with the sailboat. I haven’t traveled more than an hour on a sailboat but I’ve peddled a boat more than a dozens of time.

Always the current will sway us away from a straight trajectory but always we’ll adjust to get back on course. Same goes with our ‘life-course’.

Had the ‘current’ of ‘life’s obstacles’ sway you from the straight line?

Had you just march on without adjusting?

Or had you decided to stop?

Let me share with you something.

Early of this year, I’ve developed a strong liking to web-traffic generation. What I did was, I gather as many resources I can in form of audios, videos and PDFs (that’s a fancy substitute for e-books) and I start devouring their lessons.

It took me days, nights and sleepless weekends to finish the materials. And that’s not including the practice. It took me months literally, just to touch the surface.

During that time, I somehow had my preference on PPC - Pay Per Click advertising as a way to drive traffic to my website. I suspect that I was influenced by Frank Kern (who doesn’t) during his ‘launching’ of Mass Control. I didn’t get my hands on Mass Control but that’s beside the point…

Kern said,”If I want ‘leads’ for my niche, simple, I BUY them.” And he’s referring to generating leads using PPC. As an accomplish marketer and copywriter, Kern understand the importance of these factors and their order of priority:

• Leads
• Offer
• Form
• Copy

And as you can see, COPY which everyone thought is the MOST important element of a successful campaign, rank last in the list. Hey, I didn’t make this list myself. I just reprinted it from the ‘masters’ like Kern, Joe Vitale and Eben Pagan.

Back to my story…

My interest and focus to Resale Rights and Affiliate were never diminish. In fact, with my new and added knowledge of PPC, I felt that I have a huge leverage and I’m about to exploit it.

Then I met with Dennis the ‘5 Bucks Guy’, about 3 months ago.

At that time, I can relate only a bit on what Dennis said. Why? I read the word Adwords and Clickbank all over his report. I can relate to the Adwords but not Clickbank. And that change last month.

Why? Oh…you didn’t know? Clickbank allow Malaysian to create membership with them - minus all the ‘donkey-age’ hassles.

Now EVERYTHING Dennis said, I can relate to. And that’s when I begin to explore…

‘Campaign Blasting’

Actually, Dennis only touch a bit on this in one of his report chapters. So, being someone who like to improvise, with that little piece of info, I ’sort of’ experiment the idea of campaign blasting.

And as you can expect, I was stopped by Google before I even begin!

How so?

Hmm…it’s a bit complicated but I can tell you it got everything to do with Quality Score.

No idea what that is? Hmmm… I can summarized it this way: my landing page and my destination URL.

Google had made some changes for these 2 factors and most of the things that works wonders last year or a few months before were a disaster today, based on Googles’ new algorithm. Maybe you’ve heard the term ‘Google Slap’?

No? Forgive me folks but I haven’t got all day here

But did I STOP?

Hell NO! I interpret that as another hurdle I need to overcome.

So, looking back after half-way through the year, I felt that it’s worth going through all those good times and bad times, especially the bad times because that’s when I learned most of my lessons.

And just like the airplane, I’m adjusting my course since my destination is in sight. No matter how many more times I had to adjust, I will do just that until I reach it.

I INVITE you to do the same. If you ever feel down, discourage or simply demotivated maybe I can offer my sincere help. All these boil down to self improvement and you can get all that I had to offer here.

Until then…keep adjusting!

Nezrul