Are You Ready For Year 2009 ?

The year 2008 has gone by in a whisk, reflecting back to what I have done for the year is a painful process because most of the resolutions I have made has not come true. However, I do know that there are some activities that I am doing right now, as a result of a decision made during the last quarter of the year, will be beneficial to me in the long term as long as I keeps doing it.

If we do not take Action for any ideas that pops up in our head, there will be no progress in whatever we want to do. Therefore, I feel the urge to work even harder in this new year. I strongly believed that everyone has new year Goals whether you like it or not but unless you do something about it, your life will continue to be the same as today for the next few years to come.

With the economy not looking any better for the next few months to come, it is still heartening for me to see so many people mingling around shopping centres, supermarkets or recreation centres during these 2 weeks of festive periods ( Christmas till New Year Day ). The positive aura projected by these people gives me a better outlook of the future. This scene of happiness instead of moodiness ensure us that despite what is going to happen in the months to come, they are going to confront it bravely.

As for me, I am stretching myself by engaging in more activities then I have done last year. I always remember the earlier days when I slogged for hours whole-heartedly on my computer business, the end result is that I am exhausted but very satisfying however over the last few years ( after working for some ), the enthusiam level has never been the same. I realised that as long as I do not push myself a little harder ( beyond my comfort zone ), the result achieved these years are so negligible that I accept it a part of my new life. This is not good for me in the long run.

Being in a Networking environment last year tells me that we can achieved more than we desire only if we put in our 101% effort to get the job done. There are many ways to make extra income for ourself, if only we do not find excuses not to do it. Some of the venture I am embarking on right now are as follows :

1. Computer Servicing ( been doing it for the past 20 years or more )
2. Network And Franchising Business (MLM)
3. Internet Marketing ( Prawfeed-Marketing.com )
4. Employer Consultancy For Chinese Worker
5. Marketing of Energy Saving Device ( Less-Electricity.com )

It is tough managing Time for the above activities, I cannot give excuse to myself if I don't generate any money as a result of not doing it !

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If you have no idea what extra thing to do this year, why not consider this option.

You have nothing to lose !

Making Money Online

As more and more people realized that the economy is not going to recover in due time, they also found out that their job is no longer stable anymore. As such, these people are looking for alternative ways to generate income for "rainy days". Naturally, most of those with IT knowledge will explore Internet Marketing, thinking that its the easy way out. Perhaps with a little effort here and there, they might just strike it rich !

What they do not realize is that Internet Marketing is as tough as doing a Networking or MLM business. It really takes a lot of time and effort to prepare the ground work and the discipline to persist in the face of uncertainty.

No doubt there is money to be made online but we need to learn from the Basic first. First, we need to know what Niche we have that the market will want. Second, How to create that awareness so that people will come to you ? Third, How to capitalize on visits made by the visitors to your website ? Fourth, How long will it take before you see the 1st dollar of this venture ?

Beside this, you need to know the technicality of creating a website for it, what type and what kind of website ? How to promote your product and through what method ?
How to create a Sales Page so that people will be attracted to your promotion and what-nots ? How to make your website popular ?

Unless you are prepared to learn or re-learn this BUSINESS from scratch ( just like Networking or MLM ), most will give up halfway through the venture. What I like about this option of business is that it gives me freedom to do anything I want. No one is going to tell me whether I did it wrong or not. It allows me to constantly go back to my drawing board to fine-tune what I have done. The only sign of success you get is when the visitors rating goes higher or people start buying the product that you are promoting and you start making money.

I know there are plenty of people out there learning the rope like me and to me, it is a marathon race that will ultimately show my potential as long I believe this business option works.

I have gone through 3 recessions in my life time and I want to be financially rich enough before the next one comes along !



"Don't Simply Retire from something; have something to retire to" -- Harry Emerson Fosdick

Who To Blame When Your Business Is Not Growing ?

I have been very busy the past weeks with endless reading and searching the web for more answer on "How To Become Successful Using The Internet ?", I have even spent close to S$500 on eBooks by "Guru's" of the Internet Marketing arena and my conclusion is this :

Knowing the Tips / Tricks of doing the Business does not help me unless I DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT !

With the huge amount of information I am absorbing lately I am very certain that I am having Information overflow and eventually I am at the starting point of knowing what I wanted to do but at least, I have NEW knowledge on What Internet Marketing is.

My knowledge comes in all forms : eBooks, Forums, Websites, Articles in Ezine etc and there are some webmasters out there who are even answering your questions for free. We should be glad that these people are giving us information that cuts down our time in exploring on how the business can be done.

As a result of this kind of treatment, I realized that I also want to be helpful in my Internet Marketing endeavor so that others will benefit from visiting my website in the near future. However an incident on my newly trusted mentor website reminds me that while we can do our best to please everyone BUT not everyone who has visited your site will reciprocate positively. This is what happens :

A visitor has visited www.2planawebsite.com and www.2createawebsite.com and must have try and tested some of the Tips that this websmaster, Miss Lisa, had provided in its articles and contents. However, his website is not performing up to his expectation and he blames Miss Lisa and calling her website a BUNK, which is very unfounded. I also found out through her comment that this Visitor did not even write to her with his problems or to get any form of consultation prior to his outburst on the Comment Page and this pretty upset the sweet lady who has been helping others in this area of business for almost 10 years.

What I know is that there are many such pessimistic people out there who do not know how to take defeat or setbacks gracefully and finger-pointing on others to blame for their misadventure. These type of people will never know how to please someone because they don't know how to please themselves !

I am also convinced that there are many helpful people such as Miss Lisa out there who sincerely want to help those in need of help on subject such as Website Creation, Writing Articles and Affiliate Marketing so that they can make some money in the near future. These helpful Samaritans believe in one principle, in my humble opinion, that by helping others they will be help in time to come. Another trait is that they have a kind heart and is willing to give back to society.

So, do not blame others whenever your business is not growing, search for the answer in the web and you might just find an Angel out there who is very much willing to help you out.

"No Time" or Too Lazy To Make Money

When I present opportunity to people who are searching for means to make extra money, the instant reply I always get is "I have no time !" or "My children are young" or "I will look into it when I am ready" Are these truly a legitimate reasons ?

Let’s face it. Network Marketing, Internet Marketing or Any Money Making Opportunities are not for everyone. You have to enjoy being out here and learning the ropes (learn how to find your customers, rope in a few downlines, or how to get ranked in Google, partner with other sites, writing content, etc.) If you don’t, this journey will be more like a job.

Most of these successful businessmen I know never felt that what they are doing are like Works and I believe that’s why I am putting real effort into it to become one of them. Unfortunately, though, when people hear stories of successful business owner earning five to six figures per year, they think all they have to do is join the business or build a site and they’ll get the same result.

If it were really that easy, we’d all have five to six figure income now wouldn’t we?

People often want instant gratification with little work and when they don’t succeed, they place the blame on everyone, system or business when 9 times out of 10, the only person to blame is themselves.

Yes, there are some of them who make a lot of money out here, but they worked hard for it. Some of them had started their business for 2 to 5 years and there were times in the beginning when they only made about $15 per month. But they never gave up. Yes, they've failed many times along the way but they improved their business from the mistake learnt in the process.

Mistakes are OK, but Laziness is not. I have people who want to make extra money for themselves but can only devote a small hour per week to do the business. If you’re just starting out, you have to devote much more time to get it started right. If you can’t, then your results will mirror your efforts.

Bottom line…

If you are looking for a free lunch or looking to get rich overnight, then doing business is not for you. It's better off working for a Salary that will tie you down for a long period of time with no certainty.

Look around you today ! There is no such thing as a JOB SECURITY anymore. People are getting retrenched for all sorts of reasons that the Company or Bosses can think of.
However, if you want to venture into some form of business then you got to get the butt off the chair and do something!

From Articles To Ebooks To Make Money Online

After 2 weeks of searching and reading and subscribing to potential Gurus website for a way to generate money online, I learnt only one thing : Information Overload !

This does not helps much after forking out a substantial sum of money to learn the tricks of the trade about making money online. Why ? The more I read, the more confused I become ( Almost the same situation when I joined an MLM business venture ). Unlike in the MLM business, I have a Mentor ( usually my Upline to guide me as she has been in the business much longer than I am ) and the communication is close and personal whereas on the web, the so-called "Guru" throws you a ton of information's on how to get it right without pointing the Short-cut to preparing the process.

There are simply many ways to make money online. Despite everything is web-based and information is offered through the pages displayed, they all looks the same for a beginner. Its only through reading its Content, will one knows the purpose of the website presented.

Methods of generating money comes from Internet Marketing, Affiliate Marketing, Information Marketing, Network Marketing and many more. Regardless of which category of business you are interested in, you are guaranteed to do the following :

1. Read plenty plenty of information's regarding the business
2. Learn how to setup Website, Auto-responder and ways to generate traffic
3. Learn how to write Contents for your web pages
4. Learn how to write Articles to promote your business or website
5. Learn how to write Articles or EBooks to make money
6. Learn how to incorporate unique graphics, banners, advertisements to your website
7. Learn how to incorporate music, video, Forms, Links to attract your visitors
8. Learn how to SELL your Niche so that regular visitors come to your website

and there are many more tactics out there that one can learn.

I am sure by now you will be wondering if this is suitable for you just as I was asking myself when I join the MLM business venture. The answer is :

In order for anyone to learn something new, there must be an educational process by which you have to go through. Some learning are made easier because of an established system ( school and institution )or some learning comes from personal mentoring by a Leader ( Private Tutor / Business Leader (Upline) but the toughest of all is self-education / self-learning.

If you are hungry to learn something, nothing can stop you in the path. You will know how to overcome the difficulties, challenges or opportunities it presents. But if you are not prepared for it, thousands and one reasons will come out from your mouth to justify why it is not suitable for you ( we call it EXCUSES ! ), right ?

I am very convince by now that there are ways to make money online by writing Articles or Ebooks, otherwise we will not be able to see all these websites ( Hundreds of Millions ) promoting their Niches. In whatever opportunities we are looking for, we must give ourselves Time to familiarize those process so that eventually the money will start flowing in. To do it at a faster pace is obviously a choice you have to make but I always tell myself that "There is no such thing as a GET RICH QUICK opportunities out there ! If it sounds too good to be true, then it probably IS"

I urge you to treat your venture into the web as a form of learning that will eventually equip you with the skill to make the money you want. As long as you believe that you can do it, it will be done !

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