Monthly Archives: December 2006

Taiwan Earthquake Rocks Internet Marketing World

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Here’s the bad news.

A 7.1 Richter Scale earthquake hit southern Taiwan yesterday, injuring 42 people and killing 2.

The Taiwan weather bureau says aftershocks of 5.0 magnitude are expected within a week.

Our thoughts and prayers go out to the people of Taiwan, especially since the earthquake might trigger a regional tsunami to the neighouring countries.

Even though Singapore is a couple of thousand miles away, we were spared either.

A number of submarine data cables were damaged, disrupting Internet access. [At this time, google, gmail, clickbank and my email accounts are inacessible].

The fact that I have DSL and cable modem connections to 2 different Internet Service Providers hasn’t helped either. Taiwan is one of the major Internet gateways between Asia and the rest of the world.

Although Internet connectivity has been rerouted to other connections, I believe the ISPs are metering the available bandwidth. Sites are loading up slowly and though HTTP access is available to some sites, email isn’t readily accessible.

This means I can’t access email sent to me via the contact form.

If you need to get me, you can insert a comment Continue reading →

Head to Las Vegas in 2007 for Affiliate Marketing Strategies, Tips and Secrets

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It’s confirmed, I’ll be heading to Las Vegas in late January for Shawn Collins’ Affiliate Summit West 2007.

I’ll be heading to the US for this event which’ll be useful to bring my affiliate marketing skills to a new level.

Highlights for the event include topics such as:

  • Marketing Your Affiliate Site – Outside of the Box
  • How to Recruit Super Affiliates
  • Optimizing with Your Merchant Partner
  • The Current State of Online Lead Generation
  • Anatomy of a Viral Video — Maximum ROI
  • Search Affiliates: Partners or Parasites?
  • Optimizing Landing Pages
  • Next Generation Affiliate Recruitment – Why What You Know Doesn’t Work Anymore
  • Panel: Lead Generation the New Kids On the Block

What I’m looking forward to though are three sessions: Continue reading →

ProBlogger Writing Project Entries Reloaded Round 1

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After Darren Rowse’s recently concluded Reviews and Predictions Writing Project, when things have slowed down a little, I’ve finally a chance to look at the other entries.

As Darren mentioned, whether anything you write actually gets read, depends on your title. Whether it’s a website, a blog entry, the name of a blog, the title of an ebook, everything depends on:

  • Keywords in the Title: Examples include monetary amounts: “$100,000”, names of prominent individuals “Britney Spears”, “Matt Cutts”, “Shoemoney”, “Yanik Silver”
  • Eyecatching Phrases: “Blog in Your Sleep”, “Autopilot Income”, “Floods of Traffic”
  • Scarcity: “Christmas Promotion”, “Limited Edition”, “Next 5 Readers only”

I’m looking through the titles and there’s a very obvious contrast between a generic title like “Looking Back at 2006” and “My Predictions for 2007” which are Continue reading →

Are You on the Internet Marketing Path to Glory?

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I’ve had the chance to talk to a number of new Internet Marketers recently and I’m both inspired by their enthusiasm and alarmed by a major issue that a lot of them are facing.

If left unchecked, it could lead to the situation another of my contacts faced.

They quit their regular job to focus on Internet Marketing. Just working on it for long hours every day, sometimes 12 hours a day, 7 days a week.

But yet their results were underwhelming to say the least. And close to a year into Internet Marketing, their savings are severely depleted.

Let’s look at some of the issues that will stall your plans toward achieving that Million Dollar Continue reading →

The Art of the Blog Comment and Their Devastating Effects

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This may seem to be a trivial post.

At the same time when you consider that the humble blog comment (a comment you leave on someone else’s blog) accounts for about 10% of the traffic I bring to this blog, it might still not seem so statistically meaningless.

Here’s a further clue to it’s importance, I had about 4300 unique visitors from Dec 1 – Dec 22. That means about 430 unique visitors arrived at this blog because of comments I made on other blogs.

Imagine having a party and having 430 people come over because you drafted a note and dropped it in their mailbox. And it was such a simple act that anyone can use it.

What’s great about blog comments? Continue reading →

Kickstart Your Blogging Business and Make Big Money: 7 Reality Checks

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[This post is my entry for Darren Rowse’s ProBlogger Group Writing Project – Reviews and Predictions]

2006 was an interesting time for me as I plunged into Internet Marketing.

Although I didn’t have a clear idea in the beginning, it was very clear that the path of least resistance would be to go with blogging.

In the course of the last 5 months, I’ve had a series of interesting experiences and the questions I’ve dealt with appear to be common with all new bloggers, whether the questions originate from a blog, a forum, a blog network or a social networking site.

Here’s 2006 in retrospective in a FAQ format with money making tips and 7 Reality Checks for bloggers and internet marketers.
Blogging is Evil

  • Blogging Reality Check 1: Making Money from Blogging is Evil

I’m not sure of the intent of this often heard objection.

I guess some might have ‘pure/purist intentions’ and expect that blogging is some form of ‘cathartic release’ for heavy/philosophical/ponderous thinking.

I see blogging as a form of personal journalism. And Continue reading →