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Finally I got my big break by getting interviewed by one of the most reputable newspaper in Malaysia – New Straits Times. It’s an honor and I appreciate the effort that Izwan took to get this article published in the newspaper’s Tech&U section (page 4).
Although the content was not what I have anticipated, nevertheless it was well written by Izwan.
You can read my article by clicking on the image below (I’m featured in the column below Gobala Krishnan’s): Click to enlarge image (Read article on 'Find the right niche, learn the ropes') |
I’ve been doing a lot of thinking lately. Of late, there are countless of people who have approached me seeking guidance and quick tips on how they can start making money online – just like what I am doing now.
 Furthermore, everyone is concern about the economy and that the stock market might collapse overnight – it almost did when Barisan National failed to win a two-third majority for parliament seats. It’s been 5 years since Malaysia have experience such a sharp drop in the stock market.
For the past couple of months, I’ve been analyzing the response that I’ve got from my so-called ‘apprentices’. Here are some of their strength and weaknesses when it comes to their efforts in making money online:
Strengths
1. Very eager to make money online
2. Displays interest when I showed them where money could be made online
Weaknesses
1. Don’t have the time to establish their online revenue generating system such as a simple blog
2. Malaysians are generally very thrifty whereby they wouldn’t invest some money developing backlinks for their blogs
3. PR updates take place every quarter of the year, which is 3 months once, and this is also another ‘killer’ as people usually don’t have the time and patience to wait for the PR to update
I have been spending most of my time developing a system whereby anyone who displays interest could easily make money online without any hassle.
It would be a system where you just need to log in to your account and you can start make money online via
1. Sponsored Posts
2. PayPerClick
3. Link Sales
4. Private Ads Sales
5. Affiliate Sales, and many more…
Best of all – I have designed this system in such a way that it can counter any known problems such as PR crackdown by Google by using a simple plugin – so there’s no worry about loosing your PR should Google detect any form of infringement to their TOS, which could jeopardize your maximum earning potential.
 This system would also allow any fellow participants to make an attractive sales commission of up to $100 per sales – GUARANTEED and no questions asked.
I would be disclosing more information about this money making system – very very soon.
The next article would focus on how much money you can generate from my online money making system!
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 It’s crucial to rank higher on search engines if your online business depends highly on web-based walk-in customers or rather known as web traffic. However, not everyone understands the importance of optimizing their blog or websites for search engine purposes.
I had a chat with one of my clients the other day – he has a website which lacks elements such as exposure and to my surprise it wasn’t even listed in the top 50 search results on Google.
One way to get your website noticed is to build backlinks to your site – Google places weight on the number of links linking back to your site to determine the importance. The more backlink your site has – you’d rank higher in Google. But that’s not the whole story – anchor texts have its role as well. Google also takes into consideration the anchor texts that was used to link to your site.
I know I know – this might sound a little techie… Nevertheless the bottom line is – if you want your website to rank higher on search engines, you’ll need to build backlinks.
There are tons of methods to build backlinks – but most these methods are pretty darn expensive:
1. Paid posts cost a minimum $5 per post and you only get a link back to your site
2. Listing your site on directories is also expensive – $7 to $10 for express listings, else 50% of the time, your submission is rejected
If cost and time is your major concern, you should definitely use TNX.net link building services.
Why?
Think of this – a mere $11 a month may get up to 10,000 static links to your site…
TNX.net link building services is revolutionary – they already have
1. 40,500 users registered in their system,
2. 31,396,944 links available on their system, and
3. 40,813,118 pages indexed by TNX
What makes TNX.net different is that they use a TNX-point system which is later used to purchase links on other sites. You can top up your points in your account by purchasing it using
1. their PayPal link or
2. Bank Transfer (Wire)
3. Checks
4. Money Order
NOTE: SEO consultants/specialists gets
1. 20% bonus for every $50 spent
2. 50% bonus for $100 and above
3. 100% bonus for $250 and above
But what makes TNX.net special for webmasters is the ability to sell TNX-points for a profit or in simple terms – exchange your points for money or you can reuse these points to purchase links on other sites.
It’s easy to run TNX on your site –
1. Register for a FREE account here
2. Get TNX’s code and paste it in your blog
3. Add your site in their database and wait for approval within 1-3 days
 But that’s not it – if you refer someone to use TNX system,
1. You get 13.3% of all TNX-points generated by their websites, and
2. Make 5% of all payments made by advertisers
Try out their income calculator to find out how much you can earn through your sites.
1. Enter your website’s URL
2. Number of pages
3. Number of pages with PR
4. Your site’s category (different categories have different link pricing)
5. Number of links per page (max 4)
Best of all – you can run TNX codes side by side with Google Adsense, doubling your earnings.
Interested? Register for a FREE TNX account here. Cheers!
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Since I’ve covered how to choose your domain names, we should focus on the right blogging platform for your blog. There are tons of blogging platforms out there, each with its own unique feature and functionality.
 If you are really serious in blogging and want to get your own web host to host your blog, here is a list of recommended web hosting companies which you can subscribe to:
1. GoDaddy – Web hosting package starts from $3.99 per month and you enjoy discounts up to 30% if you subscribe 1 to 3 years of service. Purchasing a domain name with your hosting plan is only $1.99.
2. 1and1 – Web hosting package starts from $3.99 per month and you get 1 FREE domain name (5 free domain names if you take their 1&1 Developer web hosting plan)
3. BlueHost – $6.95 per month and FREE domain name with your purchase
4. Dot5 hosting – $4.95 per month and FREE domain name with your purchase
5. iPower – $3.95 per month and $6.50 for a domain name
6. LunarPages – $6.95 per month and FREE domain name for life
7. HostMonster –$5.95 per month with FREE domain name
8. Network Solutions – $7.47 per month with FREE domain name. Use this coupon link here to enjoy 10% discount
9. Omnis Network – $5.95 per month with FREE domain name.
10. Web Hosting Pad – $4.95 per month with FREE domain name.
Personally, if you are low on budget and want to try out a web hosting package before making a huge financial commitment, I would recommend subscribing to 2 months of GoDaddy’s Economy plan.
Here’s the workaround:
**You will still get discounts if you renew 1 to 3 years of web hosting in a single payment
But if you have cash to spare and is dead serious in making money online, then you should definitely subscribe GoDaddy’s Deluxe plan as you can get up to 30% discount. Furthermore, the web hosting package allows you to add unlimited domains into your hosting account (most economy plans only allow you to host 1 domain name).
Workaround:
2 years subscription ( **30% discount): $5.19 x 24 months = $124.74 + $1.99 (domain name) + $0.20 (ICANN) = $126.93
**To get 30% discount, first select 1 year subscription for Deluxe plan and add into your cart. When reviewing your shopping cart, check the box for 30% discount for 2 years subscription.
Your paid web host gives you access to free software such as
1. Blogging platforms: WordPress, Joomla, Xoops, Mambo, Serendipity, Geeklog, Nucleus
2. Image hosting platforms: Gallery, Coppermine, 4Images
3. Forum: SMF (Simple Machine Forum)
etc…
Choosing the Right Blogging Platform:
 1. WordPress:
Blogs primarily use WordPress as their blogging platform. It’s easy to use and straight to the point. You’ll need to install several plugins to enhance its functionality.
Akismet: Spam filter to keep spam at bay
Google SiteMaps: Creates a sitemap of your site so that search engine spiders can crawl and index your site easily
Adsense-Deluxe: Places Adsense ads into your blog and you can define where the ads will appear
Related Posts: Display related posts that the visitor is currently viewing
Super Archive: A good dynamic archiving system
Gravatars: Display the visitor’s avatar next to the comment
Recent Comments: Display the most recent comment by visitors
Contact Form: People can fill in this form easily to contact you
WP-Database Backup: Backup your WordPress database
 2. Joomla/Mambo:
This is a very good alternative to WordPress. It has many built-in functions and you can expand its functionality by adding Components, Modules and Mambots which is available for free on Extensions.Joomla.org.
Here’s a simple guideline on how to setup your Joomla blog:
i. JoomSEF: Install this search engine friendly (SEF) component. Your URL for the entire site will be search engine friendly and ends with .html extension.
ii. Install a comment system: Akocomment is free but I would definitely recommend you to download and purchase Azrul’s JomComment as it has Akismet built into the system and it also comes with various features such as the ability to ban certain IP or users from commenting on your blog.
iii. BSQ Site Stats: To keep track of your visitors
iv. Adsense Module from Joomlaspan: Display Adsense ads on your blog
v. modHTML: A very handy tool to put custom HTML and JavaScript codes on your blog. Ie Adsense, Advertlets, Nuffnang, Widgetbucks, Amazon, etc…
vi. Adsense Mambot: To add Adsense inside your post.
vii. Joomap: Creates a sitemap for Joomla so that search engine spiders can crawl and index your site easily
On the other hand, if you are tight on budget, you can purchase a domain name and point it to your Blogspot URL using the 301 redirect function.
 3. Blogger (Blogspot) is yet another powerful blogging platform. This is a great blogging platform for beginners to begin with and it has all the necessary tools to let you monetize it.
For example, you can add Adsense easily into your blog by linking your Blogger account to your Adsense. You can also create and add HTML and JavaScripts modules easily into the page.
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I felt it wasn’t right by not mentioning this – Picking the right keywords for your domain name is crucial! – Especially when you want to target your blog in certain category and also to capture the right traffic from Google.
 Keywords play a huge role whenever someone performs a search on Google. For example, Google will rank your site based on a few basic criteria:
1. Your domain name
2. Title of your site/articles
3. Your site’s description/content
4. Anchor text used by other sites linking back to you
5. Your Page Rank and Page Rank of sites linking back to you
6. Meta tags and description
7. Title sizes – H1, H2, H3
8. etc…
Choosing the right domain name to target search engine traffic is really important. A good example is Just Make Money Online, linking to JustMakeMoneyOnline.com – It wasn’t by chance that Google list that site to appear as number 1 in the search result.
Try these keywords:
1. Wealthy Affiliate – WealthyAffiliate.com
2. Affiliate Guide – AffiliateGuide.com
3. Affiliate Programs – AffiliatePrograms.com
4. Social Media – SocialMedia.com, SocialMedia.biz
5. Car Buying Tips – CarBuyingTips.com
If you are having difficulty in selecting the right keyword for your domain name, try using these services which can provide you info on search trends and traffic associated with specific keywords:
1. WordZe
2. Keyword Discovery
3. SEO Digger
4. Overture Keyword Selector
5. SEO Book Keyword Tool
6. Wordtracker
7. Digital Point Keyword Suggestion Tool
8. KeywordSpy
9. SpyFu
10. NicheBOT
11. Hitwise Search Intelligence
12. Google Suggest Scraper
13. comScore qSearch
14. AdGooRoo SEM Insight
15. Google Keyword Tool
16. iWebTool Keyword Lookup
On the other hand, use these keyword suggestion tools to help you pick the domain name that you like:
1. Who.is
2. Yahoo Small Business Domain Name Search
3. GoDaddy Domain Name Search
4. iWebTool Domain Name Suggestion
(PS – If you are thinking of registering a domain name, I would definitely appreciate it if you could refer me by using my affiliate links found here. Thanks and cheers to you!)
Now be careful using other sites to search for your domain name – I had a bad experience in the past where I wanted to register Online-Secret.com. I tried several web hosting companies’ domain name search function and to my disbelief – one of the web hosts registered the domain name under their company! They practically stole my domain name!
I will focus on how to choose the right web host and blogging platform suitable for you in the next article. Stay tune!
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