Wednesday, July 18, 2007

The POWER of Leverage!

The other day, Stuart Tan, a renown local Internet Marketer conducted a session on the similar topic for us at our weekly workshop. It was a great session and those present will 100% agreed with me that they learnt much from him. Thank you – Stuart.

Here, I’ll try to summarize what he taught in my own understanding and opinion…. this, too, is leveraging – mmm… interesting?! You’ll see why, if you’ll read on.

So, what is LEVERAGE?
For me, it is the “Tool to multiply your capacity and ability with minimum efforts”.

Stuart, introduce the TIMELESS approach to LEVERAGE:

Technology
Everyone is doing this but many not know that they are in fact, leveraging on technology to do things faster, better, cheaper and easier. Think about it, it is everywhere around and about us. Examples are mobile phones, computers systems, etc. What are the technologies that you can leverage on in your business?

Innovation – “Never create, always improve”
Creating something new is great! But the set back is it takes more time and resources to create. Taking an existing concept or product and set out to improve on it, is INNOVATION. That’s it! In my earlier paragraph, I mentioned that this article is also an example of Leverage – now, you see my point? Consider this, after the 2nd World War, the Japanese economic picks up and boomed in a very short span of time and became the most advance nation in the East – know why? It is INNOVATION.

Mentors – “No one is a master of all trades”
Seeking out mentors is a great way to learn and to achieve our desired goals. Mentors are those that had been there and done that before, so they had the experiences and the stories to tell you and guide you what to do and how to achieve what you seek out to achieve. This is leveraging the experiences and failures of others, so that you don’t need to make the same mistakes. This is the way, to FAST-FORWARD your success.

Emotional States
We are at most time driven by emotions. So, it is crucial that we learn to manage our emotions to propel us to success. Always leverage on positive emotions – a happy, enthusiastic, excited and energized spirit will always accomplish great things. No one can make you happy or sad. You have to make yourself happy. Consider this, you were scolded by your supervisor for making a grave mistake and all the points of failure were pointed to you one-by-one. Will you be sad? Furious? Depressed? Or you can be happy that you’ve learnt to avoid these mistakes or pit-falls in future.

Learning (Mind Set)
We should be learning all of our life. Always take time to learn something new that you can leverage on to springboard you to higher state of achievement. Alvin Troffler quoted “The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.”

Earning (or Money)
Everyone knows that money makes more money. What if you don’t have, can you leverage on others money? Think about it… if you have a good and solid business plan and you are able to get the connection to some venture capitalist or personal investor, who are will to invest in your idea/concept. You have it! You’ll be leveraging your earnings on someone else monies.

Social Network
Every one of us has our own deficiencies in varying degrees. Social networks are a great way to patch these gaps, at the same time learn and grow. This is leveraging our deficiencies or weakness with another to become stronger to face a challenge. This is relationship building and team building.

Systems & Processes
These are your methodologies, procedures, processes and approach to accomplish a task. In order to leverage on these, you’ll need to establish strong processes that are repeatable and will consistently produce expected results. Example is a Marketing System that will be able to reach out and close consistently a certain % of targeted audience.

At this point you may say to yourself – “I know these or at least most of these. In fact, I’m practicing some or most of them, myself”.

Yes! I felt the same – leveraging is no mystery, it had been something that we’ve been doing all the time in varying degree. Leveraging means you have the opportunity to “Multiply” and “Magnify” your capacity and ability without stretching yourself.

Now, you know you can actually LEVERAGE on any thing you do. Multi-level marketing (MLM) is a very good example of leveraging in action. You don’t like MLM? – Me, either but I’ve found that you can earn residual income from online affiliate programs by leveraging on their products, technology and systems.

Like any other businesses, whether online or offline – you need to put in the effort to build and acquire any new skill that is required. Online Affiliate program give you leverage as well as the opportunity to participate in an earning opportunity that could potentially give you a 5-figure income in USD, in 12 to 36 months, depending on your Emotional States.

To know more about this opportunity, I encourage you to visit http://www.getqualitytime.com/. Once, you start to explore this in depth – you should then take it all the way and leverage on the learning, self-development and leadership opportunity that comes with the commitment you put in.

You may also want to know that, there is good local support by OnlineIncomeHub.com, where you can leverage on the team knowledge and capability. In the group, there are many mentors whom you can get yourself acquainted with, who will be willing to assist you all the way. There can also be great leverage on emotional state.

I’d suggest you visit this right away!

--> http://www.getqualitytime.com/

Thursday, June 14, 2007

What is a full 100% in life?

Recently I received a slide-show on what does it meant from a mathematics point of view is a full 100% in life. Let me know what do you think of it.......

IF A=1, B=2, C=3..... Z=26.

What do you think that the following attribute meant in life?

HARDWORK = 8+1+18+4+23+15+18+11 = 98%
KNOWLEDGE = 11+14+15+23+12+5+4+7+5 = 96%
APTITUDE = 1+16+20+9+20+21+4+5 = 96%

Mmm... is it not quite apt that Knowledge and Aptitude (which is quite similar), sum up SAME!

What about other areas, like....

LOVE = 12+15+22+5 = a low 54% ?! ...no wonder, nobody give much of this nowadays
LUCK = 12+21+3+11 = a surprising 47% ! ... definitely not dependable

What about....

MONEY = 13+15+14+5+25 = 72% ...see, proven that money is NOT everything
LEADERSHIP = 12+5+1+4+5+18+19+9+16 = 89%

So... what really makes 100%? Is there something that is so sure, perfect and powerful? Well, everything should have a solution (right?) it only require us to change our ATTITUDE = 1+20+20+9+20+21+4+5 = 100% !!

It is OUR ATTITUDE towards life, work and God that makes life 100%

You change your ATTITUDE and you'll change your LIFE !!!!!

You can make SUCCESS in life! Ahem!... last week, I learnt from my leaders/trainers that it take 98% of ATTITUDE and 2% APTITUDE to be SUCCESSFUL.... now, applying the same mathematical formular -- 98% of ATTITUDE is still equals 98% and 2% of APTITUDE is still equal 2% (rounded up), which will still makes 100% ...isn't it interesting?!

*Sign.... unfortunately, in the world today - what takes is.....

BULLSHIT = 2+21+12+12+19+8+9+20 = 103%! ... and
ASSKISSING = 1+19+19+11+9+19+19+9+14+7 = 118%

So, now one can conclude based on our small mathematical model that - while HARDWORK, KNOWLEDGE and APTITUDE will get you close and ATTITUDE will get you there, it is BULLSHIT and ASSKISSING that will put you over the top!

Sadly, this is the hard facts of life.... proven mathematically. (my teacher never tell me that maths, can be used in so many ways! Amazing, isn't it)

What do you think about the above hypothesis? Do you have a comment? Do you have your own hypothesis that you can share?

Saturday, June 09, 2007

Is Online Income really possible?

With the burst of the Dot-Com bubble many years back, many people today still frown at an online business model. Needless to say there are many who had lost millions when the bubble busted. Thus, generated much negative perception of an online business.

Since the advent of online world, scams had been thriving even until today and that too, had created a lot of mistrust amongst the people. So when one is thrown an idea that there is an opportunity to earn an income legally online, many will scorn at the idea and total closes up.

It is so unfortunate that although we do not admit it -- many time in situation like this we often discounted the adaptability of the human race.

Time have changed and the online business model too had adapted and changed.... without many people noticing it. We needed to come out from our cocoon and open up..... in order, to embrace new ideas and concepts then only can we be SUCCESSFUL. Alvin Toffler a futurist writer quoted....

"The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn." - Alvin Toffler

The advent of the internet and communication technology had made learning and communication so easy and available that information are practically pushed out at light speed. Therefore, what we had learnt earlier may not be valid or relevant anymore and we need to unlearn it and relearn -- make sense?!

So, going back to the question --- IS ONLINE INCOME REALLY POSSIBLE? --- the answer is YES! The Dot-Com model doesn't work then but we had adapted and changed with time.

Today the online business model is different and tested. If you're interested in knowing how this is possible, send me an email. I can teach you how it can be done. Do you agree with Alvin Toffler's opinion? I do.

Thursday, May 24, 2007

SoloAd that didn't do too well

I recently did 2 SoloAds with one of our local email marketing company which did not perform as good as my expectation.

The Opt-in rate was really bad as after these 2 SoloAds, I only got 5 Opt-ins out of almost 2000 people who had seen the Ad. That work out to be about 0.25% and ZERO conversion.

I was disappointed.... how is it that other teammates had so much better conversion rate compare to mine? Obviously, SoloAds does works but why doesn't it works for me?

I realized I've make the following mistakes:

1. Ask the company whether there are similar Ads being placed recently!
Yes... I did not check with the company whether there were any similar Ads that had been shown recently. When I checked with them after the Ad, they told me that had been quite a number such Ads was placed through them recently. THAT'S IT!! Next time around ask the critical question before placing the SoloAd. :)

2. Overused squeeze/sales page!
Yes... you can ask the Customer Service Advisor about the squeeze page that you're going to be showing whether it had been used recently, too. IF same page is used too many times over a short period it sort of dilute the response.

Well.. that's it for today! Learn from my mistakes. If you too had made similar or others mistake do drop me a comment and share with me too.

To your success.
MS

Thursday, May 03, 2007

So can you make monies with Affiliate Programs?

Often I've been asked -- "Is this legal? Is it not a Pyramid Scheme?". Well, how to explain...?

So, I looked around an found this from a fellow internet marketer's blog site. Sherman, had done a very good job explaining what is an Affiliate Program. Read-on.

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Affiliate Programs
These are my personal favorite. Because:



  1. No Website, No Sales Copy, No Product to worry about creating — they’re ALL professionally done and provided for

  2. Minimum Overheads (instant profits)

  3. Full Support — training & coaching to help you grow your business fast

With the Product and Website creation out of the way, the ONLY thing for you to do is to get as many people to visit your website as possible. Let the professionally written, tested and proven Sales Copy on YOUR website do the talking.

That’s where Internet Marketing’s Traffic Generation techniques come into action.

Online Affiliate Programs versus Traditional Network Marketing Programs
In his article, “

Generate Multiple Streams Of Internet Income Marketing Online“, Robert Allen explains:

“Similar to affiliate programs are network marketing opportunities. They operate on the same model — a referral fee for steering someone to an existing business. But network marketing has more complicated compensation plans that reward you more extensively for the efforts of people recruited into your organization. Because of this extra layer of complexity and the extra effort required to build and maintain a growing downline, I highly recommend that you participate in only a single, excellent network marketing opportunity.

Both affiliate programs and network marketing companies base their existence on the concept of rewarding people for their positive word of mouth advertising.

Businesses these days spend up to 50 percent of the price of their goods for advertising and marketing expenses. Instead of sending these advertising dollars to wealthy newspapers, magazines, and television stations, several smart businesses have begun to share this money with their best customers. Every time one of their best customers influences someone to buy products or services, they send this loyal customer a check as a sort of referral fee.

Affiliate programs are all over the Internet. If you visit almost any online e-commerce Web site that sells products, you will often see a link to “Join the affiliate program” or “Earn cash” button. Your challenge isn’t going to be a shortage of affiliate programs, rather, finding the right ones!“

What is Pyramid Scheme?
What makes an organization structure a pyramid and therefore illegal as a system? Look out for these signs:

  • No legitimate products or services. In a Network Marketing business, there must be a sale and movement of legitimate products or services. The products must be of value and needed on a consistent basis.
  • Over-priced products or services. A pyramid scheme is one where the products often are over-priced and with low perceived value.
  • “Head-hunting”. There are no sale of products. These are merely the collection of subscriptions and those involved are paid to recruit others. This is called “head hunting” because the more people you recruit the more you will earn without the sale of legitimate products. In some cases, there may be a one-time over-priced product; such as a diamond ring. This is still “head-hunting”.
  • Front-end inventory loading. The system requires members to purchase a large amount of products to start the business. There may be no refunds for the return of products.
    No overtaking. This means that those who join later will never be able to earn more and have higher rankings than those who join the business earlier.

What To Look For In An Affiliate Company
Keep in mind these:

  1. Is this a good company?
  2. Do they offer a good product with tremendous value?
  3. Do they have a compensation plan that really makes sense and pays out an above average income?
  4. Do I have to stock Inventory?
  5. Will they help me do what I need to do to be successful?
  6. Will I have a coach … a mentor … someone to help me achieve success?
  7. Can I trust this organization to be everything I want it to be?

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Now, that you know more about Affiliate Program..... you might want to know how a "newbie" in the internet marketing world, make himself a big name in this biz within a year!

Stay tune for more information -- in my next blog ;oD

Tuesday, April 17, 2007

Why do you need multiple income streams?

For many wage earner, the above question may have never cross their minds before, as long as the economy is running and they're still busying themselves with a job.

As much as we would want to ignore the question/situation, it is important for us to realize that it is no longer given that tomorrow or 6 months or a year, down the road our job is still there for us.


Therefore, for it is important for us to build multiple income stream. By this, (I mean) we should not only rely on our regular paying job for our livelihood.

OK -- for the sake of arguement, lets say we've a stable and good career which is paying us monthly for many years to come and therefore no worries about losing our primary income.

BUT then do we agree that our spending is limited to how much we take home every month?

We look around and wish we could afford a good holiday or a better car or a bigger appartment, etc.... and then *sign, we resigned to the fact that our salary do not allow us to support such lifestye.

We resigned to a "fact" and we restricted our own dreams and development just because we earn a fixed income per month. Why avoid asking ourselves, WHY MUST it be ONLY ONE SOURCE of INCOME?

It is a FACT that the RICH had more then one source of income! If we still don't know why we needed to build multiple sources of income, consider the following reasons and see if any of them fit us:

1. We're seeking financial freedom.
2. Wanted buy the new car or house...but...
3. Wanted to provide more to your parents...but...
4. We want to be able to go for at least one overseas holiday per year...but...
5. Wanted to start your own business or be own boss....and,
6. Able to wake-up anytime of the day and work anytime of the day.
7. We are in the above 40yrs income earner group...and,
8. Needed to plan for retierment funds.
9. We wanted to spend more time with your family.
10. We needed to clear our debts e.g. credit cards, loans, mortgage, etc.
11. We've reach the glass ceiling and needed a new challenge.

In the current knowledge-based era, everything is moving very fast. All this is partly due to the digital and the internet world that we're all connected to.

Our economy now is much, much more sensitive to change that happens in some other parts of the world. If we still hold to one source of income, we need to realize the risk that it can be easily shattered by any downturn or major events that happen to the global economy.

Do not be caught with no contingency plan (or Plan-B) when things turn about. We must maximize our limited time resource (24-hrs day) to build multiple income streams that are sustainable, which will guarantee our future
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Wednesday, March 21, 2007

Get paid while attending a seminar

This is possible? Many asked.

Well, last week at the Super Success Saturday event held here at the URA Center in Singpore, Success University Training Director -- Johnny Wimbrey reviewed.

This will be Success University 4th income stream. And it is first announced worldwide here in Singapore. By May-2007, all Success University students will be able to sell the following seminars a SU labelled product and get paid for it:

1) The Art of Influence and the power of Communication >> US$ 500 per pax
2) The Mastery of Influence >> US$1,500 per pax

The 1st level commission is a generous 20% and overwriting commission of 5% upto 6 level deep.

The first of these seminars to be held worldwide will be initiated in Singapore some time mid-May 2007. Those interest in coming for the seminar may contact me personally via my email -- max5ef@yahoo.com.sg.

The program will be conducted in Boot-Camp style, one full-day each. Those interested in the Mastery of Influence will also attend the Art of Influence as a pre-requisite.

Well, if you're ready to earn some $$$ while attending the seminar then you've got to be a Success University student. Click here to SIGN-UP Now!!

Friday, March 09, 2007

Success University

Seeing them cashing out from the ATM drive the question, is Success University for real? Can people really make money from this program? Well, don't bother to analyse any longer... watch this vidoe and decide for yourself.





The team mentioned above is our own local Singapore team from the OnlineIncomeHub.com that is providing very good support for us who are new to online income.

If you're interested in knowing more..... click on this Success University link NOW!

Thursday, February 08, 2007

Commission Withdrawal Time!

Here is a video of Jacky, one of the founding member of OnlineIncomeHub.com. OnlineIncomeHub is a local chapter of the amazingly popular Success University -- an Webucation Institution that provides Personal Development courses on the WEB!



This is real guys! I looking forward to my turn to do just that.....

Click here for MONEY.