My Success Roadmap

Day 4: What is selling?

admin — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 08:54:32 +0000

Today task is to use yesterday check list and see what is really people want.

We go to Amazon.com to check the best selling book.

Use the bestseller in the menu bar and check the top 100 books which is infomation product. Check if it match any of the list.

Also use advance search using key words such as “How to”, “For Dummies” and sort by Best Selling.

Then, use it for the 7 area - Make money, save money, health…etc

Good Relationship:

Healthy Diet:

Success:

Business Success:

Games Tips

Inspirational:

Religious:

Self-help:

Personal Finance & Investment

IT Guide

Health:

Diabetes For Dummies (For Dummies (Health & Fitness))

Beauty:

Video Adsense Site for top motivators

admin — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 04:43:45 +0000

Gotten this setup for Adsense sites

Check out these sites of motivators:

Day 3: Niche & Idea Radar

admin — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 02:42:16 +0000

Basically, Information products are information to teach others a skills or solve a problem.

There are 7 main info product:

How to… Book
Make Money
Save Money
Self-help
Health & Fitness
Travel & Lifestyle
SKill Improvement (typing, excel…)

So, need to list down all niches & ideas I can find. Meanwhile, we do not need to do any filter or editing. Instead, apply using our strength to see if there is anything we had overlook: eg, I’m creative, eventhough I do not cross stitch, but, I can make interesting and beautiful designs for others to cross-stitch.

So, for now, just get and generate ideas. We can gather ideas from Magazines; it is also an great indicator of market demand and niche. Thus, need to look at them and list down 50 - 100 ideas.

Shape - Slim Down Secret
Shape - Easy fun workout that can change your life forever
Shape - How to have fun workout really fun to workout
Shape - 28 days to drop 1 inch off your butt & tights
Shape - Learn Kick-boxing in 20 minutes
Shape - Risky sugar-free snacks
Shape - 22 smarts tips to be happier
Shape - 22 smarts tips to instant confident
Forbes - What investment to buy during economy crisis
Forbes - 200 best companies to work in this world
Forbes - What industry should you work in this world now
Men’s Health - Trim your fat in a day
Men’s Health - Falt-Belly good nice food
Men’s Health - Extra Energy instant boost button
Men’s Health - 11 Secret money strategy to success
Men’s Health - Health Secret of 20 health & fitness Heroes
Men’s Health - How to be successful without stress
Sports Illustrated - NBA team analysis
Sports Illustrated - NBA Starts statistics
Good Housekeeping - Microwave Safety
Good Housekeeping - 18 best ways to save
Good Housekeeping - How to make a perfect Pie
Good Housekeeping - 24 yummy thanksgivings recipes
Good Housekeeping - 50 surprisingly simple nice pie design
Good Housekeeping - Good reasons for large family planning
Sports Illustrated Kids - NBA Team reports & prediction
ESPN The magazine - NBA Dictionary
InStyle - How to shop smart with less
InStyle - Best Online Shopping Secret
InStyle - Best easy but sexy makeup tips
InStyle - 50 easy style to steals head-turn rate
Highlights for Children - 6 must-try sports for kids
Highlights for Children - World Oldest …
Highlights for Children - 99 DIY puppets
Highlights for Children - 101 Funs things to do with your kids
Woman’s Day - 51 10-min quick dinner recipes to impress your man
Woman’s Day - 50 easy delicious diet tips
Woman’s Day - 20 ways to have more storage space at home
Woman’s Day - How to slash your utility bill and have more money for shopping
Woman’s Day - 21 ways pretty & fresh home ideas to have a new home face-lift in second
Woman’s Day - 15 simple to prepared halloween recipes
Teen Vogue - Fashion career tips
O, the Oprah Magazine - 15 powerful tiny changes to make you healitier & happier
O, the Oprah Magazine - How to boost your beauty inside out
O, the Oprah Magazine - 47 Best Picks Boots for Fall
O, the Oprah Magazine - How to handle mean remarks
O, the Oprah Magazine - 22 simple, surprising brillant rules to live by
Money - Stock talk
Money - Retire tips
Money - What price shoud I pay for my home now
Money - How to reduce my tax
Money - How to keep my job safe
Money - How to keep my money safe
Consumer Reports - Most reliable cars
Consumer Reports - Least reliable cars
Entrepreneur - New ways to manage risk
Reader’s Digest - 35 inspirational people
Reader’s digest - How to get what you pay for
Wired - How to google effectively
Wired - 141 new products review
Wired - Facebook mining
Maximum PC - 100 great PC innovation
Maximum PC - top 15 products of 2009
Maximum PC - Best 30 monitors
Maximum PC - 1000GB Drives review
Maximum PC - 6 FREE Apps to benchmark test your system
PC Magazine - How to recycle your old PCs
PC Magazine - Top Utilities to supercharged your windows
Laptop - Top 50 web2.0 sites
Laptop - Best affordable mobile gadgets
Laptop - 15 safer surfing secrets
Smart Computing - 30 most irritating windows problems
SmartComputing.com - How to fix MS Excel 2007 problem
SmartComputing.com - Best holiday gifts idea
PCMag.com - Best PC Bargains
PCMag.com - Window 7 Preview
PCMag.com - 20 Biggest Tech Disasters
PCMag.com - Build your business on blogging
PCMag.com - Best security suite for 2009
PCMag.com - Trouble shooting like a pro
PCMag.com - Tablet PC & Printer Bargain
PCMag.com - Great ideas for your old digital camera
PCMag.com - How to promote your offline business online
PCMag.com - iPhone Apps
Windows IT Pro - How to stop Hackers
PCGamer - Utilmate guide to best gaming hardware
PCGamer - Build a Best Gaming PC with a shoestring budget
Official XBox Magazine - Best XBox Game outlook
Official XBox Magazine - Grand Theft Auto IV Cheatsheet
Playstation, the official magazine - Top 10 PS3 games
Playstation, the official magazine - Tips to be an online champ!
Playstation, the official magazine - Metal Gears 4 Hints and Tips
Electronic Gaming Monthly (EGM) - Best games in Wii
Electronic Gaming Monthly (EGM) - Worst games in Wii
Digital Photographer - Secrets for Perfect Protraits Shooting
Digital Photographer - Fastest memory Cards Review
Southern Living - Best Holiday Dinner Place
Southern Living - Easy Cozy Bedroom makeover
Southern Living - 10 Quick-warm easy and cheesy Appetizers
Southern Living - 100 best southern delicious recipes

Day 2…Assess our strengths

admin — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 02:01:42 +0000

Assessment - Self
Natural Talents:
1. Includer
2. Ideation
3. Positivity
4. Adaptability
5. Restorative

Educations:
1 MSc Computer Science
2. Project Manager

Skills:
1. Basketball
2. Right Brain Training
3. Sub-conscious mind
4. Cartooning
5. Motivation

Experience:
1. Almost broke a few time
2. Lost a few tenth-thousands in business because of greed
3. Got fired in my previous company because of ego.
4. Father of 2 lovely child
5. Life is good, only we can see it from their angle

Passion:
1. Parenthood
2. Right Brain Training
3. Sub-conscious
4. Motivation
5. Law of attractive
6. Humor
7. Help, talk to people
8. Internet Marketing

Others Ask Help Or Advice With:
1. Motivation
2. Parenthood
3. Computer

Name: Friend 1
Thinks Strengths Are:
1. Humor
2. Optimistic
3. Leadership
4. Creative

Name: Friend 2
Thinks Strengths Are:
1. Sincere
2. Helpful
3. Listening Ear

Name: Friend 3
Thinks Strengths Are:
1. Supportive
2. Comfortable

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This is by far, (ok, this is only the 2nd day…) the most difficuit tasks. It’s not easy to assess ourselves. Though, I had done my strength finder, but it’s good time to bring out to revise again:

INCLUDER (formerly Inclusiveness)

“Stretch the circle wider.” This is the philosophy around which you orient your life. You want to include people and make them feel part of the group. In direct contrast to those who are drawn only to exclusive groups, you actively avoid those groups that exclude others. You want to expand the group so that as many people as possible can benefit from its support. You hate the sight of someone on the outside looking in. You want to draw them in so that they can feel the warmth of the group. You are an instinctively accepting person. Regardless of race or sex or nationality or personality or faith, you cast few judgments. Judgments can hurt a person’s feelings. Why do that if you don’t have to? Your accepting nature does not necessarily rest on a belief that each of us is different and that one should respect these differences. Rather, it rests on your conviction that fundamentally we are all the same. We are all equally important. Thus, no one should be ignored. Each of us should be included. It is the least we all deserve.

Action Items for this Theme

Choose roles in which you are continuously working and interacting with people. You will enjoy the challenge of making everyone feel important.

Consider roles in which you are responsible for representing voices that are not normally heard. You will derive a great deal of satisfaction from being their representative.

Look for opportunities to bring together people of diverse cultures and backgrounds. You can be a leader in this area.

Help those who are new to an organization get to know other people. You will always be adept at quickly making people feel accepted and involved.

You naturally look for the best in people. Help your colleagues see what you see.

Be ready to:
Partner with someone with a strong Activator or Command theme. This person can help you deliver news that might hurt someone’s feelings.

Explain what we all have in common. Help others understand that to respect the differences among us (our diversity) you must begin by appreciating what we all share (our similarity).

IDEATION

You are fascinated by ideas. What is an idea? An idea is a concept, the best explanation of the most events. You are delighted when you discover beneath the complex surface an elegantly simple concept to explain why things are the way they are. An idea is a connection. Yours is the kind of mind that is always looking for connections, and so you are intrigued when seemingly disparate phenomena can be linked by an obscure connection. An idea is a new perspective on familiar challenges. You revel in taking the world we all know and turning it around so we can view it from a strange but strangely enlightening angle. You love all these ideas because they are profound, because they are novel, because they are clarifying, because they are contrary, because they are bizarre. For all these reasons you derive a jolt of energy whenever a new idea occurs to you. Others may label you creative or original or conceptual or even smart. Perhaps you are all of these. Who can be sure? What you are sure of is that ideas are thrilling. And on most days this is enough.

Action Items for this Theme

Seek work in which you will be paid for your ideas, such as marketing, advertising, journalism, design, or new product development. Find work in which you will be given credit for your ideas.

Yours is the kind of mind that bores quickly, so make small changes in your work or home life. Experiment. Play mental games with yourself. All of these will help keep you stimulated.

Seek brainstorming sessions. With your abundance of ideas, you will make these sessions more exciting and more productive.

Schedule time to read, because the ideas and experiences of others can become your raw material for new ideas. Schedule time to think, because thinking energizes you.

Discuss your ideas with other people. Their responses will help you keep refining your ideas.

Be ready to:
Finish your thoughts and ideas before communicating them. Lacking your Ideation strength, others might not be able to “join the dots” of an interesting but incomplete idea, and thus might dismiss it.

Partner with someone with a strong Activator theme. This person can push you to put your ideas into practice. This kind of exposure can only be good for your ideas.

Partner with someone with a strong Analytical theme. This person will question you and challenge you, therefore strengthening your ideas.

POSITIVITY

You are generous with praise, quick to smile, and always on the lookout for the positive in the situation. Some call you lighthearted. Others just wish that their glass were as full as yours seems to be. But either way, people want to be around you. Their world looks better around you because your enthusiasm is contagious. Lacking your energy and optimism, some find their world drab with repetition or, worse, heavy with pressure. You seem to find a way to lighten their spirit. You inject drama into every project. You celebrate every achievement. You find ways to make everything more exciting and more vital. Some cynics may reject your energy, but you are rarely dragged down. Your Positivity won’t allow it. Somehow you can’t quite escape your conviction that it is good to be alive, that work can be fun, and that no matter what the setbacks, one must never lose one’s sense of humor.

Action Items for this Theme

You will excel in any role in which you are paid to highlight the positive. A teaching role, a sales role, an entrepreneurial role, or a leadership role will utilize your ability to make things dramatic.

You tend to be more enthusiastic and energetic than most people. When others become discouraged or are reluctant to take risks, your attitude will provide the impetus to keep them moving. Over time, others will start to look to you for this “lift.”

Deliberately help others see the things that are going well for them. You can keep their eyes on the positive.

Because people will rely on you to help them rise above their daily frustrations, arm yourself with good stories, jokes and sayings. Never underestimate the effect that you can have on people.

Plan highlight activities for your colleagues. For example, find ways to turn small achievements into “events,” or plan regular “celebrations” that others can look forward to, or capitalize on the year’s holidays and festivals.

Increase the recognition you give to others. Try to tailor it to each person’s need.

Be ready to:
Avoid negative people. They will bring you down. Instead, seek people who find in the world the same kind of drama and humor that you do. You will energize each other.

Explain that your enthusiasm is not simple naivety. You know that bad things can happen; you simply prefer to focus on the good things. Pessimists might superficially seem wiser; they might even sometimes be right-but they are rarely achievers (and, incidentally, optimists have more fun).

ADAPTABILITY

You live in the moment. You don’t see the future as a fixed destination. Instead, you see it as a place that you create out of the choices that you make right now. And so you discover your future one choice at a time. This doesn’t mean that you don’t have plans. You probably do. But this theme of Adaptability does enable you to respond willingly to the demands of the moment even if they pull you away from your plans. Unlike some, you don’t resent sudden requests or unforeseen detours. You expect them. They are inevitable. Indeed, on some level you actually look forward to them. You are, at heart, a very flexible person who can stay productive when the demands of work are pulling you in many different directions at once.

Action Items for this Theme

Seek roles in which success depends upon responding to constantly changing circumstances. Consider career areas such as journalism, live television production, emergency healthcare, and customer service. In roles of this type, the best react the fastest and stay level headed.

Fine-tune your responsiveness. For example, if your job demands unanticipated travel, learn how to pack and leave in 30 minutes. If your work pressure comes in unpredictable spurts, practice the first three moves you will always make when the pressure hits.

During times when the pressure is on, help your colleagues find productive ways to relieve the pressure and therefore make progress. You can be the spark that “unfreezes” them.

Cultivate your reputation as a calm and reassuring person when others become upset by daily events.

Never apologize for your spontaneity. On the contrary, help others realize how many experiences might be missed if you don’t seize the moment now.

Be ready to:
Avoid roles that demand structure and predictability. These roles will quickly frustrate you, make you feel inadequate, and stifle your independence.

Look to others for planning. People who strong in themes such as Focus, Strategic, or Belief can help you shape your longer-term goals, leaving you to excel at dealing with the day-to-day variations.

RESTORATIVE

You love to solve problems. Whereas some are dismayed when they encounter yet another breakdown, you can be energized by it. You enjoy the challenge of analyzing the symptoms, identifying what is wrong, and finding the solution. You may prefer practical problems or conceptual ones or personal ones. You may seek out specific kinds of problems that you have met many times before and that you are confident you can fix. Or you may feel the greatest push when faced with complex and unfamiliar problems. Your exact preferences are determined by your other themes and experiences. But what is certain is that you enjoy bringing things back to life. It is a wonderful feeling to identify the undermining factor(s), eradicate them, and restore something to its true glory. Intuitively, you know that without your intervention, this thing-this machine, this technique, this person, this company-might have ceased to function. You fixed it, resuscitated it, rekindled its vitality. Phrasing it the way you might, you saved it.

Action Items for this Theme

Seek roles in which you are paid to solve problems. You might particularly enjoy roles in medicine, consulting, computer programming, or customer service, in which your success depends on your ability to restore and resolve.

Study your chosen subject closely to become adept at identifying what causes certain problems to recur. This sort of expertise will lead you to the solution that much faster.

In all of your relationships, do not be afraid to let others know that you enjoy fixing problems. It comes naturally to you, but many people shy away from problems. You can help.

Think through the ways you can improve your skills and knowledge. Identify the courses you can take to plug your gaps.

Make a list of ways that you could help people who are disadvantaged, such as volunteering in your community or fund-raising.

Be ready to:
Give yourself a break. Your strong Restorative theme might lead you to be overly self-critical. Try to redirect this theme either toward things about yourself that can be fixed, such as knowledge or skills (but not talent), or toward external, tangible problems.

Allow other people to solve their own problems. You might want to rush in and solve things for them, but in so doing you might hinder their learning. Watch out for this, particularly if you are in a manager, coach, teacher, or parenting role.

Product Creation Lab - Private Workshop - 60 days challenge

admin — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 17:27:47 +0000

I decided in last minute, to sign up this workshop from WSO. just want to do something before end of the year and at least have a leap progress in my Internet marketing journey.

So, Day 1 course… find a buddy and list your working schedule.

I found 2 buddies: Irene from Malaysia and Darwin from Thailand. Together, we form a SEAT (South-East-Asia Team)

My 1st day homework:

Mon - Fri: 9:00am - 11:00am

Sat, Sun: Make up or Rest or Family Time

My Rewards: A diamond ring for my wife on our 10th anniversary on 1/1/2009

Let’s start all over again.

admin — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 02:27:51 +0000

I was very miss focus last year…despite I have been through many courses, but I did not learn much.

Now, I decided to streamline all my activities and work on 1 site at 1 time…until there is steady income.

Thus, I started off with www.stjudeintercession.com Took me 3 days to do a complete face lift. The most challenging part is the migration of database into new system. Then, the next part is to integrate adsense background color and blended in into the background.

New changes:

Captcha security feature for prayer posting.
Removal of old non-working rss feed.
improved FAQ section
Removal of ebook selling
Improve SEO
Rearrange of Adsense location
Include “intercessory Prayer” where reader can post prayer to those poster who in need.

Other things needed to include and still working on are:

Download page
Autoresponse opt-in
Interesting Resrouces
Refer a friend
Include eBay item
Include Amazon item
Maybe Forum…

I must also include writing good article to distribute to other directory for backlinking and also do forum seeding.

So far, my page index in google with key word “St Jude Prayer” is in page 1. My aim for other key words are:

catholic prayer
catholic site
st jude

MCIP - Member of Certified Internet Professions?

admin — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 15:54:27 +0000

Firstly, I never known that I’m such a mysterious person. Check this out!

What a wonderful surprised. (Raymond, Annie, Shafir, Tanady…I will claim my hugs!)
Yes, it’s been 2 weeks since UYMG and this is the 3rd day for MCIP (aka Stephen’s Consultancy Course)

To date, many of us still do not know what MCIP mean!

Before Friday, I did not receive any emais about MCIP. I emailed Laura on Tues and to my surprised, I was not in the list! How could that be? Look at my previous mail, I signed up, I paid, I received my pack and I took pictures with Alicia! (Score: -2)

Finally, I received a welcome email on Thr and then, received a few more emails on Friday morning. All with different header about Friday webinar with different session and dates. There were 1 session for 12 - 14 Oct @ 8pm and another for 12 - 15 Oct @ 8pm and another for 12, 14-16 Oct @ 8pm. I MSN Alicia and confirmed that it should be 12 -15 Oct @ 8pm is the right schedule! (Score: -2 again)

I tested the conferenced on Friday morning to ensure all is fine. I login at 7:45pm to and already found much people online. So, have a chat and was told due to DTS, the traffic webinar (OK, got to know it there that it is a traffic webinar) the webinar is actually scheduled at 9pm. I hanged around and log off. (Score: -1)

I received a call from Andy telling me that the MCIP is in progress but in another room! Hur? What? Blur? Where? I quickly MSN Alicia and she told me MCIP and Traffic is back-to-back! Quickly, MSN Laura and downloaded the right software and joined the webinar whcih was already 15min late!

The webinar had about 20 of us, since I was late (I thought that is the reason) I cannot see the slides. Luckily, there will be recording. The MCIP ended at 9pm and quickly, I got to rush to another room to attend the Traffic webinar….and within 15min, the server crashed! (Score: -5)

The second day webinar for both session went off smooth and fine. So, no complaint! (Score: +5)

The third day (Today), MCIP’s webinar visual was not active. We need to call out the powerpoint from a website and listen to Stephen while we turn the page our selves. Only surprised was Stephen suddently disappear himselves without given us a head-up that it’s the end of the session (Score: -2)

As for the Traffic webinar, it’s smooth and good. (Score: +3)

Overall, The logistic and technical needs to be improved (overall score -4… way below expectation) However, the content, the informations worth more more more more of it! (That should scoe a +10000)
Lastly, it’s action time! It’s useless to know so much and yet no action! Do not fall into the trap of NATO (No Action, Talk Only)

Begin with an End of Mind

admin — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 01:16:53 +0000

Driving back yesterday from UYMG…reach home at 12:00

Mom was worried as we did not call. Anyway, it’s a real eye-opener for me, not only on Internet business, but also to KL, Malaysia.

Twin-tower is really very very beautiful:

Anyway, back to my working plan…

1. Decide on the blog topic

2. My Vision:

3. My Time table.

I have thought of Vision: “To generate passive income of at least $1000/month from internet marketing by Dec 2007 so that I can start sharing my experience and teach IM in China helping the Chinese to learn how to earn their living over internet and have a better quality life.”

For my time table, since I’m on my own, I MUST “block” 4 hour of my daily to Blogging and another 2 hour at night.

Thus for everyday, 1 posting, 5 blog comments, 5 URL 1 Forum posting and 1 articles daily. This should be 2 hour. Looking at this I can do 3 blogs daily.

Popular subjecs now are:

1. Health

2. Personal Development

3. Making Money

I’m looking into:

1. Right Brain Training, 1 on Abundance & 1 on Prayer (Since I already have StJudeIntercession.com)

Or, I should only do on 1 for 6 hour till it is up…hmm….

Consultant Investment

admin — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 09:21:22 +0000

Shaky, panicky, shivery…I do not know if this is the right decision.

When Stephen ask those who are keen to be consultant, I stood up. John was beside me, when Stephen mentioned the price, I almost fainted. John, make a quick calculation and just tell me, GO ON. I put in 50%!

I just rush out and pull up my credit card and …. next moment, Alicia was standing with me, handing me the pack and given me her emails.

I know this is the biggest investment I have even made and I, have a gut feeling, that this will be the best investment.

Total Investment : RM34000, equated to SGP15000 and it’s about $1200/month.

God, tell me I’m right!

I’m still shivering…anyway, THANKS JOHN!

Jaz Lai - List Building

admin — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 08:57:49 +0000

Build List
Information Overload
many ways…
not enough time

Simplest is
build email address list
drive traffic

Advantage of build list
no need to have product
stable long term income
able to work on high converting website = more profit

How to build a list
set up a squeeze page
name
email
no need fancy graphic
no need lng sales copy
great headline
4 - 5 bullet point
opt-in box

Why build?
Concertrate on fundamental basic skills

5 lazy list building methods
1    pay per click
-    no up front cost
-    fastest way
-    get in front of people when they search
-    getting relevant people who look for the item
adwords.google.com
searchmarketing.yahoo.com
adcenter.microsoft.com

in Adwords
Use Keywords in headline (name of product)
Description: write benefits
Cap the Keywords in Description

2 7 dollar products
Write your own ebooks cheap maybe cost $7 and sell it

3 Get coregtistration brokers
co-registration brokers
getsubscribers.com
topica.com

4 Refer a friend scripts
viralfriends script
depend on word-of-mouth
referafriend-script.com
create 2 bonuses

5 ebay auctions
List (out of the box), eg weight loss in big-size clothings
Fill title with keywords
No sub titles are requried
Pictures are optional
setup 5 - 10 listing each day for 10cents…
when someone buy the listing
send them to a site to d/l
page with 2 optins
option 1 - invitataion to d/l with 2 bonus reports and join your list
option 2 - then give them OTO with 3 bonus else only their own

Now make 6 boxes and filiin 6 month

Pick 1 strategy from the list and put it inside each box

Track your traffic