What happen if you’ve fallen in love with your work?

Sometimes I ask myself, what would I do if I retire. Guess what my answer is? I will still be doing the same thing as what I’m preparing to doing now!!!

Will you say you are going to ‘retire’ from your hobby? You won’t, right?

You may be wondering what is it that I’m doing everyday that makes my work so interesting.

Let me tell you the truth……

I’m doing all the boring things that you probably have been dragging yourself to do; things like writing articles, posting ads, replying emails, creating websites and managing freelancers.

I bet this is not the first time you heard people saying that to succeed, you must love what you do. But I bet no one has told you my version:

“To succeed, you must love the boring things that you do.”

Most people can’t succeed online because they’ve been painted with the fantasy of easy money, but when they get down to the actual work, they find it boring and the y

Don’t ask me how I fell in love with the boring things. It’s like falling in love with your wife (or husband). There is no reason!

Now do you know why all successful people will tell you that they love what they do? Because “beauty” lies in the eyes of beholder. The beauty here refers to their work.

If you try doing things that they love doing, you may just find them boring.

So, how do you fall in love with the boring things in internet marketing?

Like I said earlier, I don’t know how. To me, it’s like falling in love with your loved one. Is it fate? I don’t know.

But what I can tell you is that when I first started, I was motivated by the money. But as I went through the process, I slowly get used to it and it has become part of my life.

Come to think about it, that’s how two person fell in love with each other, isn’t it? For example, you may fall in love with someone for a particular reason, but when you’re truly in love, what you really love is the feeling of being together.

So the moral of this article is, if you want to fall in love with the boring things that you do, keep working until you get used to it.

The original article was sent to me by Leadleap a year ago.

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Happy Eid Mubarak

Today’s is a spiritual winning day for me and all muslim people around the world as we celebrating Eid Mubarak Day.

For those who don’t know about Eid Mubarak it is one of the islamic special day for those who just finished their a hole fasting month with succeed.

I also would like to take the opportunity as the owner of this blog to wishes Happy Eid Mubarak to my family and friends and ask for a forgiveness from you all too if I done anything wrong since launching of this blog.

My Blog will run as usual  and hopefully I can upload my picture me my friends and family during this festive season.

Once again Happy  Eid Mubarak in Malaysia we say:

Selamat Hari Raya Aidil Fitri!

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1. Don’t make me think: Basically the web user does not want to venture into a site that requires them to figure it out. It should be self-evident.

How do we use web pages:

a. We don’t read pages, we scan them

b. We don’t make optimal choices, we satisfice

c. We don’t figure out, how things work, we muddle through

2. It doesn’t matter how many times I click as long as each click is a mindless unambiguous choice

3. Get rid of half the words on each page, then get rid of half of what’s left.

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I believe it is one of the most useful software tools for Internet marketers.

It’s called “Micro Niche Locator(affiliate link)“…

So how does Micro Niche Locator compare to other similar software (Market Samurai, Keyword Elite, Keyword Discovery, etc)?

While I believe all the keyword tools available provide some useful features, I’m certain that
Micro Niche Locator is the best tool for Internet marketers.

Micro Niche Locator excels in the following ways:

1) Provides fast results without a lot clutter.

2) Exclusive SOC feature gives you one click answer to the question: “Is this a good market or not?”

3) Is much easier to use then the competition.

4) Automatically saves every search for you.

5) Very intuitive — most users find they use it the first time they open it without referring to the manual.

6) Has an exclusive Background Service so you can schedule tasks and let them run in the background while you do other things.

7) You get free lifetime updates. Micro Niche locator had well over 100 major and minor releases in the past 2 1/2 years.

Excellent customer support.

9) You get an additional license free.

10) You get a free USB drive with Micro Niche Locator loaded and a utility which allows you to use Micro Niche Locator on any computer you want.

11) Affordable! No outrageous price or costly monthly fees.

Check out these videos to learn about five profit streams you can tap into by using Micro Niche
Finder…

Video 1: Create Simple Little One Page Articles to Promote Affiliate Products:
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Video 4: Create Squidoo Lenses and claim your share of the profits generated by the traffic:
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Video 5: Create eBay feeder pages and make money when new users register for eBay:
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When blogging hit the web, it did so with a bang. Blogging is now one of the most popular forms of communication via the web. Before, web surfers would simply browse through sites with pre formatted text on them. There was very little chance for a surfer to comment on a site or to offer their opinion on anything. If a surfer wanted to voice their opinion via the web, they had to start their own web page. Starting a webpage is perfect for some surfers, but it is way too complicated for most. In addition, starting a webpage usually takes a small investment, which is something not many surfers want to offer up just so they can post their views.

People today can find blog sites that offer blog space for much less than a typical webpage. Many sites will offer blog space for free. When you begin a blog, you will notice that they are all laid out basically the same way. Some experts will call their layout the last-in-first style. This is a very tricky name that simply notes that the last thing the person, or blogger, wrote will show up at the top of the blog. Most blogging software allows for this automatically. When you sign up at a blogging site and are given your own blog space, you will likely see that after you finish typing your post and submit it, the blogging software will automatically put your last entry at the top of your blog. This helps your readers stay current without having to scroll through many posts.

When you first get your own blog space, the blogging software will usually provide you with free templates to utilize. The templates will offer you different color and pattern styles for your blog. Some may look more feminine with flowers or pink stripes, while others will look more masculine in style. You simply choose one of the suggest templates and the software will set everything else up for you. If you have programming skills, you can typically alter this to make your own style as well.

After choosing your template, you will be ready to begin posting. The great thing about the blogging phenomenon is that you can post anything you like. If you are feeling a little upset about your significant other or if you want to share some political views, you can write about them and share them with anyone who reads your blog. A blog is typically a lot like a diary. It may not be quite as personal, or it may be even more personal. It all depends on how much you are willing to share. You can choose to make your blog anonymous by not including your name or any contact information. This will probably make you even more comfortable posting. If you wish however, you can make your information known so that anyone who reads the blog will know it is you who is posting.

Blogs are the perfect sounding board because they allow you to post and allows others to comment on your posts. By allowing others to comment, you can truly see how others feel about what you have to say. Sometimes they will offer applause and sometimes they will criticize. No matter what however, by blogging you have successfully used your freedom of speech. You should use this right whenever you can, as it is one that those before us fought strongly for and we still continue to fight for on occasion.

Many blogs today are becoming much more complex however. Some are offering graphic options. Web users are now using this space to display pictures they have. Some people with family far away will use the blog to share day to day things or special moments with their loved ones far away. By posting information and pictures, their family and friends can log in whenever they want to check in on the blogger. Blogs mean different things to different people. They are used as diaries, sounding boards, or family update pages. They are very simple to use and are being seen all over the web. Although there are few rules to blogging at this time, there is one thing that is certain. With its growing popularity, blogging is here to stay!

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What is a List?
Unlike grocery lists or spare parts lists, in the marketing sense of the term, a ‘list’ refers to a list of customers. More specifically, in regards to internet marketing, it refers to a list of emails through which potential customers can be contacted.

If you’ve ever faced a situation where you needed to enter your details (especially your email) before you download something, then chances are that you are, or have been, part of a someone else’s list.

Even large companies that are already very established use email lists of their own to keep track of their customers, and alert them to new developments, offers, and so forth. Of course, this ties in to yet another question at hand…

Why Build and Use a List?
Commonly, not having a list is said to be ‘leaving money on the table’, and that much is
certainly true.

Take the example of a conventional clothes store. Customers come, browse around, maybe buy something, and then leave. Once they’ve left, the store has no way of getting in touch with them, and maybe convincing them to come back again.

On the other hand, if the store had their contact details, they could notify them when they have a new stock of clothes on the rack, or special discounts, and so on. By doing so, the customer would then feel compelled to perhaps come back, or at very least would consider doing so.

Similarly, in whatever niche that you’re into, if you had a list of previous customers then whenever you have a new product, or some other offer, you’d just be able to shoot out emails and see if anyone is interested. Simple as it sounds, this is amazingly effective.

Think about it in terms of figures, if that helps. Let’s say you have an 8,000 strong list, and you send out an email regarding your latest product that costs $20. Even if only 10% of your list buys your product, that is 800 instant customers and you would have made $16,000.

To sum it up, the reason to build and use a list is to establish a firm base of regular customers to which you can market your products and offers too with great ease.

Grab free report from my mentor Alex Jeffreys -Reveals a secret list building formula that will fast track you to a lifetime of online riches…

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World fast food chain McDonald’s has lost the battle to stop local Indian restaurant McCurry Restaurant (KL) Sdn Bhd from using the “Mc” trademark.

McDonald’s lost its exclusivity to the use of the prefix “Mc” when the Court of Appeal here allowed a local Indian food outlet, McCurry Restaurant, to use “Mc” in its business signage.

In announcing a unanimous decision today, the Federal Court also ordered McDonald’s to pay RM10,000 cost to McCurry which has an outlet in Kuala Lumpur.

“Our view is that the questions posed by McDonald’s were not properly framed and the court should dismiss the leave application,” said Chief Judge of Malaya.

The court adjourned the case yesterday after finding questions raised by Mcdonald’s lawyers were unclear and asked that they be rephrased. McDonald’s filed a leave application to appeal after the Court of Appeal on April 29 ruled it was wrong to assume that McDonald’s had a monopoly on the use of the prefix ”Mc”.

During the court hearings, McCurry contended that McDonald’s could not claim monopoly or exclusive rights to the use of “Mc” as that prefix was extensively used around the world as surnames, particularly by people of Scottish origin.

McCurry Restaurant said the menu was essentially Malaysian and Indian cuisine consisting of teh tarik, roti canai, nasi lemak, nasi briyani, fish head curry, chicken tandorri, naan bread, tosai, chappati and various chicken and mutton curry dishes, which were totally different from those available in McDonald’s restaurants which comprise food typically found in western food restaurants such as burgers and french fries.

Source from Malaysian local newspaper

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Today I like to share with you my blog exercise  ideas for my blog as been teach by Problogger mentor Darren Rows.

How might your blog look in 4-5 years time? Create a list of 10 ways that you might one day expand your blog.

I know this seems like a pretty crazy task for some of you because I know for a fact that many Alex Jeffreys students are just starting out and are still in their launch (or even pre-launch) phase – however I do think that this type of exercise can be helpful even if you don’t do much with the ideas you come up with.

For me this type of brainstorming has not only led to concrete ideas and plans but even just the process of dreaming has inspired me to keep growing my blogs. I also think that having some bigger possibilities in mind can sometimes help you to shape your blog in the here and now.

So open up a document or grab a pen and paper or a whiteboard and start to dream and brainstorm about how you might one day expand your blog.

While I don’t want to limit your brainstorming by giving you too many ideas – you might like to think about some of these:

-different mediums you might like to add (video, forums etc)
-other related blogs you could start
-services that you could offer
-new categories that you could write about
-new sections of your site that you could add
-new features that you could offer readers

If you’d like to share some of what you come up with please feel free to share some of your thoughts in comments below – but in the mean time do the exercise for yourself and see where it might lead you!

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27 Free Tools You Can Use For Your Online Business

(1) NVU
http://www.nvu.com
A WYSIWYG html editor software for your website design. A good free program to rival FrontPage and Dreamweaver, makes creating webpages a breeze.

(2) OpenOffice
http://www.openoffice.org
Equipped with word processor for your text document, fully featured database management system, spreadsheet similar to Microsoft Excel, presentation program which is an outstanding tool for creating effective multimedia presentations and drawing software with tools to communicate with graphics and diagrams. Able to open Microsoft Word document or even save your work in Microsoft Word format.

(3) Audacity
http://audacity.sourceforge.net
An open source software which allows you to record audio files and even edit them. Is available for Mac OS X, Mircosoft Windows, GNU/Linus, etc.

(4) Oswd
http://www.oswd.org
You may download free web design templates here. Over 2000+ designs to choose from!

(5) Nattyware
http://nattyware.com
Currently, there are 3 useful softwares here :
(a) Pixie – which is an easy-to-use colour picker which fits the needs of webmasters and designers.
(b) WinJanitor – a tool to eliminate unwanted files from your disk, thus keeping your computer clean and works faster.
(c) XUM32 – With this tool, you’re able to detect whether your files were tampered or not. Ability to handle single fine, a group of files or even a whole directory.

(6) a- PrimoPDF
http://www.primopdf.com
You’ll be able to create ebooks as PDF is the universally accepted document format for ebooks online and is compatible with PC and Mac.

b- doPDF
http://www.dopdf.com/
Convert your Excel, Word or PowerPoint documents, your emails even your favourite web sites to PDF format. Doesn’t require 3rd party programs to do PDF files (like GhostScript) which makes the setup file to be incredibly small.

(7) Camstudio
http://camstudio.org/
Records all screen activity from your screen into AVI or Flash (SWF) files. Though not as powerful as Camtasia Studio (cost around $300), it gets the job done and since it’s free, why complain.

(8) FileZilla
http://sourceforge.net/projects/filezilla/
An FTP client for Windows with lots of features and its FileZilla server being a reliable FTP server too. Use for uploading and downloading files to and from your website.

(9) Teleconference
http://www.totallyfreeconferencecalls.com
Create your own teleconference with unlimited usage for free. And maximum up to 99 lines per conference. The only cost you have to bear will be the normal long distant rates.

(10) Skype
http://www.skype.com
Make free video calls and instant message 24/7 to your business/JV partner over the net for free. You may even do a phone interview using Skype.

(11) SurveyMonkey
http://www.SurveyMonkey.com
Allows you to send out surveys for free with the basic account with up to 100 responses and they do have two other accounts you can upgrade to which of course offer more features.

(12) Format-It
http://formatit.com/
This handy utility will get your email properly formatted to the number of characters you set.

(13)Keyword Density Analyzer
http://www.keyworddensity.com/
Analyse the keyword density of your web pages quickly and easily.

(14) phpBB
http://www.phpbb.com
Have your discussion forum set up in minutes with this easy to use administration panel with a user friendly installation process. And if you’re using webhosting with cpanel, the forum installation process is a no brainer with only one click with its Fantastico feature.

(15) Gimp
http://www.gimp.org
A very powerful open source application for image editing and works with Windows, Mac, etc. Lots of Gimp tutorials can easily be found online should you encounter any problem.

(16) Sketchcast
http://sketchcast.com/
This tool lets you record a sketch with or without a voice, then embed it in your blog. An interesting way to share ideas in a classroom-like environment.

(17) Powerbullet
http://www.powerbullet.com
Powerbullet has a simple drag and drop interface and it’ll help you create professional presentations which can be exported as a Flash file or as an executable file.

(18) RoboForm
http://www.roboform.com/
A Password Manager and Web Form Filler that automatically enter your password and form filling with a few clicks of the mouse. No more having to memorize every passwords and details – you just need to set it once and the system will automate the work for you everytime.

(19) Ta-da Lists
http://www.tadalist.com/
Simple, easy to-do list tool. You may use Ta-da lists to plan your work more efficiently and effectively.

(20) AVG Free Anti-Virus
http://free.grisoft.com/
A software which protects your computer against viruses and spyware and best of all, it’s free. However, they do have a paid version at a reasonable price. So, get your computer fully protected now before any virus starts charging in.

(21) Fat Free Cart
http://www.fatfreecart.com/
A free shopping cart which works inside your website, blog, even from your MySpace page. Simple copy n’ paste cart without the need to register or have anything installed.

(22) Zamzar
http://www.zamzar.com/
Do you have problems trying to convert files into different formats? If yes, check this out. With Zamzar, you just select the file you’d like to convert in Step 1 and choose the format you wish the file to be converted to in Step 2. Step 3 requires you to enter the email address you wish the converted files be sent to and finally click on ‘Convert’ in Step 4. That’s it. Simple.

(23) osTicket
http://osticket.com
A reliable open source support ticket system which integrates inquiries via email and web based forms into an easy to use multi-user web interface.

(24) Socialmatic
http://www.socialmatic.com/
With this tool, you’ll do less but get more work done. Why tire yourself out submitting to many social bookmarking sites when you’re able get your URL up to 13 social sites automatically with only one tool.

(25) Share A Post
http://shareapost.com/
Having trouble filling up content for your blog? Then you’d love this site. Share A Post allows you to browse its directory for great content and then have it posted on your blog.

(26) Web Form Designer
http://www.webformdesigner.com
With this free software, you’ll be creating email form effortlessly and with pleasure. And you’ll have it without any restrictions on how many forms you’d like to produce.

(27) OffTo
http://offto.net/
An affiliate’s secret weapon. A cool link cloaker tool you can use to hide links to an affiliate program on the landing page.

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