Are You Still Waiting To Become An Online Marketer?

I was watching an episode of the “Tyra Bank Show” this morning, whereby one of her guests was actually sharing how precious time is – Once time is lost, it’s lost… have you make good use of it?

This makes very good sense to me and I was able to feel the impact of time when I had a talk with my friend over the “possibility of making money online”

A short description of my friend, let’s call him Mr. E, – male, happy with working for someone, very interested in soccer and spend most of his time reading and looking at soccer sites that offer good tips for him to bet on the matches. He is also constantly sharing soccer betting pointers to other friends through word of mouth.

Then he saw me going through my daily ritual of looking through all the MMO and Affiliate Marketing blogs in my Google Reader and decides to pop by my side and this are our conversation:

• Mr. E: Is it really possible to make money online? Sounds like a scam to me…
• Me: Why not? Though I am doing this part time, I am already seeing a small income coming in though not enough to support my lifestyle. How about this, I show you who are the successful ones – *showed sites of John Chow’s and Alvin Phang’s earnings*
• Mr. E: Wow! Seems real to me! But how do they make money from? Can I be the same as you all?
• Me: Of course, can! Do what you are good with and share information. You just need to know that people are always looking for information on a particular subject like, your soccer? Then you can make some money by displaying Ads, or selling affiliate products. You can even do it like a hobby!
  
• Me: It may seem complicated at first, but the key point here is, get started soon if you are interested and you’ll get the hang out of it.
• Mr. E: Interesting… making money from internet… but seems like a lot to be done, so… when I am really free, then I may consider… but this is really a good idea of making money. Thanks! *walks away and was seen talking to others on his wisdom of soccer betting*

There you see. My friend, a potential online money maker, decides to wait for the right time and right moment before he uses like hobby to help him make some money online.

With so many people going online everyday and creating new sites, you will never know that by the time you are ready with your stuff, there are already some sites which are more vibrant and offer better information. Because of the waiting, you lose out to better opportunities.

My Advice:

If you believe that you can make money online and you do have a certain hobby (do not need to be 100% committed) that you can share some of your wisdom on, get started (do it small) today and do not wait to become an online marketer. Once you get started, improve on your skills bit by bit everyday. That’s how you learn and become better.

If you do need a quick guide to get started online, use the below as a reference:

• Sign up an account with Blogger and think of a general site name related to your hobby, preferably containing words that you may use while doing a search
• Start blogging frequently to slowly expose your site to the search engines
• What to blog? Use the basic – Who, What, When, Why and How, to help you along
• Once you get a hang out of it, start exposing yourself to money making tools like affiliate products or Google Adsense and learn how they will work for you.
• You may also consider upgrading to a self-hosted wordpress blog for more functions and to present yourself professionally.
• From here, learn from the other successful online marketers and constantly improve.

My Long Lost Twin Blog Wants To Be Famous…

After nearly 8 months of blogging, I found my twin online today. Not physically a real twin though (I will be shocked…), but I do not mind having a real sister… oops… ok… back to the real issue.

What Happened Actually?

One of the “to kill time” activities that I would like to do while working in my full time job is to do searches for anything, everything and even looking up this blog to see its standings over the search engine.

Then… To my surprise I saw one of my posts appearing in one of the search results as seen below:

I was just thinking to myself – “Since when did I post something to Squidoo? Did Squidoo just come up with something innovative, decide to pick up bits and pieces over the internet and include one of my posts to their directory?”

This is of course very exciting for something new and that Affilicore is picking up some “look-see” in the search engine. So I clicked on that link.

Hmmm…

Who is this Thomas_T? I do not know him at all. But what he has posted is exactly the same as what I have posted here. How did I really know? He has to leave my site name in his page (He should have put a link back, that will give him some positive credit and good karma in return!)

But one good thing about him that’s worth admiring – he changed my affiliate link to his own! Further exploring will make you realize that he has created 65 lenses “from scratch” as shown on his Squidoo Profile page! Do you think you can find your own post in one of his lenses as well?

What To Take Note From Here?

There are many good bloggers out there who are contributing so so so much to the online marketing community. Therefore Good efforts = Good Rewards. But with “wannabes” trying to gain popularity based on other’s hard work and get rewarded for that. Do you think this should be the right way?

Erm Thomas_T, if you do happen to read this, and you actually get sales from that post, do you think I should get a share? How about other owners that you may have earned? Do you think they should be rewarded as well?

My Blog Readability Test

Come across this interesting website – what it does? It shows the level of education required to understand my blog.

Glad to know that my blog only requires guys who have Junior High School Education to understand what I am typing.

If you are interested in this kind of site, it would be good to know that the basic nature of this site is very viral. If I am not wrong, you will be clicking on the banner above to check out the reading level for your own blog and posting the result as well.

Guess what? You have just helped to make the website famous! If you can use the same idea of that site on your own site, it’s a matter of time your site will become famous as well!

Why Working From Home, Making Money Online and Being Your Own Boss Will Always Be My Best Options

Wow, been a good Four Days interval since I last posted something here, seems like I have been ignoring my blog (and some others) and my readers for quite some time.

Therefore, my really sincere apologies! Very sorry!

The reason for the lack of consistent posting has been due to my “new rat-race job – as a salaried insurance consultant”, the nature of the job is like an admin + sales job,  subjecting me to a routine-liked schedule and energy-draining work environment.

After a long day of work, you simply have no mood to stare another computer screen. And if you have a bad day (especially in a sales environment – all the rejections) you will have even no mood to do anything else. The bed simply becomes your new best friend!

That brings me to my topic: “Working From Home, Making Money Online and Being Your Own Boss Will Always Be My Best Options”

I must admit, I choose a salary job because of insecurities – Monthly repayments for my University Loans and My Mum’s hospitalization bills.

As a start-up or online entrepreneur, there are still some uncertainties – the main worry will be that you’ll never know when is your next pay-day!

But the pay-off will definitely be better than any rat-race job => Freedom, More Energy and More Money!

Therefore it’s never too late to start anything especially if you are in the same shoes as me.

For a start now, I have started this blog to share my interests in the online marketing world – all the marketing methods and products that many successful marketers have created to teach you and me on how to make good money online.

I am also learning now on how to balance my work-life and my personal development to becoming my own boss.

I have also decided that the world of Affiliate Marketing, Internet Marketing and Network Marketing are some of the good options that I have came across and that you and me can definitely work from home, make money online and be your own boss and definitely escape the rat race.

If you and me share the same interests and goals, let’s make the internet a better place and help many others to have a better life!

If you have any good suggestions on how to improve or your personal experiences (other than spam comments), please share with me!