Day after day, my blog gained popularity and enjoyed spicy organic traffic from uncle Google. Soon, I discovered the opportunity of making money via blogging, which at that time was an alien to me. Since that moment, I never turn back. I keep learning and exploring more creative and innovative ways of making money through blogging. Though I don’t make hell a lot of cash via blogging, but hey…I still earn more than double what I’m paying my maid. That’s when I wrote a short Malay report called “Teknik RM1000 sebulan” which was released end 2009.

I then explored and find other ways on how I can increase my blog earning. That’s when I attended Smart Blogging Seminar conducted by problogger Rohaizad. In that seminar, I learned new ways of making money officially and in-officially from niche blogs. Shortly after that seminar, within less than a month, I managed to cover back the fee that
I paid to attend to that seminar which was RM400. I basically applied the technique and knowledge I obtained from the seminar.

8 months after that, to be exact, yesterday, I start thinking… What is my blogging direction?

I have about 3 dozens of blogs but my income is not beyond 3k yet!!! I need to do something. I need to change my blogging approach. I re-visited 2 blogs which once I occasionally visited while I was not tight up with experiments and re-search, Johnchow.com and Hongkiat.com. I carefully analyze their blogs. I checked the advertisement section and
do some fast calculation. Hey…this guy is earning more than $40k per month just from a blog called johnchow.com while the other guy is earning more than $4.5k per month just from his blog Hongkiat.com. If you are like me, dwelling in Malaysia, just do the maths. This Hong Kiat guy is earning more than RM12k per month, almost as equal to a professor’s salary in a public university. Just imagine how much John Chow is earning in Ringgit Malaysia? Multiply $40k with 3.14 = ……….. ?

So, I need to strategize. Should I split and divide my time to entertain 30+ niche blogs that I presently own and earn quite less OR focus on a minimum of 3 blogs ONLY and try to earn >$3k  per month? That’s more than RM10k per month!!!

It’s not really a huge decision, but still I need to make a decision, especially in this moment where I’m tied up with my research study.

So, what about you? If you are an expert, amateur or beginner blogger, you can also look at this angle. If you are problogger (chances are NO problogger will be reading my blog), you have nothing to think from this plain entry of mine because you’ve earn substantially handsome from your blogging or online property.

If you are a beginner and would like to have my opinion, then read the tips below:

1. Build a blog using your own domain and host the blog somewhere reliable.
2. Don’t use the free blogspot.com or wordpress.com.
3. Focus on creating yummy unique useful content everyday. It’s only one blog, so spend at least 30 minutes a day on your baby blog.
4. Build credibility and trust from your readers.
5. Focus on backlink as well, do lots of blog commenting.

What will happen then?

Your blog will grow bigger and more people will be following your blog.

That will be the time where you can start your own advertising space. Hmmm… What do you think of that?

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Believe it or not, the clock is showing 5.22 am now and I’m not sleeping yet. Yes, it is World Cup season and I just witnessed some unexpected and sad drama just now. We (me and my wife) watched the mighty Brazil defeated by underdog orange Dutch. What an amazing result, but why the heck not…. This world cup has been serving us with tremendous surprises!!!

After that I continued surfing the net, explored few sites, entered and posted in a forum (not making money forum, instead I lingered in a chemical engineering forum) and checked on my blogs. My other half just sigh, looking at her husband’s focusing and staring at the laptop…haha… Then the next game started, African sole representative, Ghana versus South American side, Uruguay. It was I can say not an interesting match at the beginning, but towards the end of the 1st half, a long range wonder struck by Ghana’s player (I forgot his name) gave Ghana an early lead. 10 minutes after the second half, ex-Manchester United striker, Diego Forlan volleyed a superb free kick into Ghana’s goal, leveling the score to 1-1.

The real drama was really at the dying minute of the extra time when Luis Soarez, Uruguay’s striker wearing jersy #9 who have so far scored 4 goals in the world cup campaign, stopped the ball from crossing the goal post using his hand (he forgot that he was not a goal keeper!!!) and saw red. Penalty was awarded and it was surely going to be Ghana’s way should Gyan scored it. It was God’s fate that Gyan shot the top center of the cross bar, denying Ghana both a goal and a semi-final spot. Oh gosh!!! What a missed and what a chance!!!

So, the outcome were be decided from penalty kick and Ghana lost the battle. What a pity. They had their precious golden chance in a minute but few moments after that they were doomed. Well, this is football. This is the drama. We are the spectators. We witness the joy and we see sadness. We feel happy and we feel sad. For me, all this while I only supported the underdogs in the match. So, in this situation, the underdog was Ghana, which rank lower than Uruguay. I just pity them, pity Gyan, pity the players and coach, pity the entire supporters and their country.

It’s now 5.44 am, and I’ll stop typing in a short while and will hit the bed. Ops…before that, I’ll perform my Subuh prayer.

Moral of the story:

The ball is round in shape. Anything can happen no matter how hard we work or how much we pray. God knows the best for us. What we have to do is work consistently and diligently as such that we will live our lives for the next 1,000 years.  At the same time, we need to pray and worship our God such that we will die the next day.

So, you and me, we need to work hard and stay focus in what we do. So, if you are focusing in making money from blogs, than do it right. If you want to flip websites, than do it. If you want to perform Hajj at 40, then adjust and prepare yourself for that. All of it require perfect planning and execution. OK, I need to stop now. I don’t know where I will end if I keep on typing here…haha…

In the mean time, in case you are interested to win an Ipad and earn substantial dollar cash, here is a contest launched by Revresponse. Check out the details and I believe you can do that by registering an account with them first if you have not own one yet. I have been making money with Revresponse on a monthly basis and it is seriously very rewarding.

OK, now it’s actually 6.10 am… and I’m really going to stop, shut off this white Toshiba laptop.

p/s: Have you downloaded my FREE “230 Make Money Sites” report?

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This is a must have information product if you intend to make money online. It is written by a good friend of mine, Smartzul. The book is written in Malay Language. Hence, it is suitable for Malaysian people only. However, if you are not from Malaysia but can read Malay language, why the heck not…

Personally, I’ve read the ebook and that’s the reason I highlighted that this is a MUST have product. Despite of my 2 to 3 years of experiences sending, receiving, get paid etc via paypal, I still don’t know many other things. So, I can say that this ebook is very useful and affordable. The explanation below, which is explained in Malay language, will briefly explain a little bit information extracted from the ebook package. Yep, not only ebook, you’ll get several videos to further establish your comprehension on Paypal.

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Sesebuah produk informasi seperti ebook akan dikatakan berkualiti jika ia mempunyai beberapa ciri seperti mudah difahami dan tidak berbelit-belit.

Begitulah ebook Panduan Asas Paypal di mana ia sebaik mungkin telah dihasilkan dengan penerangan yang teliti dan ayat yang mudah difahami.

Daripada banyak-banyak sebab, di sini diberikan empat sebab mengapa anda perlu mendapatkan panduan ini:

Sebab 1: Mudah difahami dan tersusun

Penerangan tidak terlalu teknikal, bahasa mudah difahami dan isinya tersusun rapi.

Sebab 2: Langkah demi langkah

Tidak berguna sesebuah bahan informasi jika ia hanya sekadar celoteh sahaja tanpa menunjukkan bagaimana melakukannya. Ebook Panduan Asas Paypal adalah ebook “How To”, selain penerangan ringkas.

Di dalam ebook ini, kebanyakan langkah disertakan dengan paparan imej agar pembaca nampak dan tahu tindakan yang perlu dilakukan.

Sebab 3: Kandungan terkini

Kebanyakan maklumat mengenai Paypal di kebanyakan laman web sudah tidak relevan. Sesuatu maklumat cepat berubah mengikut masa, termasuklah polisi oleh pihak Paypal.

Ebook yang diterbitkan ini (pada masa ia ditulis) adalah 100% selaras dengan polisi terkini pihak Paypal, terutama untuk pengguna Malaysia.

Sebab 4: Video penerangan ringkas

Bagi mereka yang tidak faham dalam bentuk bacaan, boleh kukuhkan kefahaman dengan mendengar penerangan melalui video yang disediakan. Walaupun video ini ringkas, tetapi sekurang-kurangnya ia dapat membantu proses kefahaman.

Banyak lagi sebab yang bole dimasukkan di sini. Tetapi cukup empat dahulu.

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If you are new in the blogging world and have bigger plans to earn money from blogging in the future, than here are some simple and useful tips that you can apply while writing your post and publishing them:

1. Try to blog in English if you plan to have wider monetization method. Unless your target is local audience and you have other huge plan such as covering local gossips and entertainment industry, you can blog in your own mother tongue language.

2. Write unique blog post. It might be tough to write by yourself in English, but remember the saying… practice make perfect!!! So, keep on writing (or typing) your niche articles in English. Don’t worry about your English level. Just do it (using Nike’s motto). You’ll get better and better in future.

3. Fill up and label appropriate categories. This is imperative for several reasons. It will be easier for your readers to select which topic he or she prefers to read in your blog. Besides that, it is good for optimization strategy in attracting the crawler or spider from the search engines. There are also making money programs that look at how you arrange your categories in order to allow them to give you more payments.

4. Fill up the “Tags” as well. This will also assist into some unknown level towards better positioning in the Search Engine Result Page (SERP). Just like the previous point, some advertiser or make money program love blogs that have more tags. This will allow more pages in your blog to be indexed.

5. Post on a consistent basis!!! This is very important. Let your readers know what is your pace. You don’t need to inform them officially in your blog saying “I blog once a week” or “I blog 3 times a week”. That is not necessary. It is ample that you set your own pace and blog according to your time. If you can blog twice a week, then stick to it. If you have more times to spend and you think you can blog everyday, than by all means, stick to once a day. Just be consistent. You don’t want to blog like crazy on a daily basis and suddenly you forgot to update your blog for 2 weeks. This will put off your audience. If you are going for a dream vacation, use the schedule posting feature inside WordPress. The new Blogger.com also has this feature embedded.

6. Learn how to use good keywords in your title and blog post. This is one of the critical parameters to ensure that your blogpost is better identified by the crawler and sits comfortably in good SERP position. Let say your niche blog  is about Nokia handphone and you want to blog about their battery. Think of the most suitable rich keyword that relates your niche with the point you are going to elaborate in your blogpost. Perhaps “Nokia handphone battery charger” is a good choice. Let that be your title. In your blog post, mention the same keyword about 3 to 5 times. This can make your blog post shoot up to the top of the SERP for that particular keyword!!!

7. Include nice beautiful photo(s) in your blog post. The photo might not be related but it is acts as a decorative art for your blog, just like the photo frame on your house wall. If it is related, then that’s even better. I will always try to include whatever photo on my blog post nowadays to attract new comers attention. This tip was given to me personally by HujanBatu.com. Thanks bro.

Hmm… I guess that’s it for now. I hope the tips are helpful and can move your blog to another level.

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p/s: Why Durian photo?

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I noticed a person that I really admire and I wanted to get closer with. I prayed Isya’ next to him in the surau earlier. He lives in the same street as me but in a corner lot house. He graduated as a mechanical engineer (not sure from where) but now he is a successful business man. His name is Hj. Razak. I’m not sure of his full name yet.

So, after taking my food, I sat at a corner of a table arranged in the kenduri. Hj. Razak arrived soon and sat at the same corner. So, the 2 of us are there and this is my opportunity to get to know him better. The rest of the guys sat in different table.

We chatted and get to know each other. He knows that I’m currently pursuing my Ph.D in Chemical Engineering and will go for a research attachment overseas soon. I asked him about his business. He is running a mechanical engineering service business. He started his business when he was 34 years old (the same age as me now). At 40 years old he reached millionaire status which is something to be proud of. Now he is 44 years old and slower down his working pace because he etablished the business to work for him already.

He told me, when we started his business a decade ago, he will go out from his house at 7 am and return home at night. He seeks for leads and opportunities where he can provide his engineering services. He worked so hard. He used his engineering knowledge, the one that he knows the best. He focused on this business because he has failed several times with other business that he don’t have knowledge and skill off. He said to me, if you want to be rich, you need to read “buku Daim Zainuddin”. The book title sounds something like “becoming a millionaire”, but I can’t be certain on the exact title of the book.

I was really amazed with his story and I’m proud to know somebody like Hj. Razak. He is a nice guy, low profile, kind, not arrogant at all. There are a lot of positive attributes that I need to learn from him.

Let me share some points that he highlighted to me:

1. Work hard before you reach success.

2. Focus on what you know to run the business and avoid running the business in something you don’t know.

3. Don’t get too excited when you see huge money. Don’t buy luxurious items with those money. Use it to grow your business first before you spend it.

4. Master outsourcing. In a business, we can’t do everything on our own. Hence, we need to have subcontractors to help us do some of the important work. We need to get hold of the outsourcing skill.

5. From time to time, give away your money for charity or sedekah. This is important to get our Gods blessing and too purify your wealth. Do it sincerely and wait for a miracle that God will send to you.

Well, those are just a few points that I can recall. Even if you are a student or an employee, like me, we still can be a millionaire with the correct attitude, mindset and goal. It doesn’t matter what type of business… blogging… internet marketer, creating, selling and marketing products and services.

Any comments?

p/s: AdamFaiz ~ TQ for the linkback

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