Shafir Ahmad’s Tips n Tricks

I attended Internet Business Live 2 over the last weekend, which is a seminar jointly organized by Ewen Chia and Patric Chan.

I got the chance to purchase an autographed copy of Ewen’s book, “How I made my first million on the Internet“. I figure since I have not yet made my first million, I should take some pointers from Ewen Chia.

Overall, the seminar was packed to goodness with tips, tricks and strategies. I could understand every word, and took a bit of notes when there was something mentioned that I have overlooked or a fresh perspective on things.

However, for the beginners attending, I’m sure they got a lot more out of the seminar but they may have missed the finer points and secret tips that Ewen and Patric are using.

If they run it again, I should be attending it. You should too!

One thing I’m doing more of now is to offload many of the tasks which I am doing to someone else. This frees me up to do more of the planning and the thinking, designing the marketing process etc.

I’m using virtual assistants to do most of this work, such as backlinking, content writing, SEO and more.

Some of the big complaints I’ve heard over time are that people (especially internet marketers) have no time, they are swamped with the many millions of things to do. (Remember Rich Schefren’s manifesto, anyone?)

The solution I think, is quite easy. Be clear on what you need done, and let someone else do it. You’ll have to train or create a training document or video to show your delegatee how your task should be done, and then you leave them to do it.

Amazing how much time that frees up. Try it. You’ll like it.

There are many blog automation products available, but they all require that you have content available. You can either write the content yourself or use articles, videos and audios that are allowed to be republished, for example articles from an article directory. Of course, you could also outsource the content writing to someone else.

What if - you could get some pretty decent content for your blog - and you did not need to write it yourself.

On the flip side, what if you want your content appearing on many other people’s blogs without you putting it there?

Article Marketing Automation is a service that purports to do just that, ie provide you with content for your blog (you choose the categories and hoe much content you need daily) and at the same time, give you an alternate avenue for your article marketing efforts by letting your content reside on many other related blogs

I’m using it myself to distribute my content as well as get content for some of my blogs. Check it out here: Article Marketing Automation

The One Hundred Million Dollar Challenge is what Russel Brunson has named it, and it seems set to be a killer.

Given the intention of making $100,000,000 for its participants in a year, it is an awesome way to reach out to thousands of people who otherwise would never have heard of Russell.

I’ve joined it, I’ve made some money already as part of his referral program, and I think the lessons inside are of great use.

It just started last week, so if you still have not registered, I would advise you to do so immediately as we will be starting the 2nd week soon, and there is a Corvette at stake (thats the prize Russell is giving out.)

Click here to join the contest for free (Yes, its completely free. You are not obligated to purchase anything or donate anything.)

The way this free course is set up is brilliant. You get to watch a video, take a test, and perform some actions (your homework). Once you have completed the homework, you’re to put up your results on the blog you create.

This is a great way to encourage participation, and make sure someone completed teh tasks at hand. If you do not complete all the tasks, it is not possible to move on to the next phase.

The content is great for a beginner (I found it a tad too simple for my standards, and hope the next phase will have more meat) but there is the part about laying a great foundation first. So get in now, and you can enjoy all the benefits.

Click here to visit the site and participate.

Printed newsletters make a lot of money for the person/persons printing it. Period.

You might have noticed some printed and mailed newsletter launches recently, such as those from Mike Filsaime and the guys from StomperNet.

For those of us in the “Rest of the World” category, shipping charges for these can easily add up to a hefty sum, sometimes even more than the cost of the newsletter subscription itself.

For example, lets take the Neteffects Magazine/newsletter. Subscription to this magazine is USD39.95 - lets round everything - so that would be $40.00 Shipping on it to Singapore is an additional $20. Now they also have an upsell for a “Best of Stompernet” DVD - for an additional $20 + $10 shipping.

Total = 40+20+20+10 = $90 approx per month
So is it worth it? That would depend on the individual. For me, I’ll evaluate it on a case by case basis. Lets see what they are able to deliver this month, and see if it warrants the expense per month.
Anyway, I’ll get to keep the bonuses, which was the reason it tipped me over to order the subscription in the first place.

Already, I’m loving Jeff Johnson’s content and Howie Shwartz, considering I’ve not heard much about these two marketers.

We’ll see when the package arrives in Singapore. Its been a few days and no parcel has arrived at my home so far.