First and foremost, I would like to sincerely apologise for not updating the blog for like... the past 2 weeks or so... or even more than that. I've been terribly busy lately with Internet Marketing - testing out the different ways to sell on the Internet (I will be talking more on that in my next blog entries). I know that's not an excuse, so I will try my utmost best to post at least 1 entry every week from now on...

Today, I want to share with all an article I read on "The Sunday Times" yesterday (29 April 2007). For those who are not from Singapore, "The Sunday Times" is a local newspaper. The article is on Singapore's very own Internet Millionaire - Ewen Chia. Most of you, especially if you are an Internet Marketer, would have heard of him. He's the creator of Secret Affiliate Weapon, Autopilot Pilots and more recently, Affiliate of the Month.

To read the article, please click on the small article below (For those of you who like to save a copy of the article onto your computer, you're most welcomed to do so. Simply right-click on the small article below and select "Save Target As"):



My thoughts after reading the article is this - Ewen is no different from us, a normal human being. Maybe the only difference between him and us is this - he has started off Internet Marketing earlier. That's perhaps the only difference. If Ewen can do it, so can you.

Let me have your thoughts after reading this article.

Cheers
Jun Yuan LIM

The reason many of us jump onto the Internet Marketing speed wagon (myself included) is because it is possible to make big money on the Internet. There are lots of money -making opportunities available on the Internet for us to get rich. Having said that, many of us will be stuck with questions like “Where should I start?”, “How do I get started”, “What should I do first?” when starting off with Internet Marketing.

If you are having problems in answering the above questions, don’t fret. Let me give you the 3-step formula you need to get started with Internet Marketing:

Step 1: Research Your Market, And Decide What To Sell Online

One of the first things you should do to get started is to take a piece of paper and start writing down a list of everything you are good at and have a serious interest in. The reason why I asked you to do so is because if you try selling something that you do not have good knowledge in, chances are you will not do well.

If you are stuck in identifying the things you are good at and have a serious interest in, let me help you out - You can ask yourself questions like:

- What am I interested in?
- What am I passionate about?
- What are the things I do during my spare time?
- What subjects / topics do you know a lot about?
- What are people always coming to me for advice about?

I hope you’ve managed to write down something.

After you have identified the list of things you are interested in, you need to do a market research. You can go to Overture (http://inventory.overture.com) and find out how many people are looking for information on your area of interest. If the number is high, it means that the chances of you making money in that area are high as well. You can also sign up for online forums to find out what people are looking for specifically (People go online to find solutions to their problems. Therefore, the products we sell must be specific to their problems).

Step 2: Look for Products To Solve People’s Problems

After you have done your research, you need to look for products that will solve people’s problems you’ve identified.

You need not create your own product to sell (its very time-consuming and tedious). You can sell products as an affiliate (selling as an affiliate means you’re selling someone else’s products in return for a commission. You need not worry about handling transactions, product delivery, etc. The product owner will do it for you. All you need is to get people to buy their products) in the following:

- Click Bank – Deals with electronic products such as ebooks, audios, videos, etc. (www.clickbank.com)
- Commission Junction – Deals with physical products, i.e. products that need to be shipped physically to the buyer. (www.cj.com)

Signing up for both Click bank and Commission Junction is free. You also need not pay anything to sell as an affiliate.

Step 3: Create Product Awareness

In order for your product to be able to sell, you need to first let people know about the product that you have. There are several ways you can do to create product awareness – both free and paid methods.

Let me first talk about some of the free methods you can use – you can write some articles on the product you are selling and post of article directories such as Ezine Articles (www.ezinearticles.com), Articles Factory (www.articlesfactory.com), Idea Marketers (www.ideamarketers.com), etc. You can post an advertisement about the product in free classified advertisement sites, such as US Free Ads (www.usfreeads.com). You can also advertise on your website, blog, or even in your Friendster or MySpace account. There are many ways to advertise for free. The above are just some of them.

For paid advertising, you can advertise the product you are selling in search engines, such as Google, Yahoo and MSN.

For Google, your product link will appear under the “Sponsored Links” column (see picture below). You only pay Google when someone clicks on your link to visit the product page (this is called pay-per-click (PPC) advertising).





Once you are done with the 3 steps I’ve listed above, you can now sit back, relax, and wait for your commission checks to come in.

If you like to find out more on how you can advertise your products on the Internet, you may want to grab a copy of Derek Gehl’s Insider Secrets 2007. It covers everything you need to know about selling as an affiliate – from identifying the products you can sell to the various methods of advertising your products on the Internet to tracking the number of people going to your product page, etc. It is a very comprehensive guide and I would suggest you to order your copy of “Insider Secrets 2007” if you want to do well in affiliate marketing. Click here to find out more.

To your success
Jun Yuan

Dear Readers,

I would like to warmly welcome you to the all-new “Think Rich, Grow Rich”. After about 2 weeks of hard work, I finally got this whole website up. You will not be able to find another website anywhere with the same interface because I created everything that you see here myself. It’s really tough but I managed to do it in the end (determination is the key!).

If you are wondering if all the articles I’ve posted previously will still be here, not to worry. You’ll still be able to find them here. In fact, I’ve categorized all the articles accordingly into different categories, so it’s much easier for you to locate any articles you are looking for.

Just a brief overview on what you can expect in “Think Rich, Grow Rich” over the next couple of weeks. I’m going to show you how you can set up a decent website (in particular, a blog), and start selling in 5 minutes or less. I’m also going to show you how you can tweak your blog for maximum viewing pleasure. Last but not least, I’m also going to teach you where and how you can locate and sell products as an affiliate and earn commissions (the commissions you are going to receive here is not just 10% or 20%, but 50% to 75%!) I’m going to guide you step-by-step how you can make money on the Internet. It’s very simple actually – almost idiot proof! J

On top of that, I’ll also be doing some Internet Marketing product reviews. As you know, are lots and lots of Internet Marketing products going around today that all claim it’s a “must-have” for you. So which products are really a “must-have” for you? How useful will these products be to you? I’m going to cover all these as well over the next couple of weeks.

That’s just what I have for you over the next few weeks. I’ve got more coming up after that. It’s going to be great, I can assure you. If you like to receive notifications from me whenever I’ve added a new post, please fill in your name and email address under “Get Instant Notification of New Posts”. Don’t worry. Your personal information will strictly be kept private and confidential.

Stephen Pierce’s “The Essential Clickbank Guide”

I’ve got something especially for you today – as a token of appreciation for visiting my all-new “Think Rich, Grow Rich” web.

Some of you (especially if you are an Internet Marketer) might have heard of Clickbank. For those that do not, Clickbank is a place where you can locate products to sell as an affiliate or you can post your own products here to sell.

I’ve got an ebook by Stephen Pierce titled “The Essential Clickbank Guide” that covers everything you need to know about Clickbank – whether you are looking for product to sell as an affiliate (you can choose the product you want to sell and start profiting in 5 minutes or less) or you have your own product to sell.



This ebook covers everything you need to know about Clickbank that will set your sales and profits soaring. So, whether or not you are a newbie in Internet Marketing or an Internet Marketing guru, you have to grab a copy of this ebook.

This ebook is priced at $19.95, but today, you’ll get it for FREE, only IF you are the one of the FIRST 100 to sign up and confirm your registration. Click here to sign up now.

That’s all for today. Catch up with you later. Take care.

Yours Sincerely
Jun Yuan