Today's post is nothing about Internet Marketing - rather, I'm going to share with you some funny pictorial jokes that was sent to me by my girlfriend this afternoon. Enjoy :)


















Hope you've enjoyed the pictures. Talk to you soon...

Cheers,
Jun Yuan Lim

My topic for today is about Paid Surveys. Does paid survey programs make you lots of money or are they just pure scam?

I'm sure you've come across sites where people tell you how much they are making from paid surveys, how much they are enjoying life now from the money made from paid surveys, etc. You get excited and continue reading... When you reach the bottom of these pages, you'll see a link telling you to sign up for these paid survey programs (where you have to pay somewhere around US$40, or even more), and start making money immediately from participating in surveys.

The thought of being able to make big money from surveys (and also the fact that there's some 60-day money back guarantee) made me sign up for one of the highly recommended paid survey programs (I can't reveal the name of the site for privacy purposes). I paid about $40 registration fee to sign up as a member.

Upon signing up, an email was sent to me with a generic user ID and password where I can access the member's page. I've made a screen capture of one of the member's page, as follows:



In the above screenshot, you see a list of paid survey sites you can join and start making money. Upon clicking on each of these sites, the survey company's page will be loaded in a new Window where you can sign up. Payment of fees will be made by the individual survey companies.

The following is another screenshot of the paid survey member page site that I've paid to sign up:



You can also get paid to shop, read emails, or drive. Each of this link contains a list of sites where you can sign up and make money.

I'm not saying that these paid sites are scams - BUT, there actually NO NEED to pay to get these list of paid survey sites!! - Simply go to Google.com and type in "free paid surveys" and you'll see the following:



In the above screenshot, you'll see a list of free paid survey sites where you can join and start making money - and the best part is, these free paid survey sites are EXACTLY what you'll see in the paid survey program that I've paid!

I asked for a refund immediately - less than 24 hours after I've signed up... I sent an email to both Clickbank, as well as to the vendor. The vendor didn't respond to my request, but Clickbank did, and I got my refund back the following day.

My advice for you is - DO NOT sign up for these paid survey programs. They are not worth your money at all. If you like to make money from surveys, just go to Google.com and type in "free paid surveys", "free paid emails", "free paid shopping", etc., and you'll get lots of sites where you can site up for FREE and start making money.

Any thoughts? Please let me know. :)

Yours Sincerely
Jun Yuan Lim

The above picture was a "Pulitzer Prize" winning photo, taking in 1994 during the Sudan famine.

The picture depicted a famine stricken child crawling towards an United Nations food camp, which was located approximately a metre away.

Look at the vulture behind the child - it is waiting for the child to die so that it can eat it.

This picture shocked the whole world.

No one knew what happened to the child in the end, including the photographer Kevin Carter who left the place as soon as the photograph was taken.

3 months later, it was reported that Kevin Carter had committed suicide due to depression.

You Can Do Your Part TODAY To Help Feed These Famine Stricken Children

Internet Marketing guru Stephen Pierce has started a campaign called "For A Greater Cause" to feed these famine stricken hungry children.

All you need to do to help these hungry children today is to click here to go to Stephen's "For A Greater Cause" website, scroll all the way down and download a free success report. For every report you download, Stephen will donate a plate of food to a starving child on your behalf:



Stephen's "For A Greater Cause Website". All you need to do is to scroll all the way down till you see the following:



All you need to do to feed a starving child is to enter your name, email address and state from whom this donation is (You can either put your name or your friend's name). Stephen will donate a plate of food to a starving child on your behalf.


Take a look at this news report below (in TODAY newspaper, 30 May 2007), where Stephen Pierce donated a cheque of US$100,000.00 (1 Hundred Thousand) on behalf of International non-profit organisation "Feed The Children" to feed Asia's poor children:



I would like to strongly urge you to visit the "For A Greater Cause" site by clicking here now. Your effort will go a long way to helping a starving child.

I'll like to sincerely thank you for your time to read this blog post.

Yours Sincerely
Jun Yuan Lim

When? This coming Wednesday, 14 March 2007
Where? Sheraton Towers (Newton MRT)
Time? 7.30pm – 9.30pm

A once in a lifetime opportunity - Stephen Pierce will be coming to Singapore to give a FREE LIVE seminar on Internet Marketing this Wednesday, 14 March 2007. I am excited and looking forward to meet Stephen live on Wednesday.

If you are into Internet Marketing, you’ll know who Stephen Pierce is – he’s the GURU of ALL gurus in Internet Marketing. Stephen Pierce is highly sought after as an Internet Marketer and Business Optimization Strategist. He has the ability to uncover overlooked opportunities and apply innovative and forward-thinking techniques and strategies to teach people like YOU how to optimize your business for optimal success.

Here’s what you’ll learn from the 2 hour seminar this coming Wednesday:
- How to locate PROFITABLE markets online in less than 5 minutes!
- How to start an Internet Business for less than US$300!
- How to automate your Internet Business that will guarantee you profits even when you are on vacation.
- The RIGHT ways to market your products online.
- How to TRIPLE your online income using joint ventures.
- How to brand yourself as an expert online – and why this is CRUCIAL for your Internet business.
- How to determine which ONLINE BUSINESS MODEL is right for you.
- The SINGLE factor responsible for most Internet business failures, and how YOU can avoid it.

Once again, here are the details of the coming seminar:

Date: Wednesday, 14 March 2007
Venue: Sheraton Towers (Newton MRT)
Time: 7.30pm – 9.30pm

How to register?

You can either call Success Resources Pte Ltd at 6299-4677 or sms to 9675-2060.

Once again, this is a free seminar.

I have already signed up for the seminar and I look forward to seeing you this Wednesday. If you are interested to start your own online business, then this seminar is a MUST-ATTEND for you.

If you have already signed up for the seminar, perhaps you would like to let me know via email at ljunyuan@msn.com. We could arrange to meet up and share some pointers on Internet Marketing before and after the seminar.

Ciao!

Yours Sincerely
Jun Yuan

In my last entry, I introduced 4 programs you can sign up to start making money for free. They are Hits4Pay, WePaid, EmailCashPro and SgPoints (Click here if you like to read my previous entry on these 4 programs).

Have you already signed up for these programs ? If so, congratulations ! You have made the right first move to go into the world of Internet Marketing. If not, what are you waiting for ? The more you procrastinate, the more money you’ll stand to lose out. What’s more, these programs are free, so, what’s stopping you ?

Ok, moving on to my topic for today – Stuart Tan’s Chinese New Year Subscriber’s Nite (Non-Chinese are also welcome !). No, its not limited to members. Its open for all. The objective of this subscriber’s nite (its FREE), is to mingle around, interact, and network with people who are interested in Internet Marketing, with people who WANT to know more about Internet Marketing, etc. This is a very good information sharing opportunity. Of course, Stuart Tan will also be sharing on ways we can make money on the Internet.

For those of you who do not know who Stuart Tan is, he is the Executive Director and Master Trainer in Adam Khoo Learning Technologies Group. Stuart has been a trainer since 1994, focusing on the development of personal excellence, performance enhancement, leadership and communication development, with his background in Management, Psychology, Linguistics and Counselling. He also has a blog on Internet Marketing at InternetMarketingSingapore.com. I am a big fan of his blog. Go check it out. If you like to know more about Stuart, please click here.

When and where is the subscriber's nite, and how much does it cost ?

Details about this great event is as follows :

Date : 12 February 2007 (Monday)

Time : 7.00pm to 10.00pm (Registration starts at 6.15pm)

Venue : Adam Khoo Learning Technologies Centre

10 Hoe Chiang Road

#01-01

Keppel Towers

Singapore 089315

Price : FREE !!

Who should attend the subscriber’s nite ?

YOU !! This subscriber’s nite is specially for YOU !! !!! Whether you know nuts about
Internet Marketing, or you are a guru in it, this subscriber’s nite is for YOU !
Not to worry. This is not a sales seminar. Its simply organised to for networking and information sharing purposes. What’s more, its FREE !

I’ve signed up for the subscriber’s nite the minute I saw it in my email. I am looking forward to seeing you there. Click here to sign up now ! Please let me know if you have already signed up – perhaps we could arrange to meet up and go together ! (If you know friends who are interested, get them to sign up as well ! The more the merrier !)

If you are really interested in Internet Marketing, this one is a MUST ATTEND for you. PLEASE do not procrestinate… click here to sign up now…

I look forward to meet up with you on 12 February !!

Cheers !
Jun Yuan

A very happy 2007 to all of you !!

I hope all of you have enjoyed your New Year celebrations… the fireworks, partying… While you guys are out there enjoying, I am thinking of ways to make this web better for all of you (I’m typing this blog at 12.30am on 1 January 2007). I am proud to announce that “Think Rich Grow Rich” is now a .com ! From today, “Think Rich Grow Rich” is accessible via http://www.think-rich-grow-rich.com or http://think-rich-grow-rich.com.

Coming back to my topic on New Year Resolution. Do you have any new year resolutions in 2007 ? Have you set any goals you want to achieve in 2007 ? If you have not, perhaps you’ll like to spend a few minutes to think about what you want to achieve this year.

Goal setting is very important. It gives one a sense of direction. It will serve to drive someone to work towards the goal. Not having goals will leave a person directionless. People who do not have goals will find themselves not achieving anything come the end of the year. When they look back on what they have achieved throughout the year on 31 December 2007, they find that they’ve wasted yet another year achieving nothing.

My Goals

I’ll start the ball rolling by sharing with you my goals for 2007. This year, I aim to uncover more money making avenues on the Internet and share with you on my blog. I also want to earn my first $1,000 on the Internet (I have only just started off venturing on ways and means on how to make money on the Internet, so I think $1,000 is a more realistic aim for me to achieve for now. Of course, I’ll set another target as soon as I manage to hit this target I’ve set).

Simply by having a goal without steps to achieving it is useless. My steps to achievingmy goals are as follows : to allow as many people as possible benefit from my postings, I need to make my blog known to as many people as possible. In order to do so, I will advertise my blog on search engines such as Google, Yahoo, Altavista, etc. I will also put up advertisements on notice boards, etc. Most importantly, I will need the support of all of you to help spread the word about this website.

This year, I will be putting up at least 1 article every week in my blog (so check back on my blog often in order not to miss out anything). To be able to enrich you with interesting materials, I’ll be spending even more time this year doing more research and reading, as well as trying out new online money making techniques and share with you my personal experiences. If you have any interesting articles and would like to share with everyone here, please send the article to me at ljunyuan@msn.com.

This is my goal for 2007. At the end of 2007, I’ll use this posting as a benchmark to evaluate myself – in terms of how much have I achieved my goals set, and to what extent have I achieved them.

What’s your New Year Resolution for 2007 ?

I have shared with you my New Year resolutions for 2007. What’s yours ? I would like to hear from you. I hope you can share with me your goals by either emailing me at ljunyuan@msn.com, leave a comment under this post or post a message on my tagboard on the left of this page.

I would like to wish you all success in the coming 2007. Do check back my blog regularly as I’ll be updating new materials on ways you can become a millionaire like many others real soon !

To your success,
Jun Yuan

Dear readers

With Christmas just around the corner, I would like to wish all of you a blessed Christmas and a very happy and prosperous 2007 ahead !

Enjoy the holiday season and continue to stay tune to Think Rich, Grow Rich.

See you all soon !



Cheers
Jun Yuan

After uploading my “Welcome Message” post on 3 December, I have been trying to make some changes to the blog layout so that you’ll be able to navigate around the blog easily.

For those of you who have been waiting for my blog to be up for quite sometime, I apologise for the delay. This is the first time I’m creating a blog, so there are lots of skills I need to pick up along the way when creating it. I would like to take this opportunity to thank my girlfriend for all her wonderful input and support to make this blog an even better one for all you readers.

Postings

I will be posting articles either once or twice every week. As the title of the blog “Think Rich, Grow Rich” suggests, I will be writing about how to change our mindset to think like millionaires (“Think Rich” part), and also about the different ways how we can make money on the Internet (“Grow Rich” part).

To get updated on the latest postings and events happening at “Think Rich, Grow Rich”, please provide me with your name and email address under the column “Receive Instant Notification on Updates”. Not to worry. Your contact details will remain private and confidential and you’ll only be receiving emails from me.

Active participation

In order to fully benefit from the articles I have posted, I would like to invite all of you to actively participate in my blog – especially on questions I will be bringing up for discussion. Alternatively, if you have any comments on any of the articles I have posted, you can bring them up for discussion. You can make use of the comments section (which can be found after every article), or my tagboard for discussion purposes. Engaging in discussions is one very good way to learn from each other.

Finally, if you have any general comments or suggestion (such as how to improve the layout of my blog, etc), feel free to drop me an email at ljunyuan@msn.com, or leave a message at my tagboard (don’t forget to leave your contact information so I can get in touch with you). I will DEFINITELY respond to your messages.


Articles to share ?

Last but not least, if you have come across any interesting articles and would like to share with everybody here at “Think Rich, Grow Rich”, send them, along with your name and email address, to me at ljunyuan@msn.com. I will review and post your article on my blog, along with your name (to credit you for the contributions).


I hope you’ll enjoy your stay at “Think Rich, Grow Rich”. Please bookmark this site (CTRL + D) and visit it regularly as I will constantly be uploading mouth-watering articles.

Talk to you soon ! =)

Best Wishes
Jun Yuan

First and foremost, I want to thank you for visiting my blog.

Personal Introduction

Before I start, let me first introduce myself. I’m Jun Yuan (you can call me JY for short) and I am born and bred in Singapore. I have graduated from the University of London in Computing and Information System with a First Class Honours degree in 2005 and currently working as an executive.

I have huge interests in developing websites and conducting IT training (I have done IT training on web design and news production to Primary and Secondary school students, as well as NITLP (National IT Literacy Programmes – a programme initiated by the Singapore government for adults / senior citizens with very little or no computing experience to learn how to surf the Internet, as well as to send and receive emails) from 2003 – 2004 while doing my degree part-time and have learnt a lot during those 2 years, especially in the area of managing interpersonal relationships and speaking in front of a large number of audiences. Currently, I have 2 personal webpages – 1 containing more information about myself (including my resume, projects done in school and as a freelance programmer, etc.), and the other one dedicated to my girlfriend and I.

This is the first time I’m creating a blog, so pardon me if it is not up to standard. If you have any tips on how I can improve it, please let me know. I’ll be most happy to learn from you.

Personal Experience on Money Making

I know the first question you might be thinking of asking me is “Junyuan, you’re an IT graduate. What knowledge do you have on money making ?”

Let me share with you my story – Right after I graduated, I harboured same thoughts as many fresh graduates – to find a stable and good paying job. I do not have other money making intentions. My only source of income will be from my monthly salary.

My perception on money making remained as such until I started reading a book on how one can be a self-made millionaire. (I will share with you more on what I have learnt from this book in my next postings.) The book shared with me something which I want to share with all of you – it IS possible to make money from the Internet, and it IS possible to do so without any upfront costs.

Interesting, isn’t it ? Yes ! I felt it was truly amazing ! I dived right in to more research online and read even more books on Internet marketing, spending my free time on them, and applying the different money making techniques I’ve learnt. I will share with you my experiences as well.

Blog contents

I would like to share with you the tips and tricks on how we can make money on the Internet. It is possible to make money on the Internet provided we have applied the right skills.

Just for your information, I am still learning (via trial and error and learning from people’s past experiences) and trying to uncover the secrets to making money online. I sincerely would like to welcome you to join me in my money making journey. I am sure the whole process will be a very meaningful and enriching one.

This blog is free for all to come and share your experiences and thoughts about online money making. If you have any posts that would like me to upload, please email them to me at ljunyuan@msn.com. I’ll be happy to put them here for everyone’s reading. (I’ll definitely credit the author for his / her post.)

Yours Sincerely
Jun Yuan