It's in the papers - in case you missed the advertisement, Ewen Chia is giving a FREE seminar on Instant Internet Business - How you can start your own Internet Business and make REAL Money online in less than 10 minutes from now!

It's a 2-hour session worth US$397, but you're going to get it for FREE! In this coming seminar, you're going to discover the following (itenary copied from news advertisement):

- How To Really Make Money On The Internet…Even If You Have Zero Technical Knowledge!
- The ONE Word That Will Stop Information Overload And Get You REAL Results Now!
- How To Easily Transform Your Internet Business Into A Long-Term Consistent Income Stream That Will Exceed Your Full-Time Income Quickly!
- How To Get Profitable Products To Sell Online Without Having To Create Them!
- How To “Work From Home” And Enjoy Real Financial Freedom With The Internet Once You Know These Secrets…It’s Far Easier Than You Think!
- How To Use FREE Resources On The Internet To Make Your Fortune Without Risk!
- 3 Super-Easy Techniques To Create An Unstoppable Frenzy Of “Buying Traffic” To Your Website Instantly!
- Why You Should Never Attend Another Internet Seminar Or Bootcamp Without First Coming To This Session…The Truth Will Really Shock You!

When is the seminar

This seminar will be held on on:

Session 1: Tuesday, 3rd July 2007 - 7.30pm - 9.30pm @ Hotel Furama City Centre (Chinatown MRT)

Session 2: Thursday, 5th July 2007 - 7.30pm - 9.30pm @ Sheraton Towers (Newton MRT)

How To Register?

SMS and send it to 9675 2060

Alternatively, you can call 6299 4677 to register.

You can also register online at http://www.iinternetbusiness.com. Here's the screenshot of the site:



ARE YOU GOING??

For those who want to know whether or not I'll be going for the seminar - the answer is YES!! I'll be attending the seminar.

I'll be attending session 2 - that is, the session held on Thursday, 5th July 2007 from 7.30pm - 9.30pm @ Sheraton Towers (Newton MRT).

If you like to join me, please let me know - either by emailing me at ljunyuan@msn.com or leave a comment in this post. We can do a meet up and go together, while discussing about Internet Marketing stuff along the way! :)

This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. I really hope to see you there!

Cheers
Jun Yuan Lim

Did you go for Stephen Pierce’s “Unleash Your Marketing Genius” seminar last night? If you have, did you learn something new from him? I certainly have. For those of you who did not attend for whatever reason, not to worry. I am going to post, in this entry, the discussions from last night’s seminar.

Stephen Pierce started off the whole seminar by telling everyone his life-story – how he turned from being homeless to making multi-million dollars on the Internet. His success certainly doesn’t come easily – at one point he was out of home, out of cash, and he had to borrow money from people to start a business, and it failed! Stephen’s really determined to succeed, and he did not stop taking action after he failed. He tried and tried again and eventually, he succeeded. He now has multi-million dollars to his name, and all these don’t come with 1 day of effort. It’s years of cumulative effort.

We are in fact no different from Stephen. We are also no different from people like Bill Gates, Richard Branson, Warren Buffet. We have the same amount of neurons as people like them (except for smokers, who lose some from the harmful effects of smoking. Haha!) And the one thing we have that’s so invaluable is…. No, not money… but TIME. Yes… We have the most valuable thing in our own hands – Time. Money can be earned back, but not time. Once time passes you by, it’s over. You can never go back to the past (unless you have some time machine or something that can bring you back to the past). How we make use of our time really determines our success.

How important is success to you?

Just how important is success to you? Do you wish/hope/want to succeed, or is it a MUST to succeed for you?

These 2 mean totally different things – by saying you wish/hope/want to succeed, success isn’t a MUST, success is a good to have, success is an ideal… but not a MUST. When something is not a MUST, you’ll start to procrastinate, you’ll start to waste time away… and by doing so, you will NOT be successful. Success to you will always be an illusion.

However, if success to you is a MUST, you will do whatever it takes to achieve it. You will spend time everyday working towards your success, you will set goals, define strategies to move towards your goals, and most importantly, you will take ACTION to become successful. By doing so, there is still no guarantee that you’ll be successful. But if you try and try and try again, you’ll one day be successful. That’s just the way it is.

Barracuda vs Mullet

Stephen shared with us the story of Barracuda vs Mullet. Both Barracuda and Mullet are different kinds of fishes. Barracuda feeds on Mullet for survival. One day, they did an experiment – they put one Barracuda and several Mullets in a tank. However, the Barracuda was separated from the Mullets by a piece of glass.

So what did the Barracuda do when it sees the Mullets? It charged towards Mullets and *WHAM*… It hit that piece of glass. Undeterred, it tried again, and it hit that piece of glass again. It then tried again, and again, and again… with the impact softened at each attempt, as it got tired. It then gave up and stayed at one corner of the tank.

After some time, the piece of glass was removed from the tank. Now the Mullets were unprotected from the Barracuda, and the Barracuda could now feed on the Mullets! But it continued staying at one corner of the tank and eventually died of hunger.

What does this story tell us? It simply tells us that success could very well be just one step away… Yeah…. Just ONE more step away. Had the Barracuda tried one more time, it would not have died of hunger. He would be able to eat up all the Mullets and survive… Not just survive but have its stomach bloated with Mullets! But it did not try again, and died in the end…

The conclusion is this – Its not about how hard you get hit, but how hard you get hit and keep pressing forward.

No one is perfect

No one is perfect… Everyone makes mistakes and gets hit at a certain point in time. Take for example, when you are studying, do you ALWAYS get a 100% in all your examination? Certainly not, right?

When we look at successful people like Bill Gates, Warren Buffet, Richard Branson, we tend to focus on their success. We admire how good they are… but did we actually focus on the steps they took to success? Did we actually look into the amount of losses they make before they attain success? They probably lose much more than us – much more…. Not just money but time as well. But did it deter them from wanting to succeed? Of course not! If they give up after a few tries, we will not see Microsoft today. We will not see Virgin Airways today.

Everyone is a marketer

Stephen shared with us one thing – “Everyone of us IS a marketer”. You may say – “I’m not a salesperson… How can you say I’m a marketer?” But the fact is, all of us ARE marketers.

When you are interviewing for a job, do you just sit there and keep mum and get the job? Of course not! You will tell the interviewer everything that’s good about you – your achievements, your education, your previous working experience, what you can offer the company, etc. Am I right? By doing so, you are already marketing yourself! You are selling yourself to the company? And how do you know when you’ve clinched the deal? You’ve clinched the deal when you got the job you went for interview for! =)

Let me give you another example – when you like someone to be your partner, do you just wait there and pray that he/she comes to you? Of course not! You’ll think of ways to impress him/her, you’ll think of ways to attract his/her attention right? By doing that, you are already trying to market yourself… How do you know you’ve clinched the deal? – When he/she agrees to be your partner! =)

Yeah! We are all marketers by nature.

7 Steps to Achieving Success on the Internet

Step 1:
Do a market research to pick the right market.

You must have a specialized niche in order to make money on the Internet (e.g. “Golf balls” is more specialized niche compared to just “Golf”) There are a few tips Stephen gave on this – Got to Amazon.com, and look for products that are most popular right now. He also suggested looking into “New York Times Best Sellers List”

Step 2:
Do a product research to pick the right product

You can either choose to create your own product, resell and re-brand other people’s product, obtain Private Label Rights for other people’s product, or sell as affiliate.

For those of you who like to create your own product but not sure what products you can create, think about this – What are the things you like to do in your spare time? What are the things I’m good at? What do I know about?

You may want to do up something like the following to help you identify the products you can sell:



Step 3:
You can choose to market information products, such as audios, videos, reports, books, courses, newsletters. Information products are the easiest to sell simply because you need not worry about shipping costs, you need not worry about warehousing, etc. Digital products can be sent to the buyer immediately after payment.

Step 4:
Use lead generation advertising. Build a list of “interested” people (leads), and sell to your leads. 7 – 12% of the leads purchase the products at the end of the day.

NEVER EVER direct your leads directly to the sales page. People do not normally purchase when they see your site the first time. After they leave, there is no way you can follow-up with them. It is very unlikely they’ll re-visit your web again. You can say that you have just lost a potential customer.

Take for example a salesperson, if he/she gives up after being rejected the first time, he/she will never be able to capture any sales.



You must always create a lead capture page – a page where you request for a person’s name and email address, before bringing them to the sales page. Once you’ve captured the person’s name and email address, you can send follow-ups to him/her.

Even if your leads do not buy this time round, it is ok. When you have other products of a similar nature, you can send emails to your leads to tell them about it.



Step 5:
You need to use the top ways to market your products.

You can choose to use either MySpace, Youtube, blogs, links (bidclix.com, adbrite.com), ezines, solo ads, CraigsList, banner ads, articles writing and submitting, press releases, etc. to create product awareness.

80% of Internet Marketing success is dependent on your ability to generate traffic to the product you are selling on the Internet.

You can have the most fanciful website, you can have the best product offer, you can have the best support. However, if you do not know how to generate traffic to your website, you will not make any sales. It’s as simple as that.

There are 3 types of traffic – free traffic, performance traffic and paid traffic.

I’m sure you know what free traffic and paid traffic is. Free traffic is traffic you get without you paying for it (e.g. someone sees your website and tells his/her friends about it, and they visit your web. These are called free traffic). Paid traffic is traffic you get by paying (such as Pay Per Click).

Performance traffic is traffic that you pay only after something has taken place (such as one of your affiliates sold your product, and you need to pay him/her a certain amount of commission – that is performance traffic).

Step 6:
You can make use of auto-responders to generate cash at a rabbit-breeding rate. You can make use of auto-responders to send emails to your leads who signed up in your lead capture page and chances are, if you deal appeals, they’ll buy your products.

Step 7:
You should make use of the cash injection accelerator.

Here are some cash injection generators – One Time Offer, Bonus Offer, Limited Time Offer, Bundled Offer, Last Chance Offer. Offer your leads offers. Give them an irresistible offer.

A basic one-time offer look like the following:



Stephen’s 10 Steps to Setting Up a Multi-Million Dollar Autopilot Sales Process

The following is Stephen’s 10 steps to setting up a multi-million dollar autopilot sales process. The numbers at the top of each box is the step number.



You can apply Stephen’s 10 steps too, by filling in each boxes (those with step numbers) the information you want to show to your leads/customers.

I hope you find this blog entry useful. I wish you all the best in your Internet Marketing adventures. If you have any comments or thoughts, please feel free to either submit a comment under this post or email me at ljunyuan@msn.com.

Yours Sincerely
Jun Yuan

If you have been reading my blog regularly, do you remember my posting on Valentine’s Day regarding Fabian Lim’s Internet Marketing seminar that’s happening on 24 February? For those of you who went, I hope you found the seminar useful.

However, if you are a first time visitor to my blog, here’s some background information – Fabian Lim, CEO of Asia Internet Academy, Asia’s largest Internet training organization, conducted a free 2-hour Internet Marketing seminar on 24 February in Hotel Park Royal (Singapore). It was a comprehensive seminar where Fabian introduced quite a lot about Internet Marketing – such as the advantages of online business, size of online market, how to promote your online business, examples of million-dollar websites, etc.

I’ll be covering in this posting what Fabian covered, as well as some of my personal information that I’ll like to share with you.

How can I do an online business if I’m not IT-savvy?

Many people have this perception that if they know nuts about IT, they can’t start an online business.

This is just a myth. You do not have to be an IT professional to start an online business.

In fact, starting an online business is the same as starting an offline, brick and mortar business. Everything is the same - from the process of first understanding what your customer wants, to product creation to reaching out your product to your customers and finally, making them an offer that they cannot say no to you.

If you are not IT-savvy, not to worry. There are lots of freelance designers out there who can design your webpage at a very low cost (You can visit elance.com or rentacoder.com. These are 2 very good websites to get your freelance web designers).

Why online business?

There are 2 main reasons – mainly the “push” and “pull” factors.

“Push” factors:

1. Online business will bring you multiple streams of “passive” income.
“Passive” income means income you receive every month without working physically for it. You run your online business on an autopilot and it generates a substantial amount of income for you every month. “Active” income, however, is the income you receive from your full/part time job – if you do not go to work, you will not get paid. It’s as simple as that.

2. Online business can help you create a sense of living
You see – nothing is secure today. Your job security and monthly salary may be affected by factors such as economic crisis, disease outbreak, etc. Wouldn’t you want to generate alternate stream of income so that, when situations like this really happen, you have something to fall back on?

3. You are the boss in your online business
For those who hate their job, or their bosses, or both, wouldn’t you start your own business and be your own boss instead? When you are boss, you have total control in everything you do in your business.

4. You’ll have surplus money for investment
If you have an online business on top of your own full-time job, money generated from your online business can be channeled into investing, such as creating another online business, in stocks and shares, etc. This will allow you to generate even more money than you already have.

“Pull” Factors:

1. Work wherever you want.
When you are doing an online business, you can work wherever you want – in the comfort of your own home wearing t-shirt and shorts, in McDonalds, Starbucks, beach, anywhere.

2. Wake up whenever you want
Unlike a full-time job, where you have to wake up early in the morning to report to work everyday, you have the freedom to decide when you want to wake up everyday if you are doing business online.

3. No staff to pay, no premises to rent
You can work on your online business anywhere you like. You do not require any staff in your online business and that implies that you do not have to worry about paying their monthly salary.

4. Online business can be 100% automated
Once your online business is up and running, you can let it run on autopilot. Just wait for your cheque to be delivered to your doorstep every month.

5. Create as many businesses as you want
If you are doing an online business, there is no limit on the number of businesses you can set up. This means that you have abundance of opportunities to make money online.

6. Even beginners can do it!
As I’ve said before, you need not be an IT expert, or business expert, to start your online business. There are step-by-step help readily available on the Internet at a very low cost to help you start your online business within minutes! One good program I’ll like to strongly recommend to you is Ewen Chia’s “Secret Affiliate Weapon”. Priced at only $9.97, Ewen gives you a very comprehensive step-by-step guide on how you can start your online business within minutes. I’m using Ewen’s product myself and it’s simply fantastic. Please click here for more information on Ewen’s “Secret Affiliate Weapon”

I’ve explained to you the “push” and “pull” factors on why you should start your own online business. Now, let me explain the advantages of having an online business from the business objective:

1. Virtually no capital outlay / capital risk
Unlike physical business, where you need tens of thousands of dollars to get your business up and running, you only need to spend a very small amount of money (approximate from $5 to $100) to get your online business up and running.

2. Unlimited worldwide market
Unlike physical business where you can only appeal to people within 1 country, your online business can reach out to everybody all over the world.

3. High profit margins
Profit margin is very high in an online business. It is so high until product creators can even pay you 50% commission for selling their product as affiliates and still make a huge profit!

4. No shipping costs
Most of the products you sell online are digital products – from ebooks (in PDF format) to mp3s to videos. Once your customer has paid for the products, they can download immediately from the Internet.

5. Advertising is cheap, if not completely FREE!
How much does it cost to advertise your business on the newspapers, radio and TV? It’s certainly not cheap. However, you can advertising online at a very cheap rate, if not free.

Education Required for Online Business

The good news, especially for newbies who want to start an online business but lack the knowledge, is that there are lots of resources available on the Internet that will step you through. Whether you are a university graduate, a high-school graduate, or have no formal education, you’ll be able to understand the materials to help you get started.

As I’ve mentioned earlier, if you want a cheap and good step-by-step resource, Ewen Chia’s “Secret Affiliate Weapon” is a must-get for you. What’s more, there’s a 100% no-questions-asked money back guarantee for 60 days. You really have nothing to lose.

If you like to purchase Ewen’s “Secret Affiliate Weapon”, please click here.

How big is the online market?

If you think that the online market is very small, let me highlight some figures to you.

The total number of Internet users in the whole world currently is about 1,093,529,692 (over 1 billon as at 11 January 2007), and this number is increasing everyday.

The amount that people spend online every year is as follows:
- In 2005, the world spending on the Internet is $143.2 billion.
- In 2006, the world spending is $170 billion! (That’s about 18% increase compared to 2005)

Here's a breakdown on the number of Internet users by region:



Here's a breakdown on the number of Internet users by countries:



So you see, the amount of opportunities you have in your online business is huge.

Multi-million Dollar Websites

Here are some websites started up by very ordinary people (such as you and I), and later bought over for multi-million dollars:







Your website could be next… =)

How to create a multi-million dollar web?

This is the multi-million dollar question – “How to create a multi-million dollar web?” The answer is very simple – adopt the following 3 strategies:

1. Domain Name
You can get a domain name for less than $10 at GoDaddy. Domain names must be short, simple, and unique.

2. Develop a free, unique & useful solution
Solution must be unique –YouTube focuses ONLY on video, while Flickr ONLY focuses on images.

3. Grow a massive community via viral marketing
You need to have people constantly going to your website. In order to achieve that, your website must be able to create a value for them, and it must be different – how you can differentiate your website from others.

Here are some examples of multi-million dollar websites (You may want to check these websites out):









3 steps to achieve online success

Here are the 3 steps to achieve online success:

1. Product
The product must be in demand (people are looking for the product you are selling), marketable (product must be able to reach your potential customers easily) and easy to produce (information products are especially easy to produce).

2. Website
Your website must have a proper domain name and hosting, a good sales copy to attract potential customers to buy from you, and lastly, it must accept payment either by Credit Card or PayPal.

3. Traffic
You can get traffic to your website either by listing it in the search engines (e.g. Yahoo, Google, AltaVista, etc.), offering an affiliate program for people to sell your products, or article submission (e.g. Articles Factory, Ideas Marketer, SubmitYourArticle.com).

4 steps to make money online

Finally, here are the 4 steps to make money online:

1. Sell your own product (e.g. If you are very good in cross-stitching, you can write a step-by-step ebook to teach newbies how to do cross-stitching. Alternatively, you may want to sell consultancy services to people, etc.)

2. Obtain re-sell rights to a product.

3. Promote other people’s product as affiliates.

4. Create content website (e.g. creating a website like the one I’m having)

Take Action Now

I have spent over 3 hours to put up all these information to you. You’ve already read them. Now you have to take ACTION to apply all these information you’ve learnt into use.

Internet Marketing is NOT something that will allow you to make millions overnight (If you are looking for quick ways to make millions overnight, perhaps you’ll like to spend time queuing for a lottery ticket instead). You need to invest a fair bit of time and effort, and some money, to experiment. Start off by making your first $1 online, followed by your first $10, $50, $100, $500, $1,000, $5,000, etc. online.

DO NOT be afraid to fail. It’s only through failures that we learn and improve. The faster you fail, the earlier you’ll be able to learn and improve, and the earlier you’ll be able to succeed.

I’ll like to wish you all success in your online business.

To your success,
Jun Yuan