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Whenever I build a website, I always consider the size of the project and the complexity. Sometimes building a website can be really tricky because there’ s just so many features to include. A few years ago, I used to build my project websites from absolute scratch, ground up. I design the concepts, refine it and tweak it. I then write the HTML coding and CSS. I then integrate my design into the code. I then tweak it and fix any problems. I write the content and include marketing materials. I also do the Search Engine Optimisation. I also register the domain name and configure the hosting. If there’s any databases, I also configure them to.

If you had no idea what the hell I was just talking about, that’s cool because in this article, I would like to talk to you about surrounding yourself with a Money Making Team. In order to launch a successful website that generates lots of traffic and business, then there’s alot of things involved in the technical side that needs to be done. By leveraging other people’s skills and talent, you can build your website much more quicker than purchasing website development books, learning from them and doing it.

I know it sounds commonsense but you’ll be surprised how many people take on the “If you want a job done right, do it yourself” approach. Believe me, I’ve been there. I’ve spent several years doing every thing myself because if anyone could do the job right, it’s me. However I never realised how much of a problem doing all the work was.

If you start your online business and try and do everything yourself, here is what’s going to happen:

• Your success depends entirely on YOU.
• Your time is limited and your project is tied to that time.
• If you loose motivation during the development of the website, there’s a higher chance of the website never being completed. Your motivation is hooked to the result of the website.
• Your new skills and expertise in web site development won’t be as good as someone who has been building sites for several years.

Therefore, I would highly recommend finding others to do the work for you instead of doing everything yourself. I know people who don’t know anything about building a website and they are purchasing books on learning how to program. The reason why I disagree with this approach is that you’ll be investing ALOT of time and money into doing the wrong work.

By learning how to build your own website from scratch, you’ll end up launching your own site months, maybe even years later. Once you launch your first site, it will take several more months or even years to make better websites etc. However, if you leverage someone elses experience by hiring them, you’ve saved yourself years of knowledge, skills and expertise.

By simply paying an expert, you can move onto more high level tasks such as researching different markets, coming up with more ideas and projects which can be implemented quicker before the competition arrives.

A team will help you get to the top. They are your money making team!

I was contemplating whether I should write a post about this but hey, I like to be honest with you. Today it happened to me. I got Google Slapped for my very first time. Would you like to know how?

One of my experiment websites I launched a few weeks ago was doing very well in the search engines. I had an idea to build a directory website that contained information about businesses. The idea worked like a charm and I was generating lots of passive income per day from the site. It was basically an informational website that provided valuable content focused towards businesses.

Looking at various other directory websites, they seemed to be generating alot of traffic and income from their ads so I thought I would see if I could get the same results. The results were instantanous, however, there was one thing I overlooked. It was duplication of content.

However, today I did my usual research and looked at the statistics. I noticed that my experiment website has dropped significantly from the search engines.

You see, when you put content onto a website, make sure you don’t copy and paste the information from another website. I’m not saying that I’m the type of person who copies articles and pastes them into mine without referencing, absolutely not, that’s copyright infringement. However, being a business directory website, I assumed it was okay to reference other businesses contact details and advertise them. I simply copied their exact contact details onto the site and an introductory text. So that people who were to view my business directory, they would look up the business, see their details and contact them, hence bringing them more business.

I didn’t realise that Google was very strict with copying contact details.

There you have it, my first blunder. However, it really doesn’t bother me because I know it’s only a stepping stone. My other websites are still doing well and Google has approved them for many years so far.

Anyway, I guess what I really wanted to show you in this article is that even a guy like me who has been building websites for over 15 years can still make mistakes So get out there, build those sites, maybe some of them will get Google slapped and some won’t. Just carry on! Make sure you read the UPDATED Google guidelines first.

I’ve got a few more websites I’m launching very soon and my lessons will definately be applied.

One of the most powerful ways in which you can start your very own online business is through the technology called “Blogging”. Whether you’ve heard it before or not, this online business model is one of the most easiest and affordable way in which you can start your very own online business over night.

The cost of setting up a blog is very low, you can even start one up for free. Just go to wordpress.com and sign up for your free account. However, your new blog will be listed in their sub domain so for example, mynewblog.wordpress.com. I would recommend for you to simply setup a domain name and hosting and install wordpress onto your new host. The reason is because it looks much more proffessional to have a domain name dedicated to your blog instead of a sub domain. The total cost of a domain name really comes down to a few dollars $10 – $29. Plus with hosting, it only costs you around $50 per year if you do your research very well.

Now, once you’ve setup your blog site, you can simply start writing your thoughts and ideas based upon your niche. It only requires your time and effort and zero cash. If you’re passionate in a particular field, then writing about your passions is very easy and therefore you’ll churn out lots of content.

Search Engines absolutely love content and if you’re writing continually about your chosen passion inside a niche, you’ll quickly rise up the search engines and your blog will become very popular and command lots of traffic.

Once you’ve setup your blog and over a period of time, generated lots of traffic, this is where you can start monetizing your blog. There are heaps of ways in which you can monetize your blog but one of the most popular ways in which you can achieve this is simply placing Google AdSense ads on your site. When someone clicks on an ad, you’ll get paid commission.

You can also place affiliate links on your site, so if find a good product that you would highly recommend, just place their affiliate link information into your site and you’ll start generating cash.

That’s basically it in a nutshell.

I know it’s very simple and affordable but here’s the catch. You need to stick with it. You need to spend time on your blog and write at least one article per day to see fast results. If you’re only writing only one article per month, then that’s not good enough for you to generating lots of traffic fast. You’ll generate the traffic eventually but not fast. Therefore, if you want to get more traffic fast to your blog so you can start monetizing it, then I would recommend for you to develop the habit of spending 30 minutes each day just writing one article on your chosen niche.

If you work out the numbers, one article per day equals 365 articles per year. By having that many articles, your chances of people seeing your blog on the search engines increase significantly and therefore, your traffic will increase. Once you reach a high amount of traffic to your blog site, then start monetizing it but not going over board. Remember, your visitors are your loyal readers and they don’t want to see ads everywhere on your website.

So get out there, start your new blogging business and send me your stories on how it’s all going. I would love to hear from you.

I have just finished cleaning up my home, done the usual chores and cleaned up my office. I thought I would take some time out to do some reading. I was reading an article written by Money.Ninemsn.com.au entitled “Are Your One Of Australia’s ‘Poor Buggers’”

The article is a fantastic read on how the current global financial crisis as affected families. Now, you’ve probably heard alot of doom and gloom in the media regarding the GFC and I believe most of the information is more opportunistic rather than a disadvantage. However, there was one quote in this article I would like to share with you.

If you believe that making more money in your life is not important and can make you a “bad” person or some other negative reason, I would like to share with you a quote that I believe may give you that extra “push” to move towards creating a better financial future.

According to Money.NineMsn.com.au:

“Conflicts over money problems – which 69 percent of Aussies have admitted having according to Family Relationship Services Australia – have pushed couples to the brink of marital break-up and piled stress on parent-child relationships.

Younger kids are picking up on strained parental relationships, and their development is suffering too – with 54 percent of parents admitting to scaling back opportunities for their children due to financial cutbacks.”

Money helps families, money helps your children and money helps others.

Today, I encourage you to pick up more information on building your financial future. It doesn’t have to be from this website, it can be from any other source, just pick up the information to the best of your ability. Take 30 minutes to drive down to your local library and get a couple of books on success. It’s completely free as well. As you read more and more books on finances, remember to apply what you’ve learnt and carry on.

Just remember, by focusing on your financial life, you’re really focusing on helping your family live a happier lifestyle and they will thank you for generations to come.

Global Financial Crisis

According to ING Direct, they have found some interesting facts that have stemed from this current Global Financial Crisis. I thought you may find this useful.

Here they are:

Australia

• 1 in 10 are delaying looking for a new job

• 5% have postponed their wedding celebrations so they can save

• 1 in 3 are travelling less

• 1 in 4 spending more time with the family

• 1 in 5 planning to grow their own vegetables

International

• In most countries, people have postponed buying a vehicle, home renovation and a house

• In France, health and fitness is more important than a home or property

• In Italy, fashion is more important and they would rather sacrifice a vehicle or home before fashion

• In the USA, 50% have postponed making purchases to save money.

There are alot of great opportunities out there online in which you can make a decent income. However, I believe that there is one big Myth behind making money online.

Alot of people think that if you want to make money online, you simply take the steps and over night, you’re bank account has reached one million dollars. Although there are people who have made $24 million dollars in 24 hours, the real truth of this is that there was alot of ground work that was involved prior to making that income.

Therefore, the biggest myth behind making money online simply this:

“You can make millions of dollars online without doing hardly any work at all”

For example, if you were to put up a brand new blog site, put your first post up there and then you place a Google AdSense ad on the site, you expect the whole world to send you traffic and immediately, see thousands of dollars being generated from that one step.

In my humble opinion, I truly believe that you need to work hard, but also work smart towards your goals.

Hard work, persistence and determination always gets you through.

A few weeks ago, I had an idea to launch a Perth website that only costs me $20 and delivered me high traffic. The idea came to me at around 11pm at night, I was working on my laptop while watching TV when suddenly, a flash of inspiration entered my mind. I quickly did some reserach, found that there was a pretty good market and decided to take action.

I ran upstairs, bought the domain name, setup the hosting and within minutes, I had the basic infrastructure. Being a web designer and developer myself, I quickly built the website and within a few hours, I had a fully operational website that was ready for submission into Google.

I then submitted the website to Google and 2 weeks later, I started seeing results. I noticed that there was a surge of free website traffic going my way. Many people were typing in the search phrases and keywords that were listed on my website. Not only that, my Google AdSense ads were being clicked on and I started also generating passive income from the website.

Therefore, within days, I managed to launch a new website, generating a large number of free traffic and also passive income every day.

Below is a snapshot of the website traffic report from Google Analytics. I’m certainly not saying all of this to show off or anything, but just to show you proof that you can really make money online and opportunities are everywhere.

Over the years, I’ve witnessed alot of things in my life that involves me succeeding in something and failing miserably as well. One thing I noticed about reaching a point of your life where you have achieved something is the fact of getting well and truely out of your comfort zone.

For example, when I first started my first business in web design, I had no idea what I was doing. I didn’t know how to talk to people, make calls, sales, build commercial websites, search engine optimisation and marketing. I had no idea what and how to do any of those things. The only thing I knew how to do was to write really good code because I was a programmer at the time. I didn’t really talk to many people and was really shy as well.

The thought of starting my own company really scared the **** out of me, what if this and that would happen etc. However there was one thing that got me through and made me step out of my comfort zone was the thought of growing too old, too late and dying with regret that I should of done the things I wanted to do.

As I write this, I’ve noticed that alot of the accomplishments that I’ve done, be it personally, financially and emotionally, it all involved me taking risks and really getting out of my comfort zone. Hence, there is a big clue in this, it’s simply this: In order to achieve what you want, you must be willing and committed to getting out of your comfort zone.

For example, let’s say that you’re starting a new Internet Business and in order to start generating traffic, you’ll need to start a new blog site, something you’ve never done before. If you haven’t started and built a blog site before, I’m sure the following thoughts come to mind:

• What if people don’t like what I have to say?
• What if it doesn’t work?
• What if everyone hates my blog?
• What will everyone else think of me?
• I can’t start a blog, I don’t have anything interesting to say.
• I’m terrible with technology.
• It seems too difficult.

You see, those thoughts are really not supporting you, because in order for you to reach the next level of success in your Internet Business, you’ll need to get traffic and without starting that blog site, you’ll never get there. Therefore, you need to really get way out of your comfort zone, ignore your limiting beliefs, push forward and just go ahead and do it. Sure, you’ll make mistakes, sure you’ll get disapointed in the process but that’s just the way it works.

You need to just roll with the punches and just carry on.

I once read an article on how to overcome your fears. For example, a person who is afraid of stepping into elevators can slowly overcome this fear by doing the following steps over the course of a few months:

1. Just stand infront of the elevator until you’re comfortable.
2. Stand infront of the elevator and wait for the door to open and close, but don’t step in.
3. Next,  when the door opens, step inside the elevator and stand there. Do this as many times as you can until you’re comfortable.
4. Eventually, you’ll get used to standing infront of an elevator, walking in, standing, pushing the button and walking out, until that happens, you’ve conquered your fear and expanded your comfort zone.

The person who has finally overcome their fear of elevators has now expanded their comfort zone and can enjoy the benefits of fast transportation, time saving, efficiency and confidence.

In closing, I would like to say that if you have something that you truely desire, be willing and committed to getting out of your comfort zone and take action every single day towards your dreams.

Last night, I had some free time to do some research and found Adam Khoo’s latest book “Secrets of Self Made Millionaires”.

A few months ago, I finished reading his other book “Secrets of Building Multi Million Dollar Businesses” and I was absolutely blown away with the amount of content, clarity and simply language he uses in his book. By simply applying a few ideas from his book, I was able to increase my income and also reduce my time from my business all from that book. I couldn’t believe it. My favourite chapter was systemizing your business, although I’ve read about systemising your business from other books, Adam seems to have communicated the concept in such a way that it just clicked and it all made perfect sense which as a result, made me take that action I needed.

Considering reading his previous book, I quickly jumped at the opportunity to purchase his new updated book “Secrets of Self Made Millionaires”. Expecting the same clarity and easy to understand content, I immediately knew that this was going to be a good book. Plus, considering Adam Khoo’s company has an annual turnover of over 40 million dollars per year and he’s compacting his multi million dollar knowledge into a book that only requires an investment of a few Starbucks coffees, I think it would a smart move to leverage his knowledge.

If you could just get one idea from that book and just apply it, imagine how much money you could put into your bank account over and over again?

The book also covers your mindset which is extremely important. Imagine trying to change the fruits of the tree when really the problem lies in the root of the tree. There is a special chapter dedicated to having that “millionaire” mindset. He also covers ways to invest, manage and save your money.

I highly recommend this book if you’re serious about increasing your income and living a wealther life style. 20 years of business experience and Multimilion dollar knowledge compressed into a $19 downloadble book, a good investment into your future.

If you would like more information about this book, please visit the link here:

Adam Khoo - Secrets of Self Made Millionaires

Here is some more information about the book:
Do you ever wonder what it would take to become a self-made millionaire? Do you wish you had the resources they had? Do you believe that sadly you don’t have a chance?

Cheer up. You do have a chance. There’s an easy way to get access to the very secrets that helped self-made millionaires become who they are. And they’re not just the fluffy generalities you find in many books. They’re the real deal.

Adam Khoo’s Secrets of Self-Made Millionaires, doesn’t just provide a list of the kind of information that enabled the self-made millionaires to make their millions. You don’t find just pep talks although there are plenty of those. In fact, as you go through the book, you’ll discover, there’s real effort involved, and those pep talks can come in handy. You’ll have to work on your mindset as well as on your business. But it can be done. It has been done many times before, and Adam’s book gives you the tools to do it too.

The only problem: No more excuses.

So how will it work? In Adam’s typical style, he shares his personal history and plenty of motivational stories to get you excited and show you that you do have what it takes. If the people in his stories could do it, surely, you can too.

Adam gets you started with a little soul searching: Under the heading, “Reasons why I’m not rich yet,” you’re invited to list the reasons why you, yes you, are not yet rich. Then he proceeds to teach you how to overcome each and every one of those reasons.

He continues with an overview over the 9 habits of self-made Millionaires: from always exceeding expectations to being proactive, taking total responsibility, doing what you love, and more. The last one: Millionaires respect and love money.

Now here’s the rub for a lot of people. So before moving on, Adam deals with those money beliefs. So many of us have been brought up with very counterproductive beliefs about money. We were told that it’s evil. Or that we don’t deserve it and that we can never get it anyway. And if we do, it will only bring problems. And sooner or later, someone will take it away. So wouldn’t it be better not even to get started?

With beliefs like that, is it any wonder if money stays at a safe distance? Adam proceeds with helping you install new beliefs, beliefs that are much more likely to help you draw money into your life. In fact, lots of money.

As he moves from chapter to chapter, he unpacks each of the nine habits he introduced and helps you make them your own. Not only does he provide numerous examples but also plenty of work sheets for you to fill out. This is a book that’s not just to be read, but also to be worked. If you don’t, it obviously won’t bring the results you’re hoping for. If you do, chances are very good that the sky will the limit for how far you can go.

Adam himself is a case in point, and he uses his story as a motivational example throughout the book. From his start as an academically weak student at the very bottom of the class, he turned himself into a top student. He also set himself the goal to become a millionaire by age 26 – and achieved it.

Inspiring as he is, he doesn’t rely just on his own story to make his case but provides us with many more inspirational examples throughout the book, including Warren Buffet.

In the chapter about the first of the habits of self-made millionaires, Adam gives us insights into cash flow strategies of the rich. And most of us are in for a surprise. There’s the myth out there of the extravagant millionaire who drives fancy cars and basically throws money away. Adam shows that nothing could be further from the truth.

While millionaires will pay for value, they can be outright stingy when they don’t feel the expense is necessary – or worth it. They also keep close tabs on what they spend, and every dollar that goes out the door has to basically earn its keep.

But the most fascinating – and toughest part – comes with the worksheets that are included. You, the reader, are challenged to take an assessment as to where exactly you stand with your own net worth.

There is room for income and outflow, and when Adam talks about spending less than you earn and invest the rest in a way that will make it grow with compounded interest, until it turns into a tool of positive cash flow, you may think of putting the book down. You’ve read that one before. Probably because it’s true.

Don’t give up yet. While Adam stresses the importance of the basics, as so many books do with good reason, he (unlike many of the other books) doesn’t stop there. In fact, it’s only the first of nine principles.

In fact, the very next chapter is a real eye-opener. The four levels of wealth. When most people think of “rich,” they actually have very murky ideas as to what that means. However, in order to actually become rich (and we’re not talking lottery here), it is necessary to have a very clear idea of what “rich” really means.

And Adam’s four levels of wealth is priceless here. He differentiates between four levels, as the chapter says: financial stability, financial security, financial freedom, and financial abundance. When I read through that chapter, it was the first time I began to get a picture of what I really wanted. And I also began to understand why it had been so elusive.

The coolest thing about the chapter: together with the lists that were created in the previous chapter, Adam guides you to create a financial plan to achieve your desired level of financial abundance, complete with work sheets. It seems so much more doable once it has been taken out of the realm of vague wishes to concrete plan and what it will take to achieve it. Now if that’s not motivational, I don’t know what is.

And he doesn’t just leave you with this dream, only to refer you to his high-priced coaching program like so many other gurus. No, he delivers the exact how-to right here in this book.

In fact, the very next chapter gets you going on that very path: How to massively increase your income. Again, with detailed worksheets and examples, he helps you make plans and actually implement them. From changing your mindset from thinking about your value rather than time put in, to very specific ways in which you can increase your value to your employer, almost no matter what you do. And he makes it sound so easy.

Next, he provides numerous ways to maximize and increase income in just about any career. And that’s even before he gets to creating multiple income streams online.

That chapter, on how to create those multiple streams of income online, is worth many times over the price of this book alone. To say it was excellent and comprehensive would be an understatement. I really wish I had read this book about a couple of years ago, or even five or ten years ago. It would have changed my life dramatically.

But as they say, better late than never.

So what makes this chapter so special? If you have tried to make money online, you probably have been bombarded with must-have offers and have spent thousands trying to learn how to do it. The problem, the vast majority of people have been left utterly confused, intimidated, and especially broke.

This chapter cuts through the smoke and mirrors of the online marketing world and provides a basic but highly effective plan for people to get online, set up their online business, and yes, make money. I couldn’t believe my eyes when I read it. It’s so clearly explained. I have paid people thousands for this information, and Adam’s book helped me fill in some crucial gaps the others have conveniently left out.

While it provides outstanding information on how to select a market, how to find or create products to sell to them, how to sell them, and how to help the market find your offers, there are a couple of small points that aren’t entirely up-to-date anymore.

The online world changes very quickly, and especially the way Google ranks websites. So Adam’s recommendation for keyword density would have to be taken with a grain of salt. However, if you don’t know what I’m talking about, don’t worry. The rest is so good that if you take the steps he recommends and also interact on the web, by the time you get to the keyword issue, you’ll know how to find updated information. And chances are, that this downloadable book will have been updated by the time you’ll get your hands on it.

Next, Adam goes into more depth about other millionaire habits, including keeping track of the money and not spending it frivolously. Once again, his book reads like your basic financial advisor handbook: stay away from credit cards, spend responsibly, and so on.

However, that seemingly conservative approach doesn’t extend to investing. In the following chapters, Adam shows how to invest safely yet with impressive returns. And over several chapters, he gives you such an outstanding guide to investing, including how to pick stocks, I was tempted to get started on the spot.

Finally, he wraps it all up by helping you design your very own Millionaire road map.

Once again, numerous worksheets guide you along, and by the time you’re finished, it’ll be just a matter of getting yourself in action.

Overall, an outstanding book. It promises a lot in its title, and while most of the other books with similar titles leave much to be desired, Adam’s book lives up to the first of the Millionaire Secrets: not only does it live up to even the kind of exaggerated expectations a book with this title might inspire, but it exceeds them.

Adam Khoo - Secrets of Self Made Millionaires

Rent A Coder

Outsourcing can save you alot of time and money. For example, if you have a difficult project that needs to be complete and you simply don’t have the time, outsourcing is a great way to get things done quickly.

If you’re lacking in the web development or production of your online business, why not outsource it?

Tim Ferris is the author of the fantastic book “The 4 Hour Work Week” and he discusses outsourcing your entire operations. RentACoder.com is a fantastic website in which you could outsource your entire online operations. So for example, lets say that you need to build a basic web page that contains your sales material. You can simply hire a web developer to do this for you.

Rent A Coder has a pool of programmers from various parts of the world. They are extremely affordable and can get alot of technical work done such as programming. Most of the programmers on this website speak English fluently, easy to work with and very professional. I was able to outsource some of my personal projects using this service and the results are very good.

As soon as you post your project, you’ll start to receive heaps of enquires and bids to your project. Once you have found the right programmer to work with, just simply click on the winning bid and then they begin work. The facility is very secure and it’s all trackable, therefore all communications are tracked and protected.

However, a word of caution, I have found that most of the programmers that I’ve worked with have average skills in web development. Therefore, you really pay for what you get. The quality of the coding depends on the coder and also your pricing. I’ve also worked with coders on a very affordable rate but they have ended up costing me more money and time. Therefore, it’s important to find a quality coder who has alot of good ratings and experience.

Anyway, Rent A Coder is highly recommended if you need to get alot of work completed quickly and of good quality. It’s a great way to start your new Internet Business venture