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Akun di multiply

2010-03-15T09:22:00.004+07:00

Kondisi mutakhir dari akunku di multiply yang berisi tentang Mercedes Benz W123.

http://theoaja.multiply.com/

ENJOY !!!

My W123 blog

2008-10-14T12:26:00.002+07:00

I have been busy on my new blog for the past month. This new blog is special because I only post only one specific topic, which is about mercedes benz W123.
This special car has tremendous ability and performance in its time and I believe it can be one of great classic cars. So why don't try to check it out at http://theoaja.multiply.com/.

Indonesia Transport & Logistics Expo

2008-08-21T09:38:00.003+07:00

It's been a while since my last post. I had some terrible moment when my laptop broke down. Such a down point, now it's on again. I wish to talk about 2nd Indonesia Transport and Logistics Expo & Conference, 21 - 24 Agustus 2008, in Jakarta Convention Center.

Thanks to www.itl-indo.com for the poster.

This exhibition is considered as one of the largest in Indonesia for logistics industry. As we may all know that this industry has been growing enormously thanks to the invention of technology that helps us to deal with cargo to be more efficient and effective. This market keeps on growing, why? Simply every movement of resource or product will need this service. So it will never end. The only problem is the player. Whoever gives the best service will survive. It may not only one but only a few big player will survive. I think the one who could give a complete service, or you may say end-to-end-solution, is the winner.

So everyone in the logistics service provider, are you ready? Get your name card, get your partner, get your network, get your customer, but most of all, get yourself there!!!

Easy Lasagna Recipe

2008-08-05T10:48:00.004+07:00

Another favorite menu, lasagna. Despite of many version of lasagna, this one can be considered as one of the basic-easy-to-make lasagna.
Whatever you add to this recipe, it's all up to your taste.

Ingredients:

8 ounces lasagna noodles
2 tablespoons salt for cooking water
1 tablespoon olive oil
16 ounces low fat ricotta cheese
8 ounces sliced Mozzarella cheese
1/3 cup grated Parmesan cheese
Sauce , below

Sauce:

1/2 cup finely chopped onion
2 cloves garlic, minced
3 tablespoons olive oil
1 pound ground chuck or round
1 large can (28 ounces) tomatoes
1 can (6 ounces) tomato paste
2 teaspoons salt
pinch cayenne pepper

Preparation:
Start sauce about 30 to 45 minutes in advance.
Sauté onion and garlic in olive oil until onions are soft; add ground beef and brown. Pour off excess fat. Add remaining ingredients; stir well. Simmer slowly, uncovered, for 1 hour.

Cook noodles in boiling water with 2 tablespoons of salt for about 25 minutes, or until tender, stirring frequently to prevent sticking. Drain; add 1 tablespoon olive oil. Arrange noodles in a shallow 2 1/2-quart baking dish. Make 3 layers each of noodles, ricotta cheese, Mozzarella cheese, meat sauce, and Parmesan cheese. Bake, uncovered, at 325° for 45 minutes.

Favorite Manager & Social Bookmarking Application

2008-07-24T13:02:00.003+07:00

I've been having rough week, since my laptop broke down. I felt lost, didn't know what to do. I took it to product after sale service and they came out with quotation to repair. The amount needed almost half a price of brand new laptop. WOW! I just then canceled the repair plan. Now I'm still looking the right replacement with the right spec at right price.
Luckily I've backed-up almost anything. I saved all documents into 4 DVDs. Luckily I also open an account on Linkagogo.com to back-up my bookmark on Firefox.

I discovered this on my last workshop chat. Some friends were talking about the mass installation of Firefox 3. After the installation they found it that all the bookmark were disappeared. So they were thinking of having online bookmark based on bookmarks that were already on the computer, synchronizing.

LinkaGoGo provides instant access to your bookmarks, by:

Storing your Bookmarks (also known as Favorites, Anchors, Links or Hotlists) online. Sample screenshots of the powerful features.

Dynamically adapting the presentation of your bookmarks based on your bookmark usage.

Providing additional presentation customization ranging from text-based, fast-loading lists of bookmarks to a feature-rich colorful online Favorites Portal.

Introducing turbo mode which guarantees fast web page loading.

Reminding you of bookmarks that need to be visited again.

Synchronizing your online bookmarks with your favorite browser.

Why don't you try yourself?
You've got nothing to lose.
Instead you'd be more secure and it's free.

Chili Recipe

2008-07-16T10:50:00.006+07:00

If you like chili, this is one version of chili that taste better if you cook a day before. All ingredient will come together and taste unbelievable.

Ingredient

• 1 1/2 pounds ground beef
• 1 Tablespoon olive oil
• 2 medium onions, chopped
• 4 cloves garlic, minced
• 3/4 Teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1/2 cup chopped green bell pepper
• 1/2 cup chopped red bell pepper
• 7 Tablespoons chili powder
• 2 Teaspoons garlic powder
• 1 Teaspoon hot pepper sauce
• 2 15 to 16oz cans of red kidney beans (drained)
• 1 15oz can diced tomatoes
• 1 15oz can tomato sauce
• 6 oz beer (1/2 can)
• 3 Tablespoons ground cumin
• 1 Tablespoon Worcestershire sauce

Directions

Cook ground beef in olive oil with onion, garlic, salt and pepper until browned well in a large pot. Break up meat with spatula as you cook. Drain off fat. Add bell peppers, chili powder, garlic powder, onion powder and hot pepper sauce. Continue to cook on low heat for 3 mins while stirring. After 3 minutes, add the remaining ingredients and gently bring to a boil. Allow to simmer for 15 minutes then turn off heat and allow to cool. Reheat when ready to eat. Serve with grated cheese and chopped onions.

Basic Burger Recipe

2008-07-11T13:37:00.004+07:00

This Basic Hamburger is easy to make and tastes great.

Serves 4

For The Patties:
1lb/500g ground beef
1 half onion grated or finely chopped
4 pinches ground coriander
4 pinches paprika powder
a little pepper, fresh ground is better
a little salt
1 hand fresh bread crumbs
1 egg lightly beaten
1 quarter beef stock block dissolved in a quarter cup water

For the Rolls:
4 rolls
sliced tomato
thinly sliced onion
lettuce
a few slices of gherkin
mayonnaise
ketchup
(May add slices of cheese)

Mix all the patty ingredients thoroughly, leaving the salt for after the patties are cooked if you prefer.
Make sure the mixture is cool. Divide mixture into 4 equal balls and mold into patties.
Cook on medium heat under the grill, on the barbecue or in a pan until the patty is cooked to your preference or the internal temp reaches 160F/70C.

Split the rolls and toast the cut surfaces lightly (under grill, on barbecue or in a pan) just before the patties are done. Spread mayonnaise on the bottom halves, add a thin slice of onion, some lettuce, a slice of tomato and a little sliced gherkin. Top it off with a little mayo and ketchup, the patty and the top half of the roll.

Thanks to http://www.hamburger-recipes.com/.

Pizza..... mamma mia

2008-07-09T11:31:00.005+07:00

I Love pizza, perhaps it's because I can put almost anything on it, and still tastes yummy. Thanks to Sean Lannin for the article. Now you know more about pizza.
The term pizza covers a lot of territory. If you want to learn all about pizzas, then you should have a bit of a background on pizzas: specifically the history of pizza, pizza origin, pizza facts, and even pizza trivia such as who invented pizza. The subject also delves into the different types and styles of pizzas. The varieties currently existing defy any attempts at enumeration. Thus, most people who attempt such a task stop at a broad categorization of pizza types according to certain attributes such as crust thickness, crust elasticity, crust baking and cooking procedures, toppings, etc. Aside from general, historical or trivial information, other things are of interest to the pizza lovers. For instance, homemade pizza enthusiasts would like to know certain tips and tricks for making pizza. This includes pizza making techniques, the best pizza crust recipes, pizza toppings, homemade pizza sauce, etc. Some other interesting topics will be frozen pizza dough and where best to attain them, what are the criteria for choosing the, what are the methods for preparing them, etc.

It must be obvious that this article is a mite ambitious for wishing to tackle something entitled "all about pizza." However, an attempt is definitely warranted, so here goes.

Some pizza facts and trivia

Accounts of pizza history always begin with the origin of pizza. This one might as well follow the same tack. We have to thank any civilization or race that baked flat bread on hot stones or stone ovens for pizza, for almost certainly, bread like the focaccia was the "mother of the pizza crust." However, the invention of the pizza is more properly attributed to the Neapolitans - the people of Naples, Italy who were baking and making pizza crust topped with tomatoes, oil, and Italian herbs, and spices. This rudimentary and traditional Italian pizza was common peasant fare in Naples. If you want an individual originator and inventor of pizzas, however, then you won't be wrong if you cite Rafaelle Esposito - a native of Naples; he modified the basic Neapolitan pizza recipe and came up with three variants that added mozzarella cheese to the rudimentary Italian pizza toppings.

Now, if you are looking for some topics for small conversation, then you must remember the following trivia. One note of caution, though; you shouldn't blurt these out just to anybody or you'll sound decidedly corny and geeky. Make sure you're talking to someone interested in pizzas before you use the following trivia as conversational gambits.

" Most people in the United States love pepperoni; the least liked toppings are anchovies.

" Pizza was called (and is still called) tomato pie and pizza pie in certain parts of the States.

" The first pizzeria in the United States was opened in New York.

" The pizza industry is worth more than 30 billion dollars in the United States alone and Americans consume around three billion units of pizza every year.

" New York pizza is traditionally plain. Supposedly, New York pizza is unique because of the acidity and hardness of the water in New York. New Yorkers therefore claim that only in New York can you make real New York Pizza.

(New Yorkers must admit, however, that if water is the unique characteristic of New York pizzas, one who uses water adjusted for hardness and acidity to reflect New York water conditions, adds all the usual New York pizza ingredients and toppings, follows all the procedures strictly but makes the pizza in New Jersey can conceivably make an authentic, New York style pizza. But such an assertion, some would say, is just plain cheek.)

Pizza types and pizza styles

The first step to a great homemade pizza is determining what type of pizza you wish to make. After all, different types of pizza have different attributes and thus call for different types of pizza base, pizza toppings and cooking techniques. Would you like to make an authentic Italian pizza, a New York style pizza, a California style pizza, or a Chicago style pizza?

Italian pizza is generally lean, although when you add cheese, its fat level generally rises in proportion. There are various kinds of Italian pizza, too. There are Neapolitan pizzas, of which there are two general types: the marinara and the Margherita. There are various combinations of these as well. Authentic Italian pizza, moreover, is supposedly baked on wood-fired or even coal-fired, stone ovens.

New York pizza, as abovementioned, is generally plain. The mainstay of New York pizza is mozzarella cheese - fresh mozzarella cheese to be precise. One can add garlic, different types of cheeses, anchovies, shrimp, etc but these are usually optional. The pizza dough recipe for traditional New York pizza, on the other hand, calls for high-gluten flour. The result is firm, usually thin, chewy pizza.

The California style pizza is generally known for gourmet flavors. You can say the California pizza has countless variations. The pizza crust, in this case, is light, crisp and generally well risen. The toppings can be out of this world - generally California pizza makers experiment a lot with all kinds of meat, sea food, breakfast dishes, and vegetable for the toppings.

The Chicago style pizza, on the other hand, is generally crusty and very filling. They are characterized by their raised edges; imagine a pre-baked apple pie crust where you can place the fillings on top. Chicago pizza is usually meaty (some variants come stuffed with cheeses and meat layers) and it is eaten with a knife and fork.

You can also start by deciding on the flavor you want. Do you want to make a cheese pizza, a vegetarian pizza or a fruit pizza? Perhaps you want to make a low fat pizza, a low carb pizza, a healthy pizza? Sourdough pizza is also another variant.

Take your pick among your many options. Once you have decided, choosing the recipe would be much easier. If you have decided on an Italian pizza, for instance, then find your Italian pizza crust recipe, your Italian pizza sauce recipe and the overall Italian pizza recipe that will give you a list of toppings and pizza preparation procedures for making an authentic Italian pizza. For an easier time of it, you can opt to use Italian-style frozen pizza dough then just follow the Italian pizza recipe that you've found.

Some pizza making tips and techniques

Hand tossing will help you minimize the lumps in your pizza dough. However, this should be done only after sufficient pizza dough kneading. This process lets your pizza dough develop into the right kind of consistency - that which is suitable for stretching and hand tossing. Hand tossing, however, is not advisable for thick pizza crust varieties.

If you want a crisp and firm pizza that retains its structure even when the moist toppings are added, you can bake the pizza crust before you add the toppings and the pizza sauce. However, for thin pizza crusts, baking the crust after the toppings and sauce have been added is sufficient. For uniform baking and crisping of the crust, use a pizza stone or a pizza screen.

Finally, remember that the protein content of your flour will influence the end product. High-gluten flour will lead to a crisp but chewy crust. Gluten-free flour, however, may lead to very soft dough; additives may have to be used to give the pizza dough strength.

Quick pizza crust recipes and easy homemade pizza recipes of all kinds and style are easily available online. There are tips for baking and preparing frozen pizza dough, making your own pizza dough, preparing the ingredients for the best pizza crust recipe, etc. All you need to start making your very own pizza recipe is an internet connection, a good source of basic pizza recipe, great pizza equipment, your imagination, and lots of time and resources for experimentation.

For the Love of Food

2008-07-09T08:42:00.002+07:00

For the next few post, I'm trying to get recipes of simple but yet delicious meals. I certainly enjoy eating and like to explore new cuisine. This gourmet passion has been in my heart for a very long time. I guess it's because of my mother. This may sound classic, but my mother is the best cook in the world. I would eat whatever she cooks. When I was a child she often asked me to help her in the kitchen. I was really fun and I did some cooking regardless the result. Hopefully my two daughters would enjoy cooking as much as I do.
Anyway start with what I like most is seafood.I will eat any kind of seafood, you name it. From fish to shellfish, octopus, shark, anything - sounds scary. I like the taste of fresh seafood compare to inland water fish. It's really someting 'fishy'. Next favorite is beef. Roasted and grilled are my biggest passion. Juicy and tender are a sign of perfectly cook beef. Even sauce can sometime ruin its original taste. To top all that Fruits are the best. My favorite dessert is fruit. In platter, with ice cream, glazed whatever can be made from fruit.
Well there you have it. My passion for food. Perhaps you can also start to cook yourself. It'd be exciting, and hopefully fun which you might enjoy it, I did. Just give it a try. Bon Appetit!

5 Keys to Start Online Business

2008-07-08T09:57:00.001+07:00

Quoted Article;
Would you believe there are tens of thousands of people who have found ways to make money online? Not only that, but their incomes are significant and growing, due to little competition and low cost of entry. If I can do it, then there is no reason why you can't. You can literally begin making money right away.

There are many, many, opportunities online, but here are the 5 factors you really need to consider, to guarantee your success:

1. Set your goals.

As with any business you need to set goals. Goals help you visualize where you want to go, and keep you motivated when you get up in the morning. You goal may be to earn $500 or $10000 a month, it may be to take that dream vacation, or it may be to give up your job. These are all great goals. It is imperative that you write them down and reread them often. You need a short term goal - e.g monthly goal, to keep you motivated from day to day and a longer term goal 1- 2 years - to keep you on track and prevent you from chucking it in. I am confident that if you adopt a positive attitude and embrace your goals then you will soon be making money online.

2. Take time to research.

As I alluded to earlier there are many people making money online - and there are thousands of different businesses that you can try. The internet is a mine field of information and ¡°making money online¡± opportunities are not difficult to find. However you will need to decipher the genuine opportunities from the scams. Many online promises are just methods to extract money from you. Some do's and don'ts

DON'T fall for the get rich quick schemes that promise huge returns in record time
DO try and email or telephone for more information
DO search online for feedback on the opportunity e.g. try name of opportunity + scam
DON'T part with money without consulting a friend you can trust and/or sleeping on it.

3. Find something that you like.

You're the boss now - so do yourself a favor and choose something you enjoy. This will greatly enhance your chances of success. A few things to consider:

Do you enjoy writing?
Do you enjoy talking to people?
Do you enjoy working on the computer?
Do you have a flair for sales?
Are there particular things that you are passionate about e.g sports, music?
Do you want to be contactable 24x7?
Do you want to have flexible/fixed hours?
Personally I like to work on my computer on my own time and my choice of internet business matches this. Find out what suits you, and you can weed out the business ventures which are not for you. Don't settle for second best - choose something you are comfortable with. 4. Find something worth your while.

While it is a good idea to avoid the sales pitch that promises the sun, moon, and stars; it is also important that you don't take the safe option - that guarantees $5 an hour for sending emails, filling our surveys, or licking stamps. These amount to you underselling yourself, because the opportunities of making money on the internet are so much greater. Look for systems which offer a good monthly return for a few hours work a day - if you find something with a residual income all the better.

5. Anything for an easier life!

One of my motivations for venturing into internet marketing was to create an easier life for myself. As I sat in my day job I used to think - 'There must be easier ways to make money and there are!' Earning a living online means that you have the luxury of working from home and choosing your own hours. It is important that you can exploit these perks, by being able to take time off, take extra vacations and spend more time with your family. You need to avoid the 40-50 hours a week for the sake of your sanity.

Is it Possible for Non-technical Newbies?

2008-07-06T09:19:00.000+07:00

Quoted Article :
If you have come to the conclusion that success online is only for technical people, then I am here to inform you otherwise. Success online is achievable for non-technical people.

So why is it that some people believe that success in online business is only limited to those with degrees in computer science? Why is it that they think that it is too complicated for common folk to understand?

Honestly, making money online is much simpler than most people could ever think or imagine. The truth is that non-technical, computer illiterate people are doing it all the time.

Learning Curve

To begin with, you might think that the learning curve is very high. However, you need to understand that you are developing a new skill. Anything might be difficult to learn in the beginning, but you will be amazed at how quickly you can pick up on things.

If you are energetic and enthused about learning how to market online, then your learning curve will be greatly decreased. This is because for anyone who is interested, there is very little that one cannot find quickly and easily using a search engine such as Google or Yahoo. In general, the information that you are searching for will be simplified so that anyone can understand it. This will have you making money online in no time.

Online Tools

Making things even easier for the non-technical newbie is the wide variety and availability of various tools online. Once again, this makes earning money online so much simpler.

For example, there are thousands of entrepreneurs creating videos and uploading them to YouTube. This is free and easy to do. There are sites that will walk you right through the steps.

There are web hosting sites available where entrepreneurs can pay a small fee and produce their own website. This is a huge advantage as you will be able to get up and marketing in no time while not having to learn difficult web design and HTML code. This gets rid of a great deal of frustration that many new marketers face.

Product Promotion

One of the biggest factors that makes it extremely easy for virtually anyone to have an online business is the fact that you don't even have to develop your own product. There are multiple companies online that are already established that you can become an affiliate for. You advertise their product online and then earn commissions from what you sell. It is a great way to begin marketing online for someone with little to no experience.

You can plainly see that there are plenty of resources available on the internet for the new online marketer with little to no computer skills. All you have to do is get to work learning, and the success will follow.

Ways to Make Money Online

2008-07-05T09:00:00.002+07:00

Quoted article :
Are you spending valuable time and money on your online business, only to see it crawling along, with few projects getting done, and even fewer are profitable?

Now, let's think you've never had a website, don't have any merchant account, don't idea about any software, and are pretty much trapped with being a specialist on sending and receiving email.

You must be thinking what is there for you to do online and make more money? I say you have lots! Time has really changed, so has the opportunities to make money online.

Here are the lists that you can utilize to make lots of money online:

1. Affiliate Program: The first thing that any webmaster would do is sell his affiliate products. Affiliate products can be anything from e-books, reports anything that comes to mind.

2. Freebies: Giving free services is one of the most important things that you do to in a big business like Internet Marketing. It's really nice to do all amazing things to the people whom we don't know.

3. Participating in online auctions: Participating in online auctions such as eBay has made thousands of people earn lots of revenue from auctioning collectibles, and even brand new apparatus and gadgets of all sorts.

4. Membership sites: Membership sites are those where you provide info and thousands of people visit it everyday and they just love it. At the end of the day profit is yours.

The list is huge. You have already found your way to the net and if have been surfing for very long and all you know, it is a super shopping mall. Do you know who is making money online? Apart from big companies, most of the money made online by the people who work from home.

My Domain Certification

2008-07-02T14:04:00.004+07:00

Yesterday I finally successfully certified my first domain, which I bought from AsianBrainDomains.com. I succeeded on my second attempt. The first one was denied because I didn't know that I had to verify it.
There were two verifications needed. Email verification and phone verification. Email verification was done by replying their email and clicking the provided the link in the email. Different to email verification, in phone verification we will need to get the PIN which provided through a automated phone call. On the phone call provided the 5-digits PIN. This PIN later must be submitted on the link given. After this two steps were completed then you will be given the certified mark and authorized to place it on your website.

who needs a certified domain?
Because a Certified Domain provides visible evidence (in the form of the Domain Origination Certified seal) that a given domain has been validated and its registrant's credentials verified, a Certified Domain is particularly useful to owners of business Web sites and other sites that offer transactions and other activities of a sensitive nature (but who do not process credit card transactions). However, even purely informative sites can heighten their perceived legitimacy and trustworthiness by displaying the Domain Origination Certified seal.

A Certified Domain can help anyone doing business on the Web to build a lasting and trust-based relationship with his/her visitors and customers.

Below is where the seal located on my site, red circle.

Article from the Internet - 7 Deadly Sins

2008-07-02T13:59:00.003+07:00

This is a good article that I retrieve on the internet. All the points he mentioned were all make sense. Make money online and work from home is an exciting journey when you know how to make money from home. However, you have to be aware with these seven deadly sins that will stop you to make money working from home.

1. Excuses lovers

Some people tend to make excuses why they are not able to make money online and work from home, for example economy downturn, saturated market, high competition or even their family background. They are unable to reflect on what they need to change in their strategy how to make money from home. They feel other forces or other people are in control of their financial destiny. The truth is you are responsible to your own success or failure.

2. Un-teachable

They do not like to learn new things to make money online and work from home. They feel they are the smartest people on the planet and they possess all the knowledge how to make money from home so why bother to learn? If it is not broken why fix it? Things change rapidly and learning to make money working from home must be a life style.

3. Negative Thinking

Some people tend to look at make money online and work from home from negative perspective — why the glass is half empty instead of half full. I call them professional complainers. They can find fault in everything they see or experience in making money working from home. How can one succeed to make money working from home if all he or she sees is negative stuffs?

4. Dishonest

They have a habit to lie to others in order to make money online and work from home. How can one make money working from home without being trustworthy? Being honest to oneself is a starting point to be honest and open to others.

5. Unproductive

When they make money online and work from home, they give as little as possible just to get by. They do not care about their affiliates or partners they work for instead they spend most of their time dreaming about their being a millionaire without sharpening their skills how to make money from home.

6. Poor interpersonal skills

They tend to use people for their own advantages and take affiliates or partners for granted. Their lives are the centre of everything they do. How can one succeed to make money online and work from home without the help of others? Your net worth is equal to your network.

7. Bad manners

Some people tend to be ungrateful, rude and unable to apologize when they are wrong. They have a habit of being late in replying emails. They find how painful it is being on time. Getting rid of bitterness and scars in our lives allow us to feel good about our selves and others.

Do you have some of these seven deadly sins? The difference between people who make money online and work from home successfully and poorly is that the later stay where they are because they feel powerless to change while the first know they can change their bad habits, take actions and create their destiny. Make money online and work from home starts here.

Affiliate Marketing - A Quick Overview

2008-07-01T09:55:00.004+07:00

It's been a while since my last post. I didn't post using scheduled post either. Well now I'm trying to add more post, to catch up what had left. Making money online with affiliate marketing is not new to the majority of individuals online trying to generate an online income. Affiliate marketing just happens to be one of the best ways.

Email marketing is vital in marketing affiliate products. If you implement it correctly, you can receive instant affiliate commissions in your mailbox. However, you have to be honest and clear in what you are offering.

Write a review about the product or service, which can straight away attract the readers and persuade them to purchase. Make sure your review contains the link of the product located on your or the merchant’s website.

You are briefing readers about the product before they see the affiliate product sales page. Hence, you are increasing the probability of converting visitors into buyers, and therefore generating more money with online affiliate marketing.

The advantage in email marketing is that individuals who subscribed to your opt-in list may become future customers if they do not initially purchase. You can convince them via emails at a later stage and earn commissions online from your initial email marketing efforts.

Do not always try to hard sell. Your subscribers will get annoyed of your promotions and will likely to unsubscribe from your emails, which they will see as being too commercialized.

If you want to make money online with affiliate marketing, you must be patient to see some affiliate marketing results. You need to offer your visitors enough stuff to create interest in your promotions and make them keep coming back for more.

Affiliate marketing can be very exciting if you do it right. If you are fully committed and take massive action, you will never get bored when compared to jobs that are conventional. Making money online with affiliate marketing will always be an interesting challenge.

Kirloskar

2008-06-25T09:57:00.004+07:00

Last Tuesday I met a sales representative of Indian-made power generator. In fact, I am not quite familiar with this product. But anyway I came to meet him. After waiting for some time at starbuck, we finally met and headed to another suitable place. It was five of us, so need a bigger space though.
Starting with the introduction of the product which manufactured by Kirloskar Oil Engines Limited. The Product itself is a diesel-engine power generator. Whoa, this is not just like selling burgers. This could take lots of effort, an extra mile. This Generating Set or we usually call it genset, is vary range from house-used to factory requirement, from 2.5 kVA to 960 kVA. For your reference, to convert kVA to kW, the formula is :

kVA x PF = kW

PF is a power factor an AC electric power system is defined as the ratio of the real power to the apparent power, and is a number between 0 and 1 (frequently expressed as a percentage, e.g. 0.5 pf = 50% pf). Real power is the capacity of the circuit for performing work in a particular time. Apparent power is the product of the current and voltage of the circuit. Due to energy stored in the load and returned to the source, or due to a non-linear load that distorts the wave shape of the current drawn from the source, the apparent power can be greater than the real power, as quoted from wikipedia.
There you have it. Now you know a bit about genset capacity. In this case Kirloskar product use PF 80% assumption to convert kVA to kW. So for 2.5 kVA, it can provide 2 kW or 2,000 watt of electricity which almost equal to my house. I used 2,200 watt for house electric consumption, in order to supply energy for 2 A/Cs, 2 TVs, a Microwave, a Washing machine, a Fridge and lights.
This genset also has a silent gensets with air and liquid cooled. It passes Euro II and Euro III standard for emission control and sound pollution. It can be used in extreme weather condition, in snowy mountain to wet off-shore operation, and it's proven. Customization is available at clients' request. Good after sales service and spare part availability. All of that could come less than European made gensets. Is it?
Well time will tell. I still study the feasibility and business projection. Hopefully can make it work well.

Posting your blog from free article sites

2008-06-24T09:33:00.002+07:00

Just read more articles from free articles websites. It's interesting to find that we could get so many sources for our post. Tons of articles to be chosen, from many different kind of categories and the best thing is; it's FREE. Most friends of mine get this articles to be posted. Need to remember we should consider copyright. Yes there is such thing as recognizing author. Can you imagine the real author of the article, spending hours sit and think about what to write? It's hard to do such work.
I guess what we could do is get quotes from the articles and rewrite it. Copy-paste is a tool to simplify our work, but not to re-publish somebody else's articles. If happens to be working using MS words, there is a tool to make a summary for the article we choose. Use 'Auto Summarize' in the 'Tools' menu. There you can custom percentage of summary you need for then you add more, or just done summarizing.
For me I had enough article to be 'chewed' form articlecity and goarticle. It's my turn to create my own article and publish in my blog.
Just remember to post your site!

AIDA

2008-06-23T11:47:00.001+07:00

Like in the real world, we still need to promote our product, in this case our site or blog. Based on theory, it’s all started by deciding your objectives. This is important to identify your goals, otherwise you might end up going nowhere. Either money or personal satisfaction, it’s all back to you. That is your own personal goals.

Next you need to know what you want to say by identifying your Unique Selling Proposition (USP). Finding your USP could also be achieved by finding your niche keyword. That could become one of your USP. Then start building your site or blog. This time you could get a free blog or paid domain and template web design or customize site. Now fill up this site, give your audience the best you can. After all there are lots of offers that may look alike your site.

Other thing to consider is ‘AIDA’ formula. I remember this on college. You might need to read carefully and understand it.

Remember ’AIDA’ - use your material to:

Get your customer’s Attention – Promote your site or blog so others may aware
Keep them Interested – Let them come and see to generate traffic
Generate a Desire – Download, browse and admire your site or even bookmark it
Encourage them to take Action – Finally they might click to one of your ads

Keep this steps as one of your consideration in communicating your site.

Viral Marketing on the Internet

2008-06-22T09:00:00.002+07:00

Marketing phenomenon that facilitates and encourages people to pass along a marketing message considered as the definition of viral marketing (marketingterms.com). The assumption is that if such an advertisement reaches a "susceptible" user, that user will become "infected" (i.e., sign up for an account) and can then go on to infect other susceptible users.
Among the first to write about viral marketing on the Internet was media critic Douglas Rushkoff in his 1994 book Media Virus. It depends on a high pass-along rate from person to person. If a large percentage of recipients forward something to a large number of friends, the overall growth snowballs very quickly.
The viral 'thing,' whatever shape or form it takes, has to be highly provocative in some way. This, of course, is easier said than done, otherwise we'd all be drowning in these things.
On the implementation this viral marketing techniques may generate traffic. Few samples on this technique include:

Create a widgets ; a plugin that other people can use on their site or blog.
Video Puzzle ; create a short video where the user has to identify 10 hidden things. This video can be distributed via the Internet (e.g. YouTube).
Treasure hunt ; hold a scavenger hunt (Internet or real world).
Easter egg ; create an a secret application, game, or video within your website or product and leak the access information to the public.
Mystery ; an online mystery, which visitors can participate in and help solve.
Challenge a friend ; create an online game where people can challenge each other.
Tell a secret ; if you're launching a product or about to offer a discount, tell a few blabber -mouths or forums.
Build teams ; a game in which you allow people to build teams by recruiting friends. Once the team is built you can compete against other teams.
Benefit through friend ; if you invite a friend and they accomplish a set task, you both benefit.

Quoted from Edward Dron, 4 simple rules for viral marketing are :

Simple to Understand - if you can’t describe the concept in one sentence, it’s probably not going to work.
Simple to Use - keep it dead simple for the user to use - life is complicated enough.
Simple to Find - seed your viral marketing campaign (blogs, emails, ads, websites, etc) and make it easy to find.
Simple to Share - make it easy for people to tell others.

If your campaign can accomplish these four simple things, your viral marketing idea has a much better chance of being click worthy.

Start by Finding Keyword

2008-06-21T09:00:00.000+07:00

First thing to start in affiliate marketing is to find your keyword. I spent some time to go to forums, join classes and workshops. It has to start from finding your keyword. Guess what, it’s not as simple as it seems. Well for some probably. You start to find your keyword that you like, for instance your hobby. Sometimes it turns out that this keyword does not have good traffic. Instead, you need to find more ‘sellable’ keyword which you may not familiar with.

Most SEO's would confirm that the most important thing which is required for your site content is the selection of the right keywords. If you select the wrong keywords, you may generate a large amount of traffic but this will not end up in sales. Sometimes the wrong keyword selection may give you no traffic at all. Both of these cases will be trouble for any online business.

When keyword tracker entered the picture, things become easier. Now, you can plug in a few keywords using word tracker tool, and the web-based service will provide you with keyword data and ideas for more keywords. This might help your business immensely. This tool will also assist you in analyzing which keyword is being searched more and has done well in the last 24 hours at each of the major search engines. One of the tools I use is keyword tool from google. They can help you to find your keyword, your own keyword or from your favorite website.

Different web based services will also give you ideas for keywords that might be favorable for your business. Some people also had to get other search term tools which were the only hub for keywords at that time.

So now start your engine, do your research and find your keyword.

Welcome www.theoaja.com

2008-06-20T09:00:00.003+07:00

This is my first website domain. I'm very excited. This whole process as a result after joining Asian Brain. I finally had the guts to start my site on my own. This Wednesday I decided to buy my own domain. I bought from Asian Brain Domains. Why I choose this is simply because I learned from them. Then after I check my account Thursday morning, it's already there. So I quickly open the blogger account and customize it. Go to my 'Settings' menu and click on 'publishing' sub menu. In here I switch my publishing to custom domain. If you do not have your own domain yet, you can purchase through Blogger, but if you have one already, then it's fine. Just read all instruction carefully and thoroughly.
There are some steps you need to do, if you purchase domain not from Blogger. You have to change the CNAME on the DNS of your domain. Luckily Blogger already provide the comprehensive tutorial. As newbie like me, it's quite easy to follow. After I change the CNAME, it took roughly 2 hours later to take effect. In the mean time, I didn't change my domain yet on Blogger. I waited after the CNAME changed.
After that I go back to 'settings' and 'publishing' menu again and change to my new domain directly.
VOILA, it works.

Scheduled Post

2008-06-19T09:00:00.003+07:00

This post is actually typed on June 18th, 2008. But I plan to publish it on the next day. Let's try!

Hooray, I made it.
I passed this trial. For some or probably most of you may think that it's a simple thing to do. But it is a completely new experience for me. Even though I have other blog before, but I never knew that we could scheduled its publishing. After I went to a workshop last weekend, I learned that this feature is actually exist. They gave example in wordpress though. So I tried on blogger and made it.
It is very simple. On the bottom of your posting box, you will find "post option" menu that you can click. After you click, it will expand just like this:

Then you only need to change the post date and time. Don't forget to click Publish Post when you finish.
I find this feature very useful for me, because I might not on-line all the time, but I intend to have my blog posted regularly.

Quit your day job

2008-06-18T13:39:00.003+07:00

Last week I found this site that I thought could help me in internet marketing, http://www.quityourdayjob.com/, which run by Jeremy Palmer. Well it did. After spending some time there, I joined his Black Ink Project. This is a training forum, sort of workshop on internet marketing. They have conference on scheduled day which then informed to every member to their email. Unfortunately, I couldn't be on the conference, but I could catch up all the references and even the video presentation later. I have downloaded some modules, and I find it very useful and applicable.
In summary, you've got nothing to lose. Get all the knowledge and meet new people, and at the end of the day, you might be rewarded.

Asian Brain

2008-06-18T10:58:00.004+07:00

After surfing, browsing and even googling (Wow, now a brand become a verb) for quite some time, I finally join Asian Brain (AB) on May 29th, 2008 to learn more on internet marketing. Well it's over 2 weeks ago, but I think this could become one of my milestone. I was skeptical about internet marketing years ago. So I searched hard on this topic and resulted that people may success too. Luckily Asian Brain had a special promo which I quickly joined.
For the past two weeks, it was a life-changing experience. I read 1st-month module on AB and it was fantastic. Ms. Anne Ahira, CEO of Asian Brain, and team were giving step-by-step tutorial on how to start your internet marketing. Plus they have a great community. I had a perfect moment as they were scheduled to have a workshop on the June 14th, 2008. I was delighted and joined the workshop straight away.
What I got after the workshop is HEADACHE. I only understand a few, not even half of it, I guess. Even though I was familiar with internet, but this time I was busted. Confusion is a start to get to know more. I chatted some of the participants, some were already an expert but some were still newbie, just like me. It was a great opportunity to meet them offline. Discussion and sharing were the main menu of the event. So thank God I could be there.
Then, I think my first step is practicing. Starting writing again on my blog. I need to have a momentum to keep online and post my blog. This is a start and hopefully can run well. I have my motivation, my tools and my opportunity, what else do I need? So help me God. Amin.

Duh.....

2008-03-25T11:38:00.002+07:00

Another typical working day, nothing special. Unless having financial issue is special. Last night I met my friends in PI presenting a communication campaign. I was so energized, I even forgot to have my dinner. After rushing from busway, Just felt to get a sweet cold drink. It didn't take long like it used to, but still a nice chat. Then I was home at 10.00, still early though.

Now a disaster hit me this morning, while taking my wife to her office, a stupid pick-up driver in front of us, took a sudden left turn from the right side of the road, what making it worse was NO TURNING LAMP. I was really pissed, until I yelled at him. So furious, feels like a boiling pan pushing up its cover, get some steam out. This was ruining my mood today. Damn.