TrueWealth Day happens on November 14 to November 15, and you can snag a lot of interesting titles from local authors at bargain prices, up to 70% off. You’ll also be able to catch several authors and experts in action during the talks.

For more information, please refer to this page.

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Left to right: Fabian Lim, Sean Roach, Me, David Cavanagh, Simon Leung, Patric Chan, Jaz Lai.

My presentation was titled “Six Figure Website Building” and reveals not only how to create a website, but also how to sell it for a huge profit. If you’re interested to know more, please look at our seminar and events website.

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PayPal

Internet marketing and e-commerce in Malaysia will never be the same again. Now you can withdraw money from your PayPal account into your Malaysian bank. It will cost you nothing (FREE) if you withdraw more than RM400, and a small fee of RM3 for withdrawals below that amount. You can get your money within 2-3 business days.

Although you can now withdraw money from PayPal to your Malaysian bank account, you still cannot ADD funds to it by bank. You’ll still need a credit / debit card to do this. However, this is still major news for all Malaysian Internet marketers.

Now you don’t need a Singapore / US bank account, or any other back-door method of getting your money.

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Firstly, there are many book publishers in Malaysia, each with their own strength. So you really have to determine a few things before you even start with your book:

• Malaysia or International? – Unfortunately, if you plan to get your book sold worldwide, not many local publishers are capable of this. Look instead for local office of International publishers and approach them that way. Even if an international publisher signs you up, it’s no guarantee that your book will be available in bookstores all over the world. You may also want to try publishing it directly on Amazon.
• What language? – Publishing your book in English (at least in Malaysia) in hindsight is not the best route to do it. The English speaking market has a wide range of choices, including the thousands of books from international authors you may find in MPH or Kinokiniya.
• What niche market? – Is your book about finance, politics, personal development, parenting or a romance novel? By defining your target audience earlier on it will become clear which publisher to approach.
• How many pages? – Sadly to say, the value of a physical book is determined by its weight. If you have too little content, you may want to widen your scope to get more pages and fetch a decent price for your book.

I went with True Wealth, a publishing company by Azizi Ali, simply because my target language, distribution and topic clearly matched their portfolio. If you plan to publish an book in both English and BM, on the topic of money, personal development and related stuff, I recommend True Wealth.

If you plan to focus on only the Malay-speaking market, you may want to try PTS Publishing who I believe have a stronger hold on the Malay market. Same goes for publishing books in Mandarin, etc.

If you’re writing a political book (from a jail cell), you probably need to find smaller publishers or angel investors who have the know how and capital to help you, as most larger publishers avoid politics altogether.

In my case, I look upon Azizi as a publishing mentor so there’s an added reason to choose them. True Wealth is a great publisher, and they have been nothing but helpful to me even though I make them wait all the time

Anyways, here’s how my deal with them goes:

• Prepare a complete manuscript – No publisher would entertain you unless you can show them the finished manuscript of the book you want to publish. In many cases, getting the manuscript done is the most difficult part of publishing a book. It took me eight months.
• Approach the publisher – In my case they approached me, but as long as your book is commercially viable it should be no problem. Do not publish a biography of yourself unless you’re a politician, celebrity or famous figure. “Coffee table” books filled with pictures and stuff is also harder to produce and sell, so that’s probably not a smart choice either. Make sure you have built a name for yourself in your industry – it is not required but it helps your case.
• Sign the agreement – Never get anything started before having a black and white agreement which clearly states the Book Title, author name and publisher name, and other important details. You cannot afford to move ahead without knowing if your book maybe be dropped without notice.
• Proofread and edit your manuscript – No matter what kind of hero you think you are, your manuscript is going to be full of errors. In my case, the publisher assumes the cost of editing and proofreading, and in fact they do it for me. That’s one of the good things about True Wealth – they do everything beyond the completed manuscript.
• Apply for an ISBN number – It’s like your IC number, and identifies your book globally. You may already know what an ISBN is if you bought a book from Amazon before. Go to the Perpustakaan Negara (National Library) in Malaysia (National Bibliography Center) and you can get one for free (or a few ringgit), provided you contribute copies of your published book back to the library collection. Again if you have a publisher they will do this for you.
• Create a stunning cover – Your publisher may have designers who can do it for you, but give them proper instructions. The best way to decide on a cover is to take a look at other books in your niche topic. One of the mistakes I made with The New Millionaires is having too many things going on that the book “disappears” in a shelf filled with books featuring glaring fonts and colors. So I had to redesign it for the next reprint, which makes it identical to Jutawan Era Baru except for the colors, and which costs me more.
• Publish it! – Find a publishing house in Malaysia, get a quote from them. However, you need to make sure your layout and typesetting is all taken care of, otherwise they probably won’t print anything but a bill for you. Again of course, having a good publisher removes this step.

There’s really nothing you need to do once everything is in progress, except assist the publisher by giving feedback and suggestions until you get what you want. Remember that the publisher is an expert in publishing, so don’t argue with them on publishing matters. But you are an expert in your industry, so make sure when it comes to industry-related choices you get your voice heard.

Another popular question is how much do you earn?

While I cannot disclose that kind of confidential agreement, lets say you will probably earn royalty of 6% – 12% depending on the publisher. In most cases, there will be a tiered royalty rate – which means the more copies of your book sold, the higher your royalty will be.

If that’s too low for you, you can always try self-publishing, with which you can get more than 40% of the book sales for yourself. It also means you have to do all the work and spend all the money.

I’ve met a few people a few years ago who wanted to self-publish their book, and they haven’t succeeded yet.

Don’t underestimate the time and resources it takes to publish a book, and the important contacts you need to make just to get your book on an MPH shelf. Self-publishing is just not worth it, especially in Malaysia where your market is limited.

Lastly, most book publishers will agree that you will not get rich publishing a book.

That’s reality. So why do people publish books anyway?

Credibility, exposure and contacts. That’s the real reason.

I was shocked (and delighted) when I found a copy of The New Millionaires in the LCCT terminal bookstore in KLIA.

Most publishers – especially in the self development or financial niche – have an existing business. It could be consultation, coaching, ebooks, whatever. A physical book helps them boost their existing businesses, and that’s what they publish it.

So if you have nothing going on, publish children’s stories or science fiction novels and hope it gets turned into a billion dollar movie industry

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Most of them get into online marketing either wanting to build an AdSense site, or promote a couple of affiliate products. Some are moderately successful at first, but soon realize that every day they start from ground zero and struggle to build an online income that grows exponentially.

Here’s the thing: Although you can make money online from a hundred and one ways, at the end of the day the person who survives in the long term is the person who had taken the time to build his / her own email autoresponder list.

By building a subscriber list, you accumulate more marketing reach as each day goes by, and after you have about 5,000 or more people in your list life becomes sooooo much easier.

On my new mini site Autoresponder Profit you can get autoresponder reviews, autoresponder tips and (soon) pre-written autoresponder messages. For now, you can download the ebook for free while it’s still being refined and improved.

In the ebook you’ll discover:

• How an autoresponder works and why you need one
• Three type of autoresponders, and which one you should get
• How to build a huge email list in a short time
• And much more..

So go ahead and get your copy of the “Autoresponder Blueprint” special report right now.

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The image here is what you’ll see if you visit Mass Automation on a weekend – or to be more precise – the “non-business” hours.

I thought one of the selling points of an online business is that it stays open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, ready to generate cash on autopilot.

In the past I have promoted many offers from this site, including Auto Social Poster, Light Pop, Synonymizer, WP Blaster and much more. In fact I’ve made more than $1,500 / month as an affiliate at one point of time.

I stopped promoting those products aggressively, partly due to this “business hours” issue. Everything is completely inaccessible, even the blog and salespages. Its very, very odd that an online marketer would treat his business like that.

Imagine affiliates promoting the products with PPC only to find that any clicks they get on the weekends is completely wasted. As for myself, all I can do is ask my subscribers to try again later when the “store is open”.

I just don’t get it. Maybe you do.

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If you happen to hit the bookstores today, make you you check out Jutawan Era Baru, the Bahasa Melayu version of my previous book The New Millionaires.

It’s my first book to be targeted towards the Malay speaking market, which is popular estimate is much larger and more targeted that the open English language market.

With a  completely new cover design concept (featuring me on the cover), this book is guaranteed to stand out and scream for your attention. Don’t resist. Just pick it up, put it in your shopping basket, and get a copy.

Here’s what one of the first reviewers said about Jutawan Era Baru:

Setelah membaca buku tersebut, saya sangat teruja kerana tedapat pelbagai tip-tip hebat bagaimana beliau membuat duit dengan internet. Untuk makluman buku tersebut adalah terjemahan ke dalam bahasa melayu daripada tajuk “The new Millionair” (kalau tak silap saya) yang berbahasa Inggeris. Saya sangat menggalakkan anda untuk mendapatkan buku tersebut kerana ianya “sangat penting” kepada anda yang mahu mengetahui langkah-langkah yang perlu diambil sebelum memulakan perniagaan internet dan menjadi jutawan.

Selain itu di dalam buku tersebut terdapat temubual dengan Usahawan internet terkemuka di Malaysia (antaranya Zamri Nanyan,Hafiz Latib a.k.a. Bitol dll) dan mereka telah mendedahkan beberapa ‘rahsia’ penting untuk melonjakkan keuntungan anda dalam menjana wang di internet. Jadi sila dapatkan di pasaran ’sekarang’ kerana saya yakin buku ini akan laris seperti ‘goreng pisang panas nanti’.

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You can get access to the entire site for trial offer of just $1 during your first month. I recommend you at least take the trial and have a look around for yourself.

Here’s what you get with this PLR products package / membership:

1. One PLR ebook product covering the Internet marketing niche
2. Complete professionally written sales copy
3. Professional mini-site graphics package
4. One infomercial video you can use as a marketing tool
5. 5 PLR autoresponder follow-up emails
6. Affiliate marketing tools for the ebook / site
7. Much more..

Basically, you get everything you need to sell the product by yourself, or recruit affiliates to sell it for you. I’ve seen a  lot of PLR products, PLR packages and PLR memberships but based on my previous experience with Calvin Woon and Jonathan Teng I’m sure these guys will give you only the best.

More info / signup at IMBuzz PLR Products Membership

If you’re looking for more high-quality PLR products, you can also take a look at my PLR WordPress Videos package and choose your membership level. I give you access to tons of high-quality PLR videos, complete with sales page and promotional tools.

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Some people I unsubscribed from include Gary Ambrose, Jason Gazaway, Ed Dale etc. They either do nothing but sell, or simply aren’t related to what I want to know about or buy. In short they were no longer relevant.

It made me think about one important thing – “Am I still relevant?”

Like it or not, people only have that much time on a computer. In that limited space you need to compete with other marketers to get, and keep, their attention. If you fail to deliver what they expect from you, and keep it up, soon you’ll end up as one of those marketers facing the cut.

I know some marketers who send nothing but promotional emails to their subscribers. At least I send out free stuff too like some free themes, instructional videos, the Profit Blogger ezine and some other stuff, but is it really enough to remain relevant?

When someone on my Aweber list decides he has way too much email, will I be cut off simply because he cannot remember the last time I sent him something relevant?

Have I been relevant to you recently?

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IM Renegades is a new project I’m working on with Vince Tan and Melvin Ng, the same team from the SendUsTo.US firesale (if you remember).

Everything you see on that page is yours to keep and profit from for the rest of your life. No catch whatsoever.

Here are the five “instant” websites you get:

1. WordPress Video Tutorials
2. 7 Day Profits Course
3. Easy PDF Maker Software
4. The Other Side Of List Building
5. Testimonials Generator

Everything is done for you. All you need to do is plug-in your PayPal email address and autoresponder, and the entire website is yours to promote. Not only do you keep 100% of any sales you make, you also keep 100% of all your customers.

This special pre-launch offer is valid only till the launch day – 4th August 2009 – after which it may be taken off completely or sold for at least $27 a month.

Sign-up here: www.IMRenegades.com

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