Dec 20
This year has come and gone in a blink of an eye lid and its my 1 year anniversary! It was almost a year ago when I first got into internet marketing. In this year alone I believe I’ve achieved what only most struggling newbies can dream off. I quit my day job, earn many times more that what I earned at my day job, sit at my desk overlooking lush greenery, work whenever I feel like it and best of all, I finally got rid of that darn alarm clock! Am not saying this to brag but to tell you that it can be done and I’m a living example. Did I have a lot of cash to lay down? NO Did I have any IT knowledge whatsoever before I started? Barely..yes i could answer emails and chat on MSN but that was it! How did I get there? I would sum it up in 2 words - Learn & Action…
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Dec 20
Ooh I’ve been slacking work the past month. Just been so caught up with the Christmas spirit that I hardly spent any time on my business. Am gonna give myself a break till next year and then its full steam ahead. Another reason why I’ve been slacking off is because I’ve finally plucked up the courage to delegate all ad group creation work to my virtual employee. It took me awhile to make that decision as I was really worried about privacy issues. I mean think about - they have full access to all your profitable keywords and landing pages etc. All they have to do is duplicate what you’re doing! How did I get around that?
In Yahoo I created a sub account and isolated developing campaigns from mature ones so that my virtual employee only has access to campaigns that he’s working on. I still haven’t figured out if this can be done on Google Adwords but will certainly find out soon. Don’t you just love outsourcing? I feel almost like I’ve cloned myself…my business is also really beginning to flourish and grow exponentially thanks to my dedicated virtual employee.
Back to the title of this post - the 80/20 rule. I’ve done some analysis on my PPC affiliate marketing business and have found that it stays true to the universal 80/20 rule. 80% of my profits come from 20% of my campaigns and similarly 20% of my keywords bring in 80% of my profits (for any specific campaign). I’ve also been given the opportunity to peek into the business (legitimately of course) of super affiliates who make USD1million over a year and I’ve found this rule to be true there as well. I just find it so amazing how Pareto stumbled across it. Kudos to the Pareto!
Dec 02
Ok its been awhile since I last posted on my blog. Reason? Believe it or not I’ve been getting carried away with Facebook. I never understood the hype surrounding all these social network sites but now I can’t seem to stop checking my Facebook newsfeed. I’ve been able to contact my long lost classmates, friends, colleagues, family members…you name it. Its truly amazing and now I see what all the hype is about. I’ve been bombarded with super pokes, hugs, hatching eggs, vampire bites and even vodka. Its good fun! Now to pull myself away and back into work.
Last night I attended the Live n Loud KL to watch Shaggy & Whitney Houston perform. Wow…I must say I was truly impressed. The stage setup and audio was excellent. Shaggy & Whitney gave excellent performances and well above what I expected. Great stuff! The energy that nite was amazing. I’ll definitely do it again. Today I also ordered a Blackberry Curve on eBay. Can’t wait till it gets here. I’ve been avoiding getting one cuz I figured I didn’t want to be checking emails 24/7 but then I realized that I had been missing important emails (mostly ones with PPC billing issues) that were costing me sales. Sorry Tim Ferris but the 4 hour work week will have to be put on the back burner for now.
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