Archive for December, 2006

Forward a Hug

Friday, December 22nd, 2006

Hi everyone and avid readers of RisingIMStar.com

Life is not always about the money,
let’s do something fun and just give a hug for all your friends! :)
Download this file here

Now pass that hug around!
This is an ORDER! :)

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY! :)

love,
Ming Chern
Founder of RisingIMStar.com

2006, the year Armageddon struck

Thursday, December 21st, 2006

Yes, life came down like an Armageddon destroying every belief, every hope and vision that held my very foundation as a human being. Everything that I stood up for was crushed, stepped upon and thoroughly spat upon by disbelievers.

Why? Why do people do this to me? Is this because they are jealous I’m handsome? OR because I’m smarter than them? Or perhaps, of my *special abilities* to please my wife? Hey, I was referring to my humor! What are you guys thinking about? Tsk, tsk, tsk…

But seriously, people frown upon what I do is because I walk a road less taken. It’s a quest for financial freedom and actually doing it, not buying the lottery and hoping to win a million dollars.

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Monetization strategies, the mafia, the angel, or the half-lings

Thursday, December 21st, 2006

Methods of making money can be sorted into 3 main strategies. I was this question and required to elaborate this.

The Mafia (Black Hat):
MFA sites who’s sole purpose is to let users have NO choice but to click on the links.
A person have thousands of domains and hundreds of thousands of pages to entice ppl to click

The Angels (White Hat):
Provides quality content in hope that ppl will click on their adsense, aka RisingIMStar.com.
User have one domain but have alot of returning users for the content / services

The Half-lings (Grey Hat):
Well, cross-breed between Black & White. While providing content (quality or okay-type) and employing some black strategies to entice ppl to click.
A few sites to provide good content while having some automated tools to “ease the workload”

of course, there’s a lot more to be said on the tools for each and every method.
Do drop a comment to say you are interested and I’ll post them in my next post.

Cheers!

regards,
Ming Chern
Founder of RisingIMStar.com
Internet Marketing Journey of a TOFU lover

Treating your mentors/teachers like dirt is the way to go?

Wednesday, December 20th, 2006

First, what is a mentor?
A mentor, in my personal opinion, is a person who offers guidance to you,
in whatever areas that you need help in.

It can be your life mentor, your technology mentor, your biz mentor, etc.

Second, how to treat your mentor?
Respect is the number one thing. Since most of the cases, you are benefiting free of charge from your mentor,
you jolly well do something to reciprocate in kind back to him.

For example, if he is promoting a certain affiliate product that you need to get, you may consider getting it from his link.
I think this is ethical, because your mentor is dedicating his time, free of charge, to educating you on a certain subject.

Or your mentor is needing some resources on a certain thing and you have just the expertise to get this done. You jolly well volunteer for it and point him in the correct direction.

Remember, your mentor could have simply said NO to your request and left you hanging for answers, directions for a couple of hours, days, weeks, or even years. By keeping your mentor happy, he feeds you with quality information that you need.

Yup, that’s all for now.

Cheers!
Ming Chern

(P.S. The same thing may be said for your list. Treat your list with respect and they’ll reciprocate, aka moolahs )

How to spend your money wisely

Tuesday, December 19th, 2006

There are too many products and too little money.
If we are going to buy every single product that comes along that promises us of a better life, the ultimate solution.
I think Bill Gates himself would go broke even.

After watching the Rich Schefren’s at Google Video, and listening to Stuart Tan at the Jumpstart to Online Profits seminar.
I’ve come to realise something. Our mentality will directly dictate how we spend.

Too many a times, people have become a opportunist, a get-rich-quick taker. While they are lying to themselves that they are entreprenuers, business strategist, but in actual fact, they are nothing but losers. Sad to say, I kinda see myself in that stage, but striving hard to get out of this vicious cycle.

Refering to Rich Schefren’s chart, here’s the comparison

Opportunist Strategist

An opportunity arises and you grab it.

Most biz owners who struggle, are busy with day to day of their business and take actions on what’s appealing

You have a end in mind, a vision.

Successful entrepreneurs know their vision, develop different alternatives for its accomplishment, and choose the approach that is most probable. They continually ask, "What are my best opportunities to achieve my vision"

Opportunist Strategist

Note: This is taken word for word from Rich Schefren’s Manifesto.pdf

Thus, for the opportunist, we jump at every chance of making a quick buck, an easy success route. So are you?

Or are you the strategist, a true entreprenuer, who already know what’s your goal, your end. but constantly looking out for tools, ways to achieve that goal?

Let’s discuss this shall we? :)
comments appreciated.

Cheers,
Ming Chern
Founder of RisingIMStar.com