Rest In Peace Chapter-M

chapterm In May 2005 I created one of my first successful e-books ever, and it was targeted to just one market: Malaysians who wanted to solve their Paypal and Clickbank problems. You probably know the name of this ebook, it’s called Chapter-M.

This e-book hit the market at the correct time, with the correct sales message and the correct information. It helped me achieve my first five figure income (RM11,000) in a single month which was a great achievement for a Malaysian newbie at that time, roughly 6 months after I decided to quit my job and start my own Internet business.

However, since Paypal introduced its debit card withdrawal and followed by Clickbank accepting Malaysians again, this book has become obsolete and earned it’s place in history. Personally I stopped selling this e-book in 2007 but I’m sure I can still sell a few copies now, except for the fact that it would be unethical to do so.

The reason for this post is to announce once and for all that while Chapter-M may have helped hundreds of Malaysians start their own Internet business, it has been ore than two years now since it was first written so the information contained within it is no longer relevant.

So if you see anyone selling this e-book, please note that they are not keeping up with the times. This is an official announcement from me as I realized some people are still getting Chapter-M only to realize its information is obsolete. If you have any questions regarding Paypal withdrawal please refer to this post or subscribe to my mailing list as we will visit this topic again from time to time as there are new developments.

So rest in peace, Chapter-M.

If you’re from Malaysia and want to learn how to use PayPal, here’s the best place to get video tutorials: PayPal Malaysia

Blog Less, Make More Money?

If you noticed, for the past few months I’m averaging about 1 post a month, and in fact I didn’t update GobalaKrishnan.com at all in June. Neither did I write a lot for ProfitBlogger.com (formerly know as EasyWordpress.com). So what exactly happened to me?

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Was I facing a really tough writer’s block, or did I just give up on updating my personal blog altogether?

A little bit of both actually. When I first started blogging, this was the only blog I had, and I posted everything here. In fact this blog is responsible for most of my life-long customers, subscribers and fans. However along the way I started a blog about how to make money blogging, one on music marketing, and another on MLM tips, and a while later yet another one about Internet business in Malaysia.

After juggling all blogs (with the help of hired bloggers), I started becoming a slave to my own business working 9am to 11pm and yet my income hardly grew. A classic case of stretching yourself too thin; biting off more than you can chew; or whatever you call it.

I lost my direction for GobalaKrishnan.com – I didn’t know what to write here since now I have all those other blogs where I can publish my content to. So I stopped blogging here and all I could do was to publish one or two rather lame post just for the sake of keeping it updated.

But I wasn’t being lazy.

In fact, I was working harder than ever before. The only thing that changed is that I realized with the time I spent on blogging, I could actually create a lot more of my own product which generated much more income. In the last three months I created Super Affiliate Blogger, wrote Blog Paycheck and even managed to update my first successful product you probably already know as WordPress Adsense System.

clickbank-increaseAs a result, in a two week period in May / June I made $10,882.33 from sales of my own products alone, thanks to the great response to Super Affiliate Blogger. Then I followed up with Blog Paycheck less than 30 days later and that too was a hit, bringing my income level for the next month to more than $8,500.00 from the sales of my own products. This means that by introducing those two products I almost tripled my income.

The funny thing is, since August 2006 the only product I had that generated daily sales was WordPress Adsense System and I never tried to even create a follow-up product to that. Instead I spent most of my time blogging, blogging, and blogging even more. A lot of blog post, and lot of “Thank you for the wonderful resource, you’re such a nice guy..”. But not a lot of money.

Which got me into thinking, is it really worthwhile to write 2-3 blog posts a day like some of the big name bloggers do? Do I really need to be a content-generating machine just to keep up? Do I need to give away so much free information, when it’s proven that I can charge for the information, have more time for myself, and yet keep everyone happy?

The answer is: it depends.

I now realize the difference between “having a blog” and “blogging” – at least in my own definition of those terms. Having a blog is good – after all blogs are still one of the best ways to get traffic and search engine rankings. But to be “blogging” day in and day out is not my cup of tea, especially when it becomes more of a chose than a pleasure.

I now have a new strategy to create more sites, make more money, yet spend less time with day-to-day blogging.

What is it? You’ll need to subscribe to my blog about blogging to find out. I’ll be writing about that soon.

This blog will focus more on strategies, experiences and insights on creating products, copywriting, list building, and direct response marketing. That’s what I’m really good at – selling stuff :)

A lot of work to do, but I’m going to take my time doing it. It’s more fun that way.

Aweber Introduces FeedBurner-Like Chicklet

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If you have an Aweber account to handle your email marketing, you’ll be glad to know that Aweber now has their own “Chicklet” to show off the amount of subscribers you have. Very similar in appearance to the FeedBurner chicklet we’re all used to seeing, plus you can customize the colors too.

Learning The Secrets of Azizi Ali

Mr Azizi Ali is one the most well-known authors in Malaysia, with several of his bestsellers like the Millionaire Landlord and Millionaires Are From A Different Planet selling thousands of copies locally. As I’m about to release my own physical book titled “The New Millionaires” pretty soon, I attended Azizi’s workshop called ‘How to Write a Best-Seller in 88 Days” at Cititel Mid Valley.

As one of Malaysia’s most recognized author and “semi-celebrity” as Azizi calls it, I definitely wanted to learn from him. I know nothing about offline book publishing and I’m glad I got to attend this event before my book comes out.

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Picture of Azizi Ali and me.

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From left: Azlin Azizi (Azizi Ali’s wife), me, Eruwan Gerry Norsen (Rahsia Raja Lelong / Secrets of The Lelong King).

Top from left: Osman Affan (Menjual Perkhidmatan Di Internet) and Irwan Dahnil (Buat Duit Dengan SMS)

Meeting Raja Petra Kamarudin

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A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of meeting Raja Petra Kamarudin or lovingly known as “RPK”. Raja Petra is one of the most well-know political bloggers in the Malaysian scene, along with small group of other people including Jeff Ooi whom I have met twice.

I was shocked to find out he gets 10 million +/- visitors daily to his Malaysia Today blog. This blog is tiny in comparison, although to earn a great income online you don’t really need much traffic. What you really need is a solid way to turn your traffic into income.

For beginners, doing paid posts can be a good way to get started, but ultimately you need to venture into affiliate marketing or even creating your own products.