Meet Gobala
My name is Gobala Krishnan, and I am proud to be from the sunny side of the world in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. People always ask me “What is it that you do exactly? What is your business?”
I find it hard to put in a sentence, but here it goes:
“I am an information marketer or infopreneur. I survey specific problems faced by niche markets, research and compile the solutions, and market them over the Internet.”
(If you didn’t get that, don’t worry - even my parents still don’t know what it is that I do. Just have a look at my products and services instead)
My Life Story (And Yours?)
Coming from a small, sleep town called Kluang in southern Malaysia, I was in a hurry to get to the big city (Kuala Lumpur) and get rich, meet chicks, and live an extraordinary life. At age 18 I finally got the chance to do that when I enrolled in Multimedia University (Malaysia) and left the nest.
I tried making money online since 2001 while I was still in college, and I was quite lucky to make my first check (for USD43) within a few months. Within the next few months my income increased to about USD300+ a month, using a free website and spending almost nothing on advertising or hosting.
It was an eye-opening, life-changing experience. Something clicked in my otherwise dormant brains, and I said to myself “This is amazing!”
But then a strange thing happened - I got a J.O.B - and for the next 3 years it systematically, slowly killed me. I call it “The System”.
Season 1-3; Lost
It took me 6 months to realize I wasn’t going to get the life I wanted, in Telekom Malaysia, working 9-5 doing things I really didn’t give a shit about.
But I also realized that I was trapped - the SHEP system has entrapped me just like thousands of other zombies waking up at 6am, cursing their way through bad traffic, faking smiles and enthusiasm just to make a little bit of money.
I started to ask myself, “Is there another way?”
That question led me to a 3-year journey trying all kinds of stuff including giving home tuition, MLM, designing websites, writing, blogging, more MLM, and even more MLM.
All failed.
I did manage to secure a part-time job as a columnist for the Asia Home-Based Business section for the International Association of Home Business Entrepreneurs (IAHBE), a monthly members-only publication micro-targeted to home-based entrepreneurs, work-at-home moms and stay-at-home dads 
This gave me stable, dependable income and gave me the opportunity to take a look at Internet marketing and home based Internet businesses again. This time, I was serious!
Season 4-5; Prison Break
November 2005, after 3 1/2 years running laps in the rat race I decided to quit my job and become a full-time Internet entrepreneur.
I had no money, no contacts, no mentor - All I had was a plan.
I hate goal setting and time “management”, so following a very simple working system I set out to change my life. I was out of the prison and into the real world; but it was a different me.
After a grueling first 6 months where I was almost constantly broke, I got my lucky break. I made my first five figure income in a month with a simple product.
Since then, all my time is spent building my online empire, consisting of my own products and promoting other people’s products. The question of how much you can make on the Internet is probably the first thing on your mind now.
I don’t know how much others make, but I make anywhere between $8,500 - $20,000 a month as of April 2007, from my products and services as well as affiliate marketing and advertising. My target by end of 2008 is to make a consistent $30,000 every month and become a millionaire by age 30.
Season 6; Heroes
To be continued..
I am truly feel proud of you.
You make a living through internet. And you are Malaysian stay in KL.
I wish i can do it too.
As usual….HOW? I cant write well and long article like you.
Appreciate you can guide me or give me some light.
May Peace with u.
Lee soon keong (Penang, ring me when you in penang, will buy you a nasi kandar..hehe)
Hello Bala, day u left the telcos. Congratulations! thats your 1st steps of success. Come to Kuantan. I Belanja Seafood.
Phua.(Kuantan)
Hi Gobala. I’m 30 years old, living in Malaysia too. I work as a despatch rider but i’m planning to start a small business selling herbal products.I think it is better if I can promote my products online. But I’m not that good in using all that up-and-coming technology. I have no credit card too. Is there any solution to my situation?
to : En.MUHAMMAD SYAHRUM OTHMAN
You can “advertise” via
eg.Flyers,OnlineWebsites,BusinnesCards. as tools
Good Luck.
Regards
Phua Cheng Chiang
EastCoast Intergrated Online Business
hi gobala, i’m new to your blog..i’m also just like you,a young man with great passion as an internet infopreneur..i’m playing guitar and in the same time enjoy swimming and reading, every day, morning and evening (becoz i cant live without these 3 things i loved most - books, sport and music)..i quit my job as customer service officer and dedicate my e-service to customers online..keep up the momentum, bro! malaysia bole !
hi gobala, hw u duin man? i’m a student currently duin my degree, as i’m a student i had to have some money for my living, and that time i got to know abt internet business,,since then i have tried thousands of makin money online but nothing seemed to work for me..but after reading ur blog..i feel that this is not the ending…good luck bro, and hope u become one of the best in future…regards..malaysia bolehh!!
i’m very respect ur decision to be full time IM.
would be my “idola”?
Hi Krishanan, I am srinivas from India. I worked for an ecommerce company for 6 years at senior level, now presently working with pinstorm. Possess strong skills in online marketing. thats my introduction…
I share same interest as you, like to research online marketing…coming to the point, I would like to be in touch with you for suggestion and feedbacks in future…you can write to me at sguthula@yahoo.com
hi bro,
happy belated birthday to you and happy thaipusam. I hope to do the same things as you..’lepak2 at home, at the same time not just make money..make more money..heheheh
Hi Gopalakrishnan…. How are you? I’m fine… I’m in India in Tamilnadu last sunday i sign up to your newsletter if you don’t mine please send letter to tamil languages because it’s problem of me i don’t understand english verywell i hope you know tamil language so i ask you that. So please help to my earnings really i’m poor guy in india… i have finished my batchelor degree here. Now i eager to earn to online like you. So plz send tamil language information to me.
I was just checking this website. This guy Gobala is so simple and his lifestyle is also very simple. He is not like other proudy millionares who beleive in online scams and offer mind-blowing fake promises. Well his living/computer room is just like mine. Great!
We all love you Gobala!
Waseem.
Oh Waseem, I’m not a millionaire yet. Trust me my home office will look better than that when I hit my first million
Very interesting! I am inspired. I have started a blog on blogspot 3 months ago. I will do my best to make it work for me.
Greetings from California, a long way from Malaysia, but I did visit there back in 2002 at the Petronas Towers…a spectacular sight. I always like to give a holler out to other fellow internet marketing entrepreneurs.
Hi Jason,
Yes I guess the Twin Towers is Malayisia’s most iconic tourism export
Thanks for visiting my blog..
Nice, blog and that was a good introduction. I am from México, and we are in the same journey, the internet marketing, that is. And i also want to spread the word in my country about internet marketing. A lot of niche markets to conquer…:P
hai gobala,saya staff Encik Sri Patmen TA Telekom Kluang,sekarang saya dah kerja di KL (kena pindahlah)….Tinggal di KL ni baru saya rasa susah sangat kerana tak cukup duit gaji.Jadi saya harap Encik Gobala tlglah ajar saya macamana nak cari duit guna internet,atau pun cara lain.Terima Kasih.
Hi Gobala, I’ve ben subscribed to your newsletter for a few months now and I must say I’ve learnt quite a few things in internet marketing. About to start my first wordpress blog on my birthday, 28th Feb! Preparations in full swing…:)
Dear Gobala,
I’m subscribed to ur newsletter for the past 2 weeks & I only find the time to visit ur blog today (wanted to find out more about Kelvin Hui’s Traffic report, I guess). The newsletter u provided is somewhat leading me to more infos on how I can make my own home internet business as easy as 1-2-3! Since feb 07, I’ve done 2hours of surfing everday & I’m getting the pieces together, hopefully by daybreak tomorrow the effort & investments I put down will bring me more residual income. I believe as an entrepreneur, each of us just never stop learning & improve ourselves. I also believe that after all the tough times we gone through, at the end of the day we are there to teach others how to become more successful too! That’s a good thing! I’m impressed with what ur doing.Keep it going! God bless u & family.
Hi Gobala Bent here,
I’m also play guitar..but don’t have band yet..but now i’m try to concentrated on my online business to.Believe me my english very worse so far..but i don’t care!! I have to try and must be myself..
Once again..thank for your super adsense worldpress theme.Now i apply the theme to my blog and what the make me surprise my adsense increase everyday thanks for you effort.
Hi Bent, nice to meet you. It’s good to hear that the theme is working for you!
i still don’t understand????? maybe can meet appt to discuss?
Hey gobala! great to know you!
Saw your site ways back in ‘04 and read your ebooks. They really gave me a phenomenal inspiration and guidance, I really want to thankyou for all this efforts man, thankvery very much
Now finnaly I got my butt(lol) in this industry so FULL FORCE all DA WAY!
Hi gobala..
I bought your WAS (A , although not finished reading it yet)..
Is any chances I can invite you to give 2 hours talk to my students (need your quotation..) this coming may/june
posible topics: earning frow your writing / others writing…
So, who really is the first full-time blogger in Malaysia? You, Liew or someone else out there?
Hmm, how come Nasir’s not in the pop list? Oh well, I’m not technically a blogger, although I’ve first written a “web log” in 1993 (or email/IRC/BBS/gopher in 1992). But I sure am a full-time Internet marketer since 1998 (part-time since 1992 - among the first in the world who spammed!). But then, I didn’t reside in Malaysia until late 2002. So, guess, I’m out of the list again.
Not claiming the first though, as I’m sure there are others, other Malaysians, somewhere…
The point is, I don’t think it matters who is the first to do this that, but who keep doing it, and who’s doing it right…. It’s going to be exciting to watch the micropreneurism trend in Malaysia. (I myself have completed my own research and findings, and will reveal it bits by bits from now on).
Hi Krishna
It is really wonderful to know about you from the website.
I am looking for legitimate home business opportunites.
regards
Kaushik
Till date i was wondering how to do business being at home and without investing huge amount of money, i feel encouraged when i saw this. i wish, i would become one like you. please suggest how to go about it.
regards
Devender
Hi Gobal,
Its really astonishing that within four months, you are so versatile in blogs> I’m also trying for the last six months (full time) thro’ blogs, but not gained a paise.
I wish you good luck and prosperity in the online journey
GJ Monfort
well…. Mr Gobala… Its nice to see how you do your work… you never give - up… thats what makes me interested…. but the problem for today is …. I think you dig it…. $… hehe…
anyway i dont mind your mail and etc… but 1 thing i can tell you is that… I’ll be reading it everytime you sent it to me… if its send an interest to me i’ll be sending a reply… like this one.. and another thing i want to add here…
internet investment…. everything gone “KAPPOOOOFFFF!!!” vanish to thin air… blink! blink then everything …money, investers gone blur….
anyone want to comment or share with me…
coz i’m still giving hope for Jinli Capital… coz my friend is still being paid for what he has earned…
tq
Thank you for subscribing to me. I realize that you may not be interested in everything, but it’s the one of two things I recommend that YOUR interested in that will make it worthwhile
Hello Mr. Gobala,
Saya harap you tak kisah saya tulis dalam Bahasa Melayu. Saya Syahrum. Tahun lepas, lepas raya saya ada beli kursus dalam bentuk pakej iaitu “The Insider Secrets to Marketing Your Business on the Internet” daripada Derek Gehl (www.MarketingTips.com). Dalam pakej tu ada macam-macam, buku, CD, DVD dll. Harga asal termasuk kos penghantaran dari US, RM1211.
Pakej ni bagus, tapi atas sebab-sebab tersendiri (antaranya nak pakai duit), saya nak jual pakej ini. Saya hanya selak buku-buku je, yang lain termasuk CD dan DVD, tak usik. Kalau you ada kenal sape-sape yang interested nak beli, boleh contact saya di talian 012-2813752. Harga boleh dirundingkan.
Hi, Gobala,
It’s truly encouraging to know that there are Malaysians who are making money online.It really gives me courage and confidence to consider blogging full time in future.
I have a very small goal, that is making $1000 a month…;D I mean USD. I made $150 last month. I estimate $300 this month.. all through writing sponsored posts for my blog ShowMeMoneyBiz.com. If my 2 other blogs are accepted by blog advertising companies in July, I will expect more income.
By the way, I have bought your ebook - ChapterM..;D Very helpful..
Hey bro, good, informative blog. Information overload in fact! Haha! Problem is, I can’t reply to your postings on the spot and had to come to this ‘comments’ page…nevertheless, it’s a good blog.
Hi, may i join the gang. I am a search engines marketer cum online business analyst. You may add me to your skype at seodaddy.
cheers…
Hey there, read through your profile, I was amazed with what had You achieved through this internet business. I have a blogspot of my own, but I didn’t know that I can earn some money with this til I saw your profile. It’s superb, God bless ya and stay happie!
-Abby-
i really interest with your job, is very flexible can make a small business at home, that i proud with you, and i also want to be same with you, can you tell me how do i start the 1st step. thanks, hope can join the same team.
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Hi Gobala
I have just finished reading your blog and comments of others on your site. Very interesting indeed! I am an newbie pensioner hoping to make a lot of money online. As they say you have to take the first step which I did. I have a wordpress blog/articles on www although my main topic is cooking I also write articles on different other subjects, helping others with free information that might interest them. I am not great at this as I am still new to this internet marketing jazz. I would like to branch out selling other people’s products at a later stage. Though I need help in this. So I purchased your Wordpress Adsense System just yesterday which I had not read yet; as my site is down and I do not know how to get it working for me again. This is just a blink I suppose.
Well good luck to your success I hope you reach your goal.
God Bless you
Leonie
hie bro…glad to knw more abt ur home business neway… it really helped me in my assignments… i juz came across in ur blog n saw alot of useful information n stuffs… and it realy helped me… thanks alot bro n u r really doin a great job ya…
keep it up!!! so u r a former student of mmu izit??? tat great n im proud of it too… I wish you good luck and prosperity in the online journey…;)
regards,
subanah
Gobala,
I recently bought the super adsense template package and I used win RAR to unpack it. What is the best ftp program to use to upload it to the server that I use? I am just confused on which of the many files I need to upload to the server. Allspace Hosting is the name of my website hosting service. I am looking forward to the forum once you get done refurbishing it. Thanks for your help and support
Hi Gobala, I’ve just registered for free today. Very interested to learn and adapt online business but do not know where to start or what to do first. I see that you had assist a lot of people like me to get started and I would really appreciate if you can assist me too. I am a pensioner and looking forward to earn from home. I do not wish to be burdened by the “fantastic income thing” as yet. To me getting just a small amount of earning/month is good enough for a start. So Mr Gopala, I’m relying on you please………..Thanks. Wish you all the best.
Hi Gobala, its great to discover your website through a thread in lowyat forum. Read quite a bit of your posts in your website however I can’t find links under your archive section. I’m trying to read the older posts that you have written but to no avail. Can you check your archive section? Thx
What a great learning process this is. Since I subscribe to your blog nothing but good content and inspirational stuff do I get. Rock on man.
Nothing i can said. But you are best among the best in Malaysia.
Hi Bala. Nice n proud to c ur pic in paper.
I dont know u ingat me or not, I`m Shamala akka from clinic Bkt Beruang Mlk.Best of luck to u n take care.
Wow it really is a small world!
good luck for your internet journey…u really inspired me…tc mate..cheers
I found you in technorati india category. I have similar goal and thought as yours. Its really nice to read your blog. Best of luck.
You are great man! Keep ur head up!
I hope one day i will be like you to. I joined the IMC and i hope i will get benefit by doin tht!
Thx for sharing and keep on guiding others.
God bless you.
please adv the location for this coming saturaday event .
i had join as a silver membership. but i ready dont know hw to start my wordpress blog. ready no idea.
Stephanie. The place is in Crystal Crown Hotel. Please check The Blog Post for more details.
Hi Gobala,
I really inspired with your story.
I hope I can learn a lot from you.
Salute You!
Hi! Gobala
I m pidy impressed with your work strategies and concepts also loved your way of working too….
Hope to meet you some day
Thanks
Regards
Jez
Truly impressed about ur decision. I actually start thinking like u, to be internet marketer and leave the 8-6 routine job.
Hope to meet you soon.
Thanks
Hi Gobala,
I am a foreign student of your alma mata- Mutimedia University. I really need your candid help in training on how to be a good Internet business expert like you. Please advise me on what to do.
Jerry.
thanks for sharing with us your story on Online Business. It’s a inspiration for me. I really learn a lot to your blog. keep up the good work.
Dilson Decano
Hi Gobala,
The information on your blog is excellent. your products are worth owning and you are an inspiration. Best of luck to you!
I am so blessed the day I found your site!! I’m just a homemaker who has been looking for something like this which I can do at home while taking care of my young children.
I’ve been following the Super Affiliates Blogger for five straight days now. Mind you, I’m from the older generation, so I’m no computer-geek. I may be slow but from the wonderful job that you’ve done in the Super Affiliates Blogger, I’m on my first steps there now! Wish me luck…
Wishing you all the best, Mr.Gobala.
Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
RUZIHA OSMAN
Malaysia Boleh!