May 23, 2010 By

WordCamp Malaysia Pictures and People

WordCamp Malaysia was a blast, with more attendees than I expected. Overall I would say that event was very well organized, with all sessions starting on time.

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Niche Blogging panel session by FriedBeef, Hong Kiat and Liew CF. I was surprised to hear than none of them do much affiliate marketing.

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Malaysia’s top tech / design blogger, Hong Kiat. His blog gets about 120,000 impressions per day.

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The group photo at the end. Some participants have already left by then, so there were actually much more people than you see here.

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May 16, 2010 By

WordCamp Malaysia Free Tickets Contest

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For the first time ever, WordCamp is being held in Malaysia.

WordCamp focuses on everything WordPress. WordCamps are usually informal, community-centric and a whole load of fun to be at. WordCamp is for everyone with an interest in the WordPress platform.

Date: 22th May 2010
Time: 8am – 5pm
Venue: Bintang Grand Ballroom, Cititel Mid Valley, Kuala Lumpur

The agenda of WordCamp is available at: http://www.wordcamp.my/agenda

Among the highlights, Miss Naoko McCracken from Automattic will be attending for WordCamp keynote and “SURPRISE” for everyone before the keynote.

Lunch and coffee breaks included, plus you’ll also receive some WordPress goodies!

I’m giving away two (2) FREE tickets to WordCamp MY worth RM150 each via this online contest. It’s really easy for you to win.

All you need to do to is to Twitter the following:

@gobala @wordcampmy I want to win a free ticket to WordCamp Malaysia worth RM150 at http://bit.ly/d5cY1f

Please Tweet the message exactly as it is. I will monitor my Twitter @gobala replies and randomly select a winner. The organizers of WordCamp MY will select the second winner.

UPDATE: Contest Is Over, Here are The Winners:

For everyone else still interested in attending WordCamp Malaysia, you can get a 5% discount using this coupon code: GOBALAWCMY

Go here to register: http://www.wordcamp.my/register

Tickets are not sold at the entrance, so get it now. You can pay online via credit card, PayPal, Maybank2u etc using the iPay88 system.

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December 18, 2009 By

Last Mastermind Session for 2009

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Las weekend we had our last mastermind for the year 2009. It was a great session overall and I hope I helped Jackson and Elton get some motivation and inspiration to move forwards in his Internet business.

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I was also happy to hear that some of our Rahsia ClickBank customers are getting really good results (2 sales) with very, very little traffic in just 2 months. Remember my advice – don’t abandon what is working in search for something new that may or may not work!

Personally, I love the mastermind sessions. It gives me the opportunity to understand the problems that most newbies are facing, which in turn helps me get feedback and develop more useful products and solutions.

Sometimes my customers want to get personal help from us, and want to sit down to “have a cup of coffee”. Yet, when I have the mastermind sessions (which are free for members) they don’t turn up.

Those who do show up, I believe, are the ones who are taking control of their own future and making an effort to move forward with whatever they have. Congrats to those who attended, you deserve a pat on your back!

If you want to join our mastermind session, sign up here and attend our next Workshop or BootCamp.

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December 17, 2009 By

Hands-On Internet Marketing Coaching Program

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Two weeks ago we conducted our first hands-on 2-day Internet marketing coaching program. Previously, we only did one-day seminars with no hands-on. So this was kind of new and exciting for us.

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My main concern was the Internet access. Although we did experience some slow Internet speed intermittently, overall the connection was good and enabled everyone to follow along step-by-step.

Overall, I think participants get more value with this type of interactive sessions. It’s amazing how a lot of people may talk about Internet marketing as if they know almost everything, but when it comes to practical stuff their skills are seriously lacking. (Hey, it rhymes!)

I love to see the delighted look on the faces of our participants when they managed to set-up their own WordPress blog, create an account at Ezine Articles, and also outsource their first writing project.

Perhaps, we’ll adopt this “Workshop” format instead of the more affordable but less intensive “BootCamp” format permanently.

If you’re interested to attend our next session in 2010 (or later), please sign up here.

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November 10, 2009 By

TrueWealth Day – Buy Local Books At Discount

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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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November 9, 2009 By

Speaking at Asia Internet Congress KL

Asia Internet Congress in KL happened on 23-25 October 2009 – yet I’m only posting the pictures 2 weeks later :)

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

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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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November 9, 2008 By

Start-Up Camp Malaysia

image Start-Up Camp Malaysia is an interesting event you could attend if you want to know more about how to engineer your own start-up company.

According to the website:

Startup Camp, a.k.a “The Unconference for the Startup Community”, is an unconference-style event that’s dedicated to bringing together the various members of the startup community for a face-to-face collaborative meetup where its the attendees that drive the agenda (in true unconference fashion).

Start-Up Camp is organized by my friend Daniel Lim and the same team that brought you BarCamp Malaysia. If you liked BarCap you will probably like this event as well. Go here to register for Start-Up Camp.

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November 9, 2008 By

Global Entrepreneurship Week Malaysia

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Global Entrepreneurship Week Malaysia happens from November 17-23. This event covers a lot of talks on entrepreneurship in Malaysia, although through the badly organized event listing description I find it difficult to understand exactly what they are and how you may benefit from them.

Besides it seems more targeted towards CEOs and multinational companies, but there are some interesting stuff that you may enjoy as a small business owner too. If you want to learn more about entrepreneurship do check out their event listings.

Below is a video of the event.

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November 9, 2008 By

TrueWealth Day Event Pictures

TrueWealth Day presented a great oportunity for me to meet up with local authors as well as Mr Azizi Ali, my publisher and well-respected expert on personal finance here in Malaysia. Here are some pictures, noted that I didn’t take quite as many as I should have :)

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Picture of us having lunch with Mr Azizi Ali.

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I never knew True Wealth had published so many books by local authors until I saw an entire smorgasbord of book titles laid out on the table.

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Yeap, that many books!

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And a picture of me with Kidino and Zamri Nanyan, two Internet marketers much more experienced in the field of Internet marketing that I am :)

I first knew Zamri from his MLM Lessons site and for a while I was giving away his free rebrandable e-book. I think that was way back in 2003/04.

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November 5, 2008 By

Meet Local Malaysian Authors – True Wealth Day

image If you’ve ever wanted to meet a lot of Malaysian authors all in one place, here’s your chance.

True Wealth is holding it’s first Open Day on 8th November 2008, and by attending it you get to purchase all True Wealth publications at a discount, both books by Azizi Ali and all Truewealth Authors. Besides that you also get to listen to featured speakers giving valuable presentations on their favorite topics.

I will be there on to give a 30-minute talk titled “Turn Your Knowledge Into a Product”, where I share how anyone can turn their skills or knowledge into digital products that they can sell online for big profits. I will also be autographing books by participants.

True Wealth’s office is in Kelana Jaya (behind Giant, opposite Kelana Square). Please refer to their website for details on the event.

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