Directory of Free Classified Ads

This is the list of Free Classified Ads that I use to Earn From Free Ads

http://ayosdito.ph/
http://hubph.com/
http://greatpinoy.com/
http://sulit.com.ph/
http://inetgiant.com.ph/
http://classifiedsph.com/
http://olx.com/
http://craigslist.org/
http://buyandsellmax.com/

In line with the above free ads website I am finishing a book entitled
"How to Make Money With Free Advertising"
I will let you know once it's finished.

The business of selling

If you ever tried selling anything you would have discovered that it takes skills to succeed in this very competitive field.

I was lucky to be present in a lecture that was given by a seasoned sales manager, she said that it takes a lot of P's to make it in sales. Pain, Perseverance, Persistence, Projection, Position, Power, Product, Price, Place, and Promotion.

Pain, because you will definitely experience pain when people don't buy from you, or from a lost sale.

We all know that it takes Perseverance and Persistence to be able to sell and make selling work for.

The right Projection is also needed in order to Position what you're selling in front of your buyers.

You also need the will Power to continue what you are doing, and of course the right Product with the right Price at the right Place will reward your Promotion efforts.

If you can find the right combination to all the P's of Selling you definitely make it in Sales.

Watch out for more articles about business in my next posts.

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Jobstreet is using Text Marketing

I got a text message from jobstreet the other day saying that there is a job fair for techsupport agents in one of the SM malls, and these questions immediately crossed my mind.

1. How many people received the same text message from jobstreet?
2. How much are they spending to send out the text message to the provider's network?
3. How can I use text marketing to my advantage?

I'm planning to interview or contact one of these cellular networks and once I get information I will post it here.

Text messaging is truly one of the most engaging communication tool a business could tap, and since almost everybody has a cellular phone text marketing is one marketing technique one should not ignore.

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Hamburger rolling store for sale

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Yes the above rolling store is FOR SALE!!! for only Php 7,000 [negotiable]

• The grill is fixed on the side car for the convenience of the vendor [the rolling store includes the grill]
• Underneath the grill is where you could put the LPG tank, and your hamburger supplies
• There are also compartments on above the grill where you could put the hamburger buns, and on the front you could put the ketchup, mustard, etc.
• This was assembled early 2007 and it hasn't been used since then...

This rolling store is located in Sampaloc Manila

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3 stores initially for the book

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[Now Hiring Call Center Agents] subtitled TIPs on How to Easily Get Job in a Call Center

I picked 3 magazine stands for the the soft launch my call center book one is at Conception, and the other 2 are in Bayan.

Here are the reasons why I picked the these locations as an outlet for my first published book:

• busy location
• near the church
• near the super market
• near the flea market
• near the public transport terminal
• easy to consign the books to the owner of the magazine stand
  
  

In my opinion these 3 spots are the ideal if not the perfect location for my soft launch.

The only challenge here is the collection of the sales as I can foresee, but for now I don't have to worry about it I just need to publish the book first. I'll worry about the rest later.

There are are lot more locations around Mega-Manila where I could consign the books but for now these 3 locations will have to do. I saw Joy Pocket books, and Love pocket books in SM Malls I will saturate them later when I earn from these 3 initial locations.

Once I earn enough money to publish more books I will move on to other outlets, and then I will eventually talk to Emerald Headway to automate my distribution.

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The book is almost done [2]

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I was near PUP Sta. Mesa this morning but the desktop printer store is not yet open. I asked around the area and was told that the store would open by 12 noon. It was only 8:30am, so I decided to head on home. I tried one desktop printer but the out put was faint, I could not use the print out as a master copy, so I will go back either tonight or tomorrow night before I go to work to print the remaining chapters of the book and the of course the page numbers. Wish me luck.
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The book is almost done

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I have always wanted to have my own publishing business, and self publish my own book, now it's almost within reach.

I'm almost done with the dummy of my book, I just need to finish the page numbers and some of the chapter's headings and I could print the initial copies.

I will be going to Sta. Mesa to have some of the pages printed on a laser printer. I could have one book page printed for as low as one pesos in PUP, well not inside the campus but outside, along the street or as all folks call it there the calyehon going to The Polytechnic University of the Philippines.

I know everything will go well with the book project. I just hope it doesn't rain, because I don't have any sleep yet, I will be going there right after my shift.

This book project started out as simple idea back in January 2004, to help aspiring call center agents who can not pass the preliminary testing of call centers here in the Philippines. Last year I almost was able to print out the first few hundred copies of the book but my computer broke down. I finally got another computer last February, but I got busy with blogging that's why it got stuck in the drawing board again, and now finally I will be able to print by the end of this month.

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Teatro Marikina's making money

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Teatro M recently concluded it's 2008 summer workshop for ballet, voice, arts and crafts etc. But it left a lot of parents and guardians disappointed, what the parent's thought was a 1500 Php fee for the a single workshop turned out to be more including the uniform, tickets, souvenir, extra activities, etc.


I understand that the kids needs to have their uniform [that costs 850Php which will cost a lot more cheaper when purchased somewhere else] but what I don't understand is the souvenir that costs P175 per piece. Given that it's in black and white and it contains the major Marikina incumbents it even has advertisements on them like a juice making company, and an electronics repair shop. This magazine/ souvenir should have been included in the fee of the workshop, and if not it should not be compulsory to buy it because the workshop certificates will not be handed over to the non buying participants, that's why we bought our own copy of the souvenir/magazine.


I remember there is even the extra curricular activity that they had to compulsory attend which again has a price tag [100Php x2]. The kids where advised to go to "Kapitan Moy" to attend the cooking demo, and the Musical Play and Puppet Show which is totally not related to the ballet class.



Of course we had to buy the uniform for the recital otherwise our little ballerina will not be included, it cost us another 400 pesos.



I'm just glad that summer workshop is over. Next year I will not enroll my kid in the Teatro, I'd rather enroll her to other summer workshops around Marikina, I don't want to be held up again because of hidden workshop fees. Next year I will ask if there other fees to pay aside from the actual workshop fee so that I won't be surprised if there are other fees to pay.



I'm very dissatisfied as a customer because of the hidden fees,
as business person if if you are going to sell a product or a service do the following to keep your customer's satisfied:

• Keep your subscribers well informed

• Don't have hidden charges

• Be transparent

• Don't force your customers to buy extra stuff

Keeping your customer's satisfied and contented should be a business man/woman's primary concern. If your customer's are satisfied they will come back and will tell their friends that you have a great product/ service




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Is MLM Dead?

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Is MLM Dead?

A lot of people say that MLM is dead specially those who've been with successful network marketing programs. But is MLM really dead? If you look around there are still operational MLM companies, specially the ones with legitimate products to offer.


I joined a lot of MLM companies before but I never really pushed it as much as I should because at the back of my mind I always thought that I would never really earn from it and that the company who is promoting the MLM scheme is the only one who is earning.


I've talked to some people who've been members of Networking companies who earned hundreds of thousands, some even earned millions.

If a lot of people are earning big what happened to MLM companies who closed shop?


Here are the reasons why they folded:


No product
Some companies have no product to sell they only have the MLM scheme, and this is what the government call "Pyramid Schemes" because they simply build the network without any product and such companies where stoped by the government and thus no longer exist.


Product is simply a front
Some companies have their own product, but their product was simply a front to lure people to join their network and to dish out money. You could spot this kind of company easily because the membership fee, most of the time, is higher than the cost of two products combined. What these companies do is recruit people and build their money making pyramid that's why eventually they closed down.


The product was not good enough
There where even companies who really don't care about their product, they get anything in the market just to show the government that they have a product to back up their MLM scheme, and because they don't have a good product, people did not bother to become members.


Bad Checks or no Checks
Members usually get their commissions via check, but some companies fail to give the appropriate commissions to their network members. Some companies even have bad checks.


Relied solely on the network
Their are network companies who solely rely on a single network and did not bother to develop other networks within the organization, as a result they ended up with nothing once the membership and the sales went down.


Did not promote the MLM business properly
Other companies did not promote their networking schemes properly that's why they are no longer around.


Their products were priced too high
Pricing the products too high is one sure way of losing network marketers.


Lost their credibility with the general public
When a networking company loses it's credibility it will stop attracting members, and few or no members means no business.


The owner ran away with the money
We've all heard this before the owner spent the money on casino or invested the network companies money somewhere else, that's why they don't have the money to pay their networkers and so the business ended.


Bad speakers
Some companies have motivators who are really not convincing, that's why they did not last and folded.


Not genuinely concerned with the business
Networking companies who do not have a genuine concern about their business eventually ended up closing their doors permanently.


Did not believe in the system
Like me people did not really believe in the system, and there was no effort from the company to sway the non believer to believers.


No Explanation
The companies did not explain to their members that they need to work really hard to grow their network, and that they should treat the network as their own business not just another side business.


Did not motivate their members properly
Of course people surely will get motivated when they hear someone making a lot of money out of the network marketing scheme, but money is not the only reason you should go into business, and because MLM should be treated like any other business people were no longer motivated when they did not get the cash they where longing for.


People were feed up with the MLM scheme
Because of the bad reputation of some MLM companies a lot people gave up on MLM, and even those who are professional network marketers gave up because it's really hard to convince people to join a network marketing scheme.


Some MLM companies are still around while others folded. Those MLM companies who are still around as I've said have a solid product line that their members could purchase and resell while those companies who folded simply based their network marketing schemes on the network or the group that they are building. That's why when the group or network marketers moved on the company folded.

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Get a job if you want to start your own business

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Yes get a job. Why? These are the reasons:

• You will learn to value your time and you will learn time management, once you have your own business it is essential to manage your time if not you will not be able to accomplish anything.
  
  

• But don't just get any available job in the market. Get a job that is similar to the business you would like to start. Example, If you want to start an advertising business. Go work for an advertising agency or a company that handles advertising accounts.
  
  

• Learn the routine of the business. This is essential if you are starting out on your own. The daily work routine will be second nature to you once you start your own business.
  
  
  

• You could emulate the best practices of the company you're working for, and you could apply them to your business later on.

• You can build up contacts from your job. [But do not pirate the business contacts and deals, I don't want you getting into trouble.] These contact would be valuable in building your own business in the future, start building your network while you are working.
  

• You will also build up the confidence you need to make it on your own, if you get a job that is similar to the kind of business you are going to start up it will not be hard for you to go from employed to self-employed.
  

• Having a job will help you get the business loan you need to start up a business, or you could simply save a portion of the money from your salary for your future business.

• Most of all you will always have a fall back if your business is not getting enough customers or clients yet. Remember that in order for a business to stand on it's own it takes a few months to a few years. Your job will be the source of back up money.
  

So get a job, before you even start your own business. Get the necessary experience and expertise to succeed in your own business.

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Do you have your own product or service?

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I don't have one yet. But I'm on my way to having one. It's a book I wrote last year, I will be showing you the book when it's published. I'm not trying to market it before it's published but I would like to reiterate on having your own product or service.

If you look around and analyze rich people they usually have a product or service that they offer, while average guys like you and me buy from them or subscribe to their services.

I think it's high time for you and me to have our product or service, in order to achieve wealth in or lifetime. [isn't this what most of us want?]

In order to have your own product or service you have to start with what you know or what you are interested with. In my case I'm into writing so it's easier for me to finish a book. So find out what your really interested with and think of a product or service that a lot people would need or subscribe to.

If you are into drawing or cartoons, you might want to sell comic books or specialized books about drawing. Or if you are into cars you might want to start your own second hand car sales business.

Don't simply offer something or produce something which is in high demand. Your product or service must be something that you really want and enjoying selling or offering to people. Because if you enjoy what you are doing the rest will follow, you will be breezing through any task and will be selling more of your product or service.


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Google's Ten Things

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Google's Ten Things

These are 10 things that Google.com has on their corporate page, It's good to know them specially if you are trying to have your site listed on their search engine.

1. Focus on the user and all else will follow.

This philosophy where the user comes first before anything else is probably one of the most effective ways of doing business. If you see Google's page, it doesn't have any ads on it unlike other famous search engines.

They think of the user's primary concern, which is searching for something on the internet. That's why they made their landing page really simple.

2. It's best to do one thing really, really well.

Yes Google has proven to be the best search engine for a lot of people. That's why they are making a lot of money out of it. [Adsense and Adwords]

3. Fast is better than slow.

You never have to wait for the Google landing page to load unlike other search engines, and if you type in a particular keyword you will get it in less than a second. I tried searching for "Ollie Style" and this is the result:

Personalized Results 1 - 10 of about 456,000 for ollie style. (0.19 seconds)

4. Democracy on the web works.

Google looks into the links that each website gets so the more links that your site gets the more it shows up on the Google searches. It really relies on people or the internet users, because the more people link to your site the more visitors you get.

5. You don't need to be at your desk to need an answer.

This made me think, maybe I should start learning how to put this blog on mobile devices because a lot people are in to cellphones and mobile gadgets now, I'll start researching about it, maybe you should too.

6. You can make money without doing evil.

Some people are selling their links or Page Ranks, and Google doesn't want it. If you get caught doing it your ranking will fall. I even read people getting zero search results for the their website because they are selling their PRs. Come to think of it, let me check my page ranking. There you go, I'm on number 4.

My ranking on Google Search fluctuates but "Ollie Style" is still on the first few pages.

7. There's always more information out there.

Google is continually upgrading their search engine and their other services, if you've noticed they are adding more services all the time. The latest one that I saw was the ability to post blog entries at a latter date on Blogger. [If in case you don't know, Blogger.com was acquired by Google. ]

8. The need for information crosses all borders.

That's why Google has offices and volunteers around the world, they also have dozens of websites, and they have a translation feature in order to reach more people. I wonder when they will have an office in the Philippines, or they already have one - educate me please...

9. You can be serious without a suit.

Their employees are happy employees, I haven't heard of any strike at the Google Head Quarters.[if ever their is going to be one it will definitely be BIG News] They have playrooms for the kids of their employees, and office tables that have all sorts of toys [you probably could bring your things/ toys at work...] Employees are not required to wear corporate clothing.

I wonder if I could pass their interview and strict hiring process, hhmmm.

10. Great just isn't good enough.

Yes I believe they are really pushing their company and their services to the limit. I've been using Gmail since 2004 and I never had any problems with it yet, it has tremendous capacity and most of all it's totally free. Hotmail or Yahoo can not beat that, and no one since 2004 has come close to that kind of email power. I guess that's why I am a die hard Gmail fan.

That's Google's Ten Things, I hope you learned something.

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Your own shopping cart

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During the early years of ecommerce you would need a deep pocket to set up your own electronic shop.

I’ve always dreamed of having my own emall or e-shop with a fancy shopping cart , but I never really got to the point where I actually was able to set up and sell my own products on the internet because of the cost and complexity of setting up one, that's why I ended up blogging instead.

Aside from having the needed capital you need to understand merchant accounts, html, search engine optimization, internet marketing, and ecommerce software. It’s either you hire a programmer or you learn the ropes of the business yourself.

Finally because of technology advancement and visionary entrepreneurs I could probably have my own eshop without all the hassle.

If you’re wondering how much the start up cost is, it’s $89, and it’s $45 per month to maintain. I think this is a reasonable enough price because you can also get help with optimizing your site. There are also great add on’s aside from the Shopping cart software, if you want to know more you could go directly to their site.

Another thing to be excited about is their affiliate program that actually pays $60 per referred member.

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Between an online and an offline business which on one do you prefer?

Between an online and an offline business I prefer having an online business than an offline business.

Here are the reasons why:

• Easy to set up and start up. You could get a site/ or a blog and have it working in minutes.
• Low investment, you could even start up one with out having to pay the essentials like web hosting, and domain name registration you could get free on the internet for free. Sometimes all you need is a personal computer and you will be on your way to earning from home.
• You don’t need to maintain any stock for inventory if you are only selling digital products or offering membership sites, job posting site, or online advertising.
• You could reach a lot of people with email, opt ins, feeds, bookmarks, article marketing and some other method without spending a lot of money.
• Few or no employees to maintain. You would not need to hire people if you’re an affiliate marketer promoting other people’s business but if you are selling books or any tangible product you might just need employees if the orders become too many to handle. But in most cases, specially if you are an affiliate marketer you wouldn’t need to hire people to help you, you could handle your business on your own.
• You can operate at home or anywhere you want as long as there's internet connection, and you can work at your own hours

On the other hand an offline business you would need a lot of money to start.

• A storefront to display your products or an office is what you will need to start an offline business
• Since you will need an office or store front the initial capital outlay will be a lot, you might want to consider borrowing from friends, relatives, or from a bank to raise the needed capital for your business.
• You would have to maintain stocks, you would need a separate room in your store front for your stocks
• For advertising or promotion, you could go from newspaper advertising, TV, radio, billboard advertising or other forms of offline advertising. You could even go for online advertising. Newspaper, TV, radio, and billboard advertising however would cost you a lot of money.
• You will most likely need a helping hand in your offline business, you would need to hire at least a few employees to help you with your business.

Like me you may want the online business better than a bricks and mortar business, but it's a good idea to have a good mixture of both online and offline business. Let's say for example your business is a bookstore, you must also have an online presence in order to go full circle. Because if you don't you will be missing out on a lot of sales from people who buy online.

Here are somethings you could do if you have an online/ offline business:

• Use paper click advertising to attract more people to your business whether online or offline. I recommend Adbrite and Bidvertiser because I personally make money from these ad networks.
• Use email marketing to send out email campaigns to your customers. Be careful with this thou, don't send out emails to people who did ask for the info.
• Advertise on newspapers to reach people who wouldn't even be able to go to your online/offline store front unless you advertise on print. When you advertise on newspaper don't just put your URL, but also your email, phone number and physical address.
• If your business is just starting out, billboards, radio, and TV ads might not be a good idea. But if you think your business is ready for the above mentioned forms of advertising go ahead, but be cautious when spending your advertising money. Your advertisement has to pay for it's self, if doesn't pay for itself you better stop advertising.
• Use the phone, all thou in some areas telemarketing is not allowed you could still utilize the phone to contact possible cutomers. Just be very cautious when doing telemarketing. Use a good list from a reliable list broker or you could simply use the telephone directory.
• Flyers, yes this still works. Create a simple flyer with your phone numbers, email address, URL and business address. Offer a discount, print it on the flyer and give it away in busy locations like supermarkets, and malls and you will be amazed by the results.

Let's help each other achieve our goals, if you have anything to share please feel free to add a comment.

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Traits of millionaires non millionaires should imitate

Here are the traits of millionaires that we non millionaires should emulate:

Save money

Most millionaires specially the ones who build their riches from scratch sets aside a certain percentage of money for investments or simply for retirement.


Clear goal

Successful people usually write down their goals, and the time and date they want to accomplish those goals. If your mind is not clearly set towards the realization of your goals you will easily get off track. So in order for you to have a clear vision of your goal you have to write it down.



Sacrifice

Staying late at night to finish the manuscript of the book you are writing, or doing 50 extra calls a day to invite clients to your sales presentation to boost your sales is a clear indication of sacrifice. So if you need to sacrifice something in order to reach your goal do it. If it’s not ethical and if it’s going to hurt someone it’s not worth the sacrifice, just keep your conscience meter always on and you will be sure that you are making your sacrifice worthwhile.


Wanting it bad enough

If you want something bad enough you will do anything in your power to accomplish whatever it is that you want. Most millionaires wanted to earn money and accumulate wealth more than anything that's why they reached their goals. So you have to want to earn and make your first million bad enough to make it happen.


Sure investment

Millionaires like investing and taking calculated risks, they weight things first and then they plunge into it giving it a certain amount of investment to make it work and become profitable. We as non millionaires should copy this kind of attitude toward investing.


Your own product/service

You should have your own product or service to offer to the general public if you want to become a top earner, if you don't have anything to sell or a service to offer it's going to be difficult to make your first million. So start developing a product or service that will make you money.


Multiple income

Rich people create multiple income streams to assure that they get a large portion of the over all market. So if you will start a soap business don’t just be contended with body soap, also manufacture liquid hand soaps, dish washing soap, detergent, and shampoo. Diversify your products or services in order to make more money


Power of leveraging

If you can make people participate in your money making business by giving them commissions you are on your way to making a lot of money. Adbrite, Bidvertiser, and other adnetwork programs on the internet are leveraging other peoples website or blogs. If you could find a product or a service where you could ask people to work for you in exchange for something valuable then you are on your way to becoming a financial giant.


Enjoyment

Find out what you are passionate about and build your business around it, it may be about gardening, computers, photography or writing. Find out how you could make money with it. Once you find out what you are passionate about you will not have any difficulty starting making money, and you will someday earn your first million.

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Always anticipate your customer's needs

I was in the mall this morning and I wanted to buy some Gulaman for refreshment but when I was paying the lady said they don't have any change for 100 bucks.

Can you believe it, a store inside a mall doesn't have any change for 100 bucks. The lady did not even nudge or exerted any effort to ask the next store if they have change for a hundred and simply said in Filipino “wala po kaming barya sir” – “We don’t have any change for that sir…” I can’t complain because I didn’t buy anything from them. What I did was to walk away from the juice store, disappointed. I was looking for a another juice stand but I can’t find one, until finally I reached the supermarket where I was able to buy cold bottled water instead of the Gulaman I was craving for.

I did not get my gulaman, but the store lost a customer. I will not buy anything from them because they might not have change for a hundred and I will be disappointed again. I wonder how many people or should I say customers they already turned down because they don’t have any change for their paying customer's money.

If that store continues to do that they will lose more than one good customer. They should at least have loose change for a hundred bucks ready in their cash register in order to keep their paying customers.