Book Review - Get Rich Click! by Marc Ostrofsky

As everyone involved in the Internet Marketing (IM) know that knowledge is the key to success in IM. As the saying goes, Content Is King in IM, but before you can provide any relevant and meaningful content, you need to be equipped with the corresponding necessary and relevant knowledge. 

If I were to allow to recommend only ONE book to read in the IM arena, it got to be Get Rich Click! The Ultimate Guide To Making Money On The Internet by Marc Ostrofsky. Author Marc Ostrofsky is an entrepreneur and Internet pioneer whose companies make $75 millions annually. In this New York Times Best Seller book, he outlines the key strategies and present it marvelously with real life examples.

Also, in this easy to follow guide book, Marc Ostrofsky leave no stone unturned and making sure that you will learn every single aspect of the "what?" in the Internet Marketing arena. 

Wordpress - The Top 30 Plugins [Infographic]

When come to blogging, the most popular CMS (Content Management System) in the market is Wordpress. It's easy to use, it's free and best of all, it's unlimited expandability with Plugins and Widgets. Currently, there are about 150 millions blogs powered by Wordpress and Blogger is second on the list. Yes, this particular blog is powered via free Blogger and I have no qualm of promoting either one of them as I am happy with both (I do maintain multiple blogs under both platforms).

Talking about Plugins, there are more than 22,000 plugins (free and paid) in the market and the challenge for many of us is to choose a stable and suitable plugins for your blog. Graphs.net has recently released a useful Infrgraphic showcasing the Top 30 Wordpress Plugins by number of downloads.

Check out the infographic below...

Blogging With John Chow - Highly Recommended!

First, I would like to ask you a question. Are you a blogger or aspired to be a blogger? If yes, proceed to A,if no proceed to B.

A: Are you intended to make money out of your blogging venture? If yes, proceed to C, if no proceed to B. 

B: You might not find this post of your interest but you can still read through to find out how John Chow turn zero to $40,000 per month income in 2 years merely through blogging... 

C: This post is meant for you. Whether you are currently making a handsome side-income through your blog or still findings ways to do it, you got to check out the secret of how the world top blogger, John Chow do it! Keep reading...as what I am going to share next will change your view on blogging business!

Impressive Stop-Motion History Of GIF [Video]

If you are on internet regularly (who doesn't?), I am pretty sure that you will chance upon many animated/moving photos scattered around the web pages/blogs (as an example, refer to the photo on the left). Most probably, these are the GIF file. GIF stands for Graphic Interchange Format and it was born 25 years ago.

GIF has survived Dot.com crash and remain a strong and important property in the media-rich online world. Let's take a walk down GIF memory lane with this delightful stop-motion video directed by Sean Pecknold (LEGS Production):

Hope you enjoy the sharing. Do you have any favourite GIF? Feel free to share it in the comment section.

Cheers!

Social Media Marketing Is No Longer An Option!

At this stage, it is obvious that Social Media Marketing is no longer an option but rather a MUST for any brand/business to be sustainable in the long run. Social Commerce has changed the landscape of marketing as a whole. For those who are involved in the marketing, we just need to keep our eyes wide-open for the development in the Social Media space!

That's also the reason for me to create another blog focusing on Social Media development. I simply called it Social Media Plus. Basically, I created this platform to share my curation of Social Media related resources, with a tinge of Asian Perspective in a weekly post that I called Social Media Flash (click to see the sample post). This is on top of the regular posts that I shared a few times a week.

Giphy - The Marvelous GIF Search Engine

The GIF (Graphics Interchange Format) images are very popular and well liked by most, the reason is simple, an animated/moving image is much more appealing than a static image. Besides, such images is more likely to go viral i.e. increase share-ability.

One challenge we are facing now is the difficulty in searching for relevant GIF images with specific topics/themes. Fret not, here comes the rescue. Giphy, a super clean and simple GIF search engine. Effectively, the way to search is just like any other search engine i.e. just type the keyword(s) of your interest and the result (all GIF images in this case) will be displayed. You will see the static images in the result but when you mouse over it, the animation part will come to life!

1ShoppingCart - Your online Store buddy

Regardless of the kind of business you are in, the best time to create an online presence (or eCommerce store) is always - the earlier the better. The reason simply is because with the online channel, you can reach out to global customer base at 24x7 with a fraction of cost (as compared to the bricks and mortar store). 

Of course, in order to create a true impact in the online space, you need to invest in the website creation, hosting of your site, shopping cart implementation etc... which might sound too daunting a task for some of you. That's why you need to find a trustworthy partner to be your buddy in online store builder. 

1ShoppingCart fits the bill perfectly as it provides a wholesome eCommerce store solution comprises of:

• All-in-one solution for selling online
• Reliable and secure shopping cart
• Powerful email marketing AND
• Robust product catalogue for physical and online goods

What's more, you can try it FREE for 4-weeks now! Take the chance and give it a try now, your online presence will never be the same again! Click on online store builder for the free trial. 

Cheers!