KUNJUNGI WEB SAYA

Karate KID

Karate KID
You know the scene where the lady is
standing on the cliff out over this huge
abyss on one foot, and there's a cobra
following her every move, like 2 crazy
dancers at the edge of reality?

At first the "kid" thinks that the lady
is following the snake, but then his
teacher reveals that it's the other way
around: the snake is mimicking her.

Imagine if you could "charm" your life
to follow your intentions like that snake
followed the lady's motions on the cliff...

Guess what? You already are.

Your life follows your eyes, thoughts,
and dreams right now, azhar.

Only question is, where are you
leading it?

SHABAMBO!
-Tellman


How to Make $1,000 Per Month With Article Marketing

How to Make $1,000 Per Month With Article Marketing
Success Paper
Today I want to introduce you to someone I’ve known since I started article marketing. She’s someone who’s been working really hard and always impressed me with her consistency.
She keeps on going and her income keeps on increasing. This isn’t a quick way to riches, but it works, if you’re ready to put in the work. Her name is Ingrid Palmer, a mom, a grandmother and an overall awesome person.
1. Tell us a little about who Ingrid Palmer is. Where you grew up. Your family. Your life and so on, whatever you feel comfortable sharing.
I grew up in Kingston, Jamaica and spent most of my life there.  Went to high school and college.  I have two children; a son 28 and a daughter 22.  I also have a granddaughter who is 4. Very beautiful.
She is one of the inspirations for me trying to do more for my family.  I am happily married and have been for many, many years.  I currently reside in Miami, Florida, however planning on returning home to Jamaica in another year or so.  And will certainly be doing more affiliate marketing.

2. How did you choose a method for making money online? How did you find article marketing and what made you choose it?
I came to the US in the year 2000 with very little money and no job.  I was fortunate to find a job after two months.  I started my online search as I was tired of working for other people.  I am a very hard and dedicated worker and was always given big responsibilities because of my work ethic.
My first 3 or so years online was spent chasing scams.  I took part in so many scams that I could write a book.  I took a break from the internet as I thought it was a waste of time.  But because of my desire to have my own business I could not give up the idea.  So I started searching again
I really had no idea what affiliate marketing was.  I thought it was like MLM where you had to recruit people and build downlines and I did not want to do that at all.   I found several affiliate marketing membership sites which I joined however I did not know anything about building a website or how to get traffic or find keywords.  I continued searching until I came across a company called Jadeion which is now Affiliate Article Writers.
What attracted me to Affiliate Article Writers was the fact that they build a presell site for you and teach you how to write the articles and provided you with keywords.   With this system you could start making money quickly.  They actually hold you by the hand and help you take your first steps.
That was it I was hooked.  Affiliate Article Writers paved the way for me to begin making money online.  However it is a learning process that takes time and effort to see real result.
3. What kind of obstacles did you run into when you first started making an income online and how did you overcome them? A lot of people get frustrated when they do not see results immediately. Talk a little about how you were able to persist and become one of the few that make more than $100 a month online.
My biggest obstacle was that everyone told me to build a website and get traffic.  How you do that I had no idea.  I tried building several websites, but never got anywhere.  I just did not know how to start.  Then I heard about article marketing, writing articles and submitting them to Article Directories.  That to me was the easy part.  Finding a niche, doing keyword research and building a website was the tough part for a beginner, like me.
After I got into the habit of writing and submitting articles I began searching for methods to scale up my efforts and getting more traffic.  So I learnt about building squidoo lenses.  This method is taught very thoroughly and simply by One Week Marketing.  That is also another great way to begin online as you can use this method to make money without spending much.  It is very newbie-friendly and will help you get started on the right path.
4. How much money are you making right now and how long did it take you to get there? Share whatever number you are willing to share. The more specific the better, but only as long as you feel comfortable.
I am making a little over $1,000 currently.  It took me about 14 months to get to where I am at right now.  I know that I can triple that with just a bit more effort and when I quit my day job which I will be doing this year.
5. What are some of the common mistakes you see new article marketers make? Why do they fail and what separates you from the pack?
New affiliate marketers fail because they tend to take on too much at once.  Going after every shiny things that come their way and not doing one project and then moving on to the next.  I was guilty of this for a long time.
Learn a system and then duplicate it.  Write as many articles as possible, this is the best way of getting traffic.  I don’t know that I am different, I am just determined that this must work for me.  I have no alternative.
It is also very important to have a daily plan to track your work, without this you will be all over the place and not accomplish much.
6. How do you use article marketing? What is your process? How do you use keywords? Where do you send the traffic?
I use article marketing to get traffic to my website so they can buy whatever product I am selling.  I make my articles informative giving genuine information or advise so people will be interested in purchasing what I am selling.
Building trust with people can make the difference in whether you succeed or fail.  Long term success is what is important.
7. It’s easy to run into plateaus and fear when you’ve run out of the initial motivational burst that happens in the beginning. How did you keep on going through this? What is your secret to writing articles consistently?
Yes I have come upon the occasional road blocks. However my determination comes from knowing this system works and that the only way to success is not to give up.  I have to make this work as I have no other choice and I am extremely tired and fed up of having a boss.
This is my main motivation.  The thought of handing in that resignation is so stimulating to me it drives me to work harder.  Every time I think about my job and how much time I have to spend in an office is motivation enough for me.
I write articles daily. The secret is that there is no secret. I know that the more I write, the more sales I make.  Sometimes it is slow but that is the nature of this business.
8. I’ve talked to you a little bit and you’ve said that you want to make a living online. How are you going to do this? What are your plans?
I plan to continue selling the products that I am currently selling through Affiliate Article Writers and also build blogs around these and many other products.
I also think I have gained quite a bit of knowledge that I can one day impart to other aspiring affiliate marketers to try to help them not to make the mistakes I made.
9. Do you think making money online requires a special trait or talent? Or do you think anyone can do it? What advice would you give someone just starting out?
Making money online does not require a special trait per se, however it takes discipline.  What is required is hard work, consistency, the ability to learn new things regularly.  You must have an action plan in place without a plan it will not work.
I was sadly lacking in putting a plan in place and until I did I was just all over the place.  With a daily plan I accomplish more tasks each day.   Affiliate marketing is not an overnight thing.  It takes months to begin to see results.   And then you have to scale it up.  You have to take what you learn and personalize it, make it your own.
A lot of new affiliate marketers give up when they do not see immediate result.  Especially when they see everyone else make thousands monthly, then you begin to wonder if something is wrong with you.
Or you begin to ask yourself if this is right for you?   I know how frustrating it can be but you must be patient and do a little each day.  It will come together with practice.  And trying to learn from too many different people can become quite confusing too because each person has their own method.  You have to eventually develop your own set of skills.
10. How can someone learn to write faster and get more articles done? What are your strategies for writing more articles in less time?
The key to writing more articles faster is first to do your research on the topic you are writing about.  Once you have a good knowledge and good facts on the topic you can write a good quality information rich article in 15 or twenty minutes.   Writing to me now is like talking to a friend.  I write my articles as if I was answering an email.
As long as you are able to provide quality information your articles will eventually make you sales.  Give and you shall certainly get.
A huge thank you to Ingrid for doing this interview, and if you’re interested in diving deeper into article marketing, check out my article marketing guide (it comes with hand-holding).

Linux systems rank high on spam sender list

Linux systems rank high on spam sender list
Linux systems are five times more likely than Windows machines to be used to send spam, according to a Symantec report that highlights the part that Linux plays in the growing spam problem.

The findings were published in Symantec’s MessageLabs Intelligence Report for April, published on Friday. The company used a technique called ‘passive fingerprinting’ to identify the operating system of a spam-sending machine, then calculated the ratio of spam from a given operating system compared with its market share.
Linux systems originated 5.14 percent of spam, compared with 92.65 percent for Microsoft Windows systems. But Linux only has 1.03 percent of the operating system market share, as opposed to 91.58 percent for Windows, according to Symantec. (For the market share figures, Symantec used research from Net Applications.)
“By calculating a ratio of spam from a given operating system compared to the market share, we can get a ‘spam index’, which shows — relative to its market share — the likelihood that a particular computer is sending spam, based on its operating system,” Symantec said in the report.
The resulting calculation gave Linux a “spam index” of 4.99, compared with an index of 1.01 for Windows.
“In the current spam climate, this index shows that relative to its market share, any given Linux machine is five times more likely to be sending spam than any given Windows machine,” the company said.
The figures do not necessarily show that Linux is being disproportionately targeted by spammers, or that it is less secure than Windows, but rather seem to be related to the fact that Linux is disporportionately used to run email relay systems, according to Symantec.
In some cases, the problem seems to be that such relays have been set up without following basic anti-spam precautions, according to Mat Nisbet, a malware data analyst with Symantec.
Nisbet said he investigated the originating IP addresses of a random selection of spam from Linux systems. In most cases, he found the spam came from a machine running an open-source mail transfer agent such as Postfix or Sendmail that had been left open to relaying email from third parties.
“This suggests that one reason there is so much spam from Linux could be that many companies that have implemented their own mail servers and are using open-source software to keep down costs have not realised that leaving port 25 open to the internet also leaves them open to abuse,” Nisbet said in a Friday blog post.
Organisations looking to use Linux as a mail server need to make sure they know how to set it up securely, he added.
“Make sure that the systems are correctly set up to restrict access on port 25 to only authorised users (for example, attached to the local network, or through VPN),” he wrote.
Another factor that could be skewing the statistics is that some ISPs force all their users’ mail to go through their own hosts, which are often run on Linux systems, Nisbet said.
“This means that a lot of botnet traffic which we would normally identify as something else, instead appears to be coming from Linux,” he wrote.
source: www.scmagazineuk.com

free software downloads for your laptop

free software downloads for your laptop
Have a laptop or netbook and want to get more out of it? You’re not alone. We’ve experienced the frustration of trying to keep data or bookmarks on a portable synchronised with those of a desktop PC or other laptops. We’ve struggled with diminishing battery life. We’ve needed assistance getting connected at hotspots or staying safe once online. And we’ve wondered how to take full advantage of USB flash drives.

But we’ve found help, and it’s all free. Here are ten no cost pieces of downloadable software that will solve your synchronisation, battery, Wi-Fi and USB woes. They’ll make it easier and more fun to get your work done, too.
Synchronisation Tools
If you own a desktop in addition to a laptop, you constantly have to deal with synchronising files and folders between them. If you’re not careful, you’ll end up working on older files on one computer while the newer versions sit on the other. Worse yet, when copying files between the machines, you might accidentally overwrite a newer version with an older one. The following three freebies solve those problems for you. They can synchronise your files automatically, and they can even synchronise between PCs and Macs.
SugarSync Free
This excellent software does double duty as a synchronisation tool and as an automated backup program. Exceedingly simple to use, it offers 2GB of free online backup space, takes up little RAM and few system resources, and works with Macs as well as PCs. All that, and it’s free.
Simply install the software on your computers and indicate which folders to synchronise. SugarSync Free then works in the background. If the computer to which you wish to sync is not online, the files will sync to it when it returns. In addition to syncing the files, SugarSync Free backs them up online.
You can do a lot more, too, such as sharing files and folders with other people. The software also keeps older versions of your file online so that you can revert to any of them.
The free edition of the software will synchronise only two computers, and it has a limit of 2GB of online storage space. For-pay versions let you synchronise among multiple PCs and offer faster upload speeds; prices range from $5 per month to $25 per month.
Download SugarSync Free | Price: Free
Windows Live Sync
What if you want to synchronise your laptop with more than one other desktop or laptop, but you don’t want to spend the money that SugarSync charges for it? Give the free Windows Live Sync a try. With this tool, you can sync folders on as many computers as you want, and you don’t have to pay a penny. Keep in mind, however, that this software doesn’t include online backup; it only synchronises folders from computer to computer.
Using Windows Live Sync is even easier than working with SugarSync Free. The method of adding and removing folders is more straightforward. Since you manage everything from a website, you can set up your synchronisation options in a single step rather than multiple ones.
Like SugarSync, Windows Live Sync works with Macs as well as PCs. However, I have been unable to get the software to work with Snow Leopard, the newest version of Mac OS X. If you want to synchronise with a Snow Leopard Mac, you may run into problems.
Download Windows Live Sync | Price: Free
Xmarks
Here’s a common problem for laptop owners who also have another machine: How do you keep your Favorites and bookmarks synchronised among all your computers? Let’s say that you browse the web on your laptop, adding a few bookmarks and deleting a few. The next day you use your desktop, but of course it doesn’t have the latest bookmark changes you made. Trying to make the corresponding additions and deletions on the desktop’s web browser can be time consuming, and that’s assuming you even remember them all.
Xmarks solves the problem neatly. It synchronises the bookmarks on multiple PCs, and better yet, it does so between browsers as well: With its help, you can keep Internet Explorer bookmarks on one PC synchronised with Firefox bookmarks on another. The tool even works on multiple operating systems, including Windows, Mac, and Linux.
The software used to be known as Foxmarks. Since then, its creators have updated it with additional features, including the ability to offer information about sites when you conduct searches. The extras are useful, but you’ll really want this software for its synchronisation of the bookmarks on all your PCs.
Download Xmarks | Price: Free
Laptop Battery Managers
Ah, batteries, the bane of every laptop owner’s existence. They never seem to have enough power, and they run out far too quickly. These downloads will help you manage your laptop’s battery life, and they can even help you get more juice out of a single charge.
BattCursor
You have work to do, but you know that your battery is starting to run out. So you keep checking the laptop’s battery icon to see how much power is left and every time you check, you waste precious time. Sound familiar?
This clever, free program shows your laptop’s remaining battery life on your mouse cursor. The app can display the information on your desktop, as well.
You can have the cursor text’s color and transparency level change, depending on the power level. For example, you can set the program to keep the text transparent in cases when your laptop is connected to a power source, but visible if the portable is unplugged and below a certain power level. BattCursor has a lot of extras, too, such as ways to improve your notebook’s battery life.
Download BattCursor | Price: Free
BatteryBar
Want to check battery life, but don’t like the idea of having your mouse pointer display the text? Here’s another alternative. BatteryBar shows, on your taskbar, exactly how much juice you’ve already used and how much you have left. You can set the app to display remaining battery life either as a percentage or as an amount of time.
Hover your mouse over BatteryBar, and you’ll see even more information, including the total battery capacity, the discharge rate, the battery wear, and how much total capacity your battery has in terms of time per full charge.
When you first run the program, it won’t appear to work. You’ll need to configure your taskbar to display it. Right click the taskbar, and select Toolbars, Taskbar. Once you do that, the program will appear.
Download BatteryBar | Price: Free
Wireless Networking Utilities
One of the main reasons to use a laptop is that you can connect wirelessly when you’re away from your home or office. But finding a connection, and keeping safe when you are connected, can be problematic. Here are two downloads that can help.
Hotspot Shield
When you use your laptop to connect to a hotspot at a public location such as a coffee shop or airport, you put yourself at risk. Hackers may be able to sniff your data packets, invade your PC and steal your username and password when you log in to websites.
Here’s a freebie that promises to keep you safe by encrypting your connection when you’re at a hotspot so that no one else can read the information you send. The program is extremely easy to use. Install it and it logs you in to a virtual private network (VPN) that performs the encryption.
A few installation notes: If you don’t want various toolbars to install too, make sure to uncheck the boxes next to the toolbar items during installation. And if you don’t want your home page and search engine to be changed, uncheck those options as well.
Download Hotspot Shield | Price: Free
WeFi
If you’re a laptop owner and a fan of social networking, you can combine the two with WeFi. Not only does this program find hotspots so that you can connect to them, but it also finds people to whom you can connect as well. After you install WeFi, the app lists nearby hotspots along with information about each, such as the signal strength and whether the hotspot is encrypted. To connect to one, double click it. You can also go to a web page that displays a map of where you are and shows nearby hotspots.
To see people who are connected to hotspots near you, click the People tab. You can then see more information about any of them, and get in touch with them via the software.
WeFi also includes a feature that will warn you away from suspicious web pages. If you prefer, however, you can turn it off during the installation process: Uncheck the box next to Include Wi-Fi Secure Browsing.
Note that this program will make WeFi Search your home page, establish WeFi Search as your default search, and install a toolbar. If you prefer that it not do that, during the installation process select Custom and uncheck the boxes for Toolbar, Make WeFi Search my default search engine, and Make WeFi Search my homepage. Also, during installation, WeFi will ask you to install a variety of additional software. To be safe, uncheck the boxes next to those items.
Download WeFi | Price: Free
USB Flash Drive Programs
USB flash drives are designed to be portable, just like your laptop. But they can be problematic. For one thing, how can you make sure that your files aren’t compromised in the event that you lose your drive? We have a few downloads to help with that, and more.
PortableApps
If your laptop or netbook has only a modest hard drive, you may not be able to fit all of your applications on it. Microsoft Office, for example, can occupy plenty of hard disk space and leave you little room for anything else.
With PortableApps, you won’t have that problem. In this download you get a full suite of free applications, including OpenOffice.org, which has a word processor, a spreadsheet, a presentation program, a database, and a drawing program. You’ll also find an antivirus utility, a slimmed down version of Firefox, and more. In addition to the applications, you get backup software, plus a menu that makes accessing all of the programs easy.
The Light version takes up just 150MB installed, and the more full featured Standard version consumes 355MB. You can install the software on your laptop or netbook of course, but to save space you can install the programs on a USB drive and even run them from there. You can store your data on the USB drive as well. No matter how little storage space your laptop or netbook has, you’ll be set.
Download PortableApps Standard | Price: Free
Download PortableApps Light | Price: Free
TrueCrypt
USB drives are a great way to carry work with you when you travel. They’re light, they’re cheap, and they have enough capacity to handle large image files, hefty documents, and entire presentations. But you can easily lose or misplace them, a serious problem if your files are personal or sensitive.
The free TrueCrypt does an excellent job of keeping your files safe from prying eyes, even if your USB drive falls into the wrong hands. You get a choice of many different encryption algorithms, including the powerful 256-bit AES and 448-bit Blowfish methods. The program will not just encrypt the files and folders, but also hide them so that no one but you knows that they are there.
This isn’t the most intuitive of programs to work with, so take some time to read the manual and be sure to use the program’s built-in wizards.
Download TrueCrypt | Price: Free