by John Tan on November 6, 2009
Total time spent: 2 1/2 Hours including break time
Alright it is Friday over here at Singapore and today is yet another fruitful day. Got a lot of stuff done and feeling happy that I get those stuff done.
So here is what I did for today:
- Offer Development- Manage to catch hold of Chris Vendilli to do 2 short interview with him for MarketingLunchBreak.com – 30 mins – He is really a nice dude.
- Traffic Generation – Continue to write 2 articles and submit 2 articles to ezinearticles.com – 45 mins
- Offer Development – Create a video content for this blog – 30 mins
- Other – Check emails – 30 mins

by John Tan on November 4, 2009
Total time spent: 3 1/2 Hours including break time
Hey today I got quite a bit of stuff done today. Feeling quite please with myself as I am taking more action.
So here is what I did for today:
- Offer Development – Load the first issue of the Online Breakthrough Newsletter to the server. – 5 mins
- Offer Development - Create a thank you page and download page for Online Breakthrough Newsletter. – 45 mins
- List Building – Create a optin box on my blog sidebar and popup optin using action popup by Robert Plank – 30 mins
- Traffic Generation – Continue to write 2 articles and submit to articles to ezinearticles.com – 45 mins
- Other - Check email – 30 mins

by John Tan on November 3, 2009
Total time spent: 2 Hours including break time
Today is a tiring day for me. Does not feel like doing anything but after being reminded of why I am doing business online that I written on my white board, I got pump up again and start working.
So here is my tasks that I did for today:
- Offer Development – Finish the first issue of the Online Breakthrough Newsletter that I am going to launch on 5th November. – 45 mins
- Offer Development – Suppose to interview Chris Vendilli for Marketing Lunch Break but he got stuck in the traffic so need to reschedule the interview with him – 15 mins
- Traffic Generation – Continue to write 2 articles and submit to articles to ezinearticles.com – 45 mins
- Other - Check email – 30 mins
That all I did today. No much but at least I am implementing something.

by John Tan on November 2, 2009
Total time spent: 2.5 Hours including break time
Have not really work for 2 days because I was celebrating my wife birthday. We both have a great time and it is also a good time to take a well deserved break from my online business.
Here I am back from a good rest and this is the tasks I did for my business today:
- Offer Development – Setup another expert interview page for MarketingLunchBreak.com. This time is Chris Farrell & Kevin Riley. – 30 mins
- List Building – Upload 4 autoresponder messages to my aweber account – 15 mins
- Traffic Generation – Continue to write 2 articles and submit to articles to ezinearticles.com – 45 mins

by John Tan on October 28, 2009
Total time spent: 2 Hours including break time
I took a day off yesterday to celebrate my 2nd year anniversary with my wife, Karen.
But today I am back on fire working on my business.
Here are the tasks that I completed today:
- Offer Development – Setup another expert interview page for MarketingLunchBreak.com. This time is Matt Garrett. – 15 mins
- Offer Development – Conduct an interview with Kevin Riley which the content will be use at Marketing Lunch Break – 30 mins
- List Building – Upload 2 autoresponder messages to my aweber account – 15 mins
- Traffic Generation – Continue to write 2 articles and submit to articles to ezinearticles.com – 45 mins
As you can see that my current focus right now is to promote Marketing Lunch Break so whatever I do will revolve around it.
In addition, I am not a person who can multi-task so I prefer to work on one project at a time.
God Bless and talk soon!

by John Tan on October 27, 2009
Total time spent: 3 Hours
From today onwards, I am going to post what I did daily so that you can get something valuable from my daily marketing stuff that I do. At the same time, by doing so, this is forcing me to keep myself focus to continue marketing my business and not get distracted. Yes I do get distracted easily
Before I list down the stuff that I did today, I want to share with you a powerful tip that I learn from Jimmy D Brown, one of the marketer that I highly respected. I am one of his Six Figure Formula coaching student so that is where I learn this tip from.
In the coaching program, he mention we should departmentalize our daily tasks so below is the 3 areas that I have departmentalize my business into…
- Offer Development
- List Building
- Traffic Generation
Ok let move on to the task that I completed today:
- Offer Development – Continue to setup individual interview page for my site at Marketing Lunch Break and write the outline and the first page for the first issue of online breakthrough newsletter - 45 mins
- List Building – Add 4 autoresponders messages into my aweber account – 45 minus
- Traffic Generation – Written 2 articles and submit 2 articles to ezinearticles.com – 45 mins
That’s what I have done today. I usually like to work in 45 mins chunk as it help to me stay focus to complete my task. Hope this is beneficial to you.
Talk Soon and God Bless!

by John Tan on October 26, 2009
I just started this blog not long ago even though I have been online for almost 3 years now.
Then I was thinking, what content should I include on this blog so that I can help as many people as possible who want to make some money online.
After much thought, there is my plan for this blog:
- There will be a bi-monthly newsletter called “Online Breakthrough” where I will should you how you can have a personal breakthrough in your online business if you are still struggling. – Still developing
- I will try to update this blog daily on what I do daily for my business. If you interested to know what I do daily to run my online business, then you want to subscribe to my rss feeds to get update for this blog by clicking here. – Coming Very Soon!
- Beside my daily update, I will post any new marketing tips that I learn on my blog either in video or text format. – Coming Very Soon!
That is about what I am going to share on this blog. If you have any suggestion or comment, do feel free to leave a comment on this blog. I will personally approve your comment and suggestion.
Talk soon!

by John Tan on October 16, 2009
Considering the fact that there are so many traffic generation methods out there, it is easy to perhaps concentrate on one or two and ignore all the rest. After all, as long as you’re getting traffic, there really is nothing to worry about, right?
While the above philosophy isn’t exactly ‘wrong’, it isn’t entirely right either, and the truth is, there are several compelling reasons why you should definitely be starting some form of article marketing. Once you know these, you should even have a clearer understanding of what your goals with it should be too! [click to continue…]

by John Tan on October 16, 2009
Are you interested in improving your article marketing? If you are interested, keep on reading because we’re about to discuss the 5 essential rules of effective article marketing – some of which you may know, but others you most certainly won’t.
Bear in mind that these ‘rules’ are subject to change though, but they should definitely help form a basis for you to increase the results that you’re able to obtain. Use them to your own advantage, and you’ll find that your articles, and results, benefit.
1. Keep it short and simple
Article marketing is not the place for long-winded speeches that drone on for ages and ages without getting anywhere. Most of the readers of article directories want facts and information presented to them in as simple and concise a manner possible, and so you should cater to them as much as possible.
Normally, articles from about 350 to 750 words are more than sufficient for this purpose.
2. Entertain and inform, always
Don’t get so caught up trying to be informative that you end up writing dull and boring articles. And on the flip side, don’t try to entertain so much that you forget to put in any good information.
A good article for article marketing must strike the balance between informing and entertaining!
3. Check spelling and grammar, twice!
Nothing is worse than an article that contains bad spelling or lousy grammar. While most article directories have their own vetting process, inevitably some mistakes end up slipping through.
Due to this, it is up to you to try your best to make sure that each and every article you submit is in tip top condition as far as spelling and grammar are concerned.
4. Provide tips as and when possible
Giving people tips is something that they’ll appreciate. This doesn’t necessarily mean that you need to let them in on ‘big secrets’ every time you give out a tip though. In fact, a tip could be something as simple as a warning of something that could go wrong.
Honestly, people love to be warned in advance, and your readers will definitely appreciate it if you help them out in this way.
5. Do not over-promote yourself or your products
Remember that your articles are articles, not advertisements, and so they shouldn’t contain too much self-promotion. Sure, the resource box exists for that reason, but the rest of your article should definitely concentrate more on providing information.
If you over-promote yourself, you’ll find that readers instantly recognize that fact and are less likely to read your article to the finish.
Now that you know the 5 essential rules of article marketing, you should be able to apply them instantly to whatever articles you’re working on. While some of these rules may seem deceptively common, the truth is that each and every one of them are equally and critically important.
Stay true to these rules, and you’ll find that your efforts are truly rewarded in the fashion that you desire.
If you are using article marketing to market your business, then you want to check out TheArticleBully.com where Mike Long will teach you the right way to do article marketing effectively.

by John Tan on October 16, 2009
I guess most people reading my blog are online business
owners that are spending most of their time on computer so I thought why not share some of the firefox plugins that I personally used to boost my productivity.
In case you are not using firefox yet, you can click here to download one.
Here is the list of firefox plugins I am using:
- Faviconize – I usually open multiple tabs in firefox sowith this plugin, it help to reduce the size of each tab.
- Search Status – I useit to check the pagerank and Alexa ranking of every site
- Fox Clock – As I live inSingapore so this is a handy plugin that tell me the time around the world
- Media Converter -Download and convert online videos directly from your browser without the need for special software.
- Download Them All- DownThemAll is all you can desire from a download manager: it features an advanced accelerator that increases speed up to 400% and itallows you to pause and resume downloads at any time.
Is there other useful firefox plugin that you are using now? Do share with me by leaving a comment.
