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Before I decided to monetize this blog since about a week ago, actually I have prepared my self with knowledge that related to make money from blogging. One of my effort to gain the internet marketing knowledge is by taking online course to someone who has national reputation as a remarkable seminar speaker. I knew about the online course he opened from his blog (but I don’t want to link to his blog as I am resentful to him right now).

He wrote a provoking article entitled “How to Get US$1000/month with Minimum Effort” or something like that. Who won’t interested with such kind of sweet promise? There are also many testimonials from his pupils about the course. After I have a brief chat about the course with him, I register to become his pupil, because he promise me 100% money back guarantee if I can’t get that amount of money a month after attending his class. Then I sent him US$167 for the tuition, that’s the fix price, I couldn’t bargain it. That was about a month ago!

Till this time I write this article, I never get the internet marketing knowledge from him! He always said busy when I asked about the course. I often online on YM, hoping he will appear, but that’s null. I wrote my complaint on his blog, but he suspended my complaint (maybe he only approves the testimonial comments on his blog, but suspends all the complaint comments), and he never contacts me.

Now I’m already numb. I disappointed. Just a suggestion for you, please consider 1000x before you deceide to join such kind of online course, even it is held by reputable person, has international reputation, and has many testimonials on his blog, but that’s not a guarantee. Mind this case, beware of internet deceiver!

My friend who is a professional blogger with earning more than US$1500/month from internet marketing, said that blogwalking is wasting time and useless. Yeah, I can understand if he said so, because all his time is he use to optimizing and managing his websites and blogs, writes articles, and chatting with his friend or clients.

But I said in  contrary with him about blogwalking. There are many advantages of blogwalking, at least two advantages I pick from blogwalking, and maybe you have more than two things. Firstly, blogwalking increases our knowledge about everything. For instance, if you blagwalking to a blog about world news, so your information about what happening world wide will be updated. Lately I’d like blogwalking to a blog with tips and tricks on blog monetizing. By blogwalking, I’ve learnt a little about Google Adsense, TLA, Adbrite, Paid Review, PTC/PTR, and Affiliate Program. Thanks to them who share their knowledge about those.

Secondly, blogwalking can generates traffic to our blog. How come?Well, it’s actually an indirectly effect of blogwalking, and not proved yet, I just conclude it by my self. When I blo walking in an interesting blog, I usually leave a comment. If my comment is contented, it can be assure that the publisher/blog owner will visits back to my blog. Besides, other blogger who also blogwalking to the blog and read my comment, also has possibility to continue the blogwalking to my blog, like what I do sometimes. I wrote based on my own experience, that I usually will visiting the blogger who left the impress comment. Let’s go blogwalking!

For several days I didn’t blog hoop or surf to any website, because my internet connection was in trouble and under repair by the network provider. Ugh!

In that period I feel like a dull that know nothing happened around the globe. I consider to change my internet provider, because it’s too bad to maintain, as its frequently break down network.

For me, internet connection is like the soul of socialization. No internet connection, no information!

I fully agree with the phrase “no pain no gain”. But it’s not always mean this way in contrary: “there is a pain, there is a gain”.

Last night I browsed the internet almost to midnight to find a guidance in changing my blog’s template. Actually, I already picked the new-close-to-me template. But I didn’t know how to works with it, and until now, I still don’t know how to apply it on my blog. My six-hours-browsing on the internet resulted in nothing! Anybody can help me?