Alief WebZ http://www.aliefwebz.com Road to be a Proffesional Blogger Fri, 02 Jul 2010 02:35:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Got My First Advertiser http://www.aliefwebz.com/got-my-first-advertiser.htm http://www.aliefwebz.com/got-my-first-advertiser.htm#comments Fri, 02 Jul 2010 02:35:41 +0000 aliefmaksum http://aliefwebz.com/?p=52 It’s pretty hard to believe, but after almost 3 years blogging, i just got my first direct advertiser. As you maybe already know, i monetize my blogs mainly with Adsense and Infolinks since they are reliable.

But about 3 weeks ago, i got an email from a person who asked to place ads on one of my blog. At first, i didn’t give it too much attention as many people withdrew after seeing my offer. But not with this one :) After several emails negotiate about the price, we got a deal and he place his ads for one months on my blog.

The deal is pretty neat and i hope he will extend it :) But regardless, i’m really happy for getting my first direct advertiser :)

]]> http://www.aliefwebz.com/got-my-first-advertiser.htm/feed 0 Infolinks Dream On http://www.aliefwebz.com/infolinks-dream-on.htm http://www.aliefwebz.com/infolinks-dream-on.htm#comments Wed, 30 Jun 2010 05:45:38 +0000 aliefmaksum http://aliefwebz.com/?p=45 This post is created for entering the Infolinks contest, Infolinks Dream On :)

1. What about Infolinks makes you happy? Infolinks really makes me smile when i open my report and realizes that Infolinks is tripled my blog earning which previously only came from Adsense. This is really surprising because my initial thought of using Infolinks is only for Adsense supplementary. And do you still asking me if i’m happy with Infolinks earning? Yeah, i really am!

2. What can Infolinks do to make you happy, really happy? My biggest dream right now is to travel into Europe. I really want to visit the Eiffel Tower and get a dinner there with my girlfriend, ride a Gondola in Italy, take a picture of the Pisa Tower and visits lots of more epic places on Europe. What if Infolinks really make this dream come true? Wow, i will be shocked and really happy at the same time then. Because on my current state, it will take a quite long time to achieved that dream :) But either way, Infolinks is  helping me reach my dream. Thanks Infolinks! :)

]]> http://www.aliefwebz.com/infolinks-dream-on.htm/feed 0 First MegaUpload Payment! http://www.aliefwebz.com/first-megaupload-payment.htm http://www.aliefwebz.com/first-megaupload-payment.htm#comments Mon, 31 May 2010 03:27:34 +0000 aliefmaksum http://aliefwebz.com/?p=40 At last, after waiting several days, yesterday MegaUpload send their payment to me. I choose to redeem the 100k point on the MegaUpload which is equal to $100 + 1 year premium member. It took more than one year to get me this far and i even still has some doubt whether they will pay or not. But my doubt is erased and if you still has some, i’ll show you the screen shot :D

MegaUpload Payment

The important thing about money redemption is you must a premium member. So, you just simply buy the cheapest premium member with your Paypal and then you done. Maybe Megaupload need this step to check if your Paypal account is exist. Hope this post can help you withdraw/redeem your Megaupload points :)

]]> http://www.aliefwebz.com/first-megaupload-payment.htm/feed 0 Moving Forward! http://www.aliefwebz.com/moving-forward.htm http://www.aliefwebz.com/moving-forward.htm#comments Tue, 13 Apr 2010 03:52:38 +0000 aliefmaksum http://aliefwebz.com/?p=37 One of the toughest time of my blogging life just happened right now. Currently, i”m  working out on one of my blog that have great future and high payment rate. And it causing me to have less time for my main blog and having difficulties on maintained it.

This is a bad move. No matter how brigh the future of my latest blog, my main blog still give me most of the income. Therefore, i think i must recruit someone to help me handle the blog.

But the problem starts now, i’m still not sure if i must hire someone or not. Hire someone means i got a cut on the income to pay the new employee. And it’s not end there, i also must find someone who can fit that role, and that’s not easy..

Lots of negotiation skill and  managements skills will needed if i keep moving forward. I cannot keep doing all of this by myself after all. Let’s just pray that i make the right step :)

It’s not easy to choose someone as your team.

]]> http://www.aliefwebz.com/moving-forward.htm/feed 0 I Got My First Amazon Sales http://www.aliefwebz.com/i-got-my-first-amazon-sales.htm http://www.aliefwebz.com/i-got-my-first-amazon-sales.htm#comments Fri, 26 Mar 2010 03:36:20 +0000 aliefmaksum http://aliefwebz.com/?p=35 At last.. After about a months without any result, i got a surprise when checking my Amazon account yesterday. Yup, i got my first order! Surprisingly, it’s not only one, but 6 items already shipped, yay! But the commission isn’t that much because it’s only 4% from the shipped price which is less than 100$. Not only that, i also got another 20 ordered items ^^ But all of them is cheap items. However, it can increase my commission rate as i’m using performance rate. Well, let’s hope i can get the payment threshold soon enough :)

PS: The new server is working well too, no downtime again when a new map coming out :D

]]> http://www.aliefwebz.com/i-got-my-first-amazon-sales.htm/feed 0 Moving to a Bigger Server http://www.aliefwebz.com/moving-to-a-bigger-server.htm http://www.aliefwebz.com/moving-to-a-bigger-server.htm#comments Thu, 25 Mar 2010 06:25:46 +0000 aliefmaksum http://aliefwebz.com/?p=33 After sever lots of downtime due the server overload, i decided that we need a bigger server. And hence, on 18 March i moving into a bigger package on Lunarpages. It cost me more $22  for each month than the previous server. But it also offers twice RAM, so i think it’s worth it. The movement is not too smooth, we got a DNS error which make the server down for about two days. The problem lies after i’m pointing my domains into the new IP. And after i complained on both my registrar and webserver, the problem is lies on the webserver setting. And now all is well, but the release of the Dota 6.67 will be a first test of my server endurance. Let’s hope it works..

]]> http://www.aliefwebz.com/moving-to-a-bigger-server.htm/feed 0 Hello world! http://www.aliefwebz.com/hello-world.htm http://www.aliefwebz.com/hello-world.htm#comments Mon, 28 Dec 2009 16:15:30 +0000 aliefmaksum http://aliefwebz.com/?p=1 Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start blogging!

]]> http://www.aliefwebz.com/hello-world.htm/feed 1 The Heaviest Task from Blogging http://www.aliefwebz.com/the-heaviest-task-from-blogging.htm http://www.aliefwebz.com/the-heaviest-task-from-blogging.htm#comments Tue, 22 Dec 2009 04:03:51 +0000 aliefmaksum http://aliefwebz.com/?p=31 To be a professional blogger, you do have certain job that must accomplished. Such as SEO tweaking, designing, analyzing and of course updating the blog. After 2 years blogging, it’s come to me that the heaviest task is updating the blog. If you still new, maybe you won’t feel it. But after 2 years and it become your routine,  you’ll feel it’s very boring and tiring. Updating theme, doing some coding is probably has the same tiresome effect. But they do have exciting factor that unique whenever you’re doing it.

But updating post is something different. You will get bored eventually. And the worst of it, there’s some time when you’re not in a writing mood and the news just suddenly appear. Oh dear.. I don’t know, but i’m not in the mood for writing. Especially after lately i always got this bad mood whenever in the office. Yeah, some people is just plain suck (or maybe it’s just me) and always make my mood worse just by seeing their face. Sigh.. Gotta to do something about this..

]]> http://www.aliefwebz.com/the-heaviest-task-from-blogging.htm/feed 0 Moving From Blogspot to Custom Domain http://www.aliefwebz.com/moving-from-blogspot-to-custom-domain.htm http://www.aliefwebz.com/moving-from-blogspot-to-custom-domain.htm#comments Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:08:58 +0000 aliefmaksum http://aliefwebz.com/?p=28 After 2 years using Blogspot domain, i decided to move into a custom domain. Although it’s pretty scary (you can lose all your traffic if you’re not doing right), i thought that this must be done. And, the result are..

I successfully move into a custom domain without much of losing traffics. The process takes a week, and during the process, i got declining traffic as predicted. But after my new domain got indexed properly, my traffics now is almost the same like before moving. I will tell you some my tips to move your domain if i got more spare time ;)

]]> http://www.aliefwebz.com/moving-from-blogspot-to-custom-domain.htm/feed 0 My First Forums! ^^ http://www.aliefwebz.com/my-first-forums.htm http://www.aliefwebz.com/my-first-forums.htm#comments Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:04:53 +0000 aliefmaksum http://aliefwebz.com/?p=25 At last i have my first forums! After moving my Dota-Blog, i add a forums. I’m using PHPBB for the engine. Although the best script is maybe VBulletin, but after several thought, i think it’s better to use the free script and see the reaction, before using a pay script (VBulletin cost you $195). Well, let’s hope things going well. And say welcome to my first forums, Dota-Forums! ^^

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