Educational Toys

It's always important for encourage children’s mind by stimulating their curiosity. Children’s mind always ready to get any input they could have, either from the environment, friends and parents.

In the environment influences educational toys can really help to stimulate the young brain. Educational toys have different type and price. They will help a child develop thought processes, basic skills and other stuff. Here are some types of educational toys:

Musical toys, this type of toys could helping to develop an early appreciation for music and can often help with such things as pattern recognition. Walking toys, this type of toys can help develop strength and balance. Story telling books, children that see their parents reading will eager to act and learn like their parents. Start to read with board books and let your children familiar with holding books and seeing words.

In the end, educational games and toys are important for kids of all ages. Toys and games that are designed to help improve a child's skills in studying.

Bisa Posting (lagi) di Wordpress.com

Alhamdulillah, akhirnya suspendnya berakhir setelah mengirimkan email ke mark di Wordpress.com. Pagi tadi pas cek account di wordpress.com ternyata suspendnya sudah dibuka.

Sekarang waktunya untuk mengalihkan traffic di wordpress.com ke hosting pribadi. Saatnya memulai pengalihan traffic :)

Kena Warning dari Wordpress.com

Kemarin pas mau posting di Wordpress.com kena warning.
Akibatnya nggak bisa posting di wordpress.com.

berikut cuplikan isi warningnya.

Warning: We have a concern about some of the content on your blog. Please click here to contact us as soon as possible to resolve the issue and re-enable posting.

How Blogsvertise Assign Tasks

Recently I have problem get tasks from Blogsvertise with my new Blog with Google Pagerank 3. After emailing to Blogsvertise Helpdesk, then I got explanation on how Blogsvertise assign their task and how mechanishm on Grab Bag Task (GBT). Here's the reply email from Blogsvertise Helpdesk.

Hi - Zid

We send out emails with new tasks every day using two different methods. Sometimes our computer picks bloggers at complete random to send out tasks to. Other times, our advertiser's ask that we focus on bloggers who write about certain categories such as travel, or finance. We also factor in a blogger's track record and how quickly they have responded to our assignments in the past.

To increase the number of tasks you get try working on your readership.

I will keep you in mind for any campaigns I am working on in the next few days. Thanks for your eagerness to get more assignments- it is always appreciated and remembered!

When bloggers reject tasks, the tasks are then put into the grab bag. We can not predict when you will receive a grab bag. Please keep checking in!

Thanks,

Jennifer
Account Representative

Online Business Case: How Sports Store Use Online Marketing like Obama

Online marketing is one of the best things to reach more customer in the whole world, some of the advantages in online marketing is they could reach wider market using efficient cost, an example for this one is how Obama reach his voter starting from young people to parents using facebook online social network. His campaign team starts by creating Obama profile in social network and connect as many as potential voter.

This online marketing continue moving on new phase, as Obama starts to enter the youtube by supplying his video campaign to the online video sharing. By entering the youtube, his voter that want to see his online debate or his speech won’t need to continue watching television or record in DVD just to see the debate.

Sports equipment store as online store that targeting young people should see how Obama use internet marketing effectively. Sports equipments store could start by creating his customer network in social network and try to get his customer testimony on their services. Then online marketing could continue to provide sports equipment advertisement video online and also they could provide the how-to video for their products offered in the stores, for example how to wear baseball gloves correctly and tips in playing baseball.

Online Business Case: Online Car Insurance

Car insurance like other financial product now also available in the internet. online auto car insurance services trying to help customer to access insurance services in simple ways. Today no customer had enough time to visit car insurance marketing office just for asking information and fill the application by paper based. With online service, customer could cut the time for get the information and applying auto insurance.

But, before choosing your car insurance. You need to searching the car insurance company track record, trace for any complaint records related to those auto insurance company. The other thing to do is compare the auto insurance rates from two car insurance companies and find the best rates offered. Compare the rates from your car insurance company with other well-known insurance company rates.

By comparing those rates, customer will get not only cheap car insurance, but also the best deal they could achieve from the insurance company.

New Rich: King, Programmer then Investor

In last decade’s world’s billionaire list we saw a lot of changes. Starts from early nineties with Sultan or King that hold big five billionaires of the world to the late nineties that comes era of technology business take the top billionaire list. The latest update of this billionaire list will be in following years that investor era had come to take the top billionaire list.

Nouveau Riche is French for ‘New Rich’; this nouveau riche phenomenon is explaining the billionaire list changes in the following years. In the early nineties Bill Gates is nobody in the Billionaire list, but as Nouveau Riche builds his wealth on technology in early eighties, Bill Gates become number one billionaire in the world using the success of Microsoft operating system and software during nineties, Bill Gates also received an amount of fortune in his Microsoft revenue.

This year Nouveau Riche is Warren Buffet number one in the list of Billionaire with his investment. Start from nothing in the eighties, Buffet continues to invest in potential company that made his wealth bigger. In this year Buffet already the number one thanks to terrific performance of company that he put investment on it.

Top Five Article Marketing Categories

Here's the top five article marketing categories. So, if your article doesn't include this category, then create a new article to match this category.

1. Internet marketing

That's why doshdosh is so popular.

2. Personal finance

Simpledollar is a perferct sample.

3. Relationship

Hmm, there's always market for love related things

4. Personal health

Men's health?

5. Personal development

Hmm, any idea for sample in this category?

Blogvertise Account Suspended :(

This months, after making almost 100 USD in blogvertise, my account is suspended. :(
Here some suspend email from lori (Blogvertise Support).

My email

Dear Lori,

Today I check my account has been suspended and all my task is being rejected.
Could I know why my account has been suspended?

Last time I check I have almost US $ 600 payment that already approved but not being paid and still due in next month. But today all the payment is unaccessible because of the suspend. :(

Is there any mistakes from me or is it any trouble in the system?

Regards,

Zidni A Apriya

Blogvertise reply

Your account has been suspended for abusing the shopwiki tasks. It specifically states that if you have written for this advertiser in the last 3 months you are not eligible for this task. Yet you submitted a second one, and grabbed a third one. I am sorry but to prove this rule will be inforced your account has been suspended.

Sincerely,
Lori Y
Customer Service

Then, beg for forgiveness :)

Dear Lori,

Yes, It's my mistake to grab the shopwiki task more than once, but the third one I've already decline, before write any review about it.

And also I'm not aware about the restriction, The only restriction that notice is in the some_advertiser.com task and I'm not grab any of those task. Although from the email from webmaster there are nothing mentioned about the restriction. Could blogvertise forgive my mistake that not aware 'bout this restriction? :(

And for my payment from another advertiser that due to this week, will it be suspended also?
BTW, when this suspend will be release?

Regards,

Zidni Agni

But, then lori doesn't reply any clue about when the suspend will be released and no forgiveness either.

The tasks specifically say it in the instructions, in bold at the top of the task.

Sincerely,
Lori Y
Customer Service

Online Business Case: Online Store

Online store is one of the best things to make money on internet, the advantages of online stores is they enable websites owner to marketing their own brand, an example for this one is amazon and best buy. They start by selling others brand product, but now they start their own product, which is affiliate business.

Another advantages of online store, you as store owner will always have potential customer database. Database that will you have control over market, with this data you could also read and predict what will be profitable in the future.

Nowadays, online store targeting more specific market. This example is starts by amazon that selling only books in their early years or sports online store will be attractive to online customer that only searching for sport products. So, in the beginning it is better to only sell other brand in your online store, this will save you with production cost and focusing on customer and the other tips is to starts with specific product and market.

Online Business Case: Annual Costume Store

Annual event is the best time for marketing product, especially for cloth and costume. The annual event such as Independence Day, religious event or specific event that only exist in some country. Usually an costumes online store must prepare one or two months before the event to prepare everything related to the event.

Some preparation like product stock, advertise or even rebuilding an existing web store design is need to prepare. Readiness of the product stock is a must, since there will be an increase in order of the product during the peak time. Advertising is important to building potential customer awareness of our product. The last thing is to make some necessary changes in the web store design to bring the new image.

One example in this annual costume store is a Halloween Costumes store; they will prepare them before the annual event. Building customer awareness about the halloween costume safety or just show their brand and domain in some popular places.

Order Pesan Taksi Alphard atau Taksi TV via Telepon

Akhir-akhir ini angkutan taksi makin canggih aja, mulai dari taksi dengan TV kabel Taksi TransCab, taksi dengan armada Mercedes Benz Taksi Silver Bird, taksi dengan armada VW Caravelle Taksi Maxicab, sampai yang terakhir Taksi yang pake armada Alphard Taksi Tiara Express. Untuk taksi dengan armada mobil mewah seperti Taksi Tiara Express, sebenarnya sudah ada sejak awal 2008 ini, misalnya Taksi Silver Bird yang menggunakan armada Mercedes Benz sampai Taksi bandara Maxicab yang menggunakan armada VW Caravelle.

Untuk tarif yang dikenakan ke penggunanya tidak terlalu mahal dengan tarif buka pintu 10.000 rupiah cukup terjangkaulah untuk sekelas ALphard atau Mercedes Benz. Masing-masing taksi di atas dapat dipesan dengan melalui telepon ke call center masing-masing.

Berikut list call center untuk order:

1. Taksi Tiara Express 021-57990707
2. Taksi Silver Bird 021- 798-1234, 794-1234, 798-1001
3. Taksi Transcab 021-583 55 500

So, silakan dipilih dipilih taksinya :)

Taksi Tiara Express

Taksi Silver Bird akhirnya dapat saingan, grup Express meluncurkan taksi Tiara Express yang menggunakan Toyota Alphard sebagai armada taksi eksekutifnya. Selama ini hanya ada taksi Silver Bird yang memasang tarif diatas taksi reguler, bahkan untuk kelas taksi minibus belum ada yang menawarkan. Tiara Express menawarkan alternatif untuk penumpang banyak dan angkutan mewah dan nyaman.

Berikut tarif Tiara Express:
Buka pintu (flag fall) Rp. 10.000,- per km, Selanjutnya Rp. 5.000,-
Waktu tunggu per jam Rp. 50.000,-
Tidak ada minimum payment dan cancellation fee
Fasilitas : GPS,LCD, internet

Jadi, untuk pak Roni yang mau beli alphar, kayaknya ganti yang lain aja pak :)

Ternyata bukan cuma taksi dengan armada Alphard saja, banyak juga taksi dengan fasilitas wah lainnya dan nomor telepon call center nya.

Step to Change Your Name In Paypal

Here's the step to change your name in Paypal account.
From Paypal support team, nice team with quick response. :)

Dear Zidni Agni,

Thank you for contacting PayPal with your concern.

You can change the name on your account only for a typographical error
or a legal name change. You can't change the name on your account to
another person's name.

To make a name change, submit a request through our secure form.

1. Log in to your account at https://www.paypal.com/.

2. Click the "Contact Us" link.

3. Click "Contact Customer Service."

4. Select "My Account" in the choose a Topic box and select "Name
Change" in the Choose a subtopic box.

5. Enter "Can I change my name?" in the step 3 box, and click
"Continue."

6. Click the question "Can I change the name on my PayPal account?"

7. Click the "secure form" link in the answer.

8. Follow the online instructions.

You can upload the requested files or fax the cover sheet along with the
requested documents. Since uploaded files are received almost instantly
and electronically attached to the claim details, our agent can review
your claim more quickly. Faxed documents are reviewed in the order they
are received and generally require 3-5 business days for the review
process to be completed. Occasionally a longer time period is required,
for instance if the fax is illegible or pages are missing.

We appreciate your patience and understanding regarding this matter, and
wish you continued success on PayPal.

Sincerely,
Abequel
PayPal, an eBay Company

Perubahan Nama di Account Paypal

Akhirnya setelah mencoba merubah nama account di bank BCA dan berakhir dengan anjuran perubahan KTP oleh mbak-mbak BCA, mencari di Internet, tanya-tanya ke kanan kiri. Hari ini Nama di account Paypal sudah sesuai dengan nama di Bank Account BCA. :D

Ternyata Paypal memang sudah membuat step-step khusus untuk perubahan nama, bahkan menyangkut masalah legal-nya. Mulai dari form yang khusus untuk perubahan nama sampai dokumen legal yang harus dilampirkan...phiuuh.

Langkah-langkah perubahan lengkapnya akan di-posting di tulisan berikutnya.

But the ending is great, so lets withdraw some Benjamin :)

Online Business Case: Another Payment Services

A month ago I have write on some payment service provider and its benefit to online store. Now, I will write some business prospect as the payment provider itself. Five star payments is one example of the payment service provider. As payment provider they accept Visa and MasterCard as main payment card.

Payment service generate income from every client that they have, payment provider could charge fixed fee to their client or online business store, or charge by the amount of payment that accepted by the online store through their service. This two kind of business model, conducted by payment provider seems to be a prospect business, as long as your service is easy to use and reliable at all time and condition.

So, why you don’t start your own payment provider services. The only thing you should prepare is cheap human resources and also reliable technology.

Online Business Case: Translation Services

Start from last week discussion with a college friend, he's planned to form a online business that inspired by the VA (Virtual Assistant) business in India and Philippines. Online business that will be form is Translation service based on online order through web.

As an input and some suggestions for his new business, I'll review this translation service based on this India based company. Iaflindia.com provides translation services for India based language and some other countries around India, for example India translation, Arabic translation and Farsi translation.

The payment and transaction not provided on online form, but still through email and user interaction in their web is also still need to improve, but I think as their main business is not selling product, but provided services. I think their approach is still good in their business stream.

So, this is your model to try your own translation service online business my friend. :)

Internet Marketing Concept - Definition (1)

Past few days, I've been asking by some friends about the internet marketing. Some pointing out to asiabrain or even the new rumahgratis. Questions they always asks, such as:

1. Is it true that internet marketing is MLM via internet?
2. are we have to make ebook to sell in internet?

And so many more positive or negative side of internet marketing. Lets start with some points.

Internet Marketing is Marketing channel with many business model

Internet marketing, or for short IM, is one marketing channel to do business, and like some marketing channel it has many business model. For example, Television, if you have your own channel (ie. Zid Channel), then you'll be able to sell your channel through cable TV as Pay TV, sell prime time TV Commercial to advertising agency, or sell some program to product related to the program and offer them in main sponsor or even an Advertorial.

Same with Television, In IM, if you have a Website, you could sell it as a pay site, commercial banner (link, image or pop-up) or even do some advertorial on your website content.

So, you don't have to make some e-book, sell unuseful product to others or even ask you friends to transfer some moeny to join some network.


Internet Marketing like all Business, It could be leverage to gain more profit

Start with one store, after the ROI, leverage to 2 or 3 store. Start with one property, leverage to 2 property and so on. Same like all of them, start with one web, after it generate a sustainable profit, move to another one.

follow this cycle : Research >> Create >> Content >> Traffic >> Monetize >> Automate

Continue to the next series....

Paid Review -- Online Business Journey (3)

After trying the online business model of PPC and affiliate marketing, this is the case of paid review business model. How much revenue that you'll get for a paid review?. The simple one web sample, lets say that you have PageRank 4 website, then the average revenue for the first month is about 50 USD to 100 USD. The revenue is depends on how you much revew request that you'll get.

The complete simple case for paid review:
1. The initial moeny that you should invest is 0 (null)
2. Build a free blog, either on wordpress or blogger/blogspot (I would prefer blogger, cause you could extend it to advertising business model)
3. Write a topic that's hot in populated country, for example Indonesia, you could write about the
new telecommunication Operator (ie. Axis)
4. Gain your reader by promote your web to mailing list or private forum(ie. company private forum, mailing list or alumni mailing list).
5. Made your self a credit card and register to paypal.
5. Register your blog to reviewme or blogvertise.
6. Start doing your review request
7. And here's the motivational pics :)

PPC Affiliate - Online Business Journey (2)

What is Affiliate online business model?, basically this type of business model is something that known as the middleman, you dont have to made your own products to sell, all you need to do is just sell others people product and get commision for product that you sold to customer.

Then what is PPC, PPC is an avertising model that based on click, for example Google Adwords. So, how to combine the PPC and Affiliate? it is simply to put your affiliate product promotion link in the PPC to generate the sales :P.

Then hows the steps:
1. Register your self to Affiliate website - ie. amazon affiliate, commision juction(for walmart and others)
2. Register to PPC website - ie. Google Adwords
3. Made your self a promotion in PPC using your affiliate link
4. Monitor your promotion and research the best keywords
5. After several months, entertain yourself with motivational pics :D


continue to next series......