Its Friday again, another entrepreneur to share with us about his venture. This week AbangAbu will be introduce a person whom all of you might have heard about him in this blog. Infact AbangAbu have wrote few times about him. He is the inspiring entrepreneur Muhd Arshad ( an E book & internet Marketing Entrepreneur)
Let’s read what he have to say and share with us.
PS: Arshad will be holding E Book Workshop in Singapore on the 7th March 2010. For more detail please call 62200701 or sms 84487371
AbangAbu had translate his answers back to English for you to understand better.
1)What kind of business do you have? What inspired you to become an Entrepreneur business owner?
perniagaan yang saya miliki ialah perniagaan internet. yang memberi inspirasi kepada saya dalam perniagaan internet ialah Irfan Khairy.
Saya dapat lihat pada diri beliau yang perniagaan ini sangat mudah dan boleh dilakukan oleh sesiapa saja.
( My business is internet business. The person who inspired me is Irfan Khairy . He made me realize that running an internet business is easy and can be done by anyone.)
2)Did you need to have a certain mindset to achieve success?
ya.. saya mempunyai pemikiran “aku boleh” untuk mencapai kejayaan sehingga hari ini..
( Yes .. for me i always have the spirit ” I CAN” to be successful till today)
3)Have you noticed certain advantages to being an entrepreneur business owner?
saya tidak pernah terfikirkan sesuatu keuntungan semata-mata dalam perniagaan internet ini. Apa yang saya fikirkan ialah, minat berniaga dan kongsi ilmu dengan pelanggan. kita tidak boleh letak angan-angan yg tinggi sebab nanti kita akan kecewa jika gagal seperti mana yang kita angan-angankan.
( I never thought only just about making money in this internet business, i always been thinking of doing business and also sharing my knowledge with customers. We can always dreaming something to big as we might hurt if we fail to get those dreams)
4)Did you have a mentor to help you get started?
tidak.. saya tiada mentor untuk mengajar saya cuma saya banyak belajar dari internet.Hanya buku buku dan lelaman web. Kemudian saya mendapat pengetahuan dengan menghadiri pelbagai seminar dan dapat berjumpa dengan mentor mentor seperti AbangAbu dan Irfan Khairi.
( Nope – i dont have any mentor to teach me in the begining , i read and get the knowledge throuh reading and websites. Later i got more knowledge by attending seminars and workshops where i met mentors like Irfan kHairy and AbangAbu)
5)Approximately how much money did you invest before your business became profitable?
wang yang saya laburkan memang tidak banyak, saya keluarkan lebih kurang rm 500 untuk memulakan perniagaan internet.
( I do dont invest a lot of money when get strated. I invested around RM500 to start my business.
6)What ways have you found to be most effective in marketing your product or service to get sales?
pada mulanya saya tidak tahu bagaimana nak pasarkan perniagaan internet tapi selepas saya selidiki dalam sebulan,
baru saya tahu kuasa internet. saya gunakan sistem autoresponder bagi mendapatkan mailling list dan juga affiliate.
(AT the begiining i dun really know how to market my product in the internet but after some study around a month, i realise the power of internet. I use the autoresponder system to get my mailing list and also affiliate system)
7)What tips can you give others who want to embrace their dream but, don’t have the confidence or feel they don’t have what it takes to succeed?
tip yang ingin saya berikan pada semua orang yang hendak berjaya ialah :-
( Tips that i would like to share to those who want to be successful is here:-)
Tiada gunanya kalau kita hanya mampu merancang, tapi tak disertakan dengan usaha yg jitu.. kadang2 tu terlalu berusaha tetapi akhirnya buntu smpai takde minat lagi nak teruskan usaha.. sekerat jalan je.. antara faktornya adalah kurangnye ilmu dalam Internet Marketing. Biar ada minat nak belajar dari minat pada keuntungan semata-mata..
( No point that we plan but never take any action and sometime we might taking some action but when things never work out as we want than we stop teh journey halfway… and some of the factors for this is that we dont have any knowledge about internet marketing, lets have the mindset of learning , not only about making money alone)
( No point that we plan but never take any action and sometime we might taking some action but when things never work out as we want than we stop teh journey halfway… and some of the factors for this is that we dont have any knowledge about internet marketing, lets have the mindset of learning , not only about making money alone)
“gagal sekali tak bermakna gagal selamanya”
(Fail once does not means that we fail forever)
beberapa tips untuk mengelakkan kegagalan:
( some tips to avoid failures)
a. Tanya diri anda.. Adakah anda sudah betul2 bersedia untuk mulakan langkah pertama anda dalam Perniagaan Internet? dah cukup ke ilmu di dada?
a. Tanya diri anda.. Adakah anda sudah betul2 bersedia untuk mulakan langkah pertama anda dalam Perniagaan Internet? dah cukup ke ilmu di dada?
( Ask yourself .. are you ready and willing to take the first step in internet business? have you enough knowledge to get started)
b. kenalpasti peluang yg ada. mungkin ianya betul2 boleh bawa kejayaan pada anda, mungkin 50%, dan mungkin tak kan berjaya.
( aware of the opportunity that is available. And it might bring success to you. It might me 50% or even nothing at all)
c. Kaji kehendak/permintaan bakal pelanggan anda. Atau lebih tepat, kenalpasti sesuatu “Niche”. Pilih yg terbaik.
( Do research and study your target market,or indentify your niche. choose what is the best for you)
d. Untuk mengubah cara berfikir anda , ia memerlukan masa antara 20 hingga ke 30 hari. setiap hari sebelum tidur cakapkan kepada diri anda sendiri pernataan ini “aku adalah orang yang gembira, aku selalu memikirkan perkara yang elok dan seronok. Aku kini seorang usahawan internet yang berjaya, aku kini seorang jutawan” ulanginya 100 kali setiap hari sebelum tidur. Tak usah malu jika apa yang anda katakan ini jauh dari realiti anda sekarang kerana anda hanya mengucapkannya kepada diri anda sendiri. Lakukan perkara ini setiap hari,perlahan-lahan cara berfikir anda yang negatif akan ditukarkan kepada yang positif.
(To change your mindset , it will take 20 to 30 days. Every day before you get to sleep keep saying ” I am the happiest person , i always think about things that are fun, I am now a successful internet marketer, keep repeating it 100 times before you sleep. Dont be shy even what ever you are saying is not true or in reality as you are only telling it to yourself. Do this everyday and you will notice the negative thoughts will start to become positive)
e. Anda mempunyai banyak pilihan di dalam hidup anda, semuanya bergantung kepada anda. JIka anda mahu menjadi kaya, anda harus berfikir tentang kekayaan setiap masa, jika anda mahu menjadi sihat, anda harus sentiasa berfikir tentang betapa sihatnya diri anda, jika anda mahu menjadi miskin, fikirkan tentang kemiskinan selalu.
(You have many choices in this world to live, and all depends on you. if you want to become rich you should be thinking about being rich every moment, if you want to be healthy than you have to think about health everyday, And you want to be poor that keep thinking about it )
f. Nikmati setiap minit dalam hidup anda.Orang yang negatif melihat gelas itu separuh kosong, tapi bagi orang yang berjaya mereka melihat gelas itu separuh penuh. Apabila anda mempunyai masa, katakan perkara ini kepada diri anda “aku seorang yang sihat, aku seorang yang gembira, aku seorang yang kaya, aku seorang yang berjaya, aku sayangkan diri aku sendiri.Aku seorang yang tenang, dan aku selalu membuat orang lain gembira, aku seorang yang baik hati.”
( Value every moment in your life. Negative people will see the glass half empty and for successful people they look it as half full. When you have the time say this to yoursel. I am healthy, i am rich, I am successful,I love myself, I am peace, i make other happy and i have a good heart”)
8)What’s next for you?
8 – insya-allah, saya dah rangka plan untuk jangka panjang… saya akan memulakan projek terbesar pada tahun hadapan dengan internet d seluruh negara..
( God willing, I have long term plans. I will start a big project next year with internet in whole country)
Thas was the interview with Muhd Arshad. AbangAbu truly inspired with this young man who despite his condition he had become very very successful
AbangAbu would like that this opportunity to wish him all the very best in his business and life.
PSS: Dont forget to attend his workshop in Singapore . Check out here….
