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Monthly Archives: June 2009

Blog Monetisation: Experiment and Learn

This entry is part 9 of 11 in the series Blog Monetisation


One of the areas in financial freedom that I encourage you to try is to grow your means or to develop alternate streams of income.

Some people may laugh at the small amount of $1,700ish I made in 2008 since most people can find part-time or tuition stuff that makes more than that in a year.

I’d like to see my glass as half-full instead of half-empty. My experiments into blog monetisation saw me having about half-a-dozen blogs before I developed a niche that ranks well enough on Google and the subject matter appeals to quite a number of people. That site is Singapore Fixed Deposits. Continue reading →

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Weekend reflections over my money and my life


Flickr image Reflections by Johnrite

Flickr image "Reflections" by Johnrite

It’s the weekend and most of you are relaxing at home or spending time with your families, your interests or your leisure pursuits.

In your journey towards financial freedom, it’s useful to sit down and reflect on some of the lessons you’ve learnt from your own actions taken. I’ve put them in three categories: Wealth, Health and Happiness as these are three key areas of my life I try to balance in living my life towards being financially free.

Self-reflection allows us to sometimes see issues from a more detached perspective, with the luxury of hindsight and knowing now what you should have known then. Continue reading →

Pre-Launch of Panzer’s Road Map to Financial Freedom


Flickr image Telstar Test Launch by Jurvetson

Flickr image "Telstar Test Launch" by Jurvetson

I’ve completed Panzer’s Road Map to Financial Freedom and am in the pre-launch phase of my second eBook!

Panzer’s Road Map fleshes out in more detail some of the strategies and approaches to charting your own path towards financial freedom. It includes the Panzer_networth.xls Excel worksheet that helps you manage your personal net worth and tells you how much you need to save each month to hit your target towards financial freedom.

During this pre-launch, I’ll be making a limited offer to the first 100 respondents who are in my Panzer’s Guide mailing list to buy Panzer’s Road Map to Financial Freedom for a very special price.

The value you get from Panzer’s Road Map includes:

1) Clear and simple 5 Step process in charting out your own road map to financial freedom
2) Save $50 immediately from the technique I will share with you in the road-map in managing your cash balances
3) Grow your confidence in understanding how to manage your finances towards financial freedom

What are you waiting for? Join in the Mailing List and get access to this limited offer which will be made to all mailing list subscribers by 10 June 2009.

Be well and prosper.