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HOW TO EARN MONEY ONLINE BY BLOGGING- JOIN NUFFNANG

money December 13, 2015

When I first started blogging, I just wanted to write something to improve my English. I didn't know that we could earn money by blogging. One day I read my coursemate's blog which entitled dreameddream, I was curious about the sidebar of her website. I saw an advertisement on her website. The next day I asked her about the advertisement and how did she get to put it on her blog. After that she told me about the Nuffnang company. At first I didn't believe that putting the advertisement could actually help me to generate income for my blog. Then, I was thinking,"There was no harm to try." Thus, I search Nuffnang's website without any hesitations. At first, it was hard for me to put all the html codes in my blog. After several attempts, I managed to view two advertisements running at my blog. Rome was not built in one day. I felt disappointed because I didn't get any clicks from my visitor at all after one week. After that, I slowly discovered my advertisement was run under CPC (Cost-Per-Click).

I felt so happy when my first advertisement got credited even though it was just RM0.25. Haha.I have been blogging for 6 years and I joined Nuffnang the second year of my blogging life. The 'magic' worked after one year of running the advertisement. Hmm....that is what I can recall from joining the Nuffnang. You can visit their website for more information if you want to be part of the Nuffnang family.

The good news is I just received my first check from NUFFNANG after so many years!!!!!!! I would like to share some tips with you in case you are really interested to earn money too.

Tips to get more traffic for your blog

1. Know your niche

It is very important that you have a specific niche for your blog. If you are good in drawing, you can create a blog that shares information about drawing or displays your artworks. Good in photography? Have a photography blog. Good in adobe? I'm sure lots of people would like to read about your tutorials. I do not have any niche for my blog. My blog is more to lifestyle. Hmm..maybe Rojak style. Do not worry about finding the right niche as long as you can drive traffic to your blog. It is up to you. It's your blog anyway.

2. Design

Choose a design that suits your blog. Photography blog? Go for a monochromatic theme? Clean and simple? My advice is do not put too many widgets in your blog. It takes time for your visitors to load your webpage.

3. Content

Do not be a copycat. You have your own writing style. Write interesting posts. I'm sure that quality content will engaged more visitors.

4. Hardworking

You ought to update your blog frequently. 3 times per week? I guess the more you write, you will get more views and more incomes? Imagine that you only blog once a year and you expect to gain more visitors? However, do pay attention to tips no.3 again even you want to post many blog posts.

5. Exposure

You can promote your blog on any platforms that you like. For instance, Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, & Pinterest. You can also join some blog communities like Bloglovin. Hence, there will be more chances for people to know the existence of your blog and visit it. Besides that, all these websites are very good in driving traffics to your blog. If they happen to like your blog, they will become your frequent visitors. So, more visitors--> more engagement--> increase in your blog income.

Let's try and see. I hope these tips can help you. Good luck!

Now I have two types of advertisements in my blog. CPC and CPUV. You need to have at least 200 unique visitors per week to get this CPUV advertisement. I like this metered advertisement the most because even though your visitor do not click on your advertisement, you will still get money from it. So, the more visitors read your blog on that particular month, you will have more money.

I was so excited when I could cash out my money. They will deduct RM1 for processing fee. You can cash out after you get RM50.

CPC is harder because the chances of people clicking the advertisement are low. However,the amount of money that you can get from it is higher than CPUV. Check your blog's traffic. If it has less than 200 unique visitors per week than you will get CPC advertisement. Once your blog has reached the unique visitors target, you will get CPUV automatically.

I just got a little bit of money from each campaign. It's okay. "Sedikit-sedikit, lama-lama jadi bukit." :) It actually took me years to accumulate the money to be cashed out.

Thank you so much Nuffnang. Maybe it's not that much but it's very meaningful to me. Maybe RM50 is not that much for some rich kids who live lavish life and never bother to look at the price tags when they buy anything. However, I could purchase my 1 month's groceries using that money. At least I can earn some pocket money when I try to improve my writing skill. Killing two birds with one stone? *chuckles*

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ALIVE

college December 10, 2015

2015 is indeed a very hectic year for me. Finally I can have a break but I hope that it's not a long break. I need to work and I need money. *Checking my bsn account and when I look at the figure...Oh!I don't have much money left.* I'll skip the money thingy here.Oh, it is very tiring. Very tired. Tedious. Burn out.We rushed like mad people for our final semester. Due to some reasons, our course duration had been shortened. We suffered like hell. Action research report, Action Research oral presentation, final examination, internship for two months and lastly our final destination- interview. At first I thought oral presentation was the hardest thing in my life, but the interview scared me the most!!!!!

The same day we received our result and interview date. I didn't have time to catch my breath. I was quite surprised that I got A for my ar and cs. Both of them were strict. I remembered I did read the book that madam asked us to buy. Very lengthy but I guess it helped me a lot to 'goreng' the essay. The saddest thing was I didn't get first-class honour. When I checked the result with my internship mates, I couldn't hide my disappointment and I shouted "Huh!!!!就差那0.02!!!!心痛死我啦!!!!!!!!" I had to accept the fact that I was not good enough. :) My mates kept on comforting me, "ntg pun..很好了啦." Thank you guys but it's a not big matter for me anymore. I'm glad that I'm still alive after five and a half years of my training. Now, I would like to talk about my interview experience. The nerve-wrecking moment started when the date of my interview was confirmed. I was freaked out because I found out that I had a lot of things to read. Talking about preparation we had more time compare to our Sabah and Sarawak friends. After I did the document verification, I was getting all nervous. Everyday I opened my file to check whether the documents would go missing. *like crazy..* I heard that some people couldn't get interviewed because they left their documents at home. As usual, I was being too cautious, crazy and kept on checking the files everyday. lol. I was a clumsy person. My things always went missing so I had to do this. Sometimes I became uneasy when I lost my pen, name tag and watch..those small things. Then I started to search every nook and cranny. Haha..my internship mates already used to bear with this silly act of mine. The next day I would show them my thing happily and said, "Haha...I found it already." Mates asked, " Where?" Me, "I misplaced it. Haha. "*laugh awkwardly* Then they gave me the look. =.= Frankly speaking, I didn't have appetite to eat for two weeks. The night before my interview I didn't sleep at all. Insomnia. I wanted to rest actually but I just couldn't fall asleep. The next morning, I 'woke up' at 5 a.m. Actually, I stopped reading at 4 a.m. something because I couldn't take it anymore. I departed from my house at 6 a.m. I didn't overnight at Putrajaya...well..have to save money. It's a two hours' drive from my home to the destination. When we stopped at rnr for breakfast, I didn't eat heavy breakfast. I just ate some breads. I was afraid of having an upset tummy. When I reached there, I parted with my parents. They waited at the roadside with the other parents. When I entered the gate of the building, I was delighted to see some familiar faces. We had some chats. We lined up sharply at 8.30 a.m. to get our pass to enter the building. The area was big and nice but I didn't have the time and mood to enjoy it. I walked with my new friend to find the interview room. It was so far. We couldn't walk fast with heavy books on our hands. After that we reached another building and we found the room. When we entered the room, lots of people were sitting at the waiting area. *skip it...it's quite boring.*
My session was supposed to start at 9.30 a.m. but it was postponed to 12.15 p.m. I was the first one to enter the room because my name start with c...damnitman..hmm..The only perk of it was I could enter earlier and the disadvantage was I didn't have much time to think before I speak. The first question that was posed to me was "Please introduce yourself". After I finished talking, I forgot to mention about my aptis result. The panel did ask about it. I was just too nervous.I forgot about the grade.I was thinking b what ar...haha. So I blurted out b3. Then he seemed to look surprised. *I was so silly haha. I actually get b2. There's no B3 in the grade at all. Only B2 and B1.* Now I am worried because he jotted down something. So, these were the questions that we got.

General questions1. Major ethnics in Sarawak. Me: Iban
Their celebration. Me: Gawai
The drink that they drink during the celebration..er what is that.. Me: TAPAI..haha..*Sweating*
2. Major ethnics in Sabah.
What dance？
3. Talk about major ethnics in malaysia. org asli can be found in any other states? Name some famous food in Melaka..
4. Famous food in Kelantan.What's the name of the sauce for nasi kerabu? Saw biji getah before?
5. Talk about famous food in penang. What souvenir that you can buy from penang. What is the English name for buah pala.. *nutmeg* This was a bonus,but we couldn't answer it.Miss Jen did buy this fruit for us to eat..haish haha.
6. Something about twinning programme..What's ur opinion.
7. Teacher's job v.s. a doctor's job.
There were a lot of questions posed by the first panel actually.I just remember these.

I felt much better after the general questions.However, when it was another major panel's turn to ask questions, I started to feel nervous again. I was the first one so I had to get ready to answer. *fuh*

Major
1. What is a lesson plan. *okay..this is just a warm up.*
2. something about relieve teacher
3. about writing skill in our lesson
4. how to motivate pupils.
5. how to handle co-curicular activities.
6. reflection
7.what method do you use in your teaching

When the panel said， "This will be the last question." all of us were like "Phew!Finally." *put your hands in the air* Somehow I forgot what is the last question. The duration of our interview session was from 12.15 p.m. to 2 p.m. Bravo. Everyone talked so well, except me. I was quite bad in speaking. Lots of tongue-tied moments. Anyway, I do hope that I can pass the interview. :) No matter how hard it was, I did try. Don't worry so much about proficiency. Just talk sincerely.

Photo from my mum's phone. Kinda pity them because they had to wait outside the complex. There were limited seats and it was very hot outside. The cafeteria was small. It was just like a small hut. =.=. They waited me from 8 a.m. to 2.30 p.m. After 6 hours of waiting, I went out and saw them standing at the door anxiously. The first thing that they asked me was, "Did you pass the interview?" I told them, "Maybe January..hmm..Don't know la.They performed so well.I don't know I will get posted or not." Mum, "If cannot just find other jobs la...why are u so worry about it." *hee..thanks for being so understanding. I hope that I will not disappoint them.*

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