It has been a known fact among our countrymen that the most consumable product in our country is not food nor is it any household items but cell phone credits. We are the texting capital of the world, Im not so sure if we should be proud of that but it is a fact that we can not just disregard.

I still remember when I started this race to 1 million. Walking in the streets of Makati asking for 1 peso was the turning point in all of this. I thought what if I could ask 1million people 1 peso each, I would still be a millionaire. The telecommunications network (globe sun smart) did that. Asked 1 peso from every filipino and it made them rich.  All Im asking is just a piece of the pie that globe, sun, and smart have.

The SMS market is a multi-billion peso industry with 40 Million cellphone users. There are 240 Million texts per day and 98% of cellphone users are pre-paid subscribers. What if we can get a small piece their pie? what if we can also earn from ready users and potential users? We can because there are services that offer this to us. SMART and Globe offered their eload business to the sari-sari stores but you need seperate phones to provide both because you cant just cater subscribers of 1 telecommunications company that’s like turning away a customer who is already intent in buying a product (credits).

There are other services that offer eload businesses to the ordinary folk like us. Wi-Max is a company that provides the opportunity for us to earn the way big telecommunications company earns their money. I know there are a lot of other companies that offer the same services as Wi-Max but this is the company I chose because after talking to Wilson Ng, Vice Chairman of the company, I was convinced that they are a legitimate company and they are offering this service to us. And they had a lot of other things to offer aside from eload. Which I will elaborate more in the future (meaning I still need to study it hahaha)

After seeing their presentation and a long discussion with Mr.Wilson Ng, I immediately bought a 2,200 package for the business. This is the reason I deducted 2,200 pesos from my progress report. It is a small investment for me since I’ve made the money from nothing.

For those who might be interested in the E-load business I will let you know how to do it in my next post called “The Ken-Max project” Earning 1 million pesos through eload.

I met up with Hermie (my co-author) at Gateway Mall in Cubao. We discussed a lot of things and one of them was this new business I wanted to pursue. Well technically its not “new” because everyone is using it but definitely we both agree that there is a lot of potential in this venture.

I apologize for the secrecy but we wanted to explore this venture further before we divulge any information. All I can tell you right now is that Hermie and I are closely looking into it and doing a study on its feasibility before we tell you guys what it is. We also wanted to set up a system of our own to maintain its sustainability but we will have to test it first.

Rest assured that we will keep you guys posted.

everyone knows that it is not easy to start a business. so please bear with us.

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other things we talked about…

Well we discussed how to further improve this blog so that everyone can gain from it.

we talked about a business problem of a friend in terms of marketing

maybe we should do a page for that sort of thing hmmm! Solving your business problems here in pathtomillion blog ! idea hahahaha

When we say starting a business, we are usually trapped in a particular mindset… In my opinion there are 3 possible mindsets to be trapped in.

1. That starting a Business is Hard

2. That it is expensive

3. What Business do i begin with?

An individual can be just stuck in one or all three mindsets. Well its been weeks since I’ve posted a significant entry in this blog and that’s because I was stuck trying to think of a business that I can do with 8 thousand pesos (the amount of money i have on this Million Peso Project) -check progress page.

I was racking my brain as to what am I supposed to do that can earn money, that only needs low capital,and that is not so hard to do. Well I think I have found such a thing.

I will not be writing about it just yet. I will be meeting Hermie (my co-author on this blog) on Monday and I will share with him this Business. Our discussion will provide us a chance where we will be able to iron out the kinks and scrutinize the details of this opportunity. After which I will gladly share this with you guys.

I am really excited about this and I just cant wait till it starts.

Will Keep you guys posted on this. I assure you that you can do it as well.

To anyone who is interested in starting your own web retail stores or exporters who wants to explore the internet there is a PAYPAL Management workshop on May 8, 2008 thursday 5-9pm at the Adarna Fine Dining Restaurant (119 Kalayaan Avenue Diliman QC) regular price is @950 but for reserving a seat early the price is at 850php

Dinner and Print matrials are inclusive

For those who are interested you can call 4350550 or email dekada_arts@yahoo.com

Never would have thought I’d become a party planner but Im glad I had the chance to do this. A friend of mine wanted to have a party and he didnt have the time to organize it by himself because he was either too busy with his work or too tied up spending time with his girlfriend. So I “volunteered” to be his party planner. Luckily it was just a small get together with around 20 or so guests. This party was definitely easy to organize since they were all guys… Just put all of them in a room, fill the fridge with beer, add some chips and put on some music and viola! instant party. Guys are soooo easy to please hahahaha. No need for fancy decorations or themed designs just music, booze and chips is all we need for a great time.

As the party planner, I delivered exactly everything I said with the budget given to me. Got a room in a hotel, bought drinks in bulk (cheaper) and some hard drinks, and got some chips. Pulled out the ipod and boom instant party. 

Party planning is a serious art. It takes a lot of organizational skill to pull off a successful party especially when you’re working on a budget. Real Party Planners like wedding planners or events planning is serious work and you must be really good at that to ask for big bucks. I talked to a friend a while back, he told me while he was staying in the states for 6 months he made serious money organizing weddings. He said that organizing a party in the states was easy because everything was online. Just look for what you need on the ineternet and it will be delivered right at your doorstep. He had so much fun in organizing weddings he even offered to sing at some weddings he organized. (he’s a great singer by the way) I asked him, why not start that sort of business here? He told me point blank that he wasn’t interested because planning parties in the Philippines was hell compared to the ”point and click” way he organized parties in the states. hahaha He wasn’t patient enough to deal with people and that it wouldn’t work out for him here.

Parties and Weddings are really serious businesses. Events organizers and wedding planners make a lot money if you know what you’re doing. My short stint as a party organizer is nothing compared to the work that these people put in their master piece (party or wedding)

Note:

my friend earned a lot of money planning weddings in the states. The money he earned paid for his trip.

for people who sends e-vites (electronic invites) check out www.pingg.com very nice site to customize and personalize an evite. they also have this RSVP thing that lets you know if the people you’ve invited are going or not.