Wednesday, September 5, 2007

StockWatchCommentary

After all the MSCI rebalancing last week...the focus will be in HK where the market will focus on HSI rebalance which will see HSBC and China Mobile weighting reduced by about 3.23ppt and 4.94ppt by the close of this Friday. Will be interesting to see how the rest of Asia namely Singapore and Malaysia react to HK.
It is still China that remains the most interesting with the big market potential as well as the wealth growth there. ...only it probably has to run through the gamut of recalls on safety standards set by their 'corporate-buyers' who ordered them. Hey, I dont think we should blame China entirely given that these 'corporate-buyers' were motivated by profits when they ordered their made-in-China OEMs, I had to agree that the design of the products which were given to the Chinese OEMs did not specify the excat standards of safety. Still, these news will only ensure that Chinese Govt will work towards upping their safety standards as the clock continues to ticktock forwards towards the Olympics next year.
One thing for sure, there are lots of broker reccomendations these week compared to 3 weeks ago where most were staying clear until it gets less cloudy. Certainly 80% more reccommendations of buys and switches and lesser calls to sell in their strategy reviews on the markets. At UOBKH, an analyst based on technicals, is adopting a sell into strength strategy via SGX.
Here is an interesting news article to read ->WSJ Investors Hope This September

Tuesday, September 4, 2007

Article :8 Tested and Successful Ways to Get Traffic

This is my latest article which I plan to submit to a couple of article directories. Appreciate any comments there. See below

The goal of any Online Business is to generate Income. To generate Income, we need to generate Traffic. Without traffic, nothing happens on the website. Most websites usually use a mix of paid as well as free ways.
Here are 8 Tested and Successful Ways to Get Traffic
1. Publish Newsletters - You can write a weekly or monthly newsletter, or get help in obtaining free articles from other web site owners who want to advertise their site. Although writing your own work is highly recommended, as it increases your credibility.
2. Join Online Communities and Contribute to Forums - You can share your knowledge and expertise with many online communities as well as your web site. This is the closest to free advertising when you go to forums that have the same subject or niche as your site while showing how knowledgeable you are.
3. Get Incoming Links to Your Site - Many webmasters are willing to exchange links with one you so that they could produce more public awareness about their own sites which is good for your targeted traffic. Make sure links are related to what your business is about.
4. Write and Submit Articles - There are many online Article directories. When your article gets published on their site, it can gets picked up by their subscribers and those surfing the web. These articles include a resource box at the end of your article which provides a back-link to your website. So make sure when you are writing about yourself to include information about yourself and your website.
5. Make sure that Your Web Site Has Good Content - When you write good content for your site, this attracts Search Engines who track the keywords and keyword phrases and directs traffic to your website.
6. Traffic Exchange – Traffic Exchanges are the viewing of one another’s site or page. Traffic Swarm is one such exchange that has earned a good reputation.
7. Blog – Start a blog and regularly updating it with good relevant useful information will encourage visitors to come often to your website. It also builds trust as your reader gets to 'know' you are reliable as you are consistent in what you are saying too. Putting in some Adsense Ads on your posting each time also helps you earn some extra clicks to your income pocket.
8. Press Release – Write a short introduction on yourself or your website, giving an idea of what you are doing and sending to the press editors. Most newspapers usually have a column for new business start ups.