Kalau dijawab tidak, maka dialah presiden di dunia tempat paling kaya bagi banyak pejabat negara manapun untuk “bercermin” alias introspeksi diri. Banyak masyarakat menginginkan pejabat-pejabat di negaranya untuk berprilaku sebagaimana Ahmadinejad, “meminjam” cermin Ahmadinejad untuk melihat diri mereka. Dan setelah bercemin kepada pribadi presiden tersebut mereka pun lalu hendaknya menjadi pejabat yang sangat sederhana dan “amanah” dalam pengertian kasat mata.

“Ketika bercermin, saya melihat orang di dalam cermin itu dan mengatakan kepadanya: Ingat, kau tak lebih dari seorang pelayan, hari di depanmu penuh dengan tanggung jawab yang berat, yaitu melayani bangsa Iran,” kata Ahmadinejad ketika diwawancarai TV Fox (AS).

Gambaran tentang Ahmadinejad, memang membuat orang ternganga dan terheran-heran. Lebih dari ternganga, mungkin banyak pejabat kita yang “terpelongo”. Apakah masih ada “manusia” seperti dia? Seorang presiden di suatu negara pastilah akan merasa “gerah” setrelah mengetahui kehidupan presiden Iran yang namanya mendunia ini. Apalagi jika presiden itu diminta pendapatnya untuk mau mengikuti gaya hidup Ahmadinejad.

Yang membuat orang terpelongo adalah saat pertama kali menduduki kantor kepresidenan, ia menyumbangkan seluruh karpet istana Iran yang sangat tinggi nilainya kepada masjid di Teheran dan menggantikannya dengan karpet biasa yang mudah dibersihkan.

Di istana, ada ruangan yang sangat besar untuk menerima dan menghormati tamu VIP, lalu ia memerintahkan untuk menutup ruang tersebut dan memintan pada protokoler untuk menggantinya dengan ruangan biasa dengan dua kursi kayu yang sederhana tetapi terlihat impresif.

Pertama kali menjabat presiden Iran yang langsung dilakukannya adalah mengumumkan kekayaannya tadi, yang sama sekali tak sebanding dengan lazimnya kekayaan seorang pejabat di negara-negara lain umumnya. Jangankan dibandingkan dengan presiden, dengan anggota legislatif di Indonesia pun ia “tak layak diperbandingkan”. Padahal, kalau dilihat dari sisi reputasi, ia adalah salah satu pemimpin dunia yang amat berpengaruh dalam percaturan dunia saat ini.

Sebagai presiden, ia masih tinggal di rumahnya. Di banyak kesempatan ia menyempatkan diri bercengkerama dengan petugas kebersihan di sekitar rumah dan kantor kepresidenannya.

Rekening banknya pun bersaldo minimum, dan satu-satunnya uang masuk baginya adalah uang gaji bulanannya. Gajinya sebagai dosen di sebuah universitas hanya senilai US$250.

Lalu, apakah yang sebenarnya ingin dikejar Ahmadinejad dengan menampilkan diri menjadi presiden sebuah Negara yang sangat penting secara strategis, ekonomis, politik dan pertahanan di kawasan Arab dan bahkan dunia itu?

Presiden ini malah tidak mengambil gajinya, alasannya adalah bahwa semua kesejahteraan adalah milik negara dan ia bertugas untuk menjaganya.

Satu hal yang membuat kagum staf kepresidenan adalah tas yg selalu dibawa sang presiden tiap hari yang selalu berisikan sarapan roti isi atau roti keju yang disiapkan istrinya dan memakannya dengan gembira, ia juga menghentikan kebiasaan menyediakan makanan yang dikhususkan untuk presiden.

Hal lain lagi yang ia ubah adalah kebijakan Pesawat Terbang Kepresidenan. Ia mengubahnya menjadi pesawat kargo sehingga dapat menghemat pajak masyarakat dan untuk dirinya, ia meminta terbang dengan pesawat terbang biasa dengan kelas ekonomi.

Ia juga menghentikan kebiasaan upacara karpet merah, sesi foto, atau publikasi pribadi, atau hal-hal seperti itu saat mengunjungi berbagai tempat di negaranya.

Saat harus menginap di hotel, ia meminta diberikan kamar tanpa tempat tidur yang tidak terlalu besar karena ia tidak suka tidur di atas kasur, tetapi lebih suka tidur di lantai beralaskan karpet dan selimut.

Ia kerap mengadakan rapat dengan menteri-menterinya untuk mendapatkan info tentang kegiatan dan efisiensi yang sudah dilakukan, dan ia memotong protokoler istana sehingga menteri-menterinya dapat masuk langsung ke ruangannya tanpa ada hambatan.

Saat ia meminta menteri-menterinya untuk datang kepadanya, mereka akan menerima sebuah dokumen yang ditandatangani yang berisikan arahan-arahan darinya, arahan tersebut terutama sekali menekankan mereka untuk tetap hidup sederhana dan disebutkan bahwa rekening pribadi maupun kerabat dekatnya akan diawasi, sehingga pada saat mereka akan berakhir masa jabatannya dapat meninggalkan kantornya dengan kepala tegak.

Apakah Ahmadinejad ingin menyindir banyak pejabat di seluruh dunia dengan berperilaku seperti itu atau ingin merendahkan posisi presiden?

Presiden Iran ini memang membuat orang terpelongo dan foto-foto kesederhanaan dirinya menyebar ke banyak negara termasuk Amerika Serikat yang amat memusuhi program-program pertahanan Iran di bawah kepemimpinannya.

Yang paling dipujakan orang terhadapnya adalah prilakunya di dalam mesjid. Dalam hal bermakmum dalam sholat, Anda akan sering melihat bahwa seorang presiden tidak duduk di baris paling muka. Pada kesempatan apa pun, ketika suara azan berkumandang, ia langsung mengerjakan sholat di mana pun ia berada meskipun hanya beralaskan karpet biasa. Tidak heran, ada sebuah foto Ahmadinejad sedang duduk melaksanakan sholat di pinggir sebuah jalan hanya beralasakan kain!

Ketika dia mengadakan hajatan besar yaitu menikahkan puteranya, pernikahan putra presiden itu tak menghabiskan milyaran rupiah seperti ketika putra seorang menteri di Indonesia menikah. Pernikahan itu, penikahan seorang putra presiden negara sestrategis seperti Iran, hanya layaknya pernikahan anak seorang kaum buruh.

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Here are 5 areas concerning your mental attitude and self awareness you will need to get ‘right’ before you begin your journey as an online business entrepreneur!

Know Your Strengths and Weaknesses

By identifying your strengths and weaknesses you can avoid needless ‘pitfalls’ by emphasizing what it is you do best! Channeling your efforts in this way will help you be more productive while avoiding frustrations. This self awareness will allow you to make provisions for areas that you may not be proficient in by scheduling more time or even outsourcing the task.

Remember: Only You Can Make It Happen

Whether you are actually responsible for carrying out the tasks or for making the decisions it is up to you to see that it gets done. As a business entrepreneur, in most cases, you will not have a large staff if any at all to turn to for assistance. In these cases, truly the ‘buck’ stops with you!

Organize

Being understaffed as discussed above it is therefore all the more important to get organized to help enable you to be more productive. You will need to reduce the clutter in your mind as well as your physical environment to help increase your focus on your entrepreneurial endeavors. Remember your personal productivity will be directly linked to how successful online you are with your business.

Remember: You Only Fail When You Quit!

Preparing your mind is just as important as preparing your environment when striving for success as a business entrepreneur. You need to develop the right mental attitude and find the proper motivation to help you manage the ups and downs you will no doubt experience. This is a journey that can only be successfully completed with your effort and focus therefore be mindful to not give up when frustrated. You only fail when you decide to quit!

Leave Your Emotions at the Door!

This is a business and there is little room for emotions concerning decision making or reacting to conditions good or bad! Emotionally reacting will normally set the stage for nothing good and therefore should be avoided at all costs!

To expect to achieve success online you will need to make an honest and accurate assessment of your own skill sets as well as developing the right mental attitude. Being successful online as a business entrepreneur will require focus and the ability to make the right decisions or take the right actions when needed or required. In preparation for your entrepreneurial journey attention must be given to the 5 areas as discussed above. The role of each is critical to your eventual successes and should therefore not be overlooked or dismissed as insignificant. By increasing your self awareness in these 5 areas and addressing any issues or deficiencies you can turn weaknesses into strengths and failures into success!

About The Author

TJ Philpott is an author and Internet entrepreneur based out of North Carolina.

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While most web host will pay you between $25 and $100 per sign up, there are many Credit Card affiliate programs that will pay you $50 to $300 per sign up. Some of these affiliate programs will pay you every time someone fills out a credit card application while others just pay you whenever someonen you refer qualifies for a credit card.

Why Credit Card Affiliate Programs Can Be More Lucrative Than Web Hosting Affiliate Programs

Well, it’s simple really. How many people do you know need Web Hosting? Now how many people do you know need a Credit Card? Yeah, now you’re seeing the potential.

While you may have a hard time getting people to sign up under your webhosting affiliate program, simply because most people don’t need it, most credit card programs work well simply because you’ll be steering people to the sign up page with your affiliate link. Most of these programs have multiple cards to choose from, so if your Customer has bad credit, no problem, there’s a card for that. Do the want a credit card with reward points? No problem, most programs have those cards available. Have someone who wants a credit card with balance transfer? You guessed it, most programs have cards available for that also.

If you choose a Credit Card affiliate program that pays you per applications filled out, (which they pay around $2 to $5 per application), you may find that you can get more people filling out CC applications than are approved for the Cards. It just depends on what type of traffic you’re targeting.

Once you realize that it’s quite easy to steer people through your affiliate link, you start to realize the potential available to you to make money with these programs. In many cases, it’s as easy as putting your affiliate links where people who need credit cards will find them.

How To Get Started Making Money With Credit Card Affiliate Programs

There are a lot of credit card affiliate programs out there today. Due to the credit crisis we’ve fast over the last year or so, the number of credit card companies using affiliate programs has declined, but there are still plenty of others out there to make this a profitable venture.

One program that Beginners can get started in the Credit Card Affiliate business with is My Credit Card Cash. When you sign up with them, they give you a website already pre-populated with nearly 100 card offers. All that you must due is to promote your affiliate website url. Since they’ve already made the site for you, there’s no site building or other technical knowledge required.

Then, each time someone goes through your website and is approved for a credit card, you earn a commission. Some of these cards have a payout as much as $121. Most are in the $30 to $75 range. It doesn’t take long to see that there is a lot of potential here.

As of this writing, they’re offering a 14  day trial for $1. After that, they’ll charge you $37 per month until 4 people have been approved for credit cards through your website, then it’s free. I was able to get 4 sign ups easily within the 14 day trial so my website was free. Click here to learn more about this program.

Most of these types of programs will charge a fee until you have a certain number of sign ups through your website. This is in part to keep people from signing up for their affiliate program and then doing nothing. They only want Affiliate Marketers who will be promoting their affiliate sites. This is why most will give you the website after you’ve signed up a certain number of people that are approved for a credit card.

Ways To Promot Your Own Credit Card Website

The nice thing that I like with credit card affiliate programs is that offline promotion is very effective. Once I had my website, I went and had some free business cards made up. The first batch simply said “Bad Credit? Need A Credit Card?” across the middle of the business card in bold print. Below that my Website url.  I had 500 business cards made up the first time and left these everywhere I went. Grocery stores, drive-in’s, bulletin boards around various  businesses (especially cafe’s) and so on. This is how I managed to get 7 sign-ups within my 14 day trial.

And that’s the trick to making credit card affiliate programs pay off, just as with any affiliate program, get your affiliate link in front people who want what you have to offer.

You could try having some free biz cards made up with your affiliate URL on them and then leaving them every place around your town. Laundry Mats, C Stores, Cafe’s…a lot of these places have community bulletin boards and would be worth a try.

Although I haven’t tried it yet, a Classified Ad in small Local and Regional newspapers may also do just as good. In my area, I could take out one ad and have it placed in 8 different local community newspapers for about $90 per month.

Ways To Promote Your Credit Card Website Online

Now that I’ve showed you a few effective ways to market you credit card affiliate website offline, let me show you a few ways to do it online.

Basically, the way I started out marketing my own credit card affiliate website was the same method I used in the January $2500 Challenge. I signed up in several forums and answered questions about debt, finance, family related questions and questions about credit cards. My signature had a link to my site in it. In some post, where it was relevant, I left a link to my site.

I also promoted my affiliate website on Yahoo Answers and Wiki’s whenever I answered a question and where a link made sense and was helpful. If you go in and start throwing links all over the place, you’ll be banned in no time flat for spamming, as you should be.

Another good way to promote your affiliate link is through article marketing as well as building a network of sites over family and personal finance. Although this will take a while, once you have the traffic coming in, this could be a very good money earner.

And that’s how I make money with Credit Card Affiliate Programs. I did it for a while and once you get your system down, I think you’ll find that this is a pretty good way to earn income. I find it a lot easier than promoting some other affiliate programs, but everyone is different. You may find it more difficult or easier. If nothing else, sign up for a trial and give it a try to see if you’ll like it. You never know, you might have a big earner on your hands.

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There are several different types of conference calling services available for all types of businesses, whether they are large corporations or small to medium sized businesses.

Audio Conferencing
This conference call service has been available for quite a long time. It is very popular due to its cost effectiveness and allowing communication from all over the world.

All that is required for an audio conference is a telephone for each person attending the conference.

Those included in the call are able to hear each other instantly, as if they were all in the same room.

One of the main problems with an audio conference call is not being able to see the other people you are talking to or to be able instantly to share images or information directly related to the business.

Video Conferencing
It’s a conference call service that has been available to businesses for around ten years. Due to the cost of equipment, only larger companies used video conferencing.

Recently, due to changes in technology and cheaper equipment, video conferencing is now readily available to smaller businesses.

The equipment needed for a video conference is a camera and television on each end of the conference. This allows all of the participants in the conference call to hear and see each other.

Video conferencing is very effective and is ideal for those wishing to have conferences on a regular basis, although it is quite difficult to set up and trouble shoot the equipment. Regular maintenance by a professional is required to keep video conferencing equipment working correctly.

Web Conferencing
Web conferencing is the newest of the three types of conference calling services. This new technology uses the Internet to hold the conference or meeting.

The real bonus with web conferencing is that those attending can share files, visual aids and text messages instantly.

Web conferencing has all of the benefits of a traditional audio or video conference meeting. Those attending can still hear and see each other in real time over the internet, without the need for overly expensive equipment.

The best way to choose a conference call service provider is to shop around and find the package that best suits your needs. For example, if your budget is low and you only require verbal communication to communicate, audio is most probably the best option.

If you require whiteboard sharing and face to face meetings, video is ideal. Web conference calling services are the most expensive of all of the services, but will allow you to share files and communicate on a much higher level with those included in the business conference call.

PayPal offers support for Micropayments to merchants for US to US, GB to GB, AU to AU, and EU to EU transactions for Business and Premier accounts. This feature is offered at a special rate of 5% + $0.05 per transaction.

PayPal, which is owned by eBay Inc., plans to make that work by compiling consumers’ transactions. Someone might buy $10 worth of news articles, or goods in an online game, before getting billed by PayPal. PayPal thinks this will appeal more to consumers while benefiting merchants and PayPal, too.

Merchants who wish to use PayPal’s micropayments pricing need to open a new PayPal account through this account registration page.

Merchants who receive both macro and micro payments should maintain two separate accounts:

1. An account to apply their standard rate to macropayments.
2. An account to apply the micropayments rate to their micropayments.

1. Announce new products or Services to your customers.

One of the best things about a blog is the announcing of new products which will be available for purchase, or bring attention to new services that you will be providing. This can be good especially if you do not plan to update your website as frequently, and want to make a simple blog post about it to inform current and potential customers.

2. Mention upcoming sales or special events.

What better way than to announce on your blog that you will be having an upcoming sale. If the content of your blog is good quality articles, then adding in a special sale that your E-Commerce site will be having in the near future can be a nice touch. This can lead to people coming back to your website more often to check on deals you may be offering. The more you get someone to come back to a site, the the greater potential for a sale increases.

3. Get on a more personal level.

Your blog gives you a great opportunity to build relationships with customers on a more personal level. It helps to give you more credibility and shows customers what you are about. This is especially important when it comes to repeat customers, and those who really do want to know who you are.

4. Help guide public image.

The fact that people have an image defined of who you are from looking at your website, or from what others say is Big. A blog will allow you to not only clear up possible misconceptions, but guide persons view of what your company is all about. This helps you in the branding of your business and making a name for it.

5. Create more quality content to drive traffic where you want.

This is a key factor with a blog and is good because it allows you to put more emphasis on different areas of your website. Internal linking to specific pages of your website will help with Search engine placement as well as targeting areas of your website you want more traffic to get too. The more articles you write, the more content you have which is relevant in search engines. This means more organic traffic for you, which in turn leads to sales.

As you can see, a business blog can be very essential and add to the overall value of your website. A blog is very easy to set up as well. As I mentioned previously, WordPress is the tool by choice for most bloggers today, as it has more functionality and ease of use. If you have a HostGator Account it is very quick to set this up in the Fantastico option of Cpanel. With this function you can be up and running your WordPress blog in no time, so make good use of it.

Ever since the inception of new concepts like e-commerce and online retailing the growth of the Internet and internet business opportunities have increased tremendously. The best feature about an online business is that anybody who is interested and passionate about it, and also learns the simple steps about how to turn that opportunity into money, can easily make a large amount of money online. There are all sorts of online business systems from which to choose.

There are several businesses for which you would require some specialized knowledge, but there are many other online opportunities for which you would require just some basic idea and a few simple skills. If you like the flexibility and challenges that come from working online, you can carve out your own piece of the ever-growing world of online money making opportunities. If you spend time on the Internet, you will no doubt run across a significant amount of these wonderful opportunities.

With online opportunities like Blogging, Google Adsense, Click Bank, article writing, paid to post forums or even creating web content, you should be able to write with reasonable effectiveness but you certainly do not have to be an expert writer. You only need to be able to write something that would be understandable to a sixth grader. Sound simple? It is!

A huge investment is not always required to take advantage of online business opportunities. Reputable opportunities are listed in a number of online publications that post reviews and ratings for home based businesses, and are a good place to get reliable information to get you started. More people now work from home than ever before thanks to the huge number of businesses available and the World Wide Web.

Would you like to leave the hustle and bustle of corporate America and take advantage of the many online business opportunities? Do you have initiative and persistence? If so, then the world is your oyster! With a little research, you can easily find the right home based business for yourself and begin earning money online by tomorrow.

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PayPal

Many people are hesitant to provide credit card information over the Internet. PayPal provides a secure server (SSL) so your transaction is safe, but moreover, when you make a purchase through a PayPal merchant, you have additional security because only PayPal, not the merchant, is provided with your credit card information. This helps to reduce the incidence of credit card fraud due to unscrupulous merchants. The Web Marketing Consultant Company wants your online shopping here to be safe and give you the peace of mind, knowing that your purchases here are entirely.

When you proceed with making your online purchase, you will be transferred to the PayPal site where your transaction will be processed. You don’t need a PayPal account to purchase, but it helps. If you do not have one, relax. It takes only a few seconds, it’s free and best of all it’s the safest and most secure service in the world.

So if you do not already have a PayPal account you will need to register - there is no cost to you. If you are already a PayPal member just enter your Email Address and Password. After you have registered once, you are able to make purchases from any PayPal merchant you may wish to do business with in the future. You do not need to register each time.

Additional Features of PayPal

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Purchases made through the PayPal service are protected against fraud when you purchase goods from a Verified Seller and do not receive the promised goods. You are entitled to a refund if you do not receive the goods from a Verified Seller. Buyers are protected up to a total of $5000 per year for fraudulent transactions.

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These days, a lot of people may realize how beneficial a franchise business is for them. This is because they can start their business with the help of their mother companies or the primary franchise company. With this, they have the utmost confidence in managing the business than if they will start their business on their own.

But even if a person chooses to get business franchise, the primary problem that they face is how to find the business option for them. They do not really know how and where to find the business that will suit them. With this, the following are the ways for a person to find the right business franchise opportunities.

The first and very simple way of looking for business franchise is through the internet. If you will search the internet, you will find all the potential business franchises for you. Aside from the business itself, you may want to check the business ranking in the market. With this, you can be sure that the franchise that you will get is competitive in the market in order for you to earn the income that you want. However, it is important for you not to choose just any websites in getting these business names and rankings. You have to find a reliable website focusing on businesses so you will have the most reliable rankings and avoid being lured by fake claims. The good thing about these websites is that they even provide the amount of franchise amount to pay upfront.

The other way for you to find the right business franchise is to check on business sectors within your area. In this way, you will be able to get the franchise businesses offered in your location and try to get information about them as much as possible. You may also ask some statistic about the business and gain a lot of information about the business and use them to your advantage.

Finally, you may want to check a number of businesses on your own. If you will notice, there are a number of businesses found in the area that has the same brand. This is very indicative of the business to be in the franchising world so you may want to check the stores and see if they have advertisements about the business being on franchise. If they do, you may want to get their contact numbers and then ask them for the franchise costs.

In getting the right business franchise, it is important for you to get the right business brand in order to get you the best and reliable companies that will help you get the income that you would like to have for your business. In this way, it is very much possible for you to find the right business brand and start to be successful in your aim of getting the best income that you want and even use your profit in other business ventures that you may want to explore in the future.