How to learn effectively

First, read or watch tutorial attentively

Secondly, try to understand, relate and think where we can apply.

Third, apply what we have learnt. It may be far from perfect. But the key is we have done something with our newly learnt knowledge

Lastly, share it. Share it to the friends, write a post on your blog, write on social media. Share!

If you don’t use it. You lose it

Marketing Activities

  1. group preview
  2. 1-on-1 briefing
  3. ceramah/talk by speaker
  4. influencer on social media
  5. social media ads
  6. autoresponder to educate

Give more.

Share more free tips, sharing, ideas etc. Sponsor an event to educate the market. Give something valueable to get the name out. Can do FB live, series of tips in mailing list (not automated). Don’t hard sell all the time.

Atomic Habit

Summary from atomic habit book that I’ve read.

  1. Focus on process/system/activities instead of goals or results. You will get the result soon without you aware.
  2. To make a new habit, make the cue visible, the bait attractive, the process to do it easy and the reward satisfying.
  3. Habit stack – try to make a new habit on top of existing habit. For example, to read Quran everytime after solat.
  4. Create an environment or surrounding that will help to form a good habit. Much better than motivation. It’s the “visible cue” that matters.
  5. The seductive pull of social norms – people closest to us, majority around us or imitating the powerful/success people/icon. (pg .115)
  6. Peer pressure – if everyone is doing one activity, we’ll also most likely to follow. So find the right peers.
  7. The closer we are to someone, the more likely we are to imitate some of their habits (pg. 116)

Convert HTML to PDF using PHP/JS

My findings on PHP engine to export HTML page to PDF or Excel file.

  1. using mpdf class. sample on stackoverflow
  2. pdfcrowd. convert pdf on cloud
  3. html2pdf
  4. dompdf

To generate pdf and send as attachment an email (youtube video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZlCVVnp_Aw

Generate pdf with dompdf and codeigniter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaJv8sc4xkU

Convert div in html to pdf using jsPDF
https://www.codexworld.com/convert-html-to-pdf-using-javascript-jspdf/
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/18191893/generate-pdf-from-html-in-div-using-javascript

Codeigniter Migration

Use migration to update database structure in more systematic way. For CI version 3.x

Setting up

  1. Create migration directory – application/migrations
  2. Update setting application/config/migration.php
    1. set $config[‘migration_type’] = ‘sequential’
  3. Create table “migrations” in database. With 1 field named “version” of type INT(11)
  4. Add controller “Migration” in application/controllers directory

To use

  1. after add the migration file in application/migrations directory,
  2. update version number to latest version in config/migration.php
  3. run migration script https://your_domain/migrate

Other notes and references

  1. Migration file name should be 001_add_users.php (sequence_number+operation+tablename)
  2. use dbforge class to construct the migration file

Autoresponder

Autoresponder/newsletter/mailing list is a must for internet marketing. You must keep your prospect contact in order for you to do follow up.

Below are some popular autoresponder

  • aweber
  • getresponse (usd15/mo for 1000 subscribers. free 30-day trial)
  • mailchimp (free forever for first 2000 subscribers. But with autoresponder add usd10/mo)
  • mailerlite (free forever for first 1000)
  • sendgrid (free first 2000 subscribers)
  • icontact
  • constatcontact
  • infusionsoft
  • campaignmonitor
  • listwire
  • freefollowup.com
  • myemma.com

Updated:

Below are some “different” kind of autoresponder or follow up

  1. sendy.co – it is an installed app on server. and use AWS SES to send out email (one-time fee USD69 for a domain)
  2. cloudy.email – hosted by third party, option to use AWS SES as well (hosted service USD1.99 per month)

Tutorials

Some video tutorials/courses can be prepared

Google Workspace

  1. Basic google drive and app functions
    1. sharing
    2. export
  2. Google sheet
    1. vlookup
    2. sum
    3. other math formula
    4. if else logic
    5. conditional formatting
    6. pivot
    7. graph
  3. Google docs
    1. page setup
    2. basic text format
    3. header/footer
    4. heading
    5. table of contents