Comments on: Another way to earn a living here

By: Bob

Bob — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 02:17:41 +0000

Hi Tony Grosse – Welcome home! I’m glad to see you back.

Your question is hard to handle, because we are all different. We all have different needs and desires.

Personally, I would say that if you have $100,000 available to you, you can come here and set up a nice life. But, be careful with the money, don’t blow it on junk, and look for ways to earn some income while you are here. This would pretty much follow my experience here, and I would say that I feel that I have been successful in getting set up with a nice lifestyle here.

By: Tony Grosse

Tony Grosse — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 00:10:39 +0000

Hi Bob, Its been maybe six months to a year since I’ve been to your site and its almost like saying its good to be home again. Anyway, I was wondering when considering to make the move to the Philippines what a “good sum of money” would be in round figures to have put away? Thanks Tony

By: Bob

Bob — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 11:18:35 +0000

Hi Tom – One thing you might not realize, based on your comment, is that having more adsense ads can actually make your income decrease! I don’t want to get into an AdSense discussion here, but this week, I’ll write about this on my Virtual Earner Blog, so watch for it there.

By: Tom

Tom — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 11:09:06 +0000

Somehow I missed that.

One silly thing that I should have already noticed (because I am all about two things — multiple uses of the same information and multiple revenue streams) that I just changed today was not having the max number of Adsense ads on one of my major sites. I have noticed that, not surprisingly, where I give more opportunities for people to click, they actually click more. I noticed that on another site when I increased the number of Amazon Associates ads by just a little bit, the revenue doubled! You always need to keep on top of this stuff (and tweak here and there).

By: Bob

Bob — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 08:15:29 +0000

Hi Tom – Yes, I am already an Amazon Associate. I sell some books and other Amazon items through my websites (including this one). I’ve been an Amazon Associate for some time, since the late 90’s, I guess.

Thanks for the tip, though!

By: Tom

Tom — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 07:48:11 +0000

Hi Bob,

I wonder if, in addition to your Google Adsense (a program I use myself successfully), you had thought about using the Amazon Associates program. Easy to set up and Amazon has a reputation of paying on time and in full (and that has been my experience). I would think that you could sell books easily on this site (well, actually, Amazon sells the books; you never even have to mention them).

By: Bob

Bob — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 23:58:21 +0000

Hi Jason – Yes, diversification is a good thing in any aspect of life, I’d say. I am not much of a farmer myself, but I wish you good luck with your plans!

Hi Phil – Our initial business was Internet Cafes. We had a chain of Internet Cafes in GenSan when we first came here. By Philippine standards they were quite successful, making maybe $1,000 per month or a little more. For us, though, that was not enough money to live on.

By: Phil

Phil — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 22:01:34 +0000

Hi Bob, this is a late post I know but I have been very interested in your failed business plans. You have mentioned this several times, maybe I have missed what they were, but could you please repeat what they were? Just so that I can cross them off my plans?!!!!!
Many thanks
Phil

By: Jason

Jason — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 11:25:44 +0000

Hi. Agriculture is one area I looked at last time I was there in Davao. My friends here in Australia have family there who have a farm near digos where they grow sugarcane. They make a very comfortable living from it, the main problem with this is if you(or your partner) do not own any land then you have to lease it, this can be a problem. Land is cheap to lease if you are in the know, but you have to make sure everything is above board. Also it is quite expensive to get it off the ground, around $1000(first crop more expensive) per hectare, but this does include everything from planting, crop maintenance and harvesting. I am definately going to look further into it when we decide to make the move there, and as you mentioned Bob, the key is to be diverse and do your homework.

By: Bob

Bob — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 23:56:28 +0000

Hi Jerico – RK is a good friend! When it comes to franchising, he is probably the number one expert in the Philippines too. I believe that Rudolf would never steer you wrong! You are right that there are scams out there, that’s why it’s better to deal with somebody reputable like Rudolf Kotik – RK Franchising.