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		<title>Oh s%@$&#8230; Bangkok Meetup 202 Tonight!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2011 07:48:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin Dupre</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I almost forgot about this, but if you are in Bangkok tonight, get yourself out to the Sheraton Grande Sukhumvit for a Meetup202 event @ 7 PM! I met a lot of great people at the last one I went to, so I&#8217;m looking forward to heading there later today. We&#8217;ll be meeting up at [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<!-- Start Shareaholic LikeButtonSetTop Automatic --><!-- End Shareaholic LikeButtonSetTop Automatic --><p>I almost forgot about this, but if you are in Bangkok tonight, get yourself out to the Sheraton Grande Sukhumvit for a Meetup202 event @ 7 PM!</p>
<p>I met a lot of great people at the last one I went to, so I&#8217;m looking forward to heading there later today. We&#8217;ll be meeting up at &#8220;The Library&#8221; on the second floor of the hotel.</p>
<p>Come out if you&#8217;re in town and meet a bunch of great guys, affiliate marketers, designers, SEOs, and a bunch of other great people.</p>
<p>For more details on the Meetup, <a href="http://www.meetup.com/Meetup202-Bangkok-Affiliate-Marketing-Group/events/20032431/">click here</a>.</p>
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		<title>My Visa Trip To Laos</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2010 14:44:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin Dupre</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I know this isn't my usual post, but I've found I get a ton of search traffic for posts like these, as well as a lot of interest. So here! Read about my short trip to Vientiane, Laos to get my Thai visa!]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<!-- Start Shareaholic LikeButtonSetTop Automatic --><!-- End Shareaholic LikeButtonSetTop Automatic --><p>About a year ago, I figured that school just wasn’t for me. I dropped out of university. When I dropped out, I lost the privilege to extend my EDU visa any further.  I still had about 10 months on my last visa, which lasted till last month when I flew to Wee-Town (Singapore) for a 1-month extension visa. I figured every month I would continue doing this as a way to kind of work-and-travel one weekend out of every month. I soon learned that the immigration here hates that, so without much choice left, I went for a tourist visa in Laos. This is the epic *coughnotcough* story of my time in Laos.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>I had a few options to get out to Vientiane, Laos. The first choice was a direct flight out there, but I wanted to see the country-side a bit. I decided a train might be fun. I bought my second class sleeper car ticket (First class was all taken… damn.), got aboard around 8 PM, started my travels out to Nong Khai, Thailand, the closest station before getting to Laos.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>Well, it wasn’t that simple… the train didn’t leave until about an hour after schedule. That was a bad omen. After the train left, I thought I had the lower deck sleeper all to myself. When an old lady, who got on a few stations later down the line, ripped open the curtain only to find me preparing for a nights rest, I was as surprised as she.  She got priority, for whatever reason and I was stuck up on the upper deck bunk.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>Ahhh childhood memories love to stick with us, and the one that scarred me for life was the one where I rolled off the top bunk. The upper bunk here didn’t really make for a great night’s sleep. There was no window, so I had no idea what was going on outside. The bed was fricking tiny. Two feet wide, tops, and there was no guard rail stopping me from repeating history, just some tiny seat belts. The anxiety kept me awake most of the night until I eventually passed out on my own. I slept for about 2 hours and woke up at what time we were supposed to arrive at Nong Khai, only to find out we were still two hours away. Not good.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><a href="http://justindupre.com/wp-content/uploads/bed-on-thai-train.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2455" title="bed on thai train" src="http://justindupre.com/wp-content/uploads/bed-on-thai-train.jpg" alt="" width="499" height="374" /></a></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>And I say, “not good”, because the Thai Consulate I needed to drop my docs off at stops taking new passports in at 12. It was 10:30 by the time I got to the train station.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>I hopped in a tuk-tuk and for 30 baht was taken to Friendship Bridge, one of the checkpoints between the Thai and Laos border. I checked out of Thailand, got on the bus across the bridge (costs 15 baht), and arrived at the Laos side at 11 AM. There, I was pitched at until I gave in and let a guy handle it and my taxi ride to the consulate and my hotel for 400 baht. Was it extortion? Yup. Did I care? Not really. I just wanted to get to the consulate so I wouldn’t have to spend an extra night in Laos.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><a href="http://justindupre.com/wp-content/uploads/friendship-bridge-thai-laos.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2458" title="friendship bridge thai laos" src="http://justindupre.com/wp-content/uploads/friendship-bridge-thai-laos.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="332" /></a></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>I got my Laos visa-on-arrival at 11:30 AM and we were off to the consulate. When we got there, I was too late. Time for more Farang extortion! Some of the Laos that work there somehow get numbers for the document submission process  queue. These get you in the gate past the 12 o’clock deadline. 800 baht. I could have talked it down, but I’m lazy, and if you’ve ever met me, you know I’m horribly shy and it makes for awkward conversations. Ha.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>A one hour queue in the gate got my documents in for a double entry tourist visa into Thailand. Tourist visas into Thailand are free for now, so if you plan of coming here, get one while you can. Normally they’re around 60 bucks, so it was nice to save a little money while I could.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>I took the taxi in to the heart of Vientiane near the Morning Market (Talad Sao). I got to see some of the sites on the way. Vientiane is the capital of Laos, but it doesn’t feel like it. They’ve got a few palaces and government buildings here and there, but no skyscrapers and not a ton of traffic. Then again, the population of Vientiane is only about 1/20th that of Bangkok, so it doesn’t come of much surprise. Patuxay monument was pretty neat, and you’ll probably drive past it if you ever make the Thai-Laos visa trip yourself.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>Anyways, Talad Sao and my hotel. Right. I stayed at the Lane Xang Princess Hotel. Nice, clean, modern, had wifi (horrible, but that’s the story almost anywhere in SE Asia), but no windows. Meh. The only Windows I need is in my notebook (Ba-dum-bum). The heat in the area was staggering, so after a few hours outside, I was drenched. The hot shower was nice, but it would sometimes give me a squirt of cold water which wasn’t always fun.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>I got changed and checked out Talad Sao. It’s got one of the only indoor malls around, but nothing striked my interest, probably because everything there I could easily acquire in Thailand. I decided to take a Tuk-tuk to the riverfront. They&#8217;ve got a nice park there and a few restaurants. Check out Sticky Fingers, a funky looking backpackers spot with good food. I wish I read the review before I headed in that area because I would have loved to try the food. Instead, I had a Lao dish. Chicken and Ginger with some kind of sauce. I&#8217;m not sure what you would say in Lao as I can&#8217;t quite read Lao, but almost.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><a href="http://justindupre.com/wp-content/uploads/talad-sao-vientiane.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2456" title="talad sao vientiane" src="http://justindupre.com/wp-content/uploads/talad-sao-vientiane.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="333" /></a></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><a href="http://justindupre.com/wp-content/uploads/vientiane-riverfront-restaurants.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2457" title="vientiane riverfront restaurants" src="http://justindupre.com/wp-content/uploads/vientiane-riverfront-restaurants.jpg" alt="" width="499" height="334" /></a></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>Anyways, I&#8217;m not much of a tourist. This was a business trip, so I headed back to the hotel to do work. For dinner, I went to this awesome place across the street from where  I was staying. It was pretty empty at 8 pm when I got there, but so was the main road through the area. I forgot the name of it, but it was Le&#8217; Terasiz or something that started with a T and ended with a Z. For a capital city, it sure is peaceful. Anyways, I had a tenderloin steak burger which was amazing. I followed that up with a chocolate cake and fruit sauce desert. It wasn&#8217;t as sweet as I hoped, but still good none the less. I drowned it all with a Lao Beer. (Lao beer is the selling point of nearly any restaurant in Laos. It is advertised everywhere!) It has a smooth taste that worked well with the burger. I haven&#8217;t drank anything else that tastes like it before, but then again I&#8217;m not a beer kinda guy. Give me some girly cocktail over it any day. I&#8217;d rather get drunk with something that tastes good. Anyways, I took a pizza back to the hotel for midnight snacking and hit the bed after some more work. All of this cost 595  B (around $20 USD)</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><a href="http://justindupre.com/wp-content/uploads/beerlao.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2449" title="beerlao" src="http://justindupre.com/wp-content/uploads/beerlao.jpg" alt="" width="499" height="374" /></a></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><a href="http://justindupre.com/wp-content/uploads/chocolate-cake-in-laos.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2454" title="chocolate cake in laos" src="http://justindupre.com/wp-content/uploads/chocolate-cake-in-laos.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="375" /></a></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><a href="http://justindupre.com/wp-content/uploads/tenderloin-steak-burger.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2451" title="tenderloin steak burger" src="http://justindupre.com/wp-content/uploads/tenderloin-steak-burger.jpg" alt="" width="499" height="374" /></a></p>
<p>You can go out at night in Laos. There are a few good clubs from what I read, like Romeo or DTech, but there&#8217;s some problems here and there and the main one being: No sex with Laos girls. It&#8217;s forbidden by law. If caught, you might go to jail or be fined $500 US. In fact, most hotels won&#8217;t even let you bring Laos guests back to your room. Keep that in mind if you ever come.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>I slept a long time. No windows means no sun to wake me up. They actually called me at 10 am to get my comp. breakfast. I thought it was still 6 am. After a short wait, my taxi driver picked me up to go get my passport at the consulate. Rather than wait outside for the consulate to open their doors, I paid my driver 200 baht to get it for me while I ate at the restaurant across the street. Kao Pad Gai &#8211; Chicken fried rice &#8211; a staple for any foreigners diet here, was rather good. The chicken tasted very fresh. After about an hour of waiting, I got my passport with a double entry visa (double entry visa all the way yeahhhhhhh) good for 180 days in Thailand.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><a href="http://justindupre.com/wp-content/uploads/thai-consulate-in-laos.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2452" title="thai consulate in laos" src="http://justindupre.com/wp-content/uploads/thai-consulate-in-laos.jpg" alt="" width="501" height="376" /></a></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>The driver took my to the bridge to Thailand where I paid up and set myself across the bridge after some checking of the visa and paper work. Rather than take the train or a bus all the way back to Bangkok, I opted to fly out. The closest airport from Friendship bridge is in Udon Thani. You can pick up a shared van ride for 200 baht from Friendship bridge to Udon Thani airport. Its about 60km away, so just a short 30 minute ride and you are there.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>Not much to say about the airport and the subsequent flight to Bangkok. I tried to book my flight online with Thai Air while still in Laos, but their payment forwarding system hung up every time I tried to confirm the payment. I headed over to Nok Air which is a budget carrier, but offered the only other service back to BKK. While I waited for my flight, I checked out the airport and had some Kor Moo Yang at the restaurant just outside by the ATC tower. The girls there thought I was Harry Potter. I get it on a daily basis every time I go out. I get it so much, that I think I&#8217;m just going to feint being shy and ask them &#8220;How could you tell!?&#8221; with the worst British accent I can fork up.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><a href="http://justindupre.com/wp-content/uploads/kormooyang.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2447" title="kormooyang" src="http://justindupre.com/wp-content/uploads/kormooyang.jpg" alt="" width="499" height="374" /></a></p>
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<p><a href="http://justindupre.com/wp-content/uploads/atc-tower-udon-thani1.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2453" title="atc tower udon thani" src="http://justindupre.com/wp-content/uploads/atc-tower-udon-thani1.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="375" /></a></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>The flight out was fine, and now I&#8217;m safe and sound in Bangkok. That was my visa run, and while it was exciting, I kind of feel like it was a waste of time and money. I would much rather be home making deals, talking with clients, and setting up campaigns. Ah well, that is the life of an expat in Thailand. This is the fastest and simplest way to get a Thai visa while living in Thailand so I didn&#8217;t have much of a choice. I&#8217;m home now, so back to work and makin&#8217; them dolla&#8217;s rain!</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>Feel free to <a href="http://justindupre.com/contact">contact me</a> if you need some advice about living in Thailand!</p>
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		<title>How Not To Salvage Your Reputation</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:16:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin Dupre</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Watch what you say. Avoid looking like an Internet wangsta'.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<!-- Start Shareaholic LikeButtonSetTop Automatic --><!-- End Shareaholic LikeButtonSetTop Automatic --><p>For those of you that keep up with international news, or for any expats like myself in Thailand, you probably know those called the &#8220;red-shirts&#8221; have been protesting in downtown Bangkok. In short, they want the Prime Minister ousted and new elections brought up for the seats in legislature. The red-shirt would like their old PM, Thaksin Shinwatra, back in his seat. He was ousted in a milatary coup in 2006 for abusing his powers for monetary gain. Currently, Thaksin is living outside Thailand to avoid a 2 year jail sentence for this.</p>
<p>To get their message across, the red-shirts are &#8220;peacefully&#8221; protesting in the streets of Bangkok. They&#8217;re causing major problems for road traffic (like it wasn&#8217;t bad enough), and thought it would be a good idea to do a large blood drive and splash it on the government&#8217;s houses gates while performing an Indian ritual to curse the current government. They&#8217;re becoming a bit of a laughing stock, especially to foreigners living here, because we know no one would take this seriously in western culture.</p>
<p>However, Thaksin seems to be a puppet-master in all these red-shirt protestors. The red-shirts, mostly made up of poor people from outside of Bangkok, love him because of his plans to help those with lower incomes (while the current government seats are held by Bangkokian elites and they say this government&#8217;s policies favor the rich). He leads these people, probably paying most of the &#8220;volunteers&#8221; just to show up, and many from Bangkok showed up just to get 500 baht ($15) because that is more than they would make sitting in their office all day.</p>
<p>When you look at what Thaksin has to say here about the current Prime Minister&#8230; can you really expect anyone to take the red-shirts seriously anymore?</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">Thaksin has accused the government of trying to bribe some protestors  into leaving the rally and said that someone laced the protestors&#8217; water  with poison.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">However, the ousted premier thanked his supporters  and asked them to remain patient, saying that the current government has  a hearing problem.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">Thaksin also talked about the yesterday&#8217;s  blood collection. He said that despite the disapproval of many people,  the Red Shirt protesters have done the right thing in sacrificing their  blood for democracy.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">In his speech to the Red Shirt protesters,  the fugitive former prime minister claimed that Prime Minister Abhisit  Vejjajiva has some psychological condition similar to Adolf Hitler&#8217;s.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">Thaksin  added that just like the German schizophrenic dictator, Abhisit does  not like to talk alone, has problems controlling his ambitions, and  violent tendencies.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">Thaksin also said that Abhisit is surrounded  by homosexuals with emotional problems.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">Toward the end of this  call, Thaksin thanked his supporters again and urged them to continue  their fight against the government for the sake of the younger  generations.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">However, he warned the protesters that the  government might resort to violence since Abhisit has a mental disorder.</p>
<p>Watch what you say, people. The world is watching you, even online, and can strike down any little bit of reputation you still have. While this is a political example, I can&#8217;t remember how many times I&#8217;ve seen Internet marketers get them self in a fix. Hell, even I&#8217;ve said and done things I shouldn&#8217;t have. You have to be careful, because one wrong step, can cause the destruction of your business plan.</p>
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		<title>How Much Will I Need to Live in Thailand Comfortably?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jan 2010 06:32:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin Dupre</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I get this question a lot. I received it in the Ask Away Round 2 post, as well, so I figured I might as well make a post about it to welcome in my first post of the new year. When I came to Thailand over 3 years ago, I came as an exchange student. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<!-- Start Shareaholic LikeButtonSetTop Automatic --><!-- End Shareaholic LikeButtonSetTop Automatic --><p>I get this question a lot. I received it in the <a href="http://justindupre.com/ask-away-round-2/">Ask Away Round 2</a> post, as well, so I figured I might as well make a post about it to welcome in my first post of the new year.</p>
<p>When I came to Thailand over 3 years ago, I came as an exchange student. I was lucky enough to be placed with a host family that took me in, cared for me, and paid most expenses (food, shelter, fun, etc). That year, the most expensive thing I bought was an iPod. Other than that, I didn&#8217;t spend much money. A few dollars a day tops. Lunch at my exchange school was less than a buck per day, and phone service was pay as you go (pre-paid sims) cost me a couple dollars a day. I was easily living off less than $100 a day.</p>
<p>When I started going to college, besides my tuition expenses, I still wasn&#8217;t paying a lot for anything. I was outside of Bangkok, so that certainly lowered rent rates (I lived in a couple places in my time there, both under $200). Food there is cheap as always. Most of my meals were 1-2 dollars. I&#8217;d spend $3-4 on a burger meal if I really craved it. During this time I was a freelance writer, and that made me about $1000 a month (I was lazy; didn&#8217;t write a lot). In this case here, I lived off about $800 a month, give or take some.</p>
<p>I moved to Bangkok, before I really started balling, and things got a little more expensive. My room got smaller and stayed around $200 per month. Luckily, I lived next to a few mom and pop restaurants, which provided me food at around a dollar or two per meal. I also lived within walking distance to my school cafeteria with lots of different Thai and international food. 7/11 was around the corner and I&#8217;d spend a couple of bucks there everyday. Bangkok, however, has many more attractions. Night clubs, shopping, better restaurants and transportation. I started spending a lot more to go out with friends. I was over the $1000 mark now. Probably around $1500.</p>
<p>And now, well, I&#8217;ve got a two-bedroom condo, party a lot more, eat at better restaurants, order in often (thanks to <a href="http://chefsxp.com">ChefsXP.com</a>), and generally throw away my money at stupid thing because I can. I worked hard for that privilege though.</p>
<p>So how much do you need to live comfortably in Thailand? Well, thats all based around location and what you plan on doing. Living outside of the &#8220;farang&#8221; infested areas will keep your comfort level pretty good at under $1000. Chiang Mai and Hua Hin might be good examples for that. Stick to Bangkok if you got a little extra to blow. I&#8217;d say depending on whether or not you plan on partying a lot, buy a ton of hookers and blow (ick), and if you can stomach Thai food or just have to have your daily fix of Starbucks and Burger King, you could live with $1500 &#8211; $3000 a month.</p>
<p>There are farang that live here off less than that, and I used to be one of them, so my statement here is just a typical observation.</p>
<p>And for all you affiliate marketers on a budget, why not buy some cheap <a href="http://justindupre.com/recommends/landingpages" style="" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" onmouseover="self.status='http://justindupre.com/recommends/landingpages';return true;" onmouseout="self.status=''">landing pages</a> to help you get your work started. For $5 a page, you can&#8217;t really go wrong. Click <a href="http://market.justindupre.com"><strong>here</strong></a> to go to the affiliate store.</p>
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		<title>Happy Turkeyday</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 13:53:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin Dupre</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today is the day of giving thanks or something. I honestly haven&#8217;t celebrated this holiday in 3 years (since I moved to Thailand, and it is celebrated by many outside of ex-pat Americans), but that doesn&#8217;t mean I can&#8217;t stuff myself with whatever street food and buffets I find around Bangkok. Take this weekend off, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<!-- Start Shareaholic LikeButtonSetTop Automatic --><!-- End Shareaholic LikeButtonSetTop Automatic --><p><a href="http://justindupre.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/internet-marketing-turkey-day-thanks.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-1019" title="internet-marketing-turkey-day-thanks" src="http://justindupre.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/internet-marketing-turkey-day-thanks.jpg" alt="internet-marketing-turkey-day-thanks" hspace="2" width="280" height="350" /></a>Today is the day of giving thanks or something. I honestly haven&#8217;t celebrated this holiday in 3 years (since I moved to Thailand, and it is celebrated by many outside of ex-pat Americans), but that doesn&#8217;t mean I can&#8217;t stuff myself with whatever street food and buffets I find around Bangkok.</p>
<p>Take this weekend off, pause your campaigns (everything converts like shit around holidays anyways), spend time with the family, and give thanks that you aren&#8217;t living in a cardboard box at the corner road that K-Mart is on. I&#8217;m thankful for that everyday!</p>
<p>I&#8217;m also thankful for you people being kick ass and buying services and products through my affiliate links. You guys keep makin&#8217; me good monies that make me want to come back and write more and more. What can I say &#8211; I&#8217;m easily persuaded by the online monies. Thanks for the comments, emails, and insider info I&#8217;m getting to. It&#8217;s all swell and awesome!</p>
<p>When Monday comes, you can go back to ballin&#8217; you&#8217;re the only pimp in New York. Relax and have a great holiday!</p>
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		<title>It Has Been An&#8230; Eventful&#8230; Week</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 11:19:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin Dupre</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Let&#8217;s just say I&#8217;ve had one of the most eventful, and worst, week of my life. Last weekend, I broke up with my girlfriend. We weren&#8217;t dating too long, but I was still pretty bummed out to learn she had another guy she was calling her boyfriend. Bitches, Hos, call them what you will, it [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<!-- Start Shareaholic LikeButtonSetTop Automatic --><!-- End Shareaholic LikeButtonSetTop Automatic --><p>Let&#8217;s just say I&#8217;ve had one of the most eventful, and worst, week of my life.</p>
<p>Last weekend, I broke up with my girlfriend. We weren&#8217;t dating too long, but I was still pretty bummed out to learn she had another guy she was calling her boyfriend. Bitches, Hos, call them what you will, it still hurts when you get slapped like that. </p>
<p>The next night I went out with some new people I hadn&#8217;t known too long, but still seemed friendly enough to hang out with. I drank way past my limit and made a poor choice of trusting one to sleep on my couch downstairs. I wake up to find that person gone, along with my netbook, camera, and a broken Blackberry. I could care less about the shit anyways, but what sucks is they took my computer bag, and in that was my passport. Went to the police, and the guy has no place of residence recorded in Bangkok. They are still attempting to track them down through family, so I just hope someone puts this fucker to justice.</p>
<p>Now I&#8217;m sitting in Bangkok without a passport, stressed off my ass, and want to fly somewhere for a break, but obviously, I can&#8217;t until I get a new passport. I also need a new passport if I intend to move into a new apartment. My lease on my current one is up, and with the changing economy here in Thailand, I could get a new condo, even bigger than the one I have now, for a much smaller price. </p>
<p>So for now, lots of running around, lots of lesson learning (trust fucking NOBODY), and not a lot of work getting done due to my weird ass situation.</p>
<p>Excuse my language in this post. I&#8217;m upset. I&#8217;ll get back to useful posts when things settle down, just throwing up an update for now.</p>
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		<title>Answering Your Questions</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2009 05:29:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin Dupre</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I asked you to ask me some questions, and you did! So without writing up anymore, here&#8217;s what I&#8217;m going to answer you with starting with questions from my inbox. &#8220;Just trying to get this damn daily spending limit increased&#8230; Any help would be appreciated! Thanks!&#8221; I&#8217;m assuming you mean from Facebook. While I don&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<!-- Start Shareaholic LikeButtonSetTop Automatic --><!-- End Shareaholic LikeButtonSetTop Automatic --><p><a href="http://justindupre.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/internet-marketing-questions-and-answers.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-649" title="internet-marketing-questions-and-answers" src="http://justindupre.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/internet-marketing-questions-and-answers-201x300.jpg" alt="internet-marketing-questions-and-answers" hspace="2" width="201" height="300" /></a>I asked you to ask me some questions, and you did! So without writing up anymore, here&#8217;s what I&#8217;m going to answer you with starting with questions from my inbox.</p>
<p>&#8220;Just trying to get this damn daily spending limit increased&#8230; Any help would be appreciated! Thanks!&#8221;</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">I&#8217;m assuming you mean from Facebook. While I don&#8217;t actually talk to my manager on Facebook anymore, as honestly they&#8217;ve only caused me more problems than they&#8217;ve solved, you can still contact who I used to work with via email. <a href="http://justindupre.com/goto/advertise" style="" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" onmouseover="self.status='http://justindupre.com/goto/advertise';return true;" onmouseout="self.status=''">advertising</a>@facebook.com will probably answer most enquiries. Sarah at sarahs@facebook.com was the last FB rep I talked to. Trevor may also be? able to help you out at twalsh@facebook.com. Last I checked, if you send in a form just signing off on your accounts with a copy of your ID, and go through an account check, you can get your spending limit increased to 30k. It may be more now, however.</p>
<p>&#8220;What percentage of your traffic is currently coming from Google? In your experience, what are the best content network ad companies besides Google?&#8221;</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">I&#8217;ve never ran a ton of traffic through Google, as the game is just so difficult to play with account slaps and a nit-picky ad review team. I&#8217;ve only played with the Google, Yahoo and MSN content networks. You can get some really cheap clicks on MSN that convert amazingly easy, however the volume is sad. <a href="http://justindupre.com/recommends/yahoo" style="" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" onmouseover="self.status='http://justindupre.com/recommends/yahoo';return true;" onmouseout="self.status=''">Yahoo</a> in some cases provides about 50-60% of the traffic that Google can, which is certainly still decent. Coupled with cheaper click costs compared to Google, you might want to try it out.? Rather than content nets, you might want to try out media buys. It can provide massive traffic with click costs down to meer pennies, however, you may have to throw up a decent deposit of several thousand dollars first.</p>
<p>&#8220;Hi Justin! I really enjoyed reading your bio and you seem like the right guy to ask. I am trying to start up my own website in Bangkok and I was wondering which would be the best program to learn (on a Mac) and where and how much this would be?&#8221;</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">If you are looking to blog, use the same platform as me, <a href="http://wordpress.com">WordPress</a>. It&#8217;s 100% free. However, if you are trying to build a website from the ground up, I&#8217;d suggest starting with Adobe Dreamweaver. I&#8217;m not going to condone going out to Pantip Plaza or MBK and just paying 100 Baht for a ripped DVD of Adobe CS, however, the actual program costs several hundred dollars. If you want to learn about coding a website with a text editor like <a href="http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/">Notepad++</a>, check out <a href="http://www.w3schools.com/">w3schools.com</a>.</p>
<p>Now for the blog comments -</p>
<p><a href="http://twitter.com/luemob">Louie</a> had a few questions:</p>
<p>Question 1: Why Thailand?</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">I was an exchange student here a few years ago. I basically got to pick 5 countries that I wanted to go to when I was applying for Rotary Youth Exchange. The organization then interviewed me and matched me up with the country they thought I would work best in. I came to Thailand, fell in love with it, and decided I&#8217;d be happier just living here.</p>
<p>Question 2: Is it Hot?</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">Ungodly hot all year &#8217;round except for a few days in December and January. Right now its the rainy season, so it&#8217;s hot and muggy.</p>
<p>Question 3: Is <a href="http://justindupre.com/recommends/yahoo" style="" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" onmouseover="self.status='http://justindupre.com/recommends/yahoo';return true;" onmouseout="self.status=''">Yahoo</a> Better Than Google PPC?</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">It depends. You&#8217;ll turn a better ROI on Yahoo almost always, but you&#8217;ll get a lot more volume with Google. If you can profit more in a day with the traffic from Google rather than Yahoo, then Google is better. A higher ROI doesn&#8217;t neccessarily mean you&#8217;ll make more cash. It just means your investment will be smaller for each lead or sale you generate.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.optimalwebworks.com/">Shawn Smith</a> asked:</p>
<p>&#8220;Are you in Bangkok? What do you think the rates are for an apt near Lumpini Park?</p>
<p>Planning to move to Bangkok for a few months this winter, but I need to find an apt. that will let me rent short-term. What are your thoughts?&#8221;</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">You can find just about any rate around there. On the main roads around there (Rama 3 and Rama 4 I believe) you&#8217;ll end up paying more for basic housing. A 1 room apartment may cost up to 20 &#8211; 30,000 baht. However, if you don&#8217;t mind sitting a little longer in a taxi and living with more Thais in the same complex than foreigners, you&#8217;ll end up saving a lot of money. I once rented a 1-room place in Bangkok for less than $100 a month. Granted it was shitty, I only ever used it on weekends and it served its purpose as a place to sleep.</p>
<p>Here is my favorite question so far from Den:</p>
<p>&#8220;Do you bang bar girls?&#8221;</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">I never have, and I never will. Honestly, I think most bar girls are ugly and obviously trashy. The only attractive &#8220;bar girls&#8221; I&#8217;ve seen are at the exclusive VIP clubs where old geezers will buy the girls a BMW just to take them out on dates. The girls there are expensive, the drinks are expensive, and the membership costs are sky high. I prefer my women free and without AIDS, thank you very much!</p>
<p>That seems to be the extent of the questions I&#8217;ve recieved. If you wanted something answered and I didn&#8217;t get to it, let me know and I will try to help you out!</p>
<p>Also, besure to check out <a href="http://justindupre.com/tatto-media-affiliate-contest-1/">the contest me and Tatto Media are running</a>!</p>
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		<title>I&#8217;m Hiring</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 02:23:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin Dupre</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m looking for some local talent in downtown Bangkok to help me out with all my work. If you know anyone that fits the bill below, let me know! I am looking for a young and talented local (however, this position is still open to foreigners) graphic designer with the ability to work on data [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<!-- Start Shareaholic LikeButtonSetTop Automatic --><!-- End Shareaholic LikeButtonSetTop Automatic --><p>I&#8217;m looking for some local talent in downtown Bangkok to help me out with all my work. If you know anyone that fits the bill below, let me know!</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">I am looking for a young and talented local (however, this position is still open to foreigners) graphic designer with the ability to work on data entry, as well. As of now, I run a business solely on my own, operating several websites and working on some client work. You will be responsible for some of the following tasks and more:</p>
<ul>
<li>Web design</li>
<li>Online <a href="http://justindupre.com/goto/advertise" style="" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" onmouseover="self.status='http://justindupre.com/goto/advertise';return true;" onmouseout="self.status=''">advertising</a> banner design</li>
<li>Some data entry/form completion</li>
<li>Writing simple documents and spreadsheets</li>
<li>Image manipulation (resizing/cropping)</li>
</ul>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">I am in need of a creative thinker and someone that is able to work with little instruction. The best applicants will be those with the following skills:</p>
<ul>
<li>Proficient with Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator (although not required), and Dreamweaver</li>
<li>Knows HTML/XHTML/CSS. PHP is a plus but not necessary</li>
<li>Proficient with Microsoft Word and Excel</li>
<li>Able to write and speak English (I can speak Thai, though)</li>
<li>Knowledge of how to use blogging software like WordPress</li>
</ul>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><strong> YOU DO NOT NEED ANY PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE OR UNIVERSITY DEGREE TO APPLY FOR THIS POSITION. ALL APPLICANTS WILL BE CONSIDERED. </strong></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">I will provide a place and computer for you to work on at my air-conditioned condominium (about 1 km away from Ekkamai BTS Station). At the end of the day, I will need a summary of all tasks worked on and completed to check progress. You will be working, mostly, on your own with very little guidance from myself or others.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">I am specifically looking for a younger person to come work with me. Current or recently graduated university students on break for the summer may even apply. This is an excellent opportunity for a young Thai or international student in Bangkok to pick up some work experience and cash in a very casual, friendly atmosphere. This position will be available for the next 3 months. After that, depending on what I&#8217;ve seen, I may keep you longer.</p>
<ul>
<li>Hours: Flexible, but maximum of 40 hours a week, Monday &#8211; Friday</li>
<li>Payment: 12,000 Baht a Month <strong>+ Performance Bonuses for excellent work (possibility of up to <em>10,000 extra baht</em> a month or more!) + Extras (Paid lunch, transportation, etc.)</strong></li>
<li>Payment Method &#8211; PayPal or paid with cash once per week (3,000 Baht per week)</li>
<li>Location: Ekkamai Rd. (Sukhumvit 63) Bangkok, Thailand</li>
</ul>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em><strong>How to apply: All those interested in this position can apply by sending a CV/resume and design portfolio with examples of any design or websites you&#8217;ve created to <a href="mailto:buddydupre@gmail.com">buddydupre@gmail.com</a>. Alternatively, you can <a href="http://justindupre.com/contact/">contact me</a>. </strong></em></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">Note: I am looking for an employee to come work on location with me. I need to be able to give specific instructions to you, which is why I need to be able to talk to you face to face. With time, I may entrust you to complete some of the work out of home. However, atleast for the first month, you will need to be in my office.</p>
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		<title>Make Money Get Paid &#8211; New Condo!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 08:59:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Justin Dupre</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m finally settled into my new crib, which would be the cause of my long hiatus from posting here + some hugenormous campaigns I&#8217;m building on Google (ones got 2000 keywords with 250+ ad groups). So without wasting any extra time cause I gotta get ready for class, lets take a look at my crib. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<!-- Start Shareaholic LikeButtonSetTop Automatic --><!-- End Shareaholic LikeButtonSetTop Automatic --><p>I&#8217;m finally settled into my new crib, which would be the cause of my long hiatus from posting here + some hugenormous campaigns I&#8217;m building on Google (ones got 2000 keywords with 250+ ad groups). So without wasting any extra time cause I gotta get ready for class, lets take a look at my crib.</p>
<p>If you remember <a href="http://justindupre.com/a-day-in-the-life-of-me/">this old post</a>, you&#8217;ll see some pictures of my old apartment. It would be fine for someone who likes living in a cardboard box. Now with all this money I be makin&#8217; on the Internets, its time to move out.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="size-full wp-image-288 aligncenter" title="old" src="http://justindupre.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/old.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="375" /></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">The aftermath of packing&#8230; Wonder how happy my landlord was to get to pick that shit all up. Made sure I threw away all my ex-gfs stuff she left at my place and never took back. Haha.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">It took a while to get everything into my room as traffic was a bitch (even though this place is only about 2 km from my old place), and the elevator ended up taking my stuff up to my floor without me in it, but me and a few friends managed it. I bought them some food and drinks for payment in helping me set up&#8230; friends are easy to buy here. Lol</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">So lets take a peak shall we. You walk into the room and see this:</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="size-full wp-image-289 aligncenter" title="entrance" src="http://justindupre.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/entrance.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="352" /></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">That would be the living room with a dining set on the left and an awesome balcony over looking the pool that all the sexy Japanese chicks swim in. I&#8217;ll try and get some shots when I spy them out there. ;)</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-290" title="tv" src="http://justindupre.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/tv.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="360" /></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">I used to have my two computers, TV and PS3 all on the same desk. Now, I&#8217;ve got separate area just for the sexy LCD screen and PS3 to entertain guests. I honestly don&#8217;t play that much anymore (waiting for Final Fantasy and the final version of Grand Turismo), but when my friends were in my room they were addicted to Soul Caliber.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-291" title="kitchen" src="http://justindupre.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/kitchen.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="375" /></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">To the right of the door is the kitchen. It&#8217;s pimping with a clothes washer (yes, clothes washer), full size fridge, electric stove top and over + hood, and microwave. I was hungry, so I decided to cook something for myself for the first time in about 1 year, or since the last time I went to America.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="size-full wp-image-292 aligncenter" title="baconeggsandwich" src="http://justindupre.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/baconeggsandwich.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="339" /></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Was my bacon and egg sandwich good? Actually, it was the best bacon and egg sandwich I&#8217;ve ever eaten. I&#8217;ve hardly ever cooked a thing in my life, but day-ummmmmmn. This was tasty. The bacon was juicy, eggs were done just right, and the stove-toasted bread was just toasty enough. Be jealous. Not many affiliate marketers got cookin&#8217; skillz like me. John Chow FTW!</p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><img class="size-full wp-image-293 aligncenter" title="bed" src="http://justindupre.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/bed.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="375" /></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Upstairs (Duplex condo&#8230; say what!? Hell Yeahz&#8230;) we&#8217;ve got my bedroom with another view of the sexy chicks swimming in the pool and those weird whities makin&#8217; love in the opposite building. Bedsheets are for women. They&#8217;ll be put into use soon, but for now I need some time to unpack and rest.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://justindupre.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/workspace.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-294" title="workspace" src="http://justindupre.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/workspace.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="375" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">My cleaned up workspace. This is where the Adwords and Facebook magic happens (fuck Myspace shinnanigans). The surround sound set up is awesome not that its a bit more spread out and wrapped around me. Porn never sounded better. Speaking of which I blocked out the porno I was DL&#8217;in on my notebook with my Plum card envelope. Plum FTW!</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="size-full wp-image-295 aligncenter" title="bath" src="http://justindupre.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/bath.jpg" alt="" width="378" height="504" /></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Finally, the master bathroom (there is a small half bathroom for guests downstairs) where I get to touch myself and get shiny. It&#8217;s got a bathtub! Most traditional Thai bathrooms don&#8217;t have one (just a floor with a hole for water to go down), so to get one is awesome. The ladies are gonna love it (or maybe they&#8217;ll be confused and wonder why there isn&#8217;t just a hole in the floor).</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">That&#8217;s it for my condo update. I&#8217;ve still got some things to move around, but it&#8217;s pretty much all set. It&#8217;s going to be awesome staying here, I can already tell. It&#8217;s quiet, in an amazing neighborhood surrounded by clubs, and there are hot Japanese chicks here. Japanese chicks in Thailand FTW!</p>
<p>If you&#8217;ve got some questions to ask, ask and I&#8217;ll try and follow them up in a couple days. I might work on a new layout for the blog with some links that should really help you guys get to at least 50 dollars a day in profit.</p>
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		<dc:creator>Justin Dupre</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<!-- Start Shareaholic LikeButtonSetTop Automatic --><!-- End Shareaholic LikeButtonSetTop Automatic --><p>I&#8217;m bored and don&#8217;t have any topics I really want to write about. Use this time to ask me some questions about AM or just about anything else and I&#8217;ll follow them up in the next post for you. Aight Aight? For now, I&#8217;ll fill some space with referral links and shit I&#8217;ve done lately.</p>
<p>If you haven&#8217;t signed up with <strong><a href="http://justindupre.com/go/a4d">Ads4Dough</a></strong> yet, you should do that now. Smaxor (owner and blackhat extraordinaire) says he&#8217;s got some exclusive deals coming up and you gotta get in on this. It&#8217;s gonna make me a ton of money, as well as a shit load for everyone else that is signed up under his network. Remember, I help out my referrals (as long as you show me you are at least going to take a shot at it) so let me know what I can do to point you in the right direction. Catch me on AIM if you want at AbsoluteRCT. I don&#8217;t use AIM as my main messenger, but I reserve MSN for my close friends and I don&#8217;t want you guy messaging me at 5 AM asking how you makes dah monies online. <a href="http://justindupre.com/go/a4d">Make Money Now with A4D Ho</a>&#8230; reppin affiliate referral links Bitch.</p>
<p>Things have been sweet lately. I&#8217;ve finally lost a shitload of money in one day on a few campaigns, but that is good cause I collected a lot of valuable data and for the first time I feel like I have enough money that I can afford to lose it. With the data I&#8217;ve got, I should be able to turn it around and pull it out of the ground.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m looking for a quality, inexpensive writer. If anyone knows someone that wants to write some bulk content let me know. I&#8217;ve asked 3 people in the last two weeks to write shit for me, and no one has even produced one article of any order. This is why I don&#8217;t pay in advance for anything. I do pay, but I don&#8217;t want to have to babysit you just to make sure I get my work.</p>
<p>Last night I went out to Bed Supperclub, a sheek upscale nightclub in one of the sluttiest parts of Bangkok (Nana&#8230; why NANA!.. I hate Nana&#8230;). It was model&#8217;s night, and since my man friend in my apartment is a model, he got me in free with free drinks. Hell yeah. Well&#8230; his friends are fucking hot yo&#8230; like&#8230; 5 hot model chicks&#8230; eff yeah. It was a kickass time and I&#8217;m already invited back for next Wednesday&#8217;s model night. I&#8217;ll get some pics up when my friend&#8217;s post them online. Hot stuff.</p>
<p>One more test for me tomorrow (Marketing exam&#8230; should be easy, but I&#8217;ve skipped about 5 classes and haven&#8217;t touched the book) so we&#8217;ll hope that it&#8217;s just a bunch of common sense. After that I&#8217;m done with exams and have about 2 &#8211; 3 weeks of break. Should be a good time to write some giant amount of content if I can&#8217;t find a writer, do a little SEO on some sites, and <a href="http://www.ppc.bz/making-money-online/how-i-made-a-canadian-seo-empire-retired-young">make monies online eh</a>.</p>
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