By Hendy Irawan on February 9, 2010
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I just love the story of Nathan Eagle and txtEagle so much, that I’d be doing you and yours truly a disservice if I don’t post a followup.
Check out this video on crowd-sourcing by Nathan Eagle:
Posted in Creative Ideas | Tagged crowdsourcing, kenya, poverty, txteagle
By Hendy Irawan on February 9, 2010
Many of us are thinking of how to end world poverty as we know it. Especially for people living in poor or developing countries such as Indonesia (like me), where we can see it everyday.
Nathan Eagle and his company TxtEagle managed to solve the poverty problem in a very elegant and direct way.

Quote from The future of work=TxtEagle | SMLXL – Engagement Marketing and Communication principles from Alan Moore :
The thought also came to me that this grassroots approach to tackling poverty, to help lift populations out of poverty by making small but dramatic changes in wage income should both enervate and inspire us all. Txteagle has a fascinating story, and often its the smallest things that can inspire us to do something remarkable.
Posted in Creative Ideas | Tagged entrepreneur, philanthropy, poverty
By Hendy Irawan on January 29, 2010
CRM Software aka Customer Relationship Management helps you to build and maintain relationship with your leads, potential customers, and current clients, as well as manage your sales pipeline.
Here’s my review of the CRM software I’ve tested.
- BatchBook
- Network Hippo
- Highrise
- Zoho CRM
- Salesforce.com
- vTiger
- SugarCRM
The three most interesting CRM solutions to me are: BatchBook, Network Hippo, and Highrise.
You probably never even heard of them.
Here’s why I picked them: they are suited to small business owners. Network Hippo and Batchbook has good integration with social networks like Facebook and Twitter.
Posted in Reviews | Tagged BatchBook, CRM, customer, Customer Relationship, Highrise, leads, Network Hippo, networking, relationship, review, salesforce, SugarCRM, vTiger, Zoho CRM
By Hendy Irawan on January 15, 2010
Outsourcing has always been a struggle for me since starting my business online. In fact, I feel that almost every mastermind group that I belong to discusses the infamous “outsourcing” topic on a regular basis.
In the past, I have used eLance and Rent-a-Code rather exclusively. Both have lots of freelancers ready to do your work and my experience has been rather hit and miss. Both are good company, though.
But a few month ago, I was recommended oDesk and now it is the first place I go for any new outsourcing task.
Posted in Reviews | Tagged freelancers, odesk, outsourcing, review
By Hendy Irawan on January 11, 2010
Tabbed Browsing is normally touted as one of the Internet breakthroughs of the 21st century. I beg to differ.
Yes, tabbed browsing was cool in its infancy. But now, we have much better operating systems than a few years ago.
My Ubuntu system live previews open windows during app switching (the Alt+Tab). I’m so grateful for “Show all windows” (Expose?), that makes it easy for me to pick a window visually (not a tab). I’m using Dockbar X, with superior grouping & window switching capabilities.
And I like juggling windows around in my dual monitor setup for best productivity.
Posted in Marketing
By Hendy Irawan on January 1, 2010
Better love & romance in life?
More money?
Fancier car / cars?
Do you want your girl to be more beautiful? (or do you want more beautiful girls?)
. . . . .
What Do You Want to *Give* for New Year…?
Will you donate more for charity?
Will you spend more time with your loved ones?
Will you smile more?
Will you complain less?
Will you help others more sincerely?
. . . . . .
You can be uncertain about many things in life.
Posted in Marketing
By Hendy Irawan on December 22, 2009
Sometimes you feel you’re already good at something and get bored… or worse, you’re no good and still bored!
If that ever happens to you, it means you need something to excite and educate you at the same time!
The answer is surprisingly simple…
Do Something Out of Your World.
Since you’re a smart person, I’m sure you know a lot of things. From magazines, radio, TV, friends, and oh, I forgot a few things… the Internet, blogs, social media, Twitter, and all that stuff.
Posted in Marketing
By Hendy Irawan on October 25, 2009
Have you ever wondered why some successful people tend to have some ’supranatural’ ability to spring back even when the worst happens to them?
Take Michael Jackson.

Michael Jackson, a superstar with the capacity to spring back after countless failures.
He’s virtually the best damn pop artist ever! His 1982 album Thriller alone got a combined sales of an estimated 110 million worlwide. He topped more music charts than all the singers in the world combined could ever dream of.
Posted in Productivity Tips | Tagged failure, Michael Jackson, persistence, pop artist, success, superstars, Thriller
By Hendy Irawan on October 18, 2009
A lot of my friends ask me how to introduce themselves, their business or their product to a prospective customer (read: everyone). I found out that it’s surprisingly simple, but not intuitive.
Now, if you want someone to know you or what you’re offering, you just have to BE one thing: BE INTERESTING.
But how?
Let me share a little story…
Today, I was having a haircut. When the stylist came, I promptly put down my mobile. Then I asked him a very simple question:
“How are you?”
Posted in Marketing | Tagged conversation, Introduce, promote, social, start, story
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