Monday, October 19, 2009

Kerja Keras Adalah Energi Kita


KERJA KERAS ADALAH ENERGI KITA


“Kerja Keras Adalah Energi Kita” – Sebuah semangat baru yang membawa banyak perubahan bagi Pertamina.

Kemajuan ilmu pengetahuan dan teknologi telah merubah wajah dunia karena hampir setiap saat terjadi perubahan yang sangat signifikan dalam kehidupan dunia. Perubahan teknologi informasi telah membawa pengaruh yang sangat besar terhadap perilaku masyarakat dan dunia usaha. Masyarakat mempunyai akses yang cepat dan akurat tentang perkembangan bisnis dunia. Masyarakat dapat menilai dan membandingkan berbagai barang dan jasa yang dijual kepada konsumen. Akses informasi yang hampir sempurna ini membawa akibat pada kecenderungan konsumen untuk mendapatkan barang dan jasa dengan kualitas yang terbaik dan harga yang lebih murah. Harga yang lebih murah hanya dapat dicapai oleh perusahaan yang sangat efisiensi. Efisiensi sangat besar artinya dalam kehidupan sebuah perusahaan apalagi dalam persaingan global. Perubahan dalam proses produksi sangat diperlukan agar sebuah perusahaan dapat mencapai efisiensi baik dari segi penggunaan input maupun dalm proses produksi sehingga harga per unit menjadi lebih murah tetapi kualitas tetap terjamin. Bila suatu perusahaan tidak mau melakukan perubahan maka perusahaan tersebut akan kalah dalam bersaing dengan perusahaan lain yang sejenis namun mampu menyediakan barang dan jasa dengan harga yang lebih murah dan kualitas yang relatif sama atau lebih baik lagi.

Melalui semangat “Kerja Keras Adalah Energi Kita”, Pertamina sebagai salah satu perusahaan telah dipaksa untuk melakukan perubahan agar lebih mampu bersaing karena adanya tuntutan globalisasi yang memberikan kemudahan bagi perusahaan perminyakan lainnya untuk melakukan operasinya di Indonesia. Perubahan Pertamina ini telah dilakukan dengan disahkannya Undang-Undang Nomor 22 Tahun 2001. UU tersebut telah menarik hak monopoli yang selama ini dimiliki oleh Pertamina dalam mengurus minyak dan gas di Indonesia. Pertamina tidak bisa lagi menjadi pemain tunggal di sektor hilir karena semua perusahaan lain diberikan kesempatan yang sama dengan Pertamina sehingga Pertamina harus mampu menyediakan barang yang mempunyai kualitas yang sama baiknya dengan perusahaan lain dan tingkat harga yang ditawarkan juga sama. Hak kontrak bagi hasil (production sharing) dengan perusahaan lain yang selama ini dimiliki oleh Pertamina telah dihapuskan.

Menghadapi persaingan bisnis yang semakin ketat di masa mendatang maka Pertamina harus mampu melakukan berbagai terobosan baik di dalam Pertamina itu sendiri maupun di luar, dalam bentuk layanan prima yang selalu dituntut oleh konsumen. Perubahan yang perlu dilakukan adalah budaya bisnis yang harus dimiliki oleh semua komponen yang ada di Pertamina agar Pertamina benar-benar mampu menjadi pelaku bisnis yang sangat menguntungkan bagi masyarakat dan juga pemerintah sebagai salah satu sumber penerimaan negara. Pembenahan sumberdaya manusia (SDM) yang ada di Pertamina sangat mendesak untuk dilakukan agar Pertamina benar-benar efisien. SDM yang dianggap sudah tidak mampu lagi menyesuaikan diri dengan tuntutan dan beban tugas yang diemban Pertamina dewasa ini maka SDM tersebut perlu digantikan dengan SDM muda, handal dan energik sehingga Pertamina menjadi perusahaan yang sangat profitable.

Pembenahan SDM ini sangat penting untuk mencapai suatu organisasi yang dinamis dan ramping sehingga lebih efisien dan mampu mencapai target yang lebih besar di masa mendatang. Organisasi yang terlalu besar akan memberikan beban yang sangat berat yang ditanggung oleh Pertamina sehingga Pertamina tidak mampu mencapai efisiensi penggunaan faktor produksi. Efisiensi penggunaan faktor produksi ini sangat penting agar Visi Pertamina untuk menjadi perusahaan yang confident, clean, consumer focused, dan competitive (4C) dapat dicapai. SDM yang tidak kompatibel supaya diganti dengan yang lebih muda dan mampu memenuhi tuntutan sesuai dengan visi Pertamina agar Pertamina efisien dan tidak tergilas oleh perusahaan lainnya.

Sementara itu, dengan semangat “Kerja Keras Adalah Energi Kita”, perubahan eksternal telah dilakukan oleh Pertamina, terlihat dari logo dan brand image yang telah dibangun oleh Pertamina sebagai upaya untuk mensejajarkan Pertamina setaraf atau lebih tinggi dari perusahaan sejenis lainnya. Transformasi yang dilakukan oleh Pertamina ini sebagai upaya untuk mencapai cita-cita Pertamina sebagai perusahaan kelas dunia yang unggul, maju dan terpandang. Perubahan paradigma ini sangat penting karena posisi Pertamina masih cukup baik di mata masyarakat Indonesia. Hal ini terbukti dari hasil survei yang dilakukan oleh Lingkar Survei Indonesia (LSI) yang menyatakan bahwa Pertamina merupakan perusahaan yang baik dan bahkan lebih baik dari BUMN lainnya. Kondisi ini merupakan modal yang sangat potensial bagi kemajuan Pertamina.

Peningkatan brand image ini harus dibarengi dengan perbaikan citra Pertamina dari beberapa hal yang masih melekat pada Pertamina. Ada tiga hal mendasar yang masih harus dibenahi Pertamina yaitu pengoplosan, penyelundupan dan kelangkaan minyak. Meskipun secara umum bukan dilakukan oleh Pertamina secara langsung tetapi kesalahan masih dapat diletakkan pada Pertamina karena Pertamina tidak mempunyai ketegasan terhadap pelaku yang merusak citra Pertamina. Bila Pertamina melakukan pengawasan yang lebih ketat maka pengoplosan minyak dapat dikurangi sehingga citra buruk Pertamina semakin hari semakin berkurang. Pertamina harus mampu menindak tegas pelaku pengoplosan dengan menyeret oknum tersebut ke pengadilan sehingga bisa menimbulkan efek jera, selain itu semua kegiatan dan izin yang berhubungan dengan Pertamina harus ditarik dan pelaku juga dikenakan denda yang cukup besar agar pengoplosan ini tidak terjadi lagi di masa mendatang.

Tindakan tegas ini sangat perlu dilakukan untuk meningkatkan brand equity karena walau bagaimana pun merek Pertamina masih melekat dalam semua proses kegiatan perminyakan di Indonesia. Penyelundupan juga merupakan faktor yang merugikan citra Pertamina. Selain itu, penyelundupan juga merugikan masyarakat karena adanya kelangkaan minyak di dalam negeri. Kerugian lain yang ditimbulkan oleh penyelundupan ini adalah kerugian negara dalam bentuk selisih harga dalam negeri dengan harga luar negeri. Kerugian ini akan menjadi beban masyarakat karena penerimaan tersebut seharusnya menjadi penerimaan negara yang dapat digunakan untuk membiayai berbagai proyek yang mampu meningkatkan taraf hidup dan kesejahteraan masyarakat.Penyelundupan ini bisa juga dalam bentuk penjualan minyak bersubsidi yang dijual kepada pihak lain yang sebenarnya tidak layak menerima subsidi tersebut.

Kelangkaan minyak masih menjadi fenomena yang sangat banyak terjadi dewasa ini. Pertamina masih belum mampu mengurangi kelangkaan ini sehingga citra Pertamina menurun sangat besar di mata masyarakat. Kelangkaan ini merupakan persoalan besar yang harus segera diatasi oleh Pertamina dalam rangka menjaga citra Pertamina di dalam masyarakat dan menempatkan Pertamina sebagai perusahaan yang efisien. Kelangkaan ini menunjukkan bahwa Pertamina tidak mampu melakukan distribusi dengan baik dan sesuai dengan kebutuhan di setiap daerah. Sistem pengelolaan pendistribusian secara manual harus ditinggal oleh Pertamina agar kelangkaan minyak ini dapat diatasi segera.

Pertamina mempunyai peran yang sangat strategis bagi perekonomian Indonesia karena Pertamina merupakan salah satu sumber keuangan pemerintah. Pertamina juga merupakan aset negara yang masih mempunyai potensi yang sangat besar untuk dikembangkan sehingga menjadi perusahaan modern, efisien dan berkelas dunia. Berbagai perubahan yang telah dilakukan harus terus dilakukan agar Pertamina tetap eksis dalam dunia perminyakan baik di tingkat nasional maupun tingkat dunia. Sebagai salah satu perusahaan yang bergerak di bidang perminyakan, Pertamina harus terus melakukan berbagai upaya untuk meningkatkan efisiensi. Efisiensi ini sangat penting agar Pertamina mampu bersaing dengan perusahaan lainnya. Kemampuan Pertamina ini harus teruji baik di tingkat nasional maupun internasional. Kemampuan di tingkat internasional ini dapat dibuktikan dengan semakin meningkatnya kontrak produksi yang mampu dicapai oleh Pertamina di negara-negara lainnya.

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Sunday, June 7, 2009

Top 10 Tricks to Earn More From Adsense

Google adsense or also known as Adsense becomes popular nowadays. I am seeing lots of site with some ad serving program. And I also read lots of article proving that a webmaster can really earn when you put adsense on a site or blog. They even forget the eBay and other affiliate programs.

Google Adsense becoming one of the most popular method of placing advertisements in different sites. Putting adsense on your site is very easy. Just copy and paste the codes on your site and then wait for a couple of minutes and then you will see the advertisement. Even a full time mom can do it.

Putting adsense on your site is not enough for you to be able to earn hundreds of dollars. You also need to know the different tricks to earn in no time.

Here are the top 10 tricks that I found from the different Adsense gurus who are sharing their knowledge on how they earn cash through adsense :

1. The color of your ads is one of the trick that you should learn. Make sure that your ads color is the same as your web site palette. Instead of using frames choose the same color as your page background for the ad frame and for the ad background.

2. Avoid using those horizontal banner or leaderboard ads. Because Adsense gurus said that people are blind to those kinds of ads.

3. You can use the Google Heat map for you to know where is the best place to put the adsense on a site. Google has its own Adsense optimization tips for that.

4. Competitive keywords can trigger Adsense ads on a page. You can use a keyword research tool for you to be able to grab the most popular keywords. The more popular your keyword is the higher the adwords advertisers are willing to pay per click for it.

5. Create an ads that looks like your page.

6. Google’s link ad unit seem to have a much higher CTR or Click-Through Rate. There are different ad formats that you can use.

7. You can add some images next to your ads. Those images can draw images to your ads.

8. You can add 3 Adsense ads and 1 link unit on your page ot 1 adsense referral button plus 3 other unit. Make sure that you place those ads to the right place that for your ads not to distract the readers.

9. Focus on a particular niche. Your content that focuses on a particular niche can trigger Adwords ads that closely match the content. This will make your visitor be more interested to click on your ads.

10. Use custom Ad Channels for each of your ad placements, for example, “Top 5 Link Unit Blue Palette” or “Left Side Navigation Image Skyscraper” etc. Tweak, track and measure the success of each of these custom channels so you know what gives you the highest CTR. Some ad formats and colors will work better than others, but you won’t know which until you test, test and test some more!


Source : http://www.dailyonetrick.com/2009/05/top-10-tricks-to-earn-more-from-adsense.html
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Tuesday, May 19, 2009

How to increase Targeted Traffic

After your created your website (or blog) and optimized your Adsense, the next and perhaps the most important thing is to attract targeted traffic. Targeted traffic means visitors who come to your site because of genuine interest in the content you provide, not merely by accident. Such kind of visitors will probably search further and are more likely to click on your ads.


So you need to make your site visible to the people who are looking for the content you provide. Some of the common ways people find your site are:

  • By search by keywords on search engines such as Google and Yahoo: If you optimized your site properly, Search Engine Traffic can be fairly targeted and can produce good value for Adsense publishers. As they are searching for your content, these visitors can spend time on your site and explore further by clicking on related Ads.

  • Links on similar sites: If you manage to have your site linked from other websites that provide similar content as that of yours, these links can directly produce a highly targeted traffic. More over such links can increase your Page Rank, and increase the sites popularity on search results. So this helps in two ways.


Things to do for increasing Traffic:


So you should be doing the following to have your site visible to the users.

  • Keyword Optimization: Keyword optimization is an important task you have to do to make your content searchable for your keywords on search engines. For more information about keyword optimization see the article: Optimizing Keywords for Adsense

  • Building Links with similar sites: More people are likely to find you more easily on other sites and such links can increase your Page Rank, and increase the sites popularity on search results. So this helps in two ways.


Some techniques to get Targeted Traffic:


Not only that you have to get visitors to your site, you should also have to keep them there if you want some clicks.

  • Provide good, relevant content that keeps your visitor interested. Maintaining high targeted traffic means not adding just anything to your web site, but focus on your particular niche of interest. Update frequently, give readers reasons to come back.

  • Promoting your site by means of a Pay-Per-Click is probably the most effective way to increase targeted traffic. Visitors coming from PPC Ads are usually highly targeted. But this must be done very carfully and scientifically. You should not pay more per click to Google than a visitor is worth. See our article Using Adwords for Adsense.

  • Focus on clean and appealing site design. You should organize your content and make is easy for users to find the content they need. This is a great way to increase the number of impressions.

  • One other good way is to write articles for Article Sites such as ArticleCity, eZineArticles etc. This is a good way to get one-way links to your site.

  • Spread the word about your site. Participate in related groups and forums. Show to the community that you are indeed an expert in the niche of your site. This gives credibility.


Source : http://www.adsensehowto.net/google_adsense/how_to_increase_traffic.php

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Friday, July 11, 2008

5 Tips to Boost Your Google Adsense CTR

I've been an Adsense publisher for some time now, and I would like to share 5 Adsense techniques that helped me increase my monthly Adsense income. Hopefully these tips will work for you, too.


1. Blend your Ad background with your content. Nothi ng turns off a visitor more than a page that's full of loud ads. Take a calmer approach to your advertising, and make your Adsense ads look like relevant, helpful content instead of instant money makers.


2. Stay away from the Default Adsense Template. As web surfers, we all have become oblivious to the default Google Adsense layout. Alter your palette, and bring an original look to your site's Adsense units.


3. Use Blue Links. Ever since the internet was born, visitors clicked on blue links. Everyone's used to it. So stick with the blue links, and test lighter/darker versions of them.


4. Use fewer Adsense Units. When I switched from 3 adsense units to 2, I experienced a quick boost in CTR. Many of your Adsense units go unnoticed, which hurts CTR and CPM. Experiment with few Adsense units, and see if it helps your CTR or not.


5. Test, Test, Test. This is the most important concept of all. Never get too complacent with your CTR. You can probably always do better. Always use channel tracking to follow your changes. Keep testing and tweaking, and so enough you will find the best Adsense recipe for your websites.


Try out these 5 Adsense tips, and develop your own action plan when adding Adsense to your web pages. Believe me: small changes can translate into huge gains in incomes. So stick at it, stay positive, and never give up.

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Monday, July 7, 2008

Top Adsense Make Money Tips Must Focus On Content

The most vital, top Adsense make money tips have to be based on the content that you carry on your Adsense web site or blog site. Content is not just king when it comes to Adsense revenue, it is everything and it matters like crazy.


The problem with most Adsense affiliates is that they simply slap content onto a site, put up their Adsense ads and then wait for something to happen. When nothing happens they then get very busy looking everywhere for top Adsense make money tips that will work some magic into their earnings. Meanwhile they never think to touch their content.


One of the top Adsense make money tips should be that you touch, adjust and add content all the time, to make money from Adsense. Let me give just one instance of why it is so important to keep a close eye on your Adsense content.


Posts that are too detailed and self-contained in providing all the information will hurt your Adsense revenue. The best content strategy is to provide some extremely valuable information that will create an even deeper hunger for more information. Read that sentence you have just read, again and again because therein is contained one of the top most critical Adsense make money tips you will read anywhere.

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Saturday, July 5, 2008

Finding Great AdSense Keywords

When someone asks "What are good AdSense keywords?" they are really asking about the best keywords to optimize their pages with which have AdSense ads on them. Success with AdSense is all about driving traffic to niche websites. The chosen keywords to optimize the site's pages with will make or break efforts to earn income from Adsense.


Success requires choosing a niche area without too much competition. Yet, the niche must have enough interest to insure there are sufficient numbers of searches. Many people choose niches which are simply too competitive to ever have a chance of being ranked on the first page of search engine results. This is the most common mistake made when creating AdSense sites.


AdSense keywords for a given niche must allow the site owner to rank his or her pages on the first or second pages of Google and/or Yahoo search result pages. The best way to find these AdSense keywords is to brainstorm with the many free keyword tools available online. I have found even the free versions to be of great help for discovering AdSense keywords which can be used to optimize pages with. I particularly like the Google keyword tool. Simply do a search for "keyword tool" in Google and it is usually the first result.


When you find possible keywords, they should be checked in a Google search with quotes around them. Notice the number of total sites with that keyword in the content. For example, if there are 500,000 other sites with that keyword, it is probably too competitive of term for you to ever get traction with. On the other hand, if the AdSense keyword shows only 5,000 other sites, it can be very easy to rank well in the search engines.

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Wednesday, July 2, 2008

5 Useful Tips To Increase Google AdSense Revenue

As you know Google AdSense is the best way to earn extra income online. Many webmasters and writer have joined this program but earning very low income from AdSense. 99% of AdSense Publishers are earning less than $ 10 per month, this is the fact and every one is trying to increase their AdSense Revenue by one or another way. Many experts are in this field, are ready to open their experiences to increase the AdSense earnings. It is true that AdSense revenue can not be increase in a day or two. This requires your dedication & some time period.

During the research of AdSense Revenue increasing method, I found some simple but most useful tips, which might help you to increase your Google AdSense revenue. You can add more tips, if you have, by comments.


1. Show your Ads at top of the page
Put your block of Ads at top of the page, when ever any one visit your page, they can see the Ads easily and if some thing finds of their interest, they might click on Ads. Do not try to hide your Ads. Put one block of Ads at top left and one at bottom of article. This way you can attract attention of your visitor towards the Ads.


2. Blend the Ads with content
This the fact, that no one like to click on the matter which looks like Ads. You should have to blend your Ads with content so, it look like the part of content. What I think, people don't mind to click the Ads which are the part of content. By doing this you will increase the value of your Ads in the mind of visitors.


3. Use large rectangle
Google AdSense allows you to choose different Ads format. Mostly publisher use the leader board (728x90) or wide skyscraper (160x600) style Ads format. This format mostly look like Advertisment, any wise visitor will know at first look to your page. Try large rectangle (336x280) at top left on your page. This will increase your clicks.


4. Remove the border
If you use your AdSense Ads in a border, that will highlight the Ads but same time it shows that these are Ads and not the part of content. Your AdSense revenue will increase if you remove the border of your Ads and show it as the part of page. Don't use odd colour and fonts of Ads.


5. Don't populate your page by Ads
People will search on internet for the useful information, not for the Ads. Your first intention must, to give valuable information to your visitor. If people like your article, they will spend more time on your page and if your page look clean & neat, the Ads will highlighted very well, hence there are chances of more clicks. Put one block at top left, one at bottom left and one link Ads at bottom of post. That is more than sufficient.

There are some other technique to increase Google AdSense Revenue, but keep in mind that, these technique will produce different result from publisher to publisher. You have to be always in experimental with AdSense.

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