Using “Ed Dale’s Thirty Day Challenge” As A Springboard For Making Money On The Internet!

Thirty Day Challenge

The 30Day Challenge Wrap Up!

Day 31 - Today is the last official day of the Thirty Day Challenge for 2008.Today Ed takes us through a summary of what you’ve been doing for the last 30 days, talks about the work of the team that put the challenge together and says a few thank yous. Ed also talks about the future, and what’s in store for the Thirty Day Challenge website and forum moving forward.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8-VGeqj4yU

Handy Tip - Remember, the Thirty Day Challenge training will still be here after the challenge has concluded.

Day 30 – Mistakes Marketers Make

Day 30 - Today Ed Dale talks to you about the key mistakes that people make as marketers online, where they occur, and how to avoid them.

Ed takes you through the magificent symphony of four parts: market research, traffic, conversion and product. In each area of the four parts, Ed explains where people can go wrong and the mistakes that can be made.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4F-Log4D5HE

GuruBob also has a video for you today, showing an important WordPress Direct update that you need to be aware of.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEMvx8acC6c

Handy Tip - A crucial point to take away is that 95% of all mistakes or problems occur in the market research stage

Day 29 – High Authority Backlinks

Day 29 - GuruBob today shows you how to get some higher quality authority backlinks to your site.

GuruBob explains the need for getting higher authority backlinks, and shows you how to use the Market Samurai promotion module to do so, including the valuable .gov and .edu backlinks.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16D90srREmM

GuruBob also gives you a sneak peek about the features that are coming for Market Samurai over the next few months.

Handy Tip - Wherever you leave comments on a blog/site or post on a forum, it’s always a good idea to social bookmark that site page too. Anything you can do to increase the ranking or authority of the sites where you’re getting backlinks from is obviously a good thing.

Day 28 – Creating Blog Authority

Day 28 - Today you find out some more ways to create backlinks to your blog.

GuruBob first shows you how to use the web service Only Wire, and takes you through creating your account and using the service effectively.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qS94d5n0Tzg

Then you get an introduction to brand new feature of Market Samurai found in the ‘Promotion’ tab. This new feature will help you find Squidoo lenses, Hub pages, Weebly sites, forums and blogs that are relevant to your keywords that we can leave quality comments on to build some backlinks.

Handy Tip - The most exciting thing about the ‘Promotion’ module is the pingback feature. A pingback is where you put a link to someone else’s blog on your blog, a ping is sent to that other person’s blog, and the ping is then returned. The distinction you need to take away from this, is that a ping is treated like a comment.

Day 27 – Getting More Exposure

Day 27 - Today’s lessons cover how to increase the exposure and value of your blog.

GuruBob shows how you to broaden your keyword range using Market Samurai with the goal of getting more traffic. GuruBob shows a method for drilling down on your category keywords, where you can often find some lower tier keywords that you can make use of.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejtEPp8PRjM

Ed shows you how to use the new keywords you’ve found and add more content to your blog over a period of time to get rankings for those keywords. To do this, Ed shows you step by step how to use the auto content and manual post features of WordPress Direct.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njEXbUPYLyk

Handy Tip - Remember, use the auto content features of WordPress Direct the right way, with the right methodology.

Day 26 – Monetizing Your Blog

Day 26 - Today’s lesson is about what to do with your niche or site if it hasn’t stacked up.

GuruBob shows you some ideas on ways you can get value for your blogs from monetizing them in certain ways. The main way GuruBob explains is Google Adsense. He explains in detail how to go about signing up for an account, getting your publisher ID, and then using the WordPress Direct service to integrate Google Adsense into your blog.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_yqRijpuAU

Handy Tip - Make sure that your chosen theme is Adsense ready. The tags for the theme in your WordPress Direct account will give you an indication of whether the Adsense plugin will work or not.

Day 25 – Today Is Decision Day

Day 25 - Today’s lesson is about deciding whether to move forward with your niche market or not.

Ed shows you how to assess your stats and decide whether you should keep going in your chosen niche, and what you can do to increase your exposure in that niche. He also explains what to do if it’s time to call it a day and move on to a another market, and stresses that your effort hasn’t been wasted if this is the case

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=DjvDu5Rt9sk

Handy Tip - Remember, restarting does not equal failure. There’s a reason test and measure is the secret to success.

Day 24 – Copywriting

Day 24 - Today is a rest day but there is still something for you if you feel like doing some work.

Today you have a PDF that covers the basics of copywriting. This is a good resource for you to have even if you don’t use it today, so make sure you grab yourself a copy. Topics covered range from writing an effective headline, how to connect with your reader, and your call to action.

http://tdc.s3.amazonaws.com/killersalesletterredux.pdf

Handy Tip - Today’s content is optional, but you really should take a look at what’s on offer or at least get yourself a copy. Success online goes hand in hand with the ability to write compelling sales copy.

Day 23 – WP Direct Content Software

Day 23 - Today Ed introduces you to the content software features of WordPress Direct.

The first thing Ed stresses is that you need to use this feature properly and carefully in order for it to be effective. Ed shows you how to access the features within your WordPress Direct account, and explains in detail how they work. Remember though, today is just an introduction and you shouldn’t be using these features until you are shown how to in further detail.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBdXzx56Dus

You also get a bonus audio podcast today with Ed and GuruBob. They cover a range of topics, including the methodology behind the Thirty Day Challenge process, a refresher behind some the concepts taught so far, ways to move forward post-challenge, and some philosophy behind marketing and business in general.

Handy Tip - Be sure to take the time to listen to today’s podcast in full. There are a lot of golden nuggets in there, including GuruBob’s brilliant explanation of the follow/no follow tag.

Day 22 – Manage Your PPC Account

Day 22 – Today is part 3 of your Google Adwords mini course and is all about monitoring your campaign.

Caro reveals some handy information about managing your maximum CPC (cost per click), your CTR (click through rate), and your ideal ad positioning.

Caro also shows you a few tips on conversion tracking, and how to evaluate when it’s time to delete a keyword or ad.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8DCFLQgoX4

Handy Tip – If your CTR is less than 1% it means that your ad is not being effective.