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Some fascinating discussion going on there. Thanks for sharing - Lisa

Your welcome, Buff, Lisa. I was wondering how interested others would be. I think that the content is ok, but really the main reason I did it was to help the 30DC community spirit. - Tim Brennan

You and Maria have done a nice job there Tim - thank you. - Isha (Marysia)

We were there nearly 3 and a half hours. Then Enzo & I stopped off at Liverpool Street Station and gassed further for another hour or so. A very enjoyable meet-up and I look forward to many more. - Isha (Marysia)

Here's some more info about this video - "5 of us had a meetup at the good old British Museum in London's West End. We chatted for 3 hours about all sorts related to the Thirty Day Challenge. The experience interesting and encouraging. Towards the end of the meetup, we decided to stage a bit of chat for the camera. I shot about 17 minutes which I've spit into 2 parts. As you can see the... more... - Tim Brennan

Despite the video camera being very close to the action, the audio it picked up was not good at all. It picked up loads of background hubbub which drowned out the conversation. The iRiver audio quality was twice as good. " - Tim Brennan

In case anyone's wondering where the 5th person is, Maria's holding the camera & a great job she's done too. - Isha (Marysia)

Nice video Tim. Looking forward to the next meet up. - Enzo Vullo

Great video and discussion. - Art Y.

I never knew there was a meet up in London. Would like to join you for the next one. Where do you post the info? I don't check FF much but will keep an eye out now. - MayC

There's no-one in charge of them. You just subscribe to the 30dc for London FF room http://friendfeed.com/rooms... and keep an eye out on the 30dc meetups forum http://www.thirtydaychallenge.com/forums... Anyone can arrange a meetup whenever they want - Isha (Marysia)

also keep an eye on the meetup section of the forum - Tim Brennan

Well done Tim good video very helpful. - Ken Lee

Nice one, damn I wanted to come but I couldn't. Tim whens the next one? :) - Robertas Domarkas

Very nice of you let us eavesdrop. I wish there were enough of us around here to have a meet... (Helsinki area) - Juho Tunkelo

Wonder if this blue bird will one day be a virtual pet. - Buff Toast

I wonder why the title of the post is "over 75+" .... is that a keyword or a mistake...*shrugs* - Allison

buff would be a good iphone app if your tweets kept your tweety bird fed, and replies kept it happy.... forced continuity in an online pet lol! - Allison

Allison should be fun - if your tweet is "favorite" you get a worm. RT gets a twig to build a nest. Do u think we are on to something big LOL. - Buff Toast

arrg, I need to heed warnings! Very funny Art! - Elizabeth

That is quite evil. Clicked on it and then couldn't get rid of it at all without shutting down Firefox - which was a pain as at work with multiple windows and tabs open monitoring traffic and couldn't just restart with the same session! had to start from scratch You have been warned! - Lisa

That was not funny, Hacker style evil. Shame on you - Colossal Marketing™

Hey Lisa, for future Ctrl, Alt, Delete works wonders :-) - Elizabeth

Ha ha. Sorry everyone =) But I did warn you... When you tell people not to click on a link, there's no way they can resist clicking on it. =P A good marketing strategy for getting a higher CTR, no? - Art Y.

I did do Ctrl, Alt, Delete but had to close the whole of Firefox to get out of it. Had 4 windows and about 25 tabs open at the time. - Lisa

Art - yes, we are all going to click, it's curiosity. Although, in an environment like this there is an element of trust. - Lisa

it's more a matter of patience... the window moves in a pattern. Find the pattern and the tab's X will fall under your mouse and BANG!!!1 It's gone. Of course you have to go through the lyrics pop ups. It's all evil genius >:D - Jorge Blanco

Sorry... I am a bit naughty sometimes... =( - Art Y.

Naughty Art. Time out for you. Go and build 10 backlinks. - Buff Toast

Still a nice one two days later. And: Do listen to the warning!!! - Detlev

Me dumb, didn't listen. Serves me well! - Frans

Why did I click on that???? - Rich_Glass

If you have "restore previous session" enabled, then killing Firefox wont help, as when it starts again, it opens this again, Next version of Firefox wont have this problem, as there is supposed to be an option in every javascript generated alert on a site to "stop running further script on this site" - TrafficBug

Congratulations! =) - Art Y.

Many congratulations Russ - Yeehaw! - Isha (Marysia)

Congrats - keep going - TrafficBug

Just to acknowledge Thanks everyone (especially you Marysia:). - Russ

Russ congrats , how long did it take? just started preseason now - greg

Only $999,996.43 to go! You can do it! Heck, you are already part way there! :) - TIMG Blog Co-Op

Congrats! Nice work ;) - Jorge Blanco

This post was emailed to me which has never happened before. Anybody know anything about that (why it was emailed to me)(has ff ever emailed you anything before) - Russ

Greg to answer your question I think the post says it all (zillion...) but with a straight face let me say that I do believe it can be done in 30 days in fact even less (depending on I don't know what)(how much you impliment the stuff I guess) - Russ

Russ when I got my 1st $s I too called it the zillion DC - I think there are quite a few of us around :D - Isha (Marysia)

good work congrats! - Mitja MG

I click on it because it's food. But this giant fritter won't go away on your website. Yummy and eerie. - Buff Toast

Wondering if Allison is making some deep, insightful commentary about women in business and bacon? Can't see the connection myself! - Lisa

"Mmm.....unexplained bacon" - Groobers

LOL - Groobers, you are hilarious! is that a Simpson's quote, or your own? - Barb Sabathil

Hi Art, I understand the URL aspect from the Google Reader, but it is sending each room to a different Twitter account that seems to have me stuck. - Jenny

Log in/ go to your room/ Click the manage tab on the right site next to room members / Click add edit services. I actually do it the other way..I post to a specific twitter account and have the feed go to the FF Room. - Brian McClure

Thanks Brian. Now why do you go from Twitter to FF and not the other way around? Also, if you are using Google Reader, don't you feed that into your room and then have it tweet on Twitter? - Jenny

Lol! I just took all the voting plexos off my lenses because I was getting spam links. Great tip though! - Frann Leach

Thanks for the Very cool tip Art. On top of everything else, these turn out to be do-follow links :-) - Ritesh Lal

You're welcome. Yes! Squidoo is very generous =) - Art Y.

This is a fantastic Squidoo tip. Thanks! - Roger Carr

I don't get it. All the Voting Plexos I find are Amazon lists. - Michael Netsch

I'm giving it away, but try site:squidoo.com "add this to your list" yourkeyword -amazon ... it works wonders :) - Jorge Blanco

I just downloaded mine. Short and fun report. But they only give out limited copies. ASAP. - Buff Toast

hmm I really downloaded a copy and saw what it had - TrafficBug

Oh my God, this is an absolute killer. Allison, I just put up this sales letter on my site yesterday, and my conversions are up to 68%. Thanks for posting it here. Guys, guys, I urge you take advantage of this and download it before they pull it down! - Ritesh Lal

My conversions are going up too. Just hit my first $5000 day using this technique. Awesome work, Ladies!! - Barry Unruh

Oh Guys...You got me - FRAK

Can't find it either - Darshana Makavita

http://www.kikabink.com/news/ check this link you will see there are no comments - Darshana Makavita

Comment waiting for approval? - Buff Toast

yer I couldnt see it either? it must be pending.... - FRAK

Hi Chris - a very warm welcome to you! - Isha (Marysia)

Welcome Chris, This is a great place to be:) - Colossal Marketing™

Welcome, have a super time - Darshana Makavita

My personal favorites are Halo and Ghost recon :-) but come on guys seriously, he can't possibly be the only one who has trouble explaining his, er, 'profession' to other people? - Ritesh Lal

Hmmm....parents around the world seems to ask the same question. Show them what you've build online. Tell them what product you are marketing. Communication and gaining your family trust is the way to go. - Buff Toast

Hello Frak. Have a great challenge! - Buff Toast

Aloha Frak - welcome to the best room in FriendFeed! - Isha (Marysia)

Yeah, me too. Aloha back and good luck on the race to the 1st $10 - Bora Wiemann

Hi Ya Frak, Glad to see you here :~) - Colossal Marketing™

And for articles from memory its was http://www.uniquearticlewizard.com/ and http://www.articlemarketingautomation.com/ I think. - Andrew

And that my friends, is just one of the reasons why I prefer written media over audio. Wonderful and highly valuable content. But had to listen to a 40 minutes podcast twice to get it all. If it was written, it would be searchable, and I would be able to go to the part I need in 5 minutes. Ed, please, please, I know it adds to your costs, but if at all possible, please add pdf transcripts for your audio and video content. Thanks! - Ritesh Lal

Ritesh, I played the recording 4 times... even when they spell some of the names, it can be difficult. Video only es cheap to produce, easy to sell, but it smells "cheap". - Juan Pablo

Your tweets should be key word rich, not your name. Your name should be all about your identity as a real person in your niche. Be it a nickname, a pen name, or your real name. - Barry Unruh

Thank you. I thought it would look too spammy. I think I will stay with my main Twitter account and use the other one to spread my links a little further. - Michael Netsch

I asked a similar Q in 30DC+ forum ... here it is http://www.thirtydaychallenge.com/forums... - Buff Toast

Thanks, all that hard work and getting up at 5am is starting to pay off;)) - Elliot Webb

Awesome Elliot!!! - Peter Gibson

Wow. Excellent! Congrats. - Buff Toast

Way to go Elliot. Celebrate the singles! More to come.... - Gregg

Well done. Thanks for sharing. - Rosie Peters

Proud of you bud! No one can say you haven't worked hard for it! I am glad you are being rewarded! - Michael Roberts

Though I didn't have a day like yours...I am proud to say, one of my sites made $16 in one day! Thank you Dan, Ed and Frank Kurn! - Michael Roberts

Congratulations Elliot and Michael! :) - Art Y.

wow that is huge great work! - Mitja MG

wooohoooo - that IS a lot of money to me to. Congratulations - Elizabeth

To me that's huge too!! Many congrats Elliot! - Isha (Marysia)

And congrats to you too Michael Roberts! - Isha (Marysia)

Great stuff Elliot! It's so exciting when you see the fruits of your labour!! - Helen Palmer

congratulations, Elliot! - Amy Boyack

congratulations Elliott! - Wayne Brewin

Awesome job Elliot, this is positively brilliant! - Jenny

Good job Elliot - it would be huge for me too. And its a good start. - Janelle Cranston

Thanks for all your support you are all great!!:)), yep it was a great day, and one step closer to that apple imac;) - Elliot Webb

That is great!! Means your buying lunch, right? ;) - Sheryl Loch

Lunch!, forget lunch!, lets go right for the drinks;)) - Elliot Webb

Way to go Elliot - JuneM

I am guessing you have put in a lot of effort to get that far.... I would imagine hundreds of posts, and tens of pages, and articles. Not easy, but very worth it! Well done - Tim Brennan

Nice work Elliot! Make sure you frame that first $100 note and put it up in your "office". Will inspire you all the way to your first million :-) - Ritesh Lal

Thank you Ed, Dan, Guru Bob, Caro, and everyone at here at the TDC! I couldn't have done it without you! The journey for awesomeness never ends... This is just the beginning! $10,000 a month or bust! ^_^V Now off for a long awaited break... - Art Y.

Good job my friend & fellow student! - Bluejeanslady from twhirl

Great job. See you after the weekend. - Buff Toast

Goodonyamate - now its time to have a photo here! - Kim Baillie

Thank you Bluejeanslady, Buff Toast, Kim, Elliot, and Nancy! :) - Art Y.

Congrats on completing the 30DC! - Maiken Jepsen

Thanks Maiken! :) - Art Y.

Keep on building lenses, and that 40 cents will grow and grow! - thefluffanutta

Thanks LJF! - Isha (Marysia)

Thanks Bluejeanslady! - Isha (Marysia)

Very Cool! And, umm, there is never to much purple!! - Sheryl Loch

My feelings too, Sheryl! And I thank you! - Isha (Marysia)

Prince and I are partying like it’s 1999, well done you and never forget that Purple = Passion and you can never have too much of that! - Groobers

Groobers - thanks! I agree - and we've missed you! Has your head been in that Samurai? - Isha (Marysia)

Woops - did I say that?! - Isha (Marysia)

Nice one Marysia - I've missed the laughs and all you good people, as long as my heads not up my ..... then I'm happy... - Groobers

I've been learning and browsing all evening but yours was the most interesting thing I read! Gripping! Congrats! - Inspired Writing Research

Wow - thank you muchly Inspired! - Isha (Marysia)

Ah the power of purple! Such a thrill for all of us to share your delight and success since you have always been generous with advice and support in this room. Goodonyamate (not the Latin version!) - Kim Baillie

Thankyou Kim! I retire to my bed a happy bunny. The Latin version: Goodonyamate goodonyamate goodonyamatam goodonyamati goodonyamatai goodonyamato. No? - Isha (Marysia)

THANK YOU ED!!!! - Isha (Marysia)

I see there is still work for me to do - goodonyamato goodonyamatas goodonyamatat goodonyamatamus goodonyamatatus goodonyamatant :-)) - Kim Baillie

Oh gosh I've forgotten so much! - Isha (Marysia)

Well done, a great way to end the year :-) - Wayne Brewin

Thanks Wayne! - Isha (Marysia)

Thanks also to Dan Raine and Guru Bob and all the 30dc moderators and the whole 30dc team; and thanks also to the whole Noble Samurai team. Big kiss. 'nite - Isha (Marysia)

Congratulations Marysia! You'll earn 10000x more this New Year! :) - Art Y.

Congrats! Feeling happy for you too. - Buff Toast

That's great Marysia. - Russ

congrats! - Mitja MG

Thanks Lisa, Art, Buff Toast, Russ, DaleK and Mitja! - Isha (Marysia)

Congratulations! Here's to many more ... - Helen Palmer

Thanks Helen! - Isha (Marysia)

I poured countless hours into studying, reading and building up a handful of affiliate blogs. Even though I managed to make a little more than $10 in the first 30days of the course it wasn't long before I was left feeling defeated. I had spent a total of 3 months of late nights working on the internet with just modest returns. I slowly eased off the internet and started thinking of my next endevour. Go back to the business structures I knew best. - Michael Roberts

A month or two before Christmas I decided to check up on my affiliate sites. To my suprise they were bringing in hundreds of dollars each...every month. I just about fell out of my chair. Not because seeing a fat paycheck waiting for me was so cool....but the since of accomplishment was an amazing feeling. Being rewarded for my hard work. - Michael Roberts

I re-dedicated my self to internet marketing and had the aggressive plan of building 8 affiliate websites every single month. Along the way I had guidance of friends, family and a great community with other 30DC members. Going back through the 30DC course, joining the Immediate Edge, buying Frank Kerns Mass Control and having a great mentor as Tim Buchalka were all factors in helping me acheive my sucess. - Michael Roberts

Now I have quite a few affiliate websites and during the process of optimizing and building these sites....I thought there had to be an easier way. I grabbed a pen and paper, swiped the laptop and hid away in a quiet room of my house. I came out about 3 hours later with my idea on how I would simplify this proccess...and Trraffic-Bug was born. ( http://www.Traffic-Bug.com ) - Michael Roberts

I wanted to write this little snipit to tell people that anything is possible. Once you set your mind to something with enough motivation and determination you can truly achieve your dreams. This is no get rich quick thought process but one that requires time, good idea and hours and hours of work. I recommend you all read "Think and Grow Rich" (a classic that is very inspirational.) So if you have been in the 30DC for awhile or have just joined...hang in there. - Michael Roberts

Keep working hard and don't settle for mediocrocy. If I can make this internet thing work then I know you can. I did want to stress how important it is for you all to have a group that you can bounce ideas off of. I have a very close small group of people that are invaluable to me. Without a team or mentor your success will surly be a longer harder road. This long winded speech is now done! :) But I wanted to help my community even more on the exact proccess that has helped me. - Michael Roberts

and so I am almost finished putting together what was suppose to be a 20 page ebook but has grown almost into 60 pages. This ebook has all the tricks and tips easily consolidated into one easy source. I will be sure to post the link in here so you can all get the copy for free.... - Michael Roberts

My last little bit I wanted to say was Thank-You to Ed, Dan and Robert for there truly life changing course. I think it is human nature to associate value with price.....and so many people think they should spend thousands of dollars on other products to help them...when really 30dc and immediate edge are one of the "Authorities" on seo tactics. (Not that there aren't other great products out there) - *Frank Kern and Tim Buchalka also offer great materials* -So thank you 30DC! (Twitter @Mroberts23) - Michael Roberts

Very inspirational story, Michael! Thank you for sharing about what you've been through... I'm really going to push myself to work twice as hard tomorrow! - Art Y.

Very inspiring Mike. Your enthusiasm and 'realness' (if that is a real word) are a real boost - good luck with www.traffic-bug.com, I'm sure it will be massive - David

Congratulations Michael. So great to hear about someone taking massive action and reaping the rewards - Lisa

This has been helpful and inspiring. Retracing the path you took, I could identify with some of those moments and emotions. I agree that having a team and a mentor can help make the IM process a lot less bumpy. Thank you for sharing your experience, telling us what have worked for you, and giving us clear indication of which programs to follow. I wish you great success for Traffic Bug. - Buff Toast

Congratulations and way to go Michael! Thanks also for offering to help and contributing to the community. It's folks like you that inspire us to drive forward. The very best of luck for Traffic Bug, I am sure it's going to be a killer :-) - Ritesh Lal

This is great news Michael!!, well done!, I take my hat off to anyone that earns over $100 on Amazon alone!, what did you sell?, a kidney?.:) - Elliot Webb

Thats Awesome Michael ! Onwards and upwards from here, ian_hagerty - IanHagerty from twhirl

wow that is really inspirational, great to hear a success! - Catherine

Many congratulations Michael - that is seriously cool! I look forward to getting your ebook :) - Isha (Marysia)

Michael, thanks so much for your great post/sharing. I just turned 70 and have been beating myself up for drinking so slowly from the IM fire hydrant and "accomplishing" so little for it. I'm inspired by your story - so thanks again and keep up the great work! Tom in ABQ - Tom Miles

we knew you would make it Michael, well done, so great to hear this kind of stuff :)) - Tash

Thank you Art, David, Buff, Ritesh, Elliot, Ian, Catherine, Marysia, Tom and Tash for your kind words. It has always been helpful for me to know that there is a nice community out there that is so positive, encouraging and helpful. I am excited for my chance to help you all back in return. Until then thank you! :) - Michael Roberts

:) A new revolution in internet marketing is beginning... I too want to thank everyone for all your help. Before I found the Thirty Day Challenge, I was wandering aimlessly, studying everything about IM I could with little sleep. Everything was scattered, and I couldn't piece it together. Needless to say, I fell sick from overwork and couldn't study anymore. Wandering through some sites to relax, somehow I found the TDC... Thank you everyone! - Art Y.

Congratulations Michael, you inspire us all :) - Jorge Blanco

These comments are so genuine and inspiring-thanks guys-I learnt everything I know here too,but theres still some simple obvious things we newbies need, like - anyone know how to protect our google adsense code? Thx - Inspired Writing Research

I'm not sure there's a way to do that... other than regularly checking? - Art Y.

I received this from Ed today "It's already out for immediate edge members 30dc plus members will get it in a couple if weeks". So I guess we need to be patient....I hate being patient. - Michael Wilson

It still feels too long. But I guess Ed Dale has his reason. - Buff Toast

Part 2 is in feeds now. - Groobers

Yep...Link building #2 is out! Woo Hoo! - Michael Wilson

Hope everyone noticed the many subtle hints in the wallpaper. We even modeled the guitar after the one Ed Dale auctioned off....and Frank Kerns Helmet cracks me up! If you have ever seen one of his seminars you will understand why he is wearing it. - TrafficBug

Who design the wallpaper? Very creative. - Buff Toast

Thank you very much Buff! :) I designed it....It took me about 12 days to complete. Had to pay a lot of attention to detail...With Ed Dales iPhone utility belt and guitar to Guru Bobs "philosophy shirt." I just hope all the 30dc people enjoy it. This has been a great community and I have learned so much from everyone and the 30dc staff! - Michael Roberts

Michael, you create the product Traffic Bug, design and did the artwork, and the marketing. That's a lot of work and know-how, requiring many different set of skills. Along the way, 30DC training was significant. Would you like to share a little about your IM journey and the training programs that you find has helped you become a all-round internet marketer? - Buff Toast

Thanks Buff Toast for the interest! :) I will post a little snipit on another thread...And I will also be releasing about a 50 page ebook on the internet's best tools and internet marketing tactics that I find to work the best... I will be sure to post the link in this room so you can get a copy for free. - Michael Roberts

The wallpaper looks great Michael - I've downloaded it and keep on noticing extra little details. If the attention to detail in Traffic Bug is as good then we are in for a real IM treat. Good work - David

hey it's great, thanks Michael glad it's going so well :)) - Tash

Ok that is cool then. But how do I know if they are no-follow or do-follow? - Mitja MG

Use the SEO for firefox addon and watch out for the red links... more on this on the 30DC preseason - Jorge Blanco

Does the forum allow sigs? New users cannot post links in sigs in many forums - TrafficBug

That's right. Some forums require a min post quota before you are allow to display a signature. - Buff Toast

Always check for sigs or site links before you post. Also, get an SEO plug-in for Firefox/Flock which will highlight no-follow links. - Robert Worstell

Well, actually you can check for no-follow links by right clicking on the link and choosing properties too. If it's a no-follow link, it will say it there... If it doesn't say anything, that means it's a follow link - Art Y.

Cool tip, Art. - Buff Toast

I see this now with the SEO Book toolbar for FF - Mitja MG

You cannot find if a link is follow or no follow by right clicking on it - at least not in IE7 - TrafficBug

why would you ever want to use IE7 anyway... I only use it (on extreme situations) to download firefox :D - Jorge Blanco

Remember no follow links still count as links - they in theory don't pass authority - which in theory is a complete joke!!!! - Ed Dale from BuddyFeed

Sig lines do count in some forums better than others. One good way is if people ask questions & you can post a link to INFO not Sales. If you find good forums & participate you can grow friends that will also recommend you to others. Forums take time but, I have made more sales from forums than any other type of site. Team marketing on forums also works great. If the board allows blog mini post also helps. Stay away from spam filled boards. - Sheryl Loch

Yes. Apart from the authority of the backlinks, if you are active in big forums, thousands of people will see your sig link everyday. And they'll click on it and see. To be honest, I've joined a lot of forums already, but I've been too lazy to go in and join the conversation at the moment... Being new to communities is always an awkward thing... :S - Art Y.

Yes agree. Well I have made some niche blogs and when joining forums etc. a big number comes out. And posting every day to around 10 niche forums is a hard job, but it should be payed off from Google, what you think? - Mitja MG

I asked this on Twitter today but didn't get a response :( Do backlinks from spammy sites actually do us any harm with Google (or with anywhere else)? - Isha (Marysia)

Marysia - Yes if you only have spammy backlinks (9) - but that not much if you have other decent backlinks (1.0) - microscopic difference if you have good backlinks (0.01) - my personal experience from differnt sites with high level of spam backlinks that you can't prevent. << numbers are just my way of rating and are not scientific - just what's happened to me - Ginger G

I started with a template and modified it in Dreamweaver but it kept crashing so I used Kompozer and it worked very well. It's free and easy to use. - Karen

That's v nice Karen. Your articles are pretty long and detailed - are you outsourcing the writing, or are you working towards making it an authority site (massive competition on your main keyword!)? Am also curious as to why you chose not to have the blog format. - Isha (Marysia)

At the footer there is a "Home" link that is going to nowhere - TrafficBug

I wrote the articles myself with more than one keyword in each article. It does have some competition but the secondary keywords will bring in the traffic. I just wanted it to look like a website and will attach a blog to it for updates. I am building a mini network of backlinks and 2.0 websites for it. Thanks TrafficBug I will take care of the "Home" link. - Karen

Ic. Great site :) By the way, your Tips About Taking Care of Aquariums link is not working too. - Art Y.

Great one Karen "the secondary keywords will bring in the traffic" why didn't I think of that... - Isha (Marysia)

Very well done site! - Peter Johnson

Very nice site, Karen. Soon I am going to start another aquarium. I had them for years. I had tropical fish, and also had some Piranhhas. I kept a tank of goldfish to feed to the Pirhhans, and had a third tank with Cardinal Neon Tetras. The Tetras like acid PH. Your site will be useful to me. Ed. - Edward Kimble

Good job gettig a site up - that's my highest hurdle. Just a question: do you thik it would help to talk up the book a little, wither in the Download box or - probably better - at the bottom of each article page. Just something to read that makes me want to look at the book more. Just a thought - wonder what the other 30dc people think. - Davey from twhirl

Davey, good idea...I hadn't thought of that...I don't want to be pushy but a sentence or two wouldn't hurt, I think. What does everyone else think? I noticed on Ed's site that he never mentions the books, it's just sitting on the side waiting for someone to click on it. So I don't know...Any thoughts? - Karen

Your very 1st ebook. Congrats Karen! Davey made a good point. I took a look at Ed's Vintage Electric Guitar Blog, there is a short descriptive para of the ebook just beneath the book image. Gurubob taught us how to do tis in Day4. - Buff Toast

Usually, when we click on a sales offer, it leads to a sale page - with book description, price, guarantee back(was mentioned in another thread) and pay button. Perhaps you might want to follow this process? And my last suggestion is subjective - larger font size for a easy read. - Buff Toast

Great site! I agree about the larger font - finding it quite hard to read. - Jen

Absolutely!, Ive spent so much time on this I forgot to eat and shave, I've lost 100lbs, and the other day my wife had me arrested by animal control, they got reports of a yeti in her home!. Its great to see your Traffic Bug coming out!, you must be very proud too!:). - Elliot Webb

Submitted a PRWeb press release to give it a try, ill let you know how that goes too;)) - Elliot Webb

Many congratulations Elliot! That is a nice sales page & a great-sounding product. - Isha (Marysia)

Your product looks very awesome Elliot. :) Congrats! Would you mind sharing a bit about the process? Do you basically just make a product, set up a sales page and start marketing it right away? Or do you have need to have a main twitter website which you build up first, and then send visitors to your sales page? - Art Y.

Hi Art, are we talking about the process I took to make this product, or are we talking about the process inside The Twitter Technique?. let me know Art and ill get right back to u:) - Elliot Webb

I want to launch a product too, but I'm not sure if it's ok to start up with a sales pages straight away, or whether I need to build a website with traffic first, and then put up a sales page for them to go to... If I can just go straight into product creation and sales, that would be so convenient :) - Art Y.

Oh. I mean the process before you make the product. Like, in the TDC we learn to build up a niche site first, then put up affiliate links, and gradually get a lot of traffic first, then move on to product creation. But I was wondering if you could go into a niche, and immediately start with product creation (if you know what the ppl want already), and then put up a sales page right away without making a separate niche site - Art Y.

Sure Art, you can do it both ways, obviously if you have an established site traffic will be easier to come by, but even if you have just started you can put up a sales page and use PPC to drive traffic to it. Remember what Ed says in the 30DC, PPC is one of the quickest and most targeted ways to get traffic early, sure you have to pay for it, but if you do good keyword research you can find long tail keywords to add to your PPC Ad, that way you only pay around 10-25c a click. - Elliot Webb

I say if the keywords are right, and you know what your customers want, just go for it Art!!, if u need any PPC help let me know ok:) - Elliot Webb

Oic. Ok. Thanks Elliot! I've been wanting to make a product for so long, but my niche site failed miserably because the competition was too tough, so I couldn't use it as a pivot... I'll go directly to the sales page then :) - Art Y.

The only thing about a high competition niche is, if you do use PPC in that same niche your cost per click (CPC) is gonna be huge too, if you have Market Samurai Art check out the estimated adwords price in that first, this will just give you an idea of how much per click you will be paying. - Elliot Webb

Ok. It's not that the competition is high... it's quite low actually... but the thing is, the ppl at the top are extremely strong... and the keyword I'm targeting is strange... I won't rank for the long-tail keyword, but i'm ranking so easily for a short tailed one - Art Y.

Congratulations Elliot! We are proud of you too! - Buff Toast

Thanks Buff!!!:))) - Elliot Webb

Looks pretty good. I'm not buying, because of two facts. 1. On the video I can see that there's 200 followers, but you are following more people than that, which makes it look like the usual follow everybody and hope they follow back (I assume that you go into detail on how to find the right people to follow / target - not really the point). 2. There's no authority... I don't know you from a bar of soap, yet, there's no money back guarantee, so there's too much risk. Not meant to criticize, just my view. - Riaan

good lookin' sales page... let us know how it goes! - Jeremy Weiss

That a completely fair comment Riaan thanks for posting it, my argument to it is would you not want to follow potential customers back?, not only is it great feedback from your market, but you also get to see what they are talking about, maybe even possible product ideas to market to the in the future. And to be honest id rather be a shower cream than a bar of soap if you dont mind;). Good point about the guarantee, ill be looking into that;). Thanks Riaan - Elliot Webb

Sold my first report;))) - Elliot Webb

Fine, You can be a shower cream :) I'm with Ed Dale on this. If I follow everybody, it gets too noisy and I can't meaningfully interact with everybody. Thinking of creating niche specific accounts where I follow more people, but difficult to manage multiple accounts... Maybe use twirl for all niche accounts and tweetdeck only for main, dunno... Just not crazy about idea of following people to get them to follow back, That doesn't necessarily mean I'm right though. Congrats on the sale btw :) - Riaan

Congratulations Elliot on the sale! Very big day for you! *sniff sniff* Our little guy is all grown up now! - Michael Roberts

Brilliant work Elliot, so glad you are getting there, well done, you have taken a big step, we new you could :) congrats on the sale, you will have many more :)) - Tash

Congratulations on the sale! :) - Art Y.

Ya its a great feeling!, thanks to you all for your support over the last few weeks, hopefully by doing this I can give something back to you 30DC members by showing you how I did it all;). I made sale #2 about 10 mins ago!;)) - Elliot Webb

LOLOL!! That is too funny!! Thanks!......Buff, for text/subtitles etc - after you've uploaded to YouTube you will see an button called "Annotations" on the "My Videos" page. I find it to be a bit less than user friendly but it works. I'd practice on a short clip first - I lost a 10 min video trying to learn how to use it! - DaleK

Thanks Dale. - Buff Toast

So cool - Lisa

I was confused on this so, I sent it to my top designer. Yep, I told my kid to figure it out. LOL! - Sheryl Loch

Great find, Allison. Wish they have more detail instruction or demo. - Buff Toast

A future cool tool maybe? - Lisa

Definitely Verdana. Knowing you, I'd thought you'd go for the Times New Roman (ROFLMAO!) - Lisa

I love Calibri if you have it but would go for Verdana out of these 3 - Graham Hunt

I think I like arial... But depends on the site you are using it for too I guess... - Art Y.

Verdana, it shows up better. - Michael Wilson

you know my thoughts on TNR Lisa...heh and they aren't happy thoughts at all :) - Allison

I'm usually an Arial guy, but it looks kind of crammed in this image... So my vote goes for Verdana. - Jorge Blanco

Verdana looks pleasant. - Buff Toast

Thanks for pointing this out. I have always liked Verdana best, guess it's a throw back to my cartography days. - Susan

Umm... Is it better to use a font that people can hardly see, so that they'll be curious about what it says and just click on the link to find out? Or would it be better to use a font that's clear and people can read it and decide whether they want to click or not? - Art Y.

If they can barely read what it says, I don't think it will spring much curiosity. Better to give a clearly readable teaser that will make them want to know more about your site/product. - Jorge Blanco