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Midwestern 30 day challenge team room
Jesse Seymour
Well it's day 31 - anyone make their first dollar? I did not, still waiting for my first 200 unique visitors to evaluate my first affiliate product.
Hi Jesse, what a ride:) Haven't made my first dollar yet but have learned a ton of stuff to keep using! I encourage everyone to keep connected. Some of us all going to form a team to take the 30 day challenge over in Sept. Come join us if you want, will be making a post in the forum on it shortly. - Curtis Miller
Sounds good - right now I am working on making some DVDs of the 30DC video training so I can watch them on TV - if anyone is interested I can mail them for cost of postage when I have of them finished. - Jesse Seymour
Jesse if you didn't don't feel bad. The majority of TDC don't. But the process is what is important and what was taught...Oh I didn't either.. - jim sainsbury
jim sainsbury
Ok I'll admit I am WAY behind but I have to get my house done before the snow flies...
Seems no one is left.... :( - jim sainsbury
nah we are here Jim just busy! - Curtis Miller
I hear that Curtis... - jim sainsbury
Curtis Miller
Still not caught up but learning a lot!
Shauna
Hi Everyone, I'm caught up but I can't say that I love this writing content thing. Oh and I was doing some research in google reader and found 4 others competing in my niche. Anyone else found that?
Curtis Miller
Hi folks, how is everyone doing? If you need help give us a holler in here or the forums:)
jim sainsbury
Everybody causght up? OK I'll be the first to admit I am not...But I keep plugging away...
Me either! But I hope to be by tomorrow. I'm waiting on my DNS. I think you can get around that but I wasn't sure so I just thought I'd wait until tomorrow. - Shauna
I'm not caught up at all- just now settling on a key phrase- ha!- just call me slow poke :) - Nancy Nigh
I just dumped the two ideas I was going with because they weren't holding my interest so now I am back at the SEO analysis stage again - I'm getting really quick at market research though ;) - Jesse Seymour
Curtis Miller
This video link was shared on tonights 30 day challenge tv and it is one I am going to watch when I get discourage, thank you Caro:) http://www.youtube.com/watch...
This video link was shared on tonights 30 day challenge tv and it is one I am going to watch when I get discourage, thank you Caro:)  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjTgflirbc4
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Curtis Miller
anyone know how to hide the keyword on a MS screenshot so I can submit it for discussion in the forums or 30 day challenge tv?
You copy the document into a mircorsoft word doc then you click on your table and then a tool bar should pop up at the very top with several pictures on it the first one looks like a mountain with a sun. On that tool bar the 7th icon over from the left next to the small sun is the one you want to click on that then go up to the upper left hand corner of your table and drag it diagonally... more... - Shauna
thank you Shauna! - Curtis Miller
Nancy Nigh
Since I am just now signing up for affiliates- does anyone have a preference: amazon or clickbank?
Hi Nancy...It really depends on what you are selling...Ebooks I would go with Clickbank because your commission structure is so much better 50 - 70% vs Amazon which is anywhere from 5 to 15%. But you can find expensive items to promote on Amazon that will make you a tidy sum.. - jim sainsbury
Jim is right Nancy but we are in the testing phase of our keyword so either would work at this point. Jim are we just looking at click traffic or sales or both? In other words we are testing to see if this is a market to stay in or move on? - Curtis Miller
Thanks for the advice. I decided to go with amazon because the product choices on clickbank were just awful! I am having trouble putting something on my site that I don't think is good quality. Is it just me? - Nancy Nigh
Curtis Miller
Just got caught up! Now getting some sleep, the excitement is building!
Forgot to mention Dan is doing the tv show on sunday and would be a good time to get your MS SEO competion page gone over by him and everyone on the show - Curtis Miller
I know how to do a screen shot but then I don't know what to do in order to send it in. Do I upload to flickr, and where do I send it? - Shauna
Yes you can upload it to Flickr and I believe when they have a live show send the url to them at the question url they give us in chat - Curtis Miller
Curtis Miller
Good Morning all, My site got indexed yesterday and am in the process of getting more backlinks today, etc
Shauna
I finally got caught up today around 2:00 mdt and I was exhausted. So I left my computer and didn't look back until now 7:42. I did a google search and I was listed on the first page for Digg.
Way to go Shauna....you rock!! - jim sainsbury
Nice job Shauna! I agree with Jim you rock!! - Curtis Miller
Shauna
While waiting for DNS I;m reading what to sell on ebay and where to get it. Anyone want to chime in on what's better wholesale or dropshipping or something else.
If you have your own product that is the best...next would be a dropshipper or better yet finding a manufacturer that will work with you and your own deal.. - jim sainsbury
jim sainsbury
If I could only spell....."caught"
Shauna
Warning about $1.00 wordpress plan. I read in the forum that if you click on that option but then click away you can never get that option back which also gives you 50% off membership after 30DC
You might want to go on the forum and ask what to do...or I can if you want me to. - jim sainsbury
Oh Thanks for the heads up Shauna..... - jim sainsbury
Oh it didn't happen to me I haven't gotten that far yet. I just thought I'd give you a heads up. - Shauna
jim sainsbury
One more thing are all of you Skype members???
Hi Jim and yes I am a skype member curtism1216 - Curtis Miller
I'm not a member I don't have a microphone, any idea what they run and where to buy? - Shauna
Shauna run down to your local Walmart and pick up a cheap one there. - Curtis Miller
Shauna. Walmart has a Skype headset with their name on the outside of the package...I think it was $29,95.. We'll guide you thru to get it working...Skype.com also easy. Just sign up for the "FREE" account...I am jimer.sainsbury on skype. Make sure you get the headset with a mic on it... - jim sainsbury
Curtis Miller
Good morning everyone! Ready for day 6 should be a good one
jim sainsbury
If you are still with us sound off with a "Hi"
Hi! Running a little behind and playing catch up but I'm still here! - Craig Stokes
Curtis Miller
Evening all, tonights 30 day challenge tv show was very good on how to know whether to pursue a niche or not check it out here - http://www.ustream.tv/channel...
jim sainsbury
If that link doesn't work you can find it on the bottom of the training section after pre-season training..Just scroll down to the bottom of the page and you'll find it..
jim sainsbury
Shauna here is the link to the cheat sheets... The 30DC Cheat Sheet
jim sainsbury
Hi Shauna, Ed uses Clickbank as it is easy to find ebooks etc. You can use what we learn for anything. Ed will say this again and again "This is a process" You can use this "process" in anything that you do with IM.
Shauna
I just watched today's videos. He was talking about a book as his affiliate product and creating your own product down the line. My question is for those of you who have done the challenge before, is the 30 DC primarily about creating a clickbank product in the end?
No Shauna there is so much more than just clickbank, stay tuned:) - Curtis Miller
jim sainsbury
Is everybody getting all this? If not pipe up and don't be shy...That is what a team is all about..sharing.
I think I'm getting it, any idea where we send in the screen shots for tonights show? Also I've only seen about 4 of us making comments here I'm just curious if the other team members are still around. - Shauna
I'm still working on keyword research - have about 10 more markets to evaluate traffic for and then its on to competition evaluation - Jesse Seymour
Try to get a hold of Nez he will know where to send the screen shots....I wish Friend Feed had a way of posting to each in our group. I am not sure that is possible but it would be nice if everyone sounded off.... - jim sainsbury
Jim I am sounding off:) Just got home from my JOB, anyone found out where to post screen shots yet? - Curtis Miller
Shauna
Where do you find the cheat sheets?
Shauna
I missed tonights show can I see it taped somewhere?
Yes you can Shauna it is at http://www.thirtydaychallenge.tv - Curtis Miller
We had a fun show last night I might add, encourage all of you to watch it, great motivation!! - Curtis Miller
Jesse Seymour
Market samurai is working good this morning - I've come up with 14 markets to research niche ideas for and I plan on breaking those down to 2 niches per market for a total of 28 niches. I tried the manual method of keyword research last night and I've already decided to buy Market Samurai...
glad to hear that Jesse, lol yes the old method is very slow - Curtis Miller
I've had no luck with Market Samurai yet....Keep getting the error msg about deselecting the SEO traffic filter option to display keyword results. I'm hoping Google finishes their update soon so I can see what it can really do! - Craig Stokes
Curtis Miller
Oh wanted to mention anyone interested in a group discussion once a week on Skype? Might help us brainstorm and help each other
Sounds like a great idea to me. I'm available any evening after 6pm. - Craig Stokes
Either no one is listening Craig or they are not hip on the idea:) - Curtis Miller
I'm not familiar with Skype - Shauna
Not sure I can commit to a regular appearances as I am also trying to sell my house during the 30dc but I will attend as I am available - Jesse Seymour
No worries Jesse just throwing out ideas for encouraging each other, Shauna Skype is software you can use on your computer to talk to people for free with just a mic. Here is the url http://www.skype.com/ After you have it installed lets us know and we can add you and set up a time to introduce ourselves. - Curtis Miller
Maybe everyone is just so wrapped up with trying to learn Market Samurai. :) - Craig Stokes
jim sainsbury
Just in case Market Samurai doesn't work for you...they manual method does work as that is what we used last year..There is a pdf you can print out in the training section...
Jim I haven't looked lately did they leave up all the training for 2007? - Curtis Miller
jim sainsbury
Curtis the Skype deal sounds great..
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