In the past, I have been known for taking a project way too far...
- John Serra
I want to find another niche, too. Will find it soon, I hope.
- Rebecca Briggs
Well done for making that hard choice. I wasted a lot of money with IMC a couple of years ago chasing a niche that did not exist
- Neil Campbell
from twhirl
Thanks for taking the time creating this action list.
- David
Dude, I'm sitting here trying to figure out how to get flowers and chocolates delivered to you in Indonesia -- that's how badly I want to say Thank You.
- LJF Wolffe
Barb, David, LJF Thanks for your kind words.. and others who liked this too.
- Hendry Lee
from twhirl
I've just spent 16 hours straight going through all the PreSeason lessons and was worried that I may have missed something in my rush to catch up. This list is a lifeline... Thank you Hendry :-)
- Mark Roach
VERY well done, Hendry. Thanks for sharing!!
- Mark
Hendry, I think Ed should recognize you as the official "librarian" of this challenge. When we go over things with the videos they're all really clear, but it's your cheat sheets I turn to a few days later when I'm trying to do it again but don't remember all the steps. THANKS1
- liz
Updated for Day 12... Thanks Umit and Liz!
- Hendry Lee
These are so helpful Hendry! I can watch the video and then open the PDF so I don't forget anything from the video. Totally Awesome!! Thank you so very much!
- Debbie
Day 18 updated. Ed Shaz, Mike, Debbie: Thanks!
- Hendry Lee
'TO Ed Dale, Bob, Dan, Caro and the 30DC Team' . . . Everybody here, 'Like' this comment if you appreciate the team and everything they are doing for us. 30DC Team, YOU ROCK! and we are your loyal followers. We all Thank You, for everything.
I have to second what Jamie has stated! Ed, Dan, Bob, Caro, Nez and all the members of the 30DC Challenge team who have brought this together as well as the Marketing Samurai Guys and WordPress Direct Crew, what you have given in the way of your time, knowledge and own expense has been to quote a phrase, "Totally Awesome!" Thankyou so much for giving a me (us) such a wonderful opportunity in learning so much for so little! You All Rock! No word to describe except Thankyou Thankyou Thankyou Thankyou THANKYOU
- Tim
Agreed, its hard to ignore the negative, sadly the usually shout (complain) the loudest. You're all doing a sterling job, thank you sincerely.
- Paul King
from twhirl
I am constantly amazed at the selflessness and generosity shown by the 30DC Crew. I've learned a tremendous amount that will help me with my business going forward. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
- Roxanne Ravenel
I cant agree more with all of you. The 30DC and the whole team are awesome. Too bad there will always be that small portion who must spoil everything they touch and those for whom even breathing is too much of an effort. Don't let them worry you. Please keep up the good work.
- Frans
Thanks to everyone who has come together to provide us with such complete, thorough and ridiculously awesome training...I have learned more from this challenge than I ever would have had I continued to try to market on my own. You guys rock. Thank you on behalf of myself and every other participant in this challenge.
- Shariyf Clark
from twhirl
I must agree the 30 day challenge is incredible and so are the people partaking. Every one is extremely helpful.
- Claudia
Message for Ed, Dan, GuruBob, Caro & the rest of 30dc team. Just watched the TV show and needed to post a comment. I had no clue about setting anything up before I started 30dc. Within a VERY short space of time I'm 3rd in google on broad match against 25 million competing pages.
Cont'd....I couldn't have done any of this without your guys help & support. Funnily enough I may have to ditch this niche because the traffic isn't stacking up, but hey that's what testing is all about! I know I can find and test another niche now in a matter of days as well as doing my full time job. Alot of us in 30dc totally appreciate your time and support so please know that we appreciate everything you're doing. To take your final analogy, I love eating free chocolate. Keep up the fantastic work. Many thanks, Jon.
- Jon Dean
But I still should get like 1000 a day even if it's its phrase match...whats going on
- ZoekmachineGuru
from twhirl
good post, thanks...so, why again is seot based on broad match??
- EcoAussie
from twhirl
good post (left a comment with my idea about the thing) Umit: if Google writes 1000 under July, that means a 1000 for that month. if you divide that by 30 it's not as good.. you should see 6000 or higher
- Thomas Chisler
from twhirl
Excellent information. Thanks for the detail. I'm going to start using this to cross check KWs before diving in feet first.
- Amy (9yards)
Thanks to everyone for their supportive comments, I've found a new niche AND confirmed it - let's see how fast I can get this baby running!
- Paul King
from twhirl
Paul - Thanks for posting this. When I do searches for what I'm looking for, I always do phrase matches. Go figure.
- David Lemberg
This has been mentioned in the 30DC forum (by me, among others) but never made clear in the videos etc. Who knows why, as it makes a huge difference in which phrase you pick to work on.
- Kevin Wilson
umm actually we have covered this alot - in particular the daily shows and Q and A's
- Ed Dale
rob talks about the speed of ranking - and this is where you see the impact
- Ed Dale
FWIW, I've managed to get through the first ten days on a new niche in about 6 hours (most of the that time spent creating content) New domain live and socialmarked, the lot! Go 30dc!
- Paul King
from twhirl
Does anyone remember what daily show covered this or could someone summarize?
- Amy (9yards)
I think perhaps it's been misunderstood. Think Ed is referring to the fact that we're doing this as a test, as that's the only true indicator of traffic. My post was really to show that I fluffed my initial analysis. Maybe try days 2 and 3?
- Paul King
from twhirl
Its taken me a year to figure this out! :-) I've really struggled getting my site up for this 30DC but I have learned SOOOOO much by just sticking with it. Lesson learned! Now fingers crossed I make a little $$$!
- Amy (9yards)
I'm still guilty for the 5th mistake :-)
- Hendry Lee
from twhirl
I would change the title to say "All Entreprenuers Must Know". Applies to all businesses.
- Craig Eubanks
Haha. Yep #5 for sure. Though I do have some already live. A big backlog of domains waiting for development though...
- Frann Leach
that's what is so great about 30DC. Even though there are some youngsters on the block, this is a bunch of people who can take the heat in the kitchen. The pressure from learning so much new stuff is huge. Its taking me way out of my little comfort zone and I am luvvin it!
- Graeme
This is some rare Gary Halbert video on the web. Big props to Ken McCarthy for providing these to us after Gary passed away. In case you didn't know, Gary was one of Ed's mentors.
- Craig Eubanks
Great video. I choose to be a tigger!!! A good video to watch whenever you feel down or need a little motivation.
- Lorenzo Rheinicke
Ed, just posted something similar. Agree with you very important, sad, but also very inspiring
- Tim
from twhirl
Ed_Dale - Thank you for the link to Randy Pausch's last lecture. Powerful and puts things into perspective.
- Bob Walker
I received this yesterday but Only had time to watch it there now and straight after I was reading the comments and found out Randy had past away, I hope his soul rests in peace, Randy sounded like a very nice person to know.
- Hugh Fraser
from twhirl
Bill, this was very good information. Thank you. It aligns perfectly with what Ed_Dale is teaching. Excellent tips were provided that I have noted.
- Wendy J. Roan
Eds talks about a video in which the traffic from position 1 > in the serps is worked out. Anyone got a link?
- TheStig
How do you switch from webcam to screencasting in this video?
- Tim Steward
Holy toe-ledo batman, hop robin left the room, awsome insider tip as usual ed
- JuneM
This is Huge! Gonna re-check a load of keywords asap.
- forbz
Once again Google trumps Yahoo. Big mistake when Yahoo did away with the Overture keyword tool. They owned all the traffic and just pissed it away.
- Craig Eubanks
@TheStig that info is part of The Immediate Edge Membership -
- Eric Gehler
this is gonna kill wordtracker, i think. Can't wait for a mashup: Google adwords/google results...
- gareth【ツ】
Hi, Grace the point is to learn which phases not to pursue due to insufficient traffic.
- Will Ponder
Sorry, my comment was more directed to Eric trying to push people into the Edge who may not be ready for it.
- Grace Midyette
@Grace - "traffic from position 1 > in the serps is worked out." was not presented in the video or from the Actual Google Tool Link you provide. The information is provided inside THE EDGE. Also a new tool was introduced today that takes that information and calculates the % for you..... "all make sense now?"
- Eric Gehler
This is really big news! Thanks for sharing and love your passion for internet marketing!!
- Paul
From my first observations this new tool only measures traffic coming from the US. Does anybody see otherwise?
- Andy Roberts