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I was thinking about registering this site, but couldn't find a list of the social sites they post to. I think it's a fairly new service. It might be good for generating some backlinks to our websites in the future. -Tam - Tamra

Looks like a good service with potential. I will have to keep an eye on this one. I am always a little skeptical of new services though. I would like to see the sites they post to also, it wouldn't be good if they posted to some of the more "Controversial" sites...... - Michael Schofield

Nothing that I know of has been said that we need to signup again. We should know soon though. I would think that they will just have the new ppl signup or all of our posts and all that information on the forum would be a 404 mess. Unless of course, with the site facelift they will be wiping the slate clean . Don't know?? Hmm... - Ron"micronet"Harwood

Hope they tell us soon. :) I want to learn how to win prizes! - Art Y.

All will be revealed Wedensday night! - Ed Dale from BuddyFeed

Bump... to show ED's reply in case anyone missed it :~) - Ron"micronet"Harwood

I'm loving the countdown clock I keep going to the site just to listen to it ...with each tick tock I can feel my excitement and anticipation raising. Do you think when the alarm goes off the doors will be flung open we all stampede in dancing and singing along with fireworks and streamers and pink thongs being flung into the air in celebration...just wondering~G - Groobers

Trouble was, I had several 30dc tabs open in Flock, trying to catch up with last year and they all went to the clock after a reload... I couldn't figure where all the static was coming from - just a bunch of clocks out of sync :) - Martin Percival

Groobers, I want to see you throw your pink thong into the air :) I'll sing. - Isha (Marysia)

Girls girls, behave now! But boy o boy if Groobers is like this on forums, I would love to see what she does after she's knocked off a few :-) - Ritesh Lal

Follow Groobers on FF &/or on Twitter, & you'll smile every day. - Isha (Marysia)

Isha mine would be more in the style of granny pants! look forward to hearing you sing though. Did you see the video on Ed's Blog http://tubbynerd.com/2009... notice the girl shoulder dancing (now that was a class video). - Groobers

Im looking forward to the video - and what day is not just a bit more special with Journey blaring from the computer!! - Ed Dale

I'm looking forward to preseason and I just couldn't resist this bit of fun (just for you Isha hope this gives you a good old laugh... us old farts still have it ...well we try anyway!) I did not know you could put videos on flickr is this new? http://ff.im/3AGiN - Groobers

Thank you very much, LJF Wolffe! I hope so. :-P - Lauren

Fabulous! congratulations - wishing you many more sales!!! - Elizabeth

Positive energies all around!! :o) - Aline Ohannessian

Lauren, first sale is always a beautiful moment. Congratulations! Keep the momentum going and post here soon with news of your first $1000 in the bank :-) - Ritesh Lal

Woohoo - congratulations Lauren! - Isha (Marysia)

Hi Lauren - could you explain what trial pay is and how you incorporate it into your business to make money. I just went to the site and don't really understand the concept. Thanks! - Elizabeth

Congratulations Lauren! - Chris Linseman

Congrats! May you have many more =) I've heard about it, cause WPD uses it, but I've never looked into it before. Will try! || @Elizabeth If I'm not mistaken, customers can sign up for free offers, for which Trialpay pays you. So customers are indirectly buying your product by signing up for free trials. Though, I think there are paid trials too - Art Y.

It's kind of like using your product as an incentive for CPA offers, except that they usually pay around $15 or so. (You can adjust how much you'll accept for your product.) So instead of selling your product, you give it away for free and in return TrialPay pays you for the person who completed one of their offers. - Lauren

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

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

Good Luck Josh! Let us know if you need any help! :) - TrafficBug

Welcome on board & good luck! - Jen

Welcome to the challenge Josh - this is the best room in FriendFeed! - Isha (Marysia)

Best of luck to you Josh - stick with it, you'll do great! - SteveH

Hi ya Josh, Hope you like hangin at the 30DC room. best of luck and don't be afraid to any questions you may have. Someone here usually can help you out :~) - Colossal Marketing™

good luck to you - TrafficBug

Good luck dude - Seang-Lim Tan

This is cool! - Robert Scoble

Haha thats pretty cool! - Nicholas James

That is great. - Shane Wolsey

Now that's about as viral as it gets. I am infected! - Brendan Cooper

Frank Zappa called it 'xenochrony', but he only did it with his own music. - Pat Rice

remixing was mixing various videos or sound to form another new. this takes it one step further, it remixes particular videos and sound to create a brand-new music... this is art... and one smart-ass... respect... - Progresif Cem Gencer

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.

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

Practice, practice and practice some more, just keep having a go and one day you will create something great. Go on create it but whatever that it is, make it a quality effort. Great video thanks for sharing - G - Groobers

Yes, indeed. :) Circumstances can give us the opportunities we need, but it's up to us how we react to them or use them. - Art Y.

Don't forget to apply critical thinking to Gladwell's statements. Popular does not always mean perfectly correct. I apply a grain of salt and use his (and others) ideas to build my own theories, rather than swallow his thoughts without blinking. :) - Allison

I think you may be underestimating other people Allison. - Isha (Marysia)

Sorry if it comes across that I am, but knowing how exciting it is to find someone who seems to have "the answers", I know it is human nature to believe that opinion to be the be-all and end-all and not think further. That's why we want to be "the authority" in our own markets. It doesn't make us immune to that same type of thinking :) - Allison

Created with an iphone App called iAmbigram. - Mark McGimpsey

I have visions of thousands on people getting strange looks from people in the room as they stand up and try to look at this upside down..lol - Mark McGimpsey

A bit Illuminati - Steve Fallon

Tried and still cant make anything out of it - TrafficBug

I think it say's thirty day challenge? - Beage from twhirl

That's cool :) - Art Y.

Figured it was better to "tell it like it is" than come up with loads of flowery language. Essentially these are good small sites with potential but the value is in the age, traffic (that can be built on) and the content that's already there. All are under $1000 - infact apart from the $600 one, all others will be under $500 - Lisa

Nice landing page Lisa! If I was in the market, I would have signed up :-) - Ritesh Lal

Just wondering whether everyone will get the Frank Kern-ism? Otherwise it's pretty offensive! - Lisa

Lisa, could you share your experience with us about having multiple websites? I'm planning on going into a new niche, but don't know what to expect... Like, what do I do about my Hubpages, and social bookmarking sites? I think some sites don't let you have more than one account... Though I'm not sure about which ones... What's the best way to maintain a lot of sites at once? - Art Y.

Are you talking about hosting Art? Go for host that allows multiple sites. Most do these days anyway. - Allison

No. I mean like... For example right now I'm in a particular niche. I've built up my hubpages, and social bookmarking sites to have topics and articles related to this niche to show myself as an authority on the subject. If I'm going to go into a new niche,it would be best to make new accounts on each of these sites right? But some of these sites do not allow multiple accounts. So what do you do? - Art Y.

Oh... and I also mean the just managing the sites aspect also. So far I only have one site, and it's been a handful. How do you manage so many different sites while still finding time to promote your site, social bookmarking, etc. If you have 10 sites, then probably you would need to post 10 articles every 2 or 3 days... No? And you have to comment on blogs, you have to participate in forums, etc... - Art Y.

@Art Y it seems we have both asked this question a few times now. I also am curious because I often hear about many people operating and maintaining numerous blogs and I can't understand where people find the time for it. I know one guy operating some 400 sites (he's got a rep so I believe him) Just, like, how!!? - Peter Gibson

Not sure about which sites do not allow multiple accounts. I do not believe I have ever seen a service that has said 1 account per IP address. If each of your accounts is a unique email address and works in a particular niche then there is no reason why it would be a problem that i can see. - Allison

As for the actual content question, out-tasking is your friend. Having articles written in bulk by 3rd parties saves a lot of your time. Even small businesses get staff when they are expanding, and out-tasking is just like taking on contract staff. - Social bookmarking is easily done using Traffic Android http://www.swbn-likes.com/traffic... and again can be out-tasked if you wish. - Allison

As we will be teaching in the SWBN, to have a business you need to be organised and treat what you do as a business, not just "making money online". Having a business mindset and building that acumen will help you see how to create the processes to overcome these (imagined) obstacles - Allison

OIC!!! :S I've never ever thought of it as a business before... So far I've always considered what I've been doing as like a game where you have to get experience and level up enough, gain a lot of backlinks and followers, and defeat the boss at the front page of Google... Wow! Thanks Allison. This really is a shift in perspective! - Art Y.

So... if I treat my niche as a real business, then I need employees... That's why outsourcing is the best choice... And in business you need to take risks, so I should just create more accounts and hope that I won't get caught... Hmm... And in business, you also need to invest some money... So I should try earning more on the side first and then invest it... I think I sort of get it now...No wonder. I've been thinking about it the wrong way... A niche is like a business... I see now... - Art Y.

Sorry... I must sound really dumb right now.. :P It's just that I've always imagined a business to be like those people who wear ties and fancy suits, and have to attend a lot of conferences and get scolded by their bosses from time to time... I'm enjoying what I've been doing so far, so somehow or rather I compared it to playing a game... But now I really see that it is like a business so I should have more of a business mindset... - Art Y.

Not dumb at all, it is ALL in the mindset. - Allison

Hmm... Yes. I guess that's true... I think I will start entering business mode by setting up some working hours, then clearing my desk, goal-setting, and then developing long-term business targets and strategies... - Art Y.

When you enter the entrepreneur path, the line between work and play fades fast :) I have a lot of fun 'working' my business. You could think of it as a 'game' where businesslike strategies are the best way to level up and beat the boss ;) - Jorge Blanco

In this case, as with all businesses, you need to delegate in order to have more freedom to expand. Outsourcing your tasks to be able to actually manage your business is the way to go. - Jorge Blanco

Thanks! But actually it was Groobers who thought of it :) - Art Y.

Then a well done to Groobers too. ;-) - Mark McGimpsey

Wondering when I should finalize it... Hmm... - Art Y.

I'd let Ed do that when Molly recovers. Meanwhile anyone else can add their name. - Mark McGimpsey

Could U add my name 2, I am taking the 30dc 2008 challenge now - Beage from twhirl

JP - JayP from twhirl

Ok. Sounds good. :) Sure Beage. No problem... - Art Y.

Thankx - Beage from twhirl

Thanks for adding my name Art, I think your Get Well Card is Simply Perfect. - Groobers

Whos Molly? - TrafficBug

Ah, TrafficBug....You're not following Ed Dale on Twitter - (you've given yourself away). ;-) - Mark McGimpsey

Neither am I -- but I follow him here. Molly is Ed's daughter, who recently had toe surgery. She's a cutie, and should love the card! - LJF Wolffe

Well have been too busy with twitter I really didnt see about the Molly - TrafficBug

Congratulations. You're on your way!! - Barry Unruh

Congrats Susan! - Buff Toast

Congratulations Susan. Good week, isn't it :-) - Ritesh Lal

Keep up the good work! Congratulations! - Wendy Merritt from twhirl

That's great Susan, keep going grrrl!! - JayP from twhirl

Great feeling, right? Remember it and do it again. - Haim Schlesinger from BuddyFeed

Good and keep rocking for more! - TrafficBug

Well Done!!! - Peter Johnson

Congrats! - Beage from twhirl