I want to nail a $100 dollar day.
You’re brain is such a funny fellow and very protective too.
The thing your brain most want’s in this world is to see you safe and most importantly, not fail.
FAILURE = FOOLISH
Sadly, through the harshest conditioning at your most vulnerable time - HIGH SCHOOL, you were taught this most damaging little formula and it effects you in so many ways it’s ridiculous.
(Stay with me People - i’m not going “WOO WOO” on you - everything here is hard scientific fact)
One of the “Super-Cool” ways it protects you is in the area of Internet Marketing.It works like this…
You’re pumped and excited - this Internet marketing thing is for you, I mean look at the glamourous lifestyles these people have.
Side Note - For an excellent reality check on “The Glamour” on this - read Michelle McPhersons blog post about her brother “Why I Couldn’t Help My Brother at Internet Marketing”
But it’s not the lack of glamour that gets you.It’s the results in your first thirty days that will do you in. The criminal part is 95% of y’all have no idea this is happening to you.
(Remeber Scientific Fact - Not “WOOWOO”)
Pretty much every sales letter gives a TRUE example of the success of their owner.
I made $100,000 last month….”Look at this payapl check for $233,000 I got last month”
“I made a million dollars in a day…”
ETC
ETC
ETC
Now here’s the thing - the rational , conscious part of your brain totally gets that these people had to work hard for it, it didn’t happen over night, even they had to make a dollar…
What a shame your conscious brain is not in charge all the time…
When things go well our lizard brain (the one responsible for the four F’s Fight, Flight, Feed and F… procreate) is happy to take a back seat. Hey - Your Happy, I’m Happy…
But subconsciously, its expecting that big paypal cheque to come through the mailbox stat!
Newsflash - No one I know went from cold start to $100k a month in 30 Days (Happy to meet the exception to the rule…)
It took them ages to build to that. To build a LIST
Which is why in the thirty day challenge we talk about making a single dollar.
We would get a lot more takers if we promised riches…but it would be bull.
If you’re starting out, job 1 is to make a dollar.
But I have to tell you a secret.
My Favourite day - and the one that is the true signal of success…Is the $100 dollar day.
Rack up a few of those in a row and you don’t have an accidental business any more - you’re in this thing for reelez…
There’s a good reason that the first step in alcoholics anon is to admit you have a problem.
IF you can focus on and CELEBRATE the $100 dollar day.
So many more of you would have the chance to celebrate the $200 dollar day.
By Focusing on the 100K paypal cheque (Even if you don’t know your doing this - YOU ARE!) you’re DRAMATICALLY affecting your chances of making a go if this.
Ed
I think that would make a nice set of milestones for anyone on the 30 Day Challenge - a sort of medal if you will, starting off with ‘I MADE MY FIRST $1 DAY’ - the sweetest of all medals, then going up in multiples of ten. A nice proofing for anyone following - that people are actually achieving it!!!
Or was that just another one of my crazy ideas?
At this point, I would be more than happy with a $10 day, or consistent $5 days.
so true Ed!
When I focus my attention on the huge paycheck, I get overwhelmed, impatient and frustrated…
Then I changed my focus to just a few hundred $ a week and the pressure was off…
Once you know you can do that - your confidence, knowledge and skills increase & you’re off!!
Yes. Being an overnight success takes years. I’ll let you know when I get there, Ed.
Love this post! Ain’t it the truth? Too many people want the “Easy” button. There is a learning curve to this business ~ okay scared some people with that. “Learning Curve” and “Business”. Really, you’ve spun a message here that you’ve told us all repeatedly. And sometimes it takes time to “get it”. Thanks for not giving up on us
The Love From Hawaii Drama Continues………..
God Bless you Ed! $100/day for Me Too!
Words of wisdom Ed. Life is a maze and the best way to get through it is one step at a time.
Hi five folks - must be something wrong with me because I want the “Easy” button. Anyone know where I can - Buy one and Get one free -
POSITIVE QUOTE OF THE DAY
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Live your life each day as you would climb a mountain. An occasional glance towards the summit keeps the goal in mind, but many beautiful scenes are to be observed from each new vantage point.
– Harold B. Melchart
“If it sounds too good to be true it usually is” and that’s why I’ll take the 30DC every time in favour of all the ones that tell me that I can make fantastic amounts of money without effort on my part. I haven’t made that first $1 yet let alone the $100 but I do know that if I stick with it and use everything that I’m learning in the 30DC I will get there. Love your teaching Ed, keep up the good work.
I think that the average person just starting out, looking to earn online would be delighted with a $100/day income!
ALso, it is believable and they may stay in longer trying to reach an achievable target.
Way to go, Ed!
Nadine
Thats AWESOME Ed!!! $100 a day is a great benchmark. The first dollar is nice, but is really just about getting people to learn basic skills, but not a real business plan. 100 a day is a nice, achievable goal that could support a business and most personal expenses. If someone wants a buck, have them get a blogger blog for the top 3 google trends, slap some adsense on it, answer a few yahoo answer questions with a link to the page, and ping it.
Ed,
Great post as usual!
Slow but steady, over a period of time those bucks will gradually appear!
It’s all about setting realistic goals, if you can’t yet build a website are you realistically going to be able to conquer the skills required to make sure your site is optimized correctly? Probably not, but you can learn it!
Keep them coming!
M
I completed the challenge 2 years ago, and while I had already made some money online beforehand, I definitely learned quite a bit during the 30 days. I didn’t make the first dollar on that site during the 30 days of the challenge, but the site has gone on to make a couple hundred bucks, even though I never really touched it after the challenge was up.
I probably will get around to building that site out sometime soon, but in the mean time, it has developed into an aged domain with a strong foundation.
However, more importantly, I’ve implemented many of the strategies that I learned during the challenge into my overall plan, and I eventually experienced my first $100 day a few months back and am now targeting my first $200 day.
Sometimes I think those of us that have been so fortunate as to profit from our experience in the challenge might not be as vocal about our successes as others are in voicing their frustrations. But I’m sure I’m not the only one in my shoes, quietly implementing what I learned from you and your team and building my business.
Ed great… TDC $100 day, Bring it on, I like that idea!
So - it’s on with the show and the BRAIN is the THING…
Lizard Brain vs Conscious Brain - round one…
Game On! Thanks Ed
Smiles :o)
Gary
P.S. Interesting comment on the other post, Allison. (lol) This is NOT a “game changer” but rather a BRAIN CHANGER… :o) GG
I’m making progress Ed ….one of my 30DC sites is #1 on Yahoo and the other is on page 1 of Google (ranked #10 but was #1 for a long time until I let off the gas and started slow cruising - my bad!). But I got my first Squidoo payment $9.68 and my first Amazon commission $19.87 and a $90 check from Clickbank ! Not great but I’m starting to believe in myself more and more. I did all the work - every bit of the 30DC - every single day in August 2009 - I was there - I listened and I did the daily tasks. I was so motivated until the holidays arrived and I backed off because I saw no payoff - not a penny. After the holidays I lost some more of my motivation (feeling the failure and feeling foolish) but one day I played the 30DC theme song and got my mojo back. Then the payments started to come and I began to believe again !!! I just want to tell anyone who is feeling like a failure that it just takes time and we have to be diligent and patient. I wrote 3 articles this week, have a Facebook Ad going, have been doing lots of keyword research and am going to keep plugging away at this no matter what! I WILL have that $100 DAY !!! I know it!
As usual excellent advidce, Ed. Step by step. Onward.
“Keep moving forward…” Walt Disney
Just the way Flippa shows you real time money made from sales of websites, can you imagine the power of 30DC if people taking part in the challenge added their money made that day to the firgue?
- It would make Ed Dale a very happy man.
- Ed could sleep at night
- It would show the real power of The 30 Day Challenge!
2 years to $2 a day. At this rate… only 98 more years = $100 a day. Persistence is the key…lol
Ed, that makes sense (cents), I didn’t make a single $ in my first month of TDC, but I sat back re watched the videos and within in 3 months I had my first $100 dollar day in fact it was almost $200 which ruled. Even then I was still doing it wrong though as I was promoting a product that I could never make on my own and eventually the affiliate commission rates got slashed by almost 90% forcing me to change tack and start over. (DAMN YOU BG)
Having that one single day (all thanks to TDC) gave me the encouragement to dig deeper and go further. Things still got bumpy to say the least but I guess you just have to move on and take the rough with the smooth with a smile.
TDC is a life changer for some and it certainly was for me.
Looking forward to TDC 2010
Thanks Ed,
I made the $50 day but didn’t do it in a sustainable way.
I’m only very much part-time so far, but I know that your model will be more successful for me.
The “Boxes” in your program are a great way of laying out the process, I’ve seen none better anywhere on Line and it’s the memory of those symbolic steps (as much as the excellent content itself) that helps me keep coming back for further progress.
John
I have started to make money, but no where near a $100 a day, but I do earn every day adn that for me is a start.
Hi Ed,
Follow up on my other comment, you are quite correct …. Johnsons Law 27 - The only time success comes before work is in the dictionary. Johnsons Law 43 - You can’t eat a whole salami but if you slice it, it soon disapears.
It has just struck me that while the 30dc is great at the HOW, its missing a little on the WHY… Maybe a session on goal setting and objectives.
Your objective is to teach people how to earn $1 on the internet, maybe thats the wrong goal? My mind might be say what can I do with one measly dollar…. It might be that the challenge has to earn enough to take the family out to dinner. So if the challenge is $100 this is a goal that is achieveable but not overwhelming…
regards
Tank Johnson
Hi Ed ..that sounds a great objective of each course to attain .. $100 a day after a few weeks and then everyday for a year would be excellent - because to attain that $100 we will have set up the process, then we need to follow that and the next process onwards - which will give more dollars ..
Great .. good to be around you, your friends and those excellent trainers - thanks so much Hilary
As I am sure Ed has said before the hardest dollar is often the first but you will learn lots along the way that you can build upon as the skills in the 30DC can be applied to areas beyond niche marketing.
Hi Ed,
this is totally true. The thing is, that 30DC is suffering from the same problem every (coaching) program is suffering from. I have been working as a motivational trainer for many years with dozens of people in my seminars. They were excited, they were thrilled, they were motivated - at least till Monday morning, sometimes even till the following Friday. And then? Nothing changed in their lives, they went on like they did before and 3 months later, they registered for the next motivational seminar - chances were that it was mine again.
We now live in a world where we can have ANY kind of information we need or would like to have. Everything is there for us. But do we use it? Do we use it properly? Nope! We are still waiting for wonders to happen, for the universe to deliver something that will solve all our problems.
And yes, seeing how successfull other people are (or pretend to be sometimes) may it be the Internet, may it be showbiz, may it be any kind of business, scares the hell out of us. Nobody wants to fail and looking stupid is definitely a no-go in our days.
So it doesn’t really matter how excellent a program is - and the 30DC is by far the most outstanding program I know (and I have seen quite a lot). If the single participant can’t overcome his or her fear of failure and gets going - nothing is going to happen, nothing is going to change.
For a certain time in this process it is helpful to just stop thinking. Stop thinking about if you can do that, if you can be successful, if you are worth it, …. - just DO IT. Do what you are told to do, do it every day, do it, even if you do not feel like doing it, do it even if you don’t know what you are doing - just do it. For 30 days and then (and not one single moment earlier) see what you have achieved. And for sure you will be overwhelmed with how far you got - maybe even moneywise.
Still, not having that many people really finishing the program does not mean, the program is bad. And it is no reason to stop the program. Because there are people who benefit from it and change their lives for the better.
I blame You!
Because of you Mr Dale, I have just had a $2000 dollar day! You got me started with your 30 day challenge.
Thank you thank you thank you!
I won’t say it was easy, I won’t say it was automated I won’t say it was difficult either! I will say it was work. Work was and is involved. And the truth be told even if I laid it out step by step as you have already done in your awesome TDC The fact is people still look for the push button solution.
Unfortunately my inbox is still crammed everyday with a hundred more ‘Guru’ products designed to steer me off course.
Really common sense just isn’t common!
Your.a light steering the many through the shallows looking to wreck those who stray too far from safer waters.
Mark
p.s my first commission ever was $20 but it felt like a million.
Oh Ed, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE don’t stop - even if just for us straglers who like me have tried to do the course twice or more times and just haven’t got the time to complete it! I’m a first time Mum who stumbled across your WONDERFUL program while I was pregnant but then was progressively diagnosed with more and more complications. Luckily my daughter has arrived safely and without hinder BUT all this has slowed my abilty to participate in your program. Time is of the essence but none more so when becoming a new Mum and unfortunately I just haven’t had the time to work on my projects as much as I’d like, whenever, however, I do have time your program is the first thing I do. And so I recap: PLEASE DON’T STOP - people like me need your leadership and advise now more than ever!
Ed:
Here’s the deal with me. I am one of your 30 day challenge failures! You see I followed your program, purchased Market Samuari, and used your system to try and promote my current site. I tweaked all my keyword research and followed all your seo
tactics and I’ve learned a lot. Am I making money? No not really. A few bucks on adsense. Not enough to pay the mortgage after a year and a half of hard work.
Nobody is buying the stuff I’m talking about and promoting in this rough economy. I picked the wrong niche. I should be selling something that really solves someone’s problem instead of some great wall decor for their house.
All my own fault. Your 30 day challenge is a great deal but one has to be disciplined
and 100% focused in order to succeed in internet marketing. The learning curve is huge
for a beginner and because of this one has to also be very patient. “Patience is a virue” as they say.
I guess folks get started with great enthusiasm and expectations with the 30 day challenge and when they realize that it’s going to take a whole lot more than 30 days
to succeed, it takes “the wind out of their sails.” More like 30 days! 30 weeks! 30
Months! I won’t go any further cause I’ll be dead in 30 years!
Thanks for all your great tutorials, your good looks and your terrific sense of humor.
Your fellow Aussie.
Joan
Hi Ed,
I have started the 30 day challenge in the past, sorry to say, I let life and family stuff put it on the back burner, because I was overwhelmed and needed a break anyway(That’s what I told myself).
I love the 30 day challenge, I have learned a ton from it. Please don’t stop, I will find the formula one day to get past the time issue!
Thank you,
Susan
Thanks Ed for getting me my start last year! I have gone thru 2 30DC and have pulled in maybe somewhere around $100. over the last six months and have about 7 or 8 websites running right now! I absolutely love this business and at times get frustrated. Every once in a while, I will check out those come-on emails about making huge cash, but then after scrolling down those incredibly long pages, will come to my senses and remember that “if it sounds too good to be true, then it probably isn’t”!
I have acquired so many skills over the last six months all because of the start I received with you and I do appreciate it so much!
I agree with your premise, that a $100. day would be a milestone for me!
I haven’t done very well with the products I am trying to promote, so I am giving CPA a shot now and it looks promising.
Many thanks to your partner for his assistance in that!
Blessings to you,
Dick
The 30 DC really opened my eyes to what is possible.
Just a matter of taking that $1, $5 or $10 per day generator and scaling it by 10, 20 or 100.
Thanks Ed and all who make the 30 DC possible.
Hi Ed
I started exploring internet marketing in June 2009 and COMPLETED the 30 Day Challenge. I have four blogs based on the 30DC and my income from my blogs is steadily increasing, as is contact from readers. I would never have succeeded without the 30DC because I was floundering in “overwhelm” and needed direction. It does take patience, persistent, and realizing that it’s not going to happen overnight. I would encourage anyone to complete the 30DC and keep going from there. And as Joan said above picking a niche that solves someone’s problems is the key, especially in this economy. My blogs that do that are the most successful. Thank you and the 30DC team for all you’ve done. I’m really looking forward to the next 30DC.
Renee
from Morocco
(formerly California)
Maybe Ed is right: every now and then the Phoenix must die only to be reborn out of its own ashes… BUT STRONGER. This applies greatly in the psychological sphere. Ones capacity to die (change radically) is ones capacity to live (see the NEW). And i think it proves once again that Ed is a strong guy and hopefully, he’ll come up with a -stronger plan
-smarter plan
-more stringent plan
-more accountable plan
where more people can succeed.
Ed man, i remember when you said it’s hard for you to beat the laziness and blog, create, do, act. I totally relate. I’m sure you’ll find the strength and create a newer, stronger 30DC.
//Catalin
Sounds Good can we hear more ?
Ed, if anything, I was surprised and somewhat relived to come to realization I was not the only one procrastinating in completing the task. It is when we get caught up in shuffle of everyday struggles that we sometimes put on the back burner things that should have been done no matter what. And yes, sometimes the possibility of losing on missed opportunities can be an eye opener. Please don’t give up on us signers just yet! I promised to myself the next time I start TDC I will complete All 30 days no matter what. Please, keep up the great work and the ball rolling!
Ed, Fantastic post, even if it does hit me right between the eyes on most days. It’s so hard to stay motivated on those $1 or $10 days when your bills are demanding $250+ days.
Mental reprogramming is what I need to work on…and the work ethic to keep doing those “20 minutes” Michelle McPhersons talks about.
I’m very much looking forward to the challenge this year. Never completed one, but now that I have my market and a growing list, I’m excited to see the new tactics and techniques you’ll be teaching.
My first 30DC was a failure, sorry, negative result.
I started a new test, and another one and soon I was looking at $1 a day in Adsense. First milestone
I continued and aimed for $100 a month (so I could pay the Immediate Edge membership). Second milestone!
My first $1000 month made me realize it must be possible to replace my job one day. It will not be easy one click richess. Yes it takes work, but it feels so good to come back from a vacation and check the stats of my “easy money”.
So whoever is addicted to learning (like I was and still am sometimes), START DOING!
Hey Ed,
Thanks for this. Let me tell you what nobody teaches in internet marketing. Nobody teaches how to iterate through the testing of internet marketing. After every “failure” there is supposed to be a learning. Instead there is usually a huge dip in self-esteem or motivation (probably both).
Showing quickly how one actually “fails” successively and recovers from it stronger, is something that is very difficult to teach, but it is the thing that leaves most of us on our own.
I hope that this makes sense to you. It does to me.
Thank you for all of your continued contributions
Frank Dobner
I completed the 30DC in 2008 with a website that was not really designed to make money but just to see how the principles work - it has been no. 1 in its niche ever since and gets over 400 hits a day - takes up far too much of my time from my real business - and all I do with it nowadays is answer enquiries! I set up my real business website less than a year ago, have not applied all of the 30DC lessons to it yet, but have taken the principles (and I must admit used some other methods too). I get people complimenting me on the site (although it’s very rough and ready), and since the beginning of this year have turned over nearly £40,000!
Thanks a million Ed - I could never have got this far without you!
I have made my first $1.00 on the web but it took way more than 30 days. And this is the first time I am tell you about it. I am not anywhere near the $100 per day level. But I am working at it every day.
I started the 30 day challenge last August (2009) part way through my training with another Program I had bought. I love them both. Yours is Practical get started, get going. The other more the psychology of selling. They compliment each other.
The biggest problem I had was I couldn’t find a niche that met the Market Samurai criteria. I fell behind. I kept taking the education but I knew I didn’t have the right niche. I had already purchased a domain name and hosting before I knew what I was getting into and of course it was the wrong thing. But it was my area of expertise, so I kept working it. I am building a nice list on that site of interested customers, when I have something to sell them. (it is business related and there isn’t anything I could find that is ‘affiliate’ related except for Amazon books..which didn’t sell)
I have now branched out into other niches and I did find other sets of keywords that matched Market Samurai criteria. My next plan is to try to monetize those.
I started another site based on a free course I teach in person locally to people who are out of work. I have 2 sites up now and I just started my first Adwords campaign. I have learned so much and I go back over and over again reviewing the lessons from the 30 day challenge just when I need the information.
I think what you offer is of great value. I am a 30 day challenge plus member though I have fallen behind on that education.
I purchased some PLR to help me get some products to sell. I customized it and that is what I am selling now instead of affiliate products which everyone sells.
I think if people get the right niche going, then they will try to keep up and keep going. If you cannot find the right niche that matches Market Samurai, many will just give up or try one that doesn’t quite match and fail.
I love what you produced. It spurred me on. August isn’t the best month as it is summer here in North America. Maybe January or February in North America would be better. It’s a slower time of the year. People are indoors more and the party season is over.
Keep up the 30 Day challenge offering if you can.
Another thing you might consider is offering education to people to help small businesses get into the new web marketing. If you cannot make a $1 on line, maybe you can help local businesses move into the new age.
Thanks
Adele
Wow, talk about hitting the nail on the head.
My biggest problem is being impatient and not completing what I start.
It took me over 2 years to realize that I had to take one-step-at-a-time and finish what I start before I could make an honest opinion/decision.
I have seen #30dc for months now and am finally ready to take it on in a much better frame of mind.
I am so glad that you don’t give up on people like me and continually put out this offer, probably hoping that we shake our head, s l o w down and focus.
I’m ready, to start doing. Which way do I go?
Hi Ed
I hope you don’t quit, even tho I am a failure. I started the second year - but you were so far ahead of me with the technology and moving so quickly, that time restraints for the learning curve killed me, and no money - I tried the niche adwords and got scrubbed real good. I read your stuff all the time, but don’t expect to ever catch up.
Every year you add on new technologies - so easy for you because you are a technology buff and on the internet all the time. It is your life. Not so everyone.
Best of luck.
Sandy
Ed,
I’m looking forward to this year’s 30DC too. I’m a 30DC+ member who has fallen totally behind as well.
****I’d LOVE to see an Email from 30DC+ once a month with a quick recap of the month’s topics! That would help me remember to login and watch the material! ****
For the Holiday Season I put up a specific holiday niche website. I got started way too late for the specific niche (really I finished my development way too late) and never got past the “mail my friends to announce it” stage and onto the “real” traffic generation stage. I did manage to make about $8-9 from Amazon, but may never see it because it’s less than their $10 minimum payout!
But I did *make* my first $1 online…now I just need to find a way to get *paid* my first dollar online! 
Keep up the good work Ed! I’m looking forward to this year’s challenge and what new tools and techniques it has to bring!
Brad -aka “TallOne”
Measurable goals your subconscious believes are achievable…
I think we’re on to something here!
Great as always, Eddy my boy. Don’t know if that has more to do with the TRUTH, or your awesome, magnetic sex appeal.
I love the fact that this is not just a course that is “out there” on the shelf for anyone to pick up, pay the publisher and put on a shelf. Thank goodness it is a challenge AND the person who put it together actually WANTS to use users succeed. What a breath of fresh air! Thanks, ED!
I have been working on my “overnight” success for a few years now.
Ed has been a very big part of it.
I love 30DC, and I am glad to have the team guide me through the step.
I am very close….
I look forward to the future success of 30DC as well as my own.
Thanks
You guys are just simply … “awesome!”
w8
Hi Ed,
I think you should keep 30Dc running because it really helps a lot of people to get a solid basement in internet marketing.
But, there are some sugestions I would make:
Make the 30DC last less than 30 days and keep a “pause” of 1-2 days after each day.
Sometimes, people might think: If I missed one day I’ll leave it for tomorrow the present day also, and guess what! tomorrow might be delayed to much.
Tip: Keep it shorter and with some breaks in between. Thanks.
Labinot
Ed, your post has forced me to look deep within myself for the reason I have not been successful on the web. Information overload, bought too many ‘next and greatest’ widgets, listened to way too many so-called experts with varying opinions on how to make money on the internet. It’s difficult, if not impossible, to work full time, spend some time with your family, worry about bills, get little sleep…..then attempt to attempt to learn an entirely new way of making money. One that is uber technical, fraught with new jargon and lingo, that can be frustrating as hell, where one very minor mistake can throw you so far off track that you want to run screaming into the night. And still, you haven’t made any money. Oh, and do this in 30 days. I’m thinking of going way back to square one : set up a Wordpress blog, monetize it with Adsense, optimize it with proper keyword SEO, find the best selling affiliate product, and set-up my autoresponder to answer/pitch/inquire/promote on a regular basis, the HOPE, HOPE, HOPE that everything was set up and activated correctly. WHEW !!!!! See what I mean? There is sooooooo much to attempt in the 30 days that is does get frustrating.
But you know what, it’s just like a big ol’ bite of wasabi, once the burn subsides you just gotta do it some more. That being said, Ed, I’m a commin’ back for more….Bring on the next 30 day challenge.