Thirty Day Challenge

Oct16

John Carltons Advice For Thirty Day Challengers

Posted By: Ed on October 16th, 2008

This years Thirty Day Challenge pre-season training has just started. Sign up right now by entering your name and email address in the boxes below.

I have been wanting to do this for a long time.

John Carlton has taught me so much about copywriting - He is a brilliant teacher.

As part of the launch of his new product, he is doing some interviews so I took the opportunity to get Johns advice on the best first steps for learning copy for the Thirty Day Challenge.

This is golden!!

Click here to download the John Carlton Interview

John is doing a launch for his new product and for those who are interested you can get more information about it by clicking this link.

John Carlton Simple Writing System

(There is heaps of info that does not require you to register - but I would - I’d be storing every e-mail to use as a swipe-file for when you get ready to launch - We talk about swipe-files in the interview)

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Oct15

30 Day Challenge Merchandise - Proceeds To Kiva!

Posted By: Ed on October 15th, 2008

Hey There 30DC’s,

Pete here… and I have the honor of letting you all know that the much anticipated 30 Day Challenge Merchandise is now available.

You can check out the store here: http://www.cafepress.com/30daychallenge

We’ve opened the store today in conjunction with Blog Action Day, which is an annual nonprofit event that aims to unite the world’s bloggers, podcasters and videocasters, to post about the same issue on the same day. This years aim is to raise awareness and trigger a global discussion on poverty - and at time of writing there are 12,039 blogs participating with an estimated audience of 12, 921868…

The best bit about the 30DC store is that all the proceeds raised from the sale of these cool items (including an awesome 30DC Flip Mino) contributes to the 30DC Kiva Account - and helps fight poverty.

During this years auction we raised a whopping US$7,776.50 for KIVA, which is fantastic… and you can continue to help this great cause and look very sharp at the same time.

Here’s a quick look at some of the gear that’s available.

Now a big ‘THANK YOU’ goes out to Aussie 30 Day Challenger Luke Martin, who created this awesome design. If you would like a wallpaper version of the design, he’s made one available over at his blog - http://designbus.net/

Make sure you check the store out at: http://www.cafepress.com/30daychallenge

Speak Soon…

Pete

p.s. There has been some more progress with the 30 Day Challenge Book aswell… We are almost at the ‘ink on contract’ stage, which means we will be finalizing all the content very shortly. If you have a story that you feel the world would benefit from, please make sure you leave your story in the forums at http://www.thirtydaychallenge.com/forums/thirty-day-challenge-experiences/

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Oct10

John Mayer Lecture At Berklee - Fundementals Are Fundementals

Posted By: Ed on October 10th, 2008

In Our Chicken Little World this week. I find a reason to just sit back and think “You Know i could have been born during the war, Dickens England, Lived in Ireland when all those pre-chilled out Danes came rampaging through. But no - I am living in 2000 and freakin 8 baby and I’m pretty darn grateful for that…

And this gem is exhibit 1…

You may not know it, I am a huge John Mayer Fan. Sure his music is great (well superb actually, a truly great songwriter) but that’s not why I think he’s great.

He’s great because he is a thinker, a student and has a true appreciation and deep thinking of the ART of being an Artist.

I put up a video of Warren Buffett earlier in the week and I think Mayer may be the Warren Buffett of Music

Stay with me….

Both are Students of fundamentals, I’d like to think that if i have a slight skill (sure sucking coffee up through a TimTam without breaking the cookie takes chops…but I digress) in identifying the common themes in everything.

Any breakthrough idea I have ever had has been one of transition - What if you took Real Estate Strategies and applied them to Buying and Selling web sites. What if you took the valuation principles of Graham and Buffet and applied them to web sites…

Transition of a fundamental is a smart thing to do.

Let’s take Johns Lecture

It’s BRILLIANT - if you know anything of music - he can encapsulate some core principles in a way that I have not heard expressed - Seven years of music theory training did not come even come close to the insights I received listening to this.

But that’s not the best bit.

What if you applied the ART of transition and say swapped out songwriting and thought the art of copy, or marketing in a niche…

I GUARANTEE you will go WHOA!

And that’s how you know someone is on point with fundamentals. There are a dozen blog posts in this lecture - The Art and Science of Curiosity, The give and take of working with your audience (and let me tell you dear reader - we all work an audience…), Respecting the 1, The True Artists are Always Students, What you can control…and more importantly what you can’t, The Love of the Process, The crucial nature of design…

And I bet there’s more….So at one level this is a fantastic lecture on songwriting… at another level it may be one of the better One and a Half Hours you could ever spend…

Here is the link

John Mayer Berklee Lecture

Now here is the soooooo 2008 bit

How did a Mayer Fan in Melbourne Australia get hold of a lecture that occured in Berkelee less than 24 hours earlier…

Well I use Google reader to alert me to John Mayer news. So I knew John had given a lecture and I thought - damn, I would have given my left testi….toe to be there.

Then a student called BASSGUY with an iPhone sat in the front row with an iPhone and recorded the whole thing, processed it (hey the audio is not great but boy it’s well good enough) and uploaded it to the net. Another John Mayer blog linked to it - I downloaded it to my iPhone and listened to it driving around today - it was so good it even made me take a walk as an excuse to listen more.

That’s why living in 2008 is not so bad after all.

I think I’m going to write a song now.

Ed

Tags: JohnMayer, Berklee, Warren Buffett, Ed Dale, Songwriting

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Oct6

I WISH I WAS A GOOD ENOUGH HEADLINE WRITER SO I COULD BE SURE YOU WOULD WATCH THIS

Posted By: Ed on October 6th, 2008

Hi Gang

Usually I just stick to Internet Marketing, Guitars and, of course Fashion…

But today - I need you to watch something REALLY important. You NEED to understand what is really going on in the economic world. Make no mistake - there are issues - BUT- The same technology that we use to market our wares can be used to create fear and panic like we have never seen in history. I have a lot to say on this - but that will have to wait.

You know I just read Annabelle the story of Chicken Little, at the moment, the world is full of Chicken Littles

There are a handful of Foxy Loxy’s…

And Warren Buffett is the most benevolent and successful Foxy Loxy there is

You need to do two things…

1. Watch this video (and tweet your friends to watch it)

and

2. Pull out your kids copy of Chicken Little and read that too

Then Pass this on and make sure you get your friends to do it to.

Ed

Tags: WarrenBuffet, Ed Dale, Internet Marketing, Economy

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Sep21

Dan and Ed’s Big Project

Posted By: Dan on September 21st, 2008

Hi Gang,

Well first of all I have to say THANK YOU. The response to the Immediate Edge trial has been huge.. seriously, thank you.

But what I am writing to you for is to tell you about the new $10,000 a month project that Ed, myself, and the labs are starting this week…

Actually, before I get on to what we are doing, let me tell you WHY we are doing it… and yes, it’s because of the Thirty Day Challenge… You see, at the Edge we just focus on providing cutting Edge information that is months or even years ahead of other marketers, but I am sure you are like myself and like to see real world examples of the ‘Theory’ being put into practice… and with the amazing success of the TDC this year and especially the daily video training, we have decided to use similar teaching methods to show you how a business can be created, and go from zilch to earning over 10k a month.

The project is going to be using advanced techniques that have never been taught before and will go all the way through the process from finding a niche (and we have some new and KILLER ways to find markets that people are spending fortunes in… which means NO GUESSWORK), to testing the market, to creating a product, and finally selling the site (which is how Ed and I made our money).

And the kicker is… we are going to be producing regular videos showing these techniques in action… and a project diary… which will document every step we have taken to get where we are…

You are also going to get:

Blueprints for each of the processes… That’s right, every process we start such as finding a niche, doing market research, testing and tracking, building a product will have blueprints that you can follow step-by-step, there will even be advanced blueprints so that you can see what you need to do right now, and what you can do if you have extra time and resources… everything laid bare.

But that’s not all, from outsourcing work to writing an email asking for a link. We will provide you with everything you need, already written so that you just have to fill in the blanks and shoot off the request.

You will also get access to my own internal planning documents and check sheets for each of the tasks that I carry out on a regular basis so that you can see the exact process of how I organize and manage my day.

… and Mind Maps… Each section will contain a detailed mind map outlining the processes and actions that you need to take and will link directly to the individual training lessons and support materials.

There is also a brand new ‘Your Project’ section where you can track your progress through each of the training modules and tick these off when you have completed a particular task. You will be able to add your own notes, and view a complete overview of where you are up to.

You get to see *EVERY* step that we take to build a business from scratch to earning over ten thousand dollars a month, this is gold, and what’s more because we are going to be giving you training on every aspect of this, together with step-by-step blueprints and action plans, you can follow along and do exactly the same thing…

This is Internet Marketing laid bare like never before.

But you need to act fast, in a few days time we will be kicking off the project and closing the doors to new members, and no, this is not some Internet marketing hype, we are building out a new training and project center and we will only be able to support so many new members here.

So you need to take action now, sign up for a $1 trial of The Immediate Edge at the link below and secure your place before it is too late:

http://www.ImmediateEdge.com/

I will be taking the trial down on midday Wednesday, or before if the remaining spaces are filled then we will not be opening up the membership again until there are spaces available.

So, head on over to:

http://www.ImmediateEdge.com/

Get you trial place locked in, and watch the launch of a brand new project and training center later this week, and learn how to build an Internet business from the ground up using the latest techniques that have not been taught anywhere before.

Dan

P.S. This will probably close before Wednesday, as soon as we have reached the maximum limit we will be closing the doors while we sort the doers from the tire kickers… reserve your spot now:

http://www.ImmediateEdge.com/

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Sep7

30DC Street Team and Auction Update

Posted By: Ed on September 7th, 2008

Hi There,

As mentioned in the above video, the KIVA auction is almost over… make sure you check out the items up for grabs and nab yourself an absolute bargain. You can see all the items here:

http://search.ebay.com.au/_W0QQsassZ30dc_auction

Also, there are some exciting developments on the 30 Day Challenge book front… and we would really love to include your story. So please make sure you share your experiences over in the forum -

http://www.thirtydaychallenge.com/forums/thirty-day-challenge-experiences/

Speak Soon..

Pete

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Sep3

OH YEAH - Thirty Day Challenge Ringtones

Posted By: Ed on September 3rd, 2008

Phill Mason » Download Thirty Day Challenge Ringtones

This is in the super awesome category - Thirty Day Challenge Ring Tones

Very cool indeed

Check them Out!

Ed

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Sep3

30DC Pre-Season Training Summary

Posted By: Ed on September 3rd, 2008

Hi Gang,

Since 100’s of new people are registering for the 30DC every day, I thought I’d take a moment and post links to all the Pre-Season Training we did this year.

If you’re very short on time, focus on the Twitter and Twhirl Lessons. But do yourself a huge favor - watch ALL of them. With this training under your belt and you’ll be in the best position to take full advantage of the Thirty Day Challenge.

Here you go:

Flock - The official web browser of the Thirty Day Challenge
http://www.thirtydaychallenge.com/members/training08/preseason/preseason-flock.php

Flock Settings - Tweak your settings for best performance
http://www.thirtydaychallenge.com/members/training08/preseason/preseason-flocksettings.php

Installing Flock Addons - The essentials to install for increased 30DC functionality
http://www.thirtydaychallenge.com/members/training08/preseason/preseason-flockaddons.php

Twitter - The most important 30DC communication tool
http://www.thirtydaychallenge.com/members/training08/preseason/preseason-twitter.php

Twhirl - A time-saving Twitter management tool
http://www.thirtydaychallenge.com/members/training08/preseason/preseason-twhirl.php

Google Reader - Wrangle your RSS feeds and save an hour a day
http://www.thirtydaychallenge.com/members/training08/preseason/preseason-googlereader.php

StumbleUpon - Uses social networking to discover popular topic-related sites
http://www.thirtydaychallenge.com/members/training08/preseason/preseason-stumbleupon.php

YouTube
http://www.thirtydaychallenge.com/members/training08/preseason/preseason-youtube.php

Google Subscribe - Add my expertise to your Google searches
http://www.thirtydaychallenge.com/members/training08/preseason/preseason-googlelinks.php

FriendFeed - All your social media in one place
http://www.thirtydaychallenge.com/members/training08/preseason/preseason-friendfeed.php

Video Tips - Choose the best format for your 30DC lesson
http://www.thirtydaychallenge.com/members/training08/preseason/preseason-videotips.php

The 30DC Forum
http://www.thirtydaychallenge.com/members/preseason/preseason-forum.php

The Cheat Sheet - A quick review of all the 30DC Pre-Season Training
http://www.thirtydaychallenge.com/members/training08/preseason/preseason-cheatsheet.php

Now get to it!

Ed

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Sep2

How I Made My First Dollar - Andy Jenkins

Posted By: Ed on September 2nd, 2008

What a GREAT show

We had Andy Jenkins live talking about making his first dollar. He also talks about his current Stomping The Search Engines Launch.

As Andy revealed on the show it’s available for Shipping and Handling (about $9 in the States)

If you want to take advantage of the offer you can go to this link

Stomping The Search Engines 2

(That is an affiliate link and the money earned will go to supporting the Thirty Day Challenge)

At the moment there is a very cool video which tells you all about it - The offer itself will be available from 2pm Wednesday

I have looked at the whole package and it’s absolutely worth it - perfect for Thirty Day Challengers

Live Broadcasting by Ustream

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Sep2

London Meet-Up Video Thirty Day Cahllenge

Posted By: Ed on September 2nd, 2008

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Sep2

PREMIERE - “How I Made My First Dollar Online” Tonight!

Posted By: Ed on September 2nd, 2008

First Dollar Series

Hi Gang,

Not sure about you - but I’m feeling weird about not doing the daily shows already. Andy Jenkins

SO

Let’s do one tonight!! At 8.30pm Eastern we are starting a new show in what we are calling the “how I made my first dollar series”

Andy Jenkins - CEO of Stompernet, Emmy award winner (I’m serious -I’ve touched the emmy!) will be first up at bat.

Now Andy has been super successful - BUT - I want to hear how he started and made his first dollar…What were the toughest things, what were his struggles?

Here’s the thing - all of us had to start somewhere and I think how we started is a far more useful lesson than hearing about all the success…

I’m also going to be asking Andy about Stomping the Search Engines 2 and using the group power we now have, I hope to get out of him a killer deal (Hint - It rhymes with Hero…)

Join us at www.thirtydaychallenge.tv at 8.30pm Eastern USA time

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