30DC Preseason Lesson 10: Google Alerts
By Dee-Dee M | July 4, 2009
One of the key factors of becoming a market leader in your chosen niche is to be well informed about your topic. This requires some intensive research on your part learning as much as you can about the history, technicalities, and nuances of your chosen field.
It also means you need to keep up to date with the latest happenings so you can stay abreast of the leading edge. This is where Google Alerts can help us save time researching our market and niche.
In this lesson Brent from Market Samurai takes us through the Google Alert setup process and shows us tips on how to get the most out of this free service.
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Twitter Updates for 2009-07-03
By Dee-Dee M | July 3, 2009
- 30DC Preseason Lesson 10: Google Alerts http://ff.im/-4Llj5 #
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30DC Preseason Lesson 9: Google Analytics
By Dee-Dee M | July 2, 2009
Like most things in life if you want to improve or get better you need to implement a system of measurement, monitoring and testing. We see this principle in many aspects of our lives.
It is what our education system is based on… test and exams are not implemented just to stress out the student… they measure and monitor the students progress in learning.
It is used when we want to lose weight. You weigh yourself at the beginning to measure where you are; set a weight of where you want to be; you make changes in your diet and exercise to test what helps lose the pounds; then you monitor your results by regularly weighing yourself. Once you have reached your ideal weight you continue to monitor and tweak to maintain your weight at it’s optimum.
The same thing applies when you create a website that you want to make money from… measure, test, monitor. This is where the free traffic tracking service from Google helps us during the Thirty Day Challenge.
In lesson 9 of preseason GuruBob shows us how to set up Google Analytics in preparation for testing our challenge niches in August.
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30DC Preseason Lesson 8: Facebook
By Dee-Dee M | July 1, 2009
Unless you have been hiding under a rock somewhere in the Gobi Dessert most people have at least heard of Facebook even if they don’t yet have a Facebook account.
Facebook has come a long way since it’s early beginnings in a College dorm room. What started as an online social group for college students has grown into a worldwide multi-million dollar phenomenon. Thousands of people live their online lives through the Facebook interface. Facebook helps you connect and share with the people in your life.
Facebook plays a role in the 30 Day Challenge and for the first time ever you can use your Facebook Account to login to the 30 Day Challenge and the 30DC will be available through Facebook using a Thirty Day Challenge Facebook application to be released soon.
If you haven’t got a Facebook account yet or are new to Facebook, Ed Dale shows us how to sign up for an account, takes us for a tour of the Facebook interface and then shows us how to connect to your Facebook feed using Seemic Desktop.
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Twitter Updates for 2009-06-30
By Dee-Dee M | June 30, 2009
- 30DC Preseason Lesson 8: Facebook http://ff.im/-4DUp8 #
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Twitter Updates for 2009-06-30
By Dee-Dee M | June 30, 2009
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30DC Preseason Lesson 7: Kiva
By Dee-Dee M | June 28, 2009
Many people introduced to the Thirty Day Challenge for the first time ask “What’s the catch?” In their mind they are thinking “Nobody gives all of this away for free… when are gonna have to get out our wallets?”
You can hardly blame them really… the “Free” word has be used ‘ad nauseum’ to lure unsuspecting punters for years to persuade them to buy something whether it’s online or offline.
During The Thirty Day Challenge ’season’ (August) promotion of products is banned; after all as Ed Dale says, “we can promote and sell 11 months of the year”. The “free” 30 Day Challenge is sacrosanct.
However it doesn’t mean that some money may be involved.
It’s true that all the great content of the 30 Day Challenge is given to participants at no cost to them but the 30DC Team also provides an opportunity to give back to the community at large through their favourite charity Kiva.
Kiva - Why It’s the 30DC Charity of Choice
The 30 Day Challenge has always believed in giving back to the community - it is the premise on which the 30DC is built - however in 2007 they went one step further and introduced Kiva as charity of choice to which members can donate their 30DC earnings… pay it forward… so to speak.
Kiva is a person to person micro-lending site which distributes interest free micro-loans to people in developing countries to help them better themselves and start a business to provide for their family and escape poverty. Now by our standards in the first world these entrepreneurs are still poverty stricken but a $200 loan to start a home based business means the world to them.
Pete Williams tells us about the 30DC involvement in Kiva and how we as participants of the 30 Day Challenge can contribute.
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Twitter Updates for 2009-06-27
By Dee-Dee M | June 27, 2009
- 30DC Preseason Lesson 7: Kiva http://ff.im/-4wlF9 #
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Twitter Updates for 2009-06-26
By Dee-Dee M | June 26, 2009
- Dee-Dee blissing out to “Relax” by Frankie Goes to Hollywood. http://ff.im/-4rXky #
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Twitter Updates for 2009-06-26
By Dee-Dee M | June 26, 2009
- Dee-Dee blissing out to “Relax” by Frankie Goes to Hollywood. http://ff.im/-4rXky #
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30DC Preseason Lesson 6: iTunes
By Dee-Dee M | June 26, 2009
iTunes has been my favourite player since I was introduced to it 2 years ago. I use it for all my music, video and audio content.
This is not the first time the 30 Day Challenge has used iTunes to distribute the challenge lessons however this year is a first for providing the lessons as a podcast. The podcast lessons are available in two formats: Apple TV and iPhone/iPod format.
The Apple TV version means you can watch in the comfort of your TV room if you have Apple TV and the iPhone/iPod version means you can watch the lessons while you are on the move or commuting. Both versions are playable through iTunes so if you are like me, you will be glued to your computer monitor.
In today’s lesson Nez shows us how to download and install iTunes onto our computers (Mac & PC only) and how to subscribe to the 30 Day Challenge podcast from the 30DC lesson pages or using the iTunes Store.
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Twitter Updates for 2009-06-25
By Dee-Dee M | June 25, 2009
- 30DC Preseason Lesson 6: iTunes http://ff.im/-4rQNa #
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Twitter Updates for 2009-06-25
By Dee-Dee M | June 25, 2009
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30DC Preseason Lesson 5: YouTube
By Dee-Dee M | June 24, 2009
YouTube - Signing In & Subscribing to Channels
YouTube is essential to the 30 Day Challenge and it is the preferred host for the 30DC video lessons.
Like Google, YouTube is a powerhouse information provider, an amazing resource, and is second only to Google for the most searched site. Millions of avid watchers go to YouTube on a daily basis to view content about their favorite TV show, film clips, animations, comedians, hobbies and interests, crazy stunts, and educational videos.
My daughters both watch more YouTube videos than TV! One of the reasons for this is that they have control of what and when they watch and are not at the mercy of the television programmers and schedules.
GuruBob takes us through the YouTube sign up process and how to subscribe to your favourite YouTube Channels.
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Twitter Updates for 2009-06-22
By Dee-Dee M | June 22, 2009
- http://bit.ly/rcpjl Is Facebook becoming the immovable object against Google’s irresistible force? Hmm I wonder what implications for #30DC? #
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