Private: Pre-Season 2007
There is quite a lot of ground to cover so here is an overview…
It pays to start at the top and work your way through it even though you are starting late. Because the training follows a natural progression if you try to skip steps you will end up in unfamiliar territory and become confused. Much like I did when I tried to listen to a podcast the first time only to find I needed to download iTunes first (which was mentioned in a previous post)
Don’t worry if it seems a lot, I managed to catch up with everything in 2 evenings.
19 July 2007 - Video
Pre-season Day 1: What the heck is Pre-Season? http://www.thirtydaychallenge.com/blog/9/preseason-day-1-what-the-heck-is-preseason/
Ed summarizes why a 12 day pre-season run up is required for this year’s challenge. There are a number of step-by-step videos to follow to get you set up. Pre-season will cover:
- FREE Web 2.0 sites to register at.
- Team Building using the 30DC Forums
- Free software to download so you can access training podcasts
20 July 2007 - Video
Pre-season Day 2: Time for Teams
http://www.thirtydaychallenge.com/blog/10/preseason-day-2-time-for-teams/
Creating teams doesn’t mean the 30 Day Challenge is a group project. Everyone does their own project however working as part of a team is great for motivation and support. Ideal team size is 4 - 6.
Today’s Tasks Register at the following sites:
30DC Forums Register as a member first then look at forums
23 July 2007 - 3 Videos
Getting Foxy - Part 1 (Introduction to Firefox)
http://www.thirtydaychallenge.com/blog/12/getting-foxy-part-1/
Ed takes you through downloading and installing Mozilla Firefox Tab Browser for PC or Mac; including which add-ons / extentions / and plugins to install.
Session Manager made me a better man - Firefox Part 2
http://www.thirtydaychallenge.com/blog/13/session-manager-made-me-a-better-man/
Using FireFox Session Manager to organise your 30DC Browsing
The Secret to my Success - RSS
http://www.thirtydaychallenge.com/blog/15/the-secret-to-my-success-rss/
Using RSS (Really Simple Sydication) and Bloglines to subscribe to them
24 July 2007 - 3 Videos
Bloglines and other Tips
http://www.thirtydaychallenge.com/blog/19/a-little-house-work-video-for-you/
This shows you how to get bloglines to default for you on Firefox and other useful stuff
iTunes - Part 1
http://www.thirtydaychallenge.com/blog/20/audio-and-video-is-the-key-to-internet-marketing-in-2007/
How to download iTunes and Quicktime to play and download pod-cast lessons - including setup tweaks.
iTunes - Part 2
http://www.thirtydaychallenge.com/blog/21/itunes-getting-the-thirtyday-challenge-content-part-2/
How to set up 30DC pod-press feed to download 30DC content automatically to your iTunes
25 July 2007 - 1 Pod-cast; 2 videos
30DC Podcast 1
http://media.thirtydaychallenge.com/30dc07podcast1.m4a
http://media.thirtydaychallenge.com/30dc07podcast1.mp3
Overview of the 30 Day Challenge
True Coolness of Stumbleupon - Part 1
http://www.thirtydaychallenge.com/blog/23/the-true-coolness-of-stumbleupon-part-1/
Setting up the Web 2.0 tool StumbleUpon. How to use StumbleUpon properly and show you why it delivers such great traffic.
True Coolness of Stumbleupon - Part2
http://www.thirtydaychallenge.com/blog/24/the-super-coolness-of-stumbleupon-part-2/
How to use a really cool StumbleUpon trick
26 July 2007 - 2 videos; 1 Podcast; 2 iMovies; 3 member YouTube videos
30DC Forum Primer - Part 1
http://www.thirtydaychallenge.com/blog/27/pimp-my-forum-how-to-make-the-forum-work-for-you/
Shows how to customise our new thirty day challenge home AND manage all the posts
30DC Forum Primer - Part 2
http://www.thirtydaychallenge.com/blog/26/part-2-of-hot-forum-action/
More on getting your forum to work for you - no more overwhelm!
30DC Podcast 2
http://media.thirtydaychallenge.com/30dc07podcast2.mp3
30DC Promotions in Youtube
http://www.thirtydaychallenge.com/blog/31/i-want-to-do-the-thirty-day-challenge/ (very slick)
http://www.thirtydaychallenge.com/blog/32/more-youtube-action/
http://www.thirtydaychallenge.com/blog/33/and-your-little-dog-too/ (cutesy)
27 July 2007 - Video
The Calm Before The Storm
http://www.thirtydaychallenge.com/blog/34/the-calm-before-the-storm-what-you-need-to-do-now/
Using the weekend to catch and consolidate what you have learned so far…
29 July 2007 -2 videos
Getting into groups on Facebook
http://www.thirtydaychallenge.com/blog/35/getting-into-groups-on-facebook/
How to set up your 30 Day Challenge Team into Facebook Groups
The Why Series - Part 1
http://www.thirtydaychallenge.com/blog/36/the-why-serieswhy-should-you-do-everything-we-tell-you/
The reasons behind how the 30 Day Challenge is set up this year
30 July 2007 - Podcast
30DC Podcast 3
http://media.thirtydaychallenge.com/30dc07podcast3.mp3
Explaining the purpose and advantages of working in teams
31 July 2007 - 2 Video
We All Need To Talk - Skype Intro
http://www.thirtydaychallenge.com/blog/39/we-all-need-to-talk/
Downloading Skype for Team communications
Ed’s take on how to use Facebook for groups
http://www.thirtydaychallenge.com/blog/40/facebook-why-your-groupd-should-be-on-it/
Further instruction on managing your team as a group on Facebook
