Officially, the Thirty Day Challenge is over. But, for me it will never end, as I will continue to challenge myself every day to do and learn more.

What they have taught me will stay with me forever. I will continue to go back to the forum and the training section as they will be supplying more information for us.

Was it worth it? Most definitely.

Did I make my $10 goal? Yes, but not until a few days after the challenge was over.

Would I do the challenge again? Yes, I can't wait for next year.

Instead of me trying to explain what was involved it the last two weeks of the challenge, I thought I would tell you about Mike Mindel's - Thirty Day Challenger site.

He has provided a complete summary of every day of the challenge located here:

The Thirty Day Challenge: Summaries, Diary, Articles and Tips on One Page

Please check it out if you want to know exactly what was taught or if you would like to take the challenge yourself at your own pace.

To Your Success!

I am still running about 2 to 3 days behind in the challenge.

I will be spending tonight and Friday getting caught up and will post week 4 and 5 updates on Saturday.

Stay tuned to find out if I make my $10 by Friday night at midnight....

I didn't get as much done this week as I should have.

My father-in-law passed away Saturday the 11th and the funeral was on Tuesday. Plus, my husband's uncle, who teaches school in China and comes back once a year, was here visiting until Friday.

I am a day behind on the challenge, but will get caught up this coming weekend.

This week's recap:

Day 18 and Day 19 - The Weekend - Catch up Time

Day 17 - Watched the 3 videos. Learned about Social Posting and Ezine Articles. Received 2 tips: Set Up a Separate GMail Account and What to Expect From Google

Day 16 - Watched 2 videos and learned how to use Tumblr.

Day 15 - Watched the video of The WHY of Traffic and worked on my articles.

Day 14 - Watched 2 videos and wrote some more articles for my niches.

Day 13 - Watched the video about Golden Nuggets and then started writing articles for my chosen niches.

I have been applying some of what I am learning to increase my traffic to all of my sites as well as the one I am doing for the challenge.

I forgot to mention that my husband is on vacation all of this week, so I will be doing day trips to various places with the family and working online as I can.

To Your Success!

It was another great week of learning. I wish I had know even half of this Web 2.0 stuff when I first started trying to make money online 4 months ago.

Here is this weeks recap:

Day 11 and Day 12 - The Weekend - Catch-up Time

Day 10 - Today's goal was to get down to two phrases - representing two markets. They showed us a tricky step to determine if our keyword phrases are good ones -Taught us a cool technique on how to use Google News and Bloglines to learn about our niche topic and how to use Google Notebook to help us gather WOW facts and useful snippets. Listened to the podcast and watched the 3 movies.

Day 9 - A review of Day 8 and continued to use Google Trends, Wordtracker and Google Search to do more keyword phrase filtering - revealed the magic number of Internet Marketing - listened to the podcast and watched the movie.

Day 8 - Taught us how to use Google Trends and Wordtracker to do more Keyword Research - listened to the podcast and watched the 2 movies.

Day 7 - Taught us how to use Google and Wordtracker for Competition Research and finding keyword phrases for all 7 niches - listened to the podcast and watched the 3 movies.

Day 6 - Taught us how to use Google Trends, Wordtracker and Google Search for Market Research - watched the 3 movies and then narrowed down my 7 niche ideas.

I also stumbled, rated, Delicioused and all that other good Web 2.0 stuff, to all the sites that I was visiting during the week. Spent some time meeting people at Facebook, Twitter, Blog and the forum.

I am really looking forward to this coming week's lessons!

To your success!

So far, it has been a great learning experience and I'm finally starting to understand what all this Web 2.0 stuff is about.

I have started applying what I am learning to my sites and visitors have been increasing. I will keep working on this and post updates.

If you have not joined the Thirty Day Challenge, there is still time...what you will learn is well worth the time it has taken so far.

Here is this weeks recap:

Day 4 & 5 - Action Steps

Step 1:- Use the weekend to review, catch up and get ready for the coming week!

Step 2:- Check in at Facebook, Twitter, Blog and Forum - Done


Day 3 - Action Steps

Step 1:- Download and listen To The Podcast - Done

Step 2:- Bookmark new site - Done

Step 3:- Check in at Facebook, Twitter, Blog and Forum - Done


Day 2 - Action Steps

Step 1:- Download and watch The 4 Videos - Done

Step 2:- Download and listen To The Podcast - Done

Step 3:- Pick seven Niche ideas to explore - Done

Step 4:- Check in at Facebook, Twitter, Blog and Forum - Done


Day 1 - Action Steps

Step 1:- Download and watch The Video - Done

Step 2:- Download and listen To The Podcast - Done

Step 3:- Download and install Thirty Day Challenge Toolbar - Done

Step 4:- Check that everything is downloaded and ready to go - Done

Step 5:- Jot Down Niche Ideas - Done

Step 6:- Check in at Facebook, Twitter, Blog and Forum - Done


Now I am off to spend some time with my kids and later will be checking in at Facebook, Twitter, Blog and the forum.

To Your Success!

The 30 Day Challenge starts in less than 12 hours...I am really starting to get excited!

I have learned a ton of things already that I didn't know before and cannot wait to start applying this to my sites. Plus, I have met a lot of great people!

Here is a short breakdown of Pre-Season work that I have done:

Watched all the videos
Listened to the podcasts
Joined a Team
Set up Firefox and all add-ins
Joined the following:
Bloglines
Twitter
Facebook
Digg
Del.icio.us
StumbleUpon
iTunes
Google Notebook
Skype ( still trying to download this one)

The next step will be learning how to use all of this in the next 30 days.

I will be posting updates here of what I am learning.

If you have not signed up yet, there is still time to join...go to Thirty Day Challenge and sign up now!

To Your Success!

What Is The Thirty Day Challenge?



The Thirty Day Challenge is about making your first $10 online.

Ed Dale, Dan Raine and Nicolas Messe are going to be showing you exactly how to start your own Internet business and generate your first income online without spending a dime. The goal is to help you make your first $10 online in 30 days.

30 Day Challenge is totally free.
No credit card is required.
There are no sales pitches.
You don’t need computer experience.
You just watch videos and follow along.

With it being just 30 days, it’s short enough to hold your interest and keep you going on when you see results.

This is a perfect for both beginners or experienced marketers...Everyone can benefit!

This year's challenge will start on August 1st, so go and sign up for the 30 Day Challenge now to receive updates and access to all the pre-challenge training.

I've signed up, what are you waiting for....