Mike Mindel - Thirty Day Challenger

That Winning Feeling

Mike Mindel — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 01:48:45 +0000

You know that expression when it rains, it pours. This describes how after there has been no rain for a long time, it suddenly rains a lot all at once. Or when once something happens after a long pause, it happens in large amounts. Well I was looking for an equivalent expression for when it’s [...]

The Tao of Twitter

Mike Mindel — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 14:52:13 +0000

This content is summarized from The Tao of Twitter, presented by Ed Dale for the Thirty Day Challenge (with a little sprinkling of Mindel). You can also download the slides. This is the long awaited explanation of why I (Ed) believe Twitter is good for internet marketers. What is Twitter? Twitter is a web 2.0 tool that [...]

Web 2.0 - Ignore At Your Peril

Mike Mindel — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 16:56:26 +0000

This post summarizes Ed Dale’s latest web 2.0 videos on the Thirty Day Challenge blog (with a little sprinkling of Mindel). A Worrying Trend I’ve noticed a worrying trend amongst fellow marketers. They are dismissive of web 2.0 and this will hurt them in the long run. Let’s take Facebook as an example. The Facebook statistics are [...]

Summaries, Diary, Articles and Tips on One Page

Mike Mindel — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 01:32:24 +0000

This page has now been coined the summary of summaries. I’ve put all the daily summaries, diary, articles and tips all on the one page so you can find everything you need. Some of you have also asked me whether I had a minion type up all this content. The answer is no. It’s been [...]

Day 30 - The End of the Beginning

Mike Mindel — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 00:42:24 +0000

This content is summarized from Day 30 Training for the Thirty Day Challenge, presented by Ed Dale. The End of the Beginning This is the end of the beginning. Can you believe its day 30! Where has August gone? It’s not over yet though; there are actually 31 days in both July and August. So you’ve still [...]

Day 29 - Part III - Yahoo Answers

Mike Mindel — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 02:58:55 +0000

This content is summarized from Day 29 Training - Yahoo Answers for the Thirty Day Challenge, presented by Rob Somerville. Yahoo Answers Help someone with their question and get a backlink in the process. Yahoo Answers is a site where people can ask questions about anything and get answers from anyone with a Yahoo account. The reason [...]

Day 29 - Part II - Directory Submissions

Mike Mindel — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 23:20:22 +0000

This content is summarized from Day 29 Training - Directory Submissions for the Thirty Day Challenge, presented by Rob Somerville. Directory Submissions Means More Backlinks Directory submission is another backlink building strategy. Online there are a large number of directories whose sole purpose in life is to provide links to websites based on certain subject areas. The [...]

Day 29 - Part I - The Five Biggest Mistakes Challengers Make

Mike Mindel — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 21:59:30 +0000

This content is summarized from Day 29 - The Five Biggest Mistakes Challengers Make, presented by Ed Dale. I (Ed) have been sent a number of sites for review where people haven’t been ranked in Google. I’ve gone through eight of the ten submissions we have selected so far and there have been some glaring mistakes. [...]

Day 28 - Part II - Blogs and Forums and Web 2.0

Mike Mindel — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 00:36:46 +0000

This content is summarized from Day 28 - Part II - Blogs and Forums and Web 2.0 training for the Thirty Day Challenge, presented by Rob Somerville. This post/video is about finding other niche content websites in your market space where you might be able to provide feedback and also incorporate a link back to [...]

Day 28 - Part I - Backlink Analysis

Mike Mindel — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 23:10:24 +0000

This content is summarized from Day 28 Training - Link Research (aka Backlink Analysis) for the Thirty Day Challenge, presented by Rob Somerville. This post/video all about backlink analysis of your competition using the search engines. The SEO For Firefox Plugin Let’s turn on the SEO For Firefox plugin Let’s do a search in Google for ‘free speed reading’ [...]

Day 27 - Part III - Google Alerts

Mike Mindel — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 21:31:06 +0000

This content is summarized from Day 27 Training - Google Alerts - A Hidden Jewel in the Google Kingdom, presented by Rob Somerville. What is it? Google Alerts is a fantastic free service from Google that allows you to be notified when Google finds a web page containing a specific keyword you might be interested in. [...]

Day 27 - Part II - It’s the Backlinks Stupid!

Mike Mindel — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 03:19:40 +0000

This content has been summarized from Day 27 Training for the Thirty Day Challenge, presented by Rob Somerville. This is an overview of off-page SEO (Search Engine Optimization) strategies for the 2007 Thirty Day Challenge. Link Building Strategies This is the first of several videos on link building or backlinks. Why are we talking about this? So far [...]

Day 27 - Part I - Where Do We Go From Here

Mike Mindel — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 23:41:40 +0000

This content is summarized from Day 27 - Where Do We Go From Here, presented by Ed Dale. The Keyword That Keeps On Paying We need to focus on a couple of key issues. The content today, delivered by Rob Somerville is all about the next stage. Once you’ve found a keyword that pays you need to [...]

Day 24 Diary - How to Write a Story - Niche Update

Mike Mindel — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 14:56:45 +0000

I’ve got content up on three content platforms now. There are plenty of content platforms to choose from but I suspect, like me, people will gravitate to those with the highest perceived ranking power. Niche Cluster: How to Write a Story Please click on each of the blue links to show content from each platform. Please [...]

Tip #19 - Be Careful With Free WordPress and Affiliate Links

Mike Mindel — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 15:40:28 +0000

Here’s free WordPress Free WordPress have a contentious Terms of Service page. These are the relevant portions of hosted WordPress terms of service as they relate to the Thirty Day Challenge. By making Content available, you represent and warrant that:… the Content is not spam, and does not contain unethical or unwanted commercial content designed to drive traffic [...]

Day 24 - Traffic - Go Or No Go

Mike Mindel — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 14:43:13 +0000

This is content is summarized from the Day 24 Training for the Thirty Day Challenge, presented by Ed Dale. A Slight Change of Plan I (Ed) was going to give you more conversion tips but you got plenty of good information on conversion yesterday. Today, I want to specifically concentrate on the traffic decision. Given it’s the [...]

Day 23 - From Traffic To Conversion

Mike Mindel — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 00:14:03 +0000

You can’t manage what you don’t measure. -Dr. Deming (Actually it’s an incorrect quote from Dr. Deming, but it’s interesting so why he is misquoted). This content is summarised from Day 23 Training for the Thirty Day Challenge, presented by Ed Dale. Moving From Traffic to Conversion We are moving from traffic to todays topic, conversion. If we [...]

Tip #18 - Lose the WordPress SnapShot Previews

Mike Mindel — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 02:53:38 +0000

WordPress SnapShot previews are so annoying! Aaaarrrgghh! How do I get rid of them !? They’re driving me mad and registering unwanted clickthroughs on the TDC Stats Tracker Right! To the Dashboard on WordPress then to the Presentation tab then Extras There’s the culprit! Bye! Update Ahhh. That’s better. -Mike Technorati Tags: wordpress, snapshots, tdc stats tracker, turn off snapshots Powered by ScribeFire. No Tags

Day 22 - Testing and Tracking

Mike Mindel — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 02:32:23 +0000

This content is summarised from Day 22 - On Testing and Tracking, presented by Dan Raine. The Most Important Thing You Can Do Apart from good quality market research, tracking is the single most important thing you should do as an internet marketer. If you’ve been around internet marketing for a while, and you’ve been on the [...]

Mac vs PC - The Jury is Out

Mike Mindel — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 03:16:36 +0000

Mac vs PC If anyone is any doubt whether Mac or PC is better then watch this Sanjaya Malakar - Make Your Own Mind Up Ed gave Sanjaya a pretty hard time in Day 21 - The Big Picture. Listen to Sanjaya for yourself and make your own mind up. Here and here… -Mike Technorati Tags: mac vs pc, sanjaya malakar, [...]