I have been going through Ed Dale’s 30 Day Challenge and I must say I am extremely impressed.

The 30 day challenge is a step-by-step guide that will take you from not knowing a thing about building a web business to making your first sale online. At least that is somewhat how Ed describes it.

However it is WAYYY more than that. If all he was trying to do is to get you to make your first sale online, I am sure he could have made it more like a 7 day challenge.

No, what this is really about is learning the latest and greatest methods of building a Real business. This is without a doubt the most complete step-by-step directions I have run across on the latest strategies of building a site and building sustainable traffic. The best part is that it’s free. While there is some software that he uses that does cost money, he describes no-cost ways to go as well.

While I will stick with my recommendation on the Insider Secrets to Marketing Your Business on the Internet by Derek Gehl as the best course to building your real Internet business as it describes in depth the “how, what and why” things work and don’t work, Ed Dale’s 30 Day Challenge used by itself WILL make you not only your first sale, but it will also build your confidence on how to make sales online. Used in combination with a thorough course such as Insiders Secrets, you have a deadly combination.

The only drawback? Completing this in 30 Days. I will admit I am way behind and should have been done a week ago. At my rate (being the Putz that I am), I won’t get done for another couple of weeks.

My conclusion is that you need to go through this challenge and I do not care what level you are on - YOU WILL LEARN something that you did not know. This challenge is taking me further and faster than anything else.

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One of the keys to successful selling online is doing research on the market that you want to sell to. It’s a tough uphill battle trying to sell something that no one wants to buy. Almost as hard is trying to sell something that people DO want to buy but you cannot reach.

Doing proper keyword research is critical to finding out what the size of your market is and determining if you can reach that market. Doing the research before you even pick a product to sell will help you from wasting time on a poor product or a poor market as well as steer you to the correct market and product.

There are many free and paid for tools to help you do this research. Google has it’s own free keyword tool that is very powerful and has always formed the basis of my research. then there are tools like Word Tracker and Keyword discovery. The BeBiz software which I am a big fan of because of it’s keyword tool while not free makes sorting and organizing your keyword data a breeze is another top-notch, highly recommended tool. BeBiz has more than just a powerful keyword tool, it also helps you build your whole website taking you step-by-step through the entire process - including how to create your sales page.

Another tool I have just begun using is called MarketSamurai. This thing so far is fantastic. It really gets into depth telling you not only search volumes and the costs that your competitors are paying for PPC (pay-per-click) advertising, but it goes into it even further and then helps you get content for your website.

Like BeBiz, MarketSamurai is not free, but there is a 40 day free trial (no credit card needed), plus I believe the keyword research part of it will always be free.

http://www.marketsamurai.com/

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