Learning How To Promote on Line - 60 Day Challenge Return Wave Log

There is no Challenge more challenging than the challenge to improve yourself.

When I began the 60dc back in April there were so many things I wanted to learn about promoting my writing. All I really knew was that I knew little or nothing about making money on line. In my first 60dclog I stated things that I had read about that I thought I needed to learn in order to promote my Hubs. And to be honest I was anxious to understand exactly what these goals of mine entailed.

The one thing I was sure I knew was that I wanted to start to make money with my writing online. Knowing the words to put down was easy, but what I needed was to understand how to actually implement these things.

This is a no brainier for me. First of all working with so many amazing others kept me on my toes and kept me to a level of accountability. Had that not been in place I never would have, could have completed 30 hubs in 30 days. When I was behind there was Shaz, Enlightened Soul, Frogdroping Susana S and prettydarkhorse pushing me to go on.

When I didnt understand something the same rang true. . there was always someone who would explain and explain again until the light bulb was turned on.

Best motto of the last challenge from shazwellyn, "United we stand, Divided we Fall" Keeping this as our slogan and keeping the focus as a team we will succeed again.

Keyword Hell

Finding the right keywords was a major motivating factor. This is still something I still have much to learn about, and it is probably something that I will always need to keep learning about. Taking the challenge I found out that there were many tools out there to help me with this task. Digging for gold is not easy, but the feeling of getting it right, well numbers don't lie and when you start to see dollar signs you know you are on the right path.

Backlinking - Rinse Wash and Repeat

Another term that before the challenge was just a term to me. One I had no idea of even where to begin. Since the last challenge I feel confident I have learned a few of the 'tools" one needs to use in order to go being successful with online writing. I now have some form of a formula that I use. I know it is working for my traffic is up and if I look at my Hub Metrics I am amazed that my Incoming Links for my 60dc challenge Hubs have anywhere from 3 stars to 5 stars. But I know there is still so much more I need to be doing with and getting backlinks. Taking this challenge again, I just know that this skill will be honed and toned a bit more.

How to Set up a Blog

Learning the different stages of setting a blog up can be quite daunting but with the challenge it was explained and implemented in a way that was not as painful as I thought. Finding a niche, choosing a platform, making the blog attractive and creating blog posts were all mapped out in a way that anyone can understand. And as my niches were already laid out in the 30 Hubs it was a smooth and pretty easy process. I still have much to learn and practice with this and so the 60 day challenge return is just what the doctor is calling for:)

To pay for the new mac I just purchased:) Last challenge in the middle of the challenge my computer went haywire. Apple had it for a few days and even though they were able to fix it, it is slow and lagging and so recently I purchased a new one.

Bottom line is that I want to make money on line. I want the freedom that working for myself brings. I have found I am so passionate about this that I want the words "do what you love to do and the money will come" to ring true.

Its hard work, but I enjoy it and I enjoy the incredible people I have come in contact with.

I will return to this 60dc log as I publish my 60 day challenge Hubs.

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Monday August 23, 2010

I have published one Halloween hub towards my goal of completing he 60dc2 towards my 30 hubs needed to complete the challenge. The last few days I have been as busy as a beaver. This is my second time taking this challenge, so I am feeling like there are many new members on the team that could use a little challenge love and so I have been communicating with many of the new challengers. I have tried to meet and greet all the new 60dc2 challengers and let them know what it means to be on this team and what components are important to set into place. I am hoping that my communication has been helpful to them, for I can remember those first few days of the last challenge when keyword research, tags and rss feeds were things I had just heard about.

Yes this challenge is all about writing, but it is also about learning the steps to take in taking the writing to the audience out there. Targets must be hit. With a deadline to meet the pressure is builds. And all this can be quite overwhelming and daunting.

Ok off to get some hubs completed and to answer some comments. Must set time management into place!

Today, I tried to apply some time management skills and it worked! Completed and published a Hub on Moroccan Oil for Hair. Feels good to know I only have 28 Hubs more to complete!

I have also added my stats, something I forgot to do during the last challenge on my Hub log. I wish that I had last go around. It will be interesting in 60 days to see my progress in numbers.

And so onward and upwards, back to the editing:)

And so week one comes to a close and it has been a week of light bulbs going off. Some brighter than others. So many things to know but more important to understand. The first 60dc challenge, I went through the motions and picked up most of what we were doing, but this time around as I am working on my thirty hubs I am feeling more and more comfortable using the online tools that have learned. I have one "cheat sheet" that I have all the information ready to grab as I need it (RSS feeds, share the love pic, spreadsheet with hubs that I want my new hubs to link to) and I called this file "My Hub Ingredients". Having this set up, makes for the next part of creating my hubs painless and organized!

Don’t Fix Weaknesses."

Tim Ferriss

I have almost 15 hubs in the works. I have done all my keyword research and most of my products have been chosen, so now it is time to do my layouts and publish. I have also found that it is important as I write the content for my hubs to have the summaries written, as well as a few blurbs ready to cut and paste.

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If you have not read this book, I bought it this week, and realized many things. One of them is that . . . . "Life doesn’t have to be so damn hard. It really doesn’t."

"Find your inefficiencies to eliminate them and to find your strengths so you can multiply them." Tim Ferriss quote from "The Four Hour Work Week"

Successful people in every field gather together.

They seek out people who do what they do and who can communicate intelligently about their shared endeavor. And that is what the 60 day challenge is all about. I have found that the return of this challenge has put me into contact with some very extraordinary team members. Meeting up in the upper class room has been a true inspiration. It has also been filled with the extra added bonus of some fun!

But as time management is my personal theme this time around, It is quite addicting meeting up with many of my mates and I need to be careful of the time spent playing and not hubbing. Time is money so there is so much fun you can allow.

And so as the 2nd week of the challenge is underway, I want to take a moment and thank Sunforged. His ability to teach, motivate and inspire team members is what drives the success of the 60 day challenge. He is the leader and I like to think of him as the coach.

So to end this update to 60 day challenge wavelog, I will close with the words of probably the greatest football coach of all time, Vince Lombardi . . .

"The quality of a person’s life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor.”

And forge on is what I am doing.

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