“We Sally Forth at 9am Eastern Time…” The 30 Day Challenge is merely hours away. I won’t be sleeping tonight, so I will have to wait out every single minute. Will I be the only one refreshing the 30DC site every 10 seconds when the clock strikes nine?

In the last few days I’ve been on the forum and reading the blog. I’ve been looking for clues as to what this year’s challenge will entail, because they will not outright say what we’re going to do until the challenge starts. In fact, from what I saw from last year’s challenge (wasn’t a participant, I learned about the 30DC a couple months after it ended) they literally take it one step at a time, posting what you ought to do each day.

From what I’ve seen, it’s all about “Web 2.0.” I’m no stranger to the internet or Web 2.0, but let me tell you that in the past 36 hours I’ve been introduced to a whole slew of social bookmarking and other Web 2.0-type sites. My knowledge of getting Web 2.0 is limited. I basically follow the write article –> submit story to digg/reddit/etc. –> wait for traffic model. In one blog video, Ed took one link in a facebook message and spread it across several social bookmarking and networking websites. I’m not sure how effective this will be in driving traffic, but I’m putting my trust in Ed and the crew.

One such Web 2.0 site that Ed hinted would be important is Twitter. I swear, I had never even heard of it, and when it was mentioned I kind of ignored it. If you’ve read first blog post, you know that I’m the kind of guy that never really gets involved in social networking. I have a personal MySpace and Facebook profile that I never touch, and this is my first personal blog. Nearly every social networking site I’ve signed up for and every blog I’ve authored was under a “fake” or anonymous alias for internet marketing purposes only. I’m just not into social networking.

So, I bit the bullet and made a Twitter profile. Check it out to see when I eat, sleep, and masturbate.

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For those who don’t know, the 30 Day Challenge (30DC) is an annual internet-wide challenge to earn your first dollar on the internet. This year, however, the challenge is to earn your first $10 on the internet. It’s open to anyone and everyone, free of charge. I recommend all three* of my blog readers to sign up for the 30 Day Challenge, as it’s going to take place in the month of August. If you’ve never made a dollar on the internet in your life, you will be shown, step-by-step, how to start earning money on the internet. If you’re a veteran internet marketer, Ed Dale (who is spearheading the 30DC) says there are things they are going to cover that will “blow you away.”

This year is different, not only because they’ve upped the challenge from $1 to $10 (of course, you can set whatever goal you wish!) but also because you will not have to spend a cent to get started. In previous challenges, you would pay for things like PPC advertising to get traffic. This year, everything will be completely free. This year is going to be “completely different,” they say. I’m thinking most likely that it will focus on using Web 2.0-oriented techniques to drive traffic and get sales, but I don’t really know much about it as they’re still setting it up for Day 1.

Seriously, you have absolutely nothing to lose except some time. And the 30DC is going to lay it out step-by-step for you. Those running it and the participants are also a very supportive group and just a great group of people. I can easily hit that $10 mark, so I’m aiming for $100 by the end of August. I’ll keep you updated!

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