Today Ed covered deeper market research. I know we’re supposed to take it slow, but I feel like I’m being teased with little bits of information each day. But we’re closing in on the earth shattering, mind blowing techniques that he’s been going on about. It’s only been a few hours since I watched the latest videos, but I want it to be tomorrow already.

Something I’m realizing is how much of the Web 2.0 phenomenon I’m being exposed to each day, and how many “Web 2.0-ish” applications and tools I’m using. Before the 30 Day Challenge, I never really got into Web 2.0. I never really used my personal MySpace or Facebook, didn’t use del.icio.us or an RSS feed reader until almost a month ago, and this blog which went live in late June is my first personal blog.

Now? The size of my feed list that I go through every day has more than doubled, most of which are blogs, including those of fellow 30 Day Challengers. I’m using StumbleUpon for the first time and I’ve already had a taste of the power of driving Web 2.0 traffic because of it. I’ve got ScribeFire, which is what I’m using to post on Life Conquest and other blogs. I’m using Google Notebook and Google Docs & Spreadsheets because I’ve been doing my research on my desktop and laptop and wanted updated notes and tables easily accessible to both of them. I’ve also signed up on Flickr, but haven’t really used it yet.

My previous strategy to drive Web 2.0 traffic was simply submitting to social bookmarking websites like Digg or Reddit. But as we’ll learn in the next 30 days, a multi-pronged approach, not unlike the graphic displayed above (lol), will likely be used to bring in the free traffic I need to make my $100.

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