The only reason why I say I was somewhat fortunate … after scanning through the training materials available on the site, I was wishing I had found it much earlier.

For the last four years, Ed and his associates (Dan Raine, Guru Bob, etc.) have facilitated a 30 day crash course on the fundamentals of Internet marketing with the goal of having participants make their first online dollar.

The training program assembled for the 2008 Challenge started everyone out defining their intended market then progressing onto market research (last year using a new market research software package … Market Samurai … (though it is paid software there is a 40 day trial period for challenge participants)) then up through establishing your central content hub, building a web presence, evaluating analytics, etc.

They also highly encourage the formation of teams to support one and other in various ways before, during and after the challenge is completed.  The atmosphere appears fantastic.

It truly seems to be a phenomenal training resource about Internet marketing at an amazing price … it’s FREE!

Following is a video tour of the 2008 Thirty Day Challenge site that I made a few days before it came down to prepare for the 2009 version that runs in August.  Take a few moments and see what I mean:

Ed Dale and crew also conduct a periodic 30 Day Challenge UStream broadcast both during the event and throughout the year with updates and follow-up to the current or previous year’s event.  During the last few shows, Ed has indicated an even stronger program for this year’s challenge including guest instructors on podcasting and social media marketing.  I know I will be participating in this year’s challenge and invite you along for the ride as well!

If you are interested in learning more about Ed Dale’s Thirty Day Challenge or  participating as a team member during this years challenge, complete the form found via the “Contact” link located on the top of this page.  I’ll contact you straight away to discuss this “Awesome” event …

and as they say around the Thirty Day Challenge camp …..

“there is no charge for awesomeness!”

It is truly amazing and almost mind-numbing!

So here I am on the day of one such launch (Mike Dillard’s & Jim Yaghi’s PPC Domination) making and posting this video expressing my amazement about all the same Internet marketing affiliates that instantly pitch not only PPC Domination but WebProsperity, as well as the Mike Dillard & Perry Belcher social networking launch.

As I close the video, I plead for all of those super multi-tasking Internet marketers to move beyond the sales pitch and show us how to become super multi-tasker Internet marketers too!

So here’s a peek at the video:

(Of course I was sort of smiling with tongue in cheek the whole time I was recording that )

Where the nature of the overall market is set by the product or service being offered, Internet and affiliate marketers run into difficulties when trying to auger down to identify more specific sub-markets especially the highly targeted “niche market” areas.

In the following video, Ed Dale of the Thirty Day Challenge fame demonstrates a few simple approaches to further refining an overall market into various niches using readily available web sites such as Amazon and Google (both the search and RSS reader):

I think you can see where Internet and affiliate marketers applying this simple approach can help identify a number of potential niches in their specific target market.

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Note: Ed Dale’s video was “borrowed” from the You Tube channel (eddale) and the general repository for all of the Thirty Day Challenge videos (the current collection were mainly assembled from the 2008 Challenge; the 2009 Challenge is set for this August).

A review of the 2008 Thirty Day Challenge will be posted within the next few days.

In the meantime more information on the Thirty Day Challenge, visit the web site at:

Thirty Day Challenge

P.S. – Access to the 2008 Thirty Day Challenge site and lessons is FREE!