Phases
Blogs To Watch

Remember to add them to Bloglines using the feed button in the address bar!

Preparation

Overview

Prepare yourself for an amazing experience! The Preparation phase is all about getting set up with the right tools and getting registered for the forums ready to start the challenge on August 1st.

Blog Entries

Once you have iTunes installed and set up properly (see videos below) then you should be able to get all of the videos and podcasts there. But they will also be available from here and the associated blog entries.

  1. Information VIDEO 04:42 - Pre-Season Begins Tomorrow!
  2. Information VIDEO 08:45 - Preseason Day 1 - What The Heck Is Preseason?
  3. Information VIDEO 04:51 - Preseason Day 2 - Time For Teams
  4. Information INFORMATION - Forums are go…
  5. Information VIDEO 13:28 - Getting Foxy - Part 1
  6. Information VIDEO 09:53 - Session Manager Made Me a Better Man... (Getting Foxy - Part 2)
  7. Information VIDEO 17:21 - The Secret To My Success - RSS
  8. Information VIDEO 04:51 - A Little House Work Video For You (Bloglines)
  9. Information VIDEO 10:34 - Audio And Video is THE Key to Marketing in 2007 (iTunes Part 1)
  10. Information VIDEO 08:33 - iTunes - Getting the Challenge Content - Part 2
  11. Information PODCAST 1 21:39 - The First 30DC Podcast! Hurrah!
  12. Information VIDEO 09:57 - The True Coolness Of StumbleUpon - Part 1
  13. Information VIDEO 02:54 - The Super Coolness of StumbleUpon - Part 2
  14. Information PODCAST 2 10:10 - 30DC 3.0 Podcast 2 - Why $10??
  15. Information VIDEO 18:25 - Pimp My Forum! How To Make The Forum Work FOR You!
  16. Information VIDEO 09:23 - Part 2 of Hot Forum Action
  17. Information VIDEO 06:58 - The Calm Before The Storm - What You Need To Do Now
  18. Information VIDEO 09:48 - Getting Into Groups On Facebook
  19. Information VIDEO 16:32 - The WHY Series…Why should you do everything we tell you
  20. Information PODCAST 3 13:14 - Thirty Day Challenge Podcast 3 - More on Teams and WHY?
  21. Information VIDEO 07:50 - We All Need To Talk…
  22. Information VIDEO 10:11 - Facebook - Why Your Group Should Be On It…
  23. Information VIDEO 08:56 - Dan Raines Gorgeous Toolbar - The Video

Actions

Remember to watch the videos first before diving in with these actions!

  1. Build a team (2, 4 or 5 people work best). Use the Team Talk forum for this (login necessary).
  2. Register with Digg.com
  3. Register with StumbleUpon.com
  4. Try digging for the 30-Day Challenge site!
  5. Register for the Thirty Day Challenge Forums.
  6. Download and install the Firefox Browser and Add-ons (optional add-ons in brackets):
    NOTE: Install add-ons from Firefox browser!!
  7. Register with Bloglines and add TubbyNerd and ThirtyDayChallenge feeds.
  8. Use the Options or Preferences in Firefox to set Bloglines as your feed reader.
  9. Use the Session Manager to create a set of working sites with Firefox.
  10. Download and install iTunes and QuickTime from Apple.
  11. Set up iTunes preferences (see iTunes video Part 1).
  12. Subscribe to the 30-Day Challenge content feed in iTunes (see iTunes video Part 2).
  13. Give the Thirty Day Challenge Blog the thumbs up using your StumbleUpon toolbar and Tag it on del.icio.us.
  14. If you like, do the same for this site and give it a nice review on StumbleUpon!
  15. Get out into the World (away from your computer) and start noting down niche ideas - what's popular and what are people buying?.
  16. Register with Facebook.
  17. Add Dan and Ed as friends in Facebook.
  18. Join the Thirty Day Challenge Facebook group.
  19. Sign up for Twitter.
  20. Add Dan's and Ed's Twitter profiles so you can see what they're up to.
  21. Install the Thirty Day Challenge Toolbar.

Notes

I recommend getting a small notebook that you can dedicate to the challenge and use it to keep track of site logins, the people you're teamed up with and all the things you need to do.
Account Sites

These are sites that you need to create accounts with so make sure you keep track of all your login information!

Tools
Facebook Profiles
Twitter Profiles