One Step Ahead….

Remember back in high school there was always that smart kid in class. It seemed like he knew everything! He got the best grades and all of the teachers loved him. He always ruined the curve by scoring over 100% on his test and everyone (everyone but the teacher) hated him. No matter how much homework there was, he always finished it all and worst of all he wouldn’t share.

Well I was never that kid! Well, almost never.

My junior year I took a computer science course. I had a free elective and it sounded easy so “sign me up!” It was that or Home Economics but I was saving that for my senior year. I know what you are thinking… “boy, Mike was quite the over achiever!”

There was something different about this class though. It turns out I was that kid in that class. Not because I was smarter than anyone else, I proved that with my SAT scores, but because I enjoyed it. Wait, scratch that, I loved it!

Everyday I looked forward to going to class so I could learn something new and exciting. And boy was that feeling weird. Normally I slept through my classes because I was so bored. It was great, a 45 minute class felt like 5 minutes if I slept through it.

There I was sitting in Computer Science class, wide awake, answering questions and actually enjoying it. I was becoming a nerd…..that dreaded kid who sits at the front of the class and finishes the teacher’s sentences, who finishes his assignments 2 days before they are due and the teacher loved me.

How did this happen? I’d morphed into everything I hated about smart kids, except I always made sure I helped out my classmates. If I finished early, I showed others what I had done to help them finish their project. I even tutored after school.

The reason for my transformation into the Brotherhood of the Nerd…. I liked the material so I worked ahead. I would read ahead in our book and search online for tips and tricks. I wasn’t smarter than anyone else in the class……did I mention my chemistry grade?! But I thought critically about each lesson and worked hard on my own.

That is the same reason I was able to close my first sale using techniques from the 30 Day Challenge on day 15! I watched the videos, studied the material and thought critically.

Here’s exactly how I did it:

  • Created a tumblr.com page
  • Signed up for Clickbank account
  • Found affiliate product to sell (I ruled out 2 other products)
  • Posted 2 of the 6 articles Ed told us to create
  • Produced a longer article, similar to Ed’s Dominiche articles
  • Posted the long article on Hubpages
  • Updated Web 2.0 sites
    • Stumbleupon
    • Digg
    • Google.com/Bookmarks
    • Del.icio.us
    • Netscape
    • Technorati
  • Set up $0.10 google Adword campaign (24 hours only)
  • Waited patiently…..okay, impatiently but I waited.

I ranked in the top 30 sites, got 222 impressions and 5 clicks with Google Adwords, 36 unique visitors with 9 returning visitors and 1 sale! All in less than 24 hours.

So what did I learn:

  1. I CAN DO IT!
  2. I can set up a website, create content and get traffic in about 36 hours
  3. Google Adwords work
  4. My niche may not have a lot of competitors but the few that I do have are tough!
  5. Cracking the top 10 will be very difficult
  6. I need more niches
  7. You can do it too!

Later today I will post everything I’m doing today to stay ahead of the game. There were a lot of tips and tricks hidden in today’s lesson that I will talk about in that post.

Stay with me…..we are all going to make our goal in this year’s 30 Day Challenge.

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