My 3 Day $2500 Challenge Results & Method

[dou9las]

I am really curious about your video responses in blog comments.
I guess I am a little behind the curve here.

Actually, I have tried adding video embeds to blog comments in the past, but with no luck. Is that in fact what you did, or did you create the video response, and then link to that video in the blog comment?

Congrats, and along with everyone else, I am astonished at how much work you got done in the 3-5 day period you documented.

[Karen Blundell]

this is incredibly inspiring!
I congratulate you for your determination and most of all your time management skills. Excellent!

[VegasGreg]

Originally Posted by CatherineMay

I've been thinking about using wordpress to start selling physical products, but am confused by the post above from VegasGreg who says to use blogger instead. I thought everybody uses wordpress. So, are you saying VegasGreg (or anyone who can explain what he meant) that you aren't supposed to put a link to amazon or a paypal button on wordpress?

Originally Posted by Sarah Russell

Hi Catherine,

Hope it's alright if I jump in here - What VegasGreg is referring to is the fact that Aaron set up the blogs in his challenge on Wordpress.com - Wordpress' free blogging solution, which is pretty anti-commercial (aka - don't try to sell things or they take your blog away). These are the kinds of blogs that come with addresses like "yourkeyword.wordpress com." If you have to go free, Blogger is a better choice for now, although there's no guarantee they won't move to a more anti-commercial stance as well in the future.

What most people in IM use is the version of Wordpress found on Wordpress.org (or installed through the Fantastico script system) that's installed separately on your hosting account, so that the Wordpress platform is running off your server. It's a much better option in terms of flexibility and usage, but you do have to buy the domain name to install it on.

Let me know if you have any other questions!

Sarah

Thanks Sarah, you explained it exactly right.

Wordpress.com (the free, not on your own host, version) not good.
Wordpress.org (self hosted on your domain) extremely good.

[Ellen Violette]

This seems like a huge amount of work to me! I've just picked up the phone and called people who already bought from me in the past and made $7500 in a couple of hours.

But if you're new and don't have a list and want to make money with ebooks,
I think a much easier way to go is to write an ebook and do ebook launches or do a compilation ebook with several cowriters who have big lists. It takes more than 3 days but it's a lot less work! And per day you'l make more money! And the results are way more predictable as long as you find jv partners who's lists are targeted to what you are offering.

[opportunitiesaplenty]

Great post, you are either a highly focused workaholic or are on a first name basis with some purveyors of controlled substances. Seriously though, the leg work you just did could keep paying off for you for a long time. Did you set up an autoresponder to list build as well? My only concern would be that you did an awful lot of work and then jeopardized it by using wordpress.com blogs.

[aaronlamont]

Originally Posted by opportunitiesaplenty

Great post, you are either a highly focused workaholic or are on a first name basis with some purveyors of controlled substances. Seriously though, the leg work you just did could keep paying off for you for a long time. Did you set up an autoresponder to list build as well? My only concern would be that you did an awful lot of work and then jeopardized it by using wordpress.com blogs.

I only really set them up on free blogs to start with to test the traffic that I can get and sales and once they are making consistent amounts of money I purchase a domain, host site on hostgator and then install blog and go all out.

[CatherineMay]

Originally Posted by aaronlamont

I only really set them up on free blogs to start with to test the traffic that I can get and sales and once they are making consistent amounts of money I purchase a domain, host site on hostgator and then install blog and go all out.

I was just going to thank Sarah and VegasGreg for clarification on this issue of wordpress, when I saw this from aaron.

Aaron, so apparently, you were able to use free wordpress blogs for awhile, and even have them monetized without being noticed and closed, then you switched to the paid version of wordpress. Right?

Given the advice I've received on another thread, I'm going to work with blogger for the time being, but I'm curious how long you used the free wordpress in this way. A day? A week? A month? In other words, at what point did you decide that your product was worth going all out for?

Since I'm new to all of this I'm also trying to find out how watchful the
watchdogs are.

Catherine

[SageSound]

Originally Posted by CatherineMay

I was just going to thank Sarah and VegasGreg for clarification on this issue of wordpress, when I saw this from aaron.

Aaron, so apparently, you were able to use free wordpress blogs for awhile, and even have them monetized without being noticed and closed, then you switched to the paid version of wordpress. Right?

Given the advice I've received on another thread, I'm going to work with blogger for the time being, but I'm curious how long you used the free wordpress in this way. A day? A week? A month? In other words, at what point did you decide that your product was worth going all out for?

Since I'm new to all of this I'm also trying to find out how watchful the
watchdogs are.

Catherine

He did not say free wordpress blogs, he just said free blogs.

Wordpress.com ain't the only free blog site in town!

-David

[christftw]

That's crazy, and I love how you didn't get anything done the first two days and then went nuts working on it.

Thanked. I'm going to try something similar. I'm also curious on how many of the sales were for what, too.

Jesse

[Ralph89]

Aaron I totally agree with Karen Blundell

This is incredibly inspiring!
I congratulate you for your determination and most of all your time management skills. Excellent!
In fact I've just printed it off so that I can read it over and over again to draw inspiration as a complete noobie. Well done, I've been working on a 2hrs a night when coming in from work mon-Thurs I guess I need to pick it up a bit. a mixture of training and work.

[CatherineMay]

Originally Posted by SageSound

He did not say free wordpress blogs, he just said free blogs.

Wordpress.com ain't the only free blog site in town!

-David

Actually, if you go back to his very first post that started this very interesting thread, he does mention wordpress.

Catherine

[GreatWebSuccess]

how much have you made since your 3 day journey?

[chris916]

It is funny how people can see the same thing so differently. So many are saying this is too much work, but I am seeing that simple free methods can generate cash. A little perseverance can go a long way.

[goliathseo]

I am inspired as well. I would like to try and generate $2k between now and next wednesday. Am going to start from scratch as well, bc I want to see how effective his techniques for myself are... I know they are effective, but of course results will vary... Therefore I want to personally see how varied they actually are.

[SageSound]

Originally Posted by CatherineMay

Actually, if you go back to his very first post that started this very interesting thread, he does mention wordpress.

Catherine

Perhaps, but that's not what you quoted.

[CBSnooper]

That is an impressive amount of work you've got done. It's amazing what can be achieved when you focus...

[Karen Connell]

Very Impressed.

I am going to follow your lead and give it a shot.

Karen

[Steve Crooks]

That's great work Aaron, where can we find these products to take a look at them?

[majidmaskat]

wow that is great well done, you should create another ebook on how you did this perhaps. Also your traffic generation were all free, also very effective

[ThePassiveIncomeBlog]

long live the irish! love it.

[n8]

Very impressive my friend! I love this post, you have all your ducks in a row and can tell your pretty organized. Keep up the great work. What is your natural niche?

[Ruth Hendrickson]

Aaron, your post is very inspiring and I'm going to give your system a whirl. The hard part is creating and writing all those reports in a short period of time. I think it would be best to outsource at least some of them. Thanks for your generosity and sharing this with us!

[chukwuma]

Thats a great idea? where did you get your PLR from?

[Johnlee04]

I don't know what to say! But I will be reviewing this and make serious planning to refer on your method. Best of Luck!

[troy23]

I'm curious as to the video content. I presume you did not create a gardening video.

[aaronlamont]

Originally Posted by troy23

I'm curious as to the video content. I presume you did not create a gardening video.

The video content for what the video comments or the actual videos that were used as the upsells?

[Oregonman]

Great Post! Remarkably Concise! Absolutely Doable! In one post you have proven that smart (vs hard) work, time-management, an understanding of the viral nature of the internet and knowledge of where to get the information you need before you start will produce profits.

[Fun to Write]

Wow, Aaron

I'm out of breath just reading this.

Good job! All your planning and hard work is paying off big time. Thanks for sharing this with all of us.

[sahi]

Actually this is a good or rather an excellent example of doing a focused work and being focused and determined always gives the desired results.

I wonder if some dedicated newbie at least tried this exact blueprint as laid down by Aaron!!!!!

[Micheallatour]

wow, this is great stuff.

Keep it coming I'm sure this will help a lot of people out there

[DAS_Matt]

Know what i love about this post? No article marketing at all. For people who don't like to write or whatever keeps them from going with article marketing it gives them a viable alternative.

[im4success]

All I can say is WOW Aaron, that's dedication! I congratulate you on sharing your strategies with us all. It's a fantastic idea and will certainly put it to good use.

[goliathseo]

Well the next wednesday goal was not met, between issues with the computer and my birthday being in the middle of it(family and friends took me out for drinks and the like) it didnt get met so am pushing back to sunday... I have the product created the reports created, my goals set now all I need to do is to drive traffic to it but I will be adding my own twist to getting traffic. So I will keep you updated as to what is going on when I near the sunday DEADLINE!!