IM Beginner December Challenge

Jimmy Reilly · 16th Dec 2010, 09:11 AM

Originally Posted by espresso

hey Jimmy
Your stats look really good
May I ask how you drive traffic to your offers (particularly your first one) Is it PPC forums blogs, articles

The traffic comes from either bumping the threads, promotions to my list, or affiliates and JV's.

- Reilly

espresso · 16th Dec 2010, 10:03 AM

Thanks Jimmy it looks really good
So is all does sales from WSO's

badwolf · 16th Dec 2010, 10:11 AM

I'm new here and to IM, but my challenges for December are:
- write a post a day for my main blog
- build at least one backlink a day to my blog through blog comments
- write at least 4 articles
- to get out on my bike at least once every couple of days (weather permitting).

Simon

espresso · 16th Dec 2010, 10:54 AM

I dont think I am going to achieve my december goal of 250€

I have been promoting CPA offers but the traffic isnt converting at all (not one)
I have just set up a campaign to promote a CB product dont know if that will do any better

I am however doing up a plan for january with different goals (mostly related to bum marketing) so I will do that in the new year

Will Perkins · 17th Dec 2010, 02:22 AM

About to launch my first WSO in a few days.

Working on a IM course that should compete with the big boys, although I don't see myself being able to finish that at least till Mid-Jan. But for now I'll release something that should help everyone out a little

Will Perkins · 17th Dec 2010, 03:31 PM

Just bought a war room membership, definitely an excellent purchase for anyone wanting to take their IM career one step farther.

It's easily a great start to a super-productive IM career.

DJ Hughes · 18th Dec 2010, 01:10 AM

I would like to mention another update ...

I got my business cards back from the printer. Sweet! They look darn good, if I do say so myself.

I put my website address, twitter and Facebook on there, with email and phone number. Twitter, no problem. Working on the Facebook Page now (I need 25 fans before I can get the personalized name), and I have yet to get this supremely annoying WordPress 'where did the -insert into post- button go?' issue fixed or resolved. Until that's fixed I can't add any more graphic elements. Deadline is Christmas. Can I do it??

December came at a really bad time for me ...

PhoebeSmellyCat · 18th Dec 2010, 11:55 AM

I'm trying my hand at article marketing and my goal for December is becoming a platinum member at EzineArticles.

I have submitted 6 articles so far and all have been reviewed and accepted so four more to go!

My mind is blank, however, and can not think of a subject to write an article about....

DJ Hughes · 18th Dec 2010, 12:02 PM

Originally Posted by PhoebeSmellyCat

I'm trying my hand at article marketing and my goal for December is becoming a platinum member at EzineArticles.

I have submitted 6 articles so far and all have been reviewed and accepted so four more to go!

My mind is blank, however, and can not think of a subject to write an article about....

Good luck in meeting your goal, it looks very doable for December.

Are you promoting a particular product or website? Just wondering why you might be stumped for something to write about.

PhoebeSmellyCat · 18th Dec 2010, 01:14 PM

Originally Posted by DJ Hughes

Good luck in meeting your goal, it looks very doable for December.

Are you promoting a particular product or website? Just wondering why you might be stumped for something to write about.

No, I'm not promoting any website or product.

The advice I got to get to platinum is to produce 10 good informational articles without trying to promote anything, the reason being that your article might get rejected if they feel it's too self promotional.

Once you've made platinum it's easier and faster for additional articles to be accepted. This is when I plan on article marketing.

Matt Ward · 18th Dec 2010, 02:18 PM

There is really no need to worry about that. Look through the articles there; 99% are clearly self-promotional. That is essentially the entire basis of Ezinearticles. You submit articles to their site to promote your websites and they get content in return. I got promoted to platinum by submitting product reviews with a link to my affiliate website (which promoted the product) in the resource box. It doesn't get much more self promotional than that.

Your plan to hit platinum before attempting article marketing makes sense, though. Honestly, you know what would be easy? Find some articles by existing platinum authors and rewrite them in your own words. They will get accepted for sure and it takes a very short amount of time. You could plow through the remaining 4 articles in an hour probably.

DJ Hughes · 18th Dec 2010, 02:39 PM

Originally Posted by PhoebeSmellyCat

No, I'm not promoting any website or product.

The advice I got to get to platinum is to produce 10 good informational articles without trying to promote anything, the reason being that your article might get rejected if they feel it's too self promotional.

Once you've made platinum it's easier and faster for additional articles to be accepted. This is when I plan on article marketing.

As Matt said, you don't need to worry about articles being accepted to a place like Ezine Articles if your article is informative and simply has a link in the resource box to a website related to what you're talking about in the body copy. I've had many articles accepted there myself too.

If you only have 4 more to write before your platinum status, are you deciding on a website or product to promote once you're there?

LynnLewis · 18th Dec 2010, 03:01 PM

Originally Posted by DJ Hughes

December came at a really bad time for me ...

I feel you!

Originally Posted by Will Perkins

Just bought a war room membership, definitely an excellent purchase for anyone wanting to take their IM career one step farther.

I consider it one of my best investments for my business.

LynnLewis · 18th Dec 2010, 03:04 PM

I'm having a not so productive Saturday. Called into service twice today by grand children, now it's hard to get my head back into the right mode.

PhoebeSmellyCat · 18th Dec 2010, 04:10 PM

Originally Posted by DJ Hughes

As Matt said, you don't need to worry about articles being accepted to a place like Ezine Articles if your article is informative and simply has a link in the resource box to a website related to what you're talking about in the body copy. I've had many articles accepted there myself too.

If you only have 4 more to write before your platinum status, are you deciding on a website or product to promote once you're there?

Thanks for the advice, guys!

I have several websites up and ready and I also have product review articles ready to submit in draft mode.

I figured that while I'm having writer's block on generic articles, I might as well get everything else set up and ready to go.

Will Perkins · 20th Dec 2010, 04:07 PM

Originally Posted by PhoebeSmellyCat

Thanks for the advice, guys!

I have several websites up and ready and I also have product review articles ready to submit in draft mode.

I figured that while I'm having writer's block on generic articles, I might as well get everything else set up and ready to go.

Gotta love writers block, I keep getting that on and off but I just push through it and get the work done no matter what

Never stop working, just keep on trying. <---- A good motto to go by when you're making a product

Matt Ward · 20th Dec 2010, 07:33 PM

I had my best Amazon day yet yesterday... I made $15. :p

Sounds pretty pathetic, but it was super exciting to me. I know my sales will probably drop come January, but I loved seeing that this morning. Stuff like that is very encouraging. I really hope to make this a full time job.

I'm not likely to get much done the rest of the month due to the holidays, but oh well.

I hope everyone else is doing well!

Will Perkins · 20th Dec 2010, 11:33 PM

Originally Posted by mattward

I had my best Amazon day yet yesterday... I made $15. :p

Sounds pretty pathetic, but it was super exciting to me. I know my sales will probably drop come January, but I loved seeing that this morning. Stuff like that is very encouraging. I really hope to make this a full time job.

I'm not likely to get much done the rest of the month due to the holidays, but oh well.

I hope everyone else is doing well!

Good job, but don't let yourself be discouraged and not work hard.

Lets all continue working and try to meet our December goals!

mathmo · 21st Dec 2010, 02:01 AM

Originally Posted by DJ Hughes

I would like to mention another update ...

I got my business cards back from the printer. Sweet! They look darn good, if I do say so myself.

I put my website address, twitter and Facebook on there, with email and phone number. Twitter, no problem. Working on the Facebook Page now (I need 25 fans before I can get the personalized name), and I have yet to get this supremely annoying WordPress 'where did the -insert into post- button go?' issue fixed or resolved. Until that's fixed I can't add any more graphic elements. Deadline is Christmas. Can I do it??

December came at a really bad time for me ...

Looks like you doing good!

For the wordpress issue:

tab round to the html editor and add it directly there

(also maybe you hid it, click on "the kitchen sink" perhaps. Or just make a new draft and click on things like crazy until you find it! Haha, a bit unorthodox but as I can't see exactly what odd changes you might have made so this could be the easiest way for you to find it yourself :p)

LynnLewis · 21st Dec 2010, 05:49 AM

Originally Posted by mattward

I had my best Amazon day yet yesterday... I made $15. :p

I know how it feels, Matt. $15 comes in handy.

Happy holidays, everybody!

Retta · 21st Dec 2010, 12:31 PM

Update on my goals.

I have the new header in place, thanks to the constructive criticism I got here

I improved (I hope) my site navigation

I have improved my bounce rate from around 100% to between 50 - 60%.

I have increased my visitors by about 10%

Continuing forward, I need to increase visitors and learn how to improve conversions.

Anybody willing to give me more constructive criticism, I am all ears.

Unique Wine Glasses 4 U | Unique Wine Glasses 4 U

espresso · 21st Dec 2010, 03:23 PM

my goals so did work
But i am hopeful for new years

My plans are find 4 niches
create sites for them
Hub pages
Articles

Promote affiliate offers if pos cpa if not cps

Get 50 people a day to the offers

I am also going to be looking into ppc again

LynnLewis · 21st Dec 2010, 04:28 PM

Originally Posted by Retta

I have improved my bounce rate from around 100% to between 50 - 60%.

I have increased my visitors by about 10%

Woo Hoo, Retta!!!

Will Perkins · 21st Dec 2010, 04:34 PM

Originally Posted by Retta

Update on my goals.

I have the new header in place, thanks to the constructive criticism I got here

I improved (I hope) my site navigation

I have improved my bounce rate from around 100% to between 50 - 60%.

I have increased my visitors by about 10%

Continuing forward, I need to increase visitors and learn how to improve conversions.

Anybody willing to give me more constructive criticism, I am all ears.

Unique Wine Glasses 4 U | Unique Wine Glasses 4 U

Not gonna lie, I didn't even recognize that site when I went to it. You did an amazing job on the redesign, great work.

Retta · 21st Dec 2010, 07:19 PM

Thank you! Improving a site is easier when you get some feedback, so thanks to everyone that took the time to look and tell me what I was doing wrong.

dilawer · 22nd Dec 2010, 12:21 PM

1) get my blog a PR3
2) get an approved Adsense ID

DJ Hughes · 22nd Dec 2010, 02:08 PM

Way to go, Retta! Nice increases and nice site. I had no idea there were so many different wine glasses!

For my own update ...

I am still having the wordpress 'glitch' issue with my site, I'm not able to get ahead with this yet and it has been taking much of my time and energy, so I won't be meeting some of my planned goals for December. I had hoped this site would be done by Christmas. Not likely.

Lynn and I did an exchange. I made her a website header for her PLR site, she can use if she wants to, and she wrote an article for me.

If you have purchased her PLR you already know she is a great writer, but otherwise I wanted to let you know it is quality. No spelling and grammar issues, intelligent sentences and structure, valuable information and overall, a really good quality article. I'm sure I will be buying more from her in the future. (Though I still like the idea of an exchange). Thanks, Lynn.

LynnLewis · 22nd Dec 2010, 06:01 PM

Aww, thank you so much DJ.

My sites are still in progress but you can see the cool header DJ made for me:
PLR Articles Store | Exclusive PLR Article offers – site underconstruction

I think it's so awesome to be able to trade services.

Have a wonderful holiday everybody!!!

ReeelDeeel · 23rd Dec 2010, 11:34 PM

i want to thank all you great people here. reading this thread has given me the motivation to open up in the forums. i'm such a loner it's criminal, so self-promotion is hard as nails. (i'm in the wrong business, huh?)
i still am not getting much done, but the inspiration you provide keeps me plugging away.

one problem though. many posts mention the 'thanks' button in the lower right corner, but i can't find one. i would like to give some individuals extra thanks, but i'm lost on how to do it. can someone help?

ReeelDeeel · 23rd Dec 2010, 11:41 PM

Jeeez, i completely forgot...

Merry Christmas and/or Happy Holidays to one and all.

happy trails and safe travels, ed.

LynnLewis · 24th Dec 2010, 11:13 PM

Merry Christmas to you to ReeelDeeel.
The "Thanks" button is below the signature on each individual post.

Will Perkins · 25th Dec 2010, 12:23 AM

The "Thanks" button doesn't appear until you have either 5 or 10 posts I believe. Just so ya know and can't find it. I'm pretty sure that's to avoid spamming "thanks" (someone making XXXX amount of accounts and creating a script to run the thank you command on one of their posts)

On another note, just launched my first WSO, awaiting approval. Hopefully some of you will be grabbing a copy. (Only costs a few $)

LynnLewis · 25th Dec 2010, 06:46 AM

Originally Posted by Will Perkins

On another note, just launched my first WSO, awaiting approval. Hopefully some of you will be grabbing a copy. (Only costs a few $)

Congratulations! I'll keep an eye out for it. I was surprised that it can take a couple of days to get the approval.

ReeelDeeel · 25th Dec 2010, 01:15 PM

thanks Will and Lynn, now it makes sense, it's a good safeguard, just not known to noobs. (nothing wrong with noobs - everyone was one once - i'm just tired of being stuck there.)

Lynn, i owe you some consideration for getting me involved. sometimes a small gesture can make a big impact.

here's hoping we all have better years in 2011.

happy trails and safe travels, ed.

Matt Ward · 27th Dec 2010, 01:28 PM

This thread has really slowed down lately, and I'm guessing it's probably because of Christmas, so I hope everyone's having a good holiday.

I can't wait for January. 2011 is going to be a big year- I can feel it.

Retta · 27th Dec 2010, 01:34 PM

I am a fairly good writer, but I can not seem to get motivated to write for article marketing. I would much rather be working on other things. So how much do you charge for articles etc? I am going to check out your site to see what you have listed there too.

DJ Hughes · 27th Dec 2010, 01:50 PM

Originally Posted by Will Perkins

On another note, just launched my first WSO, awaiting approval. Hopefully some of you will be grabbing a copy. (Only costs a few $)

Good luck with your WSO! I did a quick look for it, but can't find it. Maybe it isn't approved yet?

But I have made a promise to myself to NOT buy another WSO, no matter how good of a deal it is, until I'm bringing in more money with what I already have. It is just too easy to keep spending and spending ... I still want to get into the War Room in the New Year too.

LynnLewis · 27th Dec 2010, 05:44 PM

I'm trying to get my mind back into business mode after enjoying a break for the holiday. But I did set my goals for next year. If I can overcome procrastination at least most of the time, I should have a very successful 2011.

Matt Ward · 27th Dec 2010, 09:10 PM

Yep, I'm in the same boat. I'm going to try to get a bit of work done tomorrow and the rest of the week, because I have some responsibilities next week and won't get much done. The entirety of January might be a bit hectic for me, but I hope it doesn't get in the way of working. I guess it it's hard to get it across to people that even though I'm technically unemployed, it doesn't mean I'm free to do whatever I want. :p I'm trying to take this very seriously, which I think is probably the only way to do it, but it's hard to tell someone you can't babysit their kid all day because you're working on the computer, heh.

I told a few people about my IM ventures over Christmas, and I was surprised by the reaction. Almost everyone was very interested and encouraging about it, and some even had a few good ideas. Now I'm kind of worried someone will want me to help them get into it. :p I don't think I could possibly explain it, especially since I don't have a good grasp of it myself yet. I find it hard to explain the basics of what I've been doing, even; it's hard to explain SEO to a 50 year old uncle who barely knows how to check his email. :p

LynnLewis · 28th Dec 2010, 06:25 AM

but it's hard to tell someone you can't babysit their kid all day because you're working on the computer, heh.

I've been there!

Will Perkins · 28th Dec 2010, 11:24 AM

Finally just launched my first WSO, took me a long time to make it but I finally finished it

Feels so good to have accomplished something like this

LynnLewis · 28th Dec 2010, 05:51 PM

Go Will, go!!! Congratulations and many sales to you!

Will Perkins · 31st Dec 2010, 05:16 AM

Thanks Lynn, I saw your WSO the other day, hope you had success with it.

Since it's the last day of the year, let's all strive to get our to-do lists finished, and make sure we go into the new year with a successful attitude from the start.

Good luck in 2011 everyone, Happy New Years!

LynnLewis · 31st Dec 2010, 07:29 AM

I'm so glad to have finally DONE something. I have this thread and Nov to thank for the inspiration.

I did something, it wasn't perfect, nothing bad happened, nobody called me an idiot. Isn't that part of our fear, that everyone on the internet will call us imbeciles? I got only positive results and it is so encouraging.

Happy New Year!!!

DJ Hughes · 31st Dec 2010, 02:13 PM

Congrats, Will, on the WSO! It looks great. Big step for the first time.

I know what you mean, Lynn, how nice it is when no one calls us idiots! You and Will, with your WSO's, got me thinking about maybe doing one too in the New Year ...

I didn't hit all my targets for December, but December helped me reshape my focus for January. I'm looking forward to the New Year and sharing more with this great community here in the Warrior forum.

Happy New Year everyone!

DrMeg · 1st Jan 2011, 12:31 PM

Originally Posted by DrMeg

I'm up for a challenge and love the group support. My goals for December are:

1. Get my one niche list up to 1000 subscribers.
2. Finish my sales funnel on the freebie (and upsells) that will boost the list to 1000.
3. Finish the product that is in process for that niche.
4. Finish the link wheel for that site/product/niche.

I still work at my former profession only 3 days a week now so I am going to succeed!

Good luck to everyone

I suck!! I'm reporting back that I only finished one thing on this list and it's in rough draft....the product for this niche!

So....lessons learned:

1. Just pick one goal not 4!
2. Consider the time frame...the holidays and family and friend obligations ate up a bunch of time.
3. I'm a lazy bum and wasted time! Or rather used it on other activities.
4. I need to change my mindset to "Someone is holding a gun to your head and you must get this finished by deadline or you're dead".

Reporting back that I fell so short of my goals is embarrassing but I am confessing so I will be more motivated to not have to publicly embarrass myself at the end of January.

So here's to a more successful January and New Year!

LynnLewis · 1st Jan 2011, 01:17 PM

Originally Posted by DrMeg

So....lessons learned:

1. Just pick one goal not 4!

That's the one that's done the most for me. I still don't work as much as I should but that will get better too.

We're all going to have an awesome 2011.

LynnLewis · 1st Jan 2011, 01:19 PM

Should we start a January thread?

DJ Hughes · 1st Jan 2011, 01:25 PM

@DrMeg, I think we all learn these lessons as we do this, putting ourselves out there, and before we have our own processes 'perfected'. I know I did. I sure didn't meet all of my goals either (and I tried to be reasonably conservative when I made them! Ha!)

So don't beat yourself up too bad! You'll find success in 2011.

DJ Hughes · 1st Jan 2011, 01:27 PM

@LynnLewis I haven't seen a new thread for January goals made yet, but there is this one for 2011: http://www.warriorforum.com/member-c...challenge.html

16th Dec 2010, 10:03 AM	#152
espresso Advanced Warrior Join Date: 2010 Location: Dublin, EU Posts: 999 Thanks: 16 Thanked 43 Times in 42 Posts	Re: IM Beginner December Challenge Share on: Thanks Jimmy it looks really good So is all does sales from WSO's

16th Dec 2010, 10:11 AM	#153
badwolf Warrior Member Join Date: 2010 Posts: 27 Thanks: 3 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	Re: IM Beginner December Challenge Share on: I'm new here and to IM, but my challenges for December are: - write a post a day for my main blog - build at least one backlink a day to my blog through blog comments - write at least 4 articles - to get out on my bike at least once every couple of days (weather permitting). Simon
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16th Dec 2010, 10:54 AM	#154
espresso Advanced Warrior Join Date: 2010 Location: Dublin, EU Posts: 999 Thanks: 16 Thanked 43 Times in 42 Posts	Re: IM Beginner December Challenge Share on: I dont think I am going to achieve my december goal of 250€ I have been promoting CPA offers but the traffic isnt converting at all (not one) I have just set up a campaign to promote a CB product dont know if that will do any better I am however doing up a plan for january with different goals (mostly related to bum marketing) so I will do that in the new year

17th Dec 2010, 02:22 AM	#155
Will Perkins Every winner, is a loser. War Room Member Join Date: 2010 Location: Tampa, Florida Posts: 820 Thanks: 66 Thanked 165 Times in 98 Posts	Re: IM Beginner December Challenge Share on: About to launch my first WSO in a few days. Working on a IM course that should compete with the big boys, although I don't see myself being able to finish that at least till Mid-Jan. But for now I'll release something that should help everyone out a little

17th Dec 2010, 03:31 PM	#156
Will Perkins Every winner, is a loser. War Room Member Join Date: 2010 Location: Tampa, Florida Posts: 820 Thanks: 66 Thanked 165 Times in 98 Posts	Re: IM Beginner December Challenge Share on: Just bought a war room membership, definitely an excellent purchase for anyone wanting to take their IM career one step farther. It's easily a great start to a super-productive IM career.

18th Dec 2010, 01:10 AM	#157
DJ Hughes Active Warrior Join Date: 2009 Posts: 75 Thanks: 2 Thanked 4 Times in 5 Posts	Re: IM Beginner December Challenge Share on: I would like to mention another update ... I got my business cards back from the printer. Sweet! They look darn good, if I do say so myself. I put my website address, twitter and Facebook on there, with email and phone number. Twitter, no problem. Working on the Facebook Page now (I need 25 fans before I can get the personalized name), and I have yet to get this supremely annoying WordPress 'where did the -insert into post- button go?' issue fixed or resolved. Until that's fixed I can't add any more graphic elements. Deadline is Christmas. Can I do it?? December came at a really bad time for me ...

18th Dec 2010, 11:55 AM	#158
PhoebeSmellyCat Stop Feeding Me Crap War Room Member Join Date: 2009 Location: Hawaii Posts: 294 Thanks: 100 Thanked 58 Times in 48 Posts	Re: IM Beginner December Challenge Share on: I'm trying my hand at article marketing and my goal for December is becoming a platinum member at EzineArticles. I have submitted 6 articles so far and all have been reviewed and accepted so four more to go! My mind is blank, however, and can not think of a subject to write an article about....
	Writer Road

18th Dec 2010, 02:18 PM	#161
Matt Ward Addicted to IM War Room Member Join Date: 2010 Location: {Sunny\|Frigid} Canada Posts: 706 Thanks: 59 Thanked 151 Times in 88 Posts	Re: IM Beginner December Challenge Share on: There is really no need to worry about that. Look through the articles there; 99% are clearly self-promotional. That is essentially the entire basis of Ezinearticles. You submit articles to their site to promote your websites and they get content in return. I got promoted to platinum by submitting product reviews with a link to my affiliate website (which promoted the product) in the resource box. It doesn't get much more self promotional than that. Your plan to hit platinum before attempting article marketing makes sense, though. Honestly, you know what would be easy? Find some articles by existing platinum authors and rewrite them in your own words. They will get accepted for sure and it takes a very short amount of time. You could plow through the remaining 4 articles in an hour probably.
	"Keep moving forward."

18th Dec 2010, 03:04 PM	#164
LynnLewis HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: 2010 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 123 Thanks: 131 Thanked 13 Times in 12 Posts Blog Entries: 1	Re: IM Beginner December Challenge Share on: I'm having a not so productive Saturday. Called into service twice today by grand children, now it's hard to get my head back into the right mode.
	misslynnlewis.com

20th Dec 2010, 07:33 PM	#167
Matt Ward Addicted to IM War Room Member Join Date: 2010 Location: {Sunny\|Frigid} Canada Posts: 706 Thanks: 59 Thanked 151 Times in 88 Posts	Re: IM Beginner December Challenge Share on: I had my best Amazon day yet yesterday... I made $15. :p Sounds pretty pathetic, but it was super exciting to me. I know my sales will probably drop come January, but I loved seeing that this morning. Stuff like that is very encouraging. I really hope to make this a full time job. I'm not likely to get much done the rest of the month due to the holidays, but oh well. I hope everyone else is doing well!
	"Keep moving forward."

21st Dec 2010, 12:31 PM	#171
Retta Active Warrior Join Date: 2010 Location: Oregon Posts: 54 Thanks: 4 Thanked 4 Times in 3 Posts	Re: IM Beginner December Challenge Share on: Update on my goals. I have the new header in place, thanks to the constructive criticism I got here I improved (I hope) my site navigation I have improved my bounce rate from around 100% to between 50 - 60%. I have increased my visitors by about 10% Continuing forward, I need to increase visitors and learn how to improve conversions. Anybody willing to give me more constructive criticism, I am all ears. Unique Wine Glasses 4 U \| Unique Wine Glasses 4 U
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21st Dec 2010, 03:23 PM	#172
espresso Advanced Warrior Join Date: 2010 Location: Dublin, EU Posts: 999 Thanks: 16 Thanked 43 Times in 42 Posts	Re: IM Beginner December Challenge Share on: my goals so did work But i am hopeful for new years My plans are find 4 niches create sites for them Hub pages Articles Promote affiliate offers if pos cpa if not cps Get 50 people a day to the offers I am also going to be looking into ppc again

21st Dec 2010, 07:19 PM	#175
Retta Active Warrior Join Date: 2010 Location: Oregon Posts: 54 Thanks: 4 Thanked 4 Times in 3 Posts	Re: IM Beginner December Challenge Share on: Thank you! Improving a site is easier when you get some feedback, so thanks to everyone that took the time to look and tell me what I was doing wrong.
	http://www.hawaii-vacation-guide.org

22nd Dec 2010, 12:21 PM	#176
dilawer New Warrior Member Join Date: 2010 Location: pakistan Posts: 21 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: IM Beginner December Challenge Share on: 1) get my blog a PR3 2) get an approved Adsense ID
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22nd Dec 2010, 02:08 PM	#177
DJ Hughes Active Warrior Join Date: 2009 Posts: 75 Thanks: 2 Thanked 4 Times in 5 Posts	Re: IM Beginner December Challenge Share on: Way to go, Retta! Nice increases and nice site. I had no idea there were so many different wine glasses! For my own update ... I am still having the wordpress 'glitch' issue with my site, I'm not able to get ahead with this yet and it has been taking much of my time and energy, so I won't be meeting some of my planned goals for December. I had hoped this site would be done by Christmas. Not likely. Lynn and I did an exchange. I made her a website header for her PLR site, she can use if she wants to, and she wrote an article for me. If you have purchased her PLR you already know she is a great writer, but otherwise I wanted to let you know it is quality. No spelling and grammar issues, intelligent sentences and structure, valuable information and overall, a really good quality article. I'm sure I will be buying more from her in the future. (Though I still like the idea of an exchange). Thanks, Lynn.

22nd Dec 2010, 06:01 PM	#178
LynnLewis HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: 2010 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 123 Thanks: 131 Thanked 13 Times in 12 Posts Blog Entries: 1	Re: IM Beginner December Challenge Share on: Aww, thank you so much DJ. My sites are still in progress but you can see the cool header DJ made for me: PLR Articles Store \| Exclusive PLR Article offers – site underconstruction I think it's so awesome to be able to trade services. Have a wonderful holiday everybody!!!
	misslynnlewis.com

23rd Dec 2010, 11:34 PM	#179
ReeelDeeel Warrior Padawan Join Date: 2010 Location: USA Posts: 12 Thanks: 2 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: IM Beginner December Challenge Share on: i want to thank all you great people here. reading this thread has given me the motivation to open up in the forums. i'm such a loner it's criminal, so self-promotion is hard as nails. (i'm in the wrong business, huh?) i still am not getting much done, but the inspiration you provide keeps me plugging away. one problem though. many posts mention the 'thanks' button in the lower right corner, but i can't find one. i would like to give some individuals extra thanks, but i'm lost on how to do it. can someone help?
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23rd Dec 2010, 11:41 PM	#180
ReeelDeeel Warrior Padawan Join Date: 2010 Location: USA Posts: 12 Thanks: 2 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: IM Beginner December Challenge Share on: Jeeez, i completely forgot... Merry Christmas and/or Happy Holidays to one and all. happy trails and safe travels, ed.
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24th Dec 2010, 11:13 PM	#181
LynnLewis HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: 2010 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 123 Thanks: 131 Thanked 13 Times in 12 Posts Blog Entries: 1	Re: IM Beginner December Challenge Share on: Merry Christmas to you to ReeelDeeel. The "Thanks" button is below the signature on each individual post.
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25th Dec 2010, 12:23 AM	#182
Will Perkins Every winner, is a loser. War Room Member Join Date: 2010 Location: Tampa, Florida Posts: 820 Thanks: 66 Thanked 165 Times in 98 Posts	Re: IM Beginner December Challenge Share on: The "Thanks" button doesn't appear until you have either 5 or 10 posts I believe. Just so ya know and can't find it. I'm pretty sure that's to avoid spamming "thanks" (someone making XXXX amount of accounts and creating a script to run the thank you command on one of their posts) On another note, just launched my first WSO, awaiting approval. Hopefully some of you will be grabbing a copy. (Only costs a few $)

25th Dec 2010, 01:15 PM	#184
ReeelDeeel Warrior Padawan Join Date: 2010 Location: USA Posts: 12 Thanks: 2 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: IM Beginner December Challenge Share on: thanks Will and Lynn, now it makes sense, it's a good safeguard, just not known to noobs. (nothing wrong with noobs - everyone was one once - i'm just tired of being stuck there.) Lynn, i owe you some consideration for getting me involved. sometimes a small gesture can make a big impact. here's hoping we all have better years in 2011. happy trails and safe travels, ed.
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27th Dec 2010, 01:28 PM	#185
Matt Ward Addicted to IM War Room Member Join Date: 2010 Location: {Sunny\|Frigid} Canada Posts: 706 Thanks: 59 Thanked 151 Times in 88 Posts	Re: IM Beginner December Challenge Share on: This thread has really slowed down lately, and I'm guessing it's probably because of Christmas, so I hope everyone's having a good holiday. I can't wait for January. 2011 is going to be a big year- I can feel it.
	"Keep moving forward."

27th Dec 2010, 01:34 PM	#186
Retta Active Warrior Join Date: 2010 Location: Oregon Posts: 54 Thanks: 4 Thanked 4 Times in 3 Posts	Re: IM Beginner December Challenge Share on: I am a fairly good writer, but I can not seem to get motivated to write for article marketing. I would much rather be working on other things. So how much do you charge for articles etc? I am going to check out your site to see what you have listed there too.
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27th Dec 2010, 05:44 PM	#188
LynnLewis HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: 2010 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 123 Thanks: 131 Thanked 13 Times in 12 Posts Blog Entries: 1	Re: IM Beginner December Challenge Share on: I'm trying to get my mind back into business mode after enjoying a break for the holiday. But I did set my goals for next year. If I can overcome procrastination at least most of the time, I should have a very successful 2011.
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27th Dec 2010, 09:10 PM	#189
Matt Ward Addicted to IM War Room Member Join Date: 2010 Location: {Sunny\|Frigid} Canada Posts: 706 Thanks: 59 Thanked 151 Times in 88 Posts	Re: IM Beginner December Challenge Share on: Yep, I'm in the same boat. I'm going to try to get a bit of work done tomorrow and the rest of the week, because I have some responsibilities next week and won't get much done. The entirety of January might be a bit hectic for me, but I hope it doesn't get in the way of working. I guess it it's hard to get it across to people that even though I'm technically unemployed, it doesn't mean I'm free to do whatever I want. :p I'm trying to take this very seriously, which I think is probably the only way to do it, but it's hard to tell someone you can't babysit their kid all day because you're working on the computer, heh. I told a few people about my IM ventures over Christmas, and I was surprised by the reaction. Almost everyone was very interested and encouraging about it, and some even had a few good ideas. Now I'm kind of worried someone will want me to help them get into it. :p I don't think I could possibly explain it, especially since I don't have a good grasp of it myself yet. I find it hard to explain the basics of what I've been doing, even; it's hard to explain SEO to a 50 year old uncle who barely knows how to check his email. :p
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28th Dec 2010, 11:24 AM	#191
Will Perkins Every winner, is a loser. War Room Member Join Date: 2010 Location: Tampa, Florida Posts: 820 Thanks: 66 Thanked 165 Times in 98 Posts	Re: IM Beginner December Challenge Share on: Finally just launched my first WSO, took me a long time to make it but I finally finished it Feels so good to have accomplished something like this

28th Dec 2010, 05:51 PM	#192
LynnLewis HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: 2010 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 123 Thanks: 131 Thanked 13 Times in 12 Posts Blog Entries: 1	Re: IM Beginner December Challenge Share on: Go Will, go!!! Congratulations and many sales to you!
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31st Dec 2010, 05:16 AM	#193
Will Perkins Every winner, is a loser. War Room Member Join Date: 2010 Location: Tampa, Florida Posts: 820 Thanks: 66 Thanked 165 Times in 98 Posts	Re: IM Beginner December Challenge Share on: Thanks Lynn, I saw your WSO the other day, hope you had success with it. Since it's the last day of the year, let's all strive to get our to-do lists finished, and make sure we go into the new year with a successful attitude from the start. Good luck in 2011 everyone, Happy New Years!

31st Dec 2010, 07:29 AM	#194
LynnLewis HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: 2010 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 123 Thanks: 131 Thanked 13 Times in 12 Posts Blog Entries: 1	Re: IM Beginner December Challenge Share on: I'm so glad to have finally DONE something. I have this thread and Nov to thank for the inspiration. I did something, it wasn't perfect, nothing bad happened, nobody called me an idiot. Isn't that part of our fear, that everyone on the internet will call us imbeciles? I got only positive results and it is so encouraging. Happy New Year!!!
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31st Dec 2010, 02:13 PM	#195
DJ Hughes Active Warrior Join Date: 2009 Posts: 75 Thanks: 2 Thanked 4 Times in 5 Posts	Re: IM Beginner December Challenge Share on: Congrats, Will, on the WSO! It looks great. Big step for the first time. I know what you mean, Lynn, how nice it is when no one calls us idiots! You and Will, with your WSO's, got me thinking about maybe doing one too in the New Year ... I didn't hit all my targets for December, but December helped me reshape my focus for January. I'm looking forward to the New Year and sharing more with this great community here in the Warrior forum. Happy New Year everyone!

1st Jan 2011, 01:19 PM	#198
LynnLewis HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: 2010 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 123 Thanks: 131 Thanked 13 Times in 12 Posts Blog Entries: 1	Re: IM Beginner December Challenge Share on: Should we start a January thread?
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1st Jan 2011, 01:25 PM	#199
DJ Hughes Active Warrior Join Date: 2009 Posts: 75 Thanks: 2 Thanked 4 Times in 5 Posts	Re: IM Beginner December Challenge Share on: @DrMeg, I think we all learn these lessons as we do this, putting ourselves out there, and before we have our own processes 'perfected'. I know I did. I sure didn't meet all of my goals either (and I tried to be reasonably conservative when I made them! Ha!) So don't beat yourself up too bad! You'll find success in 2011.

1st Jan 2011, 01:27 PM	#200
DJ Hughes Active Warrior Join Date: 2009 Posts: 75 Thanks: 2 Thanked 4 Times in 5 Posts	Re: IM Beginner December Challenge Share on: @LynnLewis I haven't seen a new thread for January goals made yet, but there is this one for 2011: http://www.warriorforum.com/member-c...challenge.html