Hi there!

It’s currently Day 25 of the #30DC. Have you read my post about my site ranking at #4 last week? Well, it slid down to #50… mainly because I didn’t do any changes and updates on the site for almost a week. This means that in order for a site to stay in the front page of google, you have to constantly add relevant and fresh information and socially bookmark everything that you add.

Just to prove this point, I made a new post on my site last night… just a short one (about 400 words). Then I went to Squidoo and made a follow up article about the content on my site. I then bookmarked these pages on at least 5 social bookmarking sites like Digg, Delicious, etc.

After about an hour or so… I checked my site’s ranking and sure enough, my site is in a higher position. It’s at #12… still on the second page of google but I just made a few updates. Imagine what would happen if I continued this everyday?

I can dominate this phrase and other phrases that I’ve targeted!

Of course its hard work… but if I am at the #1 position for my phrase, I’ll be receiving about 100 visitors per day (based on the Market Samurai tool data). Let’s assume that I really work hard at it and stayed there for about a month. And assuming that I get 1% conversion rate (1 out of the 100 clicks I receive would buy my product - this is a pretty low assumption), that would give me about 30 sales/month. If I earn $25/sale on my product, that would be equivalent to $750.00 per month earnings for me.

And what if I had 10 sites like this? I’d be earning a cool $7,500.00 per month! Not bad huh? But I wouldn’t have a life by then! lol!

All I would do is just update content on my sites, post new articles, do some social bookmarking… etc. every waking hour of the day! Not a very exciting thought!

But if I will use Wordpress Direct, one of the softwares that I got to try out for free in the #30DC… this wouldn’t be true. It will give me more rest time without worrying about my site’s ranking sliding down.

How does it do that? Well, I’ve tinkered with the software and discovered what it’s other features can do and how it can help me do less and still maintain a high ranking.

The 30DC team will be showing us how to make use of this feature tonight or tomorrow… not so sure when, but they are going to teach it in one of the remaining sessions. Watch out for it… I’m sure you’ll be blown away at how cool these features are.

Hint: It’s automatic!

Anyway, I just want to remind you that google wants relevant, fresh and informative content. What #30DC has been trying to teach is how regular people like you and me can make money online while staying within the guidelines of good ethics and fair business practices.

I hope that those of you who have joined in the #30DC are having a great time learning and rockin’! For those of you who haven’t yet… here’s the link: Join the 30 Day Challenge!.

I don’t think that people who will join just now would be able to catch up… but what I would recommend you do is to download all the pre-season and #30DC videos. They can serve as a tutorial for you.

All the best,

Eric Delos Santos

Hello again…

I’ve uploaded a video from USTREAM TV that Ed Dale did today. I really think you should watch this. At least you’ll know what to expect and so you’ll know what to focus on.

Some people just don’t get it… they should compare learning from #30DC to learning how to ride a bike… it doesn’t matter how many times you fall down, if you get up and go at it again, you’ll eventually learn… and when you’ve learned; its something you won’t forget - you can do it again and again and again.

Please watch the video below:

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Hope you learned to sort out what really matters and move on to continue the challenge!Have a nice day!

Talk soon,

Eric Delos Santos