The Thirty Day Challenge

I recently signed up to do the Thirty Day Challenge. After all, I have nothing better to do, ha ha. Seriously, I thought it looked great and offered a quick road into understanding all the technology out there and how it works. It covered blogging, SEO's, Adwords, Market Sumarai, Keywords, and everything a newbie could want to know about internet marketing.

How I came to find out about it was that I was on You Tube looking for some interesting videos I could use on the new ning.com site, Twitter Go Getters and I came across this interesting guy called Ed Dale, who seemed to have copious amounts of videos on all the basics.

So being the research freak that I was, I decided to check him out.

Then, quite by chance, I was following up on researching the competition and thought I'd check out another women's network from NSW. I was surprised to find that this group was a syndicate that were doing the Thirty Day Challenge. I did wonder why they only had a one-page squeeze page up and no other website. It wasn't until I saw Ed Dale there on their home page that I realised what was going on! They were only part way through the challenge. :)

So I have started this mini-adventure.

Day 1 I sped through the DVD's like there was no tomorrow. I just wanted more, so I hopped over to Day 2 and got started. This is where I came unstuck. Either I'm a slowby, which is quite possible, or keyword research is really tough! Finding a niche - yikkkkeeesss! If I stay with Women Can and networking, then there appears to be a small niche there but how do I drill it down? Do I go completely local and find the mini niche of Perth or Australia?

Then there is analysing the competition. I need a partner! I need someone who actually enjoys doing the headbend analysis stuff. Bring on June Kelly, the whizz! Can't wait for her to get up to speed and help me out here.

So, I'm now up to Day 4 . I guess it doesn't help that I had the flu for the first three days of the challenge. Perhaps if I go back and start at the beginning with a non-flu-ridden body, things may be okay.

Wish me luck as I adventure!!!

Twitter Go Getters

What started 0ut as a social experiment to test the power of promotions, has turned into a wild ride.

In less than four days I now have almost 450 people following me in Twitter.

In less than two days, I have 50 plus people who have signed up for the Social Network, Twitter Go Getters in Ning.com.

A friend said recently that you can start a trend simply by the amount of passion with which you promote something.  I decided to put that to the test and I am seeing some amazing results.

It's not just a numbers game, but let me tell you, where there are numbers there are also opportunities.  Try making friends with just one or two and finding friends that are the best in the world?  The more numbers, the more opportunities there are to connect with some amazing people.

I'll keep you posted on this social experiment.

Enjoy my promo, even if only to hear my 10 year old sing!!!

TWITTERIFIC!

I have just changed my profile on Twitter. Firstly, because I was stupid and miss-typed Kaleidoscope which made it very difficult for all those that like to tweet me. Secondly, because I wanted to align my profile with everything I do - ie YouTube channel (WomenCan), GodTube channel (WomenCan), etc.  

The interesting part is that I was really bummed that I had done so much hard work to inspire a group of followers.  In 3 months I had about 110 and I thought that was hard going.  So I set up the new profile and just popped in there and clicked on the follow buttons for all those that were following me and within a short time they were hopping across.

Seeing the success of this technique I decided to look for other "followers" who were following people I knew and respected.  So I ended up clicking on about 700 followers links.  Within less than 24 hours I have 210 followers!  Unbelievable.

So I just thought I'd share this little piece of information for all you readers of this blog.  You can build a list really quickly in Twitter.  It's not so much about who you are following but about who is following you.  Be an influencer.  Leader from the front. 

The best part is that I am now having wonderful conversations with those new found friends where as before it was all a little bit dead!

Enjoy.

I saw him and I cried

Okay, so I am an emotional mess!  I confess I cry at movies and reunions with family you haven't see for years!

Yes, that's right.  I watched "Sex in the City" on my Qantas Australia flight to Qld to visit my sister for her 40th and I cried.  Actually, it was on the way home.  Seeing Carry's face when she belts him with the flowers did something to me on a deep level. In that moment as I sat in my window seat on the plane, trying to discretely hide the tears and the sniffels, I was every woman ever jilted!  And yes, I also cried when the couple were reunited on the bridge. Who wouldn't it was pure Hollywood magic!

But I cried more when I was embraced by my younger brother who I had literally not seen since the funeral of my mother over 19 years ago.  One look at his face and my sunny smile became a watery wonderland.  It was so lovely to be with him again and to know that someone I loved deeply was back in my life.

I don't know how you feel, but to me family is really special and precious and often neglected!

I have a photo of the three of us to prove it...brother, sister and I, sharing the moment together!  It is a memory I will have for life, because I don't know how long it will be before we can all be together again.

It just showed me how important family really are to our hearts, if not our minds.

I'm now looking forward to getting some weight off, as the years have been way too kind to me!!!

Women Speak Out Forum - Discover your Passion!

We are rapidly approaching the big day, 13 September 2008!  Why is that day so important?  That is the day that Perth will host it's best women event ever - the Women Speak Out Forum!

What will the day hold for women?  The opportunity to discover, rediscover or connect with your passion and be inspired by others who are already pursuing their passions, a silent auction, inspiring motivational speakers, networking, community and business booths and passion focused break out groups.

All women aged 18 years and over will gather from all over Perth at the Arena Joondalup at 9:30am.

I envisage that they will spend the day going, "Oh...oo....ahhh..." as they journey through the exhibitions, hear the speakers and join in the discussions.  We may even have a Bollywood dance demo to get them involved in a bit of fun.

It's going to be a fabulous day of fun.  Want to come?