Pimping The Forum

Today Ed Dale turned his focus on teaching us to get the most out of the 30 Day Challenge Forum site. So I spent some time tweaking it. I don't spend too much time reading a lot there. I'm pretty picky there. I found out the hard way last year that you can become much to easily distracted by the many suggestions of others and it can really eat up your time.

I'm going to concentrate on what Ed and Dan have to teach us.

I'm also trying to bring our team closer together. I've proposed that we have a weekly meeting via Skype chat. Last year, I was not on a strong team and it's my goal that this year will be different.
Through support of one another, I want to see that all of us make it through this 30 days and get the most out of it that each of us can. Such a fantastic resource that Ed and Dan are offering us. This can be life changing and I'm super thankful to them for this chance.

I am setting up a Google Notebook page where our team can have our links all listed and each of us can then view it and use Digg and Stumble to help each other out. And it makes for good practice in using these tools that Ed has taught us about.

Free Hugs Campaign. (music by Sick Puppies album out April3)

Ed Dale referenced this video in today's podcast. It made me cry! In a world that is so full of hate, prejudice, jealousy and rage, it is heartwarming to see true love... true humanity.

One person really can make a difference. Who have you reached out to today?

Enhancing Firefox

What a full day!
On top of trying to launch myself into the 30 Day Challenge, I'm also lovingly tending to some newborn puppies. My husband, John, and I raise, train and show Coonhounds (Redbone and English varieties). John is a 3rd generation coonhound fancier. This year we really outdid ourselves and are caring for not one but THREE litters of coonhounds. Two litters born the same day - 7/11 (shown to the right here) and one just born 7/18. I'm very busy with them but I'm here to prove even those of us with very little time (or sleep!) to spare can successfully complete the 30DC.


Today Ed Dale instructed us - via his explicit video teaching style - to download various add on's we would soon be finding useful to us during the challenge. The browser of choice he's asked us to use is Firefox. I won't list all the ad on's here. If you want to learn all the details and goodies, you will need to join us for the challenge. :) www.thirtydaychallenge.com

I also made sure to visit the blogs other participants are doing for the 30 day challenge so I could stumble and digg and just keep up with how they are all doing. Love their blogs! I have the Google Feedreader which makes checking out the blogs SO much easier. I love it. Ed Dale has asked us to download another reader so I will be doing that as well. Who knows, maybe I'll like that one better...

Stumbleupon

There is a current thread on the 30DC which suggests we sign up for Stumbleupon and check out each other's sites. I'm new to stumbleupon but it looks like fun. You rate sites you visit via the toolbar you get when you download stumbleupon. Then you can leave reviews if you wish to.

Interesting!

Check it out at http://www.stumbleupon.com/

Google AdSense

I decided to use today to insert Google AdSense to my blog. Let's see if it will generate any income, shall we?

hint.. visitor's click on them and I get paid... *wink-wink*

Seriously though, AdSense is pretty much a given to any content sites and that includes blogs. If you have one, you should sign up at Google and take 5 minutes to give it a whirl yourselves. It's not hard and Blogger makes it twice as easy if that's what you use.

Preseason Day 2

The official launch of the challenge may be Aug. 1st but we are already busy at work creating teams, networking and downloading some (free!) useful tools such as digg and stumbleupon.

Teamwork!

For the 30DC, we are asked to get into teams of 4-5 people.
As of today, our team has been formed! We will now be known as 'Team Tenacious'.
Michael, Andrea, Ryan, Sean and myself (Janet).

Go Team Tenacious!! Hoorah!