Bootstrapper Notes

What did I say about failing fast?

The $50/day challenge that I was attempting based on this site - has failed after one week.  5 days and 6 subscribers later, I am calling it quits.  I followed the guide to the letter, there might be some reason it did not work, but I sure can't figure out what it was.

If anyone else is having success with this method, I would love to hear from you!

Now onwards and upwards.....

24 Hour Delay

Well, my quest to earn $50 per day is now stalled for 24 hours.  It is not actually stalled, but I have to wait 24 hours for the site to get me all subscribed to the safelists.

I will start thinking of some ad ideas so that I can get them plugged in tomorrow once the system is ready.

I will post an update Monday night with the progress of this project.

If you want to get the full report on this system for just $7.00, Click here to visit the site.

Camtasia Video is Complete

Okay, I finished my video tonight.  It is about 18 minutes long, and gives the user exactly what I said it would.  It is not as good as I would like it, but I got tired of doing "retakes".  I will work on it more if this thing actually takes off.

Once I got the video done, I was able to finish the site up.  It is now live, ready to start getting traffic.  I still need to add the Google Analytics code, and will do that right after making this post.

I just logged onto the site that I will use for marketing, or should I say, tried to logon - there appears to be something wrong with their site tonight.  So I will have to start the marketing/traffic generation portion tomorrow or Monday.

You get what you pay for!

Quick Note:  I downloaded the 30 day trial of Camtasia tonight - WOW!  The difference between Camstudio and Camtasia is like the difference between a Pinto and Ferrari.

Now I just have to get my video done and uploaded to my site!  Back to work....

Camtasia VS. Camstudio

Okay, last night I purchased the internet marketers version of Camstudio to play around with.  I found it for just $7.00 here.

I got it pretty much figured out, and while it works, I did experience a few bugs.  First off, I noticed that the speech would sometime drop about a sylable from a word.  I did some searching and discovered this is a common bug - there is a work around in case your wondering.  You have to record the video to a different hard drive then the drive that the software is running off of.

Basically, I need something better.  So tonight I am going to get the 30 day free trial of Camtasia.  This will allow me to put together my video, and not have to spend the $300 to purchase the full program.  If this $50/day deal really works out, I can then purchase it with my profits.

So long story, but because of this I did not get my video produced last night.  I am going to stay up late tonight to figure out Camtasia and then get my video completed.

I should be ready to launch with the marketing aspect of the $50/day process sometime this weekend.

Landing Page Version 1.0 Complete

  Okay, I wrapped up the landing page version 1.0 tonight.  The reason I call it version 1.0 is that eventually I will be doing some fancy smancy taguchi split testing on it once the traffic starts to roll in.

I am a big fan of moving forward and failing fast.  There are many things I would like to implement on this venture, but first I want to see how it works - as quickly as possible.

Tomorrow night I will do my screen capture videos that I will give away to the user for signing up, just like I promise them on the landing page.

This entire challenge will make much more sense to you if you have the $7.00 report that I am following - you can get it here.

$0 to $50 a Day Challenge

Okay, I am starting a new challenge for myself.  I want to add another income stream that will add $50 per day to my wallet.  Along with this, I want to build a list that I can market to as well.

The basis of my challenge will the report that I just picked up for a measley $7.00.  Peter Tremayne put together this great report at a price that can't be beat.  Click here to visit his site.

I will be updating my progress during the next 7 days, and onwards until I hit my $50 per day goal.

Anyone else want to join the party?