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The Dominiche Podcast

Pete Williams — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 01:45:01 +0000

I’m really loving this podcast with Ed and Dan… but I’m a little worried that I’m on a pinboard in the background here with a whole bunch of riffles.

Maybe they are trying to hunt Dom and I down, after continually beating them in the iTunes ratings.

Etiherway, do check them out over at: http://www.podcastswithed.com/

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Going Pro With Ed Dale

Pete Williams — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 06:20:49 +0000

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The ‘Coming Home 2′ Seminar with Ed Dale + Co…

Pete Williams — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 08:34:31 +0000

Last weekend, I was one of the keynote speakers at Ed’s ‘Coming Home 2′ event… It was actually 4 years since the Thirty Day Challenge team put on a public event Australia; so the room was packed.

It was an amazing success, with tonnes of great feedback and huge amount of #30DCHOME tweets.

My presentation will be online (somewhere) shortly, so I’ll be sure to let you know where you can get it then.

Since the event, there has also been a bunch on chatter online about it.. so I thought I’d collate some of it here…

Enjoy.

Three marketers who I highly respect flew in for the event and this is there notes:

Yaro Starak:
http://www.entrepreneurs-journey.com/2333/ed-dale-internet-marketing-seminar/
Lynn Terry
http://www.clicknewz.com/2262/coming-home-seminar/
Suzi Dafnis
http://blog.abn.org.au/grow-your-business/useful-resources-from-ed-dales-internet-marketing-seminar

Now when it comes to highlights… It had to be when Brent Hodgson showed his true Samurai skills by saving Ed’s laptop…

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The 30 Day Challenge vs 4-Hour Work Week

Pete Williams — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 08:18:42 +0000

With the release of Tim Ferriss‘ newly updated Four Hour Work Week; I wanted to answer a question I’ve often been asked:

“What’s the difference between the Thirty Day Challenge and the 4 Hour Work Week?”

Before I jump down this rabbit hole, for those who are not familiar with the phenomenon that is Tim Ferriss’ Four Hour Work Week…

The 4HWW in a nutshell talks around the acronym DEAL (coined by Ferriss) which stands for: Definition, Elimination, Automation, and Liberation.

The book (like the acronym) starts with Definition; figuring out what you really want for your lifestyle, and doing the sums to figure out what it will really cost to get there. It’s amazing how much it doesn’t cost to live like a king in Argentina.

Elimination is all about time management, or rather about not managing time. In my opinion this is the main take-away from the book; and is achieved by applying the 80/20 rule to focus YOUR time only on those tasks that contribute to your goal; and leaving the rest to an outsourced team (by taking advantage of geo-arbitrage)

The thirst section of the book is focused on Automation; and is about building a sustainable, automatic source of income. It’s here that the similarities with the 30DC appear.

Finally Tim ties everything together with Liberation; the goal of the ‘new rich’ = successful automation of one’s lifestyle and the liberation from a geographical location and job.

As I said above, The 30 Day Challenge relates to only one element of the 4HWW D.E.A.L. – the Automation component.

It’s in this section of the book that Tim does a great job of giving an overview of the ‘online business building’ process in the context of the entire ‘new rich’ philosophy, and making the process look achievable for everyone, because it really is.

This new rich philosophy, presented in the ‘Definition’ section, really drives home the ‘why’ in ’why should I be doing this’…

And it’s the WHY which is missing around the current 30DC format, which in my opinion, is one of the driving factors behind us putting together our own book (due out mid 2010) – Although Ed try’s to set the context during the pre-season and Day 1, the book will give us an outlet to give a much more detailed, detached and objective commentary on the 30DC philosophy, what it takes to create a successful business online, and our definition of ‘WHY’

Having said that, there is only so much step-by-step you can cover in a book – and where the 4HWW is weak the 30DC is strong (stronger than any other online training program period. Paid or Free) The 30 days of the 30DC is a lot more detailed on the ‘steps’ you need to do it get your ‘muse’ off the ground and make your first $1 online.

Tim provides links to some great ‘tools’ in his book, but can’t go into a lot of detail on ‘how (and why) to use these tools’, which leaves the reader fending for themselves – and this is the void which the 30DC fundamentally fills.

With over 20 hours of free step-by-step (screen capture) video tutorials, the 30DC is the best partner for implementing the ‘Automation’ section of the 4HWW, and making a dent in that automated income goal.

… but more than simply being a online course (library), the 30DC is as much about ‘testing a niche’ as it is about starting a business – but more on this in the upcoming book.

So… What’s your take on the 4HWW and the 30DC – and how have either made a difference to your life? [Leave a comment below.]

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Quick 30DC + KIVA Update

Pete Williams — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 20:22:48 +0000

Today is a rest day over at this years Thirty Day Challenge, and this gives everyone (around 70,000 this year) a chance to catch up, take a breath, and review any of they’ve content missed.

As today is a quiet day, I’ve put together a short video about the Thirty Day Challenge supported charity, Kiva. I go over the Thirty Day Challenge Kiva account, and show you our loan statistics and loan history. It goes through everything in detail, how how much money we’ve raised, what we’ve done with it, and the impact it’s had.

So, if you haven’t already joined the festivities over at www.ThirtyDayChallenge.com – Do It Now !

Also, make sure you support our support of KIVA – how you can get involved, either through our 30DC Auction, our 30DC Store, a direct donation to the 30DC Kiva account, or by joining the 30DC Kiva Team.

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What Really Happens When the Gurus Get Together…

Pete Williams — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 07:32:06 +0000

Ever wonder what actually goes on when the leading internet marketers catch up, plan the evil schemes and get upto shenanigans ?

Well a few years ago, everyone got together to try and beat the ‘Google Slap’ – This is an very exact, accurate and unequivocal rendering of the conversations that where occurring during that meeting.

Click To EnlargeActually, I just came across this cartoon on my backup drive – I had it created a few years ago for a launch that never eventuated… Anyway, I thought I would dust it off and throw it up here.

For those that can’t work it out; the characters here are: (left to right)
John Carlton, Brad Fallon, John Reese, Andy Jenkins (looking kinda pregnant – sorry about that mate – not sure why you’re not talking about your Emmy), Ed Dale, Frank Kern (apparently no one wants to see his face ?!?), Jason MoFo, Dan Raine (and his little pick thong), Mike Filsame, Rich Schefren, Jeff Walker, Armond Morin, Yaro Starak , Yanik Silver (was doing some part-time stand-up at the time), Guy Kawasaki, Alex Mandossian, Scott Ginsberg, Seth Godin and Perry Marshall.

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Are You Making Your Market What It Is?

Pete Williams — Thu, 28 May 2009 09:13:32 +0000

This short post was inspired by a conversation that’s currently happening over at Ed’s Tubby Nerd Blog – Do you Have To Be Leader To Be Successful On-Line?.

Market Makers

Through their ‘actions’ these people make their market WHAT IT IS…

…By shaping the thoughts of the marketplace through contributing quality content continually.

… By actively creating relevant and stimulating conversations.

… By producing products and services to HELP their markets members fix their problems.

It’s these people that make the ‘market experience’ what it is – without them the marketplace would be a completely different landscape.

The contribution (and value) these people offer their marketplace is what shapes it.

The term MARKET MAKER also implies that they actually take action and implement something/anything…

… as nothing is ‘MADE’ until action is taken.

The individuals we’re talking about MAKE something OF THEIR market; whatever that market is; new or old… They use their determination, to get through the dip (another Seth term) and find a way to extract some form of value; be it an income, a family/community, a {fill the gap}.

Also, MARKET MAKERS are not always, nor ever need be, the biggest player (leader) in that space from a pure dollars and sense perspective. You only need 1000 rabid people in our influence to be wildly successful in your chosen niche – remember that.

[As a side note, there are some 'good friends' in this 30DC community that are 'market makers' in the Twitter space - and they don't have the biggest following, but are definitely shaping the way their 'followers' are using and thinking about Twitter.]

In my opinion, it’s not just about leading the entire tribe, it’s about taking action and playing an active + positive role in your marketplace – AND MAKING IT WHAT IT IS.

The rest will follow.

So… what are you actively doing/contributing/creating to make your marketplace what it is?

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30 Day Challenge KIVA Store is Now Open

Pete Williams — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 21:08:34 +0000

Hey There 30DC’s,

Pete here… and I have the honor of letting you all know that the much anticipated 30 Day Challenge Merchandise is now available.

You can check out the store here: http://www.cafepress.com/30daychallenge

We’ve opened the store today in conjunction with Blog Action Day and the best bit about the store is that all the proceeds raised from the sale of these cool items (including an awesome 30DC Flip Mino) contributes to the 30DC Kiva Account – and helps fight poverty.

During this years auction we raised a whopping US$7,776.50 for KIVA, which is fantastic… and you can continue to help this great cause and look very sharp at the same time.

Here’s a quick look at some of the gear that’s available.

Now a big ‘THANK YOU’ goes out to Aussie 30 Day Challenger Luke Martin, who created this awesome design. If you would like a wallpaper version of the design, he’s made one available over at his blog – http://designbus.net/

Make sure you check the store out at: http://www.cafepress.com/30daychallenge

Speak Soon…

Pete

p.s. There has been some more progress with the 30 Day Challenge Book aswell… We are almost at the ‘ink on contract’ stage, which means we will be finalizing all the content very shortly. If you have a story that you feel the world would benefit from, please make sure you leave your story in the forums at http://www.thirtydaychallenge.com/forums/thirty-day-challenge-experiences/

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30 Day Challenge Auction is Live…

Pete Williams — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 08:39:54 +0000

Hi All….

Well, it’s started.

This years 30DC Challenge Auction has just began….

As I mentioned the other day on the 30DC Blog, we have a bunch of top internet marketing stuff up for grabs this year… In fact the RRP of these products are around $20,000 PLUS a few of them are not available anywhere else, as they are otherwise SOLD OUT.

You can check out each item directly on eBay from the links below – Because many challengers are from all over the world, Shannon Cole kindly created links to each auction item for your specific country – to make it easier to see the items value in your currency.

As mentioned, all the money raised from these items go directly to KIVA – and you can find out more about KIVA and why we support them at http://www.thirtydaychallenge.com/kiva.php

ENJOY !

Pete

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Leaked Video From The Immediate Edge

Pete Williams — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 03:41:29 +0000

Hi Party People…

Just wanted to share with you this leaked video from inside the Immediate Edge.

If you’ve seen my ‘Inside The Immediate Edge’ video and still not sure if it’s for you… here is a video from one of the projects the boys are working on inside the edge.

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