If you’ve considered adding Google AdWords to your traffic generation strategy, do so with your eyes wide open. Google AdWords is a pay per click campaign that can be quite costly if not properly managed. Furthermore, there is no guarantee that you will get the results you expect. That being said, a pay per click campaign is worth exploring to determine if it can assist in meeting your traffic goals.

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HubPages is the second Web 2.0 property that will be used to leverage blogs created by 30 Day Challengers. To create a HubPage, go to http://hubpages.com/user/new/ to create an account and begin creating your hub.

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After announcing your site to the world, it’s time to introduce yourself and get settled in your community. You can do this by participating in online discussions related to your niche. One place to start is Google Groups. Simply search for groups related to your niche and subscribe to them. Then join the conversation on topics related to your niche.

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Day 3 of the 30 Day Challenge focused on using Market Samurai’s SEO Competition module. This module helps assess the quality of competition in a niche. It includes off-page SEO factors such as:

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We started with market research. Next, we used our selected keywords to test. We have to make sure there’s traffic for our keyword(s) or we will be wasting our time. The power of the 30 Day Challenge method “lives or dies on keyword selection.”

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Days 18 & 19 of the 30 Day Challenge were catchup days. However, Ed Dale, Rob Somerville and Dan Raines joined for a call to discuss Google ranking. It has been their experience that, once launched, sites rank within 24 hours to a week. For the 30 Day Challenge, 72 hours was the official expected ranking time.

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