30 Days Challenge: First Sale Wow WOOOOOOOOO

by Casey Gentles on August 17, 2009

Hey Folks,

What’s going on?

Casey here with another post in the 30 Days Challenge.

To be honest, things are going slower than I have expected and is partly due to me being involved in some extra activities. :)

Also before I go any further, I know most of you who have been following me for a while now must know that I am from Jamaica.

Why is that important???????

Well, The WORLD ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIP is going on in Berlin Germany.

And the Jamaicans are dominating the sprinting (track and field). I am soo happy. If you country is taking place I wish you all the best but……. Look out for the Jamaicans.

Now that that is out of the way lol.

Forgive me I am just so excited about my athletics.

30 Days Challenge Update:

It has been 17 Days Now since the Challenge has started and I am proud to report that the first sale is already here. Before I show you the account, let us look at what we have done so far and what we have already achieved.

1. We started with a brand new niche from scratch.  Actually it is 3 niches but I have only started on 1 so let us focus on that one for now. The niche I selected was “How To Get Rid Of Excessive Sweating“.

*** I new nothing about this niche. All I new was that some persons have a problem with excessive sweating and wanted a solution.

2. I did market research and keyword research and found out that this niche was worthwhile.

3. Got a domain name, created a presell page (landing page) to presell the product that I am promoting.

4. Write about 6 articles and submitted them to ezinearticles and a few other top article directories.

5. In the process of creating some web 2.0 properties to link to main website to get some backlinks to rank high in the search engines.

Results So Far

1. Several Articles Ranking On The First Page Of Google.

2. Website Indexed In Google and getting Traffic

3. The Moment You Been Waiting For……………………

A Sale Yahoooooooooo

sale

More Proof That This Is From The Niche We Selected:

sale2

Time to ramp things up now……

Glad you are enjoying your time with me.

How are your campaigns doing??

Let’s Share the FUN…

Have a great eve

……….

 

 


{ 21 comments… read them below or add one }

Brian M* August 17, 2009 at 7:01 pm

Congratulations Casey – Awesome!

I’m looking at a niche that is probably right up there with the one you are promoting. I should really soak up what you are doing to stand any chance of making a sale with any products.

Since you started the 30 day challenge, I think I’ve been more encouraged to go for it, and put the months of failure behind me and press on.

Thanks for the encouraging post.

Brian
aka Hackbridge

Andrew August 17, 2009 at 7:09 pm

We love sport in Australia we participate in all sports
I have never heard of scrinting before thou.

powfada August 17, 2009 at 7:14 pm

Hey Andrew,

I am really sorry, it was a spelling error (scrinting should be sprinting). Thanks for commenting though!

Wilter Q August 17, 2009 at 8:26 pm

Wow Casey Great Job man, you really know what you doing I am so glad that I am been part of you challenge It give hope that I can do it too thanks man and Good bless.

Chandan August 17, 2009 at 11:53 pm

Congrats Casey! That’s really great! Thanks for sharing and encouraging us..

Arshad August 18, 2009 at 12:11 am

hello Casey.Nice that you are sharing a lot of info here.thanks a lot :D good luck with the challenge.You will do more.let us know.

roro August 18, 2009 at 12:11 am

I see you have had a sale from AUS. It is strange as last week I’ve had only sales from outside US. Usually, I have mostly US sales. Makes me wonder…

kathy August 18, 2009 at 12:23 am

Casey:
How many hops did it take to make that one sale?

Thanks,
Kathy

Get Flat Abs In Weeks August 18, 2009 at 2:24 am

Hi Casey,
Kudos and congrats on your first sales. You are really a great coach……

how to get rid of belly fat August 18, 2009 at 4:41 am

Hi casey,
i see we are two who have made the first sale…! i followed you precisely in this challenge and yipee the sale has arrived…its unbelievable!!!!!!!!!!!
thanks casey!

Single parenting bible August 18, 2009 at 4:45 am

Hi Casey,

Congratulations on your first sale.

Doug@WordsIntoMoney August 18, 2009 at 7:12 am

Casey, this is wonderful! Great of you to be sharing the basics here in real time. You’re proving to everyone (even the skeptics) that internet marketing is viable. Sure it takes work and a bit of know-how, but you’ve been gracious enough to help anyone who really wants it, to make it happen. Your first sale proves it. You are a blessing in a sometimes confusing and often overwhelming marketplace. As someone once said, by the yard it’s hard, but by the inch, it’s a cinch. Making that first sale is a milestone that leads to many more when the action taken is consistent.

Tom August 18, 2009 at 9:49 am

Hi Casey,

Congrats on the first sale. That’s where I’ve been stuck for the last couple months now. Now if I just get the next one, that would definitely help my spirits. Really looking forward to hearing more details about your efforts. Thanks for sharing your experiences with us. It’s a great learning tool.

Cheers,
Tom

PS… I can relate to your sporting enthusiasm. I’m excited as heck that football has started here! That’s probably my favorite to watch.

Tom Shaw August 18, 2009 at 1:32 pm

Casey Jamaica is probably everyone’s second favorite athletics nation after there own so i think we can forgive you your enthusiasm.
Hope to speak to you again on skype once my connection is up and running
properly.Can you believe my line speed is down to 125 kbps,i will be lucky if this
is posted.
Thanks for all you do

Tom Shaw

Malcolm.t. (Alex Student ) August 18, 2009 at 3:39 pm

Hey Casey

How’s it going Bro…!!

You’re really going great guns over here…

What day are you upto now 17..??

I hope you do it Man…!!

You’re on the right track.

Malcolm.t.

chris August 19, 2009 at 2:43 am

Hi Casey,

I realize you have deleted my previous comment asking why are the articles submitted on the 24th of July? I thought the challenge only began in August. I hope you can provide me with a good answer rather than deleting the comment again. This just trashes all the trust I have for you.

powfada August 19, 2009 at 7:51 am

Hey Chris,

What’s going on?

Let me clear up some things for you and any other person who may be having some problems. The challenge originally started on August 1st.

However, before the challenge I had a planning phase. This was when I was pondering whether or not I should do it. At that time I had no landing page. I was looking to get into the stop sweating niche and had a some articles written. The domain name was direct linking to a different clickbank account. Just as I haven’t really started the other two niche. At the moment about 3 or so articles are linking to them and they are direct linking to a different account.

Now on August first I created a new clickbank account. Created a google analytics account as well as created the landing page. So I started the challenge officially on August. If there is any other question you may have please let me know. And I do apologize for that mix up.

kathy August 19, 2009 at 4:12 pm

Casey:
just in case you missed my earlier post – how many hops did it take to make the clickbank sale?

Thanks.

powfada August 19, 2009 at 6:58 pm

Hey Kathy,

The results are not so precise at the moment due to several factors on of which include some people clicking through from this blog and clicking the link. But for the first sale it was about 200 hops. Will see what happens for the next few hops.

mrmut August 19, 2009 at 10:48 pm

hey casey

just read your full 30 day challenge posts and they were great. congrats on the sale. i found you on warrior forum. keep posting updates and tips.

question on the articles. were these article given by the product owner, were they written by you from scratch, were they article rewritten from other article, or were they outsource to article writers.

thank you

Jerry August 20, 2009 at 9:33 pm

Great news, Casey! You inspired me to get in on the 30DC … trying to catch up but struggling to keep pace … I’m WAY behind!

Are you using WPDirect? Not sure if I think it’s a good idea, or not. Looks expensive down the road (projecting for success!!), but looks convenient for the purpose of the challenge. Maybe I should just use WP and learn to do it “on my own?” What’s your experience?

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