The training today centered around further explanation of the process and why we are creating many pages on multiple sites. The point of all the writing effort is to grab enough traffic to decide if the traffic converts. If the traffic converts, then we are set to create our own product instead of pushing an affiliate. Overall, not a bad strategy. You do put a lot of effort up front but ultimately knowing that the traffic converts to sales is the best defense against wasting time and money on products for a market that is crap.

I also like Ed’s idea about how to create the product(s) through audio and video. I took a step in that direction tonight by getting set-up with CamStudio and decent microphone. I got myself a USB headset and mic. Great stuff and it was less than 40 dollars. The sound is outstanding compared to previous headsets I’ve owned.

I’m working on keeping the enthusiasm going but I’m not seeing much traction on the sites. Some people are already having sales and it’s getting tough to watch. I so better get at least ten bucks for all this effort…

The end is slowly drawing near and I’ve yet to crack a dollar. The whole tumblr thing put me back a few days but I’m working on the new content. I found myself being a perfectionist again and having to slap myself out of it. These test sites should be all about “good enough”.

Random Thought of the Day: Does anyone else find Caro on the 30 Day Challenge Forum helpful but annoying? Kinda like an uptight librarian. I can read forum posts and predict the ones she’ll reply to and what she’ll say. I’m half-tempted to write a Caro-bot script and save her hours of posting! All in fun, Caro. Smile ok?

On another note, the whole discussion on “quality” content is really annoying me. Seriously, the stuff that Ed showed us about cutting/pasting snippets of factoids and doing minor little article posts did not lend itself to quality posting. But I’m kinda begging the question. What the heck is “quality” and who decides? It’s subjective.

So far the quality discussion is more like what theologians do with Via Negativa. Quality is being defined by what it is NOT rather than what it is. My standard is to write something that I would like to read. I reject the absurd hypocrisy of the web 2.0 elitists that say if it’s got an affiliate link, it’s spam. There’s an old phrase that says “thou shalt not muzzle thy ox”. If you’re busting your ass developing sites and writing content for others to read freely, so what if you throw a link or two in there?!