60 Day Challenge (The Return) - Make Money Online

It is the return of the successful 60 day challenge. This challenge has created a lot of buzz and hubbers(newbies as well as experienced) have been excitedly waiting for this challenge. And adhering to the request, “Sunforged” – The man behind this awesome challenge has decided to hold the challenge again. Trust me, being a pioneer challenger, I have seen huge benefits of this challenge. Not only would your affiliate earnings would see a turnaround but the knowledge you would gained in the process would be immense.

And as I have already taken the challenge before, I won’t be repeating mistakes I did in the previous challenge. Though I won’t spill all the beans, but I highly recommend that you create a separate hub for hub summaries and list them category wise. It would help immensely during the promotion phase. You can have a look at this ideal summary hub by a fellow pioneer challenger, Susana S. This hub is going to be my progress log and I would be updating it daily. It will list all my activities and work related to the challenge. I would definitely need your support in this and would definitely love to interact with my fellow participants. So, if you have any queries and suggestions do let me know. And wish you all the success for the challenge.

Before you start your journey and start publishing hubs, make sure that you have done proper research. To gain maximum out of this challenge,it is necessary that you have done proper keyword research and make sure that you write in only 3-5 niches, though that's not compulsory but would definitely help in ranking and make you look authority in that niche. Confused on how to do proper keyword research, read this amazing hub by Sunforged

Keyword tips - How to pick keywords that make money

And if you havn't yet joined the challenge, then you can join the challenge here. Sunforged has also made a forum post about it. Hurry up!!Only 30 participants this time!!

Also, feel free to interact and ask any queries you have relating to the challenge.  I would be glad if I am able to help.  This will be my daily diary for the challenge, where I would be detailing every minute details of the challenge.  So bookmark it and keep visiting.

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Well, the above title should have read my approach but I thought it might help fellow participants as well!!!

• Proper Keyword Research:
  
  I can't stress how important is your keyword research. Honestly, If you have not done your keyword research properly you will see little or no benefit of this challenge. As Sunforged puts it, it is not about publish hubs, it is about publishing good hubs. And if you wondering how to go about doing the keyword research, don't fret any further. Remember, you don't find the Holy Grail, the Holy Grail finds you. So, read this Holy Grail hub on Keyword Research - How To Pick Keywords That Make Money by our 60dc leader Sunforged.
• Write In 3-5 Niches:
  
  There is no hard and fast rule that you should write only in 3-5 niches. Infact, as per the official guideline we had in the first 60dc, participants were free to write in 3-10 niches and It will remain the same this time. Though writing in only 3-5 niche definitely makes more sense so that you will have atleast 6 hubs on each topic. It will help in interlinking of hubs and it will also help you in promotion phase and blogs(can't spill the beans right now).
• Proper Tagging Of Hubs(Tag Them As You Publish Them):
  
  This is not directly related to the challenge but still would be very helpful, so would share it anyways. Whenever you publish a hub, make sure that you have them properly tagged. Don't procrastinate it and keep it for later. I have done it and as a result I have a huge backlog of hub to tag. Tagging is a very powerful tool to drive traffic and many hubber have reported a huge surge in traffic. And if you don't know what is tagging and how to tag, I recommend you read 'Hubpages Traffic - Use Of Tags To Drive Google Traffic' and 'Tagging Your Hubpages'
• Don't Forget To Insert The Tags And Feeds Decided:
  
  This is a very important step and make sure you don't skip it. Tags are an effective way to keep track on your fellow participants progress and helps in better organization. RSS feed is a powerful way of getting your hubs indexed fast. Imagine your hubs will be displayed on 30 participants' hub as soon as you publish them, creating a very powerful internal backlink structure. Also, set the RSS feed to show 8 hubs with one line description. Google will index your hubs within minutes.
• Bond With The Team:
  
  The biggest plus of the first 60 day challenge was the support system created by the participants. The team really bonded very well and all the participants helped each other in every possible manner. I am sure the trend would continue this time too. Infact, team bonding is very necessary for the successful completion of challenge and I don't have the slightest doubt that the new team will gel very well. Afterall, Hubpages is known for that!!
• Complete All The Steps:
  
  Last time, many of the participants including me did not complete all the steps especially towards the end. But we still saw huge benefits and that had me wondering that what if we had done everything as planned. So this time, completing all the steps as directed would be my first priority as I want to gain maximum out of this challenge. I am sure every participant would agree with me on this.
  
• When Confused Follow The Leader And The Team:
  
  I am certain that this situation will never arise, but if at all it does and you are confused on any step decided, then rather than speculating, just go ahead and do it. SEO is very confusing and you won't know what works till you try it. So try what has been decided and see for yourself if it works. You can always discard the techniques later. So whenever confused, just go with the team.
  

• To earn $5 on each of my 30 hubs in the course of 60 days.  So that equals to $150 in adsense.
• I am not expecting much from amazon during the 60 day challenge as mostly I will be writing christmas hub but I am expecting $300 in each November and December. So, for this 60dc, I have set my target at a modest $100 and I think I would achieve it as I would be writing few halloween hubs too.
  

This time I am largely motivated by my success in the first 60 day challenge. The results were terrific and I am expecting to see atleast a 300% increase. Though to be brutally honest, my motivation boils down to one thing and that is....

16 Aug 2010 - Day 1:

The challenge has officially kicked off and the 60 days of journey towards online success begins. For me the first day has been very fruitful as I have managed to publish 5 hubs. 3 hubs are in the christmas category and 2 in the business and jobs category. Though I havn't written summaries for them yet, but I am planning a separate hub for summaries and it would be up by tomorrow with today's hub summaries publish. I have lot of things in store for tomorrow, so hopefully tomorrow would be amazing as well. Stay tuned and cheer me on. And yea, the challenge has just begin........Be ready for surprises. Good night for today!!!

17 Aug 2010 - Day 2:

The day had been very hectic but I am happy that I was still able to publish 5 hubs. Though I could not put up my summaries hub but I have started working on it and it will be soon published. Today, I have published 3 hubs on halloween and 2 hubs on business and jobs. Tomorrow I would be completing both the halloween and business category. From tomorrow I would also start on my backlinks to revenue sharing sites. I hope I can continue with this pace. All in all the second day of this wonderful challenge was very satisfying and I am very happy with my performance. I have published 10 hubs and now only 20 more to go!!! It is 11:30 pm in India, so sleeping time. Have work tomorrow. Good night participants!!

18 Aug 2010 - Day 3:

Today is day three and it was not as planned. I could not manage to publish a single hub as other things kept me busy. I only managed to bookmark my one hub at Xomba,Shetoldme,Snipsly, and redgage. Though I am happy with my start and would like to move on with this single bad day. I hope to make up for it tomorrow. Today I have submitted the team feed to all the RSS submission sites and of anyone is reading it, I urge them to submit the feed as well and also to frequent the forums so that you don't miss out on important information. Well, nothing much to describe today. So would end it right here. Do comeback tomorrow. Bye. Night Night!!

19 Aug 2010 - Day 4:

It is day 4 of the challenge and I publish one hub today. This was my last hub in the business and job category. I will interlink them tomorrow. I also did some backlinking on revenue sharing sites. Was caught up at work and was catching with the team. Hoping for a more productive day tomorrow. I really need to speed up things now. So I am off to have my power sleep. Lets see what tomorrow has in store for me. Wish me luck and have a good sleep!!

20 Aug 2010 - Day 5:

Day 5 of the challenge was spent mostly on the dedicated 60 day challenge forum. I was trying to get in touch with my fellow participants and improve team bonding. The team is really shaping up well and the activity at the forum is increasing. I hope every does the steps as decided as it will benefit everyone. Nothing much to write related to hubs. Done some keyword research for hubs and did some backlinking for my halloween hubs. All in all a enjoyable day in the challenge. See you tomorrow!!

21 Aug 2010 - Day 6:

Day 6 and it is the second day that will see me publishing no hubs. But the day was enjoyable and chatted with my favorite hubber for hours which is rare as he is a very very busy man. Did some backlinking on adsense revenue sharing sites and was reading the discussions taking place in the forums. Also, was a suggested a amazing book to read and that read really made my day. The book is amazing. You can check the book here. worth a read. Time for sleep. Will see you all tomorrow!!!

22 Aug 2010 - Day 7:

I published my hub summary log today and did some backlinking for my hubs.  I also have one halloween hub in the making which I am hoping to publish tomorrow.  Considering my busy schedule I was happy with my challenge performance today and I hope I can better it tomorrow.  Would have to really speed up now.  Thats all for tonight.  This completes the first week of the challenge and it has been a real exciting one.  I am sure second week would be more exciting than the first with lot of surprises in store.  Take care and night night!!

23 Aug 2010 - Day 8:

I managed to publish one hub on scary Halloween mask and with this hub my halloween category is complete. I also did some backlinking for my business category hubs and did some keyword research for the undecided category. I am not expecting much productivity tomorrow as it is "Rakshabandhan" here and having blessed with 3 brothers I am totally going to enjoy the day. I am hoping to catch speed soon. I think that would be it for today. Do come back and cheer me on. I need it. Till then take care and good night.

24 Aug 2010 - Day 9:

I was not online for the most part of the day.  It was "Rakshabandhan" here and I enjoyed a lot with my brothers.  It was a total fun day.  Did nothing related to the challenge, so was kind of like a day off.  Hope to make a comeback with new energy and vigor. 

25 Aug 2010 - Day 10:

Today, was similar to yesterday.  Had gone out.  But I did manage to get some backlinking done of my 60dc hubs and managed to participate in the forums.  Tomorrow would see me publishing hubs.  Hope I can get my 30 hubs as soon as possible.  That's it for today.  Good night.  Sweet dreams!!