Jerry Leventer

Day 1: Get 7 or more Ideas
Day 2: Filter or narrow down those ideas to 2 or 3
Day 3: Quantify your choices - determine if there is a market for your product.
No fly catcher
Competition: Find a research site that helps you narrow down your
Choices.
Create a Blog and Use Mozilla Flock Browser
Day 3 Challenge: Create Blogs for your 2 or 3 ideas.

Day 1

Video: 03 Trawling eBay for Ideas
http://www.underachieverlife.com/portal/Portals/0/Content/Day1/ebay/ebay.html

“Marketplace Research” on eBay - Good but costs money.

“eBay Pulse” - Free
Popular Searches
Largest Stores
Antiques is too large a market
French, or Gothic Antiques is more narrow.
Check out Health & Beauty
Look at other stores to see how they promote themselves.

Check out the Categories Drop Down Box

Yellow Light = Caution, may not be a good market
Red is no good
Green is good

Video: 04 Getting the Vibe of Google & Yahoo 13:32
http://www.thirtydaychallenge.com/30_day_Content/Day01/d1video1/01a_Video1.html

Google Zeitgeist
Patterns & Trends
Moral & Cultural Climate
Get your brain warmed up for getting ideas
Don’t censure your ideas
Sharing on the 30dc forum is ok

Think about World of Warcraft
Most popular massive multi-player online game
Elf, troll, clerics, knight, paladin, dwarf, mage
Like Dungeons and Dragons.
1M signups in China

Ed thinking about writing an ebook about Hotels
How to get the best room for the cheapest price

Voip / Using Skype / Sports Cars / Sports / Animals, etc.

Yahoo! Buzz Index (7:13)
Tom Cruise & Pranks
RSS XMS Feeds available
User Feed Burner to keep up with things

People pay for information if you Save them time

People are looking for “Rules”, how to play the game, etc.
We are becoming a publisher and marketer, don’t censure the ideas
Las Vegas Real Estate Guide
Negotiating Techniques

Video: 05 More Idea Generators (12:09 total)
http://www.thirtydaychallenge.com/30_day_Content/Day01/d1video2/01a_Video02.html

Lycos 50 Daily Report
Don’t do Scientology because they are sensitive to Copyright violations
Check out Birthdays - 25 most popular keyword search phrases

Amazon Early Adopter (2:42)
We’ve been looking at global trends
Now we are looking at the Products themselves
(Cameron told Ed about it)
This tells where people are actually Spending their Money!
Music | DVD’s | Electronics | etc.
He clicks on “Early Adoptor Books”
A Field Guide to the Tiger Beetles in Canada and U.S.
That’s a well targeted niche. Is there a market?
Wisdom for the High School Grad
Guy’s Guide to Surviving 1st Year of Fatherhood (6:00)
A Groom’s View of Weddings

Hot Categories Report for eBay (7:45)
Downloadable PDF
Cell Phones |
Definition and Degrees of “Hot” depends on bid growth & count
Ed’s Ideas: Antiques (9:00)
An Insider’s guide to collecting perfume bottles
Decorative Arts: How Not to get ripped off
Find the True Stories & Shocking secrets about obtaining Antique Glass

Shopping.com Top Searches (10:00)
Automotive Security Systems
e-card
Clifford Alarm
How to Protect your Car
Viper Car alarm
Camcorders (11:10)
How to find the perfect Camcorder for your needs
Using Your camcorder to capture your wedding

Video: 06 So Many More Ideas I Think I Need to Sit Down (9:53 total)
http://www.thirtydaychallenge.com/30_day_Content/Day01/d1video3/01a_Video03.html

Search Google for “Hobbies”
Yahoo Directory: Hobbies
Bell Ringing
Dumpster Diving - Detail (1:22)
Cameras
Urban Exploration - Detail (1:32)

Collecting - Detail (1:45)
Cartoon & Animation Art
Treasure Hunting
Rocks, Gems, Minerals
Juggling
Woodworking

“Clubs Directory” in Google (2:55)
Fly Fishing Club
Athletics

Magazines.com (3:45)
Supported by advertisers
Indicator of where money is to be made, people won’t advertise unless
They are making money.
“Search by Category” (4:55)
Farming: Antique tractor guide (5:04)
“Hobby Farms” magazine
Construction Equipment Guide (single issue = $125) !
Quilting
Woodworking
Games & Hobbies (7:36)
Game Informer
Card Player, Poker
Action Pursuit Player, Paint Ball
Electronic Games

Get off your butt and look around in Bookstores, Newspapers
Verify the niche profitability online.

Video: 07 Tools - Forum Guide
http://www.underachieverlife.com/portal/Portals/0/Content/Day1/forumintro/forumintro.html

30 Day Challenge Rules:
You must start on day 1
Product must sell for $29 to reach your first dollar
Docs/News Section
Events Calendar
Time Zone is U.S. Pacific Standard Time

Video: 08 Tools - iTunes (8:31 total)
http://www.underachieverlife.com/portal/Portals/0/Content/Day1/itunes/itunes.html

Download instructions

Deselect check boxes
Add mp3 & AAC files - no
Add WMA files - no
Ed Selects option
To keep iTunes folder organized
Select iTunes Library
No, take me to my iTunes Library

User iTunes for the Podcasts
iTunes downloads podcasts of programs that you subscribe to.

iRiver.com is an alternative program

The Mental Game (4:11)
Psychological difficulties of keeping going with the 30 day challenge

Subscribe to Underachiever Mastery (5:50)