Introduction To The 90 Day Niche Site Challenge

Introduction

The idea for the 90 Day Niche Challenge started after reading a post on Pay Flynn’s Smart Passive Income blog.  Pat was challenged by Tyrone Shum another internet entrepreneur to see who could build the best and most profitable niche site.  The resulting duel took almost a year to complete and to date Pat has been pulling in several thousand dollars on a month on his Security Guard Training niche site.

While no expert in building niche sites myself, I decided I wanted to create my own site using some of the methods Pat used as well as some of my own to see how successful I could be.  I gave myself the following rules:

The Rules

1.  You have 90 days to go from $0 to atleast $1000 a month in earnings.

2.  You can not spend more than 2 hours a day working on the site (Remember, I have a full time job)

3.  You must complete the entire 90 days on a budget of $100

4.  You can use any resource available to you including the use of outsourced work

5.  No spam, nothing illegal, and nothing seedy

6.  No paid advertising to drive traffic

Starting every week for the next 12 weeks I will post an update on my journey towards profitability with my very first Niche Site.

How To Fall Asleep Instantly

With the recent publication of Tim Ferriss’s brilliant but semi-controversial new book The 4-Hour Body there has been a lot of discussion on the chapter regarding The Perfect Night’s Sleep.  Tim’s methods include everything from changing the temperature of your room, changing your eating and bathing habits, and even changing your light bulbs.  While this information does work (for research and out of curiosity I tried all of them) I can tell you that there is a much simpler way to achieve a perfect night’s sleep.  Below you’ll find my easy 5 step life-hack guide to falling (and staying) asleep in less than 5 minutes:

Only Go To Sleep When You Are Sleepy – This might sound strange but it’s the truth and the easiest step to follow.  Forced sleep when in an awake state is detrimental to the sleep process and can lead to chronic insomnia.

Only Use Your Bed For Sleeping Purposes – No reading in bed, watching TV in bed, chatting in bed, resting in bed, etc…  Napping is also included in this step.  The goal here is train your body to recognize your bed as the only place where sleep can occur, much like your bowels are trained to empty while sitting on a toilet and not in a chair.  This is the most important of the 5 steps and the one that must be followed with the strictest adherence.

Do Not Nap – Boooooo!  Sorry, I know but this is important.  No matter how tired you may feel during the day DO NOT NAP.  No power naps, espresso naps, desk naps, or couch naps.  None!

Wake Up Every day At The Same Time – Set a constant alarm that wakes you up at a constant time on both weekdays and weekends.  The time should be standardized and adhered too.  Note, you may find the early days/weeks of this step difficult but your body will eventually adapt and with a little extra training, you’ll be able to wake up at your set time consistently even without the aid of an alarm clock.

Stay Up As Late As You Can – If you still cannot fall asleep and find yourself tossing and turning, get out of bed, leave your room, and stay up as late as you can.  Much like step 1, you should only sleep when you are tired.  Your body must be trained to recognize your bed as a place sleep and if you aren’t sleeping than you have no business being in bed.

Bonus tip:  If you are still having problems sleeping try a cooled pillow to expedite the process.  I have used both the Chillow (clever!) and the Iso Cool Side Sleeping Pillow with great success.  If you are comfortable with the pillows you currently have and want the same effect as the Chillow or Iso, simply placing a damp towel over your head and eyes should do the trick as well.

3 Ways To Make $100 Online Today

In the past couple of months I have been able to make a little extra money on line using a few tips and tricks that I picked up from other bloggers.  Below, you’ll find a few resources on how you can quickly make a $100 today and hopefully continue to make more money in the future.

• 1.  Get Paid to Tweet with Sponsored Tweets:  If you have at least 100 twitter updates, you can get paid for every tweet that you send.  Simply register with Sponsored Tweets, select an offer (between $.02 and $8,000.00) and continue tweeting in your normal fashion.  My first day on this program I earned $75!

• 2.  Earn Money with 4 Square style Check-ins on WeReward:  WeReward.com gives people free money for checking into places, taking 1 question surveys, and tweeting pictures of their normal purchases.  Simply sign up, choose one of their offers and start earning.  The money you earn shows up in your account instantly.  I signed up last week and have earned over $235 by accepting some of their BASIC offers!

• 3.  Earn Cash Back From Everyday Purchases with E-Bates:  E-Bates.com allows you to earn huge cash back incentives (up to 10%) on purchases your would normally make.  They also offer bonuses like iPads and have daily cash giveaways.  If you register today you will receive an instant $10.00!

There you go…. three very simple ways that you can start earning money online today.  The best part is that all three of these options are easy to use and can be used whenever and wherever.

If anyone has any other tips for earning a quick buck online simple leave it in the comments and Ill feature it here tomorrow!