Need Resources in One Place? Solution: The 30DC Hotsheet

Here's a hotsheet of links for the first half of the 30DC.

The 30DC Hot Sheet

Software and Plugins

• Smart Digg Button: http://neothoughts.com/2007/04/27/firefox-extension-smart-digg-button/
• StumbleUpon ToolBar: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/138
• TwitterBar: http://spatialviews.com/twitterbar
• Session Manager Toolbar: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2324
• Del.icio.us extension:https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1532
• TDC Toolbar: http://thirtydaychallenge.ourtoolbar.com/exe
• ScribeFire: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1730
• SEOplugin: http://tools.seobook.com/firefox/seo-for-firefox.html
• Garrett's Wordtracker / Trends tool: http://www.thirtydaychallenge.com/blog/94/wordtracker-trends-tool/
• Google Notebook: http://www.google.com/notebook/download

Niche Research

• How to do stuff
• http://www.ehow.com
• http://www.howtodothings.com
• http://www.wikihow.com
• http://www.mygoals.com
• http://www.43things.com
• http://answers.yahoo.com
• http://www.wannalearn.com
• Discussions
• http://groups.google.com/groups/dir
• http://groups.yahoo.com
• http://www.technorati.com
• Hot Lists and Popular Items
  
• http://www.google.com/trends/hottrends
• http://pulse.ebay.com
• http://www.technorati.com/pop
• http://answers.yahoo.com/best
  
• Quick Checklist
1. Niche Brainstorming: Start looking for needs, wants, problems, questions in different industries
2. Keyword and Competition Analysis: Write down number of sites on Google Search, Wordtracker and GTrends
3. Niche Judgement: Evaluate keyword against criteria
   

Keyword Research and Testing

• Resources
  
• http://freekeywords.wordtracker.com
• http://www.google.com/trends
• Keyword Criteria
• Competiton: Less than 25,000-30,000 competing sites
• Search Volume: More than 80-100 searches per day
• Web 2.0 Properties
• An EASY way to assess Web 2.0 Properties: http://www.thirtydaychallenge.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1933
• List of Web 2.0 Sites to watch out for:
  
• Squidoo
• Hubpages
• Tumblr
• Netscape
• Ezinearticles
• Myspace
• Youtube
• Ehow
• USfreeads
• Zimbio

Other Resources

• Official Notes for 30DC: Mike Mindel's Blog - http://www.webventurer.com/blog/