Date: Tuesday 22nd August

RE: The Dan makes a fool of himself challenge.

Hey there,

I know this looks a little like a typical marketing site, but don't worry, this bit of insanity ain' t going to cost you a penny...

My name is Dan Raine, and I am inviting you to watch me either make a great big fool of myself, or celebrate in my success... starting Monday...

So what exactly is the challenge?

The full rules are below, but to sum up... 'Given only $150 starting capital, I have to create a site (or sites) in an non internet marketing niche and generate $15,000 in pure profit in 30 days or less'

So why are you doing it?

Good question...

Well, every second Friday of the month a group of my so called friends get together for a 'marketing (excuse to drink and bullshit) meeting'... you know, the kind of stuff normal people do without the profit angle (ah for the good old days)

... anyway. .. as the evening went on we started discussing what would we do differently if we had to start all over again...

Now, this is where it all started to go downhill... apparently (and I beg to differ) I came out with the following smart-ass comment... 'If I had to start all over again then I could easily make ten grand within a month'... well that was it... fate sealed.

And even if I disagree, and don't remember uttering those words, my 'good friends' decided that I should bend over and reach for the soap...

... and that's how the challenge started... (actually, I spent the next hour or so trying to get out of it, but the Absinthe and my friends eventually wore me down) ...

• I have 30 days to earn $15,000 (I initially said £10,000 which is around $18,000 but they were nice and rounded down)
• Starting capital is $150
• No loans, or any credit financing. Anything purchased on credit cards will be deducted from the allowed amount.
• No use of any existing software, scripts, or products that I own. With the exception of standard tools such as an HTML editor, graphics apps, FTP etc.
• The $15,000 is net profit not gross income.
• It has to be in a non-internet marketing niche.
• All income has to be derived from the Internet and can’t come from the sale of any site or business that I create.
• No existing mailing lists may be used, and I can’t use any existing sites I own or friends/friends lists to promote the business.

A lot of time that evening was spent discussing what the forfeit should be if I lost the challenge. The current ideas are making me run around in a pink leather thong at some popular city night spot, or as suggested by Jason 'Profit' Moffit (thanks) ... walk into McDonald ’s, wait in line, and order a number 4 all while in the comfort of my Fruit Of The Looms.

All of this of course will be caught on camera for YouTube to archive for eternity. I will be accepting your suggestions when the challenge starts...

The plus side to this though is that if I actually make the $15k, then my friends have to do the forfeit instead :) ...

I am an Internet Marketer and have been working online for just over six years. I mainly sell niche products (both physical and info), but over that time I have also created quite a collection of profitable content sites.

I have never had a million dollar day in the John Reese sense, or a billion dollar day like Frank Kern (I'm sure he said it was that ;), but a few months ago my business partner and I sold a chunk of our niche sites for just under $3m. (credit where credit is due, we would have never made as much if it wasn't for some excellent advice from the Yoda of niche marketing... Ed Dale... and some nifty ninja tricks learnt from Frank).

I am also married, have a body like a temple, and dine with royalty in my castle most weekends. (ok, one of those three is true)

Starting from Monday you are going to get access to a site which I will update daily with full details of my progress. You are going to see every step I take to earn the $15k. You will get to see the site or sites I build, as they are being created, the marketing I do, in fact every little detail will be documented.

Live stats on sales as well as expenditure will also be available on the site so you can track the progress of the challenge, and as an added bonus, at the end of the 30 days, I am going to give the site and all the profits generated away to one of you.

Update: The challenge has already begun

So, to get started, and get access, all you need to do is fill in the form below and I will send you an email with the address of the challenge site.

P.S. I am giving the complete site, and all the profits (even if I don't make the $15k) to one person who signs up.

P.P.S. You have nothing to lose (remember its free). So signup now.