Affiliate Ground Zero 30-Day Bootcamp

Day 7 Homework:

• Review your research from the forums, books, and magazines to find a popular topic for your first blog post

• Use the free keyword research tool, Ubersuggest, to conduct further research around related topics and then choose the best one for your first post

• Create a "List Post" all about your chosen topic—either use Pinterest or do a Google search for your keyword topic and gather the best content all within your list post

• Be sure to format each item in your list post the same way, including the following... headline/title of item, image of item, source of the image, description of the item, and a link to the webpage

Day 8 Homework:

• Use your forum, book, and magazine research, as well as the free keyword research tool, Ubersuggest, to find a "how-to" topic that you can create your second blog post around

• Make sure the topic attracts people who would be interested in getting on your email list

• Go to Youtube and search for videos about your "how-to" topic

• Create your blog post by documenting each step of the process inside the video—take screenshots of each step in the video and format your blog post in such a way so that it's easy for your reader to follow along

Day 9 Homework:

• Use your forum, book, and magazine research, as well as the free Ubersuggest tool, to come up with another topic for your third blog post

• Think about what kind of topic you could choose that could have a "viral" affect and want to make your readers share it with their friends on social media

• Use Ubersuggest's Content Ideas research tool to find items to use in your list posts

Day 10 Homework:

• Use your forum, book, and magazine research, as well as the free keyword research tool, Ubersuggest, to find a "how-to" topic that you can create your second blog post around

• Go to Youtube and search for videos about your "how-to" topic

• Create your blog post by documenting each step of the process inside the video—take screenshots of each step in the video and format your blog post in such a way so that it's easy for your reader to follow along

Day 11 Homework:

• Review your research from the forums, books, and magazines to find a popular topic for your 5th blog post

• Use the free keyword research tool, Ubersuggest, to conduct further research around related topics and then choose the best one for 5th post

• Create a "Video List Post" all about your chosen topic—search Youtube for your keyword topic and gather the best videos all within your list post

• Be sure to format each item in your list post the same way, including a headline/title of the video, the video itself, and an optional link to the video creator's website

Day 12 Homework:

• Using the hook you came up with in Lesson 3, decide on a bribe you want to use to get people onto your email list

• Here are a few ideas of different bribes: PDF reports, Youtube/Vimeo videos (yours or another person's), MP3 audio files, downloadable checklists, printable guides, templates, case studies, etc.

• If you're creating your own bribe (report, video, etc.), get that created now

• If you need to create a "thank you page" to send people to after they opt-in, get that created now—use my example at the end of this lesson as a guide on how to create your page

Day 13 Homework:

• Come up with 5-7 content ideas to include in your email sequence that will lead into a pitch for the product you're promoting

• Organize those content ideas into an outline for your email sequence

Day 14 Homework:

• Using your email sequence outline from the previous lesson, create your the emails for your email sequence

• Set up your email campaign and apply the appropriate tags when necessary

• You can use your own content for your emails or content provided by the affiliate product owner—you can also use Youtube videos or PLR content (I recommend PLR Mini Mart for PLR content)

Day 15 Homework:

• Add the SMTP add-on in Cloudways so you can receive emails from your WordPress site when comments are submitted

• Add your Aweber web form to the sidebar of your WordPress site

• Install the Sumo plugin and add as many of the "Money Magnets" as you'd like to your site following the video instructions

Day 16 Homework:

• Sign up for a Pinterest Business account

• Fill out your account as much as possible—add your logo, description, etc.

• Claim your website on Pinterest by placing the code in your WordPress header scripts as shown in the video

• Create 5 Pinterest boards around categories in your niche and make two pins to each board (pin other people's content)

Day 17 Homework:

• Adjust your Sumo account to exclude any pages where you don't want your opt-in forms to appear

• Continue pinning some of your favorite content to your Pinterest boards

• Never make more than 20 pins in one day, regardless of how many boards you have

Day 18 Homework:

• Watch the video lesson to learn a neat little trick you can use to create useful content on your site really, REALLY fast

• Create another blog post on your website using whichever post style you want—list post, how-to post, video list post, or my new style of blog post

Day 19 Homework:

• Sign up for a Tailwind free trial for Pinterest

• Watch the demo videos of Tailwind to get familiar with the app

• Find and join 5 tribes that are the most relevant to your niche

Day 20 Homework:

• Create a Pinterest image for each of your blog posts using Canva

• Add your Pinterest image to each of your blog posts

• Add Sumo share buttons to your WordPress blog

• Pin each of your blog posts to the corresponding board on Pinterest

• Share your new pins to your Tailwind Tribes

• Re-share (re-pin) a fellow Tribemate's pin from each Tribe (or however many you need to comply with the Tribe rules)

Day 21 Homework:

• Read the guest posting case study #1 below

• Use Tailwind, or my Google search queries, to find 5-10 potential guest posting opportunities and document the necessary info in a spreadsheet or notepad file

• Come up with a few guest post ideas for each potential blog

Day 22 Homework:

• Come up with a list of 4-5 guest post topics that you can send to each blog owner

• Your list of topics can be the same for each blog owner as long as the topics are relevant to each of them

• Use Ubersuggest for more ideas and to find the monthly search volumes of each keyword phrase

Day 23 Homework:

• Using your list of potential guest posting opportunities, reach out to half of them today

• When you reach out, send them a list of your blog post ideas with monthly search volumes

• You can use my email template below to reach out to blog owners who aren't necessarily looking for guest posters

Day 24 Homework:

• Send emails to the remaining guest posting opportunities on your list

• Continue researching for more opportunities—spend 10-20 minutes per day on this and send 3 emails per day

• In 30 days you would've sent 90 emails and will likely have about 10 blog owners who want you to submit content to them

Day 25 Homework:

• Use Ubersuggest or browse Pinterest to come up with ideas for more blog posts

• Add another blog post to your website

• Use Canva to create a Pinterest image for your new post

• Pin your new post to a relevant Pinterest board inside your account—or if you're using Tailwind, schedule your new post to be shared to your tribes and choose an appropriate board from your Pinterest account

Day 26 Homework:

• Do research and decide on something good to use as a giveaway—remember, it doesn't have to be expensive and it doesn't have to be a physical product, it just has to be something people want in your niche

• Choose a software tool to manage your online giveway—KingSumo's free plan will work just fine

• Create the "barebones" structure for your giveaway—add the title, the description, tentative dates, and an image

Day 27 Homework:

• Create a list of potential sponsors for your giveaway in a spreadsheet or notepad file

• The obvious sponsor is the company who owns the product you're giving away—they may be open to donating one for your giveaway so you don't have to buy it

• For the remaining sponsors, think of other companies that would be a good fit for the product you're giving away—you want them to be relevant and congruent but not competing companies

• Use Google search queries to find companies who are already spending money to get more exposure—here are a few to get you started: "sponsored by" + NICHE, "sponsored post" + NICHE, "paid promotion" + NICHE

Day 28 Homework:

• Try to find the perfect person inside the company you want as a sponsor to send an email to—use the ContactOut Chrome extension to their email from inside Linkedin

• Use my outreach email templates below to send an email to your potential sponsors

• If a sponsor replies, use my 'Reply' template to give them an overview of your sponsorship packages

Day 29 Homework:

• Create a new post on your WordPress site where you can embed your giveaway widget

• Include as many extra entry options as possible—this will gain you the most exposure for your giveaway

OPTIONAL: Create A Share Via Email Extra Entry:

• If you're using KingSumo, go down to the Extra Entries section and choose Click A Link from the Add Entry Action dropdown box

• Using the free Pretty Links WordPress plugin, create a new Pretty Link, and insert the code below into the Target URL box: mailto:?subject=Fwd: Win A FREE YOURPRODUCT&body=Hey, I just found this really cool giveaway for a YOURPRODUCT! You can enter to win one for FREE here: YOURGIVEAWAYURL

Day 30 Homework:

• NO HOMEWORK!!! Celebrate this massive achievement! I'm serious, tell your spouse, tell your friends, tell your family... tell them what you've accomplished. It's nothing short of a HUGE achievement!