In this video I’m going to give you a Day by day 30-day walkthrough on how to Create a profitable affiliate marketing Blog each day you’ll get a small task in The process and by the end of 30 days Your website will have traction on Google and you’ll be on your way to Having a profitable Business Online my Name is Matt dignity I started affiliate Marketing back in 2009. affiliate Marketing is in my opinion the best way To make money online that anyone has the Ability to do as long as you can follow A process you can make money with Affiliate marketing nowadays I’m the CEO Of leadspring a seven figure business That is focused entirely on generating Income through affiliate marketing via Blogging I just checked since lead Spring was started we’ve built 142 Websites from scratch so at this point I Think it’s safe to say that I’ve locked Down exactly what to do in the first 30 Days of starting a blog and that’s what I plan to teach you in this video many Of the techniques I’m about to show you Are taught in my course the affiliate Lab but today I’m going to open things Up now back when I first got started I Joined a course on affiliate marketing Called the 30 day challenge their Teaching format was genius each day They’d give you a small task and by the End of 30 days you’d have a functioning
Affiliate blog I’m gonna do the same Thing but modify it for what’s working In today’s affiliate blogging Environment now the benefits of breaking Things down to daily tasks are Incredible first I’m going to start you Off slow so you can get some small wins Under your belt and start to gain Confidence and if you commit to doing Your daily tasks you’ll begin to trust Yourself and think hell I do have the Discipline to be my own boss and pull This affiliate blogging thing off and Lastly at the end of 30 days you’ll have An asset you’ll have a website with 15 Well-written SEO optimized articles that Google loves you’ll have backlinks to Your website which Google also loves and Ultimately you’ll start to have some Traction in the form of traffic on Google which you’re going to love now The first 30 days of starting a website Are hands down the most important Especially if it’s your first website I Can’t stress this enough if it’s your First site you really want to be doing All of the work yourself by getting your Hands dirty you’re gonna really Understand how Google works and how Search engine optimization gets you to The top of Google eventually once you Get the hang of things and start Generating Revenue you’ll start to hire People to do the work for you but if you
Don’t do the work yourself now how will You know what to look for in hiring Candidates you need to walk the the walk Before you can talk the talk and to me The most important reason is because you Want to start thinking about efficiency When you first start a website your goal Is to start making money as fast as Possible as you carry out your daily Tasks you’re going to start noticing Ways to improve the process to get Faster to become more efficient and That’s going to pay you rewards Throughout your whole affiliate Marketing career now before we get Started I wanted to let you know that my Course the affiliate lab is on sale 50 Off this Black Friday so if you want to Join 3 000 successful affiliate Marketers and search engine Professionals that are crushing it with This training here’s your chance just Bookmark the link in the pin comment and Come back on Black Friday your first Task in this 30-day process is to choose A niche this is the most important step In the process so actually I want you to Take your time with it and stretch this Task over three days your Niche is the Main topic of your blog that could be Anything from golfing to sports Supplements to crypto the niche you Select is critical if you select one That is too difficult you’re gonna have
A hard time beating your competition on The other hand if you choose one that is Too easy and doesn’t make any money then You’ll have put all this work in only to Make pennies here’s my advice for you on Selecting a niche choose a broad topic Instead of making a Blog about table Saws make a Blog about the general topic Of Home Improvement at this point you Don’t know if table saws are too Competitive or un lucrative but if you Make a high level Home Improvement blog You can switch gears to Belt Sanders or Whatever else manly men do next choose Something you’re interested in for Beginners it’s my recommendation for you Is to do the work yourself if you’re Writing blog posts on a topic that you Could care less about eventually you’ll Go insane after that consider a niche in The three main essential categories Health wealth and relationships these Are recession-proof niches that will Never go away avoid fad topics fidget Spinners hoverboards and pretty much any Diet all these niches have a lifetime And pick a niche that is preferably Monetized with an affiliate program that Is not Amazon Amazon’s commissions are Terrible and they continuously get worse Over time in the affiliate lab the Fourth video is called why we don’t like Amazon do not waste your time with this Program browse affiliate networks like
Share sale in Impact which have great Products and great commissions I also Have two video recommendations for you After you finish this video you the First in my video on how to find a Profitable Niche for affiliate marketing Which will walk you down the path of how To find a perfect Niche for your new Blog the second is my best affiliate Niches video where I data mined every Single affiliate website that the Empire Flippers Marketplace ever sold to figure Out which niches have the best Roi that Is the smallest amount of time and money Investment and the best rewards I’ve Left a link to both of these videos in The description next on day 4 after You’ve selected your Niche you’re going To register the domain name that your Blog is going to live on by the way if You want a free pdf with this calendar You can download it by using the link in The description When selecting a domain name I highly Recommend choosing something that’s Brandable a domain name that doesn’t Blatantly have your Niche name in it for Example Google isn’t named search engine Website and Amazon isn’t called Ecommerceworld.com branded domains have The ability to expand into other niches And they also look more professional to Your visitors on day 5 you’re going to Select a hosting company connect your
Domain to it and install WordPress your Hosting is where your blog lives all the Content you write in the images and Videos you upload all of that lives on Your hosting provider for beginners I Highly recommend using siteground Siteground is both super easy to set up It’s also super affordable it’s cheap But not too cheap where you’re going to Run into any issues you can also Register domain names with sitegrounds So you can knock out day 4 and day 5’s Tasks in one shot if you use the Siteground link in the description You’ll save some money also earn a small Commission which I promise I’ll spend on Complete junk you’re also going to be Setting up WordPress the most commonly Used content management system Siteground has a WordPress setup Walkthrough as well I left a link in the Description to my affiliate marketing Tutorial for beginners video which will Take you through the entire siteground And WordPress setup process step by step Next on day six you’re going to be Setting up two free SEO tools and that’s Google search console and Google Analytics Google search console is like Your website’s diagnostic dashboard a Place where you can find out what kind Of issues that Google thinks is wrong With your site it’s invaluable Google Analytics is where you take a deep dive
Into the traffic that’s going to be Coming into your website you can see Which pages are attracting the most Traffic and how users are behaving when They come to your site it’s also Invaluable on day 7 you want to create The core pages of your website this Includes your home page your about page A contact page in your blog your Homepage is where you let your visitors Know what your website is all about you Want to be able to clearly communicate What people will find when they dive Into your content also make sure to Provide links to your best content which You’ll be creating soon your about Pages Where you show that there’s a real Person behind your blog who are you and Why are you an expert in your niches Topic your contact page gives people a Form to reach out to you I use a classic WordPress plugin contact form 7 to Create one Google’s quality Raider Guidelines has an entire our section on The importance of having about and Contact pages so don’t sleep on this Lastly create your blog feed this is a Chronological feed of your latest blog Post and this is going to be the home of The content you produce very soon on day 8 you’re going to start keyword research Keywords are the words that someone Types into Google when they’re searching For something each article you write
Should be targeting specific keywords The goal is to find keywords that have Enough search volume but low competition In general you want your blog to address 60 informational keywords these are Keywords like how to install a smart Doorbell and how long do smart bulbs Last then you want forty percent Commercial keywords like best smart home Gifts for dad the commercial keywords Are the ones that will make you money It’s in these articles where you’re Reviewing products and inserting Affiliate links for people to buy the Products you’re recommending the tool That I’d love to use to find low Competition long tail keywords is answer The public after you finish this video Make sure to check out my SEO for Beginners video where I give a walk Through on how to find a super easy Lucrative keyword best smart home Candles that is perfect for newbies Link In the description keywords research is An important process so I want you to Sit with it for a couple days and Continue the process into day nine You’ll also be setting up a rank tracker You’re going to be writing 15 articles In this 30-day timeline so at the very Least to find 15 keywords to Target First on your blog my recommendation is To find at least 50 though since you’re Already sitting down and doing keyword
Research it’s more efficient for you to Get a game plan going for the next Couple of months this is called batching And it’s one of the many process Improvements that you’ll pick up on once You’ve completed your keyword research Take your top 10 most important keywords And plug them into a rank tracking Software like surf Fox surf Fox lets you Track 10 keywords for free and this is Going to allow you to monitor how fast Your articles are climbing the rankings On Google over time day 10 is time to Start writing your first article I Recommend choosing the easiest Informational keyword you can find on Your keyword research list you want to Start out by grabbing the lowest hanging Fruits possible think of SEO like rock Climbing once you get a foothold on the First rung and get just the baby level Of traffic you’re then able to reach up To the next level and get even more Traffic before you get started writing There’s three steps in the the Preparation phase first you want to Figure out what is the search intent for The keyword you’re about to write second You need to do a bit of research and Create your content outline and third You want to figure out the target word Count of your article let’s start with Search intent there’s basically four Different types of searches
Informational search queries represent When people are just looking for Information such as how-to guides on how To do this or that for example how long Do smart light bulbs last then we have Navigational type queries like Twitter Login or Matt Diggity contact then Transactional like buy smart bulbs or Smart home store and lastly comparative Such as best smart bulbs or Philips Hue Review let’s say you wanted to create an Article for the informational keyword How long do smart light bulbs last you Figure out the search intent by Googling The keyword and then opening up the First few articles you see you’ll notice That the articles in the top positions Are all simple articles answering the Main question there’s no listicles There’s no infographics there’s no E-commerce stores Google wants you to Write a simple article so you’re going To write a simple article next you’re Going to create an outline for your Article open back up the first article And look at its H2 headlines how long do Smart bulbs last compared to filament is There more to go wrong with the smart Light bulb and our standard LED bulbs Longer lasting than smart bulbs these Are all required subtopics that should Be addressed in order to answer the Overall question how long do smart bulbs Last repeat this process for the other
Articles at the top of Google and Complete your outline you can use the Free plugin detail to speed up the Process then you want to make sure that Your article is the right length Google Knows it doesn’t take a 10 000 word Dissertation in order to answer how long Do smart bulbs last so look at the Articles in the top positions to figure Out how long the optimal length is the Detail plugin can also help you out here At this point you know what type of Article you need to write you have your Outline and you know how much you need To write now it’s time to start writing I highly recommend using a tool like Surfers content editor that’s going to Guide your writing to include the Perfect amount of essential words and Phrases in your content it does this by Analyzing the websites in the top Positions and provides you with a Framework for writing please note that This is a high level overview of writing SEO optimized content for a deeper dive Check out my video on how to write Content that ranks number one on Google Or better yet jump on my course the Affiliate lab which is on sale 50 off This Black Friday by using the link in The description day 11 it’s now time to SEO optimize your first article that is Make the small SEO tweak so Google will Love it this includes steps like
Creating a title an H1 a meta Description and a URL for your article Run a grammar check and a spell check Add NLP friendly answers to all the Questions your content addresses add Schema and so forth as usual for a Deeper dive I’ve left a link to my On-site SEO checklist video in the Description so at this point you’ve Written your first article which is a Huge accomplishment in itself I want you To start thinking about how you can do It better next time how you can do it Faster start to build a system for Writing that you’ll eventually pass off To the first writer you hire day 12 it’s Time to take that perfectly SEO Optimized article and upload it to your Website since you’re using WordPress Uploading content is super easy make a Featured image that lets people know They’re in the right place right away Use Graphics to entertain the eye as People scroll down the page add videos To increase time on page and a list to Break up the content into bite size Highlights on day 13 you’re going to Write your second article SEO optimized It and upload it to your blog but this Time you got some interlinking to do in General you want to link article a to Article B if the two articles are Relevant and you want article B to get Traffic on Google why is interlinking
Good because when an article about Snowboarding receives a link from Another article about snowboarding Google thinks that receiving article is More topically relevant to snowboarding It’s a major ranking factor from now on When you upload a new article make sure To Interlink existing relevant articles To it also make sure to link from it to Existing relevant articles on your blog Day 14 15 and 16 are more of the same You’re going to write your third fourth And fifth articles upload them to your Blog and Interlink relevant articles Together now you’re picking up some Steam you’re getting your reps in and You’re getting better at the process You’re also getting more confidence Sticking to the plan this is going to Pay off down the road on day 17 you’re Going to switch gears and start looking At external link building how can you Get other blogs to link to you the first Step in link building is called link Prospecting link prospecting is the Process of determining which blogs you Want to get backlinks from in the first Place backlinks are still one of the Biggest ranking factors in Google’s Algorithm according to the study by Ahrefs blogs with more links have more Traffic it’s as simple as that but where Do you get your links from let’s say You’re trying to rank your article for
Best smart home thermostat would you Rather have a link from The New York Times one of the most authoritative Websites in the world or how about the Spruce it’s not as authoritative but It’s much more relevant to the topic of Home Improvement which one would you Pick sorry that was a trick question According to Google the most Authoritative and relevant article on The planet is the article ranking number One for best smart home thermostat the Answer is always on page one but these Links might be hard to get so here’s What you do instead you’re gonna find Out who linked to this article because These are the links that helped power it To number one toss the URL of the number One site into ahrefs backlink report and Download all of these domain names Repeat it for the number two and number Three sites this is your link Prospecting report you can also do this Using the free trial of uber suggest Plug these websites into a tool like Hunter.io to extract out a list of Emails that you’ll be contacting on day 18 you’re going to start your first Outreach campaign for your blog and You’re going to do it with a free tool Called gmas gmask is a chrome plugin That turns your normal Gmail account Into an Outreach tool for free in General you want to use gmask to send
Three emails the first email will be the Pitch this is where you offer the Blogger you’re emailing something in Exchange for a backlink the second will Be a follow-up email most Outreach Conversations happen on these follow-up Emails so don’t ignore the step the last Email will be your final follow-up email You can send your follow-up emails three Days after the previous ones for the Pitch email I want you to send them an Offer for a guest post based on numerous Tests I found that the guest posts are The best link type for a new website to Receive a steady stream of guest posts Will shorten the amount of time it takes To get traction on Google here’s the Sample script that you can use as a Guest post pitch template hey Bob or Whatever their name is I’m a big fan of Your website and huge Enthusiast of Smart home modernization I have no say Your website hasn’t addressed the topic Of smart home regulation law which will Be be a Hot Topic in the coming Elections I’m highly versed in the topic And would like to write you a guide free Of charge just trying to get more Writing experience I look forward to Hearing your reply regards Matt kick off Your Outreach campaign to the list of The emails you gathered yesterday day 19 20 21 22 and 23 you’re gonna write a new Article each day eventually building up
Your total article count you’re starting To build a real website at this point You’re kicking ass and you should be Proud just remember you have a new task To stack on monitor your inbox you’re Probably getting some replies to your Outreach campaign day 24 now that you Learned about what it takes to do an Outreach campaign you’re going to take What you learned and launch a new one The fact of the matter is that Outreach Takes practice and you’ve got some Experience now you’ve seen the replies And you’ve seen what people are looking For this time around make a slight Adjustment to the way you link Prospect And your Outreach templates try reaching Out to smaller blogs this time try a Different email pitch refine your Process days 24 to 29 you’ve seen this Before this is your final content Stretch to get your ultimate goal of Achieving 15 articles in a month you’ve Done it go buy yourself an ice cream a Beer or a bag of sweet sweet crack on Day 30 it’s time to check in and see Your progress open up Google search Console and you should start seeing an Increase in Impressions impressions of The amount of times that Google shows Your website in the search results and At this point you should start seeing Your impressions On The Rise while what You really care about is clicks actual
Traffic to your blog don’t be too Worried if clicks are minimal at this Point SEO takes time and if you stick to The plan you’re gonna start getting more And more traffic and eventually making Money also open up your rank tracker You’re likely going to find keywords That you used to rank 80th for now on Page 2 of Google this is progress and You should be proud now this was a high Level crash course in the first 30 days Of starting a blog and of course there’s More to this process the devil’s in the Details this Black Friday you can jump In my course and Community the affiliate Lab for 50 off by using the link in the Description see you on the other side