• Write 10 guest blog posts. – I got burnt out a bit and only wrote 5 of the 10.
• Get those posts submitted. – DONE for the ones I got written
• Promote any guest blog posts that have been published. – DONE
• Write 3 blog posts for Affiliate Treasure Chest. – DONE
• Record 3 short audio tips on Cinch. – DONE
• Repurpose some of the guest blog posts and turn them into a short report for the Friday Freebie Section. *
• Submit this report via report sharing sites like Scribd.*
• Write 3 blog posts for the Daily Affiliate Tasks blog. – DONE
• Create 2 new DAT lessons. - Only 1 so far … working on the second one Sunday.
• Social Media: Five Tweets and Five Facebook posts or comments per day. – DONE
• Comment on three other blogs per day. – DONE
• Wrap up the NAMS webinar presentation and make progress on the main NAMS workshop presentation. – DONE
• Format last week’s short report into a Kindle ebook and get more info on publishing it. – Gotten started on this just a little (not as far along as I’d hoped).

* After some thinking, I decided to postpone this particular report for a week to make sure I had all the links and information of where the guest post were published. Since some of them weren’t posted until Friday, I’m going to use them to create a new short report for this coming Friday and submit it to Scribd.com that day as well.

This actually works out great since I can put it together early in the week and have it ready to publish while I’m at NAMS.

Overall I’m very happy with the progress I’ve made. I’m also ready to slow down quite a bit … I’m getting burnt out.

Don’t forget to check out Peggy’s blog and see how much she got accomplished this past week. Peggy also asked me the following question on Monday:

“How did you come up with the idea for your Daily Affiliate Tasks membership?”

I’m sure you’ve figured out by now that I love to-do lists. I set monthly goals, figure out what I want to get accomplished in a week and make out my daily task lists from there.

Working with my readers, subscribers and coaching clients, I noticed that one of the biggest stumbling blocks is often that they just aren’t sure what they should be working on next. They end up “wasting”  a lot of time, just browsing, learning and not really getting a whole lot done in any given day.

I ran the idea of sharing my “task-lists” by a few of my coaching clients and had them work from those simple lists. They loved the simplicity of it and the fact that I didn’t give them a whole lot to do (some are still working a regular full-time job).

After that it seemed easy enough to share these same lists and weekly task lists with others and so far the feedback has been great. Of course I’m constantly tweaking and adding to Daily Affiliate Tasks to continue to make it better based on the feedback I’m getting from members.

Creating the weekly lessons is a lot of fun and it helps me focus on the few things that work well for my own niche websites (yes, I fall into the trap of browsing around the Net and checking Facebook every 5 minutes myself).

Peggy – thanks so much for challenging me over the past four weeks to stay super productive. I have gotten quite a bit more done than I thought I would and am in great shape to head to NAMS. Can’t wait to hang out with you next weekend :)

P.S. How was your week?

It’s about making money with your blog. Nicole got 3 big bloggers (including me :) ) to spill the beans and share exactly how they monetize their blogs.

The Secret To Making Money With Your Blog (PDF)

Enjoy!

P.S. How do you make money from your blog or website. I’d love to hear your favorite tips.

Grab a cup of coffee, curl up on the couch and spend a few minutes reading, watching and learning more about Content Marketing.

From CopyBlogger.com: 10 Content Marketing Goals

This is something I didn’t pay a lot of attention to in the beginning. I would just write to get stuff out there without thinking about what I wanted the content to do. Now each piece of content serves a purpose, to educate, to build trust, to solve a problem etc. and of course to share good stuff I’m reading elsewhere which is the goal of today’s post.

From Problogger.net: Develop Irresistible Content

This was an interesting read about the four different learning styles and how you can include something for every single one by using the AIDA (Attention – Interest – Desire – Action) principle of copy writing. Overall the blog post seems to be more geared towards writing a sales letter than a blog post or article, but it’s worth a read. I picked up some tips here and there that I’ll include in my overall content marketing strategy.

From LynnTerry.TV: Finding Topics and Web Content Ideas

I’ve been reading Lynn’s blog (ClickNewz.com)  for quite some time now and love how consistent she is with her blogging and how good the content is. I enjoyed watching her talk about how she comes up with ideas for both her Video blog and her regular blogs. It’s worth watching just to see how she got her followers to send her over 100 topics for her video blog.

How about you? Do you have good content creation tip to share? Do you use content as part of your overall marketing strategy? I’d love to read your thoughts and comments on this topic.

P.S. I spend a lot of time creating good content. Which is why I make sure I get as much out of each piece as possible. I share my best strategies for leveraging all your content in the Affiliate Shortcut Content Creation Report.

Get your copy here: http://www.affiliatenichepacks.com/reports/content

This is also the last week of my productivity challenge and cross blog conversation with Peggy. Don’t forget to head on over to www.peggybaron.com to see how she’s doing and what she has planned for this week.

Some of the items on my list are staying the same, because I’m finding it’s working out pretty well to keep me on track with social media activities. Some things will change. If you read my New Year’s Eve post where I shared my goals for 2012, you’ll remember that my goal for January was to write a lot of guest blog posts to promote Daily Affiliate Tasks. February will be all about creating more lessons for DAT. This means that part of my week will be focused on finishing strong with the guest blogging and the later part will be focused on creating new lessons.

Add to that the fact that I have some prep work to do for NAMS and we’re planning on moving into our Beach House  … I don’t see a lot of sleep in my future. (But it’ll be well worth it).

Here’s my To-Do List for this week:

• Write 10 guest blog posts.
• Get those posts submitted.
• Promote any guest blog posts that have been published.
• Write 3 blog posts for Affiliate Treasure Chest.
• Record 3 short audio tips on Cinch.
• Repurpose some of the guest blog posts and turn them into a short report for the Friday Freebie Section.
• Submit this report via report sharing sites like Scribd.
• Write 3 blog posts for the Daily Affiliate Tasks blog.
• Create 2 new DAT lessons.
• Social Media: Five Tweets and Five Facebook posts or comments per day.
• Comment on three other blogs per day.
• Wrap up the NAMS webinar presentation and make progress on the main NAMS workshop presentation.
• Format last week’s short report into a Kindle ebook and get more info on publishing it.

What do you think? Can I get that much done in a week? To be honest, I’m not sure, but I’ll give it my best effort.

P.S. There’s still time to join me and Peggy at NAMS February 9th – 12th in Atlanta. Hope to see you there.

• Write 10 guest blog posts. DONE (I ended up writing 12 and am working on a few more this weekend).
• Get those posts submitted. MOSTLY DONE
• Promote any guest blog posts that have been published. DONE
• Write 3 blog posts for Affiliate Treasure Chest. DONE (4 if you count this one).
• Record 3 short audio tips on Cinch. DONE
• Repurpose a few articles and blog posts, or write them from scratch and turn them into a short report for the Friday Freebie Section. DONE
• Submit this report via report sharing sites like Scribd. DONE
• Write 3 blog posts for the Daily Affiliate Tasks blog. DONE
• Create a new DAT lesson. DONE
• Social Media: Five Tweets and Five Facebook posts or comments per day. DONE
• Comment on three other blogs per day. DONE
• Get started on my NAMS presentation…and actually get it done this week :) DONE

How about you? How was your week? I hope it was just as productive as mine.

Don’t forget to stop by Peggy’s Blog and see how she did this week.

P.S. There’s still time to join me and Peggy at NAMS February 9th – 12th in Atlanta. Hope to see you there.

Creating Niche Websites For Passive Income

Today I have part two of the report for you. In it we’ll cover list building, monetization and building a sense of community around your niche site using comments and social media.

Set It and Forget It – Part 2 (PDF)

Enjoy!

P.S. As always you’re welcome to share this report with friends.

P.P.S. Ready to learn more from me about affiliate marketing? Join Daily Affiliate Tasks for $10 per month. Learn more and sign up at www.DailyAffiliateTasks.com

I’ve been doing a lot of reading on Kindle publishing over the past six months or so. I have owned a kindle for well over a year and love it. Being able to download a book on just about any topic is a dream come true for a bookworm like me.

I’ve enjoyed reading quite a few business books and short reports by my colleagues. The image on the right is the cover of a report I picked up just this morning by Denise Wakeman.

Each time I go through these reports and ebooks, I keep thinking that I really should get something up there as well. I have lots of content already written that I could easily turn into a report for Kindle.

…And I’m constantly telling you to repurpose everything you write. Yet, for some reason I haven’t taken my own advice when it comes to publishing on the kindle.

I honestly don’t know what my hangup is. But it’s time to step out of my comfort zone and commit to publishing my first book on Kindle. Consider this post my commitment to get that done before I head to NAMS in Atlanta on February 9th.

There are so any reasons to publish on the kindle platform. It’s an easy way to broaden our reach and further establishing ourselves as experts. Plus there’s the Amazon Author pages, something I took another look at today.

I’ve been following both Ellen Britt and Denise Wakeman on their respective blogs and both have a lot of information about self publishing in general and Kindle publishing in particular.

Today I took a look at their Amazon author pages and noticed something interesting …

You can pull both your twitter feed and your blog feed into your author page and thus share all that content with people browsing the Amazon Website.

As people come across your book and your author page, they may or may not end up buying one of your books or reports, but even if they don’t, they may end up reading your blog (and hopefully signing up for your list). The best part… once you have one book up on kindle and take a few minutes to set up your author page, there’s no extra work involved in capturing that extra traffic.

You can click on the respective images and take a look at the full author pages of Ellen and Denise.

So to recap, you can take existing content and repurpose it into a small ebook or short report to be published for Kindle.

Amazon will then take care of some of the marketing (by giving you exposure in their market place) as well as delivery and customer service.

You also get to syndicate your twitter and blog feeds on your author page.

And let’s not forget about the marketing you can do directly within your short report by encouraging readers to sign up for your list, read your blog, watch some bonus videos etc.

I think I’ve definitely talked myself into giving Kindle publishing a try and will report on the progress I’m making and what I’m learning right here. Stay tuned for more Kindle related news.

That wasn’t always the case, back in my office days, Monday was my least favorite day of the week. But since I started doing what I love and created a business around it, Mondays are my favorite. I get a chance to plan what I’ll get accomplished this week and start implementing all of the ideas I had over the weekend when things were too busy to get much work done.

With that said, it’s going to be another busy week. I’m pushing myself hard to get as much done as possible before heading to NAMS. Next week will likely be about getting ahead of things so I don’t have to work on “regular stuff” while I’m busy teaching, learning, implementing and connecting for a long weekend at NAMS 7 in Atlanta.

This week though will be all about writing great content. I took some time this weekend to revisit my goals for January and it occurred to me that writing 1 guest blog post a day Monday – Friday won’t quite add up to the 50 guest posts I want to get done this month (my math teacher would be so proud :) ) For now I’m going to step things up a bit this week and write at least 10 guest blog posts.

• Write 10 guest blog posts.
• Get those posts submitted.
• Promote any guest blog posts that have been published.
• Write 3 blog posts for Affiliate Treasure Chest.
• Record 3 short audio tips on Cinch.
• Repurpose a few articles and blog posts, or write them from scratch and turn them into a short report for the Friday Freebie Section.
• Submit this report via report sharing sites like Scribd.
• Write 3 blog posts for the Daily Affiliate Tasks blog.
• Create a new DAT lesson.
• Social Media: Five Tweets and Five Facebook posts or comments per day.
• Comment on three other blogs per day.
• Get started on my NAMS presentation…and actually get it done this week :)

It’s gonna be a busy week, but it will be well worth the extra effort in the long run. I’m already starting to see more traffic, more comments, more subscribers and more sales from the extra effort I’ve been putting in these past two weeks.

Don’t forget to head on over to Peggy Barons Blog to see what she’s up to this week.

Peggy also had another great question for me.

One day I’d like to speak at a conference like NAMS. How do I go about being considered? What steps do I need to take to get noticed by the conference presenters?

I’ve only spoken on stage at NAMS and done some assorted webinars so I’m no speaker and can only share my own experience so far. NAMS works somewhat differently than other Internet Marketing Conferences. It’s not a pitch fest and you’re not required (in fact you’re not allowed) to sell some big program from the back of the room. NAMS is all about sharing great content and networking with other Affiliate Marketers.

David Perdew – the Founder and Organizer has a great philosophy and does everything he can to help each and every one of us succeed. I started out as a Student at NAMS 2 and NAMS 3. David invited me to attend NAMS 4 as an aide ( a person that helps keep things running during the workshop and assists the presenters). It was a great experience and I ended up sitting in on a panel discussion on Keyword Research, my first time on stage. I must have done pretty well, since I’ve been speaking at NAMS 5 and 6 and am coming back for another presentation at NAMS 7.

There are quite a few other speakers at NAMS that followed the student -> aide -> instructor path including Dan Morris, Chris Cobb and Kurt Scholle.

I think you would make a great addition to the NAMS team. My suggestion would be to talk to David about it in February or in a follow up email right after the event (the guy gets a bit busy during the event ).

And here’s my question for Peggy:

I love your Article Starter Packs. How did you come up with the idea for those?

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P.S. I’m getting super productive before heading to NAMS – The Niche Affiliate Marketing Systems workshop in Atlanta Feb 10 – 12th. There’s still time to join me. I’d love to connect in person.

Email my IM lists about Angela’s fantastic Gimp Training. – DONE

Write 3 to 4 articles – DONE

Submit them via “SubmitYourArticle.com“ – Got only one submitted :(

Repurpose them in to a short report for Freebie Friday – DONE

Submit this report and last week’s report via report sharing sites like Scribd – DONE

Write 5 guest blog posts – Wrote 4 … hoping to write the last one this morning.

Get those posts along with some of last week’s posts submitted – DONE

Write 3 blog posts for Affiliate Treasure Chest – DONE

Record 3 short audio tips on Cinch – DONE

Write 3 blog posts for the Daily Affiliate Tasks blog – DONE

Create a new DAT lesson. – DONE

Social Media: Five Tweets and Five Facebook posts or comments per day. – DONE

Get started on my NAMS presentation. – I’ve been thinking about it … does that count?

Overall, I’m pretty happy with everything I got done this past week. It was exhausting at times but well worth the effort. I’m already seeing some positive results from all that guest blogging and social media involvement. I do think I need to slow things down a bit this coming week though to avoid getting burnt out. At the same time I feel that I really need to step up the guest blogging if I want to reach my goal of 50 guest posts this month …

How did you do Peggy? Looking forward to reading about it on http://www.peggybaron.com/blog/

And here’s my question for you:

We both love NAMS and keep coming back. What’s the biggest benefit you get from attending and what keeps you coming back?

I’m going to sit down and write one more guest blog post and then enjoy the rest of the weekend with my family. How about you? How was your week?

Today I want to share the first part of this report with you. It covers choosing a niche, doing keyword research and using the results to map out a site structure, setting up the website using WordPress and finally some quick promotion tips.

Set It and Forget It (PDF)

Create A Passive Stream Of Income From A Simple Niche Website.

Keep an eye out next Friday for Part Two of the report …