Post on 11-Jan-2016
Session 1 – It Begins
Thank You!
Stop Selling and START TEACHING
The “A” Team!
Steve
Aidan
Mark
Brent
Chris
Melissa
David
Cheryl
Survey results
8PM – 10PM 35% 10 AM – Noon 16% 2pm – 4pm 14% 6pm – 8pm 14%
These Nmes will cover 80%
Switching to Thursdays
Training Session Schedule
• June 18: 8pm – 10pm • June 25: 10am -‐ Noon
• July 2: 2pm – 4pm
• July 9: 6pm – 8pm
• July 16: 8pm – 10pm
• July 23: 10am -‐ Noon
Training Session Schedule
• July 30: 2pm – 4pm • August 6: 6pm – 8pm
• August 13: 8pm -‐10pm
• August 20: 10am -‐ Noon
• August 27: 2pm – 4pm
Bonus Delivery
Support and Help!
Support and Help!
• Support.blueprintcentral.com – Billing, login, admin issues
• 100kfactoryhelp@gmail.com – All training issues and quesNons
• 100kfactoryemergency@gmail.com – “Emergencies”
• Go/no go’s or Green lights – more detail coming
• Other surprises coming!!
Support and Help! – How we See it Working
• Support email – 7 AM to 7 PM every business day (EST) • Help email – 6 AM to 7 PM every business day (EST) – Triage will vary – Level 2 will go to tech, or team member best able to handle and schedule dependent
– Then we’ll take the issue from there
• Emergency email – Manned about 16 hours per business day for immediate acNon (and oeen on Sat/Sun)
• Chris – Riding shotgun over it all!
Support and Help!
• Chris Molnar • Customer SaNsfacNon Ninja
• We’ve never had a CSN, so we’re excited and maybe even a lihle scared
• All things member saNsfacNon!
• Wakes up every morning and thinks of ways to make it easier for YOU!
• Kicks us in the buh!
Support and Help!
• Check points • Go no go’s • Green lights • Phase 1 – Niches, and domains – Session 1 – FB pages ready to go – Session 2 – Web sites ready to go – Session 3
Emails!
Overview of Phase 1
• Build 4 websites and associated FB pages • Build an audience as our “foothold” • Use proprietary soeware to market PROVEN content to drive MASSIVE amounts of CHEAP traffic
• OpNmize markeNng campaigns • OpNmize ad serving • MoneNze with Adsense or something like it • Reach 2k per month per site profit goal • Go into “maintenance mode” and prepare for phase 2, 3
Overview of Phase 2
• Incredibly focused audience • What else are we going to do with it? • Physical products, info products, kindle, affiliate markeNng, email markeNng
• Soeware and tools • Sneaky tacNcs • All our secrets to squeezing out even more $ • The results are INSANE
Overview of Phase 3
• Turn it up to “11” – reference? • Scale! • Empire building
• We have much to teach…bite sized chunks though ☺
Detailed Plan for Phase 1
• Session 1 – Niche selecNon – Domain selecNon
• Session 2 – Building FB pages – IniNal content plan – Begin building the web sites – MoneNzaNon selecNon -‐ iniNal – Like campaigns begin
Detailed Plan for Phase 1
• Session 3 – OpNmizing like campaigns – Complete build out of all web sites – IniNal content plan for websites – Apply and set up moneNzaNon
• Session 4 – Ad Campaigns! – BudgeNng – Ad creaNon – Running the ads – EvaluaNon and tweaking ads – Run campaign for one site!
Detailed Plan for Phase 1
• Sessions 5,6,7 – Expansion of markeNng campaigns to all 4 sites – Ad running and evaluaNons – Hot seats, examples etc – Capitalizing on the traffic avalanche
• Session 8 – Long term work planning and scheduling – Cash flow management – Intro to Phase 2 ☺
Adjustments
A Word About Rushing Ahead
A Word About Rushing Ahead
• Soeware release schedule • Support • Go/no go’s
Follow the Plan -‐ PLEASE
BANNED!
CompeNNon
Setng Our Goals
IniNal Goal Setng
• Build 4 sites • Build 4 FB pages • Learn our process to get to 100k per year run rate
• Put process in place to maintain 100k per year
• Prepare for Phase 2, 3 (No goals yet..FOCUS!)
Session Structure
Session Structure
• AcNon items for the session • Training needed to achieve the acNon items
• Go/No go requirements – if applicable
• Other resources – if applicable • QA • AcNon items reviewed!
AcNon Items!
AcNon Items for Session 1
• Select your niches • Select 4 domains
• Obtain hosNng • Note : Go/No Go point – Session 1 – Niches – Domains
2 CHOICES
• One big niche with 4 sub niche sites – Beginners!
• Two big niches with 2 sub niche sites each – Already selling info or physical products
• If selling already – choose that niche for one of the big ones
Brainstorming Niches
• Passion & Products • GO WITH A GIANT NICHE – Find A Sub-‐Niche(s) Within That Niche
– Is This A Seasonal Niche? – Research Each Niche – Keep It Simple • Facebook’s Audience Insight Tool
Niche SelecNon
• Big niche – Minimum of 5 Million for audience • That’s it! • You’ll need 1 or 2 of these depending on what you chose
Website SelecNon
• Sub niches will be what the sites are about – Minimum audience size 150k
– Maximum 5 Million –otherwise too big , they’re a big niche
– Facebook pages – at least 4 • 100-‐150k likes • Audience engagement
– More than 3 pieces of content shared 100 Nmes
• Regular posNng
Example
• Big Niche – HunNng • Sub Niches – Deer hunNng – Duck hunNng – Outdoors/camping – Turkey hunNng
Audience Insight Tool NICHE SELECTION • Audience Insight Tool
STEP 1
STEP 2 STEP 3
Audience Insight Tool Rules
• Start With Your “BIG” Niche (remember Maximum Audience Size 5 Million)
• Drill Down To Sub-‐Niches • NEED 4 FACEBOOK PAGES WITH 100K-‐150K ‘Likes’ Audience Sizes
Minimum • LOOK FOR AUDIENCE ENGAGEMENT
– MUST HAVE MULTIPLE PIECES OF CONTENT BEING SHARED OVER 100 TIMES (MORE THAN 3)
• LOTS OF CONTENT –FB Pages Should Have Content Regularly • START A SPREADSHEET TO TRACK EVERYTHING (see example)
DIVE IN AND CHECK OUT WHAT’S GOING ON
SEARCH BIG NICHE KEYWORD
PEOPLE WHO LIKE ….
• THE PEOPLE WHO ‘LIKE’ HUNTING ALSO LIKE WHAT PAGES ON FB?
• DO THOSE PAGES MEET THE AUDIENCE MINIMUM CRITERIA?
• IS THE CONTENT ON THOSE FACEBOOK PAGE BEING ‘ENGAGED’ WITH BY THEIR AUDIENCE?
THE ALSO ‘LIKE’ THESE PAGES
OPEN THE PAGES & CHECK THEM OUT
LOOK AT THE PAGE AND SEE IF THEY HAVE CONTENT PEOPLE ARE SHARING!
DOES THE FB PAGE HAVE AN ASSOCIATED WEBSITE?
IS THERE SUB-‐NICHE IDEAS?
THE ALSO ‘LIKE’ THESE PAGES
CHECK OUT THE CONTENT FOR SHARES
CHECK FOR AN ASSOCIATED WEBSITE!
WHAT OTHER SUB-‐NICHES ARE THERE?
SEARCH SUB-‐NICHES & REPEAT
AUDIENCE INSIGHTS RESULTS SPREADSHEET
AUDIENCE INSIGHTS RESULTS
• THE NICHE ‘HUNTING’ IS A GOOD NICHE – NEED TO SELECT THE SUB-‐NICHE USING OUR CRITERIA 4 FB PAGES WITH 100K-‐150K ‘LIKES’
– AT LEAST 3 CONTENT PIECES WITH 100 SHARES EACH PER PAGE
– LOTS OF CONTENT POSTED DAILY • CHOOSE A DOMAIN NAME
DOMAIN NAME SELECTION
• USE DOMAINSONFIRE.COM – FIND AN AGED DOMAIN IF POSSIBLE – DON’T OVER SPEND ($50 MAX)
– YOU MUST DO A HEALTH CHECK ON ANY AGED DOMAIN!
– NEW DOMAIN NAMES ARE JUST FINE
• ANY DOMAIN NAME REGESTRAIR WILL DO, IT’S A PERSONAL PREFERENCE
DOMAIN NAME SELECTION
• TRY TO USE .COM’S AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE • STAY AWAY FOR A ‘HYPHEN’ IN THE URL
• BE BRANDABLE – EASILY REMEMBERED
• BE CREATIVE USE NICHE LINGO IF POSSIBLE – BASEBALL – TheStrikeZone.com – GARDENING – TrowelReport.com – CAMPING – TentTimes.com
• THINK MAGAZINE OR NEWSPAPER
A Word About HosNng
• When do you know your hosNng is not up to snuff?
• Using the hosNng we recommend is REQUIRED if you want to “push buhon” build your sites
• Otherwise, everything else will work just fine • BUT, for $7 per month, it’s likely worth it
• hhps://www.siteground.com/go/100k
• Also in Resources secNon – Grow Big Plan
Go/No Go Requirements for Session 1
• Submit go/no go to 100kfactorysession1@gmail.com
• List your Big niche or niches with – Audience size (must be at least 5 million!)
• List each of your 4 sub niches (your sites) – Audience size (must be at least 150k)
– Audience engagement – yes or no
• List the domain names you’ll be acquiring
Quick InterrupNon from Structure
Case Study!
Case Study – Decision Time from You
• Week ahead • Same schedule
• Type in ahead or same in the chat box please! – Aeer I’ve explained what the opNons mean!
Niche SelecNon for Case Study
• You pick! • Type in any niche ideas you’d like us to use • We’ll download the chat log
• Review the top 5 suggesNons and just do a sanity check
• The best one is what we’ll go with!
Back on Track – QA for Session 1 Training
AcNon Items for Session 1
• Select your niches • Obtain 4 domains
• Obtain hosNng • Go/No go form submission
Lazy?
Sneak Peek – Session 2
• CreaNon of 4 FaceBook pages • IniNal content loading of FB pages • Picking your iniNal moneNzaNon
• Building out the 4 sites – module 1 of launchpad