5-Day Content Marketing Challenge

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Introduction

You may have heard of different time-based challenges where a sustained effort on one activity brings tremendous benefits (both to you and to your business).

Thus, there are 30-day challenges for eating right, 10-day challenges for creating a profitable Facebook advertising campaign and even a 90-Day Content Marketing Challenge where you create one piece of content (video, article or podcast) for 90 straight days.

Yikes!

First, let's be honest.

I know that if I created one piece of content for 90 straight days, my online business would be in a totally different place. BUT, and there's always a big but, I know myself and my schedule, and committing to something that big would likely end in failure.

However, a 5-Day Challenge seems a lot more doable, and for most people, creating five pieces of content would be a huge step.

Thus, I'd like to invite you to join me for this 5-Day Content Marketing Challenge.

How Does the Challenge Work?

I have created a 5-Day Challenge worksheet that will help you put this into practice. The idea is to set aside some time on Saturday and Sunday for planning. The goal is to complete the following:

  1. Come up with a list of 5 topics for blog posts
  2. Research the main keyword for each topic and 5-6 related keywords
  3. Develop a compelling title / headline for each blog post
  4. Outline three main points for each blog post

This will require a few hours of your time.

Writing the Content

After you have prepped, you will simply print out the worksheet for that week and write your content for each day starting on Monday.

Your goal should be to write 500 words per post, although here at WA we recommend longer articles, say 1,000 to 1,500 words. Ideally, you should be aiming for that.

Your content should be interesting, helpful, readable and SEO optimized. There is plenty of training here at WA to teach you those skills.

Being Accountable

In order for this challenge to work, you must set aside time on Sat / Sun for preparation. You must also schedule time each day to write your content.

Apart from that, if you need someone to hold you accountable, add your name to the comments below and what you are going to write about. If you need help filling out the worksheet, let me know and I can review it and give you my feedback.

One Final Thing

This is an evergreen post.

This means you can start this challenge, or invite others to take this challenge, at any time. If you use your affiliate link, and get some traction, that's even better.

Also, you can take this challenge as often as you'd like. If you complete one week successfully, then shoot for two weeks next time. Once you get on a roll, it might become addicting and you could turn into a content ninja.

Here's to your success.

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    This is awesome man! Thanks for sharing this!

    Chris

    Chris, you are welcome.

    I am all for accountability, so yes please hold me accountable.
    I will be working at my website to rent out our holiday home in the south of Spain. I have recently started this website so lots of content to write.

    Wonderful. Use the weekend to prep with the worksheet, and we'll start on Monday. I'll be writing about using FB chatbots instead of an autoresponder to build out a list of subscribers.

    South of Spain. I'm jealous. Whereabouts? Yo hablo Español también. :)

    Muy bien. Yo todavía estoy aprendiendo Español. Mudé aqui hace 1 año y medio.
    But writing in Enlish is much easier!

    I am interested to read about your topic, I do not know anything about it so that will be a learning experience. So when you are ready can I read the content written?

    Talk soon, greetings

    Well now I'm even more jealous that you could move to the South of Spain and are working on your business. :) Will be on the lookout for your posts about your home and city.

    Also, my posts on chatbots go up starting on Monday. Read away. All the best.

    Here is Monday's post for the 5-Day Challenge:

    https://digitooly.com/facebook-messenger-chatbots/

    The keyword is facebook messenger chatbots and the title is A Beginner's Guide to Facebook Messenger Chatbots.

    Looking forward to reading your posts.

    Hi, So worked long hours so far. Have finished 2 articles and posted them. Working on nr three.

    You are welcome to read them but my website is nowhere near presentable and I am fighting with the theme and how I want it to look as opposed to how it looks right now.

    www.casitaespanola.com

    But the challenge is to create content and that is what is needed to start make the site looks like one.

    Lots to learn but that is what I am here for.

    I read your article. Very interesting. After I have finished this site for the house (which will be a rather static site) I will start one which will be geared towards an affiliate business. I will have to incorporate a chatbot for sure.

    Very clear and structured style of writing. I do like your approach so far, also the way you have structures the 5 day challenge.

    I am looking forward to the other articles!

    Congratulations, this is so awesome. The hardest part is to begin and two articles in a week is big time, trust me.

    Don't worry too much about your theme right now. The dullest theme can be saved with good, compelling content. The reverse is not true. Most people spend all their time on colors, logos, etc. and don't develop the skills to create content people want to read.

    So focus on writing more. Hone that skill. The Entrepreneur and Affiliate trainings have some good modules on creating content.

    Take a look around the web for sites that you like. Pin them or take screenshots. I would think you want to show lots of images, particularly of your house and the surroundings. So, something with an architectural or design bent.

    One thing you can do right away is create another user profile with your first and last name (do this inside of Wordpress). If you don't know how Google it.

    Then, when you write a post, first login from WA through your personal profile instead of ADMIN. This will title all of your posts with you as the author.

    You can also change the author later after you've created a new user profile.

    Keep going. If you can create 5 articles in a week you will have done something few ever achieve.

    All the best.

    Soooo, I gave myself sat and Sun as well to complete the task. Wednesday and Thursday were too packed to get it all done.
    Well I have 4 up out of the 5 of the challenge. The fifth is almost there but not quite and 6 is on the way as well.

    Hard work but good to see the website grow. A good learning experience.

    I took your advice on the publishing person and added myself. Thanks for that.

    How have you been doing? More to read on your site?

    I want to thank you again to set up the challenge and be willing to be my accountability person. It works really well for me.

    And any one who might happen to read this..... Just go for a challenge. It is a good way to make yourself create content for your site and it makes the making even more fun.

    Greetz!

    This is a huge win. 5 posts in a week, wow! You deserve a big high-five. Hopefully it will get easier over time.

    I was only able to complete 4 posts because I was traveling Friday-Sunday. Still, I enjoyed it very much and it felt good to create new content.

    One other thing, having another person on the challenge was a big motivator for me. I didn't want to let you down. So thanks for taking the challenge.

    Good luck.

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