I can't decide what to do with Black Friday... So I did what I do when I can't decide what to do... I made a list. Potentially, these are some things I could do... sharing here in case you're struggling to come up with ideas of your own: 1. Gather all the SaaS companies running sales — that I'm an affiliate for — and promote that list 2. Bundle some of my own offers and run a discount (not a fan of this idea, but I'm trying not to limit myself when coming up with potential ideas) 3. Add my offer to someone else's bundle (and promote that as an affiliate) 4. Take the initiative and make a bundle with other entrepreneurs... and have them promote it as an affiliate 5. Run a bump-sale (using this site, maybe?), but I'm not sure I have the right offers to run a bump-sale 6. Instead of a discount, run a price-increase promotion 7. Sell a completely new HIGH TICKET offer ... go high when everyone's going low... could be an interesting experiment 8. Create a pop-up paid newsletter on a specific topic and sell that... could be a 3-month, weekly newsletter, and I could charge $99 (or whatever) per month for three months 9. How about a funding challenge? Instead of selling something, I fundraise for a new project... a pop-up newsletter, or a podcast, or something... folks can pay whatever they want 10. ... do nothing... I'd love to hear your ideas, too. Share?

A couple of months ago @Maliha M told us that the old twitter (now tweet) was back. Out of curiosity, I signed up. I had started my animal blog, The Animal Chick (https://theanimalchick.com/) shortly before that. It seemed like a great idea to start posting animal fun facts, pictures, etc. along with just getting to know people on there. My sugar gliders have been a hit and people are obsessed with them. I'm biased but they are the cutest sugar gliders in the world. (See picture) Yesterday I was content planning and decided I would start on sugar Gliders in January and do a series on them. I had mentioned I was a blogger, but I have never directly given the names or what they were about until I was directly asked in this thread listed below. I posted this yesterday. "Beetle" mentioned he signed up and I didn't think much of it. I happened to check and I got 5 subs! I figured with the lack of engagement that it was just him. I plan on posting the articles and see what happens.

Justin and I signed the contract today. I got paid. And now the work begins. And with that, this live documentation comes to a close. If you want to get the entire process in one place, I have compiled all the info + some extra stuff in the Classroom area here: https://www.skool.com/anthill-club-6065/classroom/08fc195d?md=e7c5807e3b1a408fa3c9ca5eed9c13d8 Hope you find this useful/entertaining. Cheers. PS: I probably won't be documenting the rest of my pitches, as I expect them to be very similar to this one. And the timeline will likely be more cumbersome than this one. Justin isn't a typical brand, after all. He's an entrepreneur/creator himself, which is likely why things moved faster. He's the founder, decision-maker, and point of contact. And he reads and responds to emails over the weekend. That worked in my favor. What comes now will involve pitching PR/marketing people who are NOT the ultimate decision-makers, so... yeah. Anyway. This challenge is now officially over :)

I suck at negotiating, BUT! When I first pitched Justin on Monday... His first response (on Wed) was some version of... let's do a joint workshop for $250 + affiliate % And today (Fri), after some back-and-forth negotiations, we landed on a deal that's a total of $2,750 + affiliate commissions 😁 You can see my counteroffer details here... I asked for 4k for the whole bundle, fyi. So we went from $250 + Affiliate % from Justin's initial offer → $4k + affiliate % from me as my counteroffer → negotiations → $2.75k + affiliate % (final deal agreed by both parties). I'm off to prepare a contract and then get paid, hopefully by next week 😁😁😁 But... can't stop at that, can I? I promised 6 brands when I started this challenge, after all. Which is why, I'm about to start prepping to pitch the next brand over the weekend, so I can send the pitch on Monday. Stay tuned! (But yeah, looks like I'm one brand down. Strong start, I'd say 😁)

I spoke too early when I assumed I was rejected by Justin Moore. Dude replied today, woot! Well, now that I'm feeling better, here's the rundown. - I decided to pitch Justin because he has a new software out for folks who want to pitch brands: Sponsor Mole. It fetches brand contacts, their LinkedIn bios, emails, and whatever the brand is up to, so you can craft a better pitch more successfully. It even gives you sample pitches trained on Justin's years' worth of expertise. - Justin teaches to approach brands based on what they've recently released, so it lands better. (I have his book Sponsor Magnet.) - So I figured, since Sponsor Mole is Justin's newest adventure, I should base my pitch on that. And it's a tool you guys might benefit from yourselves. It cuts down HOURS of research, after all. - So, on Monday, I recorded myself (another thing Justin advises to do these days... instead of writing an email, make a video pitch and send via InMail on LinkedIn). - I sent him a pitch with the video and these words (screenshot attached): "Hey Justin, would you like me to promote Sponsor Mole to my audience of creators, bloggers, and online solopreneurs? I made a pitch!" Attached the video below. - Justin replied today with these words: "Great pitch Maliha!! What if we do a live workshop together that you promo to your list + audience? I could offer $250 cash + affiliate % from any sign ups?" Plus he added a link to the affiliate doc. - My next move: Justin says to always negotiate, lol. So I'm currently crafting a counteroffer pitch 😝 That's it for now. Will keep you guys posted, and also working on a second pitch. To be updated soon.