Last week I got a link from Ahrefs (domain authority 90). Huge SEO win!

But it didn’t just happen. I had to make it happen.

Here’s how I did it.

A month ago Ahrefs published an article about the best marketing newsletters.

As soon as I saw it, I knew Zero to Marketing had to be in there!
There was just one problem.

I had to pitch @timsoulo, a guy who writes posts like this one 😅

So what I did was I kept a patient eye on him on Twitter, waiting for an opening.
Act 1 - The foot in the door
Act 2 - The proposal
Act 3 - The objection
Act 4 - The counter
Act 5 - The shortcut
Luckily for me Tim liked the pitch!

And after a few days they added my newsletter to the article 🤩
As your site becomes more popular it *might* start getting links organically.

But until then you need to get out of your comfort zone and promote it because no one else will do it for you!

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And here they are...

THE WINNERS OF THE 24 HOUR STARTUP CHALLENGE

Remember, this money is just fun. If you launched a product (or even attempted a launch) - you did something worth MUCH more than $1,000.

#24hrstartup

The winners 👇

#10

Lattes For Change - Skip a latte and save a life.

https://t.co/M75RAirZzs

@frantzfries built a platform where you can see how skipping your morning latte could do for the world.

A great product for a great cause.

Congrats Chris on winning $250!


#9

Instaland - Create amazing landing pages for your followers.

https://t.co/5KkveJTAsy

A team project! @bpmct and @BaileyPumfleet built a tool for social media influencers to create simple "swipe up" landing pages for followers.

Really impressive for 24 hours. Congrats!


#8

SayHenlo - Chat without distractions

https://t.co/og0B7gmkW6

Built by @DaltonEdwards, it's a platform for combatting conversation overload. This product was also coded exclusively from an iPad 😲

Dalton is a beast. I'm so excited he placed in the top 10.


#7

CoderStory - Learn to code from developers across the globe!

https://t.co/86Ay6nF4AY

Built by @jesswallaceuk, the project is focused on highlighting the experience of developers and people learning to code.

I wish this existed when I learned to code! Congrats on $250!!