How to accelerate your cloud career transition in 100 Days
- Searched the traffic on Google Trends and select whether to use cloudcareerpro.com or cloudtransitionpro.com as domain name
- Purchased the domain cloudcareerpro.com via Cloudflare
- Set up business email routing ivan@cloudcareerpro.com via Cloudflare
- Set up business email via Zoho Mail
- Decided to give Systeme.io a try to set up my blog, course, email and funnel
- Completed the Privacy Policy and Terms
- Connected with PayPal and Stripe account
- Activated the LinkedIn Sales Navigator Trial
- Logo design using Canva Pro
- Ran a poll on LinkedIn to decide which logo is more well received
- Successful custom domain setup of cloudcareerpro.com on Systeme.io. Thank you the Systeme.io team for prompt assistance in DNS troubleshooting!
- CloudCareerPro Logo modified and confirmed using using Canva; Did a poll on LinkedIn and Instagram
- Created a company page on LinkedIn; Using Canva Pro for both logo and banner
- Created landing page of EBook Download using Systeme.io
- Created the gmail account, cloudcareerpro@gmail.com
- Created the account on YouCanBook.me for cloud career coaching session booking
- Creation of Favicon using favicon.io
- Finished preparation of the E-book, "100 Days of Cloud - 8 Tools and 12 Tips For You" using Canva Pro
- Created E-book Cover using Canva Pro; Image compression using Squoosh
- Landing page of the website cloudcareerpro.com updated as the Ebook Download page
- Finished funnel setup using Systeme.io
- Setup OnceHub for cloud career coaching session booking for paid members
- Setup Campaign using Systeme.io and drafted the first welcoming email to be sent to subscribers
- Setup Automation Rule using Systeme.io
- Posted the belated "Day 100 of 5th Round of 100DaysOfCloud" post to LinkedIn personal profile
- Posted the 1st post (E-book) of CloudCareerPRO LinkedIn Page, designed using Canva Pro
- Studied how to use LinkedIn Sales Navigator to help promote the CloudCareerPRO LinkedIn Page
- Got 7 new leads (A total of 7 leads)
- Got 6 new leads (A total of 13 leads)
- Published my E-book "100 Days of Cloud: 8 Tools And 12 Tips For You" to Kindle
- Started drafting course outline
- Got 13 new leads (A total of 31 leads)
- Spotted typo and republished my E-book "100 Days of Cloud: 8 Tools And 12 Tips For You" to Kindle
- Created a post using Canva Pro, promoted to my Instagram and Facebook; Updated my Linktree info in Instagram
- Renamed the title of my E-book landing page from "Squeeze Page" to "EBook Download" using Systeme.io
- Used around 40 credits offered by LinkedIn Sales Navigator to send invitation to CloudCareerPRO LinkedIn Page. Now there are 30 followers in total.
- Got 6 new leads (A total of 37 leads)
- No progress on CloudCareerPRO due to work and scheduled harmonica exchange session with KEPLER
- Got 5 new leads (A total of 42 leads)
- No progress on CloudCareerPRO due to harmonica teaching, rehearsal with King's Harmonica Quintet and family dinner.
- Finished drafting the course outline of "100 Days Of Cloud Blueprint"
- Happy Mother's Day!
- Got 3 new leads (A total of 45 leads)
- Prepared video and posted to LinkedIn and instagram
- Got 3 new leads (A total of 48 leads)
- Finished the Chapter "From Harmonica Teacher to Cloud Solutions Architect" under the Lesson "About Me"
- Finished the Chapter "My 5 Rounds of #100DaysOfCloud" under the Lesson "About Me"
- Finished the Chapter "Connect with Me" under the Lesson "About Me"
- Finished all the Chapters of the Lesson "About Me"
- Got 1 new lead (A total of 49 leads)
- Got 1 new lead (A total of 50 leads)
- Engaged by work and presentation at ZStack; No progress for CloudCareerPRO
- Got 1 new lead (A total of 51 leads)
- Finished the Chapter "LinkedIn Tip 1 - Set up Profile Picture" under the Lesson "How to enhance your profile for more job opportunities?"
- Edited the classroom setting; Decided the colour, logo and course image.
- Prepared a GIF for promotion of the course "100 Days Of Cloud Blueprint"
- Learnt how to build a Discord community for CloudCareerPRO.
- Finished the text and design of course landing page.
- Finished the basic setup of the Discord community for CloudCareerPRO
- Modified the course image
- Finished the testing of the Discord server with 2 users for CloudCareerPRO
- Added a bot to the Discord server
- Learnt how to set up different roles and tested how to verify the "member" role of paid members
- Modified the thank you page after course payment settlement; Added the Discord invite link to the thank you page
- Enriched the Chapter "LinkedIn Tip 1 - Set up Profile Picture" under the Lesson "How to enhance your profile for more job opportunities?"
- Finished the Chapter "Recommended Platforms for Cloud Exam Practice Test" under the Lesson "How to best prepare for cloud certifications?"
- Finished the Chapter "Recommended Platforms for Gaining Hands-on Experience" under the Lesson "How to best prepare for cloud certifications?"
- Finished the Chapter "Recommended Platforms for Cloud Certifications Training" under the Lesson "How to best prepare for cloud certifications?"
- Finished the Chapter "Make the Decision Earlier - Multi-cloud vs Single-cloud" under the Lesson "What I would have done differently if I had known all these tips?"
- Finished the Chapter "Avoid the Shiny Object Syndrome" under the Lesson "What I would have done differently if I had known all these tips?"
- Finished the Chapter "The Importance of Persistence and Showing Up" under the Lesson "What I would have done differently if I had known all these tips?"
- Tested the drip content function of course materials and learnt the reason why some of the Chapter could not be shown in the prior setting
- Finished the Chapter "IBM" under the Lesson "How to get FREE vouchers from cloud vendors?"
- Finished the Chapter "Aviatrix" under the Lesson "How to get FREE vouchers from cloud vendors?"
- Finished the Chapter "Alibaba Cloud" under the Lesson "How to get FREE vouchers from cloud vendors?"
- Finished the Chapter "Microsoft" under the Lesson "How to get FREE vouchers from cloud vendors?"
- Finished the Chapter "AWS" under the Lesson "How to get FREE vouchers from cloud vendors?"
- Finished the Chapter "Job Searching with Right Target - Vendor vs Distributor vs System Integrator" under the Lesson "What I would have done differently if I had known all these tips?"
- Finished the Chapter "Re-prioritize Vendor Selection if Budget is TIGHT" under the Lesson "What I would have done differently if I had known all these tips?"
- Finished the Chapter "LinkedIn Tip 2 - Set up Banner Photo" under the Lesson "How to enhance your profile for more job opportunities?"
- Finished the Chapter "LinkedIn Tip 3 - Optimize the Headline" under the Lesson "How to enhance your profile for more job opportunities?"
- Finished the Chapter "Twitter Optimization" under the Lesson "How to enhance your profile for more job opportunities?"
- Finished the Chapter "GitHub" under the Lesson "How to enhance your profile for more job opportunities?"
- Launched the course "100 Days Of Cloud Blueprint" using Systeme.io!
- Made the first sale using Systeme.io!
- Posted and shared my journey of this log in the Systeme.io Facebook group
- Bought the lifetime deal of Closerscopy and learnt how to use the AI tool to enhance copywriting
- Learnt how to use LinkedIn Sales Navigator to manage account list and lead list; Created an account list of schools
- Connected with the first course online course member of CloudCareerPRO's "100 Days Of Cloud Blueprint" on LinkedIn. Found that he is my colleague in the same System Engineering department of my prior company Synnex!
- Launched the campaign of giving away 100 FREE course access of "100 Days Of Cloud Blueprint" to 100 Secondary School Principals; Promoted via LinkedIn personal post and personal Facebook account and asked for referral of School Principals that might be interested
- Last valid day of coupon code FIRST100
- Made use of my free trial and InMail quota (100) of LinkedIn Sales Navigator to send InMails and connection requests to School Principals to offer free access of CloudCareerPRO's "100 Days Of Cloud Blueprint" with them. Sent around 40 InMail in total
- Got 2 acceptance of InMail from School Principals / Heads of School.
- Compiled a list of emails of Secondary School Principals in Hong Kong
- Explored how to use Systeme.io or Mailchimp to spread the message via email to School Principals that are not yet on LinkedIn. No conclusion could be drawn yet and more time is needed to explore on this.
- Set up a new coupon code 30DAY for celebration of the 30th day of CloudCareerPRO
- Researched on how to manage two tags, one for "EBook", one for "Course Purchase", under the free tier of Systeme.io. Considering using the free tier of Mailchimp to manage those who have purchased the course to minimize monthly expense.
- Last day of LinkedIn Sales Navigator 1-month trial. Discovered that I could refer the 2-month free trail to more than 10 of my connections.
- Shared LinkedIn Sales Navigator 2-month free trail to those (I guess around 30-40 in total) who have been supporting or inspiring me along my career development journey
- Created a LinkedIn post to promote the new coupon code 30DAY and share the news of CloudCareerPRO giving away 100 free course access to Secondary School Principals and Heads Of Schools. https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6936230263949516800
- Studied how to enable the affiliate program of CloudCareerPRO using Systeme.io
- Successfully used the "Workflows" function of Systeme.io and enabled the affiliate program of CloudCareerPRO
- Sent an email to Systeme.io support team to confirm the URL format of affiliate link; Wanted to confirm whether both of the following are going to work: https://www.cloudcareerpro.com/course?sa={affiliate_id} https://www.cloudcareerpro.com/course/?sa={affiliate_id}
- Sent an email campaign via MailChimp to a list of 442 Hong Kong secondary school email contacts
- Got the reply from Systeme.io support team, it's advised to use the following format: https://www.cloudcareerpro.com/course?sa={affiliate_id}