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The 8-Hour First-$100 Challenge: Build and Launch From Your Phone
Below is a phone-only, beginner-friendly challenge members can complete in one day. I’ve positioned the eight hours as the time needed to build and launch the offer—not as a guarantee that everyone will earn $100 that same day.
The 8-Hour First-$100 Challenge: Build and Launch From Your Phone
This challenge is for the woman who has children, a job, household responsibilities, and very little uninterrupted time.
You do not need to spend weeks building a business.
You do not need a large social-media following.
You do not need to be comfortable appearing on camera.
Your goal is to use one day to build and launch a simple affiliate-marketing system from your cellphone.
By the end of the eight hours, you will have:
- Selected one audience and one problem
- Chosen one useful affiliate offer
- Created a simple lead-capture system
- Produced three short videos
- Published your content
- Personally contacted potential customers
- Started tracking your results
The eight hours may be completed in one day or divided into smaller sessions after work, before the children wake up, or after they go to bed.
Important Expectation
This guide shows you how to complete and launch the system in eight hours. It cannot guarantee that you will earn $100 within those eight hours.
Your first $100 may come from:
- One affiliate commission worth $100 or more
- Two $50 commissions
- Four $25 commissions
- A $100 setup service connected to the product you recommend
The objective is to stop preparing endlessly and put a real offer in front of real people.
What You Need
You only need:
- A cellphone with internet access
- An email address
- A free HeyGen account or access to HeyGen
- A GoHighLevel free trial
- One affiliate product or service you genuinely believe can help your audience
- A Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, or LinkedIn account
- A notes application on your phone
Start your GoHighLevel free trial using this link:
GoHighLevel will be the place where you begin organizing your contacts, conversations, appointment requests, and follow-up activities.
Before You Start: Choose Your Work Schedule
You may complete the challenge in one eight-hour day:
- Hour 1: Select the customer and problem
- Hour 2: Select the offer
- Hour 3: Create your message and call to action
- Hour 4: Set up your lead-capture process
- Hours 5–6: Create three videos
- Hour 7: Publish and personally share the offer
- Hour 8: Follow up and track your results
You may also divide it into four two-hour sessions.
Do not wait for a perfectly quiet day. Use the time you actually have.
Hour 1: Select One Specific Person to Help
Do not start by selecting a product.
Start by selecting a person with a problem.
Choose an audience you already understand. For example:
- Busy mothers who need help organizing appointments
- Hairstylists who lose potential customers because they cannot answer the phone
- Realtors who need a better way to follow up with leads
- Cleaning-business owners who need more estimates
- Childcare providers who need more enrollment inquiries
- Women starting home-based businesses
- Small-business owners who forget to follow up
- Coaches who need a simple appointment-booking system
Complete this sentence:
“I help __________ solve __________.”
Example:
“I help busy hairstylists stop losing potential customers when they are unable to answer the phone.”
Avoid broad statements such as:
“I help everyone make money.”
The more specific the problem is, the easier it will be to create useful content.
Your Hour 1 Checklist
- Choose one type of person
- Identify one immediate problem
- Write your one-sentence statement
- Do not change your audience during the challenge
Hour 2: Select One Offer
Choose one product or service that helps solve the problem you identified.
Do not promote five different products.
You need one clear recommendation.
For this challenge, you may use GoHighLevel as the product you demonstrate because it combines tools for managing contacts, conversations, forms, appointments, and follow-up.
Start the free trial here:
Spend this hour exploring the platform from your phone.
Look for features that relate directly to the problem you selected. Do not attempt to learn the entire platform.
For example:
For a hairstylist
Focus on:
- Capturing a potential customer’s information
- Scheduling appointments
- Following up with inquiries
- Organizing conversations
For a realtor
Focus on:
- Capturing buyer or seller leads
- Recording contact information
- Scheduling consultations
- Following up after an inquiry
For a coach
Focus on:
- Collecting prospect information
- Booking discovery calls
- Organizing conversations
- Following up with interested prospects
Your content should explain the result—not list every software feature.
Say:
“This can help a busy hairstylist collect and follow up with appointment inquiries.”
Do not say:
“This platform has funnels, pipelines, CRM tools, automations, workflows, calendars, forms, surveys, and integrations.”
Beginners buy clarity, not complexity.
Affiliate-Link Reminder
The link above is the community owner’s referral link for starting a GoHighLevel trial.
To earn your own affiliate commissions, you will need to join the appropriate affiliate program, receive your own approved tracking link, and follow its current terms.
Do not copy someone else’s referral link and present it as your own.
Your Hour 2 Checklist
- Open the free-trial link
- Create your account
- Explore only the features connected to your customer’s problem
- Write down three benefits in everyday language
- Confirm how you will receive credit for your own referrals
Hour 3: Create Your Simple Message
Your message needs four parts:
- The person
- The problem
- The simple solution
- The next action
Use this formula:
“If you are a __________ and you struggle with __________, here is a simple way to __________. Comment __________ and I will send you the information.”
Example:
“If you are a hairstylist and you miss customer inquiries while working with clients, here is a simple way to collect and organize those leads from your phone. Comment BOOKED and I will send you the information.”
Your call-to-action word should be easy to remember.
Examples:
- BOOKED
- LEADS
- CLIENTS
- FOLLOWUP
- START
- INFO
Do not ask people to complete several actions.
Choose one:
- Comment a keyword
- Send you a direct message
- Complete a short form
- Book a call
For the first day, comments or direct messages are the simplest options.
Write Your Three Video Topics
Create three related videos:
Video 1: Identify the Problem
Example title:
“Why hairstylists lose new customers even when their work is excellent”
Video 2: Show the Simple Solution
Example title:
“How to organize customer inquiries from your phone”
Video 3: Show the Opportunity or Result
Example title:
“What could happen if every new inquiry received a quick response?”
Your Hour 3 Checklist
- Choose one keyword
- Write one clear call to action
- Create three video topics
- Keep each video focused on one idea
Hour 4: Set Up Your Lead-Capture Process
Start your GoHighLevel free trial here:
Use your phone’s browser to sign in.
Your first system does not need to be complicated.
At minimum, decide where you will record:
- First name
- Email address
- Phone number, when voluntarily provided
- What the person needs help with
- Date contacted
- Follow-up date
- Current status
Use simple status labels:
- New lead
- Information sent
- Follow-up needed
- Interested
- Trial started
- Not interested
When someone comments or messages you:
- Respond publicly so the person knows you saw the request.
- Send the requested information privately.
- Add the person to your contact list.
- Record what they asked about.
- Set a follow-up reminder.
Public Comment Reply
“Thank you! I’m sending the information to you now. Check your messages in a moment.”
Direct-Message Script
“Hi, [Name]. Thank you for commenting. Here is the free-trial link I mentioned:
The platform can help you organize leads, conversations, appointments, and follow-up in one place.
What type of business are you operating, or what are you hoping to use it for?”
The final question is important. It begins a conversation instead of simply dropping a link and disappearing.
Follow-Up Message
Send this after the person has had time to review the information:
“Hi, [Name]. Were you able to look at the information I sent? What part of your customer follow-up process would you most like to simplify?”
Do not send repeated messages to someone who has not given you permission to continue communicating.
Your Hour 4 Checklist
- Create your contact-recording process
- Save the public reply
- Save the direct-message script
- Save the follow-up message
- Test your link on your cellphone
Hours 5 and 6: Create Three HeyGen Videos
You do not need to appear on camera.
Use HeyGen to create short spokesperson videos.
Each video should be approximately 20 to 45 seconds.
Do not attempt to create a commercial. Speak like you are helping one person understand one problem.
Video 1 Script: The Problem
“If you run a small business, you may be losing customers without realizing it. Someone calls or sends a message while you are working, caring for your children, or helping another customer. You plan to respond later, but the day gets busy. By the time you follow up, that person has already contacted someone else. The problem may not be the quality of your service. It may simply be the lack of a consistent follow-up system.”
End the video with:
“Comment FOLLOWUP and I’ll send you the tool I’m testing.”
Video 2 Script: The Simple Solution
“You do not necessarily need another employee to begin improving your follow-up. Start by putting your contacts, conversations, and appointments in one organized place. This makes it easier to see who contacted you, what they needed, and when you should respond. I’m testing a platform that can help small-business owners organize this from their phones. Comment FOLLOWUP and I’ll send you the free-trial information.”
Video 3 Script: The Opportunity
“Imagine finishing your day without wondering which potential customers you forgot to call back. A simple follow-up system can help you keep track of new inquiries, appointments, and conversations. You still have to serve your customers, but you no longer have to depend completely on memory. Comment FOLLOWUP and I’ll send you the information so you can explore it for yourself.”
How to Create Each Video
- Open HeyGen on your phone.
- Select an avatar or presenter.
- Start a new video.
- Copy one script from this guide.
- Paste the script into HeyGen.
- Select a clear, natural voice.
- Add a simple title on the screen.
- Preview the video.
- Correct obvious pronunciation problems.
- Generate the video.
- Download it to your phone.
- Repeat the process for the remaining scripts.
Do not spend an hour changing backgrounds, fonts, clothing, or transitions.
The message matters more than decorations.
Review Each Video
Before publishing, confirm:
- The words are easy to understand
- The video identifies a real problem
- The video contains only one main idea
- The keyword appears on the screen
- The call to action is spoken clearly
- The video is short enough to hold attention
- The video does not promise guaranteed income or results
Your Hours 5–6 Checklist
- Create Video 1
- Create Video 2
- Create Video 3
- Watch all three videos
- Save them to your phone
- Confirm the keyword and link are correct
Hour 7: Publish and Personally Share the Offer
Publish the first video on the platform where your intended audience already spends time.
Possible platforms:
- TikTok
- YouTube Shorts
Use this caption:
“Many small-business owners do not have a customer problem. They have a follow-up problem.
A potential customer calls or sends a message at the wrong time. The owner plans to respond later, but work, children, and everyday responsibilities take over.
I’m testing a simple way to organize leads, conversations, and appointments from a phone.
Comment FOLLOWUP and I’ll send you the free-trial information.”
Add this disclosure when sharing an affiliate link:
“This is an affiliate link. I may receive compensation if you sign up or purchase through it, at no additional cost to you.”
Do Not Depend Only on the Algorithm
After publishing, personally share the video with people who may genuinely benefit.
Create a list of 20 appropriate people or businesses.
Good prospects include:
- People who have previously asked you about business tools
- Local service-business owners
- Coaches and consultants
- Realtors
- Hairstylists and barbers
- Cleaning companies
- Childcare providers
- Home-service professionals
- Small-business owners who actively market online
Do not send the same unsolicited message to hundreds of strangers.
Personalize each message.
Personal Outreach Script
“Hi, [Name]. I saw that you operate a [type of business]. I created a short video about organizing customer inquiries and follow-up from a phone. I thought it might be useful because business owners often miss messages while serving customers. Would you like me to send it?”
Wait for permission before sending the link.
When the person says yes:
“Absolutely. Here is the video and the free-trial link:
This is an affiliate link, so I may receive compensation if you eventually make a qualifying purchase, at no additional cost to you.
What part of your lead follow-up process currently takes the most time?”
Your Hour 7 Checklist
- Publish one video
- Include a clear disclosure
- Identify 20 appropriate people
- Send 20 personalized permission-based messages
- Record every response
- Add interested people to your follow-up list
Hour 8: Follow Up and Create a Path to $100
Do not judge the challenge only by how many people immediately purchase.
Track the actions that can eventually produce the sale.
Record:
- Videos published
- People personally contacted
- Replies received
- Links requested
- Trial registrations
- Appointments requested
- Purchases or commissions
- Follow-ups scheduled
Your First-$100 Scoreboard
Write your results:
- Videos created: ___ / 3
- Videos published: ___ / 3
- Personal messages sent: ___ / 20
- Replies received: ___
- Interested leads: ___
- Trial registrations: ___
- Follow-ups scheduled: ___
- Commission earned: $___
- Service revenue earned: $___
Add a Simple $100 Service
Affiliate commissions may take time. You can also offer a small beginner-friendly service related to the product.
Offer:
“I will help you organize your basic contact and follow-up process for $100.”
Keep the first service tightly limited.
Your $100 starter package may include:
- One 20-minute planning call
- Help identifying the stages of the customer journey
- A simple contact-organization plan
- Three follow-up message templates
- One appointment-reminder template
- A 15-minute follow-up call
Do not promise a complete agency buildout for $100.
You are providing a simple starting system.
Service Offer Message
“Based on what you shared, it sounds like you mainly need a simple way to organize new inquiries and remember who needs a response.
I offer a $100 starter session that includes a basic follow-up plan, three message templates, an appointment-reminder template, and a short follow-up call.
Would you like me to send you the details?”
This creates two possible paths to your first $100:
- Affiliate commissions from approved referrals
- A small service that helps a business implement what you are teaching
What to Do After the Eight Hours
Do not rebuild the entire system tomorrow.
Use the work you already completed.
Over the next seven days:
- Publish the remaining two videos
- Respond to every genuine question
- Follow up with interested people
- Create one new video answering a common question
- Ask trial users what they need help setting up
- Offer your $100 starter service when appropriate
- Record every contact and outcome
Simple Follow-Up Schedule
Day 1
Send the requested information.
Day 2
Ask whether they reviewed it.
Day 4
Send one helpful tip related to their problem.
Day 7
Ask whether they want help getting started.
After that, stop following up unless the person responds or has given permission for continued communication.
Rules for This Challenge
- Promote a product you have actually explored.
- Never claim that income is guaranteed.
- Clearly disclose affiliate relationships.
- Do not spam people.
- Do not add people to marketing lists without permission.
- Lead with education rather than hype.
- Ask questions before recommending a solution.
- Track every message, reply, registration, and sale.
- Follow up respectfully.
- Improve the process based on real responses.
Post Your Results in the Community
After completing the challenge, post:
- The audience you selected
- The problem you decided to solve
- One of your videos
- How many people you contacted
- How many people replied
- How many people requested the link
- How many trials or sales you generated
- What you will improve next time
Use this title for your update:
My 8-Hour First-$100 Challenge Results
Your first attempt does not need to be perfect.
The objective is to complete the system, start real conversations, collect useful feedback, and create a repeatable path toward your first $100.
HighLevel currently advertises a 14-day free trial and includes core capabilities for contacts, forms, conversations, calendars, and follow-up. Some communication services or advanced features may require additional configuration or usage charges, so members should review the current trial terms before relying on a particular feature. (GoHighLevel)
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