Day 3: Create Your First Content Piece Based On Demand
Yesterday you did the detective work and gathered all that juicy market intelligence. Today? You stop researching and start creating!
No more planning. No more “I’ll just look at one more example.” No more preparing to prepare.
Today is action day, the fun kind where you actually make something and feel like a productive genius instead of a professional researcher who never ships anything.
- Track A folks, you’re writing your first affiliate review or helpful blog post.
- Track B folks, you’re creating your first fast printable.
Both of you are using the demand data you collected yesterday, which means you’re not guessing. You’re building what people already want to buy.
Let’s do this thing!
Track A: Affiliate Marketing For Low Content
Objective
Write your first affiliate review, tool comparison, or helpful blog post that solves a specific problem for creators in your niche and naturally leads them to the affiliate tools you researched yesterday.
Why This Matters
You could write the most beautiful, poetic affiliate content in the world, but if it does not help someone solve an actual problem, it will sit there lonely and unclicked like the last piece of fruitcake at the office party.
The best affiliate content does not feel like marketing. It feels like advice from a helpful friend who just happens to know exactly which tools make life easier.
Your job today is to create one piece of content that:
- Addresses a real pain point from your research
- Provides genuine value and actionable advice
- Naturally recommends 1-3 affiliate tools as solutions
- Makes the reader think “This person gets me!”
You are not writing a sales pitch. You are writing helpful content that solves problems and mentions tools along the way, like a trail of breadcrumbs that leads to “buy now” buttons.
When you do this right, commissions happen because people trust your recommendations, not because you shouted “BUY THIS!” seventeen times.
Real Examples
Content type: “How to” tutorial post
Topic: “How to make Christmas gift tags in 10 minutes”
Problem it solves: People need gift tags fast and have zero artistic skills
Affiliate tools featured:
- Canva: for the drag-and-drop templates (your affiliate link)
- Creative Fabrica: for Christmas fonts and clipart (your affiliate link)
- Design Bundles: for ready-made tag templates (your affiliate link)
Content type: Tool comparison post
Topic: “Best printable design tools for busy parents”
Problem it solves: Parents want to create printables but feel overwhelmed by options
Affiliate tools featured:
- Canva: easiest for beginners, free version works great
- Creative Fabrica: best value for bulk graphics
- Placeit: perfect for mockups without photography skills
Content type: Resource roundup post
Topic: “Everything you need to create holiday scavenger hunts”
Problem it solves: Event hosts want all resources in one place
Affiliate tools featured:
- Creative Fabrica: game templates and holiday graphics
- Canva: for customizing and adding text
- Design Bundles: for themed icon packs
Your Mission Today
Before You Begin: Choose Your Content Type And Topic
Look at your research from yesterday. What pain point appeared most often? What question kept showing up in Pinterest searches?
Pick ONE topic that solves ONE problem. Write it down like this: “I’m writing about [problem] for [audience] and recommending [1-3 tools].”
Example: “I’m writing about making gift tags fast for busy parents and recommending Canva templates, Creative Fabrica fonts, and Design Bundles clipart.”
Now you have clarity instead of vague intentions.
Tools you’ll need: Google Docs or WordPress, your research document from yesterday, affiliate links for your chosen tools
Time needed: 45-60 minutes max (this is a first draft, not a masterpiece)
Step 1: Write Your Attention-Grabbing Opening
Start with the pain point, not the solution. People need to see themselves in your opening sentence.
Good opening: “It’s 10 PM, you have 23 gifts to wrap, and you just realized you forgot gift tags. Again.”
Boring opening: “Today I’m going to show you some tools for making gift tags.”
Write 2-3 sentences that make your reader nod and think “YES, that’s exactly my situation!” Use the language you found in yesterday’s Pinterest descriptions and buyer reviews.
Step 2: Explain The Solution (Before Mentioning Tools)
Give them the strategy or method first. How would they solve this problem? What’s the approach?
Example: “The fastest way to make gift tags is using pre-made templates you can customize in minutes. No design skills required. No artistic crisis at midnight.”
This builds trust because you’re helping them understand the solution, not just throwing products at them.
Step 3: Introduce Your Affiliate Tools As The Implementation
Now bring in your tools naturally, as the “how” behind your strategy.
Example: “I use Canva because they have hundreds of free gift tag templates. You literally just click, change the text, and download. Takes about 3 minutes per tag.”
For each tool, explain:
- What it does specifically (not vague marketing speak)
- Why it works for this problem
- How to use it (quick overview)
- Link to the tool with your affiliate link
Step 4: Add Quick Tips Or Bonus Advice
Give them 3-5 quick tips that make your content extra valuable. These should be actionable and specific.
Example tips for gift tags:
- Print on cardstock for professional results
- Use a hole punch and ribbon instead of tape
- Save your designs to reuse next year
- Batch-create all your tags at once to save time
This is where you prove you actually know what you’re talking about, not just promoting random tools.
Step 5: Close With Encouragement And A Soft Call-To-Action
End on a friendly, encouraging note that gently reminds them about the tools.
Example: “You’ve got this! With Canva templates and a few minutes, you’ll have gorgeous gift tags without the midnight design panic. Your wrapped gifts will look like you had your life together all along (even if we both know you made these tags in your pajamas at 11 PM).”
Include links to your recommended tools one more time in this closing section.
Quick Win (5 minutes): Read your draft out loud. Does it sound like you talking to a friend? If it sounds like a robot wrote a sales brochure, add more personality. Use contractions. Add a joke. Make it sound like YOU.
Track B: Product Creation For Low Content
Objective
Create your first fast printable based on the market demand and specifications you identified yesterday, focusing on “done” instead of “perfect” so you can actually finish and move forward.
Why This Matters
You have done the research. You know what sells. You know what style works. You know what price point makes sense.
Now you need to actually create the thing instead of thinking about creating the thing or planning to create the thing or researching one more bestseller “just to be sure.”
Today is not about creating a masterpiece that will hang in the Louvre. Today is about creating a simple, useful printable that solves a real problem for real people who will pay real money for it.
Your first printable does not need to be revolutionary. It needs to be:
- Useful for your chosen audience
- Based on proven market demand
- Simple enough to finish today
- Good enough to sell
“Good enough to sell” is way better than “perfect but never finished.” You can always improve version 2 after you make your first sale and get actual customer feedback.
Real Examples
Printable type: Christmas coloring pages
What you’re creating: 5-page simple coloring sheet pack with Santa, reindeer, snowman, Christmas tree, and gingerbread house
Why this works: Your research showed simple line art sells, and 5 pages is quick to create but feels like value
Tools you’ll use:
- Canva: for creating the pages with simple shapes and lines
- Reference images from Pinterest for inspiration (not copying!)
Printable type: Holiday scavenger hunt
What you’re creating: Indoor Christmas scavenger hunt with 15 items, answer key included
Why this works: Your research showed answer keys are essential and indoor hunts are popular
Tools you’ll use:
- Canva: for layout and design
- Creative Fabrica: for holiday icons/clipart if needed
- Google Docs for writing the clues first
Printable type: Gift tags
What you’re creating: Pack of 12 tags (3 each of 4 designs) in cute modern style
Why this works: Your research showed 12-16 tags per pack is the sweet spot, multiple designs add value
Tools you’ll use:
- Canva: for design and layout
- Creative Fabrica: for Christmas graphics and fonts
Your Mission Today
Before You Begin: Set Up Your Design File
Open Canva (or whatever design tool you’re using) and create a new document with the correct dimensions.
Standard sizes that work:
- Letter size: 8.5″ x 11″ (most common for printables)
- A4: 8.27″ x 11.69″ (if targeting international buyers)
- Gift tags: 2″ x 3.5″ (standard business card size works great)
Set your design to 300 DPI if the option exists (this ensures good print quality).
Save your file with a clear name like “Christmas-Coloring-Pack-v1” so future you can find it without having a small breakdown.
Tools you’ll need: Canva (free or paid), Creative Fabrica or Design Bundles for graphics (optional), your specifications from Day 2
Time needed: 60-90 minutes max (set a timer, seriously)
Step 1: Create Your Base Layout Or Template
Start with the structure before you add any decorative elements.
For coloring pages: Draw your main shapes and outlines. Keep lines thick enough for kids to color inside (think 3-4 point line weight minimum).
For scavenger hunts: Set up your text layout. Title at top, numbered list in the middle, space for checkboxes, space for answer key on a second page.
For gift tags: Create a grid layout. If you’re making 4 per page, set up guides so they’re evenly spaced with cutting room between them.
This base structure is your foundation. Get this right and everything else is easier.
Step 2: Add Your Main Content
Now add the actual content that makes your printable useful.
For coloring pages: Draw or add your main subject (Santa, reindeer, whatever you chose). Keep it simple. You are not competing with professional illustrators. You are creating something parents can print at midnight without stress.
For scavenger hunts: Write your clues or items. Make them specific to your theme (indoor/outdoor/classroom). Test each one by asking “Could a kid actually find this in a normal house?”
For gift tags: Add your text fields (“To:” and “From:”), decorative elements, and any patterns or graphics that match your style.
Remember your research: what style is selling? Match that vibe.
Step 3: Add Decorative Elements (But Not Too Many)
Here’s where you make it pretty without going overboard.
Add:
- Border or frame elements
- Small decorative graphics (snowflakes, stars, holly)
- Complementary colors that match your theme
- Simple patterns or textures if appropriate
Do NOT add:
- Seventeen different fonts competing for attention
- Every clipart element you own
- Clashing colors that hurt eyeballs
- So much decoration you can’t find the actual content
When in doubt, less is more. You can always add more pizzazz to version 2.
Step 4: Create Your Additional Pages Or Variations
If you’re making a multi-page pack, create your additional pages now.
Pro tip: Copy your first page as a template so formatting stays consistent. Change the main content but keep the structure and style the same.
For gift tags: Create your 3-4 different designs. Keep them cohesive (same color family, similar style) so they look like they belong together in a pack.
For scavenger hunts: Create your answer key page. Make it clear and easy to read. Parents will love you for this.
Step 5: Review And Export
Look at your printable with fresh eyes. Ask yourself:
Is the text readable?
Are the colors printable (not too dark, not too light)?
Does it solve the problem you identified?
Would you actually use this yourself?
If yes to all four, you’re done! Export as PDF (for final printables) and PNG (for mockups and previews).
Save both files in a clearly labeled folder. Your future self will thank you when you’re uploading to Etsy tomorrow.
Quick Win (5 minutes): Print your printable on regular paper (or view it at 100% on screen if you can’t print). Does it look good? Does anything need adjusting? Make one small improvement right now while you’re looking at it. Then call it done.
Day 3 Wrap-Up
Holy smokes, look at you! You made something today! Not researched something. Not planned something. Actually MADE something that exists in the world and can make you money.
Track A folks, you have your first piece of helpful affiliate content ready to publish. Track B folks, you have an actual printable that real humans can buy.
This is huge!
See, most people get stuck in research mode forever. They read seventeen more blog posts, watch twenty-three more tutorials, and convince themselves they need “just a little more information” before they start.
But you did not do that! You took action based on the research you already had, and that makes you approximately 847% more likely to succeed than the eternal researchers.
What you accomplished today:
- Created your first piece of content or product instead of just thinking about it
- Applied your market research to make something people actually want
- Proved to yourself you can finish things (this is worth celebrating)
- Built momentum that will carry you through tomorrow’s work
Tomorrow’s sneak peek: You’re creating your second piece with a different angle or style.
- Track A folks will write a different type of post (comparison, tutorial, or roundup – whichever you didn’t do today).
- Track B folks will create a printable in a different style or format in the same niche.
You’re building variety that appeals to different buyer preferences, and it gets easier because you already know how this works now.
Now go celebrate with something delicious or fun. You earned it, creator!
