Welcome to the AI Apprentice Program
Congrats, you’ve joined the program.
Now that you’re officially inside, here’s the exact roadmap so you don’t feel lost staring at 140+ courses, 27 tools, and a pile of skills you think you “don’t have yet.” Let’s cut through the noise.
Join the Office Hours Facebook group
By now, you should have an email inviting you to our Office Hours Facebook Group.
If it didn’t arrive, give it a few minutes; it’s on the way.
This group is where everything happens:
- Weekly Office Hours: Thursdays at 2 PM PST / 5 PM EST.
We record all sessions, so if you miss one, no meltdown necessary. - Ask your questions here (not in the big public group).
We use Facebook because local service business owners live on Facebook.
If you want clients, you should too.
Join all required platforms
To get fully connected, knock these out immediately:
— Accept your Basecamp invite. Projects, training, assignments, and your Weekly MAA reports live here.
— Join the ChatGPT business account. Full access to our shared tools and workspace.
— Join the private Office Hours Facebook group. This is your real support channel.
— Subscribe to the Dennis Yu YouTube channel.
Every Thursday at 11 AM EST, I drop the Marketing Mechanic episode.
Submit your weekly MAA report
Every Friday, by 5 PM Eastern, you’ll submit your MAA report in Basecamp.
It takes 5 minutes.
And here’s the raw truth:
People who submit consistently in the first 3–4 weeks succeed.
People who don’t, never do.
Even if you were sick, traveling, busy, or didn’t get access to a client account, you can always report something:
- Ran a Local Falcon scan.
- Watched a training.
- Improved your LinkedIn.
- Posted a video.
- Learned one new skill.
- Implemented a tool.
Two minutes of effort is enough.
It’s about building the habit.
Connect with other apprentices
This isn’t a solo sport.
Inside the Office Hours group, you’ll find people:
- In your same city.
- Working in the same niche (roofing, HVAC, dental, etc.).
- Developing the same skills you want.
- At the same stage of learning.
Reach out. Build relationships.
Many of our best agencies started from connections made here.
Use the tools & training we give you
You get access to tools that the public doesn’t:
- Link Whisper (premium).
- RankMath Pro.
- WordPress resources.
- Internal SOPs.
- Meeting templates.
- Project management training.
- Agency operations training.
When we teach something publicly, you get the implementation version.
That’s a massive advantage; use it.
Manage email like a professional
If you’re a young adult, you probably live on your phone.
Nothing wrong with that, but handle client email on a laptop, not your thumbs.
Install Boomerang for Gmail (free is fine).
It helps you:
- Track follow-ups.
- Handle scheduling.
- Keep your inbox from becoming a crime scene.
Email is where real business happens.
You need to treat it seriously.
Master meeting basics
We have training on:
- What to do before a meeting.
- What to do during a meeting.
- What to do after a meeting.
Including:
- Always send an agenda upstream.
- Always record Zoom meetings.
- Always share action items after.
- Always update Basecamp with who’s doing what.
If you do this well for your parents’ business or first client, you will get more.
And when you’re reliably executing, we’ll promote you and send an opportunity your way.
(Not because you bought the program, but because you earned it.)
Where not to ask for help
There’s a giant free Facebook group called Digital Marketing with Dennis Yu (44k+ members).
That’s not your support channel.
Your help and team support are inside Office Hours, the private group.
Stay there.
If you’re ever truly stuck
- Message Stephanie (stephanie@blitzmetrics.com).
- If it’s something only I can solve (rare), you can email me.
- You can text me too. Just make sure it’s worth waking me up over.
Your first real assignment: Make a 1-minute video
Record a simple cell-phone introduction and post it in the Office Hours group.
No scripts.
No fancy camera.
No “I need to get ready first.”
Just you, talking for 60 seconds:
- Who you are.
- Where you’re from.
- What you’re working on.
- What you want to learn.
If we were sitting around a dinner table at a mastermind, you’d introduce yourself.
This is the same thing.
Do it now. Don’t overthink it.