George, Use This Checklist Before Publishing Your Posts

Hi George,

Daniel Scocco here, and this is the Daily Blog Tips newsletter.

Today I want to point you to a resource I released on my blog
recently. It is a checklist you can use before publishing posts
on your blog.

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How many times have you published a post, only to find out you
forgot to proofread and that many typos slipped through? What about
when the links you included are broken, when you used the wrong
keywords, or when you forgot to optimize the post title?

As you can see, there are many things one should check before
hitting the "Publish" button, and most of us forget about them.
That is why I decided to create "The Blog Post Checklist," with a
list of things you should check before publishing your post.

There are a total of 13 checks to make. On the post you'll find a
description of each of them, and you'll also be able to download
a PDF version of the checklist, so that you can print it out.

Here is the link:

http://www.dailyblogtips.com/the-blog-post-checklist/

Let me know if you think we should add anything else to the
checklist. You can either reply to this email or leave a comment
on the post.

Talk to you soon,
Daniel Scocco

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George, I,'ll Make You An Offer You Can't Refuse!

Hi George,

Daniel Scocco here, and this is the Daily Blog Tips newsletter.

Today is Black Friday, and there are many sweet deals around. I want
to propose you one that is quite good, though.

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The first part of the deal is actually coming from HostGator. They
are basically offering a 50% discount on all hosting plans and all
term lengths, for a 24 hour period.

On top of that they are doing a special deal between 5am and 9am
(CST, or GMT -6), where you'll be able to get all plans and all
term lengths with 80% discount. This is a pretty crazy discount,
and here is why. Suppose you want to get a Dedicated Server that
costs $260 monthly. The total cost if you pay 3 years upfront would
normally be 36 x $260 = $9,360. If you grab that plan during the
discount period, however, you would pay 0.2 x $9,360 = $1,872,
basically saving $7,500....

Even if you just want to get a shared hosting account you'll be
able to save some good money. Normally their small plan costs $9
monthly, but if you sign-up with the 80% discount you'll pay only
$20 for a whole year, which is less than $2 per month!

And here comes the second part of the offer. As you probably know
HostGator is my partner on the Online Profits training program, so
if you sign-up for a hosting plan with them you'll also get a
lifetime member account to my training program.

Here is the link where you can sign-up with the Black Friday
discounts (the 80% one starts within 30 minutes):

http://secure.hostgator.com/~affiliat/cgi-bin/affiliates/clickthru.cgi?id=onlineprofits

Once you are done signing-up simply reply to this email mentioning
the domain name you hosted on HostGator, and then I'll send you
the details of your Online Profits member account.

Any doubts let me know.

See you inside,
Daniel Scocco

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George, Do You Know The Drop Shipping Business Model?

Hi George,

Daniel Scocco here, and this is the Daily Blog Tips newsletter.

Today I want to talk about a very profitable, yet not well known
business model: drop shipping.

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Under the drop shipping model you'll basically create a website to
sell products. The main difference from a normal online store,
however, is that you won't need to create, store and ship
the items yourself. Instead, you'll use a drop shipper for that,
which is basically a company that will fulfill the order for you.

In other words, once a customer visits your website and makes
a purchase, you'll forward the order details to your drop shipper,
and they will ship the item to the customer.

In order to make a profit you simply need to price the products on
your website higher than what the drop shipper charges you.

Let's use an example to make things 100% clear. Suppose that
you want to sell skateboards. The first step would be to find a
company who is willing to drop ship the skateboards for you. You
could start searching on Google for big skateboard wholesalers, and
when you find some you would just need to contact them asking if
they drop ship or not.

Another resource you can use to find drop shippers is the website
http://www.wholesalecentral.com/ . It lists hundreds of companies
in all market segments.

Once you have a drop shipping partner you'll need to setup your
website, display the products you are selling and setup a payment
method. PayPal is the easiest option here.

After that you'll be ready to roll, and you will need to start
promoting the website. Suppose that one of your visitors purchased
a skateboard for $150. You would them pay $100 for the drop shipper
and forward him the order details (e.g., product id, shipping
address and so on). Finally, the drop shipper would ship the product
to your customer, and you would make a $50 profit on the deal.

Most drop shippers will even put the name of your company/website
on the package, so the customer will assume you are one selling
him the goods.

Neat huh?

As I said, this can be a very profitable business model, and not
many people explore it.

If you want to give it a shot, remember that the key to making good
money is to target a small niche. For example, creating a website
to drop ship archery gear could be a good idea, but creating one to
sell clothes would definitely be a bad idea (people just go to
Target when they want that...).

Talk to you soon,
Daniel Scocco
http://www.dailyblogtips.com

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George, Do You Want Better Affiliate Marketing Results?

Hi George,

Daniel Scocco here, and this is the Daily Blog Tips newsletter.

Today I want to talk about a strategy you can use to
drastically improve your affiliate marketing results.

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As you probably know, affiliate marketing is the practice of
promoting the products and services of a merchant, in exchange for
a commission on every lead or sale you deliver.

Virtually any website or online business can use affiliate marketing
as a revenue source, and that is why you need to know how it works.

One of the most common mistakes that affiliates make when promoting
an offer is to send traffic directly to the sales page of the
merchant.

For example, let's suppose that you just signed-up for the affiliate
program of a hosting company. It would be a mistake to simply put
banners on the sidebar of your site and send your visitors directly
to the sales page of the hosting company. Why? Because you would
basically be relying on the sales pitch of that company. If it is a
bad sales pitch, your conversion rate will be low, and so will your
commissions.

A better strategy is to use a pre-sell page (also called
pre-selling). You would still place the banners on the sidebar of
your site, but instead of sending that traffic directly to the
merchant you would send it to an internal page of your site where
you make a review about the services of that hosting company.

Adding this intermediate step will reduce the overall number of
visitors that you'll send to the merchant (because some will stop
on your pre-sell page), but the conversion rate of those visitors
that do make it to the merchant sales page will much much higher,
and overall you will earn more commissions.

Why is pre-selling so powerful? First of all because visitors will
see your pre-sell content as a third party recommendation (and
hopefully as an unbiased one). When people go to a sales page, they
know that they will find a sales pitch there, and they raise their
barriers and bullshit detectors as a consequence. On a pre-sell
page inside your blog or website, however, their barriers are not
up yet, so you have the opportunity to talk to them more directly
and to communicate the selling points of the offer more efficiently.

This last point is the second reason why pre-selling works. It
basically gives you an opportunity to complement and even improve
the sales pitch of the product. For example, suppose that the
landing page of a product that you are promoting only talks about
the features of the product. The problem here is that features
don't sell, benefits do. You could therefore improve the conversion
rate by highlighting all the benefits of purchasing that product
inside your pre-sell page.

Keep in mind that pre-selling works with any type of traffic. You
could send your PPC traffic there, banners, sponsored reviews and
so on.

If you want to learn more about affiliate marketing and how you can
make money with it come check the http://www.onlineprofits.com
training program. We have one module completely dedicated to this
topic.

Talk to you next week,
Daniel Scocco

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George, Make Sure to Invest in A Good Logo for Your Website

Hi George,

Daniel Scocco here, and this is the Daily Blog Tips newsletter.

Today I want to talk to you about the importance of investing in a
good logo for your website. At the end I'll also share the resource
I use to get most of my logos designed.

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One of the most common questions I hear from new bloggers
and webmasters is: "Is it okay to use a free template on my site
initially, or should I purchase a premium template or hire a
designer to make a custom theme for me right away?"

The answer, as usual, is: "It depends."

If you are setting up a business website (i.e., a website where you
will sell products and/or services), then having a unique and
custom design is recommended.

If you are setting up a blog or a content based website, on the
other hand, starting with a freely available template is perfectly
fine.

Regardless of your situation, however, there is one item that
is vital for any type of website: a unique and good looking logo.

Why? For several reasons:

1. Getting a professionally designed logo is not expensive these
days. With $150 you should already be able to get one.

2. Despite not being expensive, a unique and good looking logo can
give a lot of credibility to your website.

3. You don't need to have a custom designed theme to use your logo.
If you spend some time on it you should be able to find many free
templates that will integrate well with your logo.

4. The logo is the cornerstone of your online brand, so the sooner
you have it out there for people to look, the better.

5. You will be able to use your logo in places beyond your website.
Examples include the favicon, promotional banners, ebook covers
and so on.

As you can see, for a small investment on your logo you will get a
lot of benefits.

Whenever you decide to invest on your websites, therefore, remember
that getting a unique and good looking logo is a priority.

At this point you might be asking yourself: "OK, but where can I go
to get a good looking logo for as low as $150?". The best place is a
website called 99designs. Here is link: http://www.99designs.com

There you'll be able to create a contest for your logo, and
designers will compete by submitting entries. It is not unusual to
get over 50 entries on a contest, so you'll be able to pick the
logo that is exactly what you are looking for.

If you want to learn more about the resources you can use to get
a nice design for your websites without spending a fortune, come
check the http://www.onlineprofits.com training program, as we have
one module dedicated exclusively to it.

Best wishes,
Daniel Scocco

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George, Check Out My Latest Contest

Hi George,

Daniel Scocco here, and this is the Daily Blog Tips newsletter.

Today I just want to point you to a contest I am about to launch,
called "The Webmasters Challenge".

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I love building websites, and I love competitions, and thinking
about that a couple of weeks ago I got an idea: what if we could
have a competition where webmasters would duel to see who is the
most skilled one?

It would be fun for the participants, but it would also be quite
interesting for the folks following the competition, as they would
learn a thing or two about building and profiting from websites.

Long story short today I announced the details of what I'll call "The
Webmasters Challenge". It's scheduled to start next Wednesday,
November 10. Whether you want to participate or simply follow along,
you can check the details here:

http://www.dailyblogtips.com/the-webmasters-challenge-starts-november-10/

There will be a good cash prize for the winner, and all participants
will also get access to my training program, so check it out.

Talk to you soon,
Daniel Scocco

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