Hi George,
Daniel Scocco here, and this is the Daily Blog Tips newsletter.
A couple of days ago I was talking with the guys at Zyma, one of
the top hosting companies from the UK, and we figured that it would
be fun to run a contest about ideas for websites.
The contest is pretty simple: you just need to leave a comment on
my blog explaining what kind of website you want to launch. The
more details you can add about your idea and about why you think it
might be popular, the better.
The contest will be open for ten days (so it ends on July 5), and
after that period we'll pick three winners. I'll pick one
(based on the quality/creativity of the website idea), the Zyma
guys will pick another one, and the third one will be picked at
random. Each winner will win a domain name and a paid-up hosting
plan for 3 years with Zyma to develop the website idea.
I think this contest structure is cool because even if you
don't win you still get to to read about other people's
ideas and to get feedback on your own, which could help you to get
an insight or two.
Winners will be announced on a post on July 10, with a round-up of
the best ideas.
What are you waiting for? Here's the link to the post where you
can comment with your idea:
http://www.dailyblogtips.com/contest-win-premium-hosting-from-zyma-for-3-years/
Good luck,
Daniel Scocco
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Wednesday, June 26, 2013
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
George, Ever Considered Launching an Online Course?
Hi George,
Daniel Scocco here, and this is the DailyBlogTips newsletter.
A couple of weeks ago I came across an online course about web
security. The price tag was right on top of the sales page: $1500.
Quite expensive, but I decided to skim through the information
anyway. The course runs for 12 weeks, and every week you have two
live online sessions with the instructor, where he will present the
content of the course and answer to questions as he goes along.
On top of that there are practical assignments every week (i.e.,
students will need to either defend or attack websites, sometimes
real ones), and a test in the end to ensure you learned all the
essential stuff.
The instructor was pretty qualified, and he also guaranteed on the
sales page that if you passed the test at the end of the course he
would be glad to refer you as a "security consultant" to
any of his contacts.
Guess what. After I was done reading all the information I was
sold! I didn't enroll right away because the next session
coincides with my vacation, and I'll be away from the computer,
but I am definitely signing up for the next one. Here's what
convinced me:
-The content will be delivered live, so you can ask questions and
interact with the instructor
-There are practical tasks and assignments from day 1, so
you'll actually learn to do the stuff
-The overall topic of the course is in high demand and has a lot of
real-life applications
-Once you are done with the course you might even be able to land a
gig thanks to a referral from the instructor
-The instructor is qualified and has a lot of credibility in his
area
What I found interesting is that this model is different from the
traditional online courses we see around.
Usually they cost a lot less (e.g., from $50 to $300), the lessons
are all recorded in advance, and you pretty much need to sort
things out yourself.
With this premium model, instead, the instructor ensures that
you'll learn, apply and so something useful/profitable with the
stuff you'll learn.
If you are an expert in a certain field that is in high demand I
think you should consider creating an online course with such
premium structure. Sure, it will take some work to get things in
place, but once you have it launching it should be both profitable
for you and worthwhile for your students.
Talk to you next week,
Daniel Scocco
http://www.dailyblogtips.com
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Daniel Scocco here, and this is the DailyBlogTips newsletter.
A couple of weeks ago I came across an online course about web
security. The price tag was right on top of the sales page: $1500.
Quite expensive, but I decided to skim through the information
anyway. The course runs for 12 weeks, and every week you have two
live online sessions with the instructor, where he will present the
content of the course and answer to questions as he goes along.
On top of that there are practical assignments every week (i.e.,
students will need to either defend or attack websites, sometimes
real ones), and a test in the end to ensure you learned all the
essential stuff.
The instructor was pretty qualified, and he also guaranteed on the
sales page that if you passed the test at the end of the course he
would be glad to refer you as a "security consultant" to
any of his contacts.
Guess what. After I was done reading all the information I was
sold! I didn't enroll right away because the next session
coincides with my vacation, and I'll be away from the computer,
but I am definitely signing up for the next one. Here's what
convinced me:
-The content will be delivered live, so you can ask questions and
interact with the instructor
-There are practical tasks and assignments from day 1, so
you'll actually learn to do the stuff
-The overall topic of the course is in high demand and has a lot of
real-life applications
-Once you are done with the course you might even be able to land a
gig thanks to a referral from the instructor
-The instructor is qualified and has a lot of credibility in his
area
What I found interesting is that this model is different from the
traditional online courses we see around.
Usually they cost a lot less (e.g., from $50 to $300), the lessons
are all recorded in advance, and you pretty much need to sort
things out yourself.
With this premium model, instead, the instructor ensures that
you'll learn, apply and so something useful/profitable with the
stuff you'll learn.
If you are an expert in a certain field that is in high demand I
think you should consider creating an online course with such
premium structure. Sure, it will take some work to get things in
place, but once you have it launching it should be both profitable
for you and worthwhile for your students.
Talk to you next week,
Daniel Scocco
http://www.dailyblogtips.com
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