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How to Increase Your Blog Traffic SeriesWelcome to the January 2012 edition of the Traffic and Conversion series!

In this monthly blog report, I list the exact strategies I use to increase traffic to this blog {and other websites.}

Today’s post is a special one.

That’s because I’m going to provide an overview of how I plan on getting 1 million visitors to this blog in 2012.

This is a major goal that will take a lot of work to achieve.

But I’m fully confident that it can be done.

Before we get to the *meat* of this post, let’s go over the stats from last month: [click to continue…]

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Website Copywriting Hidden GemsA successful Internet business starts with copywriting.

It’s the words you use that impact what people do on your website.

Simply put:

Great copywriting = Great response rates

Now, I won’t pretend to be a great copywriter.  I do work at improving on this skill.  So I’m always looking for excellent resources on this topic.

What’s interesting is the Internet is chock-full of copywriting resources.  Most of them are completely free!

Here is a list of 71 copywriting websites (and tools) you can use to improve the success of your Internet business…

(WARNING: There’s a lot of content on these websites; so you might want to bookmark this page for future reference.)

Copywriting Tools and Resources

1)      Headline Analyzer by Advanced Marketing Institute 

2)      The Readability Test Tool by David Simpson

3)      30+ Tools for the Amateur Writer by Sean P. Aune

General Copywriting Advice

4)      Andre Bell’s Killer 95 Point Copywriting Checklist by Andre Bell

5)      39-Point Copywriting Checklist [Opt-in] by Ryan Healy

6)      My 3 Hour Content Marketing Research Formula by Codrut Turcanu

7)      Jay Abraham School of Copywriting [Video] by Jay Abraham

8)      Halbert Newsletter Archives by Gary Halbert

9)      Why Johnny Can’t Sell by Paul Meyers

10)   The Bullet Archive by Gary Bencivenga

11)   60 Powerful Offers Proven to Make More Sales by Dean Rieck

12)   Make Your Words Sell by Ken Evoy

13)   30 Copywriting Blogs That are Actually Worth Reading by Dean Rieck

Online Sales Letters Copywriting

14)   Anatomy of a Sales Letter by CopyTactics.com

15)   How to Write Sales & Marketing Letters Online by Alexandria K. Brown

16)   17 Elements of a Successful Sales Letter by Eric Holmlund

17)   12-Step Foolproof Sales Letter Template by David Frey

18)   92 Hypnotic Sales Letter Templates by Larry Dotson and Joe Vitale

19)   Free Sales Letter Template by MarketingHub.info

How to Write Headlines

20)   The 100 Greatest Headlines Ever Written by Jay Abraham

21)   How to Write Magnetic Headlines  [11 part series] by Brian Clark

22)   The Sexy Art of Writing Headlines that Kill by Leo Babauta

23)   A Dirty Little Secret to Creating Winning Headlines by Dr. Bill O’Shea

24)   Cosmopolitan’s 10 Year Cover Gallery [Don’t laugh.  Cosmo is an incredible resource for headlines.]

25)   127 Winning Headlines [Opt-in] by Lawrence Bernstein

26)   Why Do Most Headlines Fail [Opt-in] by Sean D’Souza

27)   Top 10 Ideas for Testing your Headlines by Josh Hay

Key Copywriting Principles

28)   1565 Marketing Power Words and Phrases to Boost Your Sales by Sean Donahoe

29)   58 Online Copywriting Power Words & Phrases by Mequoda.com

30)   186 Power Words for Selling by Karl Stepp

31)   The 12 Most POWERFUL WORDS to use in Marketing by Katie Freiling

32)   Attention-Getting Words and Phrases for Hot Selling Copy by MyInstantSwipeFile.com

33)   Copywriter’s Swipe File – Openers by Jason Hart

34)   30 Sales Letter Openers by Dean Rieck

35)   The Power of Connectors in Copywriting by Sean D’Souza

36)   10 Tips for Writing Better Bullet Points by Stuart Stirling

37)   5 Tips for Writing Bullet Points that Sell by Dave Navarro

38)   How to Close your Sales Letter by Russell Burnham

39)   P.S. Statements in Your Copywriting by Arthur Van Dam

40)   P.S.: Don’t Forget to Include This in Your Copy by Michel Fortin

Copywriting for Affiliate Marketers

41)   Writing Product Reviews by Matt Carter

42)   How to Write a Product Endorsement by Rosalind Gardner

43)   How to Write a Product Review and Why I Often Get More Affiliate Sales than My Competitors by Codrut Turcanu

Squeeze Page Copywriting

44)   13 of the Best Squeeze Page Examples on the Internet by Codrut Turcanu

45)   How to Create a Squeeze Page by Eric Holmlund

46)   Squeeze Page Optimisation by Glen Allsopp

47)   7 Steps to a Successful Squeeze Page by Stephen Dean

Email Marketing Copywriting

48)   Free Cosmo Headlines by Troy D. White

49)   Email Copywriting Basics by Mequoda.com

50)   Email Subject Lines: 15 Rules to Write them Right by Lyris.com

51)   Introduction to Email Copywriting by Chris Garrett

52)   8 Steps to Better Email Copywriting by Jay Chambers

53)   Writing Effective Email Subject Lines by Chris Garrett

54)   The 24-Point Email Marketing “Cheat Sheet” [Opt-in] by Ben Settle

55)   100 Spam Trigger Words that Can Kill Your Email Copy by Dean Rieck

56)   How to Improve Your Email Open Rates by Michel Fortin

57)   8 Ways to Increase your Click Rates by mailermailer.com

Blog Post Copywriting

58)   Why Some People Almost Write Great Post Titles by Brian Clark

59)   Digg Headlines [Search for your keyword and get blog title ideas]

60)   How to Get Blog Readers to Love your Bio Box by James Pruitt

61)   5 Simply Ways to Open Your Blog Post with a Bang by Brian Clark

62)   How to Attract Links and Increase Web Traffic by Brian Clark

Twitter Traffic Generation Copywriting

63)   How to Write the Perfect Tweet by Shea Bennett

64)   The Art of Writing Great Twitter Headlines by Brian Clark

65)   How to Create Headlines that Get Retweeted by Tim Ferriss

66)   How I Got 253 Twitter ReTweets on 5 Posts by John Paul Aguiar

67)   15 Twitter Headlines that Pull Twitter Traffic by Derek Halpern

68)   How to Write PPC Ad Copy [4 Ad Templates] by Tom Demers

69)   10 Tips for Writing Successful PPC Ads Part 1 & Part 2 by Faith Szafranski

70)   The Ultimate List of PPC Ad Testing Resources by Alex Cohen

71)   How to Write an Author Resource Bio Box that Increases Clickthroughs by 300% [Video] by Top Internet Consulting

Have any you would add?  Comment below to let me know…

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Niche Affiliate Income Case StudyMy affiliate marketing strategy has always focused on building large scale sites.  I feel this is the only way to create long-term value with an online business.

Things changed when I wrote the I Need $1000 post.

I started to think about the profit potential of niche affiliate sites.  The benefit is they diversify your online income.

Last week I made the decision to build a niche affiliate income site.  And I thought this would be an excellent case study for people to follow…

…But I DON’T want to turn this into another formal series of blog posts.

 So I’m going to try something new. 

I’ve created a brand new Twitter account for this case study.

On this account, I’ll list:

  • What metrics I used to choose this site
  • What tools I’m using
  • How to get backlinks and search engine rankings
  • Specific dates where I take action
  • How much I invest in this site
  • How much I make from this site
  • Any ideas or thoughts that pop into my head

Honestly, I feel Twitter is the best place to list this stuff.  Why?  Because I’m able to give real-time updates about what’s going on with this project.

Sidebar: I’m not going to reveal the specific details of this website.  But if things go well, I will create a 2nd site where I’ll give full, 100% disclosure about what I’m doing.

Will you learn something from this case study?  Maybe.  Maybe not.  For all I know, it’ll be a complete waste of time and money.  However I think you’ll get something from the process.  You’ll learn about good and bad ways to build a niche affiliate site.

Like I said, I’m putting all of this on Twitter.

Here is the new account —> http://twitter.com/nobsniches

Also, I’ve created a hashtag for any related conversations: #nobsniches

Finally, I’m going to regularly update this account.  Sometimes I’ll Tweet a few things a day.   So be sure to check out my Twitter feed and let me know if you have any questions!

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What’s the secret to dominating social media? [click to continue…]

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We’ve come to Week 9 of the Get More Blog Traffic Blueprint.  In this series we cover specific strategies to market and promote your blog. [click to continue…]

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Today I want to give you a blueprint on how I get 300 visitors a day using Twitter.  I know there’s been a lot written on this topic, but I don’t think too many sites give a step-by-step list on how market their blog.  So this isn’t going to be one those overly-hyped “get THOUSANDS of visitors of day from Twitter” type of posts.  Instead I’m simply going to list the steps I use to generate traffic from this social media site… [click to continue…]

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