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Two Tips on Landing Interviews for Your Blog
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:24:36 +0000
Last week on Twitter I had a discussion with a number of followers about landing interviews with other bloggers as a way to generate interesting content for your blog. One of the responses I had via a direct message from a follower was:
“I’m too shy to approach big bloggers for an interview - do you [...]
How Does Your Blog Grow? A Tool for Analysis
Sun, 04 Jan 2009 17:01:19 +0000
In this post Mara Rogers of http://www.SecretsForMoney.info shares a reflective exercise to help you grow your blog.
To be objective about his or her blog tends to be a challenge for most bloggers.
Often bloggers are in love with the ‘idea’ of their blog, so taking an impartial look at the overall ‘health’ of their blog is [...]
When Being the Number 1 Blog in Your Niche is Not Enough
Sat, 03 Jan 2009 14:04:43 +0000
“I’m the number 1 blog in my niche but I’m not getting much traffic - do you have any words of advice?”
This question hit my inbox earlier today and I thought I’d repost part of my reply here as I think it could be relevant to more than the blogger concerned. Here’s most of my [...]
How To - Move From WordPress.com To WordPress.org
Fri, 02 Jan 2009 14:57:34 +0000
Moving a Blog from WordPress.com to WordPress.org is something I’ve had a lot of questions about - today Jeff Chandler shares tips on how to do it.
Everyday it seems like I find a story or two from a cities local online newspaper which delves into the topic of blogging and what it’s all about. The [...]
A Time for Talk and a Time for Action
Thu, 01 Jan 2009 14:43:47 +0000
I really like this post by Chris Brogan - What’s in a Name.
“You worry about names. You think long and hard about titles. You put boxes around what you’re doing, if that suits you.
I’ll be over here just doing. Thinking, planning, doing, and observing my results.”
I’m always amazed by the debate and chatter that can [...]
How Much Money Do Bloggers Make Blogging?
Thu, 01 Jan 2009 14:01:42 +0000
Over the last two months I’ve had a sidebar poll running here at ProBlogger that asked readers to tell us how much their blog earned in October of 2008.
This is an annual poll that we’ve run for a number of years now so it is always interesting to see the results.
As usual - the poll [...]
Best of ProBlogger - 2008
Wed, 31 Dec 2008 14:02:32 +0000
It is New Years Day here in Australia so I wanted to take a moment to wish you all a Happy New Year. Thanks for your readership in 2008 - I’ve really enjoyed continuing to develop ProBlogger and have appreciated your continued support and involvement in the ProBlogger community.
As we move into 2008 I thought [...]
69 Questions to Ask to Review Your Blog
Tue, 30 Dec 2008 14:02:16 +0000
With the end of 2008 hurtling towards us many bloggers are beginning to cast our minds forward into the new year ahead to set goals, make resolutions and come up with strategies and plans to grow their blogs in 2009.
While looking forward and planning to improve your blog is something well worth putting time aside [...]
How to Write Fast
Mon, 29 Dec 2008 14:19:14 +0000
Alisa Bowman from projecthappilyeverafter.com shares some tips on writing fast.
So you haven’t quite monetized your blog. That means you’re still working 8 or so hours in the non-virtual world for that paycheck. You may also have many other time commitments. They are called marriage, parenthood, friendships and Twitter.
With all of these variables vying for the [...]
Get Inspiration from Blog Comments When Writing your Next Post
Sun, 28 Dec 2008 14:37:11 +0000
Today Marko shares a quick tip on how to generate post ideas from the comments left on previous posts.
At the time of writing this, there has been 34 comments to my Create A Media Kit To Attract Advertisers To Your Blog guest post at ProBlogger.net. One of the good things about getting a guest post [...]
How to Upgrade to WordPress 2.7 Safely and Ensure Compatibility
Sat, 27 Dec 2008 14:23:38 +0000
Many bloggers are upgrading versions in WordPress at the moment to 2.7 - so when Hendry Lee offered to write this guide to doing it I thought it’d be useful to many. Enjoy.
WordPress 2.7 codename “Coltrane” has been released earlier in December 2008, with the most significant change being the new Dashboard interface. A lot [...]
How to Restart a Dead or Dormant Blog
Fri, 26 Dec 2008 14:01:03 +0000
Got an old dead blog that you want to restart? In this guest post David Peralty of College Crunch shares some tips on how to get it going again!
Over the course of time, you might have left one of your blogs, or maybe your only blog to die off. You stopped posting, thought you would [...]
Why Your Blog Should Do Community Service Work
Thu, 25 Dec 2008 17:46:33 +0000
In this guest post Debbie Dubrow from DeliciousBaby.com looks at the idea of using a blog to do community service work.
For most of us, our blogs are a place to share our passions, engage with new people, and hopefully make a little money. I want to share with you why I think it’s also important [...]
Seasons Greetings and Why I’m Thankful
Wed, 24 Dec 2008 14:01:15 +0000
It’s just ticked over to Christmas Day here in Australia and I wanted to take a moment from the normal rhythm of this blog to stop and wish you all a Merry Christmas.
Here in Australia we don’t do ‘Thanksgiving’ as a holiday and so in our house Christmas is a day where we not only [...]
How to Secure an Advertiser for Your Blog
Tue, 23 Dec 2008 14:01:52 +0000
How do I sell advertising on my blog? It is a question that I’m asked a lot so when Brandon J. Mendelson asked if he could write a post on this topic as someone who has sold a lot of advertising online and in TV I thought it’d make a great guest post.
Putting together a [...]
What to Do With Your Blog Over the Holidays
Mon, 22 Dec 2008 21:49:17 +0000
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Today I had a good discussion with my Twitter followers about what they were doing with their blogs over the Christmas break later this week.
Most of the answers came down to the strategies that I mention in this old post here at ProBlogger - 7 Things to Do with Your Blog when you [...]
Blog Blazers - Get a Glimpse in the Mind of 40 Successful Bloggers
Mon, 22 Dec 2008 14:38:04 +0000
One of the books that has hit my mailbox lately for review is Blog Blazers - a book of interviews with 40 top bloggers exploring how to create successful blogs.
The book is by Stephane Grenier from FollowSteph.com and it features some great bloggers (some who will be familiar with many and others who you’ll [...]
3 High-Powered Reader Engagement Tactics
Sun, 21 Dec 2008 14:01:01 +0000
In this guest post Jonathan Fields from the Career Renegade takes a look at three types of blog posts that will Engage your readers.
Three words…
Engage. Engage. Engage.
It’s the rally cry of great blogging. Heck, it’s the touchstone of powerful writing in general. When it comes to blogging, though, three major types of engagement-oriented posts really [...]
If Marilyn Monroe was a Blogger What Would She Do?
Sat, 20 Dec 2008 14:09:42 +0000
Today Mara Rogers from Secrets for Money looks at how Marilyn Monroe would blog.
If Marilyn Monroe was a Blogger, what would she do? Here are some quotations from famous classic silver screen stars, and what I imagine their advice to all us bloggers would be.
So just sit back, relax, and enjoy the show!
(1) “I just [...]
Save Time By Auto Filling Comment Forms
Fri, 19 Dec 2008 14:09:02 +0000
In this post Jeff Chandlerhighlights a cool tool for auto filling in comment forms on blogs.
Ok Problogger faithful, I’m going to keep it short and sweet this week by telling you about a cool FireFox extension which is sure to save you some time in the long run. Generally, every blog out on the web [...]
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