ProBlogger

APRIL 24, 2018

My first experience with HTML was back in 2002, when I wanted to change the design of my my first blog. But one look at all the seemingly random ‘code’ on the page and I immediately put designing my own blog in the ‘too hard’ basket. With HTML, the post has paragraph breaks, bold text, and more.

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ProBlogger

MARCH 12, 2020

And you can do you something similar with guest blogging. I wrote my first guest post back in 2002, before guest posting was even a thing. Another blogger read one of my posts, and sent me an email asking if he could interview me on his blog. 7 Things I Know About Making Money From Blogging].

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ProBlogger

MARCH 5, 2020

The post How to Warm Up Your Readers and Make Them Raving Fans appeared first on ProBlogger. This post is based on episode 112 of the ProBlogger podcast. Most bloggers dream of having fans raving about them and their blog. And in next week’s blog post I’ll be giving you some tips on how to do it. But don’t worry.

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ProBlogger

MAY 22, 2018

In the podcast episode on 3 Key Things Bloggers Do to Grow Their Blogs into Businesses , I talked about how blog homepages have evolved over the years – from the long list of full posts that was standard when I started in 2002, to the portal-like static homepages that are becoming increasingly common today. Absolutely.

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ProBlogger

JUNE 6, 2019

a call to action at the bottom of your blog posts. As well as the space above the fold on your front page, think about what’s happening on your posts themselves. Most new readers will come straight to a blog post, not the front page. This has shifted a lot over the past few years of blogging.

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ProBlogger

DECEMBER 20, 2018

But to make things easier for yourself, you should probably stick to straightforward posts that don’t take too much writing or managing. This isn’t the time for an in-depth reader poll or a huge multi-person interview post.). When I started blogging in 2002, smartphones weren’t really a thing. Work efficiently.

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ProBlogger

OCTOBER 22, 2013

The blog is in its very early days and Vanessa is still finding her voice but I think she’s a natural. I’ve been excited to see her experiment with a variety of kinds of blog posts. Two days ago saw a new type of blog post on Style and Shenanigans – a post that I watched Vanessa put a lot of thought into.

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ProBlogger

APRIL 3, 2017

To do so, I want to rewind the clock back to 2002, in my first blog. While it’s the first blog, it was called Living Room, it’s not online anymore the other day, I was actually looking back as part of my preparation for my talk at Social Media Marketing World. Dial up internet, that’s what I was on at that time in 2002.

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ProBlogger

APRIL 16, 2018

If you’re interested in hearing a little bit more about those seven different options, I do link to that video and a blog post that I’ve written in today’s show notes. If you wanna learn more about blogging from the road, that’s what I do wanna focus in on now. There’s no way you would’ve ever blog from it.

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The Creative Penn

APRIL 3, 2023

And so then really sort of 2002, 2003, I guess. I did a blog post all about it. In the story, I used some text helped by ChatGPT and SudoWrite, and I documented it all in this in this blog post. When did we get a graphical user interface for the internet? Was that in the 90s? And 2007 was the iPhone, first iPhone.

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ProBlogger

OCTOBER 2, 2014

This week on my main blog – Digital Photography School – we launched our 24th photographic eBook ( a guide to post production of portrait images ) and it got me thinking back about some of the changes in my blogging since I started back in 2002. a blog post. a blog post.

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ProBlogger

MAY 21, 2020

When I first started blogging back in 2002 I was a technological Luddite. I still have dozens of unpublished blog post drafts.). And so hopefully you’ll be able to get over them (or perhaps around them) without them slowing you down too much. So let’s start with the first hurdle I faced…. Not understanding the technology.

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ProBlogger

MARCH 4, 2014

Eleven and a half years ago when I hit publish on my first ever blog post, I had little idea what I was doing and what was going to unfold for me over the coming decade.

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ProBlogger

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

So if your blog seems to be growing very slowly, or you’ve tried out a couple of niches that just weren’t right for you, take heart. When I began blogging in 2002, it was out of curiosity. The skills you learned, from setting up WordPress to crafting great blog post titles, will be a huge help to you with your next blog. (If

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ProBlogger

MAY 7, 2020

So this week I want to talk about both the benefits and the costs of having multiple blogs so you can decide whether it’s worth doing. But first, I need to talk about how these two blogs came to be, and about the other blogs that were discarded along the way to get to this point. My first blog.

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ProBlogger

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

In Today’s Episode How I Diversified My Blogging Income and Became a Full Time Blogger. November 2002 – I get an email from a friend that says, check out this blog. I liked what I saw, and I began blogging. I had no idea that you could make money from blogging. Let’s walk back in time to 2002.

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ProBlogger

AUGUST 8, 2017

There are over 1 million blog posts written every day on the Internet. One example of a blogger who has become a known name in the blogging industry is none other than the owner of this blog – Darren Rowse. In 2002, Darren read an article about “blogging.” What words are unique?

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ProBlogger

OCTOBER 5, 2016

In 2002, then-CEO of Microsoft Steve Ballmer announced that the 80/20 rule was not only applicable to the company’s product features – it applied to bugs, as well. In terms of business, the principle has long been used to convey the message that 80% of sales typically come from 20% of the customers. 80/20 in Today’s Life.

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ProBlogger

APRIL 3, 2017

To do so, I want to rewind the clock back to 2002, in my first blog. While it’s the first blog, it was called Living Room, it’s not online anymore the other day, I was actually looking back as part of my preparation for my talk at Social Media Marketing World. Dial up internet, that’s what I was on at that time in 2002.

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ProBlogger

MAY 8, 2017

As I think back to 2002 and look at how blogs are today, what he’s highlighted are really some of the key changes that have taken successful bloggers to be successful business people. The other thing I want to encourage you to think about above the fold is what’s happening on your blog post pages.

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ProBlogger

MAY 8, 2017

As I think back to 2002 and look at how blogs are today, what he’s highlighted are really some of the key changes that have taken successful bloggers to be successful business people. The other thing I want to encourage you to think about above the fold is what’s happening on your blog post pages.

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ProBlogger

JULY 16, 2020

The post 9 Ways to Grow Your Blog Faster appeared first on ProBlogger. This post is based on episode 246 of the ProBlogger podcast. As you may well know, I started blogging back in 2002. And over the years I’ve tried all sorts of things to grow my blogs and make them more profitable. Some of them worked.

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ProBlogger

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

This is what I’ve done in most occasions when I’ve launched a blog too. I think back to my first blog, back in November 2002, it all happened very, very quickly. It does take time and energy to write a blog post and to launch with three. My first personal blog had about 30 categories.

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ProBlogger

AUGUST 21, 2017

Today, I want to take you on a tour of my iPhone and iPad, and talk about the apps I use most in my blogging and online business activities. One of the biggest changes that has happened in my blogging since I began back in 2002 is the technology I use. I use the Post one a lot. Things were so simple.

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ProBlogger

MAY 4, 2014

I find Twitter too fast paced and comments on blogs restrictive. As I’ve always been a lover of forums – joining my first in 2002 at 14, then being an administrator for another for over ten years – a forum was exactly what I was looking for. Finding none within my niche, I bought a new domain and set up my own.

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ProBlogger

AUGUST 8, 2016

That was back in 2002 but since that time link sharing has gradually gone to other mediums more and more. Today more sharing of links happens on Twitter or Facebook but less so on blogs. The challenge: Challenge – create a link post. It could be a blog post, video or social media post.

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ProBlogger

MAY 10, 2011

In 2002 I published my first ever blog post. In the hours that followed hitting Publish, I quickly realized that writing my first post was only a small part of what I really needed to do if I wanted my blog to be successful—but knowing that left me feeling quite confused. Master the components of a blog post.

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ProBlogger

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

In fact this advice is Day 20 in our 31 Days to Build a Better Blog workbook. 7 Benefits of Leaving Comments on Other People’s Blogs. Driving traffic to your blog – as a result of your engagement, you will often get people checking out your blog. However, being first on every single post can be a bit annoying.

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ProBlogger

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

In Today’s Episode How I Diversified My Blogging Income and Became a Full Time Blogger. November 2002 – I get an email from a friend that says, check out this blog. I liked what I saw, and I began blogging. I had no idea that you could make money from blogging. Let’s walk back in time to 2002.

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ProBlogger

JULY 31, 2017

Back in 2002, I started a blog. Many of you heard my story, I’m not going to tell it in great detail but I started a blog after seeing someone else’s blog and being inspired by it. 30 minutes after I saw his, I knew I had to start a blog but I also knew I had a long list of excuses going through my head.

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ProBlogger

MARCH 29, 2016

In this post I want to walk you through the basics of how to start a blog, and while I do, I want to answer some of the basic technical questions that many pre-bloggers need to answer to get their first blog up and running. How to Start a Blog. Posts will appear on the front page of your blog once they’re published.

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ProBlogger

APRIL 10, 2017

Two blogs that are established with thousands of blog posts already in the archives and a decent readership with multiple income streams, that’s what you see as the snapshot. To go back in time, 2002 is when I started my first blog. That first blog’s name was The Living Room. That’s why I did it, it worked.

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ProBlogger

DECEMBER 18, 2017

I read all of her posts which luckily she’d only been writing for about nine months. I see how tutorials can actually be written on a blog format.”. June 2010, I wrote my first blog post. I’ve been blogging ever since. My blog has grown from 0 page views to at times I’ve had over 500,000 page views a month.

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ProBlogger

AUGUST 5, 2015

Heather needs little introduction – she’s a Trivial Pursuit answer , Queen of the Mommy Bloggers , an author , a speaker , a consultant, and a gal who’s come a long way from that day in 2002 when she was fired for what she wrote on her blog about her workplace. That’s not blogging, that is journalism.

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ProBlogger

APRIL 10, 2017

Two blogs that are established with thousands of blog posts already in the archives and a decent readership with multiple income streams, that’s what you see as the snapshot. To go back in time, 2002 is when I started my first blog. That first blog’s name was The Living Room. That’s why I did it, it worked.

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ProBlogger

OCTOBER 2, 2017

15 Questions to Ask to Help Identify Your Blogging Niche or Focus. 033: 2 Questions to Ask to Help You Find Readers for Your Blog. 011: Create 10 Blog Post Ideas for your Blog [Day 11 of 31 Days to Build a Better Blog]. 084: How to Come Up With Fresh Ideas to Write About On Your Blog.

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ProBlogger

DECEMBER 26, 2016

There’s no need to worry though – it’s not hard to get right and in this podcast I’m going to share why quotes are beneficial, why you need to do it right, some tips on how to do it and lastly I want to share some ways to use quotes on your blog to create different types of content. The same has happened for me in blog posts as well.

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