ProBlogger

MAY 21, 2020

The post 9 Blogging Hurdles I’ve Faced as a Blogger and How I Got over Them appeared first on ProBlogger. Today I want to talk about nine hurdles I’ve faced as a blogger, and how I got over them. When I first started blogging back in 2002 I was a technological Luddite. Not understanding the technology.

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ProBlogger

JANUARY 2, 2018

At a recent Christmas party a friend asked me a series of rapid-fire questions about blogging. “Do you think I should start a blog in 2018? Or have I missed the boat with blogging? If blogging is still relevant, how could it benefit me? I guess I’m trying to work out… why should I start a blog?”

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ProBlogger

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

Every now and again I am pulled aside at a conference or am emailed and/or tweeted by someone wanting to get the “real” scoop on whether it is possible to make money blogging. Is it really possible to make a living from blogging? Is it just a small number of people making money from blogging? It is possible.

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ProBlogger

AUGUST 8, 2017

Promoting affiliate products is still one of the most effective ways to make money from your blog. Jayson DeMers points to affiliate marketing as an excellent entry-level place to begin monetizing your blog in this Forbes article , because it is easy to implement and free to start up (just taking a bit of your time).

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ProBlogger

OCTOBER 22, 2013

Two months ago my wife, Vanessa, started to blog. 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. I’ve been excited to see her experiment with a variety of kinds of blog posts.

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ProBlogger

MARCH 18, 2014

In 2002, Australian speed skater Steven Bradbury was lining up for the 1000m final at the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics. And what does this have to do with blogging? What do you do when you’re chugging along on your blog, seeing other people achieve success faster than you? I tell them that blogging is a marathon, not a sprint.

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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. Getting to know other bloggers – leaving a comment can often be a great way to get on the radar of another blogger. Leaving a good comment can make people pay attention.

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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. My 43 DOs of Blogging. Do create a blog that is meaningful to you. Do set yourself some goals and objectives for your blog. Do back up your blog!

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ProBlogger

OCTOBER 5, 2016

If you apply the principle to blogging, you could improve your efficiency and maximize your efforts. 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. Applying the 80/20 to Blogging. A Little History. Absolutely.

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ProBlogger

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

Many bloggers that I meet start out with a goal of having a successful blog, but have little idea what that actually means. Good things do sometimes just happen to people, but more often than not, the people who achieve most with their blogs have in mind some goals that they’re looking to achieve.

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ProBlogger

DECEMBER 18, 2017

We’re handing the podcast over to you – the listeners and readers of ProBlogger – to tell your story of how you started your blog and what’s happened since. As I said a couple of weeks ago, in the second week of January we’ll be releasing a brand new (and completely free) course on how to start a blog. Start a Blog Course.

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ProBlogger

MAY 8, 2017

The Things Successful Bloggers Do to Build Their Blogs Into Businesses. In today’s lesson, I want to talk about some of the things that successful bloggers are doing to increase the conversions of their website. Resources for 3 Key Things Bloggers Do to Grow Their Blogs into Businesses. Michael Hyatt.

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ProBlogger

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

My Blogging Income Streams. In episode 150 I talked about how I make money blogging and broke it down by percentages. 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. Paid speaking.

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ProBlogger

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

How Many Live Posts Do You Need When You Launch Your Blog. Today, I want to answer a question almost every blogger asks when they start blogging: How many posts should I have live before I launch my blog? So if you’re starting a blog for the first time, or thinking of starting a second blog, this podcast is for you.

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ProBlogger

MAY 22, 2018

Open up a new tab in your browser and go to the homepage of your blog. And if you’ve been blogging for a long time, it might be how you expect a blog’s homepage to look. For some bloggers, it’s a perfectly good choice. Could a Static Homepage Be the Next Step for Your Blog? How Does Your Blog Make Money?

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ProBlogger

AUGUST 5, 2015

When Heather Armstrong from Dooce decided to wind back blogging after 14 years, it became headline news – New York Magazine even ran a piece called “ Dooce Talks Life After Mommyblogging “, which gave us a glimpse into how someone so successful could leave that life behind. Will you shut it down? Is this the new normal?

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ProBlogger

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

“I’m having trouble deciding what topic to blog about.&#. I’ve written numerous times about how to choose a niche or topic to write about but it struck me while talking to the Brisbane folk asking the question that the biggest factor in helping me to narrow in on my own niches was having a personal blog.

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ProBlogger

APRIL 16, 2018

Tools and Techniques for Blogging While Travelling. Today I tackle a question from a listener about blogging on the road. Carmen Fellows asked about technicalities such as how to get content online and ways to access your blog. How can you balance blogging while traveling for work or vacation? Blog on the road.

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ProBlogger

DECEMBER 30, 2013

We are mining ProBlogger content this week for super-useful information to kick-start your blogging year with gusto. This post “Is it Really Possible to Make Money Blogging? [7 7 Things I know about Making Money Blogging] first appeared in November 2012. . Is it really possible to make a living from blogging?

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ProBlogger

JUNE 6, 2019

The post Three Key Things Successful Bloggers Do to Build Their Blogs Into Businesses appeared first on ProBlogger. A couple of years ago we published a fantastic guest post from John Stevens on the nine conversion habits of the world’s most successful bloggers. a call to action at the bottom of your blog posts.

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ProBlogger

DECEMBER 23, 2011

Writing for three blogs on a regular basis, with the odd request for a guest post elsewhere, my writing plans are already tight. The most common: Snag A: The topic could be of use to any blog I write for. Snag C: I have one blog topic on my mind right now, and only one. But I have three blogs to post to this week.

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ProBlogger

MAY 8, 2017

The Things Successful Bloggers Do to Build Their Blogs Into Businesses. In today’s lesson, I want to talk about some of the things that successful bloggers are doing to increase the conversions of their website. Resources for 3 Key Things Bloggers Do to Grow Their Blogs into Businesses. Michael Hyatt.

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ProBlogger

JUNE 12, 2011

Blogging is no more a mere hobby; it has become a full-time profession for many bloggers, including myself. Today I will share my journey as a blogger and how it helps me to earn a full-time income blissfully working from anywhere I like. This is how my blog was born. This guest post is by Joshu Thomas of NapIncome.com.

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ProBlogger

AUGUST 23, 2011

In 2002 I started my first blog without even the hint that blogging would be anything more to me than a hobby. Over the years that have followed I began to see the potential of blogging to make money and began to experiment – growing blogging from a hobby, to a part time job to a full time job and beyond.

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ProBlogger

JULY 17, 2012

Before you scramble to fire off an email to your service provider to disable your ecommerce facilities or remove all forms from your blog, don’t. In 2002 the ball started rolling in California, with Senator Joe Simitian , who authored a bill to require that businesses notify customers when a successful breach of their security occurs.

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ProBlogger

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

6 years ago today I imported a series of posts that I’d written about blogging on my previous blog over to the ProBlogger.net domain – ProBlogger was born. I look back on that time and while I was almost making a full time living from blogging there was so much about the medium that I didn’t yet know.

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ProBlogger

MARCH 24, 2016

In today’s 100th episode of the ProBlogger podcast, I take a retrospective walk down the lane of memories from my last 13 1/2 years blogging. I’ve learned some pretty huge lessons along the way, and back when I started in 2002 there were quite a few things I wish I’d known! What was it? Why was anyone doing it?

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ProBlogger

MAY 4, 2014

Corinne runs the successful blog skinnedcartree.com, and consistently gets genuine engagement from her readers and community across the board. I only started blogging late December 2012. I understand there’s more to successful blogging than simply getting comments, but I wanted engagement. I wanted people to read what I wrote.

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ProBlogger

FEBRUARY 19, 2015

Is it to signify professional behaviour, or is it about the profession of blogging? I’m Pro Bloggers – I love bloggers. I’ve explored many forms of communication over the years but when I stumbled across blogs for the first time in 2002 I knew I’d found something special.

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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. ProBlogger’s Guide to Your First Week of Blogging.

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ProBlogger

AUGUST 21, 2017

Blogger Apps for Smartphone and Tablet. 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. Things were so simple.

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ProBlogger

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

Whereabouts are you on your blogging journey? You may be the very beginning of your journey, and getting ready to create your first blog post. You might be a little further along, and thinking of taking the next step – a second blog perhaps, or maybe a podcast. A blogger’s journey. I didn’t know any other bloggers.

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ProBlogger

JULY 31, 2017

How Ordinary Things Can Lead to Extraordinary Results With Your Blog. This week and I’m excited to be spending time face to face with quite a few ProBlogger podcast listeners and blog readers at our Aussie blogging events. Links and Resources on 6 ‘Ordinary’ Things That Will Grow Your Blog into Something Extraordinary.

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ProBlogger

MAY 14, 2020

As I mentioned in last week’s blog post , I started my first blog back in 2002. And nearly all bloggers were in the same boat, which meant only a few were including images or any other form of multimedia. Every blog post on both of those sites has at least one image. (We The primitive web.

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ProBlogger

JULY 16, 2020

The post 9 Ways to Grow Your Blog Faster appeared first on ProBlogger. 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. So here are nine things I believe will help you grow your blog faster. Some of them worked.

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ProBlogger

MAY 7, 2018

9 Things I Wish I Knew About Blogging That Will Accelerate the Growth of YOUR Blog. In today’s episode I want to share my keynote at this year’s Social Media Marketing World – 9 Things I Wish I Knew About Blogging that Will Accelerate the Growth of YOUR Blog. Take the initiative to drive traffic to your blog.

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ProBlogger

MAY 1, 2013

I’m regularly asked about the mistakes I made when starting out with blogging and the first two words that usually spring to mind are ’Domain Names’ Most of the early mistakes I made (and some of the more recent ones) have revolved around domain names. Let me run through a few: 1. Not Getting My Own Domain Name.

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