ProBlogger

MARCH 21, 2013

A couple of years ago I wrote a series of posts here on ProBlogger that looked at ‘Misconceptions New Bloggers have’ We covered: Blogging Takes Super Human Effort vs Blogging is Easy. You Have to Write About Making Money Blogging to make Money Blogging. You MUST post Every Day!

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Neil Patel

MARCH 16, 2021

Content upgrades could be the difference between your blog post converting at 6% and converting at 60%. Upgrading content involves: Writing a blog post Creating a piece of content that goes more in-depth on the post’s topic Offering readers of your blog post the option to receive the upgraded content in exchange for their email.

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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

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 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

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 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. 1 Problem with Leaving Comments on Other People’s Blogs.

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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. My story of defining success.

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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

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

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

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

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. Could a Static Homepage Be the Next Step for Your Blog? How Does Your Blog Make Money? What do you see? Absolutely.

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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

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

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 12, 2011

Blogging is no more a mere hobby; it has become a full-time profession for many bloggers, including myself. I had a website that I registered early in the year of 2002 and used to receive web designing gigs from it. This is how my blog was born. This guest post is by Joshu Thomas of NapIncome.com. How it started.

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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

JUNE 15, 2011

One of the requests that I’ve received a fair bit lately from readers here at ProBlogger is for me to write a little more on the team I’ve put together to help me run and grow my blogs. Blogging: from hobby to job. I began to slowly give up other work as the blogging income grew. Blogging: from job to business.

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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

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

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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Quick Sprout

JULY 12, 2022

After research comes web property development, where NetReputation creates or adjusts assets your company owns, such as blogs, websites, social media profiles, business directory listings, and YouTube channels. The final step is content promotion through email lists and blogs, organic feedback, and paid ads. Visit SEO Image.

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ProBlogger

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

Ross Buehler, Dale Griffin and Michael Ross, “Inside the Planning Fallacy: The Causes and Consequences of Optimistic Time Predictions”, in “Heuristics and Biases: The Psychology of Intuitive Judgement”, Cambridge University Press, 2002. Originally at: Blog Tips at ProBlogger. Don’t Let Your Brain Destroy Your Blog Business.

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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 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

MAY 21, 2020

The post 9 Blogging Hurdles I’ve Faced as a Blogger and How I Got over Them appeared first on ProBlogger. When I first started blogging back in 2002 I was a technological Luddite. So I started by using a free blog platform. This post is based on episode 57 of the ProBlogger podcast. Not understanding the technology.

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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 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

DECEMBER 20, 2018

The post Have Blog, Will Travel: Tips For Blogging On the Road appeared first on ProBlogger. If you’re travelling over the holidays – to see family and friends, or just for a vacation – then you might be worried about you’ll keep up with your blogging. When I started blogging in 2002, smartphones weren’t really a thing.

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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

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. Configure your blog. Design your blog. It is easy to set up.

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ProBlogger

OCTOBER 2, 2017

10 Things I Wish I Knew About Blogging and Content Marketing When I Started. Today, I want to share the audio of a keynote I gave at a conference early last year about 10 things I wish I’d known about blogging and creating content for content marketing when I started. 059: What Should I Blog About? Full Transcript.

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ProBlogger

MAY 8, 2017

The Things Successful Bloggers Do to Build Their Blogs Into Businesses. This episode is inspired by a post we had on the ProBlogger blog this week from John Stevens who shared 9 conversion habits of the world’s most successful bloggers. Resources for 3 Key Things Bloggers Do to Grow Their Blogs into Businesses. Michael Hyatt.

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ProBlogger

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

The post International Start a Blog Day Class of 2019 appeared first on ProBlogger. I thought I was too late to start blogging in 2002. But I started a blog anyway. I also loved seeing my blog grow and the community that built around my blog. And In 2019 it’s still not too late to start a blog.

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