The Creative Penn

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

The conversation delves into the challenges and benefits of creating a new edition versus updating an existing one, the impact of technology, including AI, on the writing and publishing industry, and the importance of storytelling in nonfiction. And now let's hear from Joanna Penn about the evolving author and second editions.

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Express Writers

MARCH 7, 2023

This is the highest amount in the history of the CMO survey (since 2008). Content distribution: Once your content is published, the chances of someone reading or viewing it are somewhat low unless you distribute or promote it. Labor costs: You need to pay professionals to create, publish, and distribute your content.

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ProBlogger

MAY 29, 2012

Dan will share his insights on how his no-nonsense approach to writing can be applied to your own blogging. Successes and learnings from my food blogging journey Jetsetting Joyce started blogging in 2007 when lived in London. She fits all the blogging around her day job as an intellectual property and IT lawyer.

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ProBlogger

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

It doesn’t even matter how much you like writing blog posts and replying to readers’ comments. If your blog doesn’t start to make money, you will start resenting all the work you put into it, and the days of loving your blog will be short lived. I began to enjoy blogging and interacting with my readers in the comments.

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Quick Sprout

JULY 12, 2022

Founded in 2008 Custom strategies Cost-effective & confidential Highly intuitive. 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. Visit WebiMax. Get a Free Quote.

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The Creative Penn

DECEMBER 30, 2022

I launched the book direct on my Shopify store, CreativePennBooks.com and sold it exclusively direct for a month before publishing it wide. I also wrote and published two short stories. I've been selling direct since 2008 when I started online, but it's always been an afterthought for book sales. Sudowrite Tutorial here ].

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ProBlogger

MARCH 2, 2022

The post How to Grow Your Blog with Viral Content appeared first on ProBlogger. Recently, I’ve been exploring five strategies that I’d employ to promote my blog if I were starting all over again. However when it comes to blogging not all ‘great’ content is equal when it comes to drawing attention to your blog.

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ProBlogger

MARCH 20, 2017

How do you build a successful fitness blog? What does it take to start a blog and grow the traffic to 100K monthly visitors in less than a year? If you have a fitness blog or planning to start one or even if you are just curious on how you can grow your blog’s traffic fast, then this post is for you.

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ProBlogger

OCTOBER 20, 2021

The post Tips to Add Originality to your Blog appeared first on ProBlogger. Recently, we’ve been looking at a variety of ways that bloggers let their blogs degenerate. Today I want to talk about something that has the potential to kill a blog very quickly – the lack of original content or ideas.

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ProBlogger

OCTOBER 20, 2021

The post Tips to Add Originality to your Blog appeared first on ProBlogger. Recently, we’ve been looking at a variety of ways that bloggers let their blogs degenerate. Today I want to talk about something that has the potential to kill a blog very quickly – the lack of original content or ideas.

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ProBlogger

OCTOBER 20, 2021

The post Tips to Add Originality to your Blog appeared first on ProBlogger. Recently, we’ve been looking at a variety of ways that bloggers let their blogs degenerate. Today I want to talk about something that has the potential to kill a blog very quickly – the lack of original content or ideas.

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ProBlogger

AUGUST 22, 2012

I’ve been running a blog for a year and a half now, all while working a demanding full-time job (at Cisco Systems), pursuing a graduate degree, conducting some research on the side, and doing what I enjoy the most: spending quality time with my family. In fact, blogging has been so gratifying that I’m actually launching a second blog soon.

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ProBlogger

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

The post 9 Tips to Help you Post More Frequently On Your Blog appeared first on ProBlogger. This post was first published on: Jun 17, 2008 . Problem: Perhaps the fastest way to let your blog go is to stop posting to it. It is never too late to get your blog rolling again! Photo by Juli Moreira on Unsplash.

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ProBlogger

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

The post Tips To Help Your Blog Stay ‘On Topic’ appeared first on ProBlogger. Updated post first published Jun 18, 2008. Letting Your Blog Go #2. One way that I see some bloggers ‘ letting their blog go ‘ is to become distracted and move off topic more and more. Photo by Regis F on Unsplash.

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ProBlogger

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

The post Why Blog Post Titles Are Crucial appeared first on ProBlogger. One problem that I regularly saw in the days that I took on blog consulting work was bloggers who spent hours and hours slaving over the writing of quality posts only to take 5 seconds to slap a very ordinary title on them. Why Blog Post Titles Are Crucial.

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ProBlogger

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

The post Why Blog Post Titles Are Crucial appeared first on ProBlogger. One problem that I regularly saw in the days that I took on blog consulting work was bloggers who spent hours and hours slaving over the writing of quality posts only to take 5 seconds to slap a very ordinary title on them. Why Blog Post Titles Are Crucial.

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ProBlogger

MARCH 12, 2012

In May of 2008 – ProBlogger the Book (yep, the real hard cover book) was released. it was a collaboration between myself and co-author Chris Garrett – published with Wiley Publishing. There is also a new chapter on building community and deepening reader engagement on your blog.

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ProBlogger

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

The post Tips To Help Your Blog Stay ‘On Topic’ appeared first on ProBlogger. First published Jun 18, 2008. One way that I see some bloggers ‘ letting their blog go ‘ is to become distracted and move off topic more and more. This is perfectly natural as blogs are quite evolutionary. Redefine Your Niche.

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ProBlogger

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

The post Tips To Help Your Blog Stay ‘On Topic’ appeared first on ProBlogger. Updated post first published Jun 18, 2008. Letting Your Blog Go #2. One way that I see some bloggers ‘ letting their blog go ‘ is to become distracted and move off topic more and more. Photo by Regis F on Unsplash.

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ProBlogger

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

The post Why Blog Post Titles Are Crucial appeared first on ProBlogger. One problem that I regularly saw in the days that I took on blog consulting work was bloggers who spent hours and hours slaving over the writing of quality posts only to take 5 seconds to slap a very ordinary title on them. Why Blog Post Titles Are Crucial.

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ProBlogger

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

The post Finding New Readers for Your Blog with Guest Posting appeared first on ProBlogger. This week I’m introducing the first of five ways that I’d promote a new blog to new readers if i was starting out again. Photo by Josh Appel on Unsplash. Giving Your Best Content Away.

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ProBlogger

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

The post How to Use Social Media to Promote Your Blog appeared first on ProBlogger. This month we’ve been looking at five different methods that I’d use to find readership if I were starting a new blog. 9 Keys to Using Social Media to Find New Readers for Your Blog. Photo by Adem AY on Unsplash.

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ProBlogger

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

The post How to Promote Your Blog through Networking appeared first on ProBlogger. This is the second of five ways that I’d promote a new blog to new readers if i was starting out again. Today I want to turn our attention to Networking as a great way to promote a blog. Photo by Saksham Gangwar on Unsplash.

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ProBlogger

DECEMBER 12, 2012

Forced to close her real estate business in November 2008 because of the mortgage meltdown, Susan launched her digital information business in January 2009 with a mere $200 in startup capital. Published nearly four years ago, it still makes $600-$3,000 a month in online sales. Start a blog about your topic. They can’t lose.

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ProBlogger

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

The post 9 Tips to Help you Post More Frequently On Your Blog appeared first on ProBlogger. Updated post first published Jun 17, 2008 . Letting Your Blog Go #1. Problem: Perhaps the fastest way to let your blog go is to stop posting to it. It is never too late to get your blog rolling again!

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ProBlogger

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

The post How to Use Advertising to Promote Your Blog appeared first on ProBlogger. Have you ever considered advertising your blog? Today I want to explore this idea as part of my series of posts on how I’d promote my blog if I was starting from scratch. Many bloggers have used this with great effect to launch their blog.

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ProBlogger

MARCH 28, 2011

There were reviews on periodicals like Forbes , and major blogs like S tartup Nation and Brazen Careerist. Back in 2008, I was running a flailing start-up. Fast-forward to the end of 2010: I had co-founded Firepole Marketing, and I was in the middle of Jon’s latest training program, about guest blogging. Step 1: Being nice.

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ProBlogger

MAY 8, 2016

Do you update old posts on your blog? Lately I’ve spent quite a bit of time here on ProBlogger in my archives updating old posts – perhaps even more than creating new content for the ProBlogger blog and podcast. Originally the post documented my own income streams and gave some advice on how to get started.

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The Creative Penn

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

With its detailed reports on how to improve your writing, and integration with Scrivener, ProWritingAid will help you improve your book before you send it to an editor, agent or publisher. You started before me, but when I started self-publishing there was also no Kindle. Morgana: I was five years old at the time. No, I lie, I wasn't.

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ProBlogger

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

In 2006, at 17, I started a blog about marketing which was very successful from launch. In fact, the first blog post I published was linked to by 4 of the Technorati Top 100 at the time, and I felt like I was on my way to joining the ranks of A-list bloggers. Is there something you can challenge yourself to do with your blog ?

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ProBlogger

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

The post 9 Tips to Help you Post More Frequently On Your Blog appeared first on ProBlogger. Updated post first published Jun 17, 2008 . Letting Your Blog Go #1. Problem: Perhaps the fastest way to let your blog go is to stop posting to it. It is never too late to get your blog rolling again!

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ProBlogger

JANUARY 3, 2018

We’re continuing our series of blogger stories, and handing the podcast over to you so you can tell your stories and tips of starting and growing your blogs. This series, which started with episode 221, is all part of the launch of our new (and completely free) ‘Start a Blog’ course, which goes live on 10 January 2018.

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The Creative Penn

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Write and publish what you want, get paid every day for your books, and control your customer data and relationships. With its detailed reports on how to improve your writing and integration with Scrivener, ProWritingAid will help you improve your book before you send it to an editor, agent or publisher.

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The Creative Penn

MARCH 27, 2023

With its detailed reports on how to improve your writing and integration with Scrivener, ProWritingAid will help you improve your book before you send it to an editor, agent or publisher. These are essentially blog posts on your Kickstarter campaign, and they are sent to all Backers as well as remaining on the campaign page.

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Retail Projects Social Media Sales 98

ProBlogger

AUGUST 22, 2018

The post How Long Should Your Blog Post Be? When I started blogging in 2008, there was a (roughly) agreed-on standard for blog posts: you should post around 500 words every weekday. Around the end of 2013, long-form content became much more popular in the blogging world. Blog Post Length vs Frequency.

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ProBlogger

JULY 24, 2012

I know many of you know Tsh already as her blog has a big readership and those of you who followed the ProBlogger Tourism Queensland trip that we did earlier in the year will know that she was one of the winners of that prize. There are some people whose approach to blogging you just click with – Tish was one of those.

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ProBlogger

DECEMBER 30, 2011

This year, I tried to go outside of the social media echo-chamber and focus on people who are expanding beyond their blogs. As Michael Stelzner said at Blogworld, “You’re not a blogger, you’re a publisher!”. You guys may also enjoy her post about making money online through blogging and writing. I love his blog.

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