Men With Pens

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

I even heard from a blogger the other day that he would never guest post on a blog unrelated to his own because it wouldn’t get him any traffic and that it was a waste of effort. See, if you’re a writer, a blogger or an online business owner, you need to connect with the community. What a twit. Or someone else will.

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ProBlogger

MARCH 29, 2014

Over the past few months we’ve done a number of theme based weeks that take a more intense dive into topics relevant to bloggers. In 2009 I created my first eBooks – 31 Days to Build a Better Blog (which I’ve since updated into it’s second edition). in sales in 2009. That eBook generated $80,772.01

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Smart Blogger

OCTOBER 29, 2022

Listverse is the place to go for credible and entertaining top 10 lists since it was founded in 2009. Founded in 2009, The Rumpus strives to be a “platform for risk-taking voices and writing that might not find a home elsewhere.”. The post 30+ Freelance Comedy Writing Jobs: Get Paid for Being Funny appeared first on Smart Blogger.

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 10, 2009

Hal ( @ohal ) December 11, 2009 at 7:25 am I enjoyed this on a couple of different levels. Ulrich ( @maryeulrich ) December 11, 2009 at 8:12 am Thanks Elizabeth, I do feel SMARTer. Reply James ( @MenwithPens ) December 11, 2009 at 8:14 am @Mary – You mean all posts combined into one summary? Go forth and conquer.

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ProBlogger

OCTOBER 2, 2014

Up until this point my focus had very much been about making money through advertising (with some affiliate marketing) but in 2009 I began to experiment with eBooks ( read more on this evolution in my blogging income in this post ). In 2009 when I launched my first photography eBook I wrote about the launch here on ProBlogger.

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 13, 2009

Henri ( @henrijunttila ) December 14, 2009 at 3:33 am I don’t even have a degree, but after reading this it feels like I do. How to Overcome Procrastination Reply Bothersome Words ( @BothersomeWords ) December 14, 2009 at 5:12 am Long-time lurker, first-time commenter here. 69 Responses to “Is Your Education Useless?&#

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ProBlogger

JULY 6, 2011

Add in the marketing and promotion of your blog and it soon becomes more than any one individual can deliver without spending 80 hours in front of a computer. The job of managing research, affiliates, guest posts—all while learning new technologies—has already begun to overwhelm some small bloggers. Getting started. The process.

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Quick Sprout

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Outbound links to resources from 2009 are irrelevant and won’t be as effective for your SEO ranking. During the early days of my entrepreneurial career, I would continually email two to four bloggers a day who interviewed other people in my space to ask them if they wanted to interview me. You should also include internal links.

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ProBlogger

JUNE 10, 2014

Having been a freelance blogger since 2009, I’m used to looking for ways to improve my pitches and blogging job applications. But we wanted to expand the blog from 3-4 posts a week to 7+, as well as start to work on some other cool content projects, and for that, we needed to bring another full-time blogger on staff.

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ProBlogger

MAY 28, 2013

While there’s no single way to make a living from blogging, most full time bloggers I know – who blog as their primary income stream - work pretty hard on their blogs. Work hard on promoting their blogs and finding new readers. Build relationships with other bloggers. They: Post content on a daily basis.

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Quick Sprout

JULY 26, 2022

Stellar SEO offers guest posting services and blogger outreach programs to help you get the best links for your business on high-quality websites. Whether your entire business is an app, or you’re trying to promote your app as an extension of your business, Moburst can help you out. They’ll even create the content for you.

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ProBlogger

APRIL 9, 2018

Figure out what products to create, redo or replace, as well as what promotions to include. My name is Darren Rowse and I’m the blogger behind ProBlogger. We are currently taking a group of about 100 bloggers through this course in its beta version. It’s helped tens of thousands of bloggers to really level up their blogs.

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ProBlogger

JANUARY 19, 2014

A regular question I’m asked by bloggers at different stages of their blogging is how much time they should allocate to different aspects of blogging. Should you spend more time writing blog posts, promoting the posts, networking, responding to readers, working on social media etc? if it is new or more established).

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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. That ebook functioned as a launch point for her business that eventually reached six figures by July 2009. Expand to a product suite.

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Men With Pens

NOVEMBER 29, 2009

King Sidharth ( @kingsidharth ) November 30, 2009 at 3:34 am Yeah well, this one was awesome (nothing unusual!) Meier November 30, 2009 at 6:00 am Beautiful point and there’s a lot to be said for confidence … it always shines through. Reply Henry ( @henrybing ) November 30, 2009 at 9:55 am Good post, James.

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ProBlogger

OCTOBER 8, 2018

The post 264: How One Blogger Builds Engagement and Makes a Difference with Online Community Events appeared first on ProBlogger. How One Blogger is Using Online Events to Build Engagement and Make a Difference. Trixi started her blog in 2009 to post kids craft projects. And Trixi knew she had to promote it.

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ProBlogger

JANUARY 20, 2011

When I first started my travel website in 2009, I just wanted to get my travel writing out there, because I was frustrated with the way traditional media worked. Considering I only started my blog in 2009 with virtually zero knowledge of how the Internet worked, that’s pretty good! This is what I’ve learned from my experiences.

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ProBlogger

APRIL 27, 2022

I’ve read a few comments here on Problogger from bloggers who are feeling low because they’ve noticed a plateau or even a decrease in the traffic coming to their blog. This can be quite distressing for bloggers who have big hopes and dreams for their blogs. Further Reading: Search Engine Optimization for Bloggers.

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ProBlogger

SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

When I started my first blog in early 2009, I knew absolutely nothing. I’ve still got a ton to learn but I’m enjoying my new life as a blogger. The vampire blogger. Vampire bloggers suck the life out of everyone they encounter. We all know self-promotion is part of the blogging game. The zombie blogger.

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ProBlogger

DECEMBER 21, 2017

From 5 to Over 1,000,000 Monthly Readers – A Finance Blogger Shares His Story. In today’s episode you’ll hear the story of Robert Farrington, a finance blogger. I love that how the bloggers in the series who’ve ‘made it’ to a full-time level are giving us insights into their early years. Facebook Group.

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ProBlogger

JULY 11, 2016

This has risen since the last time I produced a report like this, as we’ve put more effort into affiliate promotions at dPS. Each year on Digital Photography School we run big promotions with our 12 Days of Christmas Sale and our Mid Year Sale. Product Sales.

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ProBlogger

AUGUST 18, 2012

” I’m not one to run away from a challenge; I’d been blogging since 2009 and planned to put everything I’d learned into practice on my new site. Promote like hell. During my second month, a PR professional was promoting my site to friends for free. What makes a blog stand out is the blogger. Interact with fans.

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ProBlogger

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

Most bloggers go through periods where they either lack motivation, get distracted or suffer from blogger disillusionment. promoted your blog in a variety of ways and found new readers. reached out to and developed working relationships with other bloggers. If so – you’re not alone. … and much more. .

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ProBlogger

JULY 11, 2016

Note: we’re also currently doing a study into bloggers income levels. This has risen since the last time I produced a report like this, as we’ve put more effort into affiliate promotions at dPS. Each year on Digital Photography School we run big promotions with our 12 Days of Christmas Sale and our Mid Year Sale.

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ProBlogger

AUGUST 15, 2016

Back in 2009 a games Blogger in the United Kingdom suggested that there was some inappropriate behaviour by the company behind the online game Evony. It might sound simple, but so few people do it and it was something that the games blogger in the United Kingdom also didn’t have in place. Sound familiar? What laws apply?

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ProBlogger

JANUARY 24, 2012

I began blogging in 2005 (my promoted blog was founded in 2009) and have never looked back. Bloggers need to protect their real estate. He was a CIPR (Chartered Institute of Public Relations) representative in 2009 and completed an internship with Microsoft last year. There are number of ways to earn money from blogging.

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ProBlogger

JANUARY 2, 2018

They created community, and a place for others to come and interact around the ideas, stories and experience of the blogger. And I suspect that most bloggers back then started in a similar way. I still meet quite a few bloggers who start for similar reasons – wanting to express themselves, make connections and have fun.

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ProBlogger

JANUARY 4, 2018

2 Finance Bloggers Share their Tips for Taking Blogs from a Hobby to a Full Time Business. Today we’re we’re featuring another two bloggers from the same niche. In this case, they’re both finance bloggers. Links and Resources for 2 Finance Bloggers Share their Tips for Building Blogs from Hobby to a Full Time Business.

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ProBlogger

APRIL 23, 2013

I share these results because, over the years, I’ve heard many many bloggers write off the Amazon Affiliate program as not being worth the time. * Commissions on higher value product s – while 4% on a book isn’t a high commission, if you promote a high value product (like a camera) the commission can be decent.

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ProBlogger

SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

On dPS we do two big promotions every year. In 2009, I decided to invest time into creating my first products which were eBooks. Back in 2002 when I first started blogging, and then over the next couple years started to make money for my blogs, the first question I would almost always be asked when I say to someone I ’ m a blogger.

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ProBlogger

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

That kind of back-and-forth’s been typical ever since we tip-toed into blogging in 2009. While the notion of being “top bloggers” was romantic, were we really going to: create e-books? promote affiliate programs? Plus, selling just one series with a reader will instantly make us “six-figure bloggers.”

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Blogging Blog Concept Education 39

ProBlogger

MARCH 13, 2017

I’m going to talk about 3 income streams in particular – AdSense Ad network (although this will be relevant to other networks too), Affiliate promotions and selling our own products. I want to talk a little bit about affiliate promotions and also selling our own products. It’s Darren from ProBlogger here. Not in terms of size.

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The Creative Penn

APRIL 1, 2024

So instead of giving you a list of book marketing tactics, here are some of the opposite polarities on the marketing scale that — along with your definition of success — will help shape your book promotion choices. But unless you are a big name, it’s likely that the promotions team will only be available for the launch period.

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ProBlogger

MARCH 26, 2020

I still believe (and so do many of the bloggers I’ve talked to) that email is the best option. It happened again when I did it in 2007, and again in 2009. Or you might choose a particular day or the week or month where you write about a particular topic, or interview another blogger or influencer. Yes, social media is important.

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ProBlogger

DECEMBER 26, 2012

WordPress used to release small updates frequently, but at the end of 2009 they changed this policy. I’ll be focusing on the features that are most relevant to bloggers and explaining how they can help you. Twitter is one of the most powerful tools available to bloggers. The three major releases in 2011 were 3.1

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ProBlogger

JULY 9, 2012

I first started blogging in 2009, and I had to learn the hard way. For the last few months, I’ve been working on a new book that helps bloggers get their dreams and aspirations on paper—and onto their blogs. However, I’ve realized the difference between the blogger I was three years ago, and the blogger I am now.

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ProBlogger

MAY 19, 2022

But for most of us, here are some cost effective tips and strategies for content distribution and promotion. I’m not surprised if bloggers claim that 40-60 percent of their traffic come from search engines. Bloggers often hold contests or group projects to encourage others to blog about certain topics.

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