Smart Blogger

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Red Bull funded the 330 million dollar project, and Red Bull branding is visible in every second of the three-hour video. American Express created the Shop Small campaign during the 2010 recession to encourage people to shop with small businesses during the holiday season.

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ProBlogger

AUGUST 23, 2023

How is blogging in 2023 different from being a blogger five years ago, ten years ago, or more? Darren and Chris promoting Problogger the book in 2010 As you can probably imagine, I have a lot to cover and what was to be one article quickly became over-sized, so instead I have broken it into a series.

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ProBlogger

AUGUST 10, 2022

. “What’s the biggest mistake you see aspiring bloggers making?” The reality is that the biggest mistakes I see bloggers making are usually things that are going on in their minds, rather than on their blogs. The secret of many bloggers’ success. So what is it that sets some bloggers apart?

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Men With Pens

JULY 4, 2010

You’re a parent or a friend or a lover or an employee or a speaker or a blogger or a stranger on the street or a patron at a restaurant or a person jogging in the park. You’ll know your own writing voice and you’ll also be able to take on several different voices easily, which lets you take on more projects and jobs.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 25, 2010

You want to get it out of the way so you can start your writing project. Tweet about your writing project. Chris Mower ( @firesamurai ) April 25, 2010 at 12:14 pm I enjoy reading Dean’s blog. 5 Ways to Trim the Fat from Your Next Project Reply --Deb ( @__Deb ) April 25, 2010 at 12:43 pm Oh, this is just hilarious.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 8, 2010

FreeMind helps you to keep track of your projects using notes with links in what is called the knowledge base. Nozbe This is a web-based time and project management app that helps you get things done. Organize your projects and see what you have left to do. Makes editing, storing and searching data easy. Thanks for sharing.

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ProBlogger

MAY 17, 2023

Many of the following methods are the result of the profile and perceived expertise of the blogger themselves (whereas many of the direct methods mentioned previously are less reliant upon this). Building a profile as a blogger doesn’t happen quickly and starting a blog with some of these hopes should be seen as a long term thing.

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ProBlogger

JUNE 5, 2017

Blogger Nikki Parkinson Shares How She Built a Business Around Her Blog. In today’s episode, I have recorded an interview with one of Australia’s better known bloggers – Nikki Parkinson from the style and fashion blog – Styling You. It must have been 2011, maybe 2010. Expand to view full transcript. Darren: Hi there.

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Men With Pens

MARCH 16, 2010

I took a break and made some food and thought about getting started on that new project. Now imagine this one: “I got up and immediately sat down and wrote down a bunch of new ideas that I had for that project. Two hours of work, and then you can get moving on that awesome new project that’s going to make you rich and famous.

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Men With Pens

MARCH 4, 2010

If you ever decide to take a break to work on a project or to get some much-needed rest, good freelancers like Joe could take over other projects you have on the go for a week or two. Let Joe take on all the coding that goes into a project while you work on the design side of things. And you get to take care of yourself.

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Men With Pens

FEBRUARY 28, 2010

You were supposed to deliver this project at 5pm and you’re almost finished but… A new email comes in. Hire yourself, and assign yourself a project. Pick a project that will help further your success. Brett ( @brettpopoleo ) March 1, 2010 at 2:30 am Thanks for the insight. Emails bombard you. It’s a rush.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 15, 2010

Charlie Gilkey has a great post showing how various bloggers have developed and honed their writing style over the years: Becoming Yourself and Growing Your Blog. If you let weeks slip by without writing or without working on that one project that really interests you, find half a day each week when you can really dig into your writing.

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ProBlogger

DECEMBER 22, 2017

In today’s episode I’ve got Aussie blogger Nina—one of the attendees from our recent events in Australia. My name is Darren Rowse and I’m the blogger behind problogger.com. In today’s episode, episode 225, we’re continuing our series of blogger stories. In today’s episode, I’ve got another Aussie blogger. Nina: Hi there!

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Men With Pens

JULY 7, 2010

And for the freelancer, a clear statement of the project that includes understandable objectives, requirements and specific deliverables, helps focus his time and resources on the task at hand, instead of trying to figure out what you need. Trust freelancers to see the project through. Let freelancers do their job. 6) Thank them.

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Men With Pens

MAY 9, 2010

What sort of laywer/blogger/sponge connoisseur are you, exactly?” “Do And we realized that we generally asked more or less the same questions for each type of project. A Networking Casestudy with Northwestern Mutual Reply Joshua Black | The Underdog Millionaire ( @jblack2012 ) May 10, 2010 at 11:37 am The questionnaire is key!

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ProBlogger

JUNE 5, 2017

Blogger Nikki Parkinson Shares How She Built a Business Around Her Blog. In today’s episode, I have recorded an interview with one of Australia’s better known bloggers – Nikki Parkinson from the style and fashion blog – Styling You. It must have been 2011, maybe 2010. Expand to view full transcript. Darren: Hi there.

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The Creative Penn

JULY 8, 2024

I've talked to so many people that are just like, “Well, I want to work on a new project, so I just need to get it out there.” Joanna: In 2022, I rewrote my first three novels which I had self-published in 2009/2010. So obviously, we need to talk about the story or the nonfiction project, whatever it is.

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Men With Pens

JUNE 13, 2010

I’ve turned down a few projects because I knew they were scams or they used unethical tactics. As a rule, I can work for about 3 hours on one project before getting a little loopy, so I move on to something else in the afternoon. James: Think back to a project when you’d done a really great job – an awesome job.

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Men With Pens

JULY 11, 2010

And sadly, not many bloggers ask them. Here’s a thought: What if that dropping readership, that dwindling traffic and that lack of discussion lets you invest your time in better projects, ones that help you get closer to your goals? Reply Nabeel | Create Your First Website July 12, 2010 at 4:01 am Whoa Excellent post James.

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Men With Pens

MARCH 25, 2010

In a recent conversation, a writer told me that he hates projects about things that don’t interest him. Vinay ( @vinayp10 ) March 26, 2010 at 2:58 am Great post. Reply Patricia ( @lokahiandquill ) March 26, 2010 at 5:52 am Good copy and good translations/adaptations have one common attribute: they have to be *fit for purpose*.

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 8, 2009

Written by Taylor - 39 Comments This discussion we’ve been having about whether bloggers should get paid for their work is fascinating, and I think it’s pretty great that the whole MwP community here has been so level-headed and thoughtful about it. To hear them tell it, bloggers who don’t give it away have turned positively abusive.

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 17, 2010

Melinda | SuperWAHM ( @superwahm1 ) January 18, 2010 at 2:17 am I don’t have that much direct competition. SuperWAHM EZ-Notes – Pre-Release Sale and Giveaway Reply Archan Mehta January 18, 2010 at 5:55 am James, Once again, this is an interesting post. Reply Phil Simon ( @philsimon ) January 18, 2010 at 8:08 am James Good post.

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Neil Patel

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

For more of a sales-oriented strategy, share that blog post link with other bloggers and influencers to get the word out. I do, however, highly recommend creating new profiles for projects. WordPress bloggers can optimize their robots.txt files by using a reliable WordPress plugin like Yoast’s SEO plugin.

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Men With Pens

MARCH 1, 2010

If you don’t give yourself one, you’ll subconsciously start creating your own breaks – by cutting corners, skimping on quality, rushing projects. You’ll have more revisions than usual, and that takes time away from projects that earn you money. Don’t freak out that you don’t have a project to work on.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 11, 2010

Chris Mower ( @firesamurai ) April 12, 2010 at 1:34 am Spot on. I know whenever I’m looking to hire somebody for contract work or to share in projects I’m taking on I always check their website to learn more about them. I Need to Take a Picture Reply Jake Johnson April 12, 2010 at 10:31 am I think this is right on.

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Men With Pens

MAY 26, 2010

While total writers’ block may be a reality for some individuals, for most of us we’re just stuck on a particular project. If you write for a living, you may well end up writing on projects that aren’t exactly thrilling to you. Wanderlusting ( @Wanderlustingkh ) May 27, 2010 at 1:13 am Great post. Reply Mary E.

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Men With Pens

JULY 21, 2010

Nabeel | Create Your First Website July 22, 2010 at 2:48 am Wow.Excellent article! Kindest, Nabeel Reply Charles July 22, 2010 at 3:14 am ^^ Like Nabeel, I was immersed too, great writing. Kindest, Nabeel Reply Charles July 22, 2010 at 3:14 am ^^ Like Nabeel, I was immersed too, great writing. You are absolutely right.

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ProBlogger

SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

When I came up with the idea for the first PBEVENT back in 2010 I envisaged a small group of bloggers gathering around a board table in a meeting room somewhere but had no idea of what would happen to the event – or the Aussie blogosphere in the following five years. The power of the blogger community via Cas McCullough.

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Men With Pens

MARCH 3, 2010

Henry Bingaman ( @henrybing ) March 4, 2010 at 3:05 am Saying no takes confidence… but the act of saying no also builds confidence. Direct Email Marketing Tips Reply Michael Martine ( @remarkablogger ) March 4, 2010 at 3:55 am James, very smart stuff regarding a 48-hour waiting period vs. a “rush fee.&# Good post, James.

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 7, 2010

You’ll work on a wide variety of projects for lots of different clients. You have to find a way to generate leads and close deals to get the paying projects. You will find yourself juggling multiple projects and clients. I love this blog and now I love the guest bloggers too… Laya Bajpai´s last blog.

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Men With Pens

JULY 1, 2012

While the Audit Bureau of Circulations reported a 125% increase in digital magazine readership from 2010 to 2011 for consumer magazines, AdAge reported in March 2012 that the jump still only accounts for 1% of total paid and verified circulation. Customize the digital project on the site with live links, ads, meta tags, branding, etc.

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 13, 2011

Although there are certainly many metaphors that could describe the life of a blogger, I personally would relate it to the most famous test of human endurance and achievement in the world: The Ironman Triathlon. Just like every successful triathlon racer, every blogger must learn to set the right pace. Then I read the post.

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Men With Pens

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

Like Anakin Skywalker in Star Wars, corrupted by what he fought against, bloggers and business hopefuls obliviously walk the same path as the fated Dark Lord of the Sith. John Hewitt ( @poewar ) February 26, 2010 at 1:20 am I agree with the central point of the article. But we are all aware of how power corrupts. The problem?

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Men With Pens

JULY 18, 2010

Rebecca July 19, 2010 at 2:19 am I’ve never been an avid horse rider myself but I can easily see the comparisons you are making. Sidebar 1 Reply Nabeel | Create Your First Website July 19, 2010 at 3:52 am Great comparison with Equestrians! Rebecca´s last blog. I really liked all 4 comparisons and lessons. Yup, this is true.

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The Creative Penn

JULY 28, 2024

Anna: Well, actually, the Helen Oddfellow series really started when I walked from London to Canterbury back in 2010, which I just sort of did for fun. So it's been a much more commercially minded project, I guess. So that's a project for next year, to look at maybe or maybe not taking them out of KU. How are you publishing?

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ProBlogger

MAY 18, 2012

I have been blogging since 2010 and I have consistently produced material for my blog twice per week. Nor have I had time to study, do more research, or truly connect with other bloggers. For instance, for a couple of months I have wanted to build my own time management system, but I had to postpone the project because of lack of time.

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ProBlogger

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

How to Overcome Blogger Procrastination. My name is Darren Rowse and I’m the blogger behind problogger.com, a blog, podcast, event, job board, series of ebooks and a book all designed to help you as a blogger to grow your audience and make money from your blog. Towards the end of it, I had a page dedicated to my goals for 2010.

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