ProBlogger

AUGUST 23, 2012

How do full-time bloggers take maternity leave? By Summer 2011, I had two very happy things going on in my life: I was pregnant with my first child, and my fashion and career advice blog ( Corporette ) was doing so well that I had quit my job as a lawyer to focus on it. Maternity Leave … for Bloggers?! I used Tweetdeck.

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Men With Pens

NOVEMBER 22, 2011

Why Succeeding As a Blogger Is Simple but Hard. Becoming a successful blogger is a lot like becoming a successful weight-loss story. Successful blogging involves writing quality posts on a regular basis and promoting them through methods like guest posting, commenting, social media etc. It really is that simple. Maybe years.

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ProBlogger

JANUARY 2, 2018

3 Travel Bloggers Share Their Tips and Stories. I started this series towards the end of last year with episode 221: From 0 to 500,000 Page Views a Month – A DIY Blogger Shares Her Story. Today I’ve got three blogger stories for you. Links and Resources for 3 Travel Bloggers Share their Stories and Tips.

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ProBlogger

MARCH 25, 2012

On August 16, 2011, Time magazine named Pinterest among the “50 Best Websites of 2011”. Bloggers can make use of these “clickthrough images” to attract more people to our blogs. Pinterest Basics for Bloggers. After it opened registration to everyone in 2010, the Pinterest boom began. Yang manages the Chillisauce.co.uk

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Content Marketing Institute

JUNE 27, 2018

Without curation, we inevitably pack our feeds with pitch after promotion after pitch. Without curation, marketers pack their feeds with pitch after promotion after pitch, says @AaronOrendorff. grew up as a lowly algorithm destined to change the way content is promoted, shared, and curated. Since its 2011 launch, Scoop.it!

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Smart Blogger

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

In this post, we’ll share 21 successful marketing campaign examples, each one giving you a fresh perspective on how to promote your company. In 2011, the US Senate gave the Shop Small campaign official status. The post 21 Successful Marketing Campaign Examples That’ll Inspire You appeared first on Smart Blogger.

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ProBlogger

JUNE 19, 2012

I recently secured the position of Resident Blogger at PLUS Hostels , a large hostel and camp site chain based in Europe. I approached PLUS about becoming their Resident Blogger. I remembered they’d said they would be considering bloggers in April, and would get back to me then. This guest post is by Jane of Runaway Jane.

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Content Powered

JUNE 16, 2022

One of the most common pieces of advice for bloggers is to avoid writing about themselves. I also see this a lot in self-aggrandizing promotional content. Since the massive shakeup of 2011 in the Panda and Penguin algorithm updates, Google has been pretty punishing to thin content. Most of the time, there's not that much to say.

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ProBlogger

JANUARY 1, 2018

Over $100,000 in Ad Revenue – a Dating Ideas Blogger Tells Her Story. Today we’re resuming our series of blogger stories where I hand the podcast over to you, our listeners, to tell your stories and tips of starting and growing your blogs. But I was also voted best blogger by Orlando Magazine last year.

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ProBlogger

OCTOBER 24, 2017

Many bloggers I know are struggling to get much traction on social media. If you don’t have the budget to pay for advertising (and many bloggers don’t), then social media can feel like shouting into an empty room. If your blog has hardly any content or your posts are full of typos, they may well avoid promoting you. #3:

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ProBlogger

JULY 4, 2017

This opened my eyes to the potential of hosting guest posters on my blog – but I also got feedback from many of the contributing bloggers that guest posting on ProBlogger was hugely positive for them too. One blogger even told me that it led to them getting a dream job. Bloggers I’d never heard of would pitch to post on my blogs.

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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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Income Diary

APRIL 29, 2024

Seth Godin is one of the world’s most successful bloggers and he rarely writes posts longer than 300 words. Take for example the “Blogger Profiles” I’ve been writing lately, like this one about Matthew Inman of The Oatmeal. Here are 10 of the most popular SEO blog post publishing steps that bloggers tend to forget.

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ProBlogger

APRIL 15, 2021

If you really want to be a full-time blogger, you need to escalate this.”. Today I’m living the dream of being a full-time blogger. At the time I was already promoting books, and becoming an affiliate meant I could earn 8% commission on any book someone bought through me promoting it. Be an action taker.

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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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ProBlogger

FEBRUARY 10, 2017

So take a minute to think beyond the surface of create content/promote that content, and think a bit bigger picture. You might find, as a blogger, that you get asked to promote a product or write an article for no monetary compensation whatsoever – they offer the “exposure” drawcard instead. Where are you at?

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ProBlogger

AUGUST 31, 2016

Andreea Ayers founded LaunchGrowJoy.com in 2011 after selling a successful t-shirt business, and realised she had plenty to share in terms of selling products successfully online. Andreea has some tried-and-true strategies for building a buzz around your blog or business through media promotion, both traditional and online.

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ProBlogger

OCTOBER 5, 2016

In 2011, the U.S. Can you apply the 80/20 rule to your blogging efforts and become a better blogger ? The principle can easily be adopted as a tool for bloggers and marketers. He spends four times as many hours promoting his content (including both new and old writings). United States Medical Care. Absolutely.

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ProBlogger

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

You tweet, Facebook, Digg, Stumble, and perform every other type of online promotion to supersize your presence. Promoting “offline” using a major influencer like a national magazine can bring a blizzard of traffic to your blog. Why should I use national magazines to promote my blog? Promote away! You write a blog post.

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ProBlogger

AUGUST 1, 2010

I dissed another blogger. There are a couple bloggers out there who, because of outrageous, totally misplaced egos, really piss me off. . And always chose self-deprecation over self-promotion. Crazy Stuff I’ve Done as a Blogger, and What I’ve Learned From It All. I’ve learned never to promise a typo-free post again.

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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

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

Mid-December 2010: on my photography site , we launched a new campaign—our first ever 12 Days of Christmas promotion. Due to the success of the 2010 campaign, in mid-December 2011 we launched our second 12 Days of Christmas promotion. Last year, I ran the promotion completely alone. The result? It was big.

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 6, 2013

There are two types of bloggers: those with realistic expectations and those with a pipe dream. But a lot of bloggers are totally lost on the recipe. Just because you know how to write good articles and promote them to people doesn’t mean you can make money. Let’s take a little walk, shall we? offers internet arm*.

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ProBlogger

MAY 3, 2013

I did meet Darren Rowse, Sonia Simone, Chris Garrett, Tim Ferris and Annabel Candy at the Problogger Conference in 2011 but I was so new that I was too scared to even introduce myself properly. Promote that content. So in my experience, you can have meaningful relationships with A-list bloggers but it doesn’t happen in the beginning.

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Men With Pens

OCTOBER 28, 2012

You can also use your experience to teach on topics such as productivity, personal finance, balancing work and life, self-promotion and marketing, or anything that allows you to position yourself as an expert. During the day, she’s a professional blogger, freelance writer, and writing instructor at the University of Phoenix in Louisiana.

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ProBlogger

DECEMBER 26, 2012

The three major releases in 2011 were 3.1 February 2011) and 3.2 July 2011) and 3.3 December 2011). 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. New features in WordPress 3.4.

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ProBlogger

FEBRUARY 12, 2012

While I used that post as a case study to present some ideas that I hoped you may be able to use on your own blogs, there’s a hidden hitch with that kind of post: it can give you the impression that you should be aiming to triple your revenue each time you hone a promotion on your site.

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ProBlogger

JULY 28, 2016

Why Evergreen Content is the Best Investment of Time for a Blogger. Further Resources on Evergreen Content the Best Investment of Time You’ll Ever Make as a Blogger. What New (and Old) Bloggers Need to Know about SEO. Evergreen content is also the type of content that you’ll find other bloggers will want to link to as well.

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ProBlogger

MARCH 17, 2012

For beginner and more advanced bloggers, one of the most important questions we must ask is, “How will my blog stand out in my niche?” It’s a wise move—according to the 2011 State of the Media report , over 140 million people watched online video in 2011. Build an audience. Establish credibility.

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ProBlogger

JUNE 10, 2012

We started our youth work blog in September 2011 and have posted six days a week ever since, so we’ve had to come up with over 200 posts related to youth work so far. I’ve read all kinds of different suggestions on how to overcome blogger’s block, but each person’s experience is different.

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ProBlogger

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

Like many bloggers out there, my blog is often sidelined by my full-time job and other commitments. Started and maintained a Pinterest Account, and designed beautiful pins to promote my posts. She lives a nomadic lifestyle with no fixed address, working from the road since 2011 with her partner Lee, a web designer from England.

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ProBlogger

NOVEMBER 12, 2011

It’s a wonderful place to be, and if you’d come looking for me on October 7, 2011, it’s exactly where you would’ve found me. What’s more, a half-dozen A-list bloggers sent me the direct messages on Twitter, telling me how impressed they were. The Hollywood guide to blog promotion. I was shocked.

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ProBlogger

NOVEMBER 25, 2011

With the holidays almost upon us, now is a time for bloggers who are Amazon Affiliates to act to capitalize on what is usually one of the most profitable times of the year. Here’s how Amazon performed in 2010 and into the early months of 2011 for me. Promote the sales. Here are a few quick tips to start with: 1.

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ProBlogger

DECEMBER 12, 2012

Buy some cheap ads on Google to promote your product. Through consistent posting she was able to foster a community of active discussions and engaged bloggers who were interested in what she had to say. These bloggers in essence became leads for her informational products, which she was able to effectively sell through this medium.

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ProBlogger

JULY 29, 2014

This is a guest contribution from blogger Jenish Pandya. The first lesson that Darren shared was something he had seen a number of bloggers go wrong with, including himself. Most of the bloggers started blogging as a creative outlet to share about their passion or as a hobby and monetizing the blog came as an afterthought.

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ProBlogger

JUNE 28, 2012

In fact, I first started by building small affiliate and AdSense sites sometime in mid-2011—a process I wrote about in this post for ProBlogger. Most of these affiliate promotions are gradually drip-fed to subscribers through a series of follow-up emails as part of the free training they receive when they first sign up to the blog.

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ProBlogger

DECEMBER 1, 2012

Stephen Pepper is insurance administrator by day, youth worker and blogger by night. This was based on the 12 Days Of Christmas, where we re-posted our most highly trafficked 12 posts since we started the blog on 1 September 2011. This includes blogging 6 days a week about youth work. On our blog, we did something similar.

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