ProBlogger

APRIL 20, 2011

This guest post is by Brian Milne, a longtime sports blogger and founder of the BallHyped Sports Blogging Community. You’ve been blogging for months, even years, and your blog is going nowhere fast. But if your blog has plateaued because your niche is too niche, it’s time your blog’s subject matter evolved.

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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

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. Both have exploded – in a good way! Image by theremarksgroup.

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Taylor Marek

OCTOBER 26, 2009

Home About Contact Archives Testimonials Speaking Podcast Chat LIVE Social Media Vault My Inner Circle Plugins eBook Hire Me Need Social Media Coaching? This held a small community of vibrant people that quite literally can shake the world upside down and rightside up again. Why am I saying all this? Because I want to help you.

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ProBlogger

JANUARY 5, 2015

It’s the aim of the majority of the readers of this site – make an income via your blog. Today I was speaking with a blogger (I’ll call her Alice for the sake of this post) who was feeling a little overwhelmed with the idea of monetizing her blog. When I started blogging, I did it as a hobby.

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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. ” I love Maria’s work because talented curators are needed in this cluttered blogosphere. You guys may also enjoy her post about making money online through blogging and writing. Corbett Barr.

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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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ProBlogger

FEBRUARY 26, 2011

It becomes so deeply ingrained in our minds that the end goal, if we care about monetizing our blog, is to become the next millionaire blogger. For some of us, blogging is our job so we truly need the revenue. I’m not talking about posting helpful information on a blog as being your gift to society. Proactive or passive?

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ProBlogger

JANUARY 12, 2011

Based on many conversations over coffee, fries, and ice-cream, I was able to ascertain that the following people will have a lot to contribute to the wider blogging community. Blog | Twitter. Most people tend to go one of two ways: they blog about their journey to riches, or blog about their frugal lifestyle.

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ProBlogger

JULY 29, 2011

The blogosphere is populous and it keeps growing. You can consider this a tribute to blogging, but it will be educational as well as I’m listing pros and cons for every breed. While the machines are pumping out blog posts like ipads, the ninjas are sitting back for days or weeks without posting. Oh, they have blogs too?

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ProBlogger

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

Blogging is not a standalone job. You cannot blog in a space that doesn’t exist and to a group of virtual people. So you need people in the blogosphere. Blogging has evolved so far, so strongly, and in an awesome way because of relationships. A big number is just on and around blogs. share things with.

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Viper Chill

MAY 3, 2010

Although I don’t have any goals for the size of the community here, I still think it is an interesting metric to monitor. There are also a lot of people who link to the blog with the anchor text viral marketing which also helps. You’re the equivalent of Apple in the blogosphere. You’re doing very well.

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Kikolani

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

This list includes female bloggers that cover a huge variety of topics in the blogosphere. So without further ado, here are the fearless females in blogging, organized alphabetically by first name (as a few in the list go by pen name or don’t publicize their last name). Follow her @adriarichards on Twitter. Alexa Samuels.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 1, 2010

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Blogging , Industry News > Analysis of Five Top Blogs and What You Can Learn from Them Analysis of Five Top Blogs and What You Can Learn from Them by Tamar Weinberg on July 1, 2010 Share Inspired by my recent post on How Young is Too Young? ,

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ProBlogger

FEBRUARY 9, 2012

It is one of the most widely-adopted blog promotion strategies in existence, and has been made perhaps even more popular by the success of “serial” guest posters such as Danny Iny of Firepole Marketing. That is what beginner bloggers want to know, as they assume that a successfully published blog post is a job well done.

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Convince & Convert

JULY 21, 2010

Having clear language on blogs and websites puts the public on notice about your position vis a vis copyright. In other words put a copyright, all rights reserved on your content or the bottom of your blog. Remember all the hubbub last fall when the FTC released its Guidelines for Blogging and Social Media ?

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Viper Chill

SEPTEMBER 6, 2010

You are here: ViperChill » Social Media » The Most Effective Way to Increase RSS Subscribers The Most Effective Way to Increase RSS Subscribers Written by Glen, this post has 103 Comments I’ve been a big advocate of guest blogging over the years; currently ranking no.1 His blog actually has over 70,000 subscribers.

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ProBlogger

APRIL 13, 2011

Making money from your blog, growing your business, and getting readers to interact will be next to impossible if you can’t effectively motivate your audience to take action. Certainly these revenue streams would not have existed if he’d never asked anyone to buy his ebooks or join these sites. Still skeptical? Cleopatra’?

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Viper Chill

MARCH 22, 2010

You are here: ViperChill » Social Media » The Most Important Blog Post You’ll Probably Never Read The Most Important Blog Post You’ll Probably Never Read Written by Glen, this post has 148 Comments This blog post is quite long so you probably shouldn’t read it. Home What the F ?

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ProBlogger

OCTOBER 3, 2012

There’s a chance that your writing isn’t quite up to the high standard required for blogging success. Of course, the ability to write isn’t the only skill you’ll need as a blogger—but it’s a crucial one, and perhaps even more important than being able to market your blog well, or handle the technical side of things. Here’s why.

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Convince & Convert

APRIL 29, 2014

But the most alarming stat that is the number of blogs created only to be abandoned in favor of Facebook, Tumblr, Twitter, or the newest shiny toy. If you have an active community on your blog or on one of the social networks, read the comments! You’ll find this happening in the blogosphere every year. Read the comments.

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Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 5, 2009

Facebook The Facebook Marketing Bible: 24 Ways to Market Your Brand, Company, Product, or Service Inside Facebook (Inside Facebook): Justin Smith shows how Facebook includes a variety of channels that spread the word in a very in-depth blog post. Perhaps Darren’s advice resonated with his readers?

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Convince & Convert

APRIL 8, 2010

I would never, ever, ever write this blog post on my iPad (although people that bought the external keyboard for it might disagree). The virtual keyboard is barely better than the iPhone, and you still cannot touch type. You can’t save or store files. There’s no USB port. Or CD drive. Or ability to run two programs at once.

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Viper Chill

MAY 6, 2010

More specifically, I’ve feared that I would run out of blog post ideas. You can find blogs that will give you a few link building tips each week and then I go ahead and write 15 in one post. You will find blogs with tips here and there on Wordpress SEO , and I go and write what I think is the only guide you’ll ever need.

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Convince & Convert

AUGUST 31, 2010

Skip to content Skip to navigation Skip to footer Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media Consulting Social Media Strategy Blog Social Media Consulting Blog Social Media Consulting Speaking Newsletter Free Social Media Tools Twitter Interviews About Lijit Search Is Social Conversation a Myth?

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ProBlogger

FEBRUARY 19, 2012

Blogging is no different for most bloggers. Many bloggers who enter the blogosphere with the intention of making money online and someday freeing themselves up from time commitments such as a 9 to 5 job often end up getting tied up to their blogs and don’t realize it until often it’s too late. Simple and conservative enough?

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Viper Chill

MAY 17, 2010

Today I want to blow the doors open and share something that all of you can use to grow your blog and become a niche leader with much more ease. However, there really is something you can all be doing to make growing your blog twice as easy and it will enable you to do it in half the time. Cloud Living Say "Hi!"

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Viper Chill

MARCH 11, 2010

You are here: ViperChill » Social Media » How I Helped Make a Bland Blog an Overnight Success How I Helped Make a Bland Blog an Overnight Success Written by Glen, this post has 65 Comments A few months ago something was bothering me quite a lot. Everybody has a great story.

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ProBlogger

DECEMBER 26, 2016

Using Quotes in Your Blog Legally and Ethically. In today’s lesson, I want to talk about using quotes on your blog. Further Resources on How to Use Quotes in Your Blog Content Legally and Ethically. 8 Tips for Using Quotes and Dialogue in Your Blog Posts. The Why, How and When of Using Quotations on Your Blog.

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ProBlogger

DECEMBER 26, 2016

Using Quotes in Your Blog Legally and Ethically. In today’s lesson, I want to talk about using quotes on your blog. Further Resources on How to Use Quotes in Your Blog Content Legally and Ethically. 8 Tips for Using Quotes and Dialogue in Your Blog Posts. The Why, How and When of Using Quotations on Your Blog.

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Viper Chill

JUNE 24, 2010

When I ran PluginID I wrote a blog post after hitting 5,000 subscribers as that was a huge achievement for me at the time. I decided to refrain from that here at ViperChill until I reached 10,000 subscribers which I think finally puts this blog on the map. I also must stress that the reason this blog skyrocketed is not rocket science.

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ProBlogger

MARCH 5, 2013

I was just a normal person trying to make it in the blogosphere. The only difference is that you are curating content over the long term via multiple boards, instead of curating content for a single blog post or page. I spent my first four months pinning the archives from the top ten photography blogs.

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Viper Chill

AUGUST 25, 2010

For me, my most important tasks vary, but generally include things like: Writing a blog post Researching niches Building out current websites Marketing current websites If I spend most of my day doing something other than these things, then I’m not being as effective as I could be with my time. How I respond to emails, is marketing.

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Viper Chill

JUNE 3, 2010

If you’re trying to get a new blog off the ground, it’s advised that you put in quite a lot more work. Although you can automate Twitter traffic and get a ton of untargeted visitors, the type of targeted traffic I’m referring to in this post can be massive in helping you to promote your blog. That’s it.

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Viper Chill

AUGUST 18, 2010

It’s aimed at a blogosphere where there weren’t millions of blogs in each niche, all working hard to grow an audience. They’re still one of my favourite blogs, but, in my opinion they failed to capitalise on their brand and position. This is the focus of 95% of the blog posts that I write.

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Viper Chill

MAY 10, 2010

You are here: ViperChill » Social Media » How to Build a Superblog: Insights from the Technorati Top 10 How to Build a Superblog: Insights from the Technorati Top 10 Written by Glen, this post has 62 Comments It’s no secret that one-man blogs can make a lot of money. If it were, they wouldn’t be called the exceptions.

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Viper Chill

APRIL 25, 2012

This is an important blog post, because it makes a prediction. A prediction about the future of blogging; a platform actively used by over 181 million people (Nielsen data for October 2011). It’s more like a mini-eBook, without the price tag. Why the Verge was one of the fastest growing blog launches in history.

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