ProBlogger

MARCH 5, 2020

When I started blogging in 2002 I was a complete unknown, and the only people who knew about me and my blog were my real-life friends and the people I worked with. It could be through email, through social media, or even by accepting their business card at a real-life event. And then I’ll wrap things up with some case studies.

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ProBlogger

MARCH 4, 2014

As I prepared for a recent mini ProBlogger event event in Perth, I created a little list of some of the ‘dos and don’ts’ of blogging that I wish I’d known back in 2002 when I started. Do model the kind of community that you want your blog to have. Do install analytics and track the results of what you do. Don’t sell out.

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ProBlogger

AUGUST 21, 2017

One of the biggest changes that has happened in my blogging since I began back in 2002 is the technology I use. Google Analytics for iOS. Google Analytics for Android. Communications. Other Apps Mentioned by Our Community. The next category I want to talk about is analytics. Things were so simple.

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ProBlogger

APRIL 16, 2018

Mobile phones were certainly around when I first started blogging but when I started blogging in 2002, there weren’t too many smartphones. That’s what I did back in 2002, 2003. There are apps, of course, for social media, there are apps to allow you to get into the backend of your blog.

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Laurel Papworth

OCTOBER 22, 2011

As tomorrow is an historic day – The Australian and other news.com sites move behind the paywall – what WILL we pay for, what SHOULD we pay for and what OTHER revenues streams are being missed by News.com refusal to build online communities around their content? e.g. my partner Gary Hayes being published in Wired and The Guardian.

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ProBlogger

JANUARY 2, 2018

And every January we see a spike in our Google Analytics where people are arriving from Google to articles such as ‘ How to Start a Blog ’ and ‘ Is a Blog Right for You? ’. As I consider the question of why someone should start a blog in 2018, I can’t help but return to the beginning of my own blogging journey in 2002.

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ProBlogger

JANUARY 9, 2020

And every January we see a spike in our Google Analytics where people are arriving from Google to articles such as ‘ How to Start a Blog ’ and ‘ Is a Blog Right for You? ’. As I consider the question of why someone should start a blog in 2020, I can’t help but return to the beginning of my own blogging journey in 2002.

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