ProBlogger

JULY 16, 2020

The post 9 Ways to Grow Your Blog Faster appeared first on ProBlogger. As you may well know, I started blogging back in 2002. And over the years I’ve tried all sorts of things to grow my blogs and make them more profitable. So here are nine things I believe will help you grow your blog faster. Some of them worked.

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ProBlogger

APRIL 15, 2021

The post 10 Things You Should Know about Blogging (from Someone Who Didn’t) appeared first on ProBlogger. As you probably know, when I first started blogging I was very much a novice. But in the 18-odd years I’ve been blogging I’ve learned a lot. But in the 18-odd years I’ve been blogging I’ve learned a lot.

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ProBlogger

MAY 27, 2021

The post 12 Tips for Affiliate Marketing to Help You Monetize Your Blog appeared first on ProBlogger. This week’s post is all about affiliate marketing – one of the many ways you can make money blogging. As you can imagine, over on Digital Photography School we talk a lot about camera equipment – cameras, lenses, tripods, etc.

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ProBlogger

AUGUST 20, 2020

The post 15 Ways to Keep Readers on Your Blog appeared first on ProBlogger. This blog post is based on episode 35 of the ProBlogger podcast. Well, here are 15 ways to keep readers on your blog that you might want to try. Well, here are 15 ways to keep readers on your blog that you might want to try. Speaking of design….

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ProBlogger

JULY 27, 2022

The post How to Use Numbers Effectively in Your Blog Posts appeared first on ProBlogger. Even if you haven’t been blogging for long (or are yet to start), you’ve probably noticed numbers coming up a lot in other people’s posts. 453k in 33 Days: A Guide to Launching on Kickstarter – Guest Post by John Lee Dumas (Smart Passive Income).

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ProBlogger

JULY 27, 2022

The post How to Use Numbers Effectively in Your Blog Posts appeared first on ProBlogger. Even if you haven’t been blogging for long (or are yet to start), you’ve probably noticed numbers coming up a lot in other people’s posts. 453k in 33 Days: A Guide to Launching on Kickstarter – Guest Post by John Lee Dumas (Smart Passive Income).

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ProBlogger

APRIL 7, 2022

The post 5 Ways to Make Your Blogging Life Easier appeared first on ProBlogger. In the five years I’ve been blogging I feel like I’ve made all the mistakes. When you’re blogging on top of work and life and other responsibilities, that time you have to spare is is finite. Photo by Chris Thompson on Unsplash.

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ProBlogger

MARCH 16, 2022

The post The 5 Stages of Building a Culture of Community on a Blog appeared first on ProBlogger. Let me start by repeating the advice I gave last week that building community and reader interaction on a blog takes time. It won’t happen over night but develops day by day. The Stages of Building Community on a Blog.

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ProBlogger

MAY 7, 2020

The post The Pros and Cons of Having Multiple Blogs appeared first on ProBlogger. As you probably know, I have two main blogs – ProBlogger and Digital Photography School. But while are definitely benefits in having two well-established blogs, those benefits come at a cost. My first blog. The rest of my blogs.

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ProBlogger

JANUARY 11, 2023

The post Your First Week of Blogging – Write Compelling Content appeared first on ProBlogger. Update : this post has been updated and compiled with other similar posts into ProBlogger’s 31 Days to Build a Better Blog Course – a 31-day guide into getting your blog going on the right foot.

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ProBlogger

MAY 10, 2023

The post How to Make Money From Your Blog – Direct Methods appeared first on ProBlogger. Image created in Canva Having thought through whether you should blog for money it is now worth taking a look at some of the different models for doing so. Direct Income Earning Methods for Bloggers 1.

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ProBlogger

MARCH 24, 2022

The post 7 Strategies for Growing Community on Your Blog appeared first on ProBlogger. Recently on ProBlogger we’ve been looking at the topic of building community on a blog. We started by identifying 9 benefits and 3 costs of community on a blog and then looked at 5 stages of building community on a blog.

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Later

AUGUST 14, 2020

In this blog post, we’re sharing 10 amazing stock photographers to kick-start your creativity and inspire your feeds: Why Following Stock Photographers on Instagram is Great for Inspiration & Strategy. Long gone are the days of sub-par (and sometimes, very cheesy) stock photography. The good news? Saskia y la luz del verano.

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Later

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Planning, shooting, and editing photography for Instagram can take a lot of time (and money!). Fortunately, there are several creative and diverse stock photography websites available to make life easier. Long gone are the days of cheesy, generic stock photos. The best part? 5 of the Best Stock Photo Websites. 1: Unsplash.

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ProBlogger

MAY 17, 2023

The post Making Money Because of Your Blog – Indirect Methods appeared first on ProBlogger. 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

OCTOBER 17, 2017

For several years, I’ve been using Reader Avatars (also called Reader Profiles or Personas) on my blogs – and I’ve found them very effective and helpful. To create your first reader avatar, you’ll need to spend some time thinking and writing about a type of reader that you’re either attempting to reach or who is already reading your blog.

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ProBlogger

JUNE 29, 2022

The post How to Build a Blog that Has Lasting Impact Upon Its Readers appeared first on ProBlogger. If you want to have a blog that makes a difference in the lives of those who read it, I would highly recommend getting clarity around these three simple (yet powerful) questions: Who are your readers? how to attract readers to your blog.

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ProBlogger

JULY 18, 2019

The post The Ultimate Guide To Creating Evergreen Content For Your Blog appeared first on ProBlogger. Back in 2007 I was asked a question: “If you could only write one type of content on your blogs forever, what would it be?”. This post is based on episode 136 of the ProBlogger podcast. And I’m not the only blogger who thinks this.

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ProBlogger

MARCH 16, 2022

The post The 5 Stages of Building a Culture of Community on a Blog appeared first on ProBlogger. Let me start by repeating the advice I gave last week that building community and reader interaction on a blog takes time. It won’t happen over night but develops day by day. The Stages of Building Community on a Blog.

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Hootsuite

AUGUST 19, 2021

Content creation (photography, design). Photography and design. This is where having skills in photography and design can come in handy. In terms of photography, the best camera is the one you always have with you (aka your phone). Working as a freelance social media manager can provide a lot of freedom. Copywriting.

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ProBlogger

JANUARY 31, 2019

The post 274: How Stefano Changed Blogging Platforms and Started Blogging with a Plan appeared first on ProBlogger. Stefano’s blog offers guidance on various aspects of photography including focus modes, settings and equipment reviews. Using his tech experience, Stefano wrote all the code for his blog himself.

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ProBlogger

JUNE 29, 2022

The post How to Build a Blog that Has Lasting Impact Upon Its Readers appeared first on ProBlogger. If you want to have a blog that makes a difference in the lives of those who read it, I would highly recommend getting clarity around these three simple (yet powerful) questions: Who are your readers? how to attract readers to your blog.

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ProBlogger

MAY 21, 2020

The post 9 Blogging Hurdles I’ve Faced as a Blogger and How I Got over Them appeared first on ProBlogger. When I first started blogging back in 2002 I was a technological Luddite. So I started by using a free blog platform. These days I’m much more technically savvy than I was back then.

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ProBlogger

DECEMBER 27, 2018

The post How to Start a Blog When You’re Not an Expert: 11 Ways to Make it Work appeared first on ProBlogger. Is it okay to blog about a topic you’re not an expert on? I wasn’t an expert blogger when I started ProBlogger, or an expert photographer when I started Digital Photography School. Definitely. But it didn’t matter.

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ProBlogger

JANUARY 28, 2021

The post 11 Things You Can Learn about Blogging from Thomas Edison appeared first on ProBlogger. But not the blog. That being said, a lot of Edison’s ideas on inventing can also apply to blogging. Most successful blogs I’ve come across succeed when they meet a need, solve a problem, or enhance someone’s life.

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ProBlogger

APRIL 2, 2020

The post How to Get People to Engage With You and Your Blog appeared first on ProBlogger. Over the past few weeks I’ve talked about the first three stages of warming up your readers and turning them into raving fans: getting the word out about your blog. getting first-time visitors interested in your blog. It’s a big commitment.

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ProBlogger

JANUARY 15, 2018

It took me nearly seven years of blogging to create my first products: two ebooks, one for ProBlogger and one of Digital Photography School. Between juggling two growing blogs and a growing family (we had just had our first child), I wasn’t sure how I’d ever write an eBook. Does any of that sound familiar to you?

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ProBlogger

OCTOBER 10, 2019

The post What Time of Day is Best to Publish to Your Blog? When I started blogging (back in 2005, when RSS feeds were really big), I paid a lot of attention to when I published my posts because it seemed to affect how many people saw them. Lots of studies have been done over the years about the best time of day to publish posts.

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Later

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

In this blog post, we’re sharing the most important steps to get your side hustle off the ground — along with several noteworthy tips from successful side hustle entrepreneurs. Wondering how to start a side hustle on Instagram? Spoiler alert: it takes a bit of hard work. Why would people buy your product? View this post on Instagram.

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ProBlogger

MAY 14, 2018

Starting a Blog on a Topic Where You’re Not an Expert. Can you start a new blog when you’re not an expert on the topic you’ll be writing about? You can blog about any topic you like. But should you blog about a topic you don’t have any expertise in? How to Use Embedded Content on Your Blog [Challenge].

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ProBlogger

MARCH 7, 2019

The post How to Get Products to Review on Your Blog appeared first on ProBlogger. Whether your blog is all about reviewing products or you want to review them occasionally, it’s not always easy to get your hands on them. I faced this problem in my early blogging days when I ran a camera review blog.

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Sprout Social

JANUARY 6, 2022

They create videos, photos, graphics, informational resources, blog content, etc., How-to guides, “day in the life” series, tips and tutorials, beautiful photography, engaging videos — these are some of the types of content that they know their audience wants to consume. What do influencers do?

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ProBlogger

DECEMBER 29, 2020

The post The Best Reason to Start a Blog in 2021 appeared first on ProBlogger. And you need a blog to provide you the platform and home-base for your content and your community – to make the world a better place. Why Should You Start a Blog? And while not all blogs do this, many do in their own small way.

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ProBlogger

MAY 21, 2018

6 Places You Can Find Writers to Help with Your Blog. As much as we’d all like to write posts for our blogs, it’s not always that easy. You may find you don’t have enough time to dedicate to your blog. Quote of the Day: “If you think hiring professionals is expensive, try hiring amateurs.” – Anonymous.

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ProBlogger

MARCH 24, 2022

The post 7 Strategies for Growing Community on Your Blog appeared first on ProBlogger. Recently on ProBlogger we’ve been looking at the topic of building community on a blog. We started by identifying 9 benefits and 3 costs of community on a blog and then looked at 5 stages of building community on a blog.

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ProBlogger

MARCH 13, 2017

Strategies to Increase Your Blog Earnings. In today’s lesson, I want to talk about two things I’ve been doing on my main blog to increase the profitability of the blog – both have been working really well! So if you want to increase the profitability of your blog – this show is for you. Facebook Group.

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ProBlogger

JULY 27, 2022

The post How to Use Numbers Effectively in Your Blog Posts appeared first on ProBlogger. Even if you haven’t been blogging for long (or are yet to start), you’ve probably noticed numbers coming up a lot in other people’s posts. 453k in 33 Days: A Guide to Launching on Kickstarter – Guest Post by John Lee Dumas (Smart Passive Income).

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