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Last night I was chatting with a blogger who was feeling completely overwhelmed with their goal of making a living from blogging.
I asked them how much they wanted to make from blogging.
They responded that they wanted to be a full time blogger.
I pushed them for a figure – what does ‘full time’ mean for you?
They thought for a moment and said that they could live off $30,000 USD a year …
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24 Dec 2009 / 8 Comments
Today Reem Abeidoh provides an interesting case study of blogger outreach conducted by Cirque Du Soleil.
The practice of blogger outreach isn’t new. This engagement model continues to be popular mainly because it has proven to …
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24 Dec 2009 / 32 Comments
Yesterday I watched this mini disaster unfold before me between a couple exchanging Christmas gifts.
As I watched the repercussions of the exchange of gifts (I’ll tell you what happened below) I found myself thinking …
ProBlogger Christmas Eve Party – Save This Date
23 Dec 2009 / 37 Comments
OK – last year I did an impromptu ProBlogger ‘Christmas office party’ on Christmas Eve. It basically involved me drinking beer and eating some chips sitting in front of a webcam while Twitter followers dropped by to say G’day. We …
Feature Content Area Added to ProBlogger.com
23 Dec 2009 / 19 Comments
This is just a short note to update readers on ProBlogger.com – the ProBlogger Community area.
In the last 24 hours I’ve added a new area to the forum area where I’ll be releasing monthly ‘featured content’.
Each month I’ll be releasing …
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22 Dec 2009 / 41 Comments
As a quick update to my post over the weekend about Aweber’s system being compromised and spam emails being sent out to those that subscribe to Aweber lists – Aweber have today released a statement acknowledging the problem …
How To Increase Traffic 30% in a Week
22 Dec 2009 / 74 Comments
This morning I glanced down at the Alexa traffic indicator for ProBlogger in my Firefox browser and noticed that in the last week I’ve had a noticeable upswing in …
Rookie Lessons for New Bloggers
21 Dec 2009 / 91 Comments
Guest Post by Katie Kimball from Kitchen Stewardship.
I know how it feels to know absolutely nothing, and that’s actually a good place to be.
When I hit the six-month mark with my blog, I took time …
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7 Questions to Ask On Your Blog to Get More Reader Engagement
02 Dec 2009 / 197 Comments
Have you ever been ‘talked at’ instead of had someone ‘talk with’ you in a real life conversation? It doesn’t feel good to have someone talk AT you.
It leaves you feeling like you might as well not have been there at all.
Blogs can be like that and in this post we explore the power of asking questions on your blog and I share 7 types of questions you can ask to increase reader engagement.
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