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What to Do When Your Search Rankings Drop

01 Dec 2009 / 26 Comments

“I just lost all my Google traffic – help!”
This request hits my inbox every week or two from a distraught blogger who has logged into the blog’s statistics one morning only to discover that most of their traffic has completely …

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30 Nov 2009 / 19 Comments

Today I’m pleased to announce that the ProBlogger Newsletter is Back!

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You Need to See These Case Studies Before They’re Gone

30 Nov 2009 / 21 Comments

Have you ever intentionally ignored something only to find out that you’ve been a fool for doing so?
This weekend I discovered what a fool I’ve been for ignoring a resource that could have been helping me make my business a …

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From Blog to Small Business: Tips for Taking Your Blog to a Whole New Level

29 Nov 2009 / 74 Comments

A Guest Post By Deb Ng – Deb Ng is a freelance writer, professional blogger, social media consultant and founder of the Freelance Writing Jobs network of blogs.
Four and a half years ago I started a blog filled with …

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What You Can Learn About Blogging Business Models from a Hip-Hop Artist Who Used to Hustle on the Corner Just to Put Food in His Daughter’s Mouth. An Ode To Biggie, Small Business and Making Money. It’s Juicy.

28 Nov 2009 / 46 Comments

A Guest Post by Kelly Diels.

First, Mom, I don’t even know what Mr. Smalls was selling on the corner but I’m pretty sure it is not smiled upon by the authorities and I …

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Amazon’s Black Friday Sale Starts – If You’re an Affiliate Today’s the Day to Promote

28 Nov 2009 / 17 Comments

As a quick followup to my post a few days ago regarding how to make more money with the Amazon Affiliate Program this Christmas – today is a key day …

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Review This Blog – Groovy Vegetarian

27 Nov 2009 / 35 Comments

This week’s community blog review is of a blog by the name of Groovy Vegetarian (another ProBlogger.com member).
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Do You Sell a Product or Service of Your Own from your Blog? [POLL]

26 Nov 2009 / 115 Comments

Time for another reader poll – this one is on a topic that many bloggers are getting into – monetizing your blog by selling something of your own from it.

Many bloggers make money by selling other peoples products with advertising …

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Warning: Watching This Video May Lead to Work! [But It'll Also Improve Your Blog]

19 Nov 2009 / 126 Comments


What’s your blogging Vice?

Most bloggers that I know have at least one – whether it be compulsively checking blog stats, constantly tweaking template designs, obsessing over plugins and widgets, spending hour after hour ‘networking’ on Twitter, becoming preoccupied with SEO and… even allowing ourselves to become consumed by learning about blogging…. and not doing much of it.

The reality is that as bloggers there are many tasks that compete for our attention. Many of them are important and can bring a lot of life to our blogs but most of them can also become distractions and counter productive to our blogging if we allow them.
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