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Dazzle & Connect With Your Audience with these 7 Storytelling Strategies
This is a guest contribution from writer Thai Nguyen. After finally asking the young lady for a date, the nervous young man asked his father how to avoid moments of awkward silence. His father quickly responded, “Son, when it comes to conversation, all you have to remember are three things: food, ...more
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10 Simple Hacks That Will Increase Your Blog Traffic
This is a guest contribution from Garrett Moon, co-founder of CoSchedule. Of course, you know that writing more blog posts will increase your blog traffic. If one blog post results in an average of 200 visits, then two blog posts should magically turn into 400 visits. Voila! But, that sucks. ...more
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Don’t Blog this Year Without the Most Important Thing of All
On Valentine’s Day last year, Darren reminded us all that blogging won’t get you far if you’re not legitimately passionate about it. What you’ll have is a site you’re only half-hearted about and you won’t be able to sustain that for very long – nor will your readers come to ...more
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Finding Readers: Strategies for Building Your Audience in 2015
In 2014, Dustin Stout outlined how he grew his audience, and how you can find readers too. It’s worth revisiting so you start this year off on the right foot. What would you add? In today’s instalment of the Finding Readers theme week, we delve right into Dustin Stout’s incredibly ...more
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Make Money Blogging: Start the New Year by Increasing Your Income Streams
It’s the aim of the majority of the readers of this site – make an income via your blog. Today we revisit the post where Darren outlined all the ways he diversified his streams and how after 10 years he was still going strong. We also have a look at ...more
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Happy New Year! What are Your Blogging Resolutions for 2015?
Well here we are again, folks – the start of a new year. The time when we’re usually bursting with motivation and promises to not repeat the mistakes of the past. I know I’ve learned a lot in the last 12 months (especially my bad habits, which I’ve vowed to ...more
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Most Popular Posts on ProBlogger 2014: General Tips
This week we’ve covered the five most popular posts in the areas of monetization, content, social media, and writing tips. Today we bring you the top 5 general tips that readers found most useful. I hope they do to you too! Read it now, or pin for later. 1. 5 ...more
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Most Popular Posts on ProBlogger 2014: Writing Tips
So useful content is king, and we need to provide it consistently. But how? And what if writing isn’t our strong suit? I always find that writing tips, guides, and productivity hacks score high in the interest scale of ProBlogger readers. These were the five most-read posts this year. 1. ...more
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Most Popular Posts on ProBlogger 2014: Social Media
Social media and how to navigate it was, again, a big issue in 2014. Which platform is best? How do we use it effectively? Are we still using Google Plus? Where did everyone on Twitter go? These are the answers we found… 1. 5 Ways to Promote Your Blog ...more
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