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Content Marketing Smart – Why Your Blog Article is Just the Beginning
12th of March 2014 Guest Blogger 0 Comments

Content Marketing Smart – Why Your Blog Article is Just the Beginning

This is a guest contribution from James Scherer, of Wishpond Monday: a couple hours of research, six hours of head-down writing, two (five?) coffee-breaks. End result: One 2000 word, comprehensive article on Facebook Ad best practices. Publish. Tuesday: a couple hours of research, six hours of head-down writing… Rinse. Repeat. ...more
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The One Thing You Should Be Doing on Your Blog to Create More Engagement
11th of March 2014 Stacey Roberts 0 Comments

The One Thing You Should Be Doing on Your Blog to Create More Engagement

This is a guest contribution from Karl Staib of Domino Connection. Wouldn’t it be great if you were getting twice as many blog post comments as you do now? If people would ask you more questions and add comments, it would help build your community. They spur conversation that might ...more
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Skip to the End: 5 Great Ways to Make Your Readers Care
10th of March 2014 Guest Blogger 0 Comments

Skip to the End: 5 Great Ways to Make Your Readers Care

This is a guest contribution from Mike Sowden. Have you ever taken part in a business presentation that just died on the spot? Say you’re up there speaking. Nobody is laughing at your jokes. Your throat has dried up. Dark patches of panic-sweat are appearing all over your shirt. You ...more
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Beginner Week – Discussion: What Did You Find Hardest as a New Blogger?
8th of March 2014 Stacey Roberts 0 Comments

Beginner Week – Discussion: What Did You Find Hardest as a New Blogger?

With all the chat around new blog tips, mistakes made, and resources used, we’ve got to thinking – what were the biggest obstacles to you all when you first started out blogging? Was it finding readers, tech stuff, or design? Perhaps it was navigating social media, or even finding content ...more
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Beginner Week – Resource Roundup: 10 Links you Can’t Live Without
7th of March 2014 Stacey Roberts 0 Comments

Beginner Week – Resource Roundup: 10 Links you Can’t Live Without

Beginner Week has been jam-packed with tales from the trenches  – from how to set up a blog, to a newbie success story, Darren’s Beginner Dos and Don’ts; and 31 mistakes established bloggers made way back in the early days of their blog. Today we’re back with even more goodies ...more
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Beginner Week: We Asked Veteran Bloggers to Reflect on Mistakes Made in Their Early Days
6th of March 2014 Stacey Roberts 0 Comments

Beginner Week: We Asked Veteran Bloggers to Reflect on Mistakes Made in Their Early Days

The early days of blogging (for most of us) are filled with detours, roadblocks, and just plain slip-ups that we can make in the privacy of our own small readerships. As our blogs and their communities grow, so too do the lessons we’ve learned from the early mistakes that we’ve ...more
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4th of March 2014 Stacey Roberts 0 Comments

Beginner Week – Katie180’s success story

The name “Katie 180” was gaining traction in Australian blogging circles before Katie Rainbird’s site was even launched. Two short months after she first pressed “publish”, Eden Riley, one of Australia’s best bloggers, pointed her out in the crowd of a Digital Parents conference. “If you want to know how ...more
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Beginner Week: Bite the Bullet and Start Your Blog with this Seven-Point Checklist
3rd of March 2014 Guest Blogger 0 Comments

Beginner Week: Bite the Bullet and Start Your Blog with this Seven-Point Checklist

Welcome to ProBlogger’s second theme week – where we take a topic you’re interested in and drill right down to bring you all the information we can find to be of use to you. This week we are focusing on newbies – what do all beginner bloggers want to know? ...more
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How to Blog Effectively When You’re Feeling Overwhelmed
28th of February 2014 Stacey Roberts 0 Comments

How to Blog Effectively When You’re Feeling Overwhelmed

This post is from ProBlogger Managing Editor Stacey Roberts. Blogging is a voracious beast, and there is literally always something you could be doing to improve your traffic, find new readers, interact with other bloggers, and make some cash. The more you put in, the more you get out – ...more
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