Tag: inspiration

This guest post is by Bea Kylene Jumarang of Writing Off the Rails. During one of my blocks of free time, I found myself watching a video from Tim Harford, an economist and a writer. In it, he was discussing his three rules for failing productively, and those rules were ...more

This weekend, we’re taking a different approach with our weekend project, and touching on a topic that I think is overlooked a lot in blogging. And that’s failure. In a world like this, where it’s so easy to try new things out—new social networks, new product ideas, and so on—it’s ...more

This week, I’m kicking off a new, regular feature here on ProBlogger, called Blogging in Brief. The idea each time is to highlight a few cool, interesting, creative ideas that professional bloggers are implementing as potential inspiration for you. ProBlogger’s based upon a philosophy of sharing stories and learning from ...more

This guest post is by Kate Miller of BestWebsiteHostingServices.org. Today’s new bloggers are a fortunate group. The blogging community is swarming with a plethora of experienced bloggers who they can turn to for advice, tips and DIY tutorials. These bloggers are the thought-leaders, renegades and early-adopters of the industry. Turning ...more

Last month I had the privilege of attending one of the biggest events in Australia—the AFL (Australian Football League) Grand Final. For those of you outside Australia, it’s kind of like the Superbowl of Aussie football (without all the cool ads and wardrobe malfunctions…). Anyway, I was a guest (with ...more

As we were preparing this weekend’s posts—which all deal with topic of productivity and the blogger’s lifestyle—I was reminded of a blogging truism that many of us seem to forget. For the blogger who’s taking their blog and their readership seriously, what’s good for us is generally good for our ...more

This guest post is by Hugh Grigg of East Asia Student. Guest blogger Michael White has already written an excellent article on student blogging, looking at the career benefits of blogging for students. He’s covered that area better than I could have (I’m still at university), but here I want to look ...more

This guest post is by Geoff Talbot of SevenSentences.com. Whether you like it not, social media is taking over Internet. Research tells us that one in five of every minutes spent online is currently being spent on a social media channel. Business has always been about getting the attention of ...more

This guest post is by Tony Hastings of The Top 10 Blog. Whether you are blogging for profit, publicity, or pleasure, the basic building blocks of success are the same. Success can be defined as, “accomplishing an aim or purpose or having achieved popularity, profit, or distinction.” (Google Dictionary) Here are ...more