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10 Ideas for Finding Blogging Inspiration
This is a guest contribution from Larry Alton. No matter what famous authors tell you, writer’s block is a real thing, and it’s not easy to overcome. If you’ve spent much time in the content creation world, you’ve probably done your fair share of staring at a blank word document, ...more
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How to Use Blab Live Streaming to Grow Your Blog
In today’s episode of the ProBlogger podcast, I am talking about a new tool for bloggers and content creators that I’ve really taken to: Blab. It’s kind of like the lovechild of Google Hangouts and Periscope, and I’ve been experimenting with it a lot lately. When I first heard ...more
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Can Launching a “For Beginners” Blog Still Work?
This is a guest contribution from Karol K. Here’s the thing. One of the prevailing myths around blogging is that the best way to start a new blog is to find a topic you’re passionate about, and then build a blog targeting a general, beginner audience interested in it. For ...more
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How She Does it: Blogger Pip Lincolne Talks Finding Time to Write Books
As Darren said a little while ago, everybody has a book in them, but it’s probably more accurate to say every blogger has at least 10 ideas for eBooks inside them. If you’re a writer, you’ve got a lot to say. You might want to write eBooks, print books, memoirs, autobiographies ...more
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Reading Roundup: What’s New in Blogging Lately
Your news – this week expanded, as requested! I hope there’s something here that you will find helpful. 6 Tips to Improve Your Facebook Posts // Social Media Examiner And now I want a bread bowl filled with cheese. 8 Lesser-Known Strategies to Get More out of LinkedIn // Mashable ...more
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How To Create Great Content For Your Blog – Q&A, Part 2
Episode 43 of the ProBlogger podcast is part two of the Q&A series I’ve been doing on how to create great content for your blog (episode one is here). In it, I answer your most recent questions from the callout I put on the ProBlogger Facebook page about: What are ...more
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5 Tips for Optimising Facebook Ads Campaigns
This is a guest contribution from Luke Moulton. Blogging about something you’re passionate about? chances are there are others just as passionate as you, and chances are, a high percentage of these people hang out on Facebook and share the stuff they’re passionate about. Using Facebook ads to reach your ...more
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Behind the Scenes of our Latest Six Figure Product Launch
In today’s episode of the ProBlogger Podcast, I discuss the behind-the-scenes view of our latest product launch, which made $US120,000. On my main blog, Digital Photography School, we have more than 30 products, and the Lightroom Presets Pack was our most recent. Today I go through the complete life cycle of the ...more
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Super Niching: The Dirty Little Secret Of Successful Bloggers Everywhere
This is a guest contribution from Michaela Clark. It’s the one thing most bloggers avoid talking about the most. A shameful, hidden secret we keep from each other. It’s the old way of defining a ‘successful blog’– your website traffic numbers. I’m here to combat the stigma of low readership ...more
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