
When You Have Nothing Unique to Say…
I’ve got nothing unique to say. It has all been said before. There are so many people who are smarter than me. Why would anyone listen to me? Have you ever found yourself thinking like this? If so – you’re not alone. At one point or another most bloggers do, and ...more
Writing Content

13 Tools and Services I Use Every Day to Build a Profitable Blogging Business
Yesterday, during our Q&A webinar, we received a lot of questions about the tools and services we recommend for different aspects of blogging. While we touched on a few, there are quite a few more that I wanted to touch on. Not all are strictly ‘blogging tools’ but all are ...more
Blogging Tools and Services

10 Tools To Help Protect Your Blog From Content Theft
This is a guest contribution from Adam Connell, blogger at Bloggingwizard.com. If you write or publish a blog, you’ll inevitably experience the gut-wrenching feeling of content theft at some point in the life of your blog. It’s not fair but it’s now just part of the world of online content. What can you do ...more
Miscellaneous Blog Tips

2 Thoughts on Opportunity and Success to Kickstart Your Week
Yesterday I tweeted a couple of thoughts on Twitter leading to an explosion of retweets but also questions, reactions and ideas. I thought I’d put them here on the blog too, in the hope they might help to kickstart your week! So many of us wait for opportunity to knock ...more
General

5 Tips To Writing Irresistibly Clickable Blog Titles
This is a guest contribution from Jackson Nwachukwu, lead blogger at DailyTipsDiary.com. You’ve just been inspired and you’re ready to write the blog post you hope will be a hit. The title not might be the first step in your planning process but it’s fair to say that most people automatically ...more
Writing Content

Write Less, Say More
This is a guest contribution from Brooke McAlary, founder of Slow Your Home. You’ve heard of slow food, perhaps even slow travel or slow homes. But slow…blogging? Really? Isn’t the point of blogging to be topical, with our fingers on the pulse of global trends? Don’t we, as bloggers, pride ourselves ...more
Writing Content

Ask the ProBlogger Team any Question: Register for Our Next Free Webinar
Just a short post today to let readers know that next wee we’ll be holding a ProBlogger Webinar. You can register for it here. It has been a while since we’ve had a webinar here on ProBlogger so we’re going to make this one a Q&A session where you can ...more
General

Don’t Quit Your Job To Chase Your Dreams… Until You’ve Read This
“I’m quitting my job to chase my dreams!” When I hear someone say those words I experience two feelings simultaneously. 1. Excitement. You can’t help but admire someone with that kind of passion. Exciting things often happen when people step out of their comfort zone and make space to go ...more
General

How to Make the Switch Between Monetizing with Ad Network to Selling Ads Directly on Your Blog
Over on Reddit today someone asked for some advice on switching from monetizing a blog using just ad networks (like AdSense) to selling advertising directly to advertisers. I found myself writing a rather long response and thought it might also be of some use to readers here. Here’s the question: ...more
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