This post is based on Episode 177 of the ProBlogger podcast. Did your blog have a bit of a holiday slump? Many bloggers find they lose momentum with their traffic in January. So if it happened to you, you’re not alone. Your readers were probably online less than usual. A lot ...more

It’s the start of a brand new year (give or take a week or so), and chances are that at some point you made some New Year’s resolutions. As a blogger, you may have set yourself some goals (something I recommend) such as: “I want to double my traffic.” “I ...more

If you’ve been Googling how to start a blog, then I’m sure you’ve already come across many resources telling you how. And most of them are pretty much the same, as creating your first blog is just a matter of a few technical steps. We even have a “how to ...more

Is it okay to blog about a topic you’re not an expert on? Definitely. I wasn’t an expert blogger when I started ProBlogger, or an expert photographer when I started Digital Photography School. Even now I don’t consider myself an expert, especially with photography. When I started ProBlogger in 2004 I’d ...more

This post is based on Episode 243 of the ProBlogger podcast. If you’re travelling over the holidays – to see family and friends, or just for a vacation – then you might be worried about you’ll keep up with your blogging. (This can also be a challenge if you travel regularly.) Here ...more

Does it look like other bloggers achieve success really easily? Maybe they’re content machines, pumping out great post after great post. Perhaps they’ve just launched yet another course, or have an amazingly swish new design for their blog. Or maybe they always reply to comments and emails really quickly. And ...more

Bounce rate is a Google Analytics metric that tells you the percentage of people who “bounce” off your site (i.e. visit your site and leave from the first page they arrive on). To find out your bounce rate, log into your Google Analytics account. (If you haven’t set up Google Analytics ...more

This is a post by ProBlogger writing expert Ali Luke If you’ve been reading ProBlogger for a while, you probably know the basics about writing blog post titles such as: Be clear and specific Use numbers where appropriate Use powerful words and phrases such as “how to”, “easy”, “quick”, “great”, “little-known”, and ...more

Did you know that last year’s Cyber Monday was the largest online sales day in history with $6.59 Billion spent?! (source Adobe Analytics). And from Black Friday (the day after Thanksgiving - the third Thursday of November) through to Christmas, one third of all annual retail sales are made. For bloggers, in ...more