11 Quick Tips for Writing Compelling Blog Posts
This post is based on episode 78 of the ProBlogger podcast. The dictionary defines “compelling” as “demanding attention or interest”. Imagine if people thought your blog was compelling. Imagine if they read one of your posts and then immediately subscribed because they didn’t want to risk missing any more of them? ...more
Writing Content
11 Tips to Help You Post More Consistently
This post is based on episode 101 of the ProBlogger podcast. When it comes to blogging, consistency is very important. It keeps readers coming back, and ultimately determines whether or not your blog becomes one of the millions of blogs that have been abandoned over the years. However, knowing you need ...more
Writing Content
Why You Should Diversify Your Traffic Sources
This post is based on episode 62 of the ProBlogger podcast. If there’s one thing we can all learn from Facebook’s recent spat with the Australian Government, it’s that you should never rely on a single source for all your blog traffic. When Facebook decided to stop sharing news on its ...more
Strategy & Planning
15 Ways to Hook Readers into Your Blog
This post is based on episode 35 of the ProBlogger podcast. With so many blogs out there (not to mention all the other types of websites), you’ve only got a few seconds to convince a first-time reader that yours is worth coming back to. So how do you do that? By ...more
Finding readers
10 Writing Tips to Help You Sound More Human
This post is based on episode 52 of the ProBlogger podcast. As a blogger, you will be judged by everything you say. Of course, unless you’ve just starting out and have never received a comment on your blog, you probably already know this. But did you know you will also ...more
Writing Content
International Start a Blog Day Class of 2021
Why would you start a blog in 2021? The past 12 months have shown us how important human connection is. Particularly when people have become physically isolated, blogging has brought people together, providing a space for ideas, conversations and community. In the new Covid-19 world, amidst crisis and fast changes ...more
General
Are Schedules and Deadlines a Help or a Hindrance?
This post is based on episode 249 of the ProBlogger podcast. This week’s post is all about schedules and deadlines. Are they a good thing, or can they hold you back? We’ve talked a lot about deadlines and schedules over the years, and how they can help you publish content regularly. ...more
Writing Content
11 Things You Can Learn about Blogging from Thomas Edison
This post is based on episode 252 of the ProBlogger podcast. Thomas Edison. Inventor of the light bulb, the phonograph and the motion picture camera. But not the blog. That being said, a lot of Edison’s ideas on inventing can also apply to blogging. And so here are 11 quotes of ...more
Mindset + Motivation
How to Create a Content Calendar for Your Blog
This post is based on episode 76 of the ProBlogger podcast. Can you believe we’re halfway through January already? Perhaps it’s because we were so keen to see the end of 2020. But whatever the reason, you need to get organised quickly for the coming year. And that means creating a ...more
Strategy & Planning