
A Community Starts with 1,000 Members
This guest post is by Jeremy Miller of www.StickyBranding.com. It’s easy to see the successes bloggers like Darren Rowse and Chris Brogan are having with social media and think, “I want that.” Darren’s ProBlogger Facebook page has over 43,000 Likes, and Chris has over 103,000 people following him on Google+. ...more
Blog Promotion

Why People Share … and How You Can Get Them to Share Your Work
This guest post is by Jonathan Goodman of www.viralnomics.com. It’s Friday night. You just pulled your new shirt over your head and sprayed on some cologne. One look in the mirror is enough to remind you how awesome you look. Time to roll out. The party doesn’t disappoint. 50 of your ...more
Social Media

How to Name Your Next Blog Product
This guest post is by Greg McFarlane of Control Your Cash. Here are some sample products, most of them ebooks, that I recently saw available for sale and/or free download on some popular blogs: “Ten Steps To A Better Golf Game” “Creating Your Personal Life Plan” “How To Make Money Online” ...more
Blogging for Dollars

Did Sandy Affect Your Blog?
Last week’s Hurricane Sandy really had am impact on those in the United States. While obviously it affected those in the East most of all (thankfully, I was holed up, safe in my hotel in New York City; so many others were not so fortunate), the connectedness of the US to ...more
Miscellaneous Blog Tips

8 Rules You’ll Need to Become An Editor’s Go-To Writer
This guest post is by Thomas Ford of www.123Print.com. Whatever stage of development your blog is in, it’s useful to consider the elements that characterize a good blog writer. Perhaps you’ve recently begun accepting guest posts. What are the criteria that inspire you to publish or make the call to ...more
Writing Content

Trial by Fire: a Beginner’s Attempt at a Product Launch
This guest post is by Ryan Derousseau of R.M.D. Media. Unlike most bloggers who share their experience on ProBlogger, I haven’t quite seen the fruits of my labor turn ripe—yet. I only launched my blog on social media and media outreach a couple months ago. I’m a newbie to this ...more
Blogging for Dollars

12 Lessons from 4 Inspiring Local Business Blogs
Earlier this week I explained why every business needs a blog. Today I want to show you just how much potential there is for businesses to connect with their customers through a blog. The blogs I’ve chosen here are all for small businesses I know of. I’ve tried to look ...more
Business Blogging

14 Ways to Promote Your Latest YouTube Video
This guest post is by Jenny Dean of Floppycats. If you’re like me, you put a lot of time, effort, and thought into your YouTube videos. Even if you don’t, since YouTube is the second most searched engine in the world (and owned by the #1—Google), there is good reason to ...more
Social Media

The Blogger’s Guide to Google Authorship
This guest post is by Tom of make-a-web-site.com. At the 2011 SMX Advanced event, Matt Cutts announced the Google initiative to support authorship markup, or more simply, to give you ownership of your content in the search results. Let’s start with a definition. Authorship, in this context, refers to Google’s parameters for making a ...more
Search Engine Optimization