
New Blogger? Create a Viral Post in 5 Simple Steps!
This guest post is by Greg Digneo of Cloud Marketing Labs. Admit it: you think I’m nuts. There’s no way a new blogger can write a viral blog post with five simple steps! Well, as the saying goes: “I said it was simple, but it ain’t easy.” In fact, it will ...more
Writing Content

How I Run a Successful Blog Without Writing a Word
This guest post is by Ashkan of iPhoneAppCafe.com. I started iPhoneAppCafe.com back in 2010 with the aim of making it a profitable blog—a goal that I eventually achieved. However, after my first blogging venture, one thing became clear to me: writing is not actually my greatest strength. I have always ...more
Be Productive

Social Media Advertising: Should Bloggers Bother?
This guest post is written by Lior Levin. Social media has proven its worth as a networking tool and a means of raising brand awareness, but the future of sites like Facebook and Twitter depend on convincing brands that that it’s worthwhile to invest in advertising on their sites in ...more
Advertising

Is Your Blog Over-optimized?
This guest post is by AJ Kumar of Single Grain. The current hot topic in the search engine optimization world is Google’s recent Penguin update—a move the search giant claims is intended to help reduce the presence of over-optimized web pages in the natural search results. In fact, the possibility of ...more
Search Engine Optimization

Separate Your Blog Needs from Your Blog Wants
This guest post is by Nicola Ibberson of Little House In Town. We’re always told in life that we should distinguish between those things we “want” and those things we “need.” The general idea of this is that we need to prioritise the things we do and things we buy ...more
Be Productive

Build a Quality Resource List for Your Blog
When was the last time you compiled a resource list for your readers? Tom Ewer recently wrote up his own ultimate resource list for readers of his blog, titled 100 Blogs You Need in Your Life. (And ProBlogger came in at number 2! Thanks, Tom!) If you look at the ...more
Writing Content

From Blog to Profitable Business in Four Steps
This guest post is by Michael Chibuzor of Content Marketing Up. Let’s face it: updating your blog on a daily basis doesn’t necessarily make you smart. It might be helpful, but there is more to blogging than writing. How about doing this online “thing” as if it’s a real business? A brick ...more
Blogging for Dollars

4 Simple Growth Strategies Any Breakthrough Blog Can Learn From Pinterest
This guest post is by Mike Holmes of the Simple Strategies for Startups blog. You don’t need me to tell you about Pinterest do you? I’m pretty sure you’ve heard all the media outlets singing its praise: the fastest growing site its user base is mostly female its breakthrough rise ...more
Featured Posts

Resources for Selling Consulting Through Your Blog
As Ash explained in her post today, using blogging as a platform from which to sell consulting services can be effective and lucrative. Blogging has long been respected as a method for supporting offline businesses, but as the potential of blogging in general has evolved, so too have the options ...more
Blogging for Dollars