
Inspiration vs. Obligation: the Great Creativity Debate
Ali’s recent post discouraged us from forcing creativity. If you don’t feel it, she said, don’t write. Yet Gretchen recommends sitting down and writing every day, because you’ll get in a rhythm and stay connected to your material. Well, which is it? Should you force yourself at your blogging, even ...more
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How Changing My Intentions Made Me Money
This guest post is by Roman from how this website makes money. Two years ago I stumbled across the concept of blogging for money. Instantly it hit me as the perfect thing: sit behind a computer, design a site, write, be my own boss, work from home, what could be ...more
Blogging for Dollars

How to Use Social Media to Attract a Higher Advertiser Rate
This post is by Clare Lancaster, of WomenInBusiness.com.au. As a blog business owner, your brand needs to reach beyond your blog. Your presence on social media is a valuable one. In some ways, it’s the ultimate opt-in. When someone follows you on Twitter, subscribes to your YouTube channel or likes ...more
Social Media

How to Create Killer Content for Your Blog: New Course Starting Soon
While great content doesn’t guarantee success, it sure does help! Yet so many bloggers struggle to produce content that engages with and meets the needs of readers. As a result, Chris Garrett and I have put together a brand new short course—Create Killer Content for your Blog—to help set you ...more
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StudioPress Offer 25% Off Themes – Last Sale Ever
If you’re looking to start a new blog or redesign a current one, you’ll want to check this out. Starting today, StudioPress (the creators of some amazing themes) are offering 25% off all of the products that they make if you use the word “BLACK” as a coupon code. It’s ...more
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Top 5 Affiliate Sales Techniques
This guest post is by the team at E-junkie.com. Working with so many merchants and affiliates gives us a great opportunity to see what different bloggers are trying to do to generate sales of affiliate products, and over time we’ve noticed that some strategies work much better than others. These ...more
Blogging for Dollars

How a 30 Minute Reject Post Brings Me Hundreds of Subscribers a Week
This guest post is written by the Blog Tyrant. Three weeks ago I wrote a guest post for a large blog that got rejected on the grounds that it contained ideas that had already been discussed at the blog. Now that same post is bringing me hundreds of email subscribers ...more
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Welcome to a New-look ProBlogger
Those visiting ProBlogger today will notice that we’ve just released a new theme. It isn’t a complete overhaul in terms of look—rather, it’s an evolution or refresh of our existing design (much needed). Hopefully you’ll find ProBlogger a little easier to navigate and a little less cluttered. There are quite ...more
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How to Nurture Your Creativity
This guest post is by Ali Luke, from The Creativity Toolbox. How creative are you? A lot of bloggers feel that they’re not very creative people. Perhaps they come from a technical background. Perhaps they’ve never picked up a paintbrush in their life, and think that means they’re not creative. ...more
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