
Count Your Mobile Device Traffic
Last week, I talked about how I’ve been experimenting with monetizing mobile traffic using the WPTouch mobile theme and AdSense. Another great feature of WPTouch is that it allows you to post metrics code into the the ads, so you get a true picture of how many people are viewing ...more
Miscellaneous Blog Tips

Personal Blogging in the 2010s
This guest post is by Karen Andrews of Miscellaneous Mum. Personal blogging has changed a lot in the last two years. Some writers now run blogs or social media campaigns to extend their profiles for current (and future) readers; some bloggers are using their reach to find or be offered ...more
Miscellaneous Blog Tips

How Article Frames Show Readers a Clearer Content Picture
Consider these two ideas: tennis and your lounge room. These ideas appear disparate. Tennis? My lounge room? So what? Put a Nintendo Wii into the picture. Now you have a frame—or context—for the two ideas. Within the frame provided by the Nintendo Wii, tennis in your lounge room makes sense. ...more
Writing Content

FeelGooder: the Backstory Behind My Newest Blog
Earlier this week I launched a new blog: FeelGooder. This post will give some of the backstory behind it (expect another one next week with more). What? Another blog? Are you crazy? One of the most common reactions I get when I mention that I’m starting a new blog is ...more
Case Studies

How to Ajaxify Your WordPress Site
This guest post is by Jeff Starr, co-author of the book Digging into WordPress. Injecting a dose of Ajax into your WordPress-powered site is an excellent way to enhance functionality and streamline the user experience. Without touching a line of code, you can harness the power of Ajax to boost ...more
Blogging Tools and Services

How I Monetize Mobile Traffic on My Blogs
Over the last few days, I’ve been experimenting with monetizing my blogs for mobile readers who view mobile versions of my sites. Those who read ProBlogger on an iPhone, Android phone, Palm, or Blackberry Storm will know that you’re given the option to view this blog within a theme designed ...more
Adsense

How to Use a Manifesto to Spread your Blog’s Message
This post is by Clare Lancaster, of WomenInBusiness.com.au. Ever since I read Chris Guillebeau’s manifesto, 279 Days to Overnight Success, I’ve been inspired to create one for my own blog. The way that it communicated the message of his blog, packaged in an attractive, shareable, valuable asset that cemented his ...more
Blog Promotion

The Money’s Not In the List, it’s In the Connection
This post was written by the Web Marketing Ninja—a professional online marketer for a major web brand, who’s sharing his tips undercover here at ProBlogger. Curious? So are we! What impact will changes to the flow of communications on the Internet cause by the rise of new options, like social ...more
Social Media

13 Tips for Beginning Bloggers (Which I Learned the Hard Way)
This article is by Gretchen Rubin of The Happiness Project. I started The Happiness Project blog as a way to test the argument that novelty and challenge bring happiness (turns out they do!), but I knew nothing about blogging when I began. Here are some strategies that I learned the ...more
Miscellaneous Blog Tips