
3 Steps to Help You Choose a Topic for an E-Book
In my recent post on the importance of having your own product to sell I was asked in comments by Todd for advice on choosing the best topic to create an ebook on. Here are a few quick thoughts on some starting points for choosing a topic for an e-book ...more
Miscellaneous Blog Tips

A Screamingly Effective Blog Disclosure Policy: How (and Why) To Get One
What does the recent FTC announcement mean for a humble, professional, freebie-accepting, affiliate-pimping, mostly-broke blogger eking out pennies or flats of free soda per post? It means you need to write a blog disclosure policy. What if you have nothing to disclose? (Pity the fool who has nothing to disclose.) ...more
Miscellaneous Blog Tips

Make Fast Money Blogging Products – My Reaction
Today a new ‘make money blogging fast‘ product is being launched into the blogosphere that promises those who buy it that they can make big money blogging – fast. As this thing is launching and I’m already getting emails about it from readers asking if they should buy it – ...more
Blogging for Dollars

Survey Your Readers and Discover Who They Are and How You can Be More Useful to Them
Two weeks ago I re-launched the ProBlogger weekly newsletter. The first email I sent out to subscribers was a story of how I’ve been changing my approach to blogging over the last year. The reaction to the email was huge – literally hundreds of readers responded with emails telling their ...more
Miscellaneous Blog Tips

Ask These Successful Bloggers a Question
Over the coming weeks I have lined up to record audio interviews with a number of bloggers who have been making a living from their blogging and related activities. The first 3 are: Leo Babauta – from Zen Habits Gala Darling – from iCiNG Aaron Wall – from SEObook Each ...more
ProBlogger Site News

The Importance of Having Your Own Product to Sell
Recently while on a beach vacation my family was out on the street having ice-cream when we came across two street performers/buskers. The first one was set up 15 meters to one side of the ice-cream shop we were visiting. He had a guitar and had his guitar case open ...more
Featured Posts

How Getting An F On Your School Paper Makes You A Better Blogger
This guest post was written by Rob Sutton from Ramped Reviews. Image by kharied. This comes to be a surprise to many, but I hate writing. Every paper in grade school through college was a futile effort in an attempt to pull out my own teeth. I could not stand ...more
Miscellaneous Blog Tips

How To Stop Procrastinating and Start Your Blog
A Guest Post by Jennifer Blanchard of Procrastinating Writers I read this blog daily. But it wasn’t until last week when I noticed the results of Darren’s poll on “How long have you been blogging?” that I decided it was time to submit a guest post. According to that poll, ...more
Other Income Streams

ProBlogging – 10 Things I Wish I Knew when I Started
A Guest Post by Nathan Hangen of Making it Social. As much as many of us want to get our blogs up and running and create an overnight success story, the truth is that having desire alone just isn’t enough. For starters, guys like Darren make it look extremely easy ...more
Miscellaneous Blog Tips