
FOOA Recap
Lots of people have been emailing to ask how the Future of Online Advertising (FOOA) conference has gone here in New York over the last couple of days – so I thought an update was in order. Overall I’ve found it to be a very worthwhile experience – both as ...more
Pro Blogging News

How to Build Your Personal Brand Through Your Blog
Bob (no url provided) asks – “I want to know how blogging can be used in personal branding. I want to be considered an expert in a topic, how best can writing a blog get me there? I do not care about adsense or CJ.com, I want to know how ...more
Miscellaneous Blog Tips

ProBlogger New York Readers Meetup Reminder
Just a quick reminder for those of you in New York and surrounding areas – this Saturday night (tomorrow) is the ProBlogger New York Readers Meetup. We’ve got 38 RSVPs on the meetup page but there are others I know who are coming that are not on the list so ...more
Pro Blogging News

Blogstorm – Track Your Blogs’ Most Popular Posts
Tech Crunch today points to a new service for bloggers called Blogstorm which tracks the number of other websites linking to a blog on a post by post basis. They are already tracking a number of blogs – including ProBlogger (see our stats here) and provide some useful information. The ...more
Blogging Tools and Services

How do you Make Money from Your Blog?
Time for a quick reader survey. I’m sitting here at FOOA and have heard a few presentations today highlighting different ways bloggers make money and how advertisers can target blog readers. These have been from companies like BlogAds, PayPerPost and Federated Media. It strikes me that these three models are ...more
Miscellaneous Blog Tips

Where to Get Product Pictures for your Blog
Frank Johnson (no url provided) asks – “Darren – my question is how you find product photography for your product-related blogs. Do you 1) take photos of the products yourself; 2) grab them off the manufacturers’ websites after asking for permission to use them; 3) grab them off the manufacturers’ ...more
Writing Content

Blogging Workflow
Anthony asks – “Hi Darren, I’m very interested in your work flow and routines. What is a regular day in the life of a ProBlogger like and how is it different from when you were first starting out.” I’m especially curious about how you split your time between many blogs. ...more
Miscellaneous Blog Tips

5 Uncommon Ways to Market Your Blog
The following post has been submitted by Neil Patel from Pronet Advertising and Quick Sprout. If you are trying to increase the popularity of your blog, chances are you’ve already looked into search engine optimization (seo) or leveraging social media sites. There is nothing wrong with using these methods and ...more
Blog Promotion

A Fireside Chat with Darren and Aziz
Aziz asked: Have you ever had a thought about quitting to blog? Did you put in more hours of work at the beginning of your blogging career or now? What changes do you expect in the blogosphere 5 years and 10 years down the line. What do you think about ...more
Miscellaneous Blog Tips