PB119: How to Choose the Right WordPress Theme for Your Blog
How to Decide on a WordPress Theme for Your Blog Today I have a treat for you. Today we have a special guest, one of our new subject matter experts, Kelly Exeter from Swish Design. Kelly is one of those people who produces a heap of great content and also ...more
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How to Network at Blog Events (Even if You’re Shy!)
Time is hurtling towards this year’s ProBlogger Training Event at the RACV Royal Pines Resort on Australia’s Gold Coast, and I don’t know about you but here at ProBlogger HQ, we are getting EXCITED! (if you are yet to get a ticket, head here to grab one, you save $100 ...more
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Reading Roundup: What’s New in Blogging Lately?
Welcome to the weekend (well Friday for folks not in my timezone!) and this week’s reading roundup. I took lots of notes this week and learned some hard truths. The Emotional Combinations That Make Stories Go Viral | Harvard Business Review If going viral is not a matter of luck ...more
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Making Landing Pages Work for You With Multivariate Testing
This is a guest contribution from Mahesh Dabade ofTechLila. Now that products and services have taken up marketing on blogs and websites to a whole new level, you would be familiar with Landing Pages. Landing pages are specially-designed and set up pages for particular products, services or events. For instance, ...more
Blogging for Dollars
PB118: How to Find Time to Create Your Blog’s First Product
Note: this episode can be listened to in the player above or on iTunes or Stitcher Seven Ways to Find Time to Create Your Blog’s First Product Today I am talking about the topic of juggling priorities and finding time to do the work we need to get done. In ...more
Creating Content
7 Simple Ideas for Mailing List Opt-Ins
This is a guest contribution from Charles Crawford. For a blog or business, a quality opt-in campaign is worth its weight in subscribers. Not only does a subscriber base give you direct access to the customers and readers that care most about your brand, but it also lets you target ...more
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How (and When) to Register a Trademark Without Hiccups
This is a guest contribution from Jeanette Jifkins of Onyx Online Law, The best brand name in the world isn’t worth anything unless it helps you make money. So why would you trade mark your name before you even know if you have a business? If you talk to lawyer who ...more
Blogging Tools and Services
How to Write Engaging Content About “Boring” Subject Matter
This is a guest contribution from Anna Johansson. Unfortunately, if you’re an industry expert in construction, finance, software development, or other similar “dry” field, you’ve already been handed the short end of the content stick. Your industry is important, and the subject matter is interesting to you and other industry ...more
Writing Content
PB117: Case Study – How One Blogger Used a Blog Post, SlideShare Deck, Lead Magnet, Email Sequence and a Webinar to Earn Over $28,000
Note: this episode can be listened to in the player above or on iTunes or Stitcher. A Blogger Shares How She Made $28,000 Using The 4 Stages of Warming Her Readers Up Today I’m wrapping up the mini series we have been going through that is all about warming your ...more
Creating Content