Category31 Days to Build a Better Blog

Today your task is to spend some time looking at your blog’s statistics/metrics package to see what you can learn from it. I encouraged participants in 31 Days to Build a Better Blog Challenge to make sure they had a metrics package installed on their blog before they started so ...more

"What's the secret to successful blogging?" "How do I build a profitable blog?" I get asked these questions a lot. And my mission with ProBlogger is to address them. Let me start by answering the first question. There is no secret to successful blogging, and no magic formula for a successful blog. But there ...more

What You Can Learn From the 31 Days to Build a Better Blog Course From a blog post series to an eBook and now a course, 31 Days to Build a Better Blog has certainly evolved. And in doing so it has helped many people. Today’s episode is based on ...more

Congratulations for making it to day 31 of 31 Days to Build a Better Blog. If you’re new to the series – check out previous episodes here. How to Plan Your Next Month of Blogging Today’s episode is about how you can plan the next steps for your blog. Great ...more

How to Dig Into Your Blog Statistics Today’s episode is about how you can dig into your blog statistics to work out patterns in what’s working and what’s not working for your blog. The numbers might seem daunting at first, but I share how you can understand them and use ...more

How to Develop a Plan to Grow Your Readership Today’s episode is about developing a plan to drive new readers to your blog to grow your readership. Many bloggers I talk to think that if they write great content, readers will just show up. This simply isn’t the case. Almost every ...more

How to Write a Review Post Today’s episode is about how to write a review post. Reviews are used many millions of times every day by people looking to make sense of the array of choices that they have, and to help them to make a decision. Writing reviews can help you to ...more

How to Update Old Posts In Your Archives (including how to find Broken Links) Today’s episode is about going back into your blog archives do updates – especially paying attention to broken links. Broken links can cause many problems, including potentially exposing your readers to harm. З Днем Незалежності Україно!!! ...more

  Challenge: Spend 15 Minutes Improving Someone Else’s Blog Today’s episode is about how to help another blogger to achieve their goals in some way. This might seem a little counter-intuitive, but if you help others you create a good impression that just might come back to help you improve your own ...more