CategoryBlogging Tools and Services

It’s time for a little discussion – lets talk blogging tools. Over in the ProBlogger.com forum there’s been a lot of talk about different tools, applications, platforms and plugins that helps to improve blogs. I’m loving the different opinions and experiences and thought it’d be a good question to open ...more

Here’s a quick review of a book that I’ve been reading – The New Community Rules: Marketing on the Social Web – through over the past few weeks by Tamar Weinberg. It’s a great read! Apologies to Tamar for mispronouncing her name – should have been more like ‘Tuh-MAR’!

This post is a collection point of links in a long series that I’m writing on principles of successful blogging. It was originally stimulated by a presentation that I gave at the MarketingNow conference here in Melbourne. I shared my story of blogging and then explore 25 or so lessons ...more

In the last week I’ve had 3 emails from makers of Automated Blogging tools, scripts and plugins (or RSS to Blog tools) asking me to promote their plugins and systems. These tools all claim to be able to help you create content for your blog without you having to do ...more

One of the most popular resources for new bloggers – Become a Blogger – is reopening its doors to new participants – for 5 days only. It’s cheaper than ever before If you’re a new blogger wondering how to get your blog started and moving towards reaching it’s potential – ...more

The following is a ProBloggerDeal – exclusively for readers of this blog. For notification on Twitter of other deals, discounts and competitions for bloggers follow @ProBloggerDeals. A few mont Ninja Affiliate Plugin for WordPress. The promotion was so popular and I’ve had so much positive feedback from readers about the ...more

If you’re new to blogging and just starting out – do yourself a favor and get your hands on the Roadmap to Become a Blogger – a free report by Gideon Shalwick and Yaro Starak. The report has been downloaded by over 20,000 bloggers and has helped many get their ...more

Last month I asked readers what blog platform they are using? The results were clear with 43% of ProBlogger readers using WordPress.org, 29% using Blogger and 13% using WordPress.com. This isn’t the first time I’ve run this survey. The first time I ran it was in January of 2006 – ...more

Looking for some cool blog tools and applications to help you be a more productive? Today Shankar Ganesh from Killer Tech Tips shares 7 to check out if you’re a Windows based blogger. If you’re a blogger, you’ll be using a variety of applications that aid you in your daily ...more