CategoryBlogging Tools and Services

This guest post is by Matthew Setter of Malt Blue. You know the situation: your site’s been slowing down for a while, but you just can’t put your finger on why. Then you get a tweet, an email, or a comment on your Facebook page mentioning it. Even worse, you ...more

I’m excited today to let you know of two great Black Friday/Cyber Monday deals from the team at CopyBlogger. I use and love both of these products and know that they’ll help a lot of you in your blogging efforts. Note: For both deals the coupon code is ‘Thanks’. Don’t ...more

It’s been a couple of years since we ran a poll here on ProBlogger about the blogging platform that readers are using, so I’m keen to see the results on this one. n {democracy:56} Please answer for the platform you use most if you have multiple blogs (one selection per ...more

This guest post is by Oz of OzSoapbox. Secure Sockets Layer (or SSL to you and me) is an encryption standard most of us are familiar with using whenever we do something over the Internet that needs enhanced security. Whether it be banking, email, signing into a personal account, purchasing ...more

This guest post is by Joe Burnett of Who’s Your Blogger? “I have a pretty (un)healthy obsession with email lists. I’m constantly telling my readers to focus on growing a list of active, engaged, and interested email subscribers.”—Blog Tyrant You can capture emails with only one ethical plan: the visitor ...more

This guest post is by Leah Goodman of AppsGeyser. A few months ago, when I started working for AppsGeyser, a friend asked me if I could turn her blog into an app, to which I responded, “Yes.” Then she asked me the more important question: why would she want to ...more

This guest post is by Kiera Pedley of Binkd. Running a contest on your blog can be a great way to generate new readership, reactivate stagnant subscribers, and increase the engagement of your readers. Competitions can be a lot of hard work for little or no results, unless you run ...more

This guest post is by Joe of the New Customer Workshop. Guest posting is a great way to market your brand. When you guest post you are able to demonstrate you expertise to a new audience. The short term benefits are a bump in traffic to your website. Longer term ...more

This guest post is by Deb of Science@home. Do you spend enough time looking at your stats? What a statement to start with, given that the mantra seems to be to check once a week and don’t waste too much time on your stats. And I agree with what seems ...more