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This guest post is by Matt Setter of MaltBlue.com. In the modern-world of blogging, there are so many blogging platforms to choose from. From the venerable WordPress, TypePad and Drupal to other great tools, such as Habari, Typo3 and CushyCMS amongst others. All of these make building a professional and stunning ...more

“Write for one reader” is advice we hear often in the blogosphere, and it can be a useful way to get a consistent voice going on your blog. But the longer you blog, the more likely you’ll be to get to know your readers, and the more diverse their needs ...more

Today is blog action day, and this year’s theme is “The Power of We.” But for some of us, harnessing that power is a major challenge. One of the most common complaints of bloggers I speak to is that they want to collaborate more effectively with their audience members, customers, ...more

It’s Monday—the start of a new week on your blog—and I wonder what challenges you’re facing. If you’ve neglected your RSS or social media feeds over the weekend, you’ll likely find plenty of good advice there—advice that you feel you really should try out if you want your blog to ...more

This guest post is by Alex Becker of Source Wave Marketing. When I first got into blogging, gaining any sizable amount of engaged subscribers seemed like a slow, tedious task. As bloggers, I am sure you know the popular ways to get people to your site: guest posting participating on forums ...more

Just starting a blog? Longing to revive an old, forgotten blog? Or just feeling guilty because you’ve let your blog languish without a post for a little too long? If your blog’s fallen behind your ideal post frequency, you’re in luck. Today, I’m going to give you a six-step plan ...more

What was your most popular post this week? I asked this question on Twitter on Thursday, and got some interesting responses. The people who tweeted back blog in a range of markets—from personal blogs and finance blogs, to fashion blogs and craft blogs. And their readers are have differing needs. ...more

One of the most common questions I’m asked about how I run my blogs is, “What web host do you use and recommend?” Over the past ten years I’ve used around eight different hosting services, ranging from the very early days of relying upon free host Blogger, through to my ...more

Over the last couple of months here at Problogger.net, we’ve taken a tour of the traffic techniques that are essential to bloggers. While not all bloggers use or focus on all techniques, the ones we’ve covered probably make up the core traffic tools used by bloggers today: search engine optimization ...more