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Beginner Week – Katie180’s success story
The name “Katie 180” was gaining traction in Australian blogging circles before Katie Rainbird’s site was even launched. Two short months after she first pressed “publish”, Eden Riley, one of Australia’s best bloggers, pointed her out in the crowd of a Digital Parents conference. “If you want to know how ...more
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Beginner Week: Bite the Bullet and Start Your Blog with this Seven-Point Checklist
Welcome to ProBlogger’s second theme week – where we take a topic you’re interested in and drill right down to bring you all the information we can find to be of use to you. This week we are focusing on newbies – what do all beginner bloggers want to know? ...more
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How to Blog Effectively When You’re Feeling Overwhelmed
This post is from ProBlogger Managing Editor Stacey Roberts. Blogging is a voracious beast, and there is literally always something you could be doing to improve your traffic, find new readers, interact with other bloggers, and make some cash. The more you put in, the more you get out – ...more
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The Practical Guide to Writing Conversational Copy
This is a guest contribution from Monika Mundell, communication strategist and copywriter. Conversational copy is one of the best ways of creating engagement with a reader. It sets a welcoming, familiar tone that invites readers in. Famous copywriter John Caples delcares conversational copy to be about “You + Me.” Many ...more
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The Psychology of Color: Is Your Color Choice Making or Breaking Your Website?
This is a guest contribution from Thai Nguyen, of The Wantrepreneur Journey. Along with the human emotional response to music, perhaps there is nothing more universal in experience as the human response and perception of color (of course unless you are color-blind). Despite the ubiquitous nature of color in reality ...more
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Do Something Different Today to Help Grow Your Blog
It is a truth universally acknowledged that if one has a blog, one is in want of readers. We want people to stop by and read our stories, hear our messages, see our videos, listen to our podcasts. We want to connect, we want to share, and we want to ...more
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5 Reasons Your Blog Needs A Kindle Book
This is a guest contribution from Stefan Pylarinos, author of Kindle Money Mastery. Kindle books have been getting a lot of buzz lately amongst the internet marketing community, and with good reason. Amazon has made it extremely easy for anyone to publish their own Kindle book for sale on Amazon.com, and many ...more
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7 Out-of-the-Box Ideas to Write Effective Marketing Copy
This post is from Leslie Anglesey, writing coach and a contributor to Essay Tigers You may be asking yourself: “How do I write copy that sells?” – Too many of us get distracted by myths about the rules of communication, marketing messages, and stuff like that. Today’s post blends together seven out-of-the-box ...more
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Tapping into Joy and Disappointment: Lessons from Our Biggest eBook Launch Ever
Over on dPS last week we launched an eBook on Posing Portraits that has sold faster than any other eBook launch I’ve been a part of. While talking with a friend about the success of the launch, he asked why I thought it had done so well. I thought I’d ...more
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