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Building a Blog Brand, Posting Frequency and Choosing a Niche [Speed Q&A]
In our most recent webinar we had 700 questions submitted by attendees – many of which we simply didn’t have time to cover. Here are 3 of those questions and some quick answers. How to Build a Brand for Your Blog “What is the most important rule of thumb for ...more
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What Fears Have You Overcome as a Blogger?
Many times when I speak to new bloggers (or Pre-Bloggers) and ask them what might be holding them back from taking their blogs to the next level (or holding them back from starting blogging) the response I get is around ‘fear’. What if nobody reads? What if I can’t write ...more
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How To Stop Your WordPress Blog Getting Penalized For Duplicate Content
This is a guest contribution by Felipe Kurpiel, an internet marketer I came across this topic by accident. One day I was monitoring my analytics data I noticed a big drop on my traffic stats and I didn’t understand why. Actually, I had a hint because I was starting to interlink my ...more
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Optin Skin Plugin Review
In June, Darren shared 3 Ways to Get More Subscribers for Your Blog. In that post, he identified the area under the blog post as being one of the ‘hot zones’ for calls to subscribe. This area is a solid location to place a call to action, but it can ...more
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Gmail Trying to ‘Fix’ Our Inbox and What it Means for You.
If capturing and sending email is a part of your blog – it might be your newsletter, affiliate programs, sales email or even just reader comment notifications – there are some changes (that have been looming for some time) that will impact the way you create and send emails … ...more
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The 7 Angels of Blogging DOOM
This is a guest contribution from Rebekah Lambert, copywriter and owner of Unashamedly Creative. Blogging is super fun, right? You get to write your own stories, express opinions, share what you learn, explore ideas, encourage debate and create a wonderful world of content that attracts like minded people. However with all ...more
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7 Reasons I LOVE Running Webinars for My Blog Readers
Over the last couple of years I’ve run semi-regular webinars for ProBlogger readers (sign up to get invitations to these free webinars here). These webinars have not only received a lot of positive feedback, they’ve also been among the most energising things I’ve done on this site. Here’s a few ...more
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2 Thoughts on Opportunity and Success to Kickstart Your Week
Yesterday I tweeted a couple of thoughts on Twitter leading to an explosion of retweets but also questions, reactions and ideas. I thought I’d put them here on the blog too, in the hope they might help to kickstart your week! So many of us wait for opportunity to knock ...more
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Ask the ProBlogger Team any Question: Register for Our Next Free Webinar
Just a short post today to let readers know that next wee we’ll be holding a ProBlogger Webinar. You can register for it here. It has been a while since we’ve had a webinar here on ProBlogger so we’re going to make this one a Q&A session where you can ...more
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