CategoryMiscellaneous Blog Tips

Two months ago I went through the process of hiring a small group of writers to write weekly tutorials for Digital Photography School. I’ve written about the process of how I hire writers previously here on Problogger but today want to share some of the qualities I look for in ...more

This is a guest contribution from  JT Ripton, a Freelance writer from Tampa. Intellectual property law protects much of the content that you enjoy on the internet. Though you aren’t always required to pay to enjoy this content, that doesn’t make it free for all types of use. Since many ...more

This is a guest contribution from Jeff Goins of Goins, Writer. It took me six years to become a professional blogger. And four and a half of those years were spent waiting. For years, I read blogs, bought books, and watched videos about ordinary, everyday people making the colossal shift ...more

This is a guest contribution from  Michael Johnston, co-founder of MonetizePros.com. Split testing has become an absolute must for anyone running an e-commerce site or driving PPC traffic to a landing page. The benefits of disciplined experimentation have been well documented, and any serious e-commerce company has embraced split testing ...more

Watch it with your Tweeple: Tweet that you’re watching this video Last month I had the honour of speaking at the World Domination Summit in Portland. Conference founder, Chris Guillebeau, gave me the brief of sharing my story and to share some tips and ideas for helping people to lead ...more

This is a guest contribution from Adam Connell, blogger at Bloggingwizard.com. If you write or publish a blog, you’ll inevitably experience the gut-wrenching feeling of content theft at some point in the life of your blog. It’s not fair but it’s now just part of the world of online content. What can you do ...more

Choose one small thing to start with that will move you toward your dream and do it to the best of your ability (tweet this). I issued that challenge in a post How to Make Your Blogging Dreams Come True just over a month ago. Since publishing that post, I’ve ...more

This is a guest contribution from Kelly Teng, Digital Outreach Specialist at Switched on Media. Blogging can take you on a whirlwind journey. It can have you running around at events, losing sleep, and sitting in front of your computer for hours and hours (and hours…). The end result is a great ...more

How do you keep yourself fresh, inspired and creative as a blogger? I was asked variations of this question three times this week, so thought I’d put my mind to giving a public answer. There are certainly times when I don’t feel overly ‘fresh’, ‘inspired’ or ‘creative’. However, I guess ...more