CategoryMiscellaneous Blog Tips

5 Ways to Creatively Brainstorm Guest Post Ideas
Despite the rumours, guest posting is still an effective method to link building, getting the word out about your blog or brand, or simply forging relationships in any industry. But that’s only if you go about guest posting correctly: the wrong guest posting approach can get a website penalized, and ...more
Miscellaneous Blog Tips

26 Blogging Mistakes That Are Costing You Time, Money, and Credibility
This is a guest contribution from Iniobong Eyo. You’re slaving at your blog. You’re working hard. Real hard. But things are not just going your way. You’re hardly getting any traffic to your blog, let alone comments or shares on your post. You’ve been around for a while, but you still ...more
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11 Quick Tips to Get More Comments on Your Blog
Episode 79 of the ProBlogger podcast is another episode short on time but long on information! Today we tackle the topic of how to encourage your audience to interact with you more on the comment section of your blog. Nowadays the trend for readers to reach out on social networks ...more
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Create an Opt-In Incentive to Increase Your Email Subscriber Numbers
If you were listening to the previous ProBlogger podcast episode about my top tips for building your email subscriber list, you would have heard me talking about creating an opt-in as an incentive for people to sign up. In this next instalment of the #TodayNotSomeday podcast, I’m going to talk ...more
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Top Tips to Boost Your Email List Subscribers Today
Welcome to the second episode of the #TodayNotSomeday podcast series, where today’s challenge is one I would prioritise above all others: getting people to subscribe to your email list. I started using email as a way to communicate with my readers back in 2007 when I started Digital Photography School ...more
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Three Basic Elements to Help You Create the Perfect Video
This is a guest contribution from James Tew. Many bloggers are now considering the use of video to increase their reach, inform their audience about an upcoming product launch, or just as a new way of leveraging one of the fastest growing mediums on the internet. In fact, according to ...more
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5 Ways to Ramp Up Comments on Your Blog
This is a guest contribution from Alex Ivanovs. Comments feed the writers soul with proof of work well done. It’s easy to think that not everyone likes comments, but the truth is that comments are what makes us believe in our content and its usefulness. The feeling you get from ...more
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Feeling a Bit Lost? 4 Ways to Boost Productivity and Motivation on Your Blog
There are many times in the life of a blogger when you find yourself unsure of where to go or what to do next. That can be for so many reasons – when it comes to where you spend your time you’re overwhelmed with choice, you don’t know where to ...more
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9 Hurdles I’ve Faced as a Blogger and How I Got Over Them
I was speaking at a small event here in Melbourne recently and I was asked about the common hurdles bloggers face when building profitable blogs. It’s a difficult question to answer, as everyone’s hurdles are different – as are their coping strategies. In today’s podcast I thought going through the ...more
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