CategoryMiscellaneous Blog Tips

Here are the next batch of reader submitted blog tip videos (see yesterdays ones here). Thanks to everyone who shared yesterdays with their networks – again, please do click through to the blogs of those who created these videos to show your appreciation and do share with your networks the ...more

A few weeks ago I asked readers to submit video blog tips to share with the wider ProBlogger readership. The idea was that we’d get a variety of useful blog tips on how to blog – but that we’d also get a bit of a snapshot of some of the ...more

Some one pinch me please…. this must be a dream! November 2002 At the end of a day on a warm November day when I was about to leave work a friend emailed me a link in an email suggesting I check out a blog because it seems to be ...more

by Larry Brooks of Storyfix.com Just like pretty much everyone else reading this site, when I began my blogging gig I struggled to find a niche, and a voice within it. I was confident with the content and the agenda that would be the focus of my site.  And, again ...more

One of my favourite ways to generate a little reader engagement and buzz on a blog is to run a competition. Giving stuff away never fails to create a little excitement among a blog’s community and it is something that creates goodwill among your loyal readers. I must have run ...more

Today I want to share a powerful principle of successful blogging… that I wish I was better at. Accessibility. What I Know One of the reasons I was attracted to blogging as both a blog reader and as a blogger was the opportunity I saw it opening up for conversation ...more

A Guest Post by Michael C from On Violence. I know what you’re thinking, “No, really, what can I learn about blogging from the army?” The U.S. Army isn’t exactly known for its literary excellence. And ten years ago, I would have agreed with you. But now, in the midst ...more

At ‘South by South West’ this year I had the pleasure of catching up with Web Pro New’s Abby Johnson (who everyone I talked to at SXSW agrees is one of the nicest people going around). Abby and I chatted for 5 or so minutes on a range of topics ...more

Earlier in the week I was asked this question – what is one thing that I can do tomorrow morning when I sit down at my desk that will improve my blog? My answer was this: Identify a reader’s problem (or that of a potential reader) and produce a post ...more