CategoryMiscellaneous Blog Tips

A Guest Post by Charlie Gilkey from Productive Flourishing. No matter how big their blog is, every blogger loves and wants comments. When you’re just starting out, there are few bigger thrills than writing something and having people comment and give you feedback about what you’ve written. Veteran bloggers love ...more

Update: this post has been updated and compiled with other similar posts into ProBlogger’s Guide to Your First Week of Blogging – a week long guide into getting your blog going on the right foot. “What should a blogger do in their first week of blogging to get their blog ...more

Guest post by Ainslie Hunter from Study Skills Mentor and EduWebMedia. I found my dream job…. and I mean dream job. A blogger / editor job for an experienced teacher. It was there in black and white on the Problogger Job Boards. Sure it was December 21, but I had ...more

One of the things that first attracted me to blogging was the creative genius that I saw at work in many of the blogs going around at that time. There was an ‘anything goes’ type attitude among bloggers who were pushing the boundaries of what could be done on a ...more

If you have a spare 37 minutes today to grab a coffee with me (or at least are doing something that will allow you to listen to something for 37 minutes in the background) check out this interview I did with Robb Sutton late last week. Robb’s also transcribed it ...more

Do you want a formula to guarantee the success of your blog? Yesterday I was interviewed by a journalist about blogging and half way though the interview he asked me what the formula for successful blogging was. His question was innocent enough and asked without agenda but as I pondered ...more

Guest post by Mike CJ. “Treat your blog like a business” is something we’re told all the time. It’s solid advice, assuming you want or plan to make an income from your blog, and adopting it as a mindset often leads to the successful transition from a blog into a ...more

Yesterday I had the privilege of eating at a great Melbourne restaurant – Maha. The food was exceptional but what I came away from the meal with was…. well it was an ‘experience’ and not just a ‘meal’. A number of things went into the 3 hours that we dined ...more

I started blogging in 2002. Since that time the question I’m most frequently asked by strangers at parties who hear what I do has changed 3 times. what’s a blog? (2002-2004) how do you make money blogging? (2005-2008) you still blog – doesn’t everyone Tweet these days? (2009-2010) I wonder ...more