CategoryMiscellaneous Blog Tips

One of the keys to building a successful blog is to build something that is ‘interesting’. But how does one BE interesting? It’s probably a topic that deserve someone smarter than me to explore but it strikes me that one element of being an interesting blogger (or an interesting person ...more

Do you sometimes feel like you couldn’t possibly write another blog post, even if it was a case of life or death? Does the constant grind of writing to a schedule feel like it’s wearing you down? Take heart: it’s perfectly normal! It’s called a Dip. Many bloggers go through ...more

In May I ran a series of one question interviews here on ProBlogger that asked a number of successful bloggers what their blog’s Tipping Points were. During the series a number of readers asked me what my own blog’s tipping points were. It is a good question to ponder but ...more

“Is it possible to earn a full-time salary as a part-time blogger? (eg, if you’re student)” This question has been voted up quite high in my Q&A sidebar widget so I thought I’d attempt an answer today. It’s one of those questions with two answers: Yes…. and…. No Let’s unpack ...more

What does someone searching Google for your name or blog name find? Earlier in the year I met a blogger at a conference who I had a pretty good conversation with. He had pitched me an idea for something that we might one day work on together. However when I ...more

Image by Michael Sarver Over the last two days I’ve been writing about building relationships with other bloggers including tools and techniques for building blogger relationships as well as general principles of building relationships. Today I want to finish this series on building relationships with bloggers with some tips from ...more

Image by Michael Sarver Yesterday we looked at 12 techniques and tools for networking with other bloggers. Today I want to move on to look at some general principles of building relationships with bloggers that I think are important. I’ve covered these previously here on the blog but have updated ...more

Last week Wellington Grey from Silver Clipboard asked me about how best to advertise his own services as a consultant/coach on his blog. His question was: “How should a blogger incorporate non-blogging services into his website? Here’s my situation, several months ago I started a website about getting organized. I ...more

Image by Michael Sarver A recent question asked in the Q&A widget was from a reader asking me to write about: “How to go about building relationships with other bloggers?” Building relationships with other bloggers is an important aspect of blogging. I see it as crucial for a number of ...more