CategoryOther Income Streams
How I Got a Book Deal Through My Travel Blog
This is a guest contribution from Lauren Juliff. I was sitting on my bed in a mosquito-filled guesthouse in Belize when I received the email. It was from an editor at one of the biggest publishing companies in the world – she’d stumbled across my travel blog and noticed I was ...more
Other Income Streams
How to Become a Professional Speaker when You Have No Leads or Experience
By Emilie Wapnick of Puttylike. If you’re like most bloggers, you probably have a message that you want to share with the world. Speaking is a great way to expand your reach and connect with people on an emotional level. It can help you grow your community and customer base ...more
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#TodayNotSomeday: Create a Product
Today kicks off the first episode of our 10-part podcast series about finally turning those “one day” dreams into today’s to-do list! As I mentioned on Monday, these topics are focused on the ones I know most of you have on your someday pile of tasks, so during the month ...more
Blogging for Dollars
How I Lost 80% of My Traffic Overnight (And How I Got it Back, Plus More!)
In today’s episode of the ProBlogger podcast, I want to tell you a little story. I want to tell you about one morning in 2004 when I realised my blog, which I’d recently established as my full time source of income, had hardly any traffic coming to it. I lost ...more
General
How I Earned $15000 from The Problogger Job Board
This is a guest contribution from Andy Nathan, of Smart at the Start. I have a secret formula for using the Problogger job board that will enthrall many, and bring others to tears with their boredom. That is OK! I do not want everyone to use what I am about ...more
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30 Lessons from Selling $30 Million Worth of eBooks
This is a guest contribution from our very own Shayne Tilley. Before you hit me up for a loan, let me preface this post. That number represents eBooks sold in for various masters and partners in the last decade. Yes there are a couple of mine in there, but it’s ...more
Blogging for Dollars
5 Tips for Launching a Product On Your Blog Without Annoying Your Readers
“Darren, I have written an eBook but am struggling with how ‘pushy’ to be with my readers in my marketing of it. I want to sell some but don’t want to annoy my readers. Any tips?” This question hit my inbox today and I thought I’d share some of my ...more
Other Income Streams
What If We Put As Much Effort into Writing Blog Posts as Public Speaking?
In just under 2 weeks I’ll be standing on this stage at the beautiful Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall in Portland, giving a keynote at World Domination Summit in front of just under 3000 people. It is an incredible honour to be invited to speak at this event and I’m very ...more
Other Income Streams
EXERCISE: Deep Dive into Your Content Analytics
Today I spent a couple of hours doing my monthly deep dive into Google Analytics. While hardly a day goes by that I don’t check my blogs stats (usually just to see traffic levels and sources of traffic etc) I try to set aside a longer period of time, at ...more
Other Income Streams