CategoryReader Questions

Recently, I had a question from a listener: “Darren do you have any tips for bloggers with bloggers block? I want to take my blog to the next level in 2016 but I’m stuck. Every time I sit down to write nothing comes and the more that happens the more ...more

I’d love to get some discussion around this question today. Does your blog focus more heavily upon Information, Inspiration or Interaction? A year ago I wrote a post in which I talked about we I use a combination of Information, Inspiration and Interaction focused posts to engage with readers over ...more

Over at Digital Photography School this week we launched a complete overhaul of our site design. It was a massive job that took over 6 months of planning and implementation to pull off – but we finally got there without too many hiccups. We’ll post about the process and some ...more

At PBEVENT last week I was having lunch with a group of 5 bloggers from quite different niches and for a few minutes the conversation centred around the topic of which social media sites send us the most traffic. We went around the circle and shared the top sources of ...more

I’m regularly asked if I have a blogging mentor or coach – or if I’d consider being one for someone else. I’ve never had a formal coach or mentor myself although there have been plenty of people who have given me advice along the way. I have not offered any ...more

This morning, a new blogger asked me to name 3 mistakes I made when I started blogging so he could avoid the same pitfalls. I thought this might make a good discussion starter and something that might help new bloggers. So… take a few moments to answer these two questions. ...more

Over on our Facebook page last week Kim Hill-MacCrone asked a question that I thought might be a good one to discuss with the wider ProBlogger readership. How do you Keep your Content Fresh, Interesting and Engaging? It is a question I get asked quite a bit and know is ...more

Last week here on ProBlogger I ran a ‘Group Writing Project‘ where I invited readers to go away and write a ‘How To‘ Post on their blog and then to come back and show us a link to it. The response was fantastic (we’ll do it again in the weeks ...more

I posted this on my Google+ account and on Twitter earlier today: You know you’ve been blogging too long when a family member asks for parenting advice and you write a 10 Point Answer, start brainstorming catchy titles and considering adding images and further reading. The responses I got were ...more