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14th of July 2015 Mario

PB015: Find a Blogging Buddy [Day 15 of 31 Days to Build a Better Blog]

How to Improve Your Blog by Partnering with a Blogging Buddy Today’s episode is all about finding another blogger (or bloggers) to help you improve your blog. Blogging doesn’t have to be a solo venture – in fact it can be incredibly social and when we grasp this idea of ...more
31 Days to Build a Better Blog
9th of July 2015 Mario

PB010: Create Alerts and Subscriptions to Keep Your Blogging Fresh and Inspired [Day 10 of 31 Days to Build a Better Blog]

How to never run out of ideas for blog posts and be aware of latest developments in your niche Being productive and producing great content for your blog is so important – which is why we’ve had a number of episodes so far that have been ‘writing challenges’ (see episode ...more
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5th of July 2015 Mario

PB006: Make Your Blog Mobile Ready [Day 6 of 31 Days to Build a Better Blog]

How to Get Your Blog Mobile Friendly Welcome to day 6 of the 31 Days to Build a Better Blog challenge where today we’re going to talk about making your blog mobile friendly. While to get your blog completely mobile friendly will take you longer than a single day today ...more
31 Days to Build a Better Blog
3rd of July 2015 Mario

PB004: Analyse another Blog [Day 4 of 31 Days to Build a Better Blog]

How to Improve Your Blog by Watching What Other Bloggers Do It’s day 4 in our 31 days to build a better blog challenge and today is one of my favourites – in fact it’s something I do very regularly in my own blogging. It’s all about spending time on ...more
31 Days to Build a Better Blog
30th of June 2015 Mario

PB001: Create an Elevator Pitch for Your Blog [Day 1 of 31 Days to Build a Better Blog]

Welcome to day 1 of the 31 Days to Better Blog challenge. As I explained in yesterdays welcome episode this 31 day challenge is all about giving you short challenges to do that will bring a little life to your blogging. Today my challenge is for you to create an ...more
31 Days to Build a Better Blog
27th of October 2014 Darren Rowse

3 Ways to Define What Your Blog Is About

What is your blog about? It’s a question all bloggers get asked from time to time. How do you answer it? It’s also a question I know many ProBlogger readers wrestle with – particularly when starting their blog. What is my niche? Do I even need a niche? How do ...more
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5th of March 2014 Darren Rowse

Beginner Week: My 43 DOs and 25 DON’Ts of Blogging

Eleven and a half years ago when I hit publish on my first ever blog post, I had little idea what I was doing and what was going to unfold for me over the coming decade. As I prepared for a recent mini ProBlogger event event in Perth, I created ...more
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18th of August 2012 Darren Rowse

5 Reasons to Start a Niche Blog, and 3 Niches to Consider

When the opportunity came up for us to do a series on niche blogging here on ProBlogger, I jumped at the chance. Blogging isn’t what it was. I mentioned recently how blogging has changed so much that these days we may not even realise we’re looking at a blog as ...more
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2nd of April 2012 Guest Blogger

What You Need to Know Before You Start a WordPress Blog

This guest post is by Matt Hooper. After reading through Darren’s census of ProBlogger results, a couple of numbers stood out to me. 8.7% of ProBlogger readers haven’t started a blog of your own yet. Only just over half of the respondants are on the WordPress.org platform. The latter caught ...more
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