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3 Ideas for Moving Beyond List Posts: Creating an Experiential Blog
A guest post by Tara Gentile of Scoutie Girl. As a design & craft blogger, I often struggle with putting tips from sites like Problogger into practice. But I diligently mull them over and translate them to fit my needs. One tip I struggle with regularly is mastering the art ...more
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How to Blog When You’re Not a Writer
In this post Mark Hayward shares some tips on blogging for small business when you’re not a writer. image by tomswift46 Have you ever accidentally slammed your hand in a car door? OUCH! I think that very unpleasant feeling can be compared to how some small business owners feel about ...more
Business Blogging
Navigating the Middle of Your Post – Without Getting Lost
A Guest Post from Ali Hale from The Blogger’s Guide to Effective Writing” – normally priced at $29, ProBlogger readers can get a $5 discount by entering the code “ProBlogger”
Writing Content
How To NOT Repulse Readers And Send Them Running Scream… Um…I Mean Clicking Away
A Guest Post by Cori Padget from Write Syntax and Big Girl Branding. In a word? Engage. Engage, engage, engage, engage. Get it yet? ENGAGE! OK, I’m thinking you get it now, kinda sorta. But in case you don’t, let’s discuss it further. EN… Just kidding! If you’re a writer, ...more
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The BEST Way to Generate Lots of Comments on a Your Next Blog Post
Last week on my Photography Tips site we published a guest post titled Three Lenses Every Photographer Should Own. The author of the guest post emailed me a few days later amazed at amazing amount of comments left on the post. While the average post on dPS gets a reasonable ...more
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What Are You Taking For Granted That Might Be Useful to Others?
I recently was chatting with a new blogger and they made the comment that after 3 weeks of blogging that they’d run out of things to write about. They had written 10 posts so far but felt that they’d nothing else to share of value on the topic. What surprised ...more
Writing Content
A Lesson from Curious George for Bloggers
The books of choice at bed time in my 3 year olds room are all Curious George books at the moment. He’s crazy for George. Needless to say that the 6 Curious George books that we have are getting read again and again – I pretty much know them off ...more
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The Best Writing Advice. Ever.
A guest post by Larry Brooks of Storyfix.com. Image by [phil h] We are all storytellers. Whether we’re writing a blog, an ebook, a cheesy novel or a killer screenplay, even an essay, article or report. Without some semblance of a story at the heart of it all, what’s left ...more
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Take Your Readers on a Journey They’ll Never Forget
Guest post by Nicholas Cardot from Site Sketch 101. When I was a child I often traveled to magical faraway lands, explored daring new worlds, violently clashed swords with famous pirates, adventured with a talking mouse named Ralph, and traveled through the very fabric of time itself. I’ve raced around ...more
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