Blogging in 2023: How To Start A Professional Blog And Make Money
How is blogging in 2023 different from being a blogger five years ago, ten years ago, or more? Is it still even worth starting a blog in 2023?
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How Inspiring Your Readers Drives them to Search for Information (and Interact)
One of my mantras that I’ve shared many times when speaking, and here in posts on ProBlogger, is to build blogs that: Inspire Inform Interact My experience is that a blog can really come alive when you not only provide readers with information, but also give them inspiration and a ...more
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Broaden Your Blog’s Reach Through Innovative Content [Case Study]
This guest post is by Tommy Walker of Inside The Mind. Back in November last year, we ran a crowd funding campaign to bring back Inside The Mind for a second season. Even though we didn’t reach our overall campaign goals, we learned two very important things: 1. Unexpected success Our campaign converted at ...more
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20+ More Bloggers to Watch: The Readers’ Choice
It’s been nearly a month since Bloggers to Watch in 2013 was published. We had a fantastic response, including some compelling recommendations via the comments section and around the web. This post presents all the bloggers that people have highlighted over the past few weeks. Mark Richards If you want ...more
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The Science of Storytelling: 6 Ways to Write More Persuasive Stories
Guest post by Gregory Ciotti. When it comes to crafting “words that sell”, the research shows us that stories are among the most persuasive forms of writing out there. Persuasive writing is an essential part of blogging—there’s no two ways about it. So if you plan on selling anything, connecting†deeply ...more
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Don’t Let Your Brain Destroy Your Blog Business
This guest post is by Steve of thecodeofextraordinarychange.com. The U.S. General Accounting Office has estimated that purchases of equipment by the military that feature new technology are delivered on time and on budget just 1% of the time.1 The worldwide scientific community has agreed unanimously that human activity on planet ...more
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Another Way Compassion Can Cure Writer’s Block
When I saw the title of Brandon’s post on compassion and writer’s block earlier today, I instantly had an idea of what the post was about. But it turns out Brandon had a different take on the topic than I do! So I wanted to add to his ideas in ...more
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How Compassion Cures Writer’s Block
This guest post is by Brandon Yawa of BrandonYawa.com. If you are a writer, I don’t have to tell you how a dark shadow dubbed “writer’s block” hoovers over all your projects like Casper, but in the form of a not-so-friendly ghost. However, I assure you, this phenomenon known as ...more
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What Studying Haikus Taught Me about Writing Blog Posts
This guest post is by Steve of Do Something Cool. A form of Japanese poetry, haikus have been around for hundreds of years. Blogging has been around for roughly two decades. On the surface, these two different forms of writing don’t have anything to do with each other. But surprisingly, understanding ...more
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