18th of August 2012 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

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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From Blog to Profitable Business in Four Steps
2nd of July 2012 Guest Blogger 0 Comments

From Blog to Profitable Business in Four Steps

This guest post is by Michael Chibuzor of Content Marketing Up. Let’s face it: updating your blog on a daily basis doesn’t necessarily make you smart. It might be helpful, but there is more to blogging than writing. How about doing this online “thing” as if it’s a real business? A brick ...more
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Tips and Techniques for Selling Training on Your Blog
30th of June 2012 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

Tips and Techniques for Selling Training on Your Blog

Training and electronic courses are common product offerings for bloggers, and as the range of tools and services available to help us create and market engaging courses has grown, so has the competition in this space. Jules Clancy talked earlier today about offering classes and training as a blog business ...more
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Blog Business Model 5: Sell Training and Courses
30th of June 2012 Guest Blogger 0 Comments

Blog Business Model 5: Sell Training and Courses

This is the fifth post in our series on Blog Business Models. When you think of online training as a blogging business model, cookery classes may not be the first topic that springs to mind. But Jules Clancy of The Stone Soup has created a successful cooking class business around ...more
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10 Popular Affiliate Programs for Small and Medium-sized Blogs
29th of June 2012 Guest Blogger 0 Comments

10 Popular Affiliate Programs for Small and Medium-sized Blogs

As we’ve already seen today, affiliate marketing is a relatively trouble-free way for bloggers and other website owners to earn money. In fact, these days, even social media sites can become lucrative platforms for affiliate marketing campaigns. Because affiliate marketing doesn’t require affiliates to offer their own products or services ...more
Affiliate Programs
More Affiliate Marketing Advice, Tips, and Techniques
29th of June 2012 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

More Affiliate Marketing Advice, Tips, and Techniques

Affiliate marketing is one of the blogger’s mainstay business models. It’s simple, and as Anshul proved when he shared his story earlier today, it works—but it does take effort and commitment. The first challenge is to understand how the process works, and for that I can point you to no ...more
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Blog Business Models 4: Affiliate Marketing
29th of June 2012 Guest Blogger 0 Comments

Blog Business Models 4: Affiliate Marketing

This guest post is by Anshul Dayal of Nichsense Niche Marketing. This is the fourth post in our series on Blog Business Models. Many entrepreneurs who own successful online businesses have followed similar paths through the world of blogging, internet, and affiliate marketing. Perhaps they were working a never-ending grind stuck ...more
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Get Started Selling Electronic Products on Your Blog
28th of June 2012 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

Get Started Selling Electronic Products on Your Blog

Today I explained a bit about the strategy I use to sell electronic products through my blog at Digital Photography School. I sell ebooks, but as technology evolves, bloggers face a growing array of product creation possibilities. Just as many hop on board the product bandwagon, so many keep well ...more
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Blog Business Model 3: Sell Electronic Products
28th of June 2012 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

Blog Business Model 3: Sell Electronic Products

This is the third post in our series on Blog Business Models. On Digital Photography School, we currently sell nine ebooks on different aspects of photography. When you look at the blog now, it looks as if it was built to sell products, but it wasn’t. The site is five ...more
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