31
2020
Seven Important Things I’ve Learnt from Eleven Years of Freelance Blogging
Have you ever thought of giving paid blogging a go? Maybe you see it as a means to an end, or perhaps a handy way to make some extra money to support your own blog. But paid blogging can also be a great way to super-charge your growth as a blogger. I’ve been a paid blogger for more than 11 years, and in that time I’ve learnt all sorts of useful things. Getting a behind-the-scenes […]
28
2020
How to Create Products and Sell Them on Your Blog
This post is based on episode 67 of the ProBlogger podcast. This week I want to talk about creating a product for your blog. Last month I talked about my various profit streams, and how nearly a third of my profits come from product sales. And that’s obviously one good reason to create and sell products – it’s a great way to monetize your blog. But there’s another reason you should do it that goes beyond […]
27
2020
What 2 Travel Blogging Factors Help You Go Pro?
Do you want to jump into the travel blogging game but feel worried about the competition? Consider two travel blogging factors that help you go pro. Bloggers tend to overlook these two factors because most worry about the competition. Kick this fear out of your mind right now. Blog from a creative, not competitive, energy. Making this simple shift does wonders for your travel blogging campaign because you see these two factors easily separate you […]
21
2020
9 Blogging Hurdles I’ve Faced as a Blogger and How I Got over Them
This post is based on episode 57 of the ProBlogger podcast. Today I want to talk about nine hurdles I’ve faced as a blogger, and how I got over them. While you may never have to deal with them all, chances are there’s at least one you’ve either faced in the past or will face in the future. And so hopefully you’ll be able to get over them (or perhaps around them) without them slowing […]
21
2020
A Tour of My Home Live Streaming Studio
This year I’ve attempted to do live streaming Q&A sessions on the ProBlogger Facebook page on a weekly basis. I have noticed that each time I do go live, I’m getting more and more questions about my set up for live video – whether that’s about what camera I use, my lights, workflow process or the software that helps the whole production. My set up has evolved over the last few years. Then, late in […]
19
2020
NutriProfits Affiliate Program: It’s a Beautiful Thing
One of the most lucrative verticals you can get into as an affiliate marketing professional is health and beauty. The target demographic for this industry is one that is very open to spending money, so creates a win-win opportunity for both you as the affiliate and the vendor as the advertiser. And if you really want to take in top dollar, you’ll want to take a closer look at the NutriProfits affiliate program. Health and […]
12
2020
How to Turn a Boring Blog into Something Special
List building is one of the things you hear and read about everyday in blogging and content marketing. Email marketing in itself is a whole lot of work put together. Many successful bloggers have succeeded to build a large list for their businesses and that works with a lot of attraction. Well, the size of your email list isn’t always a point. The quality and relevance are the most important factors. These go a long […]
5
2020
What Can You Blog About When All the Good Ideas Are Already Taken?
When you’re trying to come up with a great idea for a blog post, does it seem like every topic has already been done to death? You might want to write about your ten favourite WordPress plugins. But a quick Google search shows there are dozens of similar posts. Maybe you want to share your experience of raising children, but you know loads of blogs already covering similar ground. Whatever your idea is, there’s a […]
30
2020
The Key to Long-Term Traffic and Profit for Your Blog
This post is based on episode 201 of the ProBlogger podcast. “How do you create content that goes viral?” I remember getting this question from a new blogger. They wanted a post to go viral on their blog, thinking it would suddenly shoot their blog’s traffic and profit into the stratosphere. And who knows? It may have done just that. Unfortunately, without having plenty of content in their archive there’s a good chance those numbers would have […]
26
2020
Some Unexpected Ways In Which Literature Reviews Can Boost Your Blogging Career
Mark Zeni Lots of students that dream of a successful blogging career don’t even know that their homework (commonly considered as pain in the neck) can go a long way towards realizing this dream. In today’s article, we’re going to take a closer look at such a popular type of academic assignment as literature review and prove that it can help you develop the skills indispensable for a blogger. What do we call a literature […]