Do you have a spare 10 minutes and want a thought provoking read on blogging?
Download The Zen of Blogging (pdf). It’s a free ebook by Hunter Nuttall - not your typical ebook about blogging but a simple guide with plenty of areas of blogging to chew over. Oh, and it can be read in 10 minutes!
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The Zen Of Blogging
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Today in the NYT there’s a piece about bloggers blogging til they drop and the impact of blogging on health. I’ve been asked numerous times since the article came out for comment and I’ve had a few random thoughts. Let me post them as a stream of consciousness type post:
For starters I think people in all occupations can get stressed and suffer from ill health. I’ve had friends pass away from and survive heart attacks who work in numerous fields - including blogging. I’m a little skeptical that blogging is any more stressful than other professions - yes it can be a pressure cooker of a job - but I wonder if it’s more about the person, the way …
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On Being a Healthy Blogger
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It’s time for a reader discussion/open thread and today’s question is:
What is the Biggest Mistake That You’ve Made as a Blogger?
What in your time as a blogger do you look back on with regret, wish you’d not done or wish …
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“Hi Darren, I’ve got a website at www._____.com which I’ve had for a few years and not really done much with. I’ve heard that …
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Should I Change My Website Into a Blog?
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Last week I ran a series with five tactics for promoting a blog that I’d use if I were starting out again in blogging. To finish it off I asked readers to submit their own blog promotion tips of things that I didn’t include. The comments left were great and I wanted to highlight a few that particularly caught my attention (comments in italics are mine):
1. Frugal Dad writes - “Here are some …
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Conferences can be a prime space for bloggers to recruit new readers. Last week at SXSWi it was fascinating to watch hundreds of bloggers attempt to standout from the crowd, network and develop fruitful relationships with others there. In this video I point out 5 of the better strategies that I saw:
Unique Business Cards
Elevator Pitches that Solve Problems
Utilize Your Badge
Interview People that You Meet
Do something Out of the Box
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How to Promote Yourself (and Your Blog) at a Conference
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It’s time to summarize over 40 reviews of Vista Rewired as part of our ProBlogger community consultation.
Before we begin, congratulations must first go to our three winners!
First-place reviewer Troy has won our 1,700 visitor prize, plus a one-month featured link at Vista Rewired.
Second-place reviewer Jacob Share has won the runner-up 500 visitor prize, plus a one-month featured link at Vista Rewired.
Third-place reviewer TzuVelli has won a one-month featured link at Vista Rewired.
Here were the top 5 recommendations made by the ProBlogger readers who critiqued Vista Rewired:
1. Monetizing without overwhelming
Because the blog is well-targeted to …
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The Top 5 Recommendations for Vista Rewired
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“I’ve read your archives and have learned a lot about making money blogging but I want to go deeper!”
“Do you offer any service that helps bloggers apply the principles that you teach on ProBlogger? - I need some more hand holding.”
“I find ‘reading’ about blogging doesn’t click with me - I like your videos because I …
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Learn How To Make Money Blogging - Six Figure Blogging 2.0
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Just a quick update on the guest post situation here on ProBlogger. A couple of days ago on the spur of the moment I invited readers to submit a post for next week (and a couple of weeks in March). Within 22 …
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That’s right: by participating in our community consultation and leaving the most helpful comment reviewing Retireat21.com, you could win a 5,000 visitor StumbleUpon campaign for your blog.
How it works: You give us 1 URL, we send 5,000 stumblers to that URL. If any of them vote up your content, you get even more traffic. If your blog has never been …
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Win 5,000 Visitors by Reviewing Retireat21.com
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This guest post is one that I’m excited to publish - it’s by Tina Su from ThinkSimpleNow.com - a great blog that I’ve been a big fan of. In it Tina will share some of how she’s grow her blog from 0 to 2000 subscribers in just 90 days.
How I Got 2000 Subscribers in 3 Months
Hi, my name is Tina. I started a little blog called Think Simple Now on September 27th, 2007 with zero experience in blogging, internet marketing or writing. By the time Christmas came, 3 months later, I had …
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From 0 to 2000+ Subscribers in 90 Days
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Late this week here at ProBlogger guest blogger Justin Dupre explored the topic of swearing on blogs in his post - Dropping The F-Bomb: Blogging with Naughty Words. The response to his post was a great discussion with a variety of opinions expressed.
I thought a followup poll might be in order with the question being:
Do You Swear on a Your Blog?
Yes (Often)
Yes (Occasionally)
No Never
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To give you a taste for the opinions of others on the topic of swearing on a blog here are a few comments from the ProBlogger community on the topic taken from the comments on Justin’s post.
Reader Opinion
Rhys - “What about cultural …
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Yesterday I wrote about some of the benefits of using Twitter as a tool to improve your blog. I’ve seen tangible benefits of getting into Twitter over the last month - but it hasn’t been as simple as signing up for a Twitter account and then documenting every area of my life.
What follows is a compilation of the lessons I’m learning about how to use Twitter - some Twitter Tips for Bloggers if you like. Keep in mind that I’m very new to the medium and have made as many mistakes as anyone so far.
As mentioned yesterday - I’m a newbie to this …
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How to Use Twitter - Tips for Bloggers
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