This guest post is by Karol K. Reviews are one of the more common types of content on the internet. I’m sure you’ve looked for a review of a given product yourself once or twice. However, being on the receiving end of a review, so to speak, is a completely different ball game than actually [...]
One Essential Characteristic of a Pro Blogger [Not Your Everyday Blog Writing Advice]
Each week, my Content manager Georgina turns away around 20 or so posts for publication at ProBlogger. She tells me that maybe 5-10% of those are of a publishable standard, but they just don’t fit our audience or purpose. The rest aren’t pro-level pieces. Image courtesy stock.xchng user Valsilvae Forget for a moment that these [...]
The 4-Step Guide to Building Your Authority
This guest post is by Derek of Fear No Goal. If you want people to visit your blog—and stay there—you have to be an authority figure. This is definitely true if you are trying to solve a common problem. You have to know and understand what you are talking about. When people know you’re an [...]
The 4-Step Guide to Building Your Authority
This guest post is by Derek of Fear No Goal. If you want people to visit your blog—and stay there—you have to be an authority figure. This is definitely true if you are trying to solve a common problem. You have to know and understand what you are talking about. When people know you’re an [...]
Set a Posting Schedule that Encourages Shares and Pageviews
This guest post is by Lindsey Dahlberg of Bloggingtips.com. We’ve all heard the saying, “great content gets shared.” But what happens if yours isn’t getting shared? Does that mean you don’t have great content? Not necessarily. It could mean you have top-notch content, but you’re not posting it at the most opportunistic times of day. [...]
5 Ways to Use Images to Make Your Posts Irresistible
This week on #blogchat on Twitter, we discussed the use of images in blog posts, and I thought that some of the advice we covered there might be useful for you too. So here are my top tips for using images in your blog posts. 1. Use an image per post At Digital Photography School, [...]
The Shocking Truth about Consistent Blogging Success: How to Find Your Voice
This guest post is by Bill Zipp of billzipponbusiness.com/. It’s one of the greatest feelings in the world! You write something on your blog that goes viral. Likes explode, comments go crazy, tweets multiply, and open rates are off the charts. That’s what’s great about blogging. So when the dust settles and the warm feelings [...]
Curate a Best-Of Post that Gets Read, Used, and Shared
One of the posts I’m featuring in the carousel on Digital Photography School at the moment is the Best of dPS. If you haven’t compiled a best-of list of your most-loved posts yet, you should. It’s very sharable: Take your best posts, make them into one post, and you can be sure that your readers—current [...]
How to Blog In the Moment (or What Acting School Taught Me About Being a Better Blogger)
This guest post is by Tommy Walker of Inside The Mind. Editor’s note: We’ve broken ProBlogger’s ban on offensive language for this post, as we feel it’s necessary in this particular piece. If harsh language offends you, you may want to skip this one. In the Summer of 2005 I graduated from The New York Conservatory of [...]
This Week, Try Something New
In the last few weeks I’ve had the privilege to meet a lot of bloggers at various on and offline events. These have been great experiences that have really opened my eyes to what others are doing on their blogs, and with their audiences. It’s been a great time for learning. Image courtesy stock.xchng user [...]