Writing Copy that Catches your Readers Attention + MORE

15 Years Blogging And Still Learning – problogger.net A Guest Post by Chris Brogan from Human Business Works I started my first blog back in 1998, when it was called journaling. It was on some Geocities site whose name I no longer remember. From there, I moved to Tripod, and then to Blogger, a quick side-step into another platform or two, and then WordPress… Continue Reading On problogger.net » Writing Copy that Catches your Readers Attention – blogherald.com There are plenty of writers who have been studying for years and love the activity. It is definitely something that promotes a...

Grab the Proven Framework for Strategic Content Marketing that Works (No Charge) + MORE

The Strength of the Web: Hyperlinks and Information – dailyblogtips.com As you might have heard, right now there’s a big debate regarding the future of the web. Some people argue that the web as we know it is dying, and that it’s going to be replaced by a closed web, experienced through individual apps like the mobile ones. Others argue that this won’t happen, and that the web will remain open and accessible mainly via the browser, be it on a mobile device or on a desktop computer… Continue Reading On dailyblogtips.com » Grab the Proven Framework for Strategic Content...

How to Create Consistently Great Content for the Long Haul + MORE

How to Create Consistently Great Content for the Long Haul – copyblogger.com/blog/ Want to know a powerful secret weapon you can use in your quest for better creative output? Think of it as an industrial-strength antidote to resistance, creative blocks, and stale ideas. This amazing secret weapon is called a habit. Developing better creative habits is one of the most valuable things you can do as a content creator… Continue Reading On copyblogger.com/blog/ » Steps to A Successful First Guest Post – bloggingtips.com You should know by now that guest posting is great for driving traffic to your new blog....

Mastering the Upsell + MORE

How to Build an Affiliate Store in 15 Minutes Using WP All Import – bloggingtips.com WordPress has completely changed the way people make web sites and do business online. Through the WordPress platform, blogging is no longer just blogging… and WordPress has become an all in one content solution for nearly any type of site out there. There are thousands of themes and plugins out there that allow you to create anything you can imagine, and for those times you can’t find what you are looking for, a custom designed layout or plugins designer is just a click away… Continue...

Don’t Be A Slave To Your Content Calendar + MORE

3 Ways Your Website is Losing Readers – copyblogger.com/blog/ The last time you got into your car, did you notice if your wheels were properly aligned? My guess is that 99.99% of you didn’t even consider it. And if you did, would you really know how to check anyway? But it’s an important question. Wheels being out of alignment can decrease gas mileage, reduce the longevity of tires through uneven wear, and make handling the car more difficult… Continue Reading On copyblogger.com/blog/ » Check Out IM John Chow – dailyblogtips.com My buddy John Chow recently launched a new product, called...

Is Turning an Ebook into a Print Book Worth It? + MORE

Case Study: How Aurélien Amacker Escaped the Cubicle to Find Success in Content Marketing – copyblogger.com/blog/ This case study kicks off a new series at Copyblogger: Real-world stories of people like you who have used the “Copyblogger method” of content marketing to strengthen their businesses, launch strong new projects, and do epic work. We’re starting with the story of versatile content marketer Aurélien Amacker… Continue Reading On copyblogger.com/blog/ » From Spark to Sale in 18 Days – problogger.net Some of you will know that Darren has just headed off for a well earned 10 day break. While enjoying his holiday, Darren has...

Not a Professional Writer ? An Amateur Writers Guide to Sounding Like an Expert + MORE

Racism And Facebook Share The Spotlight In New Study – blogherald.com Facebook’s automated systems and unfortunate choice of words might be directly effecting the perceptions of racism for some users. A new study has found that the social network is finding unexpected ways to spread racist messages. While we often think of Facebook and racism as something that happens among bigoted commenters, the truth is the network’s user logs reveal a more prevalent problem… Continue Reading On blogherald.com » Is Long Form Content The New Form Content? – howtomakemyblog.com Long form content journalism and in-depth storytelling online are making a...

Here’s a Few Tips to Write Great Blog Posts + MORE

Twitter’s Most Obnoxious Tech Tweeters Revealed [Infographic] – blogherald.com Twitter has more than half a billion tweeters and with those type of numbers the social network is bound to have run-ins with some really obnoxious users. The team at Conduit decided to check out Twitter’s worst users and put together a hilarious infographic that examines the social networks most obnoxious people… Continue Reading On blogherald.com » Here’s a Few Tips to Write Great Blog Posts – bloggingtips.com It’s not enough to have something to share when you’re writing blog posts, you need to understand the techniques that will attract as many readers...

The Hipster’s Dilemma + MORE

The Hipster’s Dilemma – copyblogger.com/blog/ Dave — one of the finest hipsters that the city of Portland, Ore. had ever produced — had the crowd at the house party eating out of his hand. His frames were flawlessly authentic. His philosophizing on the unknown bands of the day, and the importance of taking long, literary afternoons in Prague was effortless… Continue Reading On copyblogger.com/blog/ » Backup Your Blog on World Backup Day! – bloggingtips.com World Backup Day is just around the corner – March 31st. On this special day, I was reminded of the Toy Story tragedy. Who can ever...

Group Writing Project: Write a ‘Discussion’ Post + MORE

3 Productivity WordPress Plugins To Easily Improve Your Blog Content – spiceupyourblog.com Guest Post – Our host is Annie Wallace, in this post Annie lists and reviews three plugins for WordPress that can help your blogging productivity.See How To Become a guest author on Spice Up Your Blog. Wouldn't it be nice if running a blog was easy? You could just hop on and feel inspired immediately, knocking out posts and having everything work out smoothly with limited stress and effort… Continue Reading On spiceupyourblog.com » Ask the Content Marketing Know-It-All – copyblogger.com/blog/ If you have a blog, you’ll know...

Why You Should Use The Purchase Cycle When Creating Your Content + MORE

The Blogging Platform with 100% Commissions – bloggingtips.com When you want to get your start with Internet marketing and having your own blog, there are a lot of pieces that need to be in place. You have to deal with registering a domain name, buying web hosting, setting up a blog, configuring plugins and all the rest. This can be incredibly time-consuming. Meanwhile, you could be spending that time actually making money instead… Continue Reading On bloggingtips.com » Give Your Tech Business A Boost With The Right Speaker – blogherald.com In today’s highly competitive tech market, it’s important that all...

7 Strategies for Growing Community on Your Blog + MORE

King Announces Two New Facebook Games: Papa Pear Saga And Farm Heroes Saga – blogherald.com King, the social gaming company behind the smash hits Candy Crush Saga and Bubble Witch Saga have announced two new games for Facebook. Now available are Papa Pear Saga and Farm Heroes Saga. Last week King.com changed its name to King in an attempt to distance itself from a web only platform. The company has promised to work more closely with Facebook and mobile platforms… Continue Reading On blogherald.com » How To Use IFTTT For Blogging And Internet Marketing – spiceupyourblog.com Guest Post – Our...

“Keep your finger on the pulse of what your readers love/hate/need/want” + MORE

5 Ways to Avoid Marketing Your Next eCourse to Everyone – thinktrafic.net If you design a course for everybody — and try to sell to everybody — you’ll dilute your voice, neuter your material, and be stuck with lackluster sales and unhappy customers. One size has never fit all! You probably know this already, right? You know about targeting your market, nicheing down and all that… Continue Reading On thinktrafic.net » Internet Marketing 101: Facilitate Comparison of Price and Features – dailyblogtips.com Two friends of mine are working on a project where they sell a study guide for an important exam...

“Keep your finger on the pulse of what your readers love/hate/need/want” + MORE

5 Ways to Avoid Marketing Your Next eCourse to Everyone – thinktrafic.net If you design a course for everybody — and try to sell to everybody — you’ll dilute your voice, neuter your material, and be stuck with lackluster sales and unhappy customers. One size has never fit all! You probably know this already, right? You know about targeting your market, nicheing down and all that… Continue Reading On thinktrafic.net » Internet Marketing 101: Facilitate Comparison of Price and Features – dailyblogtips.com Two friends of mine are working on a project where they sell a study guide for an important exam...

9 Benefits [and 3 Costs] Of Building Community On Your Blog + MORE

How emotions killing your blogging career – bloggingtips.com Blogging could be a great career for people, which not only helps in raising revenue for your sustenance but also helps you in expressing yourself. It is also a form of expressing hordes of words and sentences about your passion. However, unlike any other career, if you choose to live without a proper poise in your life, you are bound to make your emotions go uncontrolled, which could be devastating for your blogging career… Continue Reading On bloggingtips.com » 7 Ways to Write Damn Bad Copy – copyblogger.com/blog/ It’s obvious that creativity...

84 Must Read ‘How to’ Blog Posts (and 3 Winners Announced) + MORE

Meet Sophie Lizard from BeAFreelanceBlogger.com – bloggingtips.com Every blogger can benefit from the skills of a freelance blogger and that is something that Sophie Lizard of BeAFreelanceBlogger.com definitely specializes in. In addition to helping bloggers write better, Sophie also helps bloggers and writers discover how to make real money in the world of online freelance writing and blogging… Continue Reading On bloggingtips.com » 84 Must Read ‘How to’ Blog Posts (and 3 Winners Announced) – problogger.net Last week here on ProBlogger I ran a ‘Group Writing Project‘ where I invited readers to go away and write a ‘How To‘ Post...

Viral Videos – Hit or Miss? + MORE

Viral Videos – Hit or Miss? – blogherald.com Viral videos are pretty hit or miss, and not many brands can match the virality of independent series like My Drunk Kitchen or Awkward Black Girl. Still, the brands who try can end up winning big: Old Spice and Progressive are just two brands who’ve used humor, silliness and social media to achieve virtually instant name recognition… Continue Reading On blogherald.com » Grab 7 Years of Copyblogger Teaching in 20 Emails (No Charge) – copyblogger.com/blog/ Want to discover the smartest ways to mix social media, content marketing, and SEO for lead generation?...

The Wave System: How to Get Your Facebook Page Updates Seen By More People + MORE

5 Easy Ways to Make People Take Your Offer – bloggingtips.com Do you know how to reap maximum profits from your online business? It’s simple. You just need to know how to make people take your offer. In this way, no matter what you’re selling or promoting, you’ll always get people to grab it. You’ll make more sales if you know the secret to make people take your offer… Continue Reading On bloggingtips.com » Why You Should Fire Yourself – copyblogger.com/blog/ What would you do if you discovered that the secret to your success online lay in firing yourself? Would...

How to Write Interesting Content for a “Boring” Topic + MORE

How to Create GIF Images For Your Blog – Step-By-Step Guide – howtomakemyblog.com GIFs are an easy way to give your blog a trendy and fun touch that your readers will love. They make for interesting content. Continue Reading On howtomakemyblog.com » Killer Secrets to Increasing the Speed of Your Blog – bloggingtips.com You think once you’ve detected that your site’s load speed is low your job is done and you can just pass it over to your tech guys? Think again. A pro SEO should also know the basics of HTML, CSS, PHP and JavaScript in order to ensure...

Rock Stars, Goonies, and your Content Marketing Empire + MORE

Rock Stars, Goonies, and your Content Marketing Empire – copyblogger.com/blog/ As Beth mentioned yesterday, the Copyblogger team is back from a get-together in Austin during SXSWi. As you might imagine with this crew, we had a lot of fascinating conversations. One thing that struck me again and again was that even though we have a lot of employees you might call “rock stars,” none of them would in 10,000 years describe themselves that way… Continue Reading On copyblogger.com/blog/ » Make Money Blogging: What’s Stopping You? – bloggingtips.com Almost every blogger thinks that making money from their blog would be nice...

13 Reasons Why Being A Blogger Rocks [Infographic] + MORE

How to Create Killer Interviews with Bloggers – bloggingtips.com There are hardly any better useful pieces of link bait than Blog interviews which actually can help to better your SEO efforts. You can use audio or video recording software and a little bit of editing which can give you a good return of your time investment. One of the most important things that an interviewer must not forget is to take time to research their potential candidates and get to know the subject material… Continue Reading On bloggingtips.com » Facebook Earned Enough In 2012 To Pay Each Employee $1.1 Million...

Creating Blogs and Products Around Hot Trends and Niche Topics + MORE

Flickr Adds Hashtags To iOS App – blogherald.com Flickr on Saturday rolled out an update to its iOS app. The new update includes the ability to add hashtags to photo titles and descriptions. For years Flickr has allowed users to add and search for “Tags” but the industry in general has moved towards the Twitter friendly hashtag setup. Flickr isn’t the first social network to jump on the hashtag bandwagon, Facebook owned Instagram also offers the tags, as does Pinterest… Continue Reading On blogherald.com » Group Writing Project: Write a ‘How To…’ Post – problogger.net Years ago here on ProBlogger...

INFOGRAPHIC: Mean, Green Drink Recipes for St. Patrick’s Day + MORE

INFOGRAPHIC: Mean, Green Drink Recipes for St. Patrick’s Day – blogherald.com St Patrick’s Day is here! If you are looking for something different from pints of Guinness then try some of these drink suggestions below. If you’re a beer lover don’t forget to use these apps. [Via: Halloween Express] Continue Reading On blogherald.com » Financial Planning for Bloggers – problogger.net We all strive to have our personal finances in order.   Managing our financial resources wisely brings peace, security, and allows us to utilize our financial resources on in ways that are important to us. Proper financial planning requires work and...

The Top 5 Reasons People Aren’t Reading Your Blog! + MORE

5 Content Marketing Links Worth Reading – copyblogger.com/blog/ This week on The Lede … The One Tool that Will Make You Better at Everything Is Audio The Next Big Thing In Digital Marketing? 4 Reasons Content is the Startup of the Future A “Revolutionary” Marketing Strategy Thomas Edison, Power-Napper Want to grab even more useful links (beyond those that make The Lede)? Follow @copyblogger on Twitter… Continue Reading On copyblogger.com/blog/ » The Top 5 Reasons People Aren’t Reading Your Blog! – spiceupyourblog.com Guest Post – Our host is Amy Harris, Amy is trying to get to the core problem of...