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ProBlogger Podcast: Blog Tips to Help You Make Money Blogging281: Join our 7 Day Content SprintUPDATE: Because our free March Content Sprint was so popular we are now running a series of paid 7-Day Content Sprints running Live:
13-19 July 2020
17-23 August 2020
14-20 September
More information and sign-up here: https://problogger.com/contentsprint/
A Free 7-Day Course to Create New Content
Does your blog need a momentum boost? We’ve decided to run a LIVE 7-day Content Sprint to help support you create a plan and 6 new pieces of content for your blog in just 7 days.
Starting next week (Monday 23rd March at 5pm PDT/8pm EDT / Tu...
2020-03-2412 minPodcasts Archive - ProBlogger281: Join our 7 Day Content SprintThe post 281: Join our 7 Day Content Sprint appeared first on ProBlogger.
UPDATE: Because our free March Content Sprint was so popular we are now running a series of paid 7-Day Content Sprints running Live:
13-19 July 2020
17-23 August 2020
14-20 September
More information and sign-up here: https://problogger.com/contentsprint/
A Free 7-Day Course to Create New Content
Does your blog need a momentum boost? We’ve decided to run a LIVE 7-day Content Sprint to help support you create a plan and 6 new pieces of content for your blog in just 7 days....
2020-03-2412 minProBlogger Podcast: Blog Tips to Help You Make Money Blogging280: COVID19 – How to Approach Blogging Through This Crisis
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Hey there friends, it’s Darren Rowse from ProBlogger here. Welcome to episode 280 of the ProBlogger podcast.
It’s been a while since we chatted and I do apologize for that, I needed a little time to get my headspace right and work on a couple of other projects, but I’m glad to be back. I’m particularly glad to be back at this time that we find ourselves in. We currently find ourselves in a bit of a crazy time with COVID-19, CoronaVirus, and all t...
2020-03-2337 minPodcasts Archive - ProBlogger280: COVID19 – How to Approach Blogging Through This CrisisThe post 280: COVID19 – How to Approach Blogging Through This Crisis appeared first on ProBlogger.
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Hey there friends, it’s Darren Rowse from ProBlogger here. Welcome to episode 280 of the ProBlogger podcast.
It’s been a while since we chatted and I do apologize for that, I needed a little time to get my headspace right and work on a couple of other projects, but I’m glad to be back. I’m particularly glad to be back at this time that we find ourselves i...
2020-03-2337 min
We Are Podcast182. 7 Things You Can Do Today That Will Pay Off on Your Podcast Forever with Darren RowseAre you a procrastinator? 20% of adults claim to be prone to procrastination, and I suspect that percentage is even higher among creatives and entrepreneurs. What if you could work around your procrastination and get some simple things done that could pay off forever? Welcome to Should I Start A Podcast where each week Ronsley Vaz, with the help of a star-studded entrepreneurial guest lineup, explores why you should start a podcast; build an audience, and how to keep them hungry for more. If you have a podcast and are looking for some practical ways to b...
2020-01-2351 minPodcasts Archive - ProBlogger278: Evolve Don’t Revolve Your BloggingThe post 278: Evolve Don’t Revolve Your Blogging appeared first on ProBlogger.
Evolve Your Blog
Does it feel like you’re going around in circles with your blog? It’s easy to revolve in your blogging.
Let’s look back at my keynote presentation titled, Evolve Don’t Revolve, from ProBlogger’s Evolve event in 2017.
It highlights my journey as a blogger and areas where you can evolve your own blog and online business.
Plus, the 2017 keynote features a Q & A with Pat Flynn, who shares how he achieved s...
2019-06-261h 29ProBlogger Podcast: Blog Tips to Help You Make Money Blogging270: How One Blogger Changed Her Life by Starting a BlogHow Starting a Blog Helped Transform the Life of a Blogger
Happy New Year!
This first episode of 2019 launches a series of stories from new bloggers who started their blogs after completing our free Start a Blog course.
The course features seven steps, which makes it a perfect way to celebrate International Start a Blog Day on February 7.
The first story comes from Denise Bumby, who took our course last year and launched her Does Size Matter? blog about six months ago.
Denise was searching for a wa...
2019-01-2116 minProBlogger Podcast: Blog Tips to Help You Make Money Blogging246: 9 Ways to Accelerate the Growth of Your Blog9 Things I Wish I Knew About Blogging That Will Accelerate the Growth of YOUR Blog
In today’s episode I want to share my keynote at this year’s Social Media Marketing World – 9 Things I Wish I Knew About Blogging that Will Accelerate the Growth of YOUR Blog.
Here are the slides from my talk:
9 Things I Wish I Knew About Blogging that Will Accelerate the Growth of Your Blog from Darren Rowse
Keep focusing on the pillars of pro blogging:
Profitable blogs are built on great...
2018-05-0753 minProBlogger Podcast: Blog Tips to Help You Make Money Blogging241: Trends in Social Media – Where Should You Focus Your Energy?Social Media Trends – Where Should You Focus Your Energy
In our last episode I covered seven trends in social media and blogging. In today’s episode I want to discuss where you should focus your energy as a blogger.
There’s so much we could do.but what should we do?
Don’t become overwhelmed and perplexed. Instead, be inspired about where to put your effort.
Should you focus on:
live video?
bots and messenger marketing?
Facebook advertising?
long-form video?
Instagram stories?
blog?
all of the above?
And how...
2018-04-0231 min
Youpreneur: The Profitable Personal Brand Expert Business!From ProBlogger, to Finally ProPodcaster, with Darren RowseTwo hundred episodes into his own podcast, ProBlogger Darren Rowse joins the show again to talk about his experiences with hosting his own show and how he's leveled up to ProPodcaster.We also talk about how he has been converting his podcast listeners into blog readers (and vice versa) and what we both have planned for our respective podcasts in the future.Tune in as we also get into a great mastermind session on how to keep your podcast content fresh by mixing things up, how we handle batch recordings and how we put our...
2018-01-1840 minProBlogger Podcast: Blog Tips to Help You Make Money Blogging232: Collaborative Blogging – How One Blogger Started a Blog with Over 200 CollaboratorsCollaborative Blogging – One Blogger Shares How She Started a Blog with over 200 Collaborators
Today’s episode is the last in our series where I handed the podcast over to you, the listeners, to tell your stories and tips of starting and growing your blogs. It was all part of our Start a Blog course, which launches tomorrow.
Today’s episode features blogger Chrissann Nickel from Women Who Live on Rocks. She shares her challenges and insights when it comes to collaboration, not listening to critiques, and working with multiple writers.
Links and Res...
2018-01-0916 minProBlogger Podcast: Blog Tips to Help You Make Money Blogging231: From Imposter Syndrome to Tech Influencer – One Tech Podcaster Shares His StoryFrom Imposter Syndrome to Tech Influencer – A Tech Podcaster Tells His Story
Today’s episode continues our series where I hand the podcast over to you, the listeners, to tell your stories and tips of starting and growing your blogs.
Today’s blogger is Neil Hughes from Technology Blog Writer. Neil shares how he started out writing articles on LinkedIn, and talks about some of his struggles, accomplishments, and goals.
Links and Resources for From Imposter Syndrome to Tech Influencer – One Tech Podcaster Shares His Story
Technology Blog Writer Blogger Neil Hug...
2018-01-0818 minProBlogger Podcast: Blog Tips to Help You Make Money Blogging230: How a Blog Helped Grow My Voice Coaching BusinessHow a Blog Helped Grow a Voice Coaching Business
In our continuing series of blogger stories I’m handing the podcast over to you, our listeners, to tell your stories and tips of starting and growing your blogs.
This series started in episode 221, and is helping us launch our new (and completely free) ‘Start a Blog’ course that will go live on 10 January 2018. You can sign up to reserve your spot in the course at problogger.com/startablog.
Today’s short and sweet episode comes from My Happy Voice blogger Vahn Petit, and...
2018-01-0518 minProBlogger Podcast: Blog Tips to Help You Make Money Blogging229: 2 Finance Bloggers Share their Tips for Building Blogs from Hobby to a Full Time Business2 Finance Bloggers Share their Tips for Taking Blogs from a Hobby to a Full Time Business
Once again we’re handing the podcast over to you, the listeners, to tell your stories and tips of starting and growing your blogs.
Since episode 221 we’ve been hearing from our listeners about their blogs as a lead up to our new (and completely free) ‘Start a Blog course’, which goes live on 10 January 2018. You can sign up to reserve your spot in the course at problogger.com/startablog.
Today we’re we’re featuring ano...
2018-01-0425 minProBlogger Podcast: Blog Tips to Help You Make Money Blogging227: 3 Travel Bloggers Share their Stories and Tips3 Travel Bloggers Share Their Tips and Stories
Once again I’m handing the podcast over to you, our listeners, to share your stories and tips of starting and growing your blogs.
I started this series towards the end of last year with episode 221: From 0 to 500,000 Page Views a Month – A DIY Blogger Shares Her Story
Today I’ve got three blogger stories for you. And like our ‘tech blogger’ episode 222, I’ve put together stories from three travel and tourism bloggers.
Links and Resources for 3 Travel Bloggers Share their Stories and Ti...
2018-01-0227 minProBlogger Podcast: Blog Tips to Help You Make Money Blogging226: From Passion Project to Over $100,000 in Advertising Revenue – a Dating Ideas Blogger Shares Her StoryOver $100,000 in Ad Revenue – a Dating Ideas Blogger Tells Her Story
It’s the beginning of January, and I want to wish you all a Happy New Year. You may want to kick off the new year with our Start a Blog Course.
Today we’re resuming our series of blogger stories where I hand the podcast over to you, our listeners, to tell your stories and tips of starting and growing your blogs.
Kristen Manieri from Orlando, Florida started a blog with no real plan to make money. Kristen writes about d...
2018-01-0114 minProBlogger Podcast: Blog Tips to Help You Make Money Blogging225: How One Nutritionist Uses Her Blog to Grow Her BusinessHow One Nutritionist Uses Her Blog to Help Grow Her Business
Here’s another episode where I hand the podcast over to you, our listeners, to tell your stories and tips of starting and growing your blogs.
In today’s episode I’ve got Aussie blogger Nina—one of the attendees from our recent events in Australia. She came to our mastermind day, and I really enjoyed getting to hear a little bit of her story there. And I wanted to include her story today because it illustrates another model of building an income a...
2017-12-2212 minProBlogger Podcast: Blog Tips to Help You Make Money Blogging219: I’d like to Feature YOU on the ProBlogger PodcastAn Invitation for YOU to Be Featured on the ProBlogger Podcast
Today’s podcast is a little different. It’s an invitation for YOU to be featured in an upcoming episode of the ProBlogger podcast.
Early next year we’ll be releasing a brand new free course for bloggers to help them launch their blogs.
And in the lead up we want to feature stories and tips from ProBlogger listeners and readers who’ve already started their own blogs.
So if you’ve started a blog, whether it was recently or...
2017-12-0412 minProBlogger Podcast: Blog Tips to Help You Make Money Blogging218: How to Set Smart Blogging Goals for the New YearUsing the SMART Approach to Set Your Blogging Goals for 2018
It’s that time of year where many of us are reviewing the year gone by and setting our blogging goals for 2018.
Goal setting is really important in any venture. Without goals, your actions tend to be aimless and random. By setting something specific to aim at, you’ll be motivated and more focused in your efforts.
A lot has been written about goal setting over the years. But one way to set your goals is to use the SMART approach, where S...
2017-11-2725 minProBlogger Podcast: Blog Tips to Help You Make Money Blogging216: How to Create a Style Guide for Your Blog (and Why You Should)How and Why You Should Create Style Guides for Your Blog
In today’s episode, I talk about style guides for blogs – why they’re important, and what elements you should include in yours.
Links and Resources for How to Create a Style Guide for Your Blog
AP Stylebook
The Chicago Manual of Style
Virtual Tickets
Facebook group
Further Reading and Listening for How to Create a Style Guide for Your Blog
10 Writing Tips to Help You Sound More Human
How and Why to Create a Blog Style Guide
How to Cre...
2017-11-1332 minProBlogger Podcast: Blog Tips to Help You Make Money Blogging215: Simplify Your Business and Make More Money BloggingWays You Can Simplify Your Business and Increase Your Blogging Profitability
Today, I want to share two big lessons I learned this year at our Australian ProBlogger events. They were lessons I think apply to many aspects of blogging and online business.
It’s all about simplifying what you do while making more profit.
I’m heading to Dallas for our Success Incubator event and to speak at FinCon in a few days time. So I’ll be taking a couple of weeks off the podcast to travel and focus on the eve...
2017-10-1636 minProBlogger Podcast: Blog Tips to Help You Make Money Blogging213: Blogging and Content Marketing: 10 Things To Know10 Things I Wish I Knew About Blogging and Content Marketing When I Started
Today, I want to share the audio of a keynote I gave at a conference early last year about 10 things I wish I’d known about blogging and creating content for content marketing when I started.
In episodes 204 and 205 I shared some recordings of keynotes I’ve given, and the response from many of you was that you wanted to hear more of that style of podcast. So today I dug out a talk I gave at the Super Fast Busi...
2017-10-021h 08ProBlogger Podcast: Blog Tips to Help You Make Money Blogging210: Launching a Blog: How Many Posts Do You Need?How Many Live Posts Do You Need When You Launch Your Blog
Today, I want to answer a question almost every blogger asks when they start blogging: How many posts should I have live before I launch my blog?
It’s a common question I get, and while I’ve mentioned a few approaches in other episodes today I’m tackling the topic specifically.
So if you’re starting a blog for the first time, or thinking of starting a second blog, this podcast is for you.
Links and Resource...
2017-09-1124 minProBlogger Podcast: Blog Tips to Help You Make Money Blogging203: How to Approach Influencers in Your Niche
How to Connect With Influencers in Your Niche
Today I want to share some teaching on how to approach influencers and other well known people in your niche (or outside it too).
One of the most powerful ways to grow your profile, audience and brand is to connect with others in your niche. The benefits of doing it can be many and varied – the opportunities that flow from these interactions can be pretty cool for the growth of your blog….
BUT doing it the wrong way can also hurt your blog and...
2017-07-2449 minProBlogger Podcast: Blog Tips to Help You Make Money Blogging201: The Secret to Building a Blog with Big Traffic and ProfitHow to Build Traffic and Profit into Your Blog
On today’s episode I want to talk about a key to creating a blog with lots of traffic and profit.
The topic comes from a conversation I had this morning with a new blogger who was asking me about how to create content that would go viral and as I look back at the growth of my own blogs I think it’s an important lesson to my own business’s growth.
Links and Resources on The Secret to Buildin...
2017-07-1023 minProBlogger Podcast: Blog Tips to Help You Make Money Blogging190: How to Overcome Failure in 6 StepsHow to Move Through Failure in 6 Steps
In today’s lesson, I want to talk about failure in business and how to move through it.
I’ve been asked questions on this topic a number of times in the last few weeks and while it’s a topic most of us probably don’t want to have to learn about – it’s something that we all will need to deal with at one point or another because it’s a part of any business story.
We all fail – in fact failure is an essential...
2017-04-2425 minProBlogger Podcast: Blog Tips to Help You Make Money Blogging188: How to Build Two Successful Blogs (and the Pros and Cons of Doing so)The Pros and Cons of Having More Than One Blog
In today’s lesson, I want to talk about having more than one blog on the go at once.
Regular listeners of this podcast know I have two main blog – ProBlogger and Digital Photography School. I’m fortunate enough to have been able to build them up so that either one of them could be a full time venture which is great – but having two businesses to focus upon not only comes with some benefits – but some costs.
In this episode I want to...
2017-04-1041 minProBlogger Podcast: Blog Tips to Help You Make Money Blogging186: A Step-By-Step Guide to How I Write a Blog PostHow I Write a Blog Post – My Step-By-Step Process
Today, I want to walk you through my step by step process for writing a blog post!
I get asked about this regularly over in the ProBlogger podcast listeners Facebook group. So today I put together some notes on the workflow I use and want to run you through.
Before I do – and speaking of the Facebook group – I wanted to let you know that I’ve shared some exciting news with members of that group in the last week – particularly about an event th...
2017-03-2730 minProBlogger Podcast: Blog Tips to Help You Make Money Blogging185: How to Get a Blogging JobHow to Apply for a Blogging Job
In today’s lesson, I want to talk about finding a job as a blogger – particularly how to apply for a blogging job.
Back in 2006 I noticed I started getting a lot of two types of emails:
People wanting to hire bloggers would email me asking if I knew anyone suitable for a blogging job that they had.
Bloggers would email asking if I knew anyone looking to hire a blogger.
After months of getting these kinds of emails and manually playing matchmaker I deci...
2017-03-2023 minProBlogger Podcast: Blog Tips to Help You Make Money Blogging184: 2 Blog Monetization Strategies that Have Increased My Blogs Earnings by over 40%Strategies to Increase Your Blog Earnings
In today’s lesson, I want to talk about two things I’ve been doing on my main blog to increase the profitability of the blog – both have been working really well!
I’m going to talk about 3 income streams in particular – AdSense Ad network (although this will be relevant to other networks too), Affiliate promotions and selling our own products.
So if you want to increase the profitability of your blog – this show is for you.
Further Resources on 2 Blog Monetization Strategies that Have In...
2017-03-1325 minProBlogger Podcast: Blog Tips to Help You Make Money Blogging183: 9 Types of Questions to Ask On Your FaceBook Page to Get More CommentsThe 9 Questions You Can Ask to Increase FaceBook Engagement
In today’s lesson, I want to give you some really practical things that you can do to increase engagement – particularly to get people to comment – on your Facebook page and if you have them – groups.
Most bloggers spend a lot of time on Facebook and it’s for good reason. The amount of potential readers for our blogs who are on Facebook on a daily basis is staggering. It’s where people are online and so it makes sense to have a presence there.
2017-03-0637 minProBlogger Podcast: Blog Tips to Help You Make Money Blogging180: 7 Types of Facebook Live Videos that Grow Your Audience, Build Your Brand and Make MoneyWays to Use Facebook Live to Grow Your Blog
In today’s lesson, I want to talk about Facebook live video which is a technology that has been around for a while now on Facebook and that I think continues to be something that bloggers could get a lot of value out of.
We’ve seen Facebook continue to develop it over the last 12 months. Initially, it was only available to larger influencers and verified account holders, then they opened it up to everyone and in the last few weeks they’ve made it so...
2017-02-1321 minProBlogger Podcast: Blog Tips to Help You Make Money Blogging178: How to Get Products to Review on Your BlogStrategies to Get Products to Review on Your Blog
In today’s lesson, I want to share 7 strategies that I used to get products to review on my first ever commercial blog – a camera review blog.
It’s not always easy to get products to review in the early days of a blog when you perhaps don’t have a big profile so in this episode I rewind the clock to when I was just starting out and share how I did it.
So if you’d like to create more product re...
2017-01-3026 min
The Foundr Podcast with Nathan Chan128: The Godfather of Blogging Shares How to Create Content People Love - Darren Rowse of ProbloggerThe internet marketing scene is not exactly known for being grounded and humble. It's often as bombastic and self-inflated as a hip-hop rap battle. That’s why it comes as such a surprise to find that Darren Rowse, one of the world’s most successful bloggers, is so … normal.His down-to-earth nature is only the first thing that will surprise you. The second is where he's from—Rowse isn’t from Silicon Valley, or even the United States as many assume. Rather, he hails from from Melbourne in Australia’s southeastern corner.Rowse currently has two active bl...
2017-01-2556 minProBlogger Podcast: Blog Tips to Help You Make Money Blogging176: How to Create Scannable Content: 19 Techniques in 19 MinutesTechniques to Create Scannable Content for Your Blog
In today’s lesson, I want to share a simple way to write content that is much more likely to be actually read, understood and acted upon by your readers.
We’re going to talk about techniques for creating more scannable content for your blog.
As bloggers, we put a lot of time into carefully choosing the right words for our blog posts but many times what stops people really engaging with our content is the way those words are arranged on the page...
2017-01-1621 minProBlogger Podcast: Blog Tips to Help You Make Money Blogging175: How to Quit Your Job and Build an Online BusinessHow to Think About Giving up Your Day Job for an Online Business
In today’s lesson I want to tell you a story – a story of advice I was given when I was starting out that I ignored – a story of regret and a story that I hope might move you to taking some action!
Listen in the player above or here on iTunes.
Further Resources on How to Quit Your Job and Build an Online Business
Becoming a ProBlogger – A story in Many Parts
How to Start a Blog in...
2017-01-0912 minProBlogger Podcast: Blog Tips to Help You Make Money Blogging174: An Alternate New Year’s Resolution That Will Transform Your Blogging for 2017An Alternate Resolution to Transform Your Blogging in 2017
In today’s lesson I want to talk about New Year’s Resolutions and Goals and want to suggest setting a goal that I think will help to set your blogging up for a great year of blogging.
In fact – I’m really excited about this episode because it’s an alternative way of thinking about New Year’s goals and resolutions – something I’ve never really considered before that I am really excited to try myself.
So if you’re looking at the new year and ar...
2017-01-0210 minProBlogger Podcast: Blog Tips to Help You Make Money Blogging173: How to Use Quotes in Your Blog Content Legally and EthicallyUsing Quotes in Your Blog Legally and Ethically
In today’s lesson, I want to talk about using quotes on your blog.
I’m regularly asked – particularly by new bloggers – what the etiquette and legalities are around using content that others have written in your own content – or the practice of quoting others.
It’s a good question because quoting others and building upon their ideas with your blog can be one way to improve the quality of your content, serve your readers and build relationships with others (the ones that you quote).
2016-12-2627 minProBlogger Podcast: Blog Tips to Help You Make Money Blogging171: How I Doubled My Blogging Income and Had My Most Profitable Month EverHow I Doubled My Blogging Income to Achieve the Most Profitable Month
In today’s lesson, I want to talk about my blogs monetization strategy that is responsible for our biggest month of profit every year.
Back in December 2010, I rather impulsively did something on my photography blog that led to our biggest month of earnings ever. It almost doubled a normal month of earnings on my blogs.
It was our very first 12 deals of Christmas campaign.
In this episode, I want to walk you through exactly what I did that fi...
2016-12-1243 minProBlogger Podcast: Blog Tips to Help You Make Money Blogging170: How to Stay Inspired and Avoid Bloggers Burn OutHow to Stay Inspired and Avoid Bloggers Burn Out
In today’s lesson I want to talk about blogger burnout and how to avoid it.
Most bloggers start out blogging with an incredible burst of passion, excitement and energy with their blogging, but usually at some point within the first year or two, many bloggers come up against their first bout of blogger burnout.
It can happen in different ways and for different reasons. Some bloggers push through it and others get stopped in their tracks by it. Most successful bloggers go...
2016-12-0539 minProBlogger Podcast: Blog Tips to Help You Make Money Blogging169: How to Transition from a Single Author Blog to Multi Author BlogTransitioning From Single Author Blog to Multi Author Blog
In today’s lesson, I want to talk about hiring writers for your blog. In order to do so, I want to share a case study of how I took my own photography blog from a single author blog, publishing 3 posts a week, to a blog that now has around 50 writers, and I don’t write anything.
Most bloggers start out blogging as single author blogs and many remain that way. Even so, I’m regularly asked by bloggers how to add new writers to the...
2016-11-2951 minProBlogger Podcast: Blog Tips to Help You Make Money Blogging168: How to Edit Blog Posts in 7 Easy StepsEdit Your Blog Posts With Seven Simple Steps
A lot is taught about the importance of writing great blog posts, but it is in the editing of your writing that your post can really be made to shine. If left unedited, it can create a very different impression that can hurt people’s view of you and your blog.
In today’s episode, I want to share with you a simple 7 step process to editing your posts. We’re going to talk a little about proof reading but also some bigger picture editing too – because really fi...
2016-11-2126 minProBlogger Podcast: Blog Tips to Help You Make Money Blogging163: 3 Productivity Tips to Help You Build Healthy Habits3 Tips to Help You Increase Your Productivity
In today’s lesson, I want to chat about how to be more productive in your blogging (and life) through building good habits and systems into what you do.
It’s so easy as an online entrepreneur to slip into bad habits when it comes to using our time or to lead a life where we spend our time frantically moving from one urgent thing to another without really putting much thought into what we need to get done.
So today, I want to shar...
2016-10-2723 minProBlogger Podcast: Blog Tips to Help You Make Money Blogging160: Challenge: How to Write an Opinion Post on Your BlogChallenge: Write an Opinion Post on Your Blog
In today’s episode, I’m issuing you with a challenge to create a piece of content that centers around your opinion on a topic relevant to your audience.
Adding your opinion to your content is such an important way to make your blog more useful to your audience, and it also makes it stand out from the crowd.
Today, I’m going to share with you not only why opinion posts are so important, but I also want to give you some practi...
2016-10-1724 minProBlogger Podcast: Blog Tips to Help You Make Money Blogging159: How to Build Hundreds Links to Your Blog in 5 Minutes a DayLink Building Tip – Generate Hundreds of Links for Your Blog in 5 Minutes a Day
In today’s lesson, you are going to learn a simple technique that has generated 100 new links for my blogs in the last month.
This technique is fairly simple, and it only takes me about 5 to 10 minutes to do it. Yet, this technique is quite powerful.
Incoming links to your blog are important because they drive traffic to your site from other parts of the web, and they also help you to rank higher in search engines like...
2016-10-1320 minProBlogger Podcast: Blog Tips to Help You Make Money Blogging158: How to Get Moving Again When You’re Feeling StuckFeeling Stuck? How to Regain Momentum
Are you feeling stuck with some area of your blogging or business life? If so, today’s episode is for you because I’m going to talk about getting unstuck and building momentum.
What we are going to talk about today applies to many areas of life, but we are going to focus particularly on blogging and business. I am going to share with you a simple tip to help you get unstuck.
Take imperfect action is a theme that came up numerous times...
2016-10-1015 minProBlogger Podcast: Blog Tips to Help You Make Money Blogging157: Perfection is a Fairytale – An Interview with Brian FanzoAn Interview with Brian Fanzo – Perfection is a Fairytale
Today, I have a great conversation to play for you. It’s a conversation that we recorded at the ProBlogger Event with our opening keynote speaker, Brian Fanzo from iSocialFanz.
Brian is someone that I’ve admired for the last couple of years. I happened to stumble upon Brian on Periscope, where he was discussing using live video and high level methods of using newer social platforms.
Brian knew what he was talking about at a technical level, but he also really had he...
2016-10-0625 minProBlogger Podcast: Blog Tips to Help You Make Money Blogging156: How to Write Great Blog Post Titles11 Techniques for Writing Great Blog Post Titles
Today, I’m going to talk about crafting the titles for your blog posts. This is such an important topic, and I can’t believe I haven’t done a podcast about it in the last 155 episodes.
This is a topic I get asked about quite a bit. Get your title right and it will completely change the destiny of your blog post. This may sound a little bit grand and overstated, but it is true.
People make a decision on whether they will read a...
2016-10-0335 minProBlogger Podcast: Blog Tips to Help You Make Money Blogging155: 5 Tips from Full Time BloggersThe 5 Top Tips from Full Time Bloggers
Today, I want to give you some advice. It’s not advice from me. It’s advice from about 50 full-time bloggers that I surveyed about two years ago.
I was testing a survey software, and I sent the survey to some bloggers that I knew. I asked all of them one simple question
What is the number one tip you would give a new blogger who is just starting out and dreaming of becoming a full-time blogger?
In Today’s Episode 5 Tips from Fu...
2016-09-2913 minProBlogger Podcast: Blog Tips to Help You Make Money Blogging154: How to Grow Your Blogging IncomeGrow Your Blogging Income
Today, I am going to continue on from episode 153 where I outlined a timeline of how I added different income streams over time.
I felt like there was a little more I could say about diversifying your income in that way and growing your income.
I think there are some principles that you can pull out of the story. I hope that you find these observations and words of encouragement helpful.
Further Resources on How to Grow Your Blogging Income
How I Diversified My B...
2016-09-2620 minProBlogger Podcast: Blog Tips to Help You Make Money Blogging152: How to Use Embedded Content on Your Blog [Challenge]Embedded Content Challenge
Today, I want to give you a challenge to create a certain type of content. This is in the vein of our blogging groove challenge which we did about six weeks ago.
I’ve just returned from the ProBlogger Event, and I am inspired. I received a lot of listener feedback about how the podcast has helped listeners and how the challenge series have had a positive impact on listeners.
I hope to do one challenge a month. Instead of completing the content in 24 hours, I would like to...
2016-09-1923 minProBlogger Podcast: Blog Tips to Help You Make Money Blogging151: How to Build Trust With Your BlogBuild Trust With Your Blog
Today, I’m talking about how to build trust with your blog, podcast, YouTube channel, and social media.
This question came in from Stacie.
“I’ve heard that blogs are great for building trust with potential customers – how would you suggest speeding that up?” – Asked by Stacie
I’m going to tackle this question today and talk about how trust is built using content online and give you some tips on how to maybe speed it up a little bit.
Although, it does need to t...
2016-09-1219 minProBlogger Podcast: Blog Tips to Help You Make Money Blogging149: Series of Blog Posts vs Long Blog Posts – Which is Better?The Pros and Cons of Long Posts
Today, we have a question from Emma Cameron.
“Hi Darren, I love your podcast!
I found your 7 day intensive blogging series very helpful, and it led me to write a post I might never have gotten around to otherwise. In answering my most frequently asked question, which is ‘What is Art Therapy’? This has turned into an incredibly long post which covers things which are not easily found elsewhere online.
I have a question for you: is it better to leave it as a single...
2016-08-2927 minProBlogger Podcast: Blog Tips to Help You Make Money Blogging135: How to Grow Your Blog’s Traffic and Income by Setting GoalsSetting Goals to Grow Your Traffic and Income
Today’s podcast is about setting goals to grow your traffic and income.
Pamela, one of our readers asked this question:
“Darren I’ve been blogging now for 12 months and I’ve seen some growth in my traffic and more recently income – but I’m finding it hard to know whether I’m going well or not because I don’t know where a 12 month old blog should be at?
Maybe it’s too hard to give a number but do you have any advic...
2016-07-2517 minProBlogger Podcast: Blog Tips to Help You Make Money BloggingPB124: Using “We” When You Mean “I” – Does it Matter?Using We and I in Blogging
Today we are talking about using the words we and I. This comes from a question from Sally.
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This question is from Sally (not her real name). Sally is just starting out blogging and doesn’t...
2016-06-1609 min
James Schramko PodcastDarren Rowse On 10 Things I Wish I’d Known About Content Marketing Before I Started – Preview - James Schramko SuperFast Business Online Business CoachingWhat’s in the video: 02:05 – What is Darren’s story? 09:25 – What is it that you do? 09:36 – 3 ways to define what you do 13:00 – Understanding your reader 16:00 – How will you change your readers? 18:47 – 3 phases of creating content 22:07 – Generating ideas Access all the complete SuperFastBusiness Live talks. Click HERE Download the PDF transcription Transcription: James: OK. So our next guest is a super power in the blogosphere. In fact, I remember going to an event, my first event in the United States several years ago, and I’d found out he’d been to one before that, one of the early ones, and I found a transcript o...
2016-06-1429 minProBlogger Podcast: Blog Tips to Help You Make Money BloggingPB093: How to Create Blog Posts that People RememberDo you want to create content that lives on in th ememories of those who read it? If so – this episode is just for you.
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Create Content that Makes a BIG Impression on Your Readers
I get to meet a lot of ProBlogger readers at conferences and often when I meet one who has been reading for a while I ask them if there’s a blog...
2016-02-2920 minProBlogger Podcast: Blog Tips to Help You Make Money BloggingPB092: 5 Things to Do after you Hit Publish on Your Next Blog PostHow to Maximise How Many People See Your Posts and Deepen Reader Engagement
If on publishing a blog post you immediately start thinking about the next – this episode is for you.
Most of us spend a lot of time on the content we publish but if we don’t take a few simple steps AFTER publishing much of that hard work will be wasted.
This week I received a question from Susan – a long term listener of the podcast. She asked:
Darren, thanks for your podcasts so far. I have a...
2016-02-2538 minProBlogger Podcast: Blog Tips to Help You Make Money BloggingPB088: The Most Important Thing You Will Ever Do as an EntrepreneurNote: you can listen to this episode above or load it up in iTunes.
How Doing This One Thing Will Help You Become a Successful Blogger
In today’s episode, I share the most important thing you’ll ever do as an entrepreneur. Thirteen years ago I opened an email that changed my life forever. I share the story of what it was I read, why it changed me, how it helped me become the entrepreneur I am today, and how it can help you to become the successful blogger and entrepreneur you want to be.
2016-02-1108 minProBlogger Podcast: Blog Tips to Help You Make Money BloggingPB083: Battling Blogger’s Block – Where do you get Stuck?Note: you can listen to this episode above or load it up in iTunes.
How to Beat Writer’s Block: Part 1 – Working Out Why You’re Stuck
Today’s episode is about how to beat writer’s block. It’s the first in a mini-series of podcasts that looks at how to prevent writer’s block holding you back from making your blog a success. Writer’s block is very common. I get asked about all the time and suffer it too! In today’s episode, I share tips about how you can work out why you are stuck in...
2016-01-2512 minProBlogger Podcast: Blog Tips to Help You Make Money BloggingPB080: What to Write When You Feel Like You’ve Got Nothing Left to SayNote: you can listen to this episode above or load it up in iTunes.
Why Your Story Will Always Be Interesting to Someone
Today’s episode is about how to work out what to write about when you feel like you have nothing left to say. It’s a short and sweet podcast episode, designed to be quick and easy for you to listen to even if you’re incredibly busy or having a lazy holiday.
In This Episode
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2016-01-1403 minProBlogger Podcast: Blog Tips to Help You Make Money BloggingPB079: 11 Quick Tips to Get More Comments on Your BlogNote: you can listen to this episode above or load it up in iTunes.
How to Get People to Comment on Your Blog Posts
Today’s episode is about how to get more comments on your blog. I share 11 tips you can use to get more attention and interaction. Today’s podcast is a challenge to myself – to include as much high quality advice as I can in just 3 minutes! These are tips you can keep coming back to in future to keep improving your relationship with your readers.
In This Episode...
2016-01-1104 minProBlogger Podcast: Blog Tips to Help You Make Money BloggingPB060: Why You Should Make Building Community a Priority in Your BloggingNote: you can listen to this episode above or load it up in iTunes.
How to Make Your Blog Stronger by Interacting With Your Readers
Today’s episode is about how to deepen relationships with your readers on your blog. One of the most common questions I get from my readers is “how do I get my readers to interact with me?” Not all bloggers spend a lot of time trying to build community but most of the successful bloggers I know of do. This is the first of a two-part episode. Today is about why bui...
2015-11-0925 minProBlogger Podcast: Blog Tips to Help You Make Money BloggingPB059: What Should I Blog About? 15 Questions to Ask to Help Identify Your Blogging Niche or FocusHow to Decide What Your Blog Should Be About
Today’s episode is all about how to decide on the focus topic for your blog. Having a niche topic for your blog helps you focus but it also helps new readers find you and current readers to understand more easily what you and your blog is about. I share 15 questions that you can ask yourself that will help you work out possible themes for your blog and help you choose a niche to focus on.
In This Episode
You can listen to to...
2015-11-0617 minProBlogger Podcast: Blog Tips to Help You Make Money BloggingPB058: Should I Use Timestamps on My Blog?Note: you can listen to this episode above or load it up in iTunes.
How to Decide Whether to Include the Date on Your Blog Posts
Today’s episode is all about how to decide whether to include the date on your blog posts. I received this question from a listener, who noticed that I use timestamps on one of my blogs, but not on the other. Dates can either add or take away from your blog. I share how I decided what to do with each of my blogs and tips for you to wo...
2015-11-0211 minProBlogger Podcast: Blog Tips to Help You Make Money BloggingPB056: 8 Effective Ways to End a Blog PostNote: you can listen to this episode above or load it up in iTunes.
How to Finish Your Blog Posts in ways that leave Lasting Impressions, Build Relationships and Deepen Reader Engagement
Today’s episode is all about how to finish each blog post. How you end your blog post determines people’s final impression of you and whether they will choose to take action, like buying one of your products or connecting with you on social media. It’s an opportunity to deepen the relationship between you and your reader. I share 8 ways you can fin...
2015-10-2618 minProBlogger Podcast: Blog Tips to Help You Make Money BloggingPB054: 3 Questions to Ask When Facing FearNote: you can listen to this episode above or load it up in iTunes.
How to Improve Your Blog by Facing Your Fears
Today’s episode is all about fear. Fear holds a lot of people back from engaging. If you let it, fear can hold you back from being an effective blogger, podcaster, live streamer or social media user. I share some strategies for recognising, harnessing and overcoming your fear so that you can use it to your advantage.
In This Episode
You can listen to today’s epis...
2015-10-1917 minProBlogger Podcast: Blog Tips to Help You Make Money BloggingPB049: How to Define Your Blog’s BrandNote: you can listen to this episode above or load it up in iTunes.
How to Work Out How to Brand Your Blog
Today’s episode is all about how to build your blog’s brand. Many bloggers don’t think about branding, they let their brand happen to them, instead of building it. Your blog brand sets the scene for the relationship you will have with your readers and how they will perceive you. If you have a clear brand, it also has a flow on effect of making it easier to make the right dec...
2015-10-0114 minProBlogger Podcast: Blog Tips to Help You Make Money BloggingPB046: Do You Recognize These 21 Blogging Mistakes?Note: you can listen to this episode above or load it up in iTunes.
How to Avoid Making These 21 Blogging Mistakes
Today’s episode is all about the mistakes I see bloggers making, and an honest look at the mistakes I’ve made along the way in my own blogging journey.
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In This Episode
You can listen to today’s episode above or in iTunes or Stitcher (where we’d also LOVE to get your reviews on those platforms if you have a...
2015-09-2142 minProBlogger Podcast: Blog Tips to Help You Make Money BloggingPB045: 7 Habits of Lucky EntrepreneursNote: you can listen to this episode above or load it up in iTunes.
How to Develop the 7 Habits of Lucky Entrepreneurs
Today’s episode is all about how to increase the chances of lucky things happening to you. Some people believe luck is random or based on personality, but I believe luck is a choice. You can choose to increase the chances of lucky things happening to you by creating conscious habits. Today I share the habits you can choose to develop to grow your own luck as a blogger and entrepreneur.
2015-09-1730 minProBlogger Podcast: Blog Tips to Help You Make Money BloggingPB044: How to Use Blab Live Streaming to Grow Your BlogNote: you can listen to this episode above or load it up in iTunes.
What I’ve Learned From Using the Blab Live streaming Service
Over the last few weeks I’ve been experimenting with a new live streaming service by the name of Blab – a tool that I think has the potential to be as useful (if not more useful) than Periscope.
In this episode I share my experiences of Blab so far and talk about how it differs from other Live Streaming tools.
Update: in the next 24 hours I’m doing...
2015-09-1524 minProBlogger Podcast: Blog Tips to Help You Make Money BloggingPB043: How to Create Great Content For Your Blog – Q&A, Part 2Note: you can listen to this episode above or load it up in iTunes.
We Answer Your Questions About How to Create Great Blog Content
Today’s episode is all about answering your questions about how to create great content for your blog. We’ve had so many questions on this topic that we’ve had to split the answers into two episodes. This is part 2. You can listen to part 1 here. Don’t be shy about asking us questions in the comments below! Your question could be featured next time.
Question...
2015-09-1026 minProBlogger Podcast: Blog Tips to Help You Make Money BloggingPB042: Behind the Scenes of our Latest Six Figure Product LaunchNote: you can listen to this episode above or load it up in iTunes.
How to Launch a New Product Successfully
Today’s episode is about how we reached six figures launching a new product. We share what worked and didn’t work, and some of our takeaway learnings for future launches.
In This Episode
You can listen to today’s episode above or in iTunes or Stitcher (where we’d also LOVE to get your reviews on those platforms if you have a moment). Today we talk about:
How p...
2015-09-0731 minProBlogger Podcast: Blog Tips to Help You Make Money BloggingPB041: How to Create Great Content For Your Blog – Q&A, Part 1Note: you can listen to this episode above or load it up in iTunes.
We Answer Your Questions About How to Create Great Blog Content
Today’s episode is all about answering your questions about how to create great content for your blog. Don’t be shy about asking us questions in the comments below! Your question could be featured next time.
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2015-09-0327 minProBlogger Podcast: Blog Tips to Help You Make Money BloggingPB040: 7 Productivity Tips For BloggersNote: you can listen to this episode above or load it up in iTunes.
How to Become a More Efficient and Productive Blogger
Today’s episode is about how you can create more time to create great blog content by becoming more efficient in the way you manage your blog.
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In This Episode
You can listen to today’s episode above or in iTunes or Stitcher (where we’d also LOVE to get your reviews on those platforms if you have a momen...
2015-08-3129 minProBlogger Podcast: Blog Tips to Help You Make Money BloggingPB039: What Is Your Why?Note: you can listen to this episode above or load it up in iTunes.
How Getting Clear About Why You’re Blogging Can Grow Your Blog
Today’s episode is about how getting clear about why you’re blogging can help you and your readers.
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In This Episode
You can listen to today’s episode above or in iTunes or Stitcher (where we’d also LOVE to get your reviews on those platforms if you have a moment). Today we talk about...
2015-08-2720 minProBlogger Podcast: Blog Tips to Help You Make Money BloggingPB038: The Biggest Lesson I Learned About Building a Profitable Blog in 2015Note: you can listen to this episode above or load it up in iTunes.
How One Humiliating Experience Gave Me a Wake Up Call That Helped Me Build a More Profitable Blog
Today, I talk about the humiliating wake up call that changed my life and my blog.
In This Episode
You can listen to today’s episode above or in iTunes or Stitcher (where we’d also LOVE to get your reviews on those platforms if you have a moment). Today I talk about:
My humiliating wake up call
3 simpl...
2015-08-2536 minProBlogger Podcast: Blog Tips to Help You Make Money BloggingPB036: Find Readers for Your Blog Through Commenting and RelationshipsNote: you can listen to this episode above or load it up in iTunes.
How to Find Readers for Your Blog Through Commenting and Relationships
Today’s episode is about how to find new readers for your blog. It’s the question I get asked most by bloggers, so this is the forth of a series of podcasts on this topic.
In part one we looked at two really important questions to ask before you go hunting for readers to read your blog.
In part two, we talked about how to use two...
2015-08-1738 minProBlogger Podcast: Blog Tips to Help You Make Money BloggingPB035: Turn Surfers into Blog Readers by Building a Sticky BlogNote: you can listen to this episode above or load it up in iTunes.
How to Turn Surfers into Blog Readers by Building a Sticky Blog
Today’s episode is about how to find new readers for your blog. It’s the question I get asked most by bloggers, so this is the third of several podcasts on this topic. In part one we looked at two really important questions to ask before you go hunting for readers to read your blog. In part two, we talked about how to use two types of content to find...
2015-08-1330 minProBlogger Podcast: Blog Tips to Help You Make Money BloggingPB034: 2 Types of Content that Help You to Find Readers for Your BlogNote: you can listen to this episode above or load it up in iTunes.
How to Use 2 Types of Content to Find Readers for Your Blog
Today’s episode is the second part of our series on how to find new readers for your blog.
It’s the question I get asked most by bloggers, so this is the second of several podcasts on this topic.
In part one we looked at two really important questions to ask before you go hunting for readers to read your blog. Today we talk about one o...
2015-08-1021 minProBlogger Podcast: Blog Tips to Help You Make Money BloggingPB033: 2 Questions to Ask to Help You Find Readers for Your BlogNote: you can listen to this episode above or load it up in iTunes.
How to Find Readers For Your Blog
Today’s episode is about how to find new readers for your blog. It’s the question I get asked most by bloggers, so this is the first of several podcasts on this topic. We will be getting into some tactical and very practical ways to build readerships over the next few episodes, but before we do that, today we look at the two questions you must ask yourself if you really want to get blog...
2015-08-0622 minProBlogger Podcast: Blog Tips to Help You Make Money BloggingPB031: How to Plan the Next Steps For Your Blog [Day 31 of 31 Days to Build a Better Blog]Congratulations for making it to day 31 of 31 Days to Build a Better Blog. If you’re new to the series – check out previous episodes here.
How to Plan Your Next Month of Blogging
Today’s episode is about how you can plan the next steps for your blog. Great blogs are built upon many small but consistent useful actions over time. We look at how you can use the last 31 days of challenges to set up healthy blog habits and make them stick.
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2015-07-3013 minProBlogger Podcast: Blog Tips to Help You Make Money BloggingPB028: Write a Review Post [Day 28 of 31 Days to Build a Better Blog]How to Write a Review Post
Today’s episode is about how to write a review post. Reviews are used many millions of times every day by people looking to make sense of the array of choices that they have, and to help them to make a decision. Writing reviews can help you to help those people, but also help you to grow your blog.
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In this Episode
You can listen to today’s episode above or in iTunes or Stitcher (where we’d also LO...
2015-07-2713 minProBlogger Podcast: Blog Tips to Help You Make Money BloggingPB025: Ask Your Readers a Question [Day 25 of 31 Days to Build a Better Blog]How to Ask Your Blog Readers a Question
Today’s episode is about how to ask your blog readers a question. It might be a scary idea at first, but it’s quick and easy to do and can be a very powerful way to grow your blog.
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In this Episode
You can listen to today’s episode above or in iTunes or Stitcher (where we’d also LOVE to get your reviews on those platforms if you have a moment...
2015-07-2420 minProBlogger Podcast: Blog Tips to Help You Make Money BloggingPB022: Pay Special Attention to a Reader [Day 22 of 31 Days to Build a Better Blog]How to Pay Special Attention to a Reader
Today’s episode is about how to deepen engagement and interaction with your readers by making at least one reader feel a little bit special and loved. Paying readers a bit of extra attention is a great way to grow your community.
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In this Episode
You can listen to today’s episode above or in iTunes or Stitcher (where we’d also LOVE to get your reviews on those platforms if you hav...
2015-07-2112 min
The Writer Files: Writing, Productivity, Creativity, and NeuroscienceHow ProBlogger's Darren Rowse WritesNew media pioneer and entrepreneur Darren Rowse — creator of both Digital Photography School and ProBlogger — joined me to chat about the opportunities that 13 years of blogging have provided, his new podcast, and the importance of having the right mindset as a writer.This sage blogging veteran and educator has blazed an inspiring path for enterprising online publishers.His step-by-step blog series — 31 Days to Build a Better Blog — went from zero to viable business in no time, and now it’s a podcast every content creator can listen to … for free.In this file Darren Rowse...
2015-07-2041 minProBlogger Podcast: Blog Tips to Help You Make Money BloggingPB021: Conduct a Policy Review [Day 21 of 31 Days to Build a Better Blog]How to Conduct a Policy Review For Your Blog
Today’s episode is about some policies or operating standards you might like to consider for your blog. Having policies can save you time, help you to make better decisions, and make you more transparent to your readers.
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In this Episode
You can listen to today’s episode above or in iTunes or Stitcher (where we’d also LOVE to get your reviews on those platforms if you have a moment). Today we talk abo...
2015-07-2012 minProBlogger Podcast: Blog Tips to Help You Make Money BloggingPB020: Leave Comments on Other Blogs [Day 20 of 31 Days to Build a Better Blog]How to Leave Comments on Other Blogs
Today’s episode is all about how you can leave comments on other blogs to build relationships and grow your blog’s audience.
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In this Episode
You can listen to today’s episode above or in iTunes or Stitcher (where we’d also LOVE to get your reviews on those platforms if you have a moment). Today we talk about:
The 5 benefits to leaving comments on other blogs
The dangers o...
2015-07-1908 minProBlogger Podcast: Blog Tips to Help You Make Money BloggingPB019: Write an Opinion Post [Day 19 of 31 Days to Build a Better Blog]How to Write an Opinion Post to Draw People in to Your Blog
Today’s episode is all about how you can write an opinion post to draw people in to engage with you and your blog. Your opinion is something your readers actually want to know and it has the potential to set your blog apart from the pack.
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In this Episode
You can listen to today’s episode above or in iTunes or Stitcher (where we’d also LOVE to get y...
2015-07-1810 minProBlogger Podcast: Blog Tips to Help You Make Money BloggingPB017: Watch a First Time Reader of Your Blog [Day 17 of 31 Days to Build a Better Blog]How to Improve Your Blog by Watching a First Time Reader
Today’s episode is all about how you can see your blog from a first time reader’s perspective, and draw them in to keep reading.
You will need to find someone to help you today (although I suggest a service to try too) but it can be well worth the effort!
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In this Episode
You can listen to today’s episode above or in iTunes or Stitcher (where...
2015-07-1611 minProBlogger Podcast: Blog Tips to Help You Make Money BloggingPB015: Find a Blogging Buddy [Day 15 of 31 Days to Build a Better Blog]How to Improve Your Blog by Partnering with a Blogging Buddy
Today’s episode is all about finding another blogger (or bloggers) to help you improve your blog. Blogging doesn’t have to be a solo venture – in fact it can be incredibly social and when we grasp this idea of doing it together it can lead to all manner of great things.
In this Episode
You can listen to todays episode above or in iTunes or Stitcher (where we’d also LOVE to get your reviews on those platforms if you have...
2015-07-1410 minProBlogger Podcast: Blog Tips to Help You Make Money BloggingPB014: Update a Key Page or Hot Post On Your Blog [Day 14 of 31 Days to Build a Better Blog]How to Update Key Pages or Hot Posts on Your Blog
If you’ve been blogging for even just a little while you’ve probably got pages or posts on your blog that need an update.
If this is the case those pages could be causing embarrassment, frustrating your readers or even costing you money.
So your challenge today is to select one page on your blog to update, refresh or improve.
You can listen to todays episode above or in iTunes or Stitcher (where we’d also LOVE to get...
2015-07-1310 minProBlogger Podcast: Blog Tips to Help You Make Money BloggingPB013: Improve Your Blog by Visiting the Mall [Day 13 of 31 Days to Build a Better Blog]How Going Shopping Can Improve Your Blogging
Today we’re going shopping!!!
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Yep – you heard me, we’re going to the mall!
If nothing else this challenge is going to get you away from your blog for a bit – but there’s more to it than that.
Today we’re doing some observation exercises that could bring a lot of life to your blog.
In This Episode
You can listen to todays episode above or in iTunes or St...
2015-07-1208 minProBlogger Podcast: Blog Tips to Help You Make Money BloggingPB000: Welcome to the ProBlogger PodcastI’m super excited today to welcome to the First ProBlogger Podcast!
This has been a long time coming and I’d like to thank all of you who have encouraged, nudged and at times nagged me to get this podcast going. I hope you enjoy it!
In this Episode
Today’s episode (find it here on iTunes or listen to it above) is all about setting the scene for the month of podcasting that is ahead.
In episode 0:
I share why I decided to start podcasting
I talk about 2 traits...
2015-06-2617 min
Beers, Blokes and Business - blokes drinking beer talking business063: Darren Rowse – ProbloggerThis week Jim & Sean catch up with Darren Rowse AKA Problogger who knows the digital publishing world better than most running multiple blogs, ebooks and events for the blogging community.
What you will learn from Darren Rowse from this episode
How Darren got started into blogging?
Taking blogging from a hobby to a business
What it was like as a Twitter celebrity in 2008?
How Darren's business has expanded over the years
One killer idea that produces a lot of blog post ideas
How Darren tested and grew the Problogger events business
Importance of the Problogger team.
Links from the show
Co...
2014-12-0848 min
Podcasts ArchivesPodcast: Darren Rowse and Yaro Starak Talk Blog Design[ Download MP3 | iTunes | Soundcloud ] This episode features myself and Darren Rowse and our topic of discussion is blog design. Darren talked about his recent Problogger redesign and how he worked with his designer, Ben Bleikamp. Then we talked about the different professional blog designers currently available (listed below) and how you should work with a designer to […]The post Podcast: Darren Rowse and Yaro Starak Talk Blog Design appeared first on Yaro.Blog.
2007-10-2241 minThe Yaro PodcastPodcast: Darren Rowse and Yaro Starak Talk Blog Design[ Download MP3 | iTunes | Soundcloud ] This episode features myself and Darren Rowse and our topic of discussion is blog design. Darren talked about his recent Problogger redesign and how he worked with his designer, Ben Bleikamp. Then we talked about the different professional blog designers currently available (listed below) and how you should work with a designer to […]
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2007-10-2241 minPodcasts ArchivesDarren Rowse: Creator Of ProBlogger Shares How He Generated Traffic To His Big Income Earning Blogs[ Download MP3 | iTunes | Soundcloud ] I have a treat for you podcast listeners today – a discussion on blog traffic building with Darren Rowse, the Problogger. In this episode of my podcast, Darren and I talk about how he got so much traffic to his big income earning blogs like his Digital Photography Blog, why you really […]The post Darren Rowse: Creator Of ProBlogger Shares How He Generated Traffic To His Big Income Earning Blogs appeared first on Yaro.Blog.
2006-01-1138 minThe Yaro PodcastDarren Rowse: Creator Of ProBlogger Shares How He Generated Traffic To His Big Income Earning Blogs[ Download MP3 | iTunes | Soundcloud ] I have a treat for you podcast listeners today – a discussion on blog traffic building with Darren Rowse, the Problogger. In this episode of my podcast, Darren and I talk about how he got so much traffic to his big income earning blogs like his Digital Photography Blog, why you really […]
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2006-01-1138 min
Podcast Archives - cameronreilly.comG’Day World “On The Pod” #41 – Darren RowseI had breakfast this morning with Mr Problogger himself, Darren Rowse. Darren is one of the highest earning professional bloggers out there. In May 2005 he made $10,000 from Google Adsense in a single month (and, yes, he shouted breakfast!!!)! He’s also the guy behind the following blogs:
ProBlogger
Digital Photography Blog
LivingRoom
As you’ll hear in the interview, Darren’s a former Baptist minister and a really nice bloke. And I’m not just saying that because he bought brekky! It’s great to see a Melbourne boy showing the rest of the world that...
2005-07-2855 min