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Three Key Things Successful Bloggers Do to Build Their Blogs Into Businesses

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It can help you sell to your audience, build traffic, and build a sense of community. As John says in his post, you shouldn’t have just the one opportunity for people to opt in to your email list on your blog (or even a page of your blog). a call to action at the bottom of your blog posts.

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How to Leverage the 80/20 Rule for Blogging Success

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In 2002, then-CEO of Microsoft Steve Ballmer announced that the 80/20 rule was not only applicable to the company’s product features – it applied to bugs, as well. By looking carefully at his Google Analytics, Pat Flynn noticed that his About Page was one of the most viewed pieces of content on his blog. Focus on the Right Audience.

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PB153: How I Diversified My Blogging Income and Became a Full Time Blogger

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In today’s episode, I am going to walk you through the last 13 years of my life, and through the timeline of how I have added income streams over time. In Today’s Episode How I Diversified My Blogging Income and Became a Full Time Blogger. November 2002 – I get an email from a friend that says, check out this blog.

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192: 3 Key Things Bloggers Do to Grow Their Blogs into Businesses

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In today’s lesson, I want to talk about some of the things that successful bloggers are doing to increase the conversions on their website and to guarantee their success not only as bloggers to build an audience but also to help them to build a business and to make money from their blogs. There’s a rule distinction there.

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192: 3 Key Things Bloggers Do to Grow Their Blogs into Businesses

ProBlogger

In today’s lesson, I want to talk about some of the things that successful bloggers are doing to increase the conversions on their website and to guarantee their success not only as bloggers to build an audience but also to help them to build a business and to make money from their blogs. There’s a rule distinction there.

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The Pros and Cons of Having Multiple Blogs

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So this week I want to talk about both the benefits and the costs of having multiple blogs so you can decide whether it’s worth doing. But first, I need to talk about how these two blogs came to be, and about the other blogs that were discarded along the way to get to this point. My first blog. The rest of my blogs.

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Finding Readers Week: Corinne Talks Commenting, Engagement, and Are Forums Right For Your Blog?

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I only started blogging late December 2012. I knew nothing about growing an audience or how to promote myself. I understand there’s more to successful blogging than simply getting comments, but I wanted engagement. Point of difference: Adding forums for your readers. To be honest, I had no strategy or goals.