ProBlogger

JANUARY 1, 2018

I wanted to tell you all about my blog, orlandodatenightguide.com. I started Orlando Date Night Guide in 2007. I actually started with a book that published in early 2007. Honestly when I started, it was just because I thought how great is this that I can write something and take some photos and hit publish.

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ProBlogger

MAY 27, 2020

Within 24 hours of releasing my first ebook I was approach by a publisher who wanted to publish it. When I was approached by the publisher to write the first ProBlogger book I’d already been blogging about blogging for a while. Test your idea on your blog. And learning new skills is always a good thing.

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Neil Patel

APRIL 20, 2021

Always publish new content that helps people achieve their goals more easily. For example, before Brian Dean opened his premium course “ SEO That Works ,” he first taught the best way to get top rankings for free in a blog post. BlendTec took a novel approach way back in 2007 with its “Will It Blend?”

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The Creative Penn

JUNE 26, 2023

Show Notes Changes in publishing and marketing for nonfiction authors over time and what still works How to stand out and build your community Content marketing and long-term marketing strategies Deciding what nonfiction book to write—should you stay in your lane? I sent proposals to three publishers, and Wiley gave me a book deal.

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ProBlogger

DECEMBER 29, 2013

This post “9 Steps To Take When You Loathe Your Own Blog” first appeared in May 2012. You’ve got an editorial calendar, you’ve scheduled blog posts weeks in advance. You press “publish” and bask in retweets, praise, and a flood of comments. Darren publishes daily.

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ProBlogger

JULY 16, 2020

Even something as simple as setting up a cookie so you can show than the posts that have been published since their last visit can make a lasting impression. It was two in the morning, and I was wide awake thinking about the blog when I suddenly had a thought: How about I write a series of blog posts?

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ProBlogger

MAY 21, 2018

Six places you can find writers for your blog: Guest Posters: If you have published guest posts in the past, take a look at them. Did they go above and beyond with the post? I thought it was probably worthwhile hiring someone to keep that blog ticking over. Put themselves out there and look for opportunities.

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ProBlogger

MAY 12, 2012

This guest post is by Ryan Barton, author of Smart Marketing. You’ve got an editorial calendar, you’ve scheduled blog posts weeks in advance. You press Publish and bask in retweets, praise, and a flood of comments. When I launched The Smart Marketing Blog in 2007, my posts were eclectic random.

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ProBlogger

DECEMBER 26, 2012

The changes are, however, only applied to your website after you have clicked the Save & Publish button. Now you can embed Twitter statuses directly into your blog posts and pages by simply entering the Twitter status URL. Custom headers were added to WordPress way back in 2007 ( version 2.1 ).

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ProBlogger

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

It’s not rocket science, but simply by adding a question at the end of a post instead of ending it in a way that tied up the whole topic and signalled that there was nothing left to say was a lot more attractive to readers. Asking questions in these ways brought my blog to life in many ways. A few others that I regularly use: 1.

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The Creative Penn

DECEMBER 18, 2023

In the intro, We used to do that [Seth Godin ]; Penguin Random House has acquired Hay House [ Publishing Perspectives ]; Business for Authors ; Your Author Business Plan ; OpenAI has announced a partnership with Axel Springer , the first publishing house globally to partner with them to integrate journalism with AI technologies.

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The Subversive Copy Editor

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

If that sounds unhelpful, read on to see what real-life published writers are doing these days. Creative License Something funny happened when I searched through published novels for examples of commas after words like “said” in front of dialogue: I couldn’t find any. New York: Bantam Books, 2007. Hiranandani, Veera. 

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ProBlogger

AUGUST 29, 2010

Some are from corporate entities seeking to promote blogs or sites by selling text links, though Google slashed PageRanks in 2007 in response to this tactic. Now, when you hit publish on your blog post, it will appear in Google search results in less than 30 minutes. Link exchange requests come in various forms.

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The Creative Penn

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Write and publish what you want, get paid every day for your books, and control your customer data and relationships. With its detailed reports on how to improve your writing and integration with Scrivener, ProWritingAid will help you improve your book before you send it to an editor, agent or publisher.

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ProBlogger

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

ProBlogger Book Published by Wiley. ProBlogger – 6 Figure Blogging Course. Experiment with some consulting – Blog Coaching – didn’t really suit my personality. 2007 – First ProBlogger Event – These have a lot of expenses, but they are an income streams. Paid speaking.

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The Creative Penn

APRIL 3, 2023

And 2007 was the iPhone, first iPhone. Kathryn: 2007 was the iPhone, right. I did a blog post all about it. In the story, I used some text helped by ChatGPT and SudoWrite, and I documented it all in this in this blog post. Was that in the 90s? And so then really sort of 2002, 2003, I guess.

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ProBlogger

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

ProBlogger Book Published by Wiley. ProBlogger – 6 Figure Blogging Course. Experiment with some consulting – Blog Coaching – didn’t really suit my personality. 2007 – First ProBlogger Event – These have a lot of expenses, but they are an income streams. Paid speaking.

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The Creative Penn

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

From the headlines this week, “Sci-fi publisher Clarkesworld halts pitches amid deluge of AI-generated stories.” [ The Guardian ] and “Hundreds of AI-written books flood Amazon.” [ The Independent ]. Here are the highlights and the full transcript is below. But as ever, the headlines are clickbait and we need to have a more nuanced approach.

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Make a Living Writing

APRIL 1, 2024

On-page SEO This is the type of search engine optimization that relies on using content to rank a webpage or blog post organically. The Neil Patel Blog Anyone who has ever dabbled in SEO has come across Neil Patel. In 2007, he co-founded a website called ‘Quick Sprout’ to teach others about SEO.

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ProBlogger

JULY 28, 2016

“If you could only write one type of content on your blogs – what would it be?” ” I was asked this question while on a Q&A panel back in 2007 while at a conference in Las Vegas. ISO Settings in Digital Photography – I wrote this in 2007. Rule of Thirds – Posts with varying lengths.

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ProBlogger

JULY 28, 2016

“If you could only write one type of content on your blogs – what would it be?” ” I was asked this question while on a Q&A panel back in 2007 while at a conference in Las Vegas. ISO Settings in Digital Photography – I wrote this in 2007. Rule of Thirds – Posts with varying lengths.

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The Creative Penn

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Tips for working with your cover designer and incorporating AI Damon has some great articles on AI images in book covers here , and he also mentions James at GoOnWrite who has an article for self-published authors around AI and images here. I've been very open about my use of AI for images, and I've done blog posts about it and all of that.

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Income Diary

MARCH 31, 2024

I could go into great detail about why you should avoid it – but HubSpot has a pretty good blog post on it. If you want more subscribers and more targeted traffic write posts directly related to your visitor’s problems – which demonstrate your knowledge and experience.

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ProBlogger

AUGUST 23, 2023

Even back when Darren and I started discussing a potential book, blogging wasn’t new, and we had already seen the community undergo several changes. Each subsequent edition considered the evolution of blogging at the time they were published. First, a question I am asked all the time … Is it Worth Starting a Blog in 2023?

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ProBlogger

JUNE 19, 2017

What I did is turn some of my previously published blog posts into the ebook and then I wrote some extra content that was exclusive to the ebook as well. Even a virtual product like an ebook, you’re going to have to take some time to create that product. My first product was an ebook. It took me some time to get it together.

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ProBlogger

MARCH 9, 2022

The post 9 Benefits [and 3 Costs] Of Building Community On Your Blog appeared first on ProBlogger. Do you ever feel – as you blog – like you’re talking to an empty room? Day after day you publish posts only to have them greeted by…. Community Makes Your Blog Easier to Create and Sell Products.

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The Creative Penn

JANUARY 6, 2023

In the intro, publishing trends for 2023 [ Written Word Media ]; Apple AI narration ; ChatGPT into Bing [ The Verge ]; Comments on Audible [ Brandon Sanderson , Audiblegate ]; TikTok ban and problems [ Reuters , Rolling Stone ]; my Pilgrimage Kickstarter. Do you mind if we post something on our Facebook feed?” Joanna: I know.

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ProBlogger

MARCH 9, 2022

The post 9 Benefits [and 3 Costs] Of Building Community On Your Blog appeared first on ProBlogger. Do you ever feel – as you blog – like you’re talking to an empty room? Day after day you publish posts only to have them greeted by…. Community Makes Your Blog Easier to Create and Sell Products.

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The Creative Penn

MARCH 17, 2023

But first up— Tell us a bit more about you and how you got into writing and publishing. And indie publishing came up on my radar, and I gave it a shot and was kind of okay at it. Because you do a lot of blog posts now for them, don't you? So welcome, Leanne. Leanne: Hi, thank you for having me. Leanne: Right.

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The Creative Penn

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

I've been following the industry, more so on the music side than publishing, but also just always straddling that line and seeing what can I take from the music industry and bring it into publishing and vice versa. I started creating some generative music pieces on a platform called Async and I've just been immersed in the culture.

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ProBlogger

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

Getting Blog Readers to Subscribe, Follow and Connect. How to Turn First Time Visitors Into Interested Readers of Your Blog (Portal Strategy). Series of Blog Posts vs Long Blog Posts – Which is Better? How to Get People to Comment on Your Blog Posts. Full Transcript. This is old.”

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ProBlogger

JULY 10, 2017

Let’s get into talking about traffic and profit and how to build those things into your blog. They ask me, “How do you get viral traffic with a blog post?” Whilst I’ve met thousands of full time bloggers over the last 15 years, I’m yet to meet one who got there with a single viral blog post. It was January 2007.

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ProBlogger

JULY 23, 2020

Whatever niche you’ve chosen, chances are there are already hundreds (if not thousands) of blogs out there covering the same niche. When I started blogging about photography back in 2007 there were already hundreds of photography blogs around. Having an irregular posting schedule. It’s also good for your readers.

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Moz

MAY 6, 2019

Posted by jchamp86 Think back to the last question you typed into Google. Did you find a blog post on the search engine result page that attracted your attention? There are thousands of blog posts being published every minute, so it’s safe to say you’re not the only resource out there competing for attention.

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ProBlogger

DECEMBER 3, 2014

I wanted to publish Steve’s comment for a few reasons. Firstly – I think a lot of us could learn from Steve’s observation that growing traffic to a site almost always is the result of time and effort spent intentionally trying to grow your blog. I want a lot of readers, and I want them to see my best work.

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ProBlogger

OCTOBER 27, 2012

I’m thrilled that blogging’s got me to where I am today—with a successful full-time business, a bunch of ebooks, a membership site, guest posts on major blogs, two speaker appearances at BlogWorld, and a published book Publishing E-Books For Dummies). The blog had failed.

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ProBlogger

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

Getting Blog Readers to Subscribe, Follow and Connect. How to Turn First Time Visitors Into Interested Readers of Your Blog (Portal Strategy). Series of Blog Posts vs Long Blog Posts – Which is Better? How to Get People to Comment on Your Blog Posts. Full Transcript. This is old.”

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