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5 First Year Posts that Led to Over 6 Million Views

ProBlogger

There is no right or wrong answer to that question as each blog will be different depending upon the topic, your writing style and the purpose of your blog. There are no prizes for guessing what time of year this post went live – that’s right – in the lead up to 4 July 2007 (about 6 months after the site launched).

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2014 Reboot: Get Ready for the New Year With a Blog Overhaul

ProBlogger

When I launched The Smart Marketing Blog in 2007, my posts were eclectic random. One day, a post about bus stop ads, the next day, how to set-up PDFs to open at screen height, and another day, musings on a new social network. Ryan Barton is a small business marketing, social media, and design consultant.

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9 Steps to Take When You Loathe Your Own Blog

ProBlogger

When I launched The Smart Marketing Blog in 2007, my posts were eclectic random. One day, a post about bus stop ads, the next day, how to set-up PDFs to open at screen height, and another day, musings on a new social network. Ryan Barton is a small business marketing, social media, and design consultant.

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227: 3 Travel Bloggers Share their Stories and Tips

ProBlogger

I started the blog because I was living in Rome back in 2007. I’m not going to great lengths to build a huge following on social media or an audience. You’ve got to find your own, unique, distinct writing voice. That really comes through experimenting with different writing styles.

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5 Mobile Content Marketing Strategies for 2023

Shorthand Content Marketing

The majority of the time, consumers see your social media posts, blog posts, and white papers on their phones or tablets. It includes the complexity of your content, the writing style, the legibility, and even the fonts you use. Most business owners will spend their workday on a laptop or desktop computer.

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Blogging in 2023: How To Start A Professional Blog And Make Money

ProBlogger

In this series, I would like to answer the following questions (plus anything else you would like me to cover): Can we learn from how blogging has changed from when we started writing the book in 2007 to now? The Evolution of Journals and Weblogs to Blogs Blogs also tend to have an informal, conversational writing style.

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21 Mistakes Bloggers Make (and How to Avoid Making Them Yourself)

ProBlogger

When I started blogging about photography back in 2007 there were already hundreds of photography blogs around. And those archive posts create paths into your site from search engines and social media. For Digital Photography School I started writing two posts a week (Tuesday and Thursday).

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