The Write Life

OCTOBER 3, 2022

With thousands of dollars in cash prizes and numerous opportunities to secure a publishing contract, you’re sure to find the right free writing contest for your work. (If If you don’t mind paying a little money to enter, our friends over at Smart Blogger have rounded up some great writing contests that have small entry fees.

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The Creative Penn

OCTOBER 20, 2023

If you sell direct, you can produce higher quality books and products, make more money per sale, get paid faster, and reach readers directly, but there are challenges to publish and market this way. Thomas Umstaddt Jr interviews Joanna Penn on the Novel Marketing Podcast covering tips for publishing, selling, and marketing direct to readers.

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 8, 2009

Written by Taylor - 39 Comments This discussion we’ve been having about whether bloggers should get paid for their work is fascinating, and I think it’s pretty great that the whole MwP community here has been so level-headed and thoughtful about it. To hear them tell it, bloggers who don’t give it away have turned positively abusive.

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The Creative Penn

APRIL 1, 2024

Traditional versus indie publishing Short term versus long term Income versus brand building Paid versus free The book versus you as the author Stand-alone versus series Exclusive versus wide publishing Publish fast versus publish slowly Write to market versus write first, market later Online versus offline.

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ProBlogger

AUGUST 13, 2018

The post 256: How One Blogger Landed a Book Deal That Launched Her Career appeared first on ProBlogger. How a Book Deal Launched the Career of a Blogger. We’re kicking off our Blogging Breakthroughs series, where a variety of bloggers share their stories of breakthroughs they’ve experienced over the years with their blogs.

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ProBlogger

JANUARY 3, 2018

Leaving Her Job to Create a Multi Six Figure Online Business – A Writing Blogger Tells Her Story. We’re continuing our series of blogger stories, and handing the podcast over to you so you can tell your stories and tips of starting and growing your blogs. The Creative Penn Blogger Joanna Penn. Start a Blog Course.

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Income Diary

APRIL 2, 2024

He co-founded StumbleUpon a web-discovery platform, while in graduate school at the University of Calgary in 2002 and co-founded Uber, an on-demand car service available via a mobile application in 2009. In October 2017, Magic Leap announced the partnership with online comic book publisher Madefire.

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ProBlogger

APRIL 27, 2022

I’ve read a few comments here on Problogger from bloggers who are feeling low because they’ve noticed a plateau or even a decrease in the traffic coming to their blog. This can be quite distressing for bloggers who have big hopes and dreams for their blogs. Further Reading: Search Engine Optimization for Bloggers.

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ProBlogger

JUNE 19, 2017

I’ll suggest 6 income streams that I see bloggers often starting with and at the end nominate my favorite one that I think can be a good place to start for many bloggers. Links and Resources on 6 Recommended First Income Streams for Bloggers. My Tips for Making Money As a Blogger Through Affiliate Marketing.

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ProBlogger

MARCH 25, 2012

Pinterest was developed in December 2009 as a closed beta that was released within a restricted group of individuals. Bloggers can make use of these “clickthrough images” to attract more people to our blogs. Pinterest Basics for Bloggers. Does your world only revolve around Facebook and Twitter? Yang manages the Chillisauce.co.uk

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ProBlogger

MARCH 9, 2022

Day after day you publish posts only to have them greeted by…. In fact one of the most common questions that I hear from bloggers is: “How do I get my readers to interact with me?” The project was so successful that I ran the project again in 2007 and then again in 2009. Community Can be a Little Risky.

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ProBlogger

APRIL 9, 2018

Try to publish 3-4 new products on your blog each year, whether they’re courses, software, ebooks, templates or updates. My name is Darren Rowse and I’m the blogger behind ProBlogger. We are currently taking a group of about 100 bloggers through this course in its beta version. I published approximately one per year.

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ProBlogger

MAY 19, 2022

In fact, a blog is just a tool for publishing and conversing online. A blog is no longer used to merely publish blog type content. Quick advice: combine web publishing and other media to reach your audience. I’m not surprised if bloggers claim that 40-60 percent of their traffic come from search engines.

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ProBlogger

AUGUST 16, 2023

Most new bloggers go through a period where they are checking their stats every hour. This post was originally published 5th of May 2009 and updated 17th August 2023. Join over 14,000 other bloggers and Enroll Today! Also let us know what tools you are using to check your blog’s metrics.

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ProBlogger

MARCH 29, 2014

Over the past few months we’ve done a number of theme based weeks that take a more intense dive into topics relevant to bloggers. In 2009 I created my first eBooks – 31 Days to Build a Better Blog (which I’ve since updated into it’s second edition). in sales in 2009. That eBook generated $80,772.01

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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. But I wrote and published the first post (the longest post I’d ever written), and people started joining up for the challenge. As bloggers, we should be collaborating more.

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ProBlogger

JUNE 10, 2014

Having been a freelance blogger since 2009, I’m used to looking for ways to improve my pitches and blogging job applications. But we wanted to expand the blog from 3-4 posts a week to 7+, as well as start to work on some other cool content projects, and for that, we needed to bring another full-time blogger on staff.

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ProBlogger

MAY 19, 2022

In fact, a blog is just a tool for publishing and conversing online. A blog is no longer used to merely publish blog type content. Quick advice: combine web publishing and other media to reach your audience. I’m not surprised if bloggers claim that 40-60 percent of their traffic come from search engines.

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Quick Sprout

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Outbound links to resources from 2009 are irrelevant and won’t be as effective for your SEO ranking. During the early days of my entrepreneurial career, I would continually email two to four bloggers a day who interviewed other people in my space to ask them if they wanted to interview me. Do not publish aggregated content.

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ProBlogger

JANUARY 4, 2018

2 Finance Bloggers Share their Tips for Taking Blogs from a Hobby to a Full Time Business. Today we’re we’re featuring another two bloggers from the same niche. In this case, they’re both finance bloggers. Links and Resources for 2 Finance Bloggers Share their Tips for Building Blogs from Hobby to a Full Time Business.

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ProBlogger

APRIL 27, 2022

I’ve read a few comments here on Problogger from bloggers who are feeling low because they’ve noticed a plateau or even a decrease in the traffic coming to their blog. This can be quite distressing for bloggers who have big hopes and dreams for their blogs. Further Reading: Search Engine Optimization for Bloggers.

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Content Marketing Institute

DECEMBER 7, 2017

One organization whose unique identity pops to mind is Merriam-Webster, which has been making headlines for posting tweets that are, as one blogger puts it , “topical, funny, smart, and informative while also being relentlessly irreverent.”. Discover and celebrate your company’s inner Unipiper. Have a great #MemorialDayWeekend.

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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. Most bloggers agree that creating and selling products is a great idea. cut down the work?

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ProBlogger

MARCH 9, 2022

Day after day you publish posts only to have them greeted by…. In fact one of the most common questions that I hear from bloggers is: “How do I get my readers to interact with me?” The project was so successful that I ran the project again in 2007 and then again in 2009. Community Can be a Little Risky.

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ProBlogger

JANUARY 12, 2011

Welcome to the 2011 list of bloggers to watch. It was where thousands of the world’s best bloggers met to network and learn. I recommend that bloggers of any niche attend conferences such as this to check out the rising stars. Jordan Cooper is a blogger that I highly respect. Discovered at BlogWorld. Jordan Cooper.

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 6, 2009

We’re bloggers. Support Sweatshop Labor I don’t think bloggers and writers realize the mixed messages they’re giving the world, and I don’t think bloggers realize what they’re doing to themselves. 106 Responses to “Are Bloggers Creating Their Own Sweatshop?&# Time to think about the retirement fund.&#

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ProBlogger

JANUARY 2, 2018

They created community, and a place for others to come and interact around the ideas, stories and experience of the blogger. And I suspect that most bloggers back then started in a similar way. I still meet quite a few bloggers who start for similar reasons – wanting to express themselves, make connections and have fun.

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ProBlogger

JULY 11, 2016

Note: we’re also currently doing a study into bloggers income levels. Up until 2009 all of my income was generated from running advertising on my blogs and from a little affiliate marketing on my blog. But in 2009 I decided to invest some time into creating my first products on both ProBlogger and Digital Photography School.

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ProBlogger

MAY 28, 2013

While there’s no single way to make a living from blogging, most full time bloggers I know – who blog as their primary income stream - work pretty hard on their blogs. Build relationships with other bloggers. Those posts were published in 2007, five and a half years ago! Even years into the future.

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Men With Pens

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

jstainer ( @joel_stainer ) November 18, 2009 at 1:35 am An interesting perspective, but I’d be fine succeeding. Reply Kimmo November 18, 2009 at 3:00 am This article is so true. Reply DiscoveredJoys November 18, 2009 at 5:50 am Me? Ulrich ( @maryeulrich ) November 18, 2009 at 6:23 am “The fear-game is a sucky game.

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ProBlogger

JANUARY 9, 2020

They created community, and a place for others to come and interact around the ideas, stories and experience of the blogger. And I suspect that most bloggers back then started in a similar way. I still meet quite a few bloggers who start for similar reasons – wanting to express themselves, make connections and have fun.

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ProBlogger

JULY 28, 2016

Why Evergreen Content is the Best Investment of Time for a Blogger. Further Resources on Evergreen Content the Best Investment of Time You’ll Ever Make as a Blogger. What New (and Old) Bloggers Need to Know about SEO. Evergreen content is also the type of content that you’ll find other bloggers will want to link to as well.

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ProBlogger

OCTOBER 26, 2016

Do you ever use quotations on your blog – words from other bloggers, writers, or experts in your industry? Many bloggers rarely or never do … and they’re missing a huge opportunity. 1: You’ll Stand Out from Other Bloggers by Including Different Views. Most bloggers don’t use quotes.

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ProBlogger

MAY 29, 2012

I’ve been excitedly sitting on this one for a while now and am relieved to finally announce a new ProBlogger event that is coming up for Melbourne Food and Wine Bloggers (and anyone else who wants to travel to Melbourne for an evening). We’ve chosen a Wine writer and Food writer and a blogger.

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 13, 2009

Henri ( @henrijunttila ) December 14, 2009 at 3:33 am I don’t even have a degree, but after reading this it feels like I do. How to Overcome Procrastination Reply Bothersome Words ( @BothersomeWords ) December 14, 2009 at 5:12 am Long-time lurker, first-time commenter here. 69 Responses to “Is Your Education Useless?&#

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Men With Pens

NOVEMBER 26, 2009

The Unspoken Goal Shared By All Admit it or not, but pretty much everyone who begins the task of writing of a novel has the same ultimate objective in mind – to publish the damn thing. Because your publishing dream (again, very much like being a parent) is a serious and worthy goal. And that’s a shame. So How Do You Get There?

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ProBlogger

DECEMBER 12, 2012

Forced to close her real estate business in November 2008 because of the mortgage meltdown, Susan launched her digital information business in January 2009 with a mere $200 in startup capital. Published nearly four years ago, it still makes $600-$3,000 a month in online sales. Start a Facebook page about your product.

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