Men With Pens

MAY 5, 2011

You might be great at turning out 500-word blog posts or short articles. You’ve probably written blog posts that flowed from start to finish without needing to consciously think about them much. Your ebook isn’t going to work if you try to cover everything – nor will it work if it’s just an expanded version of a blog post.

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Smart Blogger

JUNE 5, 2023

2011: Facebook is slapped with charges from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for failing to keep its privacy promises, including allowing apps to access almost all of a user’s data, and sharing users’ info with advertisers. The post 12+ Facebook Alternatives in 2023 (That Value Your Privacy) appeared first on Smart Blogger.

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ProBlogger

DECEMBER 30, 2011

This year, I tried to go outside of the social media echo-chamber and focus on people who are expanding beyond their blogs. As Michael Stelzner said at Blogworld, “You’re not a blogger, you’re a publisher!”. Do you know of someone that has really stood out in 2011? I love his blog. Maria Popova. Corbett Barr.

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Income Diary

APRIL 2, 2024

After stepping aside as Google CEO in August 2001 in favour of Eric Schmidt, he re-assumed the role in April 2011. While a student, he worked as a paid intern for a biomedical company, as a careers instructor in Cape Town, South Africa, and at Intuit on the TxtWeb project. Page is the 12th richest person in the world.

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Content Hacker

OCTOBER 25, 2022

When I started what was to be my content marketing journey in 2011, I had NO idea what kind of explosive growth was in store. Several years back, HubSpot published a report that finally answered a burning question: “How much should you blog?”. Websites with 400+ blog posts receive more than 2x the traffic of blogs with 301-400 posts.

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ProBlogger

OCTOBER 24, 2017

How to Grow Your Blog by Interviewing Influencers. But in this blog post I want to talk about why you should do it. Many bloggers I know are struggling to get much traction on social media. If you don’t have the budget to pay for advertising (and many bloggers don’t), then social media can feel like shouting into an empty room.

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Men With Pens

JULY 1, 2012

It’s inevitable that when you’ve been blogging for a while, eventually your subscriber numbers are going to hit a slump. Readers have shown that they enjoy the medium, but thus far digital flipbooks haven’t yet reached their full potential as a means for bloggers to interest their audiences. Translation? and images. EditionDuo.

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Content Hacker

DECEMBER 15, 2022

I’ve been in content since 2011. Since then, I’ve been behind over 40,000 content projects, which have generated over $5M in sales to my businesses, and much more to my clients’ businesses. Blog posts are open-source, free information that more fully suits the purpose of “pillar content.”

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ProBlogger

JUNE 5, 2017

Blogger Nikki Parkinson Shares How She Built a Business Around Her Blog. In today’s episode, I have recorded an interview with one of Australia’s better known bloggers – Nikki Parkinson from the style and fashion blog – Styling You. I first met Nikki at one of our first ever ProBlogger events.

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ProBlogger

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

Today on the blog we have a case study from one of our readers. Or rather one of our podcast listeners, as it was a tip in a particular podcast that spurred on today’s guest author to make some significant changes to her blog over the course of a year. My blog used to make me feel sad and discouraged. This made me feel awful.

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ProBlogger

JUNE 5, 2017

Blogger Nikki Parkinson Shares How She Built a Business Around Her Blog. In today’s episode, I have recorded an interview with one of Australia’s better known bloggers – Nikki Parkinson from the style and fashion blog – Styling You. I first met Nikki at one of our first ever ProBlogger events.

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ProBlogger

OCTOBER 26, 2012

Today, I’d like to share those rules with you, along with a concrete process for applying them to your blogging. Tim Harford’s three rules—blogger’s edition. If you’re blogging for the long haul, I can guarantee that you’ll run into hundreds, if not thousands of setbacks. What you’ll need. honesty (very important).

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Backlinko

JANUARY 8, 2024

With the pet industry projected to grow to $368 billion by 2030 , and tons of pet owners looking to find new products for their companions, there’s never been a better time to tap into the pet affiliate marketing niche. For pet enthusiasts and bloggers, the Petco affiliate program presents an excellent opportunity to monetize their websites.

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ProBlogger

JANUARY 25, 2017

In August of 2011, I started Making Sense of Cents while working my full-time job. I didn’t have much time to spend on it, as I was working full-time and working towards my Finance MBA, but I used every little minute of extra time that I had so that I could create a successful blog. As you can tell, I absolutely love blogging.

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ProBlogger

JANUARY 25, 2017

In August of 2011, I started Making Sense of Cents while working my full-time job. I didn’t have much time to spend on it, as I was working full-time and working towards my Finance MBA, but I used every little minute of extra time that I had so that I could create a successful blog. As you can tell, I absolutely love blogging.

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ProBlogger

DECEMBER 1, 2012

Stephen Pepper is insurance administrator by day, youth worker and blogger by night. This includes blogging 6 days a week about youth work. As part of our Blog the Festive Season series, we asked Stephen how he and his wife are preparing the blog for the festive season. On our blog, we did something similar.

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Men With Pens

JANUARY 29, 2012

Years ago, I started this blog with a pretty big mission in mind: to help you succeed. My blog became popular. Worse was that I spent a lot of time writing for my blog, sharing good solutions, smart advice or better methods… but I wasn’t seeing many readers put the advice I shared to good use. My business got big. I got busy.

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ProBlogger

JULY 29, 2014

This is a guest contribution from blogger Jenish Pandya. Well, you write a blog post. Darren Rowse’s 10 Blogging Lessons. The lessons he shared were really simple and easy to implement, they were meant to take your blogging to the next level. My Takeaway: You have to be dedicated to your blog and business.

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ProBlogger

JANUARY 22, 2012

It’s been said countless times in the blogging world that in order to be successful we need a plan. When I first started blogging I had one goal in mind: to grow my audience. I was a nobody (and still I pretty much am a nobody) in this busy world of blogging, but I want to be a somebody, someday. You should too!

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Men With Pens

NOVEMBER 7, 2012

They don’t know whether you’ve just finished a year-long project or just opened your freelancing business. Or how it lets you work on your own projects. Don’t have any client work or projects? What topics do they blog and tweet about? Once I helped edit a small business owner’s first blog post.

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ProBlogger

JUNE 4, 2014

And while we’ve chatted this week about sharing your posts on social media for the best effect, and how to repurpose your conten t so even more eyes see it – it’s time now to talk about keeping those visitors on your blog once they get there, interacting with your content, and engaging with you. Reader projects. Reader comments.

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Men With Pens

APRIL 28, 2011

Building a blog is very much like building a model plane – and here are the top 5 lessons I’d like to share with you. When you set up your blog, you’ll face a similar array of options for various skill levels. And the same goes for your blog. How does this relate to your blog? Use the kit made for you.

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ProBlogger

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

How to Overcome Blogger Procrastination. In today’s lesson I want to talk about an issue that I think is at the heart of why many blogs don’t reach their potential. Further Resources on How Procrastination Stopped Me Writing a Million Dollar Blog Post. How to Start a Blog. Listen to this episode here on iTunes.

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ProBlogger

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

How to Overcome Blogger Procrastination. In today’s lesson I want to talk about an issue that I think is at the heart of why many blogs don’t reach their potential. Further Resources on How Procrastination Stopped Me Writing a Million Dollar Blog Post. How to Start a Blog. Listen to this episode here on iTunes.

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Men With Pens

JUNE 3, 2012

My blog posts, articles, and writing projects have all benefited from my fiction writing experience – that means I’m better at communicating with people and clients who bring me income. In writing blog posts and articles, I’m not using as many parenthetical anecdotes or unnecessary adverbs. How to “chunk” tasks.

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ProBlogger

DECEMBER 26, 2012

The platform is constantly evolving beyond its blogging roots, with more great features being added every year. The three major releases in 2011 were 3.1 February 2011) and 3.2 July 2011) and 3.3 December 2011). The three major releases in 2011 were 3.1 February 2011) and 3.2 July 2011) and 3.3

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ProBlogger

JULY 28, 2016

Why Evergreen Content is the Best Investment of Time for a Blogger. “If you could only write one type of content on your blogs – what would it be?” Can You REALLY Make Money Blogging? [7 7 Things I Know About Making Money from Blogging] – A frequently asked question. Make Money Blogging.

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Men With Pens

MARCH 3, 2011

You find yourself procrastinating – chatting on Twitter, watching re-runs of The Simpsons, playing Flash games… “Write mega-huge client project&# keeps slipping down your to-do list. Just focus on the project at hand. Ali Luke is the go-to gal for all things blogging. Copyright 2006 – 2011, All Rights Reserved.

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ProBlogger

AUGUST 2, 2012

Okay, so if your blog has only about 200 subscribers, growing by more than 50% in under six months isn’t a big deal. However, it’s harder to achieve neck-snapping growth on an established blog. Ask any blogger, and they’ll tell you that gaining more subscribers is their number one challenge.

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Men With Pens

MAY 31, 2011

On my blog I review heavy metal albums, movies, books and shows. “Bathory’s Blood Fire Death is a groundbreaking album – a one-man project of Quorthon, who is now dead. How to Write a Kick-Ass Review first appeared on Men with Pens Copyright 2006 - 2011, All Rights Reserved. There’s a kick ass riff at 2.24

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ProBlogger

JUNE 26, 2019

The 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. It highlights my journey as a blogger and areas where you can evolve your own blog and online business.

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ProBlogger

FEBRUARY 13, 2012

Yesterday we were talking about how benchamrking your blog and your performance against those of others only goes so far to give ou an idea of “how your blog’s going.” Those who follow me on Twitter or Google Plus know that my wife and I had our third child in 2011. Here are a few of those things.

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ProBlogger

JUNE 23, 2012

We often hear the word “authority” mentioned in blogging circles, particularly in discussions around building a loyal following. Looking at some of the leading bloggers in some specific niches today, though, it’s clear that they have more than authority and a way with words or images. They’re also great leaders.

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ProBlogger

OCTOBER 30, 2011

We wanted to know how other bloggers make their money. In October 2011, we surveyed 153 people; 107 who were already Semi-Local, and 46 who aspired to be. Danny Iny ( @DannyIny ) is an author, strategist, serial entrepreneur, expert marketer, and the Freddy Krueger of Blogging. Originally at: Blog Tips at ProBlogger.

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ProBlogger

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

How to Overcome Blogger Procrastination. In today’s lesson I want to talk about an issue that I think is at the heart of why many blogs don’t reach their potential. Further Resources on How Procrastination Stopped Me Writing a Million Dollar Blog Post. How to Start a Blog. Listen to this episode here on iTunes.

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ProBlogger

OCTOBER 31, 2012

At the 2011 SMX Advanced event , Matt Cutts announced the Google initiative to support authorship markup, or more simply, to give you ownership of your content in the search results. Adding Authorship when making your blog should be standard practice for all webmasters. Originally at: Blog Tips at ProBlogger.

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ProBlogger

JULY 14, 2011

When Google rolled out the first Panda update on 23 February 2011, we saw our site traffic plummet by 40%. I learned about this four hours after quitting my day job to become a full-time blogger. He co-founded OneProjectCloser.com in 2008 where he shares how-to projects, tool reviews and more.

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