The Creative Penn

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

In the intro, Finding readers [ ALLi blog ]; Writing the Shadow Kickstarter. 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. You can read/listen to previous updates at TheCreativePenn.com/timeline.

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ProBlogger

MARCH 24, 2022

The post 7 Strategies for Growing Community on Your Blog appeared first on ProBlogger. Recently on ProBlogger we’ve been looking at the topic of building community on a blog. We started by identifying 9 benefits and 3 costs of community on a blog and then looked at 5 stages of building community on a blog.

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Neil Patel

APRIL 23, 2021

They are tweeting about your latest product, leaving a comment on your blog, posting a Facebook update about their customer experience, and much more. Many blogs reported the fact as a negative public relations case. — Alex Goot (@alexgoot) March 13, 2013. — Elizabeth Windsor (parody) (@Queen_UK) March 14, 2013.

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ProBlogger

MARCH 16, 2022

The post The 5 Stages of Building a Culture of Community on a Blog appeared first on ProBlogger. Let me start by repeating the advice I gave last week that building community and reader interaction on a blog takes time. Note : I really want to emphasise this idea of building a ‘ culture ‘ of community on your blog.

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Men With Pens

DECEMBER 3, 2013

Some people – a small but very important part of this audience – read this blog for one specific reason: they want advice on how to write and publish a fiction novel. Self-publishing? How to Write and Self-Publish a Fiction Novel first appeared on Men With Pens Copyright 2006 — 2013, All Rights Reserved.

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Grammarly

MARCH 26, 2024

Example of a report summary In 1964, the USA’s first surgeon general, Terry Luther, published a report titled “Smoking and Health.” Additionally, adult smoking rates have dropped 50 percent since 1965, and as of 2013, 26 states have 100 percent smoke-free policies in public spaces.

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Express Writers

JANUARY 1, 2024

In this article, we’ll explore the top trends for content marketing in 2024, highlighting the importance of short and long-form video content, the staying power of long-form blog content, and more. While the digital landscape shifts toward dynamic and immersive content formats, the importance of quality blog posts remains strong.

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Neil Patel

MAY 4, 2021

Interest in influencer marketing has skyrocketed 90x since 2013. Content strrategy can be a vague concept, but for the purposes of this post, we mean things like publishing cadence, tone and voice of the author, and content elements (text, graphs, etc.). I’m not including my blogging and guest blogging efforts.

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ProBlogger

DECEMBER 1, 2012

As part of our Blogging the Festive Season series, we asked a few questions about how she’s squaring up for her first festive season on the blog. You started Keep the Tail Wagging on January 1, 2012, so this will be your first festive season on the blog. I notice that you’ve already published a seasonal post from Petsmart.

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Neil Patel

DECEMBER 26, 2022

Have you ever looked back at your old blog posts and thought, “wow, that really needs an update”? Standard blog: A conversational, yet informative, blog post that offers high-level information to curious readers. The top three URLs for this query were listicles, all published in 2022. It ranks for 2.6K It ranks for 2.4K

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ProBlogger

MARCH 24, 2022

The post 7 Strategies for Growing Community on Your Blog appeared first on ProBlogger. Recently on ProBlogger we’ve been looking at the topic of building community on a blog. We started by identifying 9 benefits and 3 costs of community on a blog and then looked at 5 stages of building community on a blog.

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Express Writers

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Because search engines like Google search for the most helpful and valuable content to share with users, it’s important to publish quality content your target audience is actually searching for. SEO content writers typically craft blog posts, guest posts for other industry sites, service pages, and landing pages.

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ProBlogger

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

No doubt it’s a scary leap to rebrand a blog – would people still read? And you make the switch – your blog (and your online identity) is something new. Jodi Wilson did that on New Year’s Eve 2013. “Che had started school in 2013 and all of a sudden his world was much bigger and I had less control.

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ProBlogger

JUNE 17, 2014

Should you trademark your blog name? At the start, blogs were something of a personal communication medium. Her blog, Against All Grain, barely 18 months old, had acquired an intensely loyal readership. In August 2013 she filed her federal trademark application. Walker published hers. ” Additionally, Ms.

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ProBlogger

MARCH 16, 2022

The post The 5 Stages of Building a Culture of Community on a Blog appeared first on ProBlogger. Let me start by repeating the advice I gave last week that building community and reader interaction on a blog takes time. Note : I really want to emphasise this idea of building a ‘ culture ‘ of community on your blog.

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ProBlogger

AUGUST 22, 2018

The post How Long Should Your Blog Post Be? When I started blogging in 2008, there was a (roughly) agreed-on standard for blog posts: you should post around 500 words every weekday. Around the end of 2013, long-form content became much more popular in the blogging world. Blog Post Length vs Frequency.

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ProBlogger

MAY 9, 2013

Yesterday I published a post telling my story of adding 12 income streams to my blogs over the last 10 years. One of the comments and tweets I had a number of times was a request to make the diagram I used shows how the 12 different streams of income go towards making the overall revenue on my blogs today.

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Moz

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Posted by Cyrus-Shepard Seven years ago, we published a post on the Moz Blog titled "How to Rank: 25 Step Master SEO Blueprint.". We did this not only for a ranking/traffic boost, but also because SEO has changed a lot since 2013. From an SEO perspective, the post did extremely well. Time to update. Featured snippets.

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ProBlogger

JANUARY 10, 2013

That time of year… Many of our favorite blogs have published posts that either look back on the last year, or look forward to this one. Zen Habits: Simplify the Internet , which seems like a sort of call to simpler action in 2013, even though it’s not pitched as a new-year post. Blog branding in 2013.

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ProBlogger

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

Every blog and every audience is different, after all. Today and tomorrow, we’ll look at a few different blogs, and see how their owners are preparing for the festive season: a blogger-consultant-speaker. a digital publisher. a not-for-profit blog. a digital publisher. a not-for-profit blog.

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ProBlogger

DECEMBER 17, 2013

Last week I was involved in a number of conversations with readers about blog post length and whether it was better to write long posts or short ones. The Ultimate Guide to Selling Your Blog (5470 words). The Ultimate Guide to Leaving Comments on Blogs (2047 words). What About Series of Posts?

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ProBlogger

DECEMBER 1, 2012

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. What does preparing the Youth Workin’ It blog for the festive season mean? This will be your second festive season on the blog.

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ProBlogger

MARCH 20, 2017

How do you build a successful fitness blog? What does it take to start a blog and grow the traffic to 100K monthly visitors in less than a year? If you have a fitness blog or planning to start one or even if you are just curious on how you can grow your blog’s traffic fast, then this post is for you.

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ProBlogger

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

I had an email this morning from a blogger who has built a great loyal readership to their blog and who has been attempting to monetize that readership lately by doing some affiliate promotions on that blog. relevant to the topic of your blog. This article was first published August 22, 2013 and updated September 15, 2022.

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Men With Pens

OCTOBER 8, 2013

You don''t have to just hope to be "discovered" by a major blog or a publisher. The 5 Secrets of Successful Writers first appeared on Men With Pens Copyright 2006 — 2013, All Rights Reserved. You don''t have to wait for destiny to align your stars.

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ProBlogger

JULY 18, 2019

The post The Ultimate Guide To Creating Evergreen Content For Your Blog appeared first on ProBlogger. Back in 2007 I was asked a question: “If you could only write one type of content on your blogs forever, what would it be?”. The piece of content you publish today can potentially have a positive impact on people in ten years’ time.

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ProBlogger

JANUARY 24, 2013

Lots of great discussions going on on social media, and some interesting plans in the works for many… Launching an ebook in 2013? If it’s something that interests you, take a look at our guides for becoming a print book author: Blog Business Model: Sell Your Print Book. Conference planning 2013.

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The Creative Penn

DECEMBER 25, 2022

Other things you might want to quit: social media platforms, blogging, an author name, a book series, writing a book that's taking forever, marketing a book that isn't selling, a business model, a day job, being a full-time author, a city or even a country. Getting over sunk cost fallacy. Why Orna quit a whole series of non-fiction books.

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ProBlogger

DECEMBER 2, 2012

We spoke to the owners of: a product-sales blog. a digital publisher. a not-for-profit blog. Work out when you won’t want to be blogging, and block those days (or weeks!) Second, they’ll help you assess your efforts when you come back to your blog in 2013. Originally at: Blog Tips at ProBlogger.

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ProBlogger

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

The post 262: How Carolyn Started a Directory to Attract Readers to Her Blog appeared first on ProBlogger. We continue our Blogging Breakthroughs series with Carolyn Edlund, whose Artsy Shark blog focuses on the business of art. It revolutionized her blog, and helped her build a successful business around it.

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ProBlogger

DECEMBER 6, 2013

Too many indie authors buy into the myths and lies that keep them running in circles rather than charging forward into a lucrative self-publishing career. Before successfully writing fiction full time, we both wrote for our own blogs for years, along with guest posts for sites like Problogger. Isn’t that the dream of every blogger?

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Express Writers

MAY 1, 2024

You know having a blog for your business or brand is critical to drawing in new customers and keeping the ones you have. However, you likely have wondered what the right blog posting frequency is. What’s the ideal blog posting frequency for you? What Is the Ideal Blog Posting Frequency? Should you post once a week?

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ProBlogger

JULY 30, 2013

How do advertisers determine whether a blog is worth their marketing dollars? Promising blogs start out with must-have elements — interesting content, loyal readership, eye-catching design and regular updates. One of the growing metrics on an advertiser’s radar is a blog’s social media page. But what’s missing?

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ProBlogger

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

In 2013, I experienced a writer’s dream come true. My blog post, 13 Things Mentally Strong People Don’t Do , went viral. But, almost no one knew why I had written that blog post. I decided to publish my list online. I knew nothing about publishing and had no idea what to expect. But that was only half the story.

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The Creative Penn

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

This podcast is sponsored by Kobo Writing Life , which helps authors self-publish and reach readers in global markets through the Kobo eco-system. Do you feel that more highly paid speaking gigs become easier if you have a traditionally published book? It was really important to be commercially published. Dorie: Exactly.

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ProBlogger

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

I had an email this morning from a blogger who has built a great loyal readership to their blog and who has been attempting to monetize that readership lately by doing some affiliate promotions on that blog. relevant to the topic of your blog. This article was first published August 22, 2013 and updated September 15, 2022.

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ProBlogger

DECEMBER 31, 2013

We are mining ProBlogger content this week for super-useful information to kick-start your blogging year with gusto. This post “7 Tips for Busy Bloggers on Finding Time to Blog” first appeared in April 2013. 7 Tips for Busy Bloggers on Finding Time to Blog. Name Your Blogging Priorities.

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