March 11, 2010
Earlier in the week we looked at the importance of ‘niches’ when it comes to building profitable blogs. Today I want to extend the topic and gives the process that I tend to use when working out if I want to start a new blog in a particular niche. I hope you find it helpful.
Many factors will come into play when it comes to choosing a niche to blog...
As this post goes live I’ll be in the process of arriving at SXSW Interactive in Austin Texas.I was fortunate enough to at SXSWi two years back and it was one of the best conference experiences that I’ve had – so I’ve made it a priority this year to return.
My schedule is pretty open. The main...
March 10, 2010
guest post by Kelly Diels
warning: there are lessons and even actionable advice in here, but it is buried inside a story. I write stories because I love you and don’t want to bore you and because if you laugh then chances are that you’ll remember the educational bit, too. There’s actual research that this works – it is not just because I am in love with ...
March 9, 2010
While I get many questions from bloggers asking for advice on ‘how to blog‘ perhaps one of the biggest questions a new blogger needs to ask themselves before they move on to the HOW to blog question is ‘WHAT will I blog about?’
There is no real right or wrong answer to this question as blogs come in all shapes and sizes and focus upon all manner of topics. However thinking through the question before you start a blog will help you make some...
March 8, 2010
A Guest post by Heather Allard from The Mogul Mom.
If you’re a regular ProBlogger reader, you know that Darren dishes up heaps of incredible blogging advice 7 days a week, 365 days a year. His archives positively overflow with information on how to build a blog from the ground up, how to...
March 7, 2010
Last week on Twitter I was asked by @southrngurl6489 the following question:
If you had to pick only one thing that makes a blog stand out from its peers, what would you pick and why?
I thought it’d be a good question to open up to a wider audience as its something I’ve touched on quite a few times over the last year or so and because what makes a blogger distinct is often, by definition,...
March 6, 2010
A guest post by Dustin Riechmann of Engaged Marriage.
My life is pretty typical for a 30-year old family man these days. I do my best to maintain a hectic schedule and the demands that come with balancing a wife,...
March 5, 2010
A Guest Post by Mark Hayward.
What the hell am I supposed to write about, I own a {insert your small business here}?
Really, who cares about your flower shop, bike shop, auto parts store, or coffee...
March 4, 2010
A Guest Post by Cori Padget from Write Syntax and Big Girl Branding.
In a word?
Engage. Engage, engage, engage, engage. Get it yet? ENGAGE! OK, I’m thinking you get it now, kinda sorta. But...
March 3, 2010
Last week on my Photography Tips site we published a guest post titled Three Lenses Every Photographer Should Own.
The author of the guest post emailed me a few days later amazed at amazing amount of comments left on the post. While the average post on dPS gets a reasonable amount of comments this post is climbing up towards 200.
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