Tips for Creating Your First eCourse
There’s a reason you’re seeing an influx of ecourses in the blogosphere of late – it’s a fantastic way to share to a higher (and sometimes more concentrated) degree your talents and knowledge. If you have a niche blog, then there’s a good chance you can come up with an in-depth and useful course that will be helpful for your readers and profitable for you. If an ecourse is something that’s been on your mind, then read ahead. Last year, Chantelle Ellem of Fat Mum Slim ran her very first blogging ecourse…
3 Reasons to Stop Relying on How-To Lists for Information (and What to Do Instead)!
This is a guest contribution from Daryl Rothman. The truth is out there. At least, we hope so. How-to lists are all the rage in the burgeoning blogging world. And many are good, but there is an absolute deluge. The list of lists is growing. Who has it right? How do you choose? What lists you should rely on? Simple. None. Before you loose the slings and arrows of recrimination upon me, hear me out. I didn’t say you shouldn’t read any how-to lists. There are some great ones. Read away! I am saying you need to stop relying upon them. Here’s why. We are…
The Only Business Training Resource I Promote Just Opened for Enrolments for One Week
Update: this course will be open for enrolments for just over 1 more day. I only promote one blogger training resource each year and this is the only week this until 2016 that they have enrolments open. I’m very fussy about what blogger training resources I promote (because there is so much hype and dubious practice in this space) but today have a recommendation for an authentic and valuable program that I know will help many ProBlogger readers. Here’s what you need to know. The Short Story The Elite Blog Academy is one of the most comprehensive blogging courses I’ve ever come across – and it’s available to enrol in …
Make Money Blogging for Real: 3 Must-Know Factors
This is a guest contribution from Jerry Low. Most people have heard of the success of Perez Hilton’s blog and that he makes somewhere between $200,000 to $400,000 each month blogging about the latest celebrity gossip. Success stories like Hilton’s might make the prospect of earning a fortune blogging seem real, but the truth is that it is hard work and not very many crack that six figure per month mark. Still, you can make a decent living from blogging, if you know how to go about it. Every now and then, I’m pulled aside at a family gathering or am emailed by someone who wants to know if it’s possible to make money blogging. Some of the common questions include: How do you make money online? …
ProBlogger FAQ: How Often Should I Post?
Post frequency is a topic that comes up often among bloggers. It doesn’t matter if you’ve just started or you’ve been posting for years – people change, algorithms change, and even your motivations for blogging change. No-one is immune from wondering if their schedule is working, or if tweaks can be made for more successful audience interaction. As I said in my previous FAQ post on how long posts should be – it depends on several factors. The length of posts, the frequency of posting, and definitely post content all require trial…
The Full Blog Monetization Menu – 60+ Ways to Make Money With Your Blog
This is a guest contribution from Paul Back. You think about it all the time – how great it would be to make money from your blog. Yet, with monetization, things can get a little confusing. There are just so many different options. Making money from your blog is not something that happens by accident. It takes forethought, planning, and a winning strategy. Once you understand all of the possible ways to monetize your blog, it’s much easier to devise the right plan. Succeeding at Monetizing Your Blog The First Step …
6 Steps to Make Your Nonprofit’s Blog a Must-Read Web Destination
This is a guest contribution from Eric Rardin. Managing a nonprofit is already more than a full-time job. Often, when operating on shoestring budgets to make a dent in large-scale, intractable problems like poverty or human rights, writing up a few hundred words for a blog post can seem like the least important of the myriad to-dos. But that couldn’t be farther from the truth! For your supporters, your organization’s blog is a window into your world. It showcases what matters to you, how you’re achieving your mission, and provides…
7 Digital Marketing Skills Every Professional Needs
This is a guest contribution from Brian Burt. “Whatever you are, be a good one.” That popular bit of wisdom has a timeless ring of truth to it, but we may want to update it for the internet age. “Whatever you are, be a digital marketer” might be more apt in this era, when nearly everything that matters happens online. The new reality is that in order to be marketable in any field, you need to sharpen your digital marketing chops. Whether you’re an administrative assistant or a CEO, you can be a better version if you have…
Email like a Ninja! FeedBlitz and the new Webhooks extension from Ninja Forms
As part of our continuing mission to elevate our publishers’ abilities, we are always on the look out for extraordinary tools, like Ninja Forms, made for expanding list building efforts. Just last week, Ninja Forms made a lot of people happy when they announced their latest extension, Webhooks. It’s a custom form builder that now fully enabled Ninja Forms to fully integrate with FeedBlitz. Here’s how to use Nija Forms Webhooks to offer a subscription form to …
The Beginner’s Guide to Successful Blogging
We’ve launched the Famous Blog about 5 years ago to help out new bloggers building successful blogs. We love to share all kind of tips, tricks and trends provided by expert bloggers, so today; I am going to share a new beginners blogging… <br>
LAST DAY: Claim Your Rainmaker Platform Pro Upgrade Option Before It Expires
On Monday, Brian and I hosted a webinar that focused on the fundamentals of smarter online marketing and how the new Rainmaker Platform Pro features help you execute them. Specifically, we went through a live demo of the Learning Management System and Marketing Automation features, which I used myself to develop The Showrunner Podcasting Course. We got overwhelmingly positive feedback on the webinar, so we are reposting it here for anyone who missed it. But first, an important reminder about the Rainmaker Platform Pro upgrade option that expires later today. Act …
How to Repurpose Old Posts Into Quality Content for Your Blog
Some days, your well of ideas runs dry and no matter how you try to find inspiration, you can’t somehow come up with meaningful, interesting, and new quality blog content. So instead of creating, why not recycle your older content into something fresh? There are several discussions on the pros and cons of using older content for your blog. Regardless of what critics may argue against it, as long as your material and the ideas behind it can still be relevant to your current audience, it’s fine to draw from old posts. The trick is in how you do it so you don’t sound redundant. If you decide to take a long, hard look at your older posts, you might also experience some cringeworthy…
Email List Building Techniques for Serious Bloggers
How we’ve increased email subscription rates by over 400{0e584ec94eaa64d073763ee1dc286a1f4d0f941424b1448bbfd01af7d90f9475} Guess what? We’ve increased email subscriptions rates by over 400{0e584ec94eaa64d073763ee1dc286a1f4d0f941424b1448bbfd01af7d90f9475}. In this post, I’ll going over the steps I’ve taken to achieve that increase. I have also put together a how-to guide to help you put your own resource gallery or document library (part of the […] The post Email List Building Techniques for Serious Bloggers appeared first on Hot Blog Tips.
5 Pro Tips To Increase the Effectiveness of Your Social Media Campaigns
With more than a billion combined users on platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Google+, LinkedIn and Instagram, social media is a marketing gold mine if you know how to use it effectively. Like search engines, most social networks have also evolved significantly over the last few years. Platforms like Facebook and Twitter have gradually changed their […] The post 5 Pro Tips To Increase the Effectiveness of Your Social Media Campaigns appeared first on Blogging Tips.
3 Ways Scheduling Will Make You a Better Blogger
Do you feel a bit like a slave to your social media? Always thinking about your next blog post, forgetting to respond to that guy on Twitter, and never Pinning at the right time? I know what it’s like to always feel like you’re running to catch up, instead of being in control of how and where you spend your time. There’s nothing wrong with flying by the seat of your pants and only writing or hanging out on social media when inspiration strikes – if it works for you. If you’ve found that’s a little too chaotic to be sustainable long-term, then you’ll benefit from being more intentional …
Blogging Fears: My site will look amateur
This post is the fifth in the series of blogging fears (and how to overcome them). If you have lunch with writers, you’ll come away feeling insecure about your writing. If you have lunch with SEO experts you’ll want to do more with your SEO and if you have lunch with a designer, you’ll want to put your site in maintenance mode and never look at it again! There are many design principles for you to consider, if you…
How to Use Article Marketing Effectively for Traffic Generation and SEO
Article marketing has long been considered an easy way to build some back links to your site. Of course, the value passed to your site through these links is known to be virtually negligible. Smart bloggers have also learned that the quality of the…
How to Know if You’re Entering a Viable Niche
When western companies first visited a deregulated India, they were licking their fingers in anticipation. India was a country of just under one billion people at the time, and businessmen were seeing dollar signs everywhere they looked. But, numbers alone don’t make sales. Many companies burned themselves trying to get off the ground, because the vast majority of people simply couldn’t or wouldn’t buy their products. They learned — after a lot of trial and error — that sheer numbers aren’t everything. It’s impossible to know in advance if your business venture will be successful online. So, I suggest you look for one big factor before …
Bring Your Blogging Muse Back to Life
If you feel that your blogging mojo is flagging, sometimes all it needs is a jolt — or a series of such — to kick it back into gear. For many of us bloggers, dealing with the minutiae of our non-blogging lives and getting stuck in a routine are our biggest momentum killers. Sometimes it’s also self-doubt, running out of things to say, or other distractions that take the life out of blogging. It can be anything at all. You’re in the process of brainstorming for new content and someone’s at the door. Or you’re drafting your umpteenth post and the phone rings. Or someone tells you that your blog sucks and you begin…
You CAN Do Hangouts On Air (HOA) – Six Excuses Resolved
Since we have been doing Hangouts on Air each week for the Hot Blog Tips Newsletter Team, I have been encouraging others to give it a try. I often hear a few of the same excuses as to why “they” can’t do them. Let’s look at a few and see if we can’t get everyone The post You CAN Do Hangouts On Air (HOA) – Six Excuses Resolved appeared first on Blogging Tips For Bloggers – Learn
Are Article Directories Still Effective for Link Building?
As blog owners there is really nothing we love more than some good quality backlinks coming to our sites. The best backlinks are ones that come naturally from other bloggers and through social media. However not all of us can create incoming links simply by relying on outside bloggers and our site readers.For times like these many bloggers will look to alternative solutions to build incoming links. One of these alternatives is through article marketing and directories.The concept behind article directories is simple. Writers sign up to the web site and provide quality content and…
How to Use Multivariate Testing to Build the Ultimate Opt-in Form
This guest post is by Adam Connell of Bloggingwizard.com. There’s a testing technique out there that’s not being used to its full potential—or even used at all by most website owners. Today I want to show you how you can use it to create the ultimate high-converting opt-in form. So what is multivariate testing? It’s essentially very similar to split testing. The difference is that it takes into account a…