So You Want to Be a Problogger        

So do you want to be a professional blogger? Blogging for profit can be a lucrative field, so here are some tips for the aspiring problogger.
The definition of a blog is a website that contains content consisting of some of these features:
Articles - Images - Audio - Video
Here are some ideas for a direction to take if you want to make money with your blog, and keep in mind that you can make money putting ads on your blog, such as Google ads (which are free and should be related to the subject of your blog), and you can sell an affiliate product or products related to your blog topic.
Niche or Topical Blog - This may be the best approach to make money with your blog. Especially when you are first starting out. The niche blog is theme based on a specific subject and provides information to the readers.
Health Blog - Self explanatory, a health blog is actually a niche blog and can be on any health topic. In general health related blogs are gaining in popularity.
Ebook Blog - With this blog you can sell ebooks, either on a specific topic or go in a more general direction with your selection.
Personal Blog - You can create an online diary and place ads on it.
Travel Blog - You can talk about your travels and/or set up a blog that takes hotel reservations or something in that area.
Political Blog - Create an issue or activism based blog.
Collective Blog - Choose a topic and get contributors to submit articles on that topic.
Directory Blog - A directory of different websites on a particular topic.
These are just a few ideas out of hundreds you can use for your blog. Your blog should preferably be on a topic of interest to you to boost the "fun factor".
If you want to be very successful with your blog, you should spend time with it regularly, particularly in the beginning. If you want a one product blog (as in an affiliate situation), you can do fairly well (if you are representing a good product) if you add to the content once or twice a week.
When you are a problogger, you are running the show. You are actually making money from blogging, which can be very rewarding.
If you want to be a problogger, here are a few tips:
Be patient, the financial success of your blog is a process. You can start making money right away, but if you want to quit your day job, it will probably take a little longer.
Know your readers. The more you offer them in the way of interesting items, the more they will return to your blog.
Remember you can experiment with different affiliate programs and ads.
Keep your blog as interesting as you can. Make it readable by avoiding a lot of clutter.
Anyone can make money blogging. The most successful blogs are run by people who are consistent in adding content, make changes when necessary, and most importantly, stick with it.

 

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ProBlogger - Secrets For Blogging Your Way to a Six-Figure Income Book Review

ProBlogger: Secrets for Blogging Your Way to a Six-Figure Income is written by Darren Rowse and Chris Garret. It is published by John Wiley Publishing Inc. in 2008 (Yes! A relatively recent book) and is about 211 pages long.
The author Darren Rowse is the guy behind Problogger.Net which is also a well known blogging reference site. Darren's hobbies, such as photography, is one of the inspirations for many of his income producing blogging sites and as any reference material on blogging.
Chris Garrett is not only a professional blogger like Darren, but is also a writer and Internet marketing consultant. Chris also likes to pick up his camera and capture moments.
Now, why would you listen to these two guys about such a serious topic? Well, they are two guys who started like other successful people who checked out blogging, did some research, tried it, made a plan, got serious and then kept tenaciously pursuing what they wanted. This book is a couple of entrepreneurs who share their stories and lessons of how they are making a living blogging. Plus they add some humor and fun to it too, and the fact that they don't take themselves and the topic too seriously...there's enough of that already out there.
So, between Darren and Chris, they take turns working you through the following chapters that are helpful to beginners or for an experienced blogger wanting to make some changes to gain some monetary income from what they love to do.

• Blogging for Money - defines what a blog is and the ways you can use blogging to make money
• Niche Blogging - looks at the concepts of blog niches and gives you an overview of topics to consider when selecting your blog topic
• Setting Up Your Blog - walks you through the highlights of setting up your blog and helps you see that it's not as difficult as it would first seem
• Blog Writing - content is King! But don't forget about great headlines, formatting, reader involvements, etc.
• Blog Income and Earning Strategies - provides definitions and examples of making money directly, indirectly or a mixture
• Buying and Selling Blogs - highlights the factors usually considered by sellers and buyers of blogs and reminds you people are willing to buy blogs for more than just revenue alone
• Blog Networks - expresses the advantages of not going it alone and the various types of networks you could tap into and be a part of
• Blog Promotion and Marketing - is about the numerous approaches and tools you could use to promote your blog
• Secrets of Successful Blogs - tunes you in to the ways you can measure your success and provides lessons from Niche and Top blogs out there using active blog site examples you can check out yourself
• Creating Something Worthwhile - the "how to" of doing just that, "Creating Something Worthwhile" in blogging

One of the first things written in bold print that gets respect is the section header, Pro Blogging Is Not a Get-Rich-Quick Tactic. The little exercise sections that help you actually take action to learn more are great tools. In addition, the authors also give up links and tools, for free, to help you build and manage your own blog. Though the material is written in a manner that a new comer to blogging can easily and quickly grasp the concepts it also has great examples and techniques that even a well experienced blogger may find useful, possibly triggering new ideas or approaches.
Darren and Chris wrote a resource that, even though the technology may change (more than likely), the bigger concepts such as choosing your subject matter, defining your audience, evaluating your blog's success, sand ideas and ways to keep it fresh and interesting will still apply.

Trish Henao is based out of Calgary, Alberta and has been employed in the Technology industry since 1986. With a B.Sc. in Computer Science, she has acquired experience in the energy, communications, utilities, airline and healthcare sectors. Starting her career as a computer programmer, she has since moved on to becoming a business analyst. Her experience has taught her skills in system analysis and design, data modeling, system development methodologies and project management.
Trish's coauthor, Tatiana Davison, is a passionate and committed leader with experience since 1997 in various management operational roles. She has gained experience in business development supporting industries such as telecom, utilities, oil & gas, and international trade. Tatiana is focused on delivering results through facilitating, motivating, and challenging high performance teams to bring ideas and visions to fruition.
 

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9 Blogging Secrets I Learned From Chris Brogan, ProBlogger, and John Chow         

   

Blogging is a tough job!
During my pursuit of financial independence, I loved spending time in reading on other bloggers' writing. By reading through their archives, I have managed to find strength and inspiration when the going gets tough. My tribute goes to great bloggers like ProBlogger, John Chow, Steve Pavlina and Chris Brogan for making me in believing in what I'm doing. They inspire me to persevere. I shall share with you the 18 blogging tips that I've picked up from observing and reading their blogs.
1. Don't Resign From Your Full Time Job Yet
When you are all fired up, that's where the danger lurks. The first blogging secret applies to all of us who blog part time. We need the stable income from our job to probably to tide us through the first and second year of our new blogging business.
Imagine the stress you would have to go through if you resigned from your job spontaneously. How long could you last through the drought? Inspiration and stress do not correlate. The sad fact is, if you resigned from your job prematurely, you would be forced to look for a new job again.
2. Only Focus On One Blog At Any One Time
They all do it. ProBlogger, DoshDosh, John Chow and Chris Brogan don't stray from one blog to another! They all share a common trait called 'focus'. Focus would give you the strength to strife on because your mind won't need to strain on different genre of blogs or websites. Another thing about focus. When our mind focus on a particular object, we give life to it.
I used to tell you to try working on two blogs instead of one. The reason? So that you could continue to work once you run out of subjects for any one blog. After working on two blogs simultaneously for 3 months, I realized that I might actually be wrong. If you happened to blog part time, it's best that you concentrate just on one blog.
There is so much to do even when you are working on one blog. Do you know what else am I doing apart from writing on my post? My Tweetdeck is on, and I've logged in to my Facebook to engage my friends and building rapport, all for the sake of my How To Blog.org.
3. Be Active In At Least One Social Media Network
At the moment of this writing, John Chow has 3,998 friends in Facebook and oops, surprise surprise, only 398 followers in Twitter. ProBlogger (also known as Darren Rowse) has 3 Fan Pages in Facebook and 88,038 followers in Twitter. I could not find DoshDosh in Facebook (maybe you can help me out on this!) and Maki has 14,874 followers in Twitter. Top blogger like Chris Brogan is a superstar in Twitter, boasting a whopping 120,273 followers!
When you tweet about your latest blog updates, your followers may link to your post. Some may even retweet and help in spreading the word around. Such action will create inbound links from Twitter to your blog. Building links is one of the most important part of creating traffics to your website.
4. Comments On Other Bloggers' Post
ProBlogger said this many times. During the initial years of his blog business, he had spent an equal amount of time creating contents and commenting on other people's blogs. The reason; to get backlinks.
The best link building effort comes from getting a prominent blogger to put your url into his blogroll. Tons of backlinks will be created via such effort. I was fortunate enough to get a PR6 blog called Dr Shock to add my site in this way very early in my blogging effort. As a result, my 'How to Blog.org' just leaped from a PR0 to a PR2 website within 2 months!
However, your request for a link exchange from the big brothers are usually futile. By this, you just have to do the next best thing. You put comments on their post. Remember only to put smart comments and not just any spammy phrase like 'Great post. Thanks!'
5. Use Pictures And Videos
Google and many search engines favor the using of videos and pictures in your blog content. The best videos come from your own recording effort whereby you put in your own keywords for optimization. However, you are still able to use other people's work provided that you give due credit to that person.
6. Build Genuine Relationship
Your readers are intelligent human beings. They know how much effort you have contributed just by reading your content. Once you assumed your role as a blogger, you focus on your effort in adding value to your readers' knowledge.
Ask yourself, how could your content change your reader's outlook. Would your work open up a new perspective or would it just invoke a 'what's new' response? Think about how you would advise a dear friend when he or she hit a snag?
7. Love What You Are Doing
Only make blogging your business if you really love writing valuable contents for your readers. Although building a blog business consumes very little monetary cost, you invest your time in the building process. To me, time is priceless and no amount of money can really replace the time that you have spent. So, only spend this limited resource in something that you love.
8. Your Blog Is Serious Business
Look at these prominent bloggers' site and tell me what you observe? It's not just paying lip service when I said you have to treat your blog as a business.
Darren Rowse of Problogger started of as a lone ranger like most of us newbies. Look at his website now. He hires feature writers for Problogger.net and I'm sure he has accountants to keep track of his ROI as well.
9. Build Original Content
Writing original content is difficult. Since most of us do not write for a living, the urge to just link to other people's post is quite alluring.
Steve Pavlina always preaches about having our own original contents. You could just look at the comments readers make in his blog to gauge how much they love his contents. Creating your own original content would pull traffic to your blog. Linking would push your hard earned traffic to other people's website. In other words, you became the middle-man that creates free inbound link to other bloggers.

I am Robin, a business manager, age 37 and is currently employed by a major organization in Malaysia. Until a year ago, I was adamant to work myself up the corporate ladder and subsequently, to end up as a Managing Director or a CEO of a Multi National Corporation.
Now, I've changed my mind. I want to be more ambitious. I want my own business, and what better way to start than to have my own websites and blogs that would drive in income for me. The beauty of building blogs are abundant. For one, you can do it part time.
 

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ProBlogger - Is It a Farce?

ProBlogger - Is It a Farce?         

The main intention which Darren Rowse, the founder of ProBlogger.net started it in 2004 was seemingly to help other fellow bloggers pick up new traits and use them for their benefit. There are many items in this site that could be useful to people and these include videos, blogs, work books, job forums for discussions and books.
Most of the content is centered on how to create successful blogs, the professional manner in which one could blog etc. ProBlogger also offers a platform for bloggers to make money while discussing other issues like how to attract people to blogs, designing the blog to have a better hit rate, kinds of technical issues related to blogging etc.
Most people set up their own blogs to make money. So, there is a workbook in the site that teaches one the best ways to design a blog, that too in 31 days. It is divided into 2 sections - the first one dedicated to what tasks need to be done everyday and the second one - a simple module that describes why a task has been designed a way it is, the general structure etc. As all of these are daily modules, one has to finish and review them everyday.
In addition to all this, there is also a job section in ProBlogger that posts everyday job listings. Though there are many items that people are not charged for, there is a subscription fee starting at USD 5.95/month, to access the forum. The workbook is priced at USD 19.95.
If one were to probe further to understand who would reap maximum rewards, it would come as no surprise to learn that it would be those professional bloggers. More specifically, people who have set up their blogs to earn money would be benefited a great deal from ProBlogger. Within the website, there are also other ways of making money, like affiliate marketing and freelance writing.
In conclusion, if one would like to benefit from what ProBlogger has to offer, it is recommended that one does his/her own research before moving further. Not all blogs are factual and there is a divide between slander and promotion. Be wary of that.

 

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Problogger: Secrets for Blogging Your Way to a Six-Figure Income by Darren Rowse         

Problogger: Secrets for Blogging Your Way to a Six-Figure Income. This is not your average get-rich-quick paperback. You won't find any outrageous and sensational claims in this book. In fact, authors Chris Garrett and Darren Rowse are quick to make the point that blogging isn't a magical cash cow but something that can fill your bank account only if you know your stuff. Then they proceed to teach you all the techniques they themselves have used to achieve wealth through blogging.
Making money from a blog is no different than any other career-you need the right tools and techniques in order to be successful. The book offers a very brief explanation of what blogging is then moves on to help you choose a topic that will draw in the traffic you need to make it profitable. You'll also be taught how to properly set up a blog, making it visually appealing as well as interesting to your target audience.
Of course, marketing your blog is essential if you want to profit from it and Garrett and Rowse teach their readers how to analyze the market in order to take advantage of it. Unless you know how the market trends and what consumers need you won't be successful no matter how good your blogging skills are! They then go on to teach you a number of ways to promote your blog. After all, without promotion the only traffic you'll have is accidental surfers and that's every blogger's nightmare.
Problogger: Secrets for Blogging Your Way to a Six-Figure Income doesn't stop there, however. You will learn about niches and why they are so important. A niche is a part of the market that is very specialized, a subject that stands by itself. One example of niche writing is the Little Leather Library collection published in the 1920's. They are not common but there is a definite interest in them for one segment of the population. That particular niche has a small but fairly well-to-do consumer base. Garret and Rowse teach you how to choose one or two niches that are right for you and give you the tools to exploit them.
You will learn the difference between direct and indirect monetization, too. An example of indirect monetization is one you're probably familiar with in some way, affiliate commissions. This method funnels money to you as a result of someone else's efforts. Direct monetization would include freelance writing that creates earnings based on how many people read your material. You'll find out how to do effective and profitable advertising that promotes your blog and puts it in the top results of search engines.
Problogger: Secrets for Blogging Your Way to a Six-Figure Income isn't just another scheme for parting you from your money. It's an informative book that gives you the tools and techniques you need to start your journey to financial independence.

 

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The $365 Blog Traffic Formula for a Problogger          

    

With so much competition today, how can you attract Red Hot Visitors with NO cost to you? How much would it be worth to your business this year? The $365 Blog Traffic Formula has the answers from the top 9 probloggers.
That is what "The $365 Blog Traffic Formula" does. This is a PDF e-book that reveals the secrets of nine top probloggers and what their success secrets are. They explain further to you how they attract free traffic and where.
Each problogger was asked the same questions like: "What's your most effective traffic generation strategy which works every time for you and gives the best return in terms of traffic on to your time spent?"
All nine probloggers although asked the same questions all replied with different answers. Wouldn't you love to ask someone top in their field a few questions. How did they do it and become a pro? It is always great to learn what others have as strategies for success so you can understand how they became a success. Honestly there is no need to start from scratch, so many people have paved the road already just follow it along follow a problogger.
The $365 Blog Traffic Formula e-book has interviews with Chris Garrett, Daniel Scocco, Darren Rowse, Jack Humphrey, Jason Katzenback, Matt Garrett, Yaro Starek. They share their problogger secrets with you, it is like having your own interview with them. There also are two extra bonus interviews included in The $365 Blog Traffic Formula e-book they are with J.D. Roth and Tom Kuhlmann. You are gaining insight to 9 well-known and established problogger. Here is a sample of what you will read & learn in The $365 Blog Traffic Formula and each problogger interview.
Daniel Scocco will teach you how to turn visitors into regular ones. He offers a 30 minute formula with 3 easy and free ways to expand on the readership of your blog.
Jack Humphrey goes through his techniques for back linking and how to create content that your readers will want to read. In addition the strategy's used for the best give away offers to get people to sign up for your blogs.
Darren Rowse will tell you about which social media sites are worth posting on and the little secrets to starting a successful blogs.
The $365 Blog Traffic Formula explains the power of leveraging and taking advantage of other people's traffic, rankings and authority. If you want to increase your blog traffic then you need to act like a problogger who has high traffic sites and mimic their actions.
Next you need to know who your clients are. Who do you want to attract to your blog site? You need to have proper content and make it appeal to those people.
There are a few good ways to stimulate your traffic to your blog site, you can interview other bloggers and post that content to attract viewers. Ad swapping is another good method for advertising on other top sites. You both can benefit from that. Blog roll exchanges are good also because you are with like-minded bloggers in your field and industry.
PPC or paid per click advertising needs to be used with caution. DO not pay for advertising unless you have tested and proven your visitor value. This is very important it could cost you a lot of money and you want a minimal investment in the beginning.
When you start advertising try to quantify the value of your visitors first. If you know that for each visitor to your blog, you're making $1 a month on average, then you probably could afford to pay 50 cents per unique visitor; you'd reap half a dollar as profit. That sounds pretty good to me, but you will have to decide that this is just a suggestion on how to calculate their value.
Competition is strong in all areas of the internet learn how to survive and make it like a problogger.

 

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