This guest post is by Jane Meighan of www.RunawayJane.com. One of the main benefits of being a blogger has always been that you could work from anywhere in the world—whether you are surrounded by the hustle and bustle of New York City, or sitting in a quiet, secluded beach hut somewhere in Thailand. Provided you [...]

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Arrested in April of this year, UAE blogger Ahmed Mansour along with economics professor Nasser bin Ghaith, and activists Fahad Salim Dalk, Hassan Ali al-Khamis and Ahmed Abdul Khaleq have...

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This guest post is by Neil Patel of KISSmetrics. If you’re a blogger, do you know how to stay on the right side of the law? Do you know what you need to do to keep the FTC from knocking on your door or to keep from getting a dreaded cease and desist letter? Fortunately [...]

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Do you have a hard time dealing with abstract concepts? Do you find it hard, for instance, to understand what's at stake when talking about online identity? Well, this debate...

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Blogging has roots all the way back to the early 1990s, when forum members would keep accounts of their day-to-day activities and in 1994 the first real blog, Justin’s Links, hit the web.  Blogging has come a long way since the ‘90s, with over 156 million public blogs in existence as of February 2011.  Everyone is blogging, from moms to techies to artists and politicians, and a fun infographic from Flowtown examines the blogging ecosystem.


Read More: The Evolution Of The Blogger: Which Type Of Blogger Are You? [Infographic]

A few weeks ago here on ProBlogger we launched a product I'm really proud of—the Blogger's Guide to Online Marketing Kit written by the Web Marketing Ninja (the guy who has helped me shape my own blogging business model over the last few years). The kit is essentially based around three things: a comprehensive ebook [...]

Read More: 50% Discount Ends in 36 Hours on the Blogger’s Guide to Online Marketing Kit

In the 1970s and 1980s, Folgers ran an advertising campaign that had hidden cameras showing diners enjoying coffee in high-end restaurants. The catch? The coffee was actually Folgers and not some hoity toity brand you'd expect in a white tablecloth restaurant. Many other companies have replicated the campaign, including Domino's, Pizza Hut, Coke, Pepsi, and [...]

Read More: Blogger Relations: Know Your Audience

This guest post is by Dan Meyers of Your Life, Their Life. You  push the Submit button to introduce your next great thought to the world.  Finally, this might be the one that pulls in some real traffic.  Up until this point, the majority of your visits have come from you and your parents. Your [...]

Read More: 3 Reasons I’m Proud to Be an Amateur Blogger

Blogger is one of the first successful blogging platforms that for many people provided their first introduction to blogs. Blogger was also one of Google's first acquisitions, when the search engine company bought Pyra Labs back in 2003. Google hasn't done a tremendous amount with Blogger and it took them a while to develop an Android app for the service, and even longer developing an iOS app, which they just announced today.


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Today we're launching a brand new ProBlogger Resource – something we've been working on for many months now – The Blogger's Guide to Online Marketing – 31 Steps to a Profitable Blog. It is a Kit that is all about helping you create an income that sustains your blog. Created by the Web Marketing Ninja [...]

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I have a confession to make.  I am an incredibly cranky blogger when it comes to pitches.  I get a ton of emails from people asking me to write about their companies, products, videos and more and I have to admit—if I don’t like the way you pitch I may be inclined not to write about you, regardless of how amazing your company, product or video is.  I’ve had it up to here with bad pitches, which is why I have decided to impart unto you, oh mighty pitchers, some tips on how to get even the crankie [...]

Read More: How To Pitch A Blogger: 5 Tips That Will Get Even The Crankiest Blogger To Write About You

I'm going to be frank. Between two speaking engagements, an earthquake, an airport evacuation, sitting on the tarmac for three hours, and missing my bike ride two days in a row, I'm grouchy, tired, and I look like poop. So instead of Facebook question of the week (clap, clap, clap or long whistle as John [...]

Read More: The Key to Starting a Blogger Outreach Program

Social network influence-measurement service Klout doubled its pleasure by doubling the total number of networks it factors into its ratings system, announcing the addition of Blogger, Tumblr, Flickr, Instagram, and Last.fm.

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You've probably heard of usability. Back in the day, when the web was wild(er) and free(r), usability proponents like Jakob Nielsen encouraged site owners to stop doing things like displaying yellow text on black backgrounds, shun the Blink and Marquee tags, and focus on helping users do what they wanted to do on websites. These [...]

Read More: Usable Content: a Blogger’s Introduction

I know what you're thinking. "Of course! I'm a lovely blogger! I'm always giving stuff away—advice in my posts, free chapters from my ebook, whitepapers, time, and a whole swag of fun fun fun on my Facebook page!" That's great—and certainly generous—but what I'm talking about is something different. A generous blogger is one who [...]

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