 | ProBlogger: Secrets for Blogging Your Way to a Six-Figure Income |
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Product Description
A complete how-to from two of the world's top bloggers
Thousands of aspiring bloggers launch new blogs every day, hoping to boost their income. Without solid advice from experts, most will fail. This bestselling guide, now fully revised with new and updated tips and tricks from two of the world's most successful bloggers, provides the step-by-step information bloggers need to turn their hobby into an income source or a fulltime career.
- Earning a solid income from blogging is possible, but tricky; this book details proven techniques and gives aspiring bloggers the tools to succeed
- Even novices will learn to choose a blog topic, analyze the market, set up a blog, promote it, and earn revenue
- Offers solid, step-by-step instruction on how bloggers make money, why niches matter, how to use essential blogging tools and take advantage of social media and content aggregators, what a successful blog post should include, how to optimize advertising, and much more
Written by two fulltime professional bloggers, the updated edition of ProBlogger tells you exactly how to launch and maintain a blog that makes money.
- Amazon Sales Rank: #36962 in eBooks
- Published on: 2010-04-23
- Released on: 2010-05-03
- Format: Kindle eBook
- Number of items: 1
Review
'…structured in easy, well written stages...this book is essential if you are going to achieve your blogging objectives.' (Bookworm73.wordpress.com, March 2011).
From the Back Cover
Turn your passion for blogging into extra revenue
There are no magic wands, hidden tricks, or secret handshakes that can bring you immediate success in the blogging world, but with the help of this book, you can get there. Written by two leading authorities on creating and monetizing blogs, ProBlogger carefully lays out the steps you need to follow to create a revenue-generating blog. From choosing a topic and publishing your first post to promoting your site using social media and receiving your first check, you'll find out what really works.
Packed with practical, tried and tested advice, this guide shows you how to:
- Choose the right blog tools and platforms
- Find your niche so you can excel
- Start writing in a way that attracts visitors
- Follow winning strategies on how to earn income with your blog
- Drive readers to your blog through Twitter®, Facebook®, and Digg
- Select the best advertising services
- Uncover the secrets of successful blogs
About the Author
Darren Rowse launched ProBlogger.net in 2004, where he advises fellow bloggers on every aspect of blogging. He's also the blogger behind the successful Digital-Photography-School.com. His blogs are read by over 3 million people per month and he has been making a fulltime living from blogging since 2005.Chris Garrett is a fulltime blogger and new media consultant who has been involved commercially with the Internet since 1994.
Most helpful customer reviews
20 of 20 people found the following review helpful.
Great introduction to monetizing a blog.
By Chicago Book Addict
I picked upProBlogger: Secrets for Blogging Your Way to a Six-Figure Income after blogging for a litle over two years. I've been doing it as a hobby because I love writing and photography, but admittedly haven't thought much about monetizing it.
For me, this book served as a good introduction to how to make money from blogging, both directly and indirectly. However, its focus is a little more broad. It coves everything from choosing a topic to write about, to setting up your blog, to making money. It mixes information and examples with exercises that challenge the reader to apply what they are talking about and use it to inform their own blog.
Because of its broad focus, I think it would be the most useful to someone who is brand new to blogging. I still found it very informative as someone who has been blogging for awhile. However, I did find myself skimming through the pages on setting up your blog because mine has long been set up. However, I thought their instructions were very straight foward and clear and definitely would have been helpful to me if I had stumbled upon them when first starting my blog. They also provide some great tips on deciding what to write about and choosing a domain name.
The content specific to monitization is good but should really be used as a primer. As others have mentioned, much of this content can be found on the ProBlogger blog or elsewhere on the internet. However, the beauty of this book is that it is condensed and all available in one place. No reason to go digging. That said, it is really just the tip of the iceberg so if you are looking for one book to cover everything you will wind up disapointed. I still don't believe I know everything about monitization, nor did I expect to when reading this, and expect to still read more on SEO as a follow up. There are also no secret, magic strategies here. If you are looking for a get rich quick solution this is not it.
Overall, I enjoyed this book and it met my expectations. It was a great first read on how to monetize my blog, but I'm still planning on reading other resources to continue to get smart.
14 of 15 people found the following review helpful.
Always go to the Pro...Blogger
By James Kukral
Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/R23U0Q1NJCOTUQ When your shower breaks in your home, you go to the pro plumber. When your teeth ache, you go to the pro dentist. When you want to learn about to build a successful blog and make money online from your home... you go to the PROblogger! Darren and Chris have written an excellent book that will tell you everything you need to know about how to not only make a blog that people want to read, but more importantly... how to make money from it.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful.Could have covered more on writing, but still worth the money
By R. Hagen
I agree with a lot of the reviews already written, so I'm not going to repeat what "everyone" has told you before.
Personally, I really liked the book. It explains a lot of the practical stuff when it comes to blogging. Advertising, making money, and so on. Previous reviews have covered that. I also have to agree that a lot of the information explained in this book is mostly for beginners - but you could probably get some new info out of it as a "pro" as well.
What I do wish the book had covered more though, is the actual writing of posts. Getting ideas and so forth. So if you want a book about writing, I don't think this is the book for you. But still, it's worth the money and I'm glad I bought and read it. It will definitely come to use more than once.
The book also has a bonus-section online which is sweet, and includes several interviews of top bloggers (among other resources).
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