A Guest Post by Marelisa Fábrega . Image by drmama . Do you have a really good idea which you want to go viral? Is there a behavior you’re trying to modify in your blog readers, such as encouraging them to save, eat healthy, or start an exercise program?... 

Yesterday I shared 6 reasons that I find email newsletters to be a more effective way of driving traffic to and making money from blogs than RSS . Today I want to show you exactly how I do it. Firstly a word about technology – I use Aweber to deliver... 

Over the last few weeks I’ve been exploring principles that are evident in many successful blogs . So far we’ve looked at Listening , Trust , Usefulness and Community . Today I want to get personal with you and share a story with you. The... 

I recently received the email below from a reader asking me for advice on her blog. As I responded to them I realized that it might make an interesting discussion starter and that perhaps the ProBlogger community might together have some good advice... 

By Mary Jaksch of Goodlife Zen . Do you want to create posts that sparkle, dance, enthral, touch the heart, and inform? Do you want your blog to stand out, and subscribers to scramble in at the door? Then I suggest you check out what the New York Times... 

Today we continue my series in principles of successful blogging by looking at something that is at the heart of my own philosophy of blogging (and business) - usefulness. I’ve said it many times on ProBlogger but if your blog is not solving a... 

One of the techniques that I’ve employed in my blogging over the last 6 months behind the scenes is to create Reader Profiles (or Personas). The technique is simply - open up a word document and begin to describe a type of reader that you’re... 

Want to spruce up your comment section but out of ideas? One simple way you can spruce it up is by styling your (the author’s) comment. This tip may seem a little useless but it really has some benefits including: Setting apart the author comments... 

This week I’m featuring a short series of interviews with successful bloggers looking at a popular post on their blog and why they think it went viral. Today Vitaly Friedman from Smashing Magazine has agreed to dissect the popularity of one of... 

Later today I’m speaking to a couple of groups of business people about the power of blogging and social media to help market a business. One of the question I’ve already been told to prepare a question for is - How do you find Readers for...