Ang Peregrino Recommends 25: Problogger

Problog­ger
URL: http://​www​.problog​ger​.net/

Problog­ger is a great site for blog­gers like me, and would-be blog­gers like some of my read­ers (join the fun! hehe). The site is ded­i­cated to help­ing other blog­gers learn the skills of blog­ging, share their own expe­ri­ences and pro­mote the blog­ging medium. Dar­ren Rowse started it in Sep­tem­ber 2004 to keep a record of what he was learn­ing about blog­ging for money. Since that time, he’s added over 3500 arti­cles, tips, tuto­ri­als and case stud­ies to his blog.

If you’re a blog­ger your­self, you might want to read the fol­low­ing arti­cles from ProBlog­ger to help get you started:

1) 18 Lessons I’ve Learned About Blog­ging. Writ­ten in 2005, these are reflec­tions on Darren’s first few years in blogging.

2) 10 Habits of Highly Effec­tive Blog­gers. A post on what makes suc­cess­ful blog­gers suc­cess­ful– by being proac­tive, strate­gic, cre­at­ing use­ful con­tent, etc.

3) Mak­ing Post Titles Pop. A post on how cre­ative titles for blog posts grab reader atten­tion and bring them to your blog.

4) SEO 101. I know my friend Marc Macalua will get really angry at me for say­ing this, but I do not know any­thing about SEO if my life depends on it. This arti­cle gives a crash course on learn­ing SEO.

5) Blog Design for Begin­ners. Here are some step-by-step instruc­tions on com­ing up with a design for your blog. The prin­ci­ple behind this is that design is not about mak­ing things pretty. Rather, it’s about mak­ing things work.

For teach­ing me a lot of things about blog­ging, and for inspir­ing me to build and bet­ter my own blog, AngPere­grino Rec­om­mends Problog­ger this week.