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| ProBlogger: Secrets for Blogging Your Way to a Six-Figure Income | 
 enlarge | Authors: Darren Rowse, Chris Garrett
Publisher: Wiley
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  36 reviews
Sales Rank: 1564
Media: Paperback
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Pages: 240
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 9 x 5.8 x 0.6
ISBN: 0470246677
Dewey Decimal Number: 006.7
EAN: 9780470246672
ASIN: 0470246677
Publication Date: May 5, 2008
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| Customer Reviews:
 Detailed, Thorough and Realistic Guide to Making Money Blogging July 24, 2008
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
Darren Rowse and Chris Garrett have written a book that you should read if you're interested in blogging.
"Problogger: Secrets for Blogging Your Way to a Six-Figure Income" is based on Darren's (and his partner Chris') personal experience building blog businesses to make $100,000/year or more.
Like Darren's popular Problogger blog, the book is casual, informative, supportive, and offers lots of specific strategies. It starts with the personal stories of how the 2 authors became successful bloggers. (Spoiler: They were not overnight successes and not everybody is going to make $100k!) This realistic approach continues throughout the book.
The Problogger book pays excellent attention to the business side of blogging. It helps the reader evaluate his/her own interests and potential approaches that may lead to lucrative blogging for that individual. The authors help you determine content niches appropriate to your expertise, select a software platform, and provide plenty of details on profitable writing strategies. (This includes screen shots and even details on getting paid by blogging for others instead of necessarily starting your own blog.)
Other business topics include marketing, SEO, and even buying and selling blog properties - much of which may be new to readers who are not already professional bloggers.
The book closes with heartfelt guidance to "Create Something Worthwhile". As blogging success stories themselves, Darren and Chris' argument to focus on continuously creating value for readers as a way to build your business is a positive and accurate message.
All of this practical, supportive detail combined with some inspirational support, make Problogger similar to my book Internet Riches: The Simple Money-Making Secrets of Online Millionaires, but focused specifically on how you can best make money by blogging.
The thorough review that Darren and Chris provide of different strategies behind starting a successful blog make a valuable contribution to the emerging library of e-business texts.
Highly recommended - especially if you are new to the "business" of blogging. The Problogger book could be the virtual mentor you need to make it big as a blogger.
A Superb Book for Bloggers June 1, 2008
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I've long been a fan of Darren Rowse's [...] website. Darren (and his guest posters - one of his tips!) keeps it very interesting, valuable, and useful for bloggers who want to learn how to grow their readership and potentially monetize their online content.
Darren brings the right attitude to all of this - and it's important. He's learned the hard way and he shares his learnings generously. The book - and the blog - are valuable resources for any blogger wanting to get serious about their own online presence.
Killer resource for anyone looking to actually generate income from blogging May 8, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
What makes this book different from other books on blogging is it's unique focus on actually turning a blog into a vehicle for revenue.
So, for example, when it talks about choosing a topic, the focus is not just on figuring what you love to write about, but on find and choosing a niche to blog about that will give you the greatest possible chance to make money by serving a market with a strong demand for information and insight.
When Darren and Chris talk about the types of posts you can include in your blog, they focus on what readers most want to read and what is most likely to get passed around or go viral, like list and resource posts.
And, because traffic is the holy grail for monetization, they talk about blog promotion and marketing, from creating strong relationships to figuring out social-media to generating link-bait. It has one of the most detailed marketing and promotion sections I've found in any book on blogging.
There are many really good books on blogging, but this one sets the bar for blogging for income. Highly recommended.
Charles Review On The Problogger Book June 2, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Before I first laid my hands on this book, I have already frequented Darren Rowse's blog where he teaches about blogging as a professional. This book is definitely a complete guide to make money in blogging. It not only teaches you how to blog, what to blog, and also where to blog. But what separates this book from the rest are the parts where he teaches people how to buy and sell blogs, and to write articles that attract visitors to come back for more.
Darren and Chris are definitely writing from their own experiences as probloggers themselves. And because of their fame, I believe the subscribers in their blogs will actually buy this book because of their credibility. In no time, this book should hit the bestsellers list.
This book is written with the aim of targeting at all blog platforms even though they love to use WordPress (just like myself). In fact, the technical issues about blog should be left out to the experts while we focus on providing the best contents for the visitors.
No doubt about this book at all. Because I have it myself, and would recommend to all bloggers out there to acquire it.
 GOLDEN INFORMATION June 3, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
If you want to make blogging your business, then this book is a must read. This book takes you step by step through all the options you will face when launching and monetizing a blog.
What I love BEST about this book is that Darren doesn't "sugar coat" his experience. His was NOT an overnight success story and he openly shares that information with the reader. His co-author, Chris Garret also doesn't sugar coat his experience either. Both are long time internet veterans whose success has been anything but overnight.
This book contains great information for every level of blogger. However, if you're expecting step-by-step idiot proof advice on how to make $100K a year your first year in blogging without working at it, then pass on buying this book.
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