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ProBlogger: 31DBBB Day 16 Challenge: Solve a Reader’s Problem

ProBlogger: 31DBBB Day 16 Challenge: Solve a Reader’s Problem

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31DBBB Day 16 Challenge: Solve a Reader’s Problem

Posted: 15 Jul 2015 01:00 PM PDT

Today’s challenge in the 31 Days to Build a Better Blog series is another writing challenge, and one that’s close to my heart.

In both my blogs I strive to be useful – every day, my goal is to solve at least one reader problem. There are many reasons why helping to solve a pain point for your reader is good for both your blog and your audience, but it boils down to creating a connection with people that keeps them coming back. And if you’re lucky, recommending you to others!

In this episode, the challenge is to solve a reader’s problem. I go through the best starting point for this kind of task (which might surprise you), and of course, how to find out what is bothering your readers so you can help to solve it for them.

There are plenty of ways to canvass your audience to get a sense of where they’re at and where they’d like to be. You’ll come away from this podcast with a whole heap of ideas to try, and how to turn that information into future posts for your blog.

As you do, ask yourself – what do you notice about your readers’ problems?

We’ll also discuss how to find your readers’ issues without asking them directly – we talk about where to look and how to define what the issue is that you can see they’re facing. I’ll tell you how I find these problems, and the tools I use to help me.

Of course you can’t spend all your time looking for problems, so I’ll also talk about how you can go about solving the issues for your audience in a variety of useful ways.

I hope you’ll join me, and I look forward to hearing your feedback in the comments here on the show notes of todays challenge.

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ProBlogger: ProBlogger Podcast: Blog Buddies

ProBlogger: ProBlogger Podcast: Blog Buddies

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ProBlogger Podcast: Blog Buddies

Posted: 14 Jul 2015 01:00 PM PDT

Let’s kick off this new week of 31 Days to Build a Better Blog with a podcast about finding your tribe.

I’m an introvert, and blogging and podcasting work really well with my personality type. I enjoy interacting with others, but at a bit of a distance. But one of the biggest lessons I’ve learned over 13 years in this business is that sometimes I have to push myself out of my comfort zone and be among people, because it’s then that my blogs grow best.

In my first few weeks of blogging when I had no idea what I was doing, I realised the value of having a helping hand in other bloggers. Their support is indispensable, especially when you feel as though you’re not getting anywhere, or you’re better off doing something else with your time.

In today’s episode I go through the challenges I’ve faced over the years and how the presence of other bloggers have helped me. I’ve achieved so much more as a result of collaboration and reaching out to others, so I’ve a few ideas to share about how they help and why you should find yourself a friend or two to make this online journey with.

It’s probably pretty obvious, but today’s challenge is to find a blog buddy or buddies. That might not be as easy as you think, so I’m on hand to give some advice about how you might like to go about this.

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Click here to listen to day 15 of the 31 Days to Build a Better Blog series on the ProBlogger Podcast. 

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