ProBlogger: The ProBlogger Podcast Is Live and We’re Kicking Off with a Challenge!

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The ProBlogger Podcast Is Live and We’re Kicking Off with a Challenge! Posted: 29 Jun 2015 04:13 AM PDT Today I have great pleasure in introducing you to the brand new ProBlogger Podcast and the next incarnation of 31 Days to Build a Better Blog. Over the last couple of years I’ve lost count of the number of people who have said ‘Darren you really should start a podcast’. I’d always nodded my head but quietly list in my mind a long list of excuses not to including ‘I don’t know how…’ to ‘I’m so busy…’ to ‘what if nobody listens…’ But earlier this year something changed when people suggested I start a podcast. I’m not going to tell you exactly why I changed because I tell you that in the first episode (that went live on iTunes over the weekend) – but it was like a switch got flicked somewhere in my mind and I found myself starting to dream about starting one of my own (and as I did my list of excuses began to dissolve). I decided while on a month long break in the US in April to create a ProBlogger podcast and in my presentation at Chris Ducker’s conference in May I announced I was going to create it and after one of the attendees (I’m looking at you Lane) pressured me to put a date on when I’d do it I impulsively said it would be launched within 2 months! Little did I know how much of a job I had in front of me because rather than start off with a steady weekly show I decided that my first month of podcasting would be a daily show based upon the 31 Days to Build a Better Blog Workbook! Episode 0 is Live Today Episode 0 of the podcast went live on iTunes and day 1 of the 31 Days to Build a Better blog series will kick off on Wednesday (1 July)! You can find show notes and listen to the podcast on our podcast site here. In the first episode: I share why I decided to start podcasting I talk about 2 traits of successful blogs that inform how the podcast will work I share my plan for the first action oriented 31 days of short sharp podcasts based around 31DBBB 31 Days to Build a Better Blog Having run this month long challenge numerous times before I know the potential it has to help bloggers bring about transformation on their blogs. Tens of thousands of bloggers have taken the challenge (and many have completed it numerous times) so I’m excited to be doing it again and would love to have you along on the journey. Don’t feel you need to do it daily (it’s designed to do at your own pace) but please do subscribe to the podcast here on iTunes. Please Help Us with a Quick Review and Rating on iTunes Once you’ve listened to the first podcast (it’s only 16 minutes) please take a moment to give us a rating (hint… 5 starts is good) and a review – it helps us get the word out about the challenge and the more on it the better for everyone! A Note about the 31DBBB WorkBook This podcast series is based upon the 31 Days to Build a Better blog workbook and follows the same 31 days in it – however you do not need a copy to follow along. While there’s definitely more material in the eBook (in fact there’s a bonus 7 days includes in that) you will give value from the podcast without it. However if you do want to have your own copy of the 31 days of material (plus the 7 extras) to use on an ongoing basis please use the coupon code PODCAST50 during the checkout from the sales page to get 50% off the workbook for the next month. No pressure though – as I say you can get a lot of value out of the podcast alone if you choose to do so. Originally at: Blog Tips at ProBlogger The ProBlogger Podcast Is Live and We’re Kicking Off with a Challenge! The post The ProBlogger Podcast Is Live and We’re Kicking Off with a Challenge! appeared first on @ProBlogger.

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ProBlogger: 10 PBEVENT Speakers Tell How They Stay Motivated

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10 PBEVENT Speakers Tell How They Stay Motivated Posted: 25 Jun 2015 07:00 AM PDT All secrets are being revealed on ProBlogger this week! We’ve had the morning routines of superstar bloggers and online entrepreneurs, and also their number one life hack (especially for time management). Today, they share how they keep going when the going gets tough. HEATHER ARMSTRONG: Author, speaker, and blogger at Dooce One, I am the sole provider for my children. Keeping them housed, clothed, fed and happy is the highest priority in my life. Two, I love where I am in my life and cherish the experiences that have brought me here to do what I do. I stay motivated so that I can create even bigger and broader experiences.   Heather will be presenting the keynote session: The Courage of Compassion: Transforming Your Experience with Criticism MRS WOOG: Mouthy 40-something housewife from the burbs. Blogs at Woogsworld   Because I have the best job in the world and I want to keep it.   Mrs Woog will be on the panel for: How to monetise a personal blog with Heather Armstrong   BENJAMIN MANGOLD: Director of Digital and Analytics at Loves Data + Google-certified expert for Google Analytics Seeing people learn new things and exploring new ideas keeps me motivated. When you see things 'click' for someone it's extremely rewarding. I also love it when I hear how the work and training we do at Loves Data has helped someone – it's an incredible feeling to receive a card, an email, or a chocogram, from someone saying how much they appreciate what we do. Benjamin will be presenting the session: Metrics that Matter: Google Analytics for Actionable Insights KELLY EXETER: Owner of Swish Design, a boutique web and graphic design company. Habit. I’m very good at negotiating with myself and can talk myself out of doing anything so relying on motivation to overcome this just makes life too hard. Instead, I’ve created habits around the things that are important to me/just need to be done. For example: writing and exercise are super-important to me but it would be so easy to de-prioritise them in amongst everything else going on in my day. So being in the habit of getting up early and doing them as the first order of the day every single day … it means I never have to go looking for motivation. Kelly will be presenting the session: Blogging voice and the art of creating meaningful connections through writing RUTH SOUKUP: Founder of LivingWellSpendingLess.com Honestly, I don't have to try very hard to stay motivated—I LOVE what I do! I can't think of a job that I would enjoy more, or that would allow me to combine all the things I love. I get bored easily, but the blogging world is always changing. I enjoy strategizing & the process of trying to get ahead of the curve. My biggest problem is not getting motivated, but trying to find the time to implement all my ideas. This year my husband made me promise to take Sundays off, which I have, but I often find myself wandering around the house wishing I could work on my latest project! Ruth will be presenting the keynote session The 5 Ordinary Habits of Extraordinary Bloggers, and breakout session Pinterest Marketing 101: The Three Elements of the Perfect Pin NAT KRINGOUDIS: Women's health revolutionist and fertility fixer at natkringoudis.com.au If you are fully aligned to your vision, living and breathing it, it all falls into place without too much effort. It's so important to fully integrate yourself in your message and what you do. The rest then will simply follow and flow. With this in mind, I don't need to stay motivated, I'm generally always motivated. Nat will be presenting the session: How to create your gangbuster e-product   BRANDON COWAN: 21-year-old co-founder and Director of Crazy Dog Apps Simple (sort of)… I live my life using a bit of Steve Jobs' philosophy – if I find that I am not enjoying something in life and know that I can do something better, I will make the switch or adjust my life accordingly. By always doing what I want, I will always be motivated to do what I do. Brandon will be presenting the session: Creating Business Ideas     PAMELA WILSON: Big Brand System and Copyblogger Media I really, really love what I do. My full-time job is Vice President of Educational Content at Copyblogger. I am running the day-to-day operations of the Copyblogger blog, which is an honor and a wonderful challenge, too. Along with Editor-in-Chief Stefanie Flaxman and Chief Content Writer Demian Farnworth, we set the tone and editorial direction of the Copyblogger blog, and plan how we'll complement the written information with editorial images that help tell the story of each post. In addition to that, I'm overseeing the educational content offered at Copyblogger Media, and there's a lot of it! I'm a teacher at heart, so both of these jobs make me feel like I'm contributing to help people make progress in their businesses and their lives. That's all the motivation I need. :-) Pamela will be presenting the session: Design 101: How to Use Design Basics to Polish Up Your Blog, and How to Create a Content Event That Builds Your Email List DAN NORRIS: serial entrepreneur, award winning blogger and the author of the best selling business book The 7 Day Startup I work on what I love and what inspires me at the time so who wouldn’t be motivated to do that? I do lose focus a little bit sometimes so I have a few things that pull me back into line like chatting with other entrepreneurs, listening to podcasts and speaking at and attending conferences.   Dan will be presenting the session: How to use your blog to supercharge your small business CAROLINE MAKEPEACE: Co-founder of y travel blog I think about my old life waking up every morning to an alarm to go to a job I hated and my first words uttered were “Oh F***!”. That memory makes a 15 hour day working on my blog easy to do. I also have a very engaged email communication relationship (which I’ll share more about in my session). Each week, I read stories about my reader’s lives, fears, hopes and dreams and I’m so so inspired to continue working to help them. I seriously would have quit if it were not for those emails. Caroline will be presenting the session: From Blog to Business – the steps you need to take from to create a profitable business online THE EVENT There are a handful of tickets left, so be quick to ensure you don’t miss out! You can go here to purchase. PBEVENT is Australia's biggest and longest-running blogging conference. Our first 400 tickets sold in around 20 minutes this year, firmly establishing it the ‘go-to’ event on the blogging community's calendar for training and networking. In 2015, ProBlogger Training Event is presented by Olympus and will be relocating to the spacious RACV Royal Pines Resort on the Gold Coast, ready for over 650 bloggers on August 14 and 15. Originally at: Blog Tips at ProBlogger 10 PBEVENT Speakers Tell How They Stay Motivated The post 10 PBEVENT Speakers Tell How They Stay Motivated appeared first on @ProBlogger.

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