ProBlogger was a very quick read; I finished it in a day. But the information I gleaned from this book I will continue using for a good long time. 
While the title of the book focuses on making big money blogging, the advice, questions and information provided within the book will help all bloggers, regardless of their income aspirations. My focus for this blog, as well as my personal blog at coffeejitters.blogspot.com, is not about getting rich. My focus here is to explore and learn about the process of becoming a writer, if I happen to make a profit (or at the very least, cover my expenses) in the meantime, so much the better.
The book is full of useful lists. I love lists, the writers the book love lists, readers love lists, and the writers even suggest that you use lists in your blog. One of my favorite lists in the book was “20 Types of Blog Posts.” For each type mentioned they went into detail about how to complete that type of post, why readers would be interested in that type of post, and how that type of post might affect the traffic and comment activity on that post. These lists are so helpful and with each item’s description, I could easily visualize their suggestions as applied to my blog.
Other lists that I found particularly helpful were
- Improving comment activity
- Know Your Audience
- Be Remarkable
True to the title, the book dedicated a great deal of real estate to the topic of making money with your blog. Of note is the fact that each of these options require steady traffic to your blog before they will do you any good. So comment on other blogs to get readers to come to yours, find the right balance of quality and quantity to keep readers coming back to your blog, then you can really start to focus on the money.
ProBlogger: Secrets for Blogging Your Way to a Six-Figure Income was written by Darren Rowse and Chris Garret.
Darren’s blog can be found at problogger.net
Chris’ blog can be found at chrisg.com
Have you read this book? What were your thoughts on it?
