ProBlogger : Secrets for Blogging Your Way to a Six-Figure Income

This morning I received a copy of the much anticipated blogging book ‘ProBlogger : Secrets for Blogging Your Way to a Six-Figure Income‘. This 200+ page book is co authored by Darren Rowse and Chris Garrett and is incredibly well priced at $16.49 US Dollars (although the list price on the cover of the book is $24.99).

After the book was announced last month I ordered a copy from Amazon UK and was pleased to see it arrive early this morning. I plan on reading the book cover to cover in the next week however in the last 4 or 5 hours I have managed to read the first few chapters and browse through the rest of them.

In total the book has 11 sections. There is a brief introduction of both authors which explains how they got into blogging. This is followed by 10 chapters which explains everything from choosing a niche to monetarizing your blog. Here is a list of the book’s chapters :

1. Blogging for Money
2. Niche Blogging
3. Setting Up Your Blog
4. Blog Writing
5. Blog Income and Earning Strategies
6. Buying and Selling Blogs
7. Blog Networks
8. Blog Promotion and Marketing
9. Secrets of Successful Blogs
10. Creating Something Worthwhile

The first few chapters are aimed more towards beginners (setting your blog up etc) however more experienced bloggers should still pick up a few ideas for new projects (the ‘Niche Blogging’ section was particularly good). The rest of the book touches upon all other aspects of blogging with topics raning from post length, to encouraging comments to using link bait to drive traffic to your blog.

If you are a regular reader of ProBlogger or Chris Garrett’s blog then you will have come across some of the tips and techniques which are mentioned in the book. This didn’t bother me as it’s such an enjoyable read and even though I was familar with many tips in this book, it was still good to refresh some of the ideas in my head and it has given me some food for thought for future projects.

Overview

The book is not a blogging encyclopedia however Darren and Chris have managed to squeeze a lot of information into this book and I’m sure after I finish reading it I will still reference it from time to time. One of the things I liked was from the start of the book no promises or guarantees of success are made to the reader. In Darrens introduction he stresses that making money from blogging takes a long time and requires a lot of hard work and he encourages you to take everything one step at a time.

If you are serious about blogging then I strongly recommend buying this book as it will help you with a lot of aspects of blogging. Beginners will greatly benefit from the book however I believe there is also more than enough in the book to encourage serious webmasters and bloggers to purchase it. At such a low price it’s fantastic value for money.

If there is anything you would like to know about the book which I haven’t covered in this post, please leave a comment and I’ll do my best to answer it

For more information on ‘ProBlogger : Secrets for Blogging Your Way to a Six-Figure Income’ please check out the link below.

Link : ProBloggerBook

Win a copy of ‘ProBlogger : Secrets for Blogging Your Way to a Six-Figure Income’

I’m giving away 10 copies of the ProBlogger book to Blogging Tips readers. To be eligible all you need to do is refer some active members to our Blogging Forums.

The deadine for this competition is three weeks from today (June 9th 2008). I will send a copy of the book to the 10 forum members with the most referrals.

For more information on how to refer a member to the forums please click here.

Notes & Rules (In place to ensure the competition is fair!)

• Referrals will only count for ‘active members’ ie. one post or more.
• You should only enter this competition if Amazon (any Amazon) delivers ‘ProBlogger : Secrets for Blogging Your Way to a Six-Figure Income’ to your country as I am buying direct from Amazon and shipping directly to the winners address. If a winner lives in a Country which Amazon does not deliver to then the 11th highest referrer will win a copy.
• The deadline for this competition is June 9th 2008 therefore winners will be declated on June 10th.
• Anyone found cheating in this competition will not be eligible for a prize, regardless of how many referrals they have (ie. multiple sign ups from the one account or whatever).
• Make sure you use your referral id

I am happy with you to refer members in any way you want however please do not spam any forum or blog. Email your friends, make a blog post about it or even make some comments using your referrer id (as long as it’s ok with the blog owner).

If you have any questions about the competition please leave a comment