- ISBN13: 9780470616345
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- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Product Description
A complete how-to from two of the world’s top bloggers Thousands of aspiring bloggers launch new blogs every day, hoping to boost their income. Without solid advice from experts, most will fail. This bestselling guide, now fully revised with new and updated tips and tricks from two of the world’s most successful bloggers, provides the step-by-step information bloggers need to turn their hobby into an income source or a fulltime career. Earning a solid income from blogging is possible, but tricky; this book details proven techniques and gives aspiring bloggers the tools to succeed Even novices will learn to choose a blog topic, analyze the market, set up a blog, promote it, and earn revenue Offers solid, step-by-step instruction on how bloggers make money, why niches matter, how to use essential blogging tools and take advantage of social media and content aggregators, what a successful blog post should include, how to… More >>
ProBlogger: Secrets for Blogging Your Way to a Six-Figure Income
May 30th, 2010 at 6:10 pm
Blogging your way to six figure income? Interesting that the book uses this title since there is a whole section in the book about how to grab attention to the title of a blog to trick readers into clicking on it. That, according to the book is how you will make six figures. If you have never heard of a blog – never read a blog – never started a blog (which by the way takes 5 minutes)…this is the book for you.
Rating: 1 / 5
May 30th, 2010 at 8:25 pm
Before I comment on the book, I would like to congratulate these two gentlemen on a noble effort. Their successful blogs are evidence of a solid work ethic and sound knowledge of their field.
Also, in view of the Publisher’s tight restriction of use in referencing Section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976—(4) in particular—I do not provide the examples I would like to provide as backup for my comments. That’s a sad affair, because the words on the page speak for themselves. In view of the restriction, I will simply state my opinion without reference to even minor quotes of material from the book.
As another reviewer mentioned, this book offers little that cannot be found on just a handful of blogs on blogging—the top five, actually.
The book falls short of the mark on several fronts, and I cannot recommend it. The following review is an objective look at the work based on “the words on the page.”
Overall, the book appears “rushed.” It seems “thin,” as if they “had somewhere to be” when they wrote it and had to “finish” it. In many cases, they show us the box but fail to take of the lid and show us what’s inside—a lack of detail on important points. Past tense, faulty sentence structure, wordiness, grammatical errors, typos, and other related problems plague the work throughout.
I actually quit “reading” at page 79, after the problems became a major distraction, and began “scanning.” At page 166, I simply put it down.
Also, they passed up a golden opportunity to offer a simple and easy “snapshot” chart the reader could use to determine what kind of blog to build—I’ll keep this idea.
Aside from the work, I have comments about the writers. These guys are good at what they do, they work hard, and they make lots of money doing it. Considering the fact that hiring a qualified editor to clean up the book is well within their financial ability, there is absolutely no excuse for them to produce a piece of minimal work like this. They should have given it six more months and about twenty more edits before releasing it. One of them even offers blog writing and copywriting services on his site. Consider the quality of the material he put in this book…. And, I’m surprised that all this got past their agent if they have one, and the editors at Wiley, the publisher, if they don’t. Well, considering the nature of the publishing industry, maybe I’m not.
I won’t return the book, because, as a writer, I have an aversion to people reading a book and returning it. However, keep your money and do your homework online. These guys don’t need your money anyway.
Rating: 1 / 5
May 30th, 2010 at 11:16 pm
This is by far, the best book on this subject I have read. The authors give a lot of hands on information and guide the reader step by step through the process. A must read for the person who wants blog for money or their business!
Rating: 4 / 5
May 31st, 2010 at 12:31 am
Seriously if you want to learn how to build something from nothing, from the guys who have done it over and over this is the book. Darren Rowse, and Chris Garrett are leaders in the blogging industry and they are giving away all the “secrets”. If you are a business looking to advance your online marketing, if you are a new, hopeful, ambitious, blogger, If you are looking for internet marketing strategies, you need this book!
Rating: 5 / 5
May 31st, 2010 at 2:42 am
If anyone could write this book, it’s Darren and Chris. Both have not only shared their insights but have also applied it throughout their online careers. There is no juju here. No secret formulas. No dirty tactics that dominate much of the space. This is an honest, common sense series of recommendations that have proven solid. Highly recommend.
Rating: 5 / 5