How to Be a Purple Cow Blogger [PLUS Beginner Tips for Freelance Writing]

Published: Thu, 06/23/22

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Who do you admire in the blogosphere?

My blogging hero is Seth Godin. Not only is he a marketing genius, I love his writing and he publishes a blog post EVERY. SINGLE. DAY. (without fail).

This week's article was inspired by reading one of his books and I've included "Some Questions" (one of Seth's posts from a few days ago) as the quote that's inspiring me this week:

Who’s it for?
What’s it for?
What change do you seek to make?
...
What are you afraid of?
Would they miss you if you stopped?

- Seth Godin

Read: How to Be a Purple Cow Blogger

One of the common mistakes that I see in many blogs is that they are quite simply unremarkable. Instead you need to rock your reader's world!

Watch: Beginner Tips for Freelance Writing

I've had a lot of questions lately about growing an extra online income stream from freelance writing. Many ProBlogger readers have supplemented their blogging income in this way through our Job Boards but it can sometimes be tricky to get started when you don't have experience or examples of your writing that can showcase what you do. In this 20 minute video I'll share some tips on how to get started.

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ProBlogger Jobs was recently named THE BEST WRITING JOBS BOARD by Growth Badger's Kyle Byers and ranked #2 in Denise Lim's Make Use of article The 8 Best Job Sites to Find Freelance Writing Jobs Online.

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Hope you have a great end to your blogging week!

Darren Rowse

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