ProBlogger Book Review: Chapters 2 and 3
It’s been a little while since I last commented on the newest book by probloggers Darren Rowse and Chris Garrett, “ProBlogger: Secrets for Blogging Your Way to a Six-Figure Income” So I’ll be making up for it with the remainder of these posts by reviewing several chapters at a time and then ending it off with my final thoughts.
This post I’m going to concentrate on chapters two and three. The ProBlogger book can almost be called an encyclopedia, or wiki in book form, of “how to” in blogging. To get to the money making part you have to go through some of the “how to’s” of blogging. That includes choosing your blogs topic and setting up your first blog.
Chapters 2 and 3 deal with these topics. I have to admit that I pretty much skimmed these chapters. After setting up several blogs, covering various topics, I think I know how to choose my niche and set up my blog.
That doesn’t mean that there isn’t anything useful here. If you are just getting into blogging, are struggling with all the “niche” stuff, and need a great reference point to starting, then this is as good as it gets.
Blogging 101
Chapter 2 covers the whole “Niche Blogging”. There is some good information in here that I agree with and a little bit that I don’t particularly agree with. Two things that is brought out in this chapter is really the foundation of blogging… be focused and be unique and useful.
I agree with both of those thoughts.
However, there is a place where I do have to disagree a little bit with the authors. I don’t agree with the philosophy of choosing the “next big thing” as a niche for your blog. I feel that this type of thinking actually contradicts the previous section on choosing niches you like and have a passion for.
The chapter ends with a great section of tools to help you find a niche. Again, I take caution with this just for the fact that if you’re just looking for the “next big thing” to blog about you’re spending more time chasing the rainbow than you are enjoying the pot of gold.
A great chapter for introductory blogging and one that anyone starting to blog should read.
Chapter 3 is dedicated to choosing blogging platforms and instructions for setting up your blog. Topics include;
The information was pretty comprehensive and you can see that it covered a lot of area. But, the way it was written made for fairly easy reading. Like I said previously, I have already set up several of my own, and hundreds of client blogs, so I pretty much skipped over this part. One section that was particularly helpful though was the section on blog design. I abhor code and only know enough to get by. Everything else is outsourced to someone who knows what they’re doing. But, this section contained some good stuff that I will probably refer back to.
Introductory blogging but worth the read
These two chapters were pretty basic and meant for beginners. I would not discount them as totally useless though. It never hurts to go over things we think we already know. New things always pop up and inspiration can usually be found. If you’re a beginner at blogging these chapters are invaluable. You will be referring to them often until you get use to blogging.
Pick up your copy of ProBlogger: Secrets for Blogging Your Way to a Six-Figure Income
I have heard a heap of great things about this ebook. I think I’m just gonna have to buy it!
Hey Tom!
Yeah, I usually feel the pressure too when everyone is talking about a book. Usually I am disappointed and feel like crap because I caved and followed what others were doing. In this case though I was very surprised at the quality of information. You’ll be making a wise decision buying it.