So you have become a blogger, and worked hard to earn your place in the blogosphere.
Maybe you need more challenge or you want to do something else than simply post on your blog?
Welcome to the world of Advanced Blogging, where you will Blog Like a Pro, and soon become a Blog Guru.
There are many sides to becoming a Blog Pro, and it surely goes way beyond than knowing how to write a blog post.
Let's tackle the ways of Advanced Blogging:
1. Theme Design
As a Blog Pro, you feel the need to look different from a dozen others blogs who are using the same free theme that you downloaded somewhere. You want to create your own theme, or maybe tweak the free theme and give it a new look.
Related Guides (Blog Design):
1. Basics of HTML
2. Basic of PHP
3. Theme design for Wordpress
4. Theme design for Drupal
5. Theme design for Blogger
6. Theme design for Moveable Type
2. Modules/Plugins
Your blog looks plain and simple. Blog entries with comments, and nothing else. As a Blog Pro, you want more features like threaded comments, social bookmarking tools, blocks of summaries and statistics, widgets and more.
Related Guides (Blog Modules/Plugins):
1. Plugins for Wordpress
2. Modules for Drupal
3. Plugins/Widgets for Blogger
4. Third-party widgets
3. Monetization
You have been blogging for months and have been getting a steady stream of readers. Your RSS subscriptions are going up and you feel the need to post more frequently to feed your hungry readers. Then you tell yourself, I might as well be making money from this.
Monetization is the answer. "Monetization" is a sleek word invented by bloggers to simply mean: make money from your website. Somehow "making money" doesn't sound pleasant; "monetization" does, and it sounds more corporate.
Related Guides (Blog Monetization):
1. Adsense for Blogs
2. Affiliate Marketing for Blogs
3. Advertising for Blogs
4. Scheduling/Work Ethic
You can't be a Blog Pro if you make blogs posts seven days straight, then disappear in the next seven months. Advanced blogging requires consistency; consistency leads to a loyal readership.
