ProBlogger: Reading Roundup: What’s New in Blogging Lately?

Reading Roundup: What’s New in Blogging Lately?

Posted: 20 Jan 2017 05:00 AM PST

Lots of changes and some good old-fashioned advice in today’s roundup – when was the last time you gave your email list some love?!

The Five Most Realistic Ways to Make a Living as a Writer | Smart Blogger

We want to make real money, right? These are great ideas.

LinkedIn Marketing – How It Differs from Marketing on Other Social Networks and the Winning Tactics Your Peers Use | DrumUp

LinkedIn is becoming more and more of a great promotional tool (used wisely, of course) so if you’re out of the loop, get wise!

Pinterest now offers ad groups to paid campaigns | Marketing Land

More targeted advertising and more specific functionality on Pinterest? Yes please.

How to be heard | Seth’s Blog

The rules of blogging – hell, any kind of communication. Listen and learn, the man knows his stuff.

Inside Hillary Clinton’s social media campaign for the White House | The Guardian

If you’ve ever wanted to know how teams run such gigantic global campaigns, then now’s your chance to hear tips from behind the scenes.

Facebook Pages can now "go live" from the desktop, add live contributors and more | TechCrunch

It was only a matter of time, but it’s here now – no longer do you have to rely on your tiny phone screen to broadcast your every move on Facebook Live – behold the desktop version! More video metrics available for pages with more than 5000 followers among the changes.

SEO Fact or Fiction? | Yoast

The team behind the popular WordPress SEO plugin debunks the myths surrounding SEO. We also had a chat about that in this recent post 5 Ridiculous SEO Myths Every Blogger Should Ignore.

Why Every Writer Needs an Email List | Jeff Goins

Just in case you forgot how important an email list is these days in the race to have the biggest social media following. Please, please don’t forget!