Razamazazzle: 08/08/15

Saturday, 8 August 2015

ProBlogger Podcast: Two Questions to Ask to Help You Find Readers for Your Blog

Blogging with purpose

In today’s episode of the ProBlogger podcast, I want to dial back to the basics before we get into more strategic reader-finding missions in future epsiodes.

Today I just want you to ask yourself two simple questions that will get you in the right headspace for further efforts.

I also talk about how I damaged my blog by focusing only on traffic and not on community, the secret ingredients of blogs that can change people’s lives, and my favourite exercised to help you focus on the right reader, not just numbers on a screen.

I promise, it makes all the difference in the world.

Pop over to listen, grab the show notes, and complete today’s challenge. Good luck!

Fun and Random

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This clever new mural by Julien Malland, aka Seth Globepainter (previously here and here) just appeared on the streets of Montreal. The piece depicts two children running into each other in his trademark faceless style, but also incorporates the building’s brick facade to create their pixelated clothes. The mural was organized by MU, an organization that coordinates murals around Montreal “to trigger a social transformation and to turn Montreal into an open-air art gallery.” (via This Isn’t Happiness, StreetArtNews)

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Fun and Random

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Saturday, 8 August 2015

ProBlogger Podcast: Two Questions to Ask to Help You Find Readers for Your Blog

Blogging with purpose

Further Reading

A New Mural by Seth Globepainter on the Streets of Montreal

Fun and Random

Sponsor // Get 57% Off the Craftsy Online-Video Class ‘Dynamic Detail in Pen, Ink & Watercolor’

Fun and Random