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ProBlogger Offers "Killer" Advice on How to Write Better. (A Must Read)

You do not need to be a professional writer to be an effective blogger. In fact, I think that "professional" writing can actually inhibit the conversational style of blogging. I recommend blogging more like you are actually talking to someone.

However, there are definitely ways to IMPROVE your writing/blogging skills (beyond spell check) ... ways to make your readers coming back for more, more, more.

Have you been reading ProBlogger? I hope so. If not, go do it now. And put it in your RSS or Google feed reader.

ProBlogger is one of my all-time favorite Blog Toolboxes. Every time I open up my feed reader, I find a new little gem from Darren Rowse. Darren is an excellent blogger, packed full of excellent advice. How he has all that information in his head is something I will never figure out...

Anyway, Darren of ProBlogger just posted a "killer" post on how to improve your writing skills:

5 Killer Ways to Improve Your Writing Skills Right Now

Like everything else he writes, this is a Must Read, for anyone in any stage of blogging.

Other MUST READS from ProBlogger:

Posted By: Mariana Wagner - Colorado Springs Real Estate Agent - Coach - Trainer - Realtor®

Posted by Mariana Wagner ~ Colorado Springs REALTOR® on 02/29/2008 09:40 AM

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53 Comments on ProBlogger Offers "Killer" Advice on How to Write Better. (A Must Read)

thanks for sharing. I really do appreciate it. I try to blog a couple times a day and make sure that I am hitting relevant points.

Dave

02/29/2008 09:46 AM

by Dave Woodson (Indigo Financial Group Inc.)

Wow Mariana... this is packed with info. I'll have to find time to go through all the posts in detail. Thanks for sharing as always!

02/29/2008 10:19 AM

by Pasadena CA Real Estate - Irina Netchaev (Keller Williams International Realty)

Great information and I love that people that post some quality stuff! I'll keep an eye on future blogs (subscribing) & most importantly...

GO BRONCOS!!!

02/29/2008 10:27 AM

by Nathan Scott (TBD)

Thanks for always providing such helpful advise for novices like me. It is appreciated.

02/29/2008 10:54 AM

by Audrey June-Forshey, GRI, Gaithersburg, MD (RE/MAX Realty Group)

Dave - Keep it up!

Irina - Just subscribe to ProBlogger ... WELL worth it!

Nathan - Cool! See you around!

Audrey - Have fun!

02/29/2008 03:33 PM

by Mariana Wagner ~ Colorado Springs REALTOR® (Wagner iTeam -Keller Williams Clients' Choice)

Great information from you and ProBlogger. Thanks for directing me to the site.

02/29/2008 03:49 PM

by Norma Toering Rolling Hills & Palos Verdes Property (REMAX Palos Verdes Realty Lic# 01147470)

Nice tip.

02/29/2008 05:23 PM

by Julie Jalone (MagnumOne Realty)

Thank you. I have been blogging for almost 6 months and I am constantly learning ways to improve.

02/29/2008 10:10 PM

by Jill Wente - Spring TX Real Estate (Prudential Gary Greene)

Mariana - Thank you! I'm still new at this and I'm always trying to improve my writing! I lived in the Springs for 4 years before coming to Maine...I'll be watching your blog to see what's happening out there! Thanks again for the info!

03/01/2008 07:26 AM

by Barbara Hershey Realtor Maine Real Estate (Allen & Selig Realty, Maine)

I have book-marked the blogs I l know I would like to read agian or go back to. But, how do you put that orange thing on?? I went to the site, but can't figure it out.... This is all new to me, this is only my second week being active in the rain. Thanks for the info, Vickie

03/01/2008 09:54 AM

by Owensboro KY Real Estate Specialist Vickie McCartney Broker,ASP,ABR (Home Realty GMAC Real Estate Owensboro Kentucky)

Thank you for the great read!! Still taking it all in...

03/01/2008 10:19 AM

by Laura Clay (RE/MAX Preferred Realty)

thanx, I will keep this on record to make myself a good/greater blogger!! great info!!

03/01/2008 12:16 PM

by Patrice Estess (PB APPRAISALS)

Great post. I thank you for the info.

03/01/2008 06:58 PM

by Marvin Thomas (Allegiance Mortgage Corparation)

Thanks for the advice...

03/01/2008 07:04 PM

by Alex Mordas - Tallahassee EcoBroker® (Keller Williams)

Thanks for all the great info I have been a little overwhelmed trying to get the blog started.

03/01/2008 09:41 PM

by Rob Muller - ABR, ASP, RCC, CNHS, LREA Cherokee County Real Estate (ReMax Town & Country)

Mariana - Well, I did it. . .just subscribed to Problogger. The information you provided was very interesting. Thank you for sharing. Have a great week!

03/01/2008 10:49 PM

by Meg Zoller Houston Fine Homes (Keller Williams)

Norma - ProBlogger is awesome! I just figured out that since he is in Australia, the dates are always one day ahead of ours ...

Julie - Thanks!

Jill - I have been blogging for 18 months and am STILL always learnign new and excitign things!

Barbara - Thank you!

03/01/2008 11:02 PM

by Mariana Wagner ~ Colorado Springs REALTOR® (Wagner iTeam -Keller Williams Clients' Choice)

Vickie - That is an RSS Feed and if you google your question, I am sure you will find a MUCH better answer than I could ever offer ...

Laura - There is a lot to take in.

Patrice - Cool!

Marvin - No problem.

Alex - You're welcome.

Rob - It is easy to get overwhelmed, but just keep plugging away!

Meg - YAY!

03/01/2008 11:05 PM

by Mariana Wagner ~ Colorado Springs REALTOR® (Wagner iTeam -Keller Williams Clients' Choice)

Just subscribed to ProBlogger, thanks for the information. I love all that I can learn here on AR

03/01/2008 11:13 PM

by Carol Olsen, Realtor- Oneonta NY Real Estate (CENTURY 21 Chesser Realty)

My gosh! Thats lots of information! Thanks a lot!

03/01/2008 11:49 PM

by Zeny Winn (Real Estate America)

I will check out ProBlogger. Is that how you blogged your way to 171K points? Thank you.

03/02/2008 01:44 AM

by Michael Fowler Broker/Owner Fowler Realty (Fowler Realty)

Thank you for the helpful tips. Really appreciated.

Hal

03/02/2008 07:33 AM

by Harold (Hal) Place (A1 Connection Realty, Inc.)

Carol - I learned about ProBlogger from something I read, here on AR a while back. I love it here!

Zeny - Baby steps ... baby steps ...

Michael - I have been blogging on AR for almost 18 months ... time + active involvement = points. :)

Hal - I hope you learn a lot!

03/02/2008 09:49 AM

by Mariana Wagner ~ Colorado Springs REALTOR® (Wagner iTeam -Keller Williams Clients' Choice)

Thanks for all the great info. Great post.

03/02/2008 12:25 PM

by JL Boney, III (Russell and Jeffcoat)

thanks

03/02/2008 12:31 PM

by Debbie Holmes (Gold Key Real Estate)

Thanks, for all o the great info. I have a lot of reading to do.

03/02/2008 01:24 PM

by Virginia Parker-Magnolia Texas Real Estate (Realm Real Estate Professionals-Magnolia)

Hey thanks for the info, I didn't know about Problogger before reading about it hear. The RSS feed I see it on the top of our page but how do I link to it?

03/02/2008 02:10 PM

by Gary J Rocks (Sussex County Real Estate)

Here is a great link for setting up your feed reader ... How to use the RSS Feeds:

http://www.retechcoach.com/2008/02/25/stay-on-top-with-rss-and-google-reader/

03/02/2008 02:14 PM

by Mariana Wagner ~ Colorado Springs REALTOR® (Wagner iTeam -Keller Williams Clients' Choice)

Great Links and Great Post, thanks for the advice!

03/02/2008 02:18 PM

by Ken Henderson (M3 Legal Services )

Mariana

Thanks so much for the link, I guess I will be working on getting that completed soon.

03/03/2008 10:32 AM

by Gary J Rocks (Sussex County Real Estate)

Great advice, Mariana. It's difficult making the transition from technical writing to informal, social speak. Even if you have great information on your site, adjusting formatting and the way it reads can make a huge difference! If you want to take it a step further, I recommend studying up on cognitive processes and Accelerated Learning (just do a quick search on google or amazon.

Cheers!

03/03/2008 01:25 PM

by Jamie Mades (Keller Williams - Clients' Choice)

Mariana, I enjoy tuning in to see what great suggestions I can get from you. You do an awesome job, and I bookmark so many of your posts. Thank you for always sharing..

03/03/2008 09:41 PM

by Ray Nellum, Fort Smith Real Estate (Warnock Real Estate, LLC.)

Great info thanks for posting it.

03/04/2008 01:57 AM

by The Mortgage & Property Connection

Mariana, thanks for the post. I am going to check out the problogger information you provided later when I have more time. Thanks. Vickie

03/04/2008 07:00 AM

by Owensboro KY Real Estate Specialist Vickie McCartney Broker,ASP,ABR (Home Realty GMAC Real Estate Owensboro Kentucky)

Thanks for the info. I try to be informative, but end up just blabbering on!

03/04/2008 08:13 AM

by Sandra Workman ABR, CNHS, QSC, RCC (Speckman Realty Inc., GMAC)

Now look what you have done. You have given me another site to get addicted to...thanks for the information

03/04/2008 09:24 PM

by Robert Arnold, Lake Livingston Real Estate (Brooks Prime Properties)

great info! i'm off to add problogger's feed to my google homepage now!

03/04/2008 10:16 PM

by Tina Merritt - Virginia Beach Real Estate (Long & Foster Oceanfront - Virginia Tech Hokie)

Nice--I'll have to check it out! Sounds like some good stuff going on there.

03/04/2008 10:46 PM

by Kent Simpson REALTOR®, CNS®, AHS®, RECS® (with The Pepper Group™ Diversified Real Estate)

Thanks! Great blog. The more I learn, the less it seems that I know! It is a little overwhelming, but I am sure that it will come! :o)

03/04/2008 11:05 PM

by Cristal Drake - Fullerton Area Realtor (Re/Max North Orange County)

I'm going to check it out, I think once you get past the excitement of blogging you start looking for the best people to listen too so you don't just fill your time reading. So thanks

03/05/2008 01:03 PM

by Spokane Real Estate - Ross Quintana (Team Quintana Real Estate - MJ McAdams Realty Lic#3015)

Great info. Mariana. I'm new to both AR and blogging so this is definitely a great help.

03/05/2008 02:23 PM

by Greg B (Hartford)

Mariana, Thanks for sharing. Good info.

03/05/2008 06:19 PM

by Ruth Rivera - West Volusia Real Estate (Red Door Distinctive Realty)

Mariana- Thanks for the reference: I've never heard of Problogger before. I read that article and realized I've been making some mistakes!!! Oops.

03/06/2008 03:55 PM

by Matt Moxhay Moorestown Real Estate (Prudential Fox & Roach)

I actually have never read anything on Problogger but I subscribed to it now thanks to you. I read the post you recommended (good stuff!) and bookmarked this post to come back and read the others. Thanks a lot!

03/06/2008 10:12 PM

by Colorado Springs Realty Patricia Beck (Prudential Professional Realtors, GRI)

Hey, I just love all the links! I need to bookmark and come back another day! It's midnight. Gasp!

03/06/2008 11:03 PM

by Natalie Langford, Winchester, VA Real Estate (Realty Direct of Shenandoah Valley)

I'm subscribing right after I say thanks for all the good info.

03/07/2008 06:54 PM

by Bob Cumiskey, US Army Retired, Your Sun City Center, Florida ~ Realtor (A 1 Connection Realty, Inc.)

Thanks for your advice. This is all new to me and look forward to learning more.

03/07/2008 08:44 PM

by Gerri & Bruce Eiles (Exit Realty Home & Ranch)

WOW!

Great information that we all can put to good use right away. In the end we will all have more business and make more money

Tony

03/11/2008 11:03 AM

by Tony Grego with AmeriSave

Thanks so much for all this great advice. We can blog our little fingers to the bone, but if it's not well written and relevant, we're wasting our time - and our reader's time.

And speaking of spell-check: you can't always count on spell-check to give you the correct spelling in the correct context. If I start to read a post and see that it's full of glaring grammatical errors and misspellings I don't read any further. I can't even imagine what the consumer must be thinking...

03/16/2008 03:11 PM

by Jacki & Jerry Shafer, The Shafer Real Estate Team (The Shafer Real Estate Team, Keller Williams Louisville East)

Thank you to everyone who has commented. I hope that ProBlogger helps you all become better bloggers!

03/17/2008 12:18 PM

by Mariana Wagner ~ Colorado Springs REALTOR® (Wagner iTeam -Keller Williams Clients' Choice)

Thanks for the great info. Being new at this the timing is just right.

03/17/2008 12:22 PM

by Fox Cities Real Estate Hotline--- Bob Edwards- Appleton, WI (Coldwell Banker- The Real Estate Group)

... just marking my spot here so I can reference this in the future. I was hesitant to start blogging, as so many people's writing skills intimidated me. Then, I said the heck with it and jumped in.

03/17/2008 12:36 PM

by Laurie Jenner (Keller Williams Success Realty)

Problogger is an awesome site..it's now in my favs and I plan on using it to assist me as I'm new to blogging and a little nervous about writing.

04/13/2008 10:17 AM

by Nancy Shakeshaft-Slack (Prudential Professional Realtors)

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