That’s me! ;)

Hey everyone. It’s been a while. I hope you’re doing great, and that your blog is doing just as well :)

A while ago I was asked to write a book about blogging. My editor ended up leaving the publishing house, and the project was never completed, so for some time I’ve had about 130 pages – approximately half – of a book on creating a popular blog, sitting on my hard drive. I had always wanted to use the content in some other way, and today I’m making it available for the first time. It’s a little nerve wracking, but I know the content is high quality, and extremely thorough. It’s an outpouring of everything I know about blogging.

At my company, Envato, we’ve just launched a new Tuts+ Marketplace – a site where you can buy and sell screencasts, tutorials and courses. It’s now possible to make a passive income from teaching what you know. There’s a category for Business and blogging, so I urge you to create something and get involved!

My Tutorials

I decided to split the three hefty book chapters I had written into three hefty tutorials, each coming in at over 40 typed pages worth of content. The series is called ‘Blogging: From Zero to Hero’. I teach everything I know on each topic, and it’s written so that both beginning and advanced bloggers can learn something from the strategies inside.

The first tutorial is ‘Blogging: From Zero to Hero – Getting Started‘. It details the perfect planning and setup process for your blog, from choosing a niche, to defining your target audience, to selecting the content types that will work best on your blog. If you already have a blog, this chapter can help you refocus your blog to become more successful.

The second tutorial is ‘Blogging: From Zero to Hero – Blog Design and Usability‘. This tutorial goes into detail on how to make your blog design as simple and effective as possible, making it much easier for your blog visitors to do exactly what you want them to do – from sharing your posts on social media, to leaving comments. You’ll also learn how to unclutter your blog, helping it to look clean and professional.

The third tutorial is ‘Blogging: From Zero to Hero – Awesome Blog Content‘. This tutorial is full of all my best advice on creating great content, from viral post ideas, to writing great titles, to making all your content unique.

Remember that if you use deposits to purchase the tutorials, each tutorial will be $5 rather than $7. You can save $6 across the series by using deposits, and can use any remaining credit on any other marketplace, such as ThemeForest, which sells WordPress themes.

If you already have an account on the Envato Marketplaces, let’s ‘Follow’ each other :)

Thanks everyone! I’ll have something else for you soon :)

(In other news, the blog network I manage – Tuts+ – was just nominated for ‘Blog of the Year‘ by .net Magazine. Woot!)