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Guiding Principles For Successful Blogging: Lessons Learned at BlogPaws 2013

Post by Blog Manager Robbi Hess

You started your pet blog hoping for... fame and glory? Recognition of your writing skills? To share the love of your particular pet? To earn money? Whatever your reason, you certainly had in mind that when you started blogging that you would be successful, right? While every pet blogger measures "success" in his or her own way, there are some steps you can take to propel your blog toward the level of success you seek.

This was the lesson imparted by Susan Getgood, author of Professional Blogging for Dummies and the vice president influencer marketing at BlogHer spoke to a crowded room at BlogPaws 2013 and imparted this information: 

Wrapping Up A Week In Blog Posts At BlogPaws

By Robbi Hess, BlogPaws Blog Manager 

As we continue our weekend wrap up of all of the good stuff that was brought to you on the BlogPaws website this week we also continue our month-long theme of National Adopt A Cat Month/Adopt A Shelter Cat Month. 

Once again our blog was overflowing with great information. In case you missed any of our posts, our Community announcements or haven't registered for BlogPaws 2014, now is the time to kick back, relax and catch up with our weekend round up. 

Should pet bloggers work for free? It depends on ...

By Tom Collins

I don't know about your pets, but Chester, Emily, Olive, and Molly like to eat. Heck, Yvonne and I like to eat.

And a few free servings of dog or cat food, or a new bag of litter, or some kind of pet-focused book or video just don't provide enough nutritional value for all of us to survive on. Or keep us warm, cool, dry ... or pay for the electricity and internet, so we can keep blogging. You get the idea.

So my usual answer when bloggers ask about doing product reviews for nothing more than a sample of the product is, repeat after me: "STOP … WORKING … for FREE!"

How to Make Money Pet Blogging

If you want to make money pet blogging, then coming to the BlogPaws Conference is pivotal to your goals. If you can't make it, be sure to be a part of our online commuity and BlogPaws Pet Blogger Network.

For those attending the BlogPaws 2013 sold out Conference, Susan Getgood has a treat for you. In her Saturday morning session, Susan plans to tackle "VIP Influencer Marketing." Here's the inside scoop:

How to Get More Blog Traffic with Email Marketing

If you blog, what is one thing you forever wish for and we all could really use on a regular basis? Readers, right?

Crystal Gouldey of Perkasie (about an hour from Philadelphia), Pennsylvania, knows a thing or two about how to get more readers. Through the magic of email marketing, she will be showing folks at BlogPaws how this tool can work in their favor as well.

Here's what Crystal shared with BlogPaws in advance of her session at BlogPaws' sold out conference: