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Learn how to blog like a professional

Anyone can start a blog. Most people can write. But, starting a successful blog takes skills, knowledge and patience for it to be successful. And, to blog for a living is possible if you learn how to do it from professionals.

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But, what is so different about blogging professionally and blogging for fun? To write content for a successful blog comes down to these factors:

Identifying a group of people interested in your topic
Making sure there are enough people interested in what you blog about to make it worthwhile
Understanding the topics which interest them
Learning how to structure your posts to make them great to read and attractive to search engines
Understanding how to market your blog

Learn to blog with the best trainer

Jon Morrow has had the biggest impact on my writing skills. Jon is wheelchair-bound and is one of the world's top bloggers and blogging trainers.

His 'Freedom Machine' course will show you how to identify a group of people (or Tribe) of people interested in your specialist topic. How to spot topics which interest them. How to plan your posts, how to write your posts and how to promote your blog.

I've taken the Freedom Machine course and applied it to my posts for websites to which I contribute. With his training and applying what I learnt, many of my posts now appear on page one of Google. Some posts are now number one on Google. It's not cheap but the course has been a worthwhile investment in my career.

apps to save you time writing

Audio transcription apps: Don't type a word

A big challenge for some is typing, or handwriting notes in an interview, or your blog. Unless you're slick at writing Shorthand, it's difficult to make accurate notes in an interview.

Of course, you can record your thoughts on your smartphone and use it like a dictaphone. But, it takes a long time to type the notes when playing back your recording. A 40-minute interview can take three hours to type up.

What if you don't have time to type up recordings or handwritten notes? The answer is - use a transcription app!

Audio transcription apps automatically type notes in a meeting or an interview. Using your smartphone, a voice transcription will save you time and effort. Audio transcription apps are not 100% accurate, however. You will have to edit the notes they take, but the apps are still faster than writing the notes up from a recording or written notes.

Here are some free and paid-for transcription apps for Android and iOS:

Live Transcribe by Google - This is, in fact, an app designed for deaf people to see what's being said. But, it does keep transcriptions on your phone for three days.
Dragon Anywhere by Nuance - Dragon Anywhere is a dictation app which converts your words into an editable documents that you can share on services like Dropbox or Evernote. It costs £10.99 a month and will suit heavy users.
Transcribe by Wreally - Although it's not a native app, Transcribe has two services, namely a dictation option, and an automatic version which converts audio files into transcribed documents. Each costs $20 a year, plus $6 per audio hour for the automatic service.
Call Recording by NoNotes - Call Recording records your phones calls and transcribes them. This iPhone app gives you 20 minutes of free call recordings every month. Thereafter, it's paid-for service. NoNotes also has an app which is only for transcriptions, called Transcribe. This app also has an automatic transcription service.
Speechnotes - Speech To Text by Wellsource -

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