Wordpress Blogging Mastery Malaysia

I went to Borders last week to get the last copy of the current batch of Problogger “Secrets for Blogging Your way to a Six-Figure Income” book written by Darren Rowse and Chris Garrett. It costs around RM75.85 in Malaysia.

The first chapter, Blogging for Money discusses the basics like What a Blog is, the difference between Blogs and Websites, how blogs can be a Money machine, is it right for you, how Blog Advertising can work for you, Blogging strategies and Search Engine Optimization for blogs.

The next chapter talks about Niche Blogging, how to choose a profitable niche topic and Niche Analysis. I particularly like Niche Analysis. It would help newbies to find the niche they want to get into and how to research related keywords for the topic.

Setting up your Blog in Chapter 3 covers the basics of setting up a free blog like Blogger. It also covers differences between hosted and self-hosted blogs, choosing a Domain name, customizing your Wordpress blog template.

Subsequent chapters coverered topics like Blog Writing, What is good content, 20 types of Blog posts, How to Comment on blogs, when and how to Make Money from Blog Income Earning Strategies, how you can buy, sell or flip blogs, the pros and cons of joining Blog Networks, how to build readership with Blog Promotion and Marketing your blog via Social Media and Linking strategies.

The last 2 chapters covered Secrets of Succesful Blog and talking about creating something worthwhile with your ideas.

Overall rating I would give for this book is 8 out of 10. I feel that this book should spend more time elaborating on the use of Social Media and its impact on driving and promoting traffic to blogs rather than touching the surface of the topic in only 4 pages inclusive of diagram. I do not find many bloggers sharing social media strategies on the internet, and I wonder why that is.

What is your opinion of this book? Have you read Problogger book yet? If you have, share with me your comments below.