Self described reformed attorney Brian Clark runs copyblogger.com, which translates copywriting techniques to writing compelling copy for blogs. Why is this an important blog? The answer is found in the about page:

What’s the missing ingredient that prevents most people from successfully marketing online?

Copywriting skills.

Content drives the Internet, and the quality of your writing will determine not only how well your site converts visitors into sales, but also how well you rank in search engines and how many links you get.

Now that blogging has become the smartest strategy for growing an authoritative web site, it’s your copywriting skills that will set you apart and help you succeed.

So there it is. Quality writing converts visitors into customers AND  (more importantly) helps you rank higher with search engines AND helps in getting people to link to your site. And that is the name of the game. Getting traffic to your site. Traffic that stays on your site. And traffic that links to your site. And the absolute best way to get that traffic is to write quality posts. And copyblogger is the site to help you in your writing.

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If you spend any time searching the web looking for tips on how to make money while blogging, you will no doubt stumble upon perhaps the granddaddy of “pro blogging” websites: Problogger.net. And so, it is appropriate that the second post of SemiProBlogging is to pay homage to Problogger by providing Problogger some link love.

Problogger is run by Aussie Darren Rowse, who blogs full time for a living. That’s right! Full Time. Darren has some great content that I highly recommend. He is honest in his writing and transparent in how he makes money by blogging. Quite frankly, his blog inspired me to be serious about blogging so that some day I can make significant amount of money by blogging. Visit it and learn. And most of all, be inspired.

A little programming note. You’ll note that this post is marked with the “Blog and Site Roll” category. In SPB, I will write posts about quality websites and blogs that I think will be useful to my readers. Rather than placing these sites in a traditional “blogroll,” I will mark them with the “Blog and Site Roll” category as well as the “blogroll” tag that can be found in the tag cloud in the sidebar to the right. You can explore the quality sites that I spotlight by clicking on the appropriate category or tag link.

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