90 awesome blog posts that inspired my blog’s growth in 2009

As 2009 is about to end, I looked through the hundreds of my Stumbleupon favorites over the year and marked those that helped me out the most. These are the 90 blog posts that inspired me, both personally and professionally, and helped me get my blog where it is today.

Driving traffic

• The Day 250,000 People Showed Up At My Blog – Problogger
• How to Create a Highly Viral Blog – WriteToDone
• 97 Ways to Build Traffic Without Resorting to List Posts – Jonathan Fields
• 9 Ways to Take Your Site from One to One Million Users – Carsonified
• Polyamory and Blog Traffic – Steve Pavlina
• 21 Untapped Traffic Sources – Buzzblogger
• 10 Ways To Put Your Content In Front Of More People – Smashing Magazine
• 23 Essential Elements of Sharable Blog Posts – Chris Brogan
• 50 Ways To Get Your Site Noticed – Theme Forest
• How to Build a High-Traffic Blog Without Killing Yourself – Tim Ferriss

From HowToMakeMyBlog – From 0 to 200.000 visitors, 8 blogging lessons learned

Making money

• Blog Money: The Income Outlook for 2009 – Copyblogger
• Why You Sell Yourself Short & How You Can Fix It – Winning The Web
• 6 Fool-Proof Steps to Make More Money With Your Website – Dosh Dosh
• You’re Not Going To Make Money From Your Blog – Penelope Trunk
• Extra Income Guide: How To Earn More Money – Moolanomy
• 10 Bloggers Who Have Quit Their Day Job and Turned Pro – Steven Aitchison
• 8 Useful Tips To Help Your Website Convert – Smashing Magazine
• Net Worth vs Self Worth: The Passion Paradox – Quest For Balance
• Yes! 50 Scientifically Proven Ways to Be Persuasive – Alex Moskalyuk
• 11 Ways to Influence People and Make Them Take Action – Dosh Dosh

From HowToMakeMyBlog – How I monetize my blog with Thesis Theme

Living life

• Are You Sleepwalking Your Life Away? – Celestine Chua
• 100 Ways To Live A Better Life – Dragos Roua
• Love Life, Not Stuff – Zen Habits
• 100 Ways To Live In The Moment – Positively Present
• Relax! 8 Things You Can Do To Unwind – Personal Dividends
• The Not-To-Do List: 9 Habits to Stop Now – Tim Ferriss
• 10 Lessons Learned on a 6-month Sabbatical – Free Pursuits
• Change The Way You See Work and Change Your Life – Lifehack
• Recession-Proof Your Lifestyle – Pinny Cohen
• Cut the Cubicle Umbilical Cord: The Seven Traits of the Free Man – Zen Habits

Productivity

• The Essential Guide to Growing Your Blog on Minimal Time – Problogger
• How to Create a Low Information Diet – Pick The Brain
• How to Be More Productive (and less busy) – Writing For Your Wealth
• How to Blog Almost Every Day – Chris Brogan
• How to Blog Effectively – Webdesigner Depot
• Time Management Tricks I Learned From Hating Tim Ferriss – Penelope Trunk
• Stop Wasting Time Online! – Sid Savara
• Social Networking: Rethinking Productivity – Steve Pavlina
• 25 Body Hacks to Supercharge Yourself – Brainz
• 5 Things I Learned From Being Offline for a Week – I Hate My Message Board

From HowToMakeMyBlog – 8 tips to optimize your time for blog writing

Writing inspiration

• Cultivating a Writing Habit – Chris Brogan
• The Art of Writing Well – Thou Shall Blog
• 10 Things to Consider when Writing for the Web – Carsonified
• 20 Tips For Writing For The Web – Fat DUX
• Starting A Blog? 12 Ideas For Blog Posts – Online Journalism Blog
• 50 Content Ideas that Create Buzz – Conversation Agent
• 21 Tips to Earn Links and Tweets to Your Blog Post – SEO Moz
• 100 Ways To Find Ideas For Your Blog Posts – Life Snips
• 10 Post Ideas To Give Your Blog A Boost – Bit Rebels

From HowToMakeMyBlog – Need inspiration for your next blog post? Read!

Personal branding

• How to Become a Career Renegade – Positivity Blog
• 10 Reasons Why Freelancing Is The Best Job Security – Freelance Switch
• 30 Days to Become a Freelancer – Skelliewag
• Why Haven’t You Started Your Own Business? – Ramit Sethi
• How to Build a Business by Working for Free – Neil Patel
• 15 Tips for Breaking in as a Part-Time Freelancer – DesignM
• How to Start (or Start-over) Building Your Personal Brand – Skelliewag
• Personal Brands in SEO: Stop Obeying False Idols – Outspoken Media
• Letter To A Young Journalist – Matt Cutts
• It’s Not the Recession, You Just Suck – Outspoken Media
• Mistakes, I’ve Made A Few, But Not Too Few To Mention – Lee McCoy
• The 5 Things I’d Tell My 21 Year Old Entrepreneurial Self – Jon Bischke

From HowToMakeMyBlog – Make your blog a side business

Motivation

• Success & Motivation – Mark Cuban
• Why We’re All a Bunch of Posers – Illuminated Mind
• The Simple, Useful Guide to Earning a Living from Your Passion – Zen Habits
• I Am a Failure – Shoemoney
• The Five Reasons Why You Are Not Fulfilling Your Potential – Lifehack
• Why You Should Put All Your Eggs In One Basket – Prevential
• Living Paycheck to Paycheck – Steve Pavlina
• The First Five Minutes – The Simple Dollar
• How to Escape Mundanity – Open Forum
• How to Start a Revolution – Illuminated Mind
• Just Like Breathing? – Chris Garrett
• Fat Bottom Bloggers: Is Your Blog Killing You? – Jonathan Fields

From HowToMakeMyBlog – Are you a blog consumer or a blog producer?

All things blogging

• 40 Key Elements to Getting Started In Social Media – Louis Gray
• The Death Of The Boring Blog Post – Smashing Magazine
• Reporter vs Expert – Why Most Bloggers Are Stuck Reporting – John Chow
• 13 Things I’ve Learned about Successful Blogging – Problogger
• 9 Hidden Benefits of Blogging – Duct Tape Marketing
• 100 Ways To Improve Your Blog – Dragos Roua
• How NOT To Suck At Blogging – Man vs. Debt
• 11 Must-Dos for the Serious Blogger – Convince & Convert
• How To Outsource Your Traffic Generation – Shoemoney
• 25 Things I Wish I’d Known When I Started Blogging – Web Distortion

From HowToMakeMyBlog – 58 ways to build a better blog

Happy blogging 2010

I hope these blog posts inspire you, just as they inspired me and I wish you and your blog all the best in the year 2010!

Image by Mike Baird.