Darren Rowse
5 Ways Blogging Can Make You a Better Writer
Today freelance writer Jenny Cromie shares 5 areas in which blogging can help you to improve your writing. Several years back, a friend of mine started a blog and e-mailed the link to me and a bunch of her other friends. I didn’t *get* her blog or anyone else’s. In ...more
Other Income Streams
Crawl before you walk: 6 Step-by-step Instructions for Starting your First Blog
UPDATE: Check out our new post – How to Start a Blog in 5 Steps. If you’re starting out in blogging for the first time it is easy to get ahead of yourself. In this post Aileen Journey from the Problem Solver Blog shares some tips on getting going with ...more
Miscellaneous Blog Tips
The Day 250,000 People Showed Up At My Blog: Case Study
Wednesday was the biggest day of traffic that I’ve seen to any of my blogs for a very long time (perhaps ever). I mentioned this on twitter yesterday and had a few followers request that I write up how it happened – so here’s a quick recap/timeline on the 24 ...more
Blog Promotion
Dealing with Blogging Evolution – Foundational Necessities for Bloggers
This post is the 3rd in a series of posts by Hendry Lee. Check out part 1 and part 2. Whether or not your like it, blogging is going through an evolution. Although it has only been around for less than a decade, we have seen quite a lot of ...more
Miscellaneous Blog Tips
How to ReDesign a Blog [Part II]
This post is the 2nd in a two part series in which Matt Brett shares how he approached redesigning Digital Photography School. Read Part 1 Here. When it came to developing the new Digital Photography School, the real challenge was brought to the table. How was I going to house ...more
Blog Design
How to Create a Blogging Plan and Actually Reach Your Goals This Year
This post is part of the series (by Hendry Lee) about how to survive the blogging evolution in 2009. If you haven’t done so, you want to read the previous article about my take on niche blogging trends. It was based on analysis rather than predictions. That is important because ...more
Miscellaneous Blog Tips
21 Ways to Write Posts that Are Guaranteed to Grow Your Blog
Write something useful Write something unique Write something newsworthy Write something first Write something that makes those who read it smarter Write something controversial Write something insightful Write something that taps into a fear people have Write something that helps people achieve Write something that elicit a response Write something ...more
Blog Promotion
How to Redesign a Blog: Redesigning DPS
In this post (the first of two) Web Designer Matt Brett shares some reflections and tips from the process of redesigning my Digital Photography School blog. When I was approached by Darren to take on the task of not only redesigning, but expanding his Digital Photography Schoolblog, I was thrilled ...more
Blog Design
The Hype Cycle and Niche Blogging – What They Mean to You in 2009
Today Hendry Lee from BlogBuildingU starts a series on building a blog that grows in 2009 that we’ll feature here at ProBlogger Blog Tips over the coming 2 weeks. Make sure you subscribe to ProBlogger to get the full series. Just another day, one particular news item caught my eyes ...more
Miscellaneous Blog Tips