How to Generate Post Ideas, Understand Your Readership and Build Community On Your Blog
13th of December 2013 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

How to Generate Post Ideas, Understand Your Readership and Build Community On Your Blog

This week was a busy one for me in the lead up to our big Christmas promotion over at Digital Photography School, that we will kick off later in the week. But in the middle of it all, I did something on the spur of the moment that I will ...more
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How to Build a Successful ‘White Hat’ Business on a ‘Black Hat’ Internet
11th of December 2013 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

How to Build a Successful ‘White Hat’ Business on a ‘Black Hat’ Internet

Over on the ProBlogger Facebook page I was asked a great question by Aman Tandon, who asked for some tips on ‘how to stay alive using white hat techniques?’ when competitors in his niche were being ‘foxy’. It’s a great question and one that I know many bloggers face in ...more
Miscellaneous Blog Tips
How Targeting Influencers Can Sky Rocket Your Blog
10th of December 2013 Guest Blogger 0 Comments

How Targeting Influencers Can Sky Rocket Your Blog

This is a guest contribution from Rebecca Price, marketing specialist currently working for Davpack. Have you ever sat in front of your computer, looking at other people’s blogs, and thought: “How the hell have you managed to be so successful so quickly?” I know I have. For a long time, I just couldn’t ...more
Blog Promotion
WARNING: These 4 Self-Publishing Myths Are Keeping You Down
7th of December 2013 Guest Blogger 0 Comments

WARNING: These 4 Self-Publishing Myths Are Keeping You Down

This a joint guest contribution from Johnny B. Truant and Sean Platt. Too many indie authors buy into the myths and lies that keep them running in circles rather than charging forward into a lucrative self-publishing career. Before successfully writing fiction full time, we both wrote for our own blogs for ...more
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How I Diversified My Blogging Income Beyond Having All My Eggs in the AdSense Basket
6th of December 2013 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

How I Diversified My Blogging Income Beyond Having All My Eggs in the AdSense Basket

Last week I wrote about the experience of almost losing my online business as a result of having too many eggs in one basket and then followed up with a post on what I did to diversify the traffic sources coming into my blog to become less reliant upon Google. ...more
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Good News for Publishers: Facebook Continues to Reward High Quality Content
5th of December 2013 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

Good News for Publishers: Facebook Continues to Reward High Quality Content

Earlier this week Facebook published a FYI update about more updates that they’ve been making (and are about to make) to what will show in users news feeds (thanks to Jen at FBAdslab for the tipoff). The information is particularly relevant to those of us with Facebook pages who are ...more
Social Media
PPC: A Viable Alternative to Organic Traffic for Bloggers?
3rd of December 2013 Guest Blogger 0 Comments

PPC: A Viable Alternative to Organic Traffic for Bloggers?

This is a guest contribution from Nicholas Whitmore, freelance journalist and website content editor.copy With search engine traffic becoming increasingly difficult to rely on, it’s important for bloggers, like you, to think of different ways to drive people to your website. After all, there’s no point in blogging if no one ...more
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Blogging, and Twitter, and Readers…Oh My!
29th of November 2013 Guest Blogger 0 Comments

Blogging, and Twitter, and Readers…Oh My!

This is a guest contribution from Courtney Gordner. If you want to maximise the potential of your blog, it’s essential that you interact with your followers. And if you want to interact with your followers, you need to know where to find them. When they’re online and not reading through your latest ...more
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11 Ways I Diversified Traffic Sources for My Blogs to Become Less Reliant Upon Google [With a Surprising Twist]
28th of November 2013 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

11 Ways I Diversified Traffic Sources for My Blogs to Become Less Reliant Upon Google [With a Surprising Twist]

Yesterday I shared the story of how back in 2004 I almost losing my business overnight. That big blip made me realise that I had too many eggs in one basket when it came to both traffic and income. At that time the basket that all my eggs were in ...more
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