The Power of Story on Blogs
25th of August 2008 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

The Power of Story on Blogs

One book that I find myself delving into every six months or so is The Story Factor by Annette Simmonds. She writes about a topic that is close to my heart – the power of storytelling as a way to be influential. One of the points Annette makes early in ...more
Miscellaneous Blog Tips
Show Off Your Title Creation Skills – Rework These Post Headlines
24th of August 2008 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

Show Off Your Title Creation Skills – Rework These Post Headlines

In the last few days we’ve been talking about how to write good blog post titles here at ProBlogger. We’ve talked about the theory of it – so now it’s time to get a little more practical. In the next couple of days I’m going to launch a group writing ...more
Writing Content
11 SpeedLinks for Professional Bloggers and Web Workers
23rd of August 2008 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

11 SpeedLinks for Professional Bloggers and Web Workers

I’ve been doing most of my ‘speed linking’ on Twitter lately – but here’s a collection of links from around the web for bloggers and web workers that got my attention today: Screen Casts Rock – Here’s Who’s Rocking Them Now – RRW showcases great Screen Casters 7 Tips for ...more
Pro Blogging News
Is Writing Great Content Enough to Build a Successful Blog?
22nd of August 2008 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

Is Writing Great Content Enough to Build a Successful Blog?

At times you could be forgiven for thinking it is – if you read a lot of blogs on ‘how to blog’ that is. One of the first thing that most of us who write about blogging advise those starting out is to work on writing useful and unique content. ...more
Featured Posts
Blog Hosting – Which Hosts Top Blogs Use
21st of August 2008 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

Blog Hosting – Which Hosts Top Blogs Use

Who is Hosting This has put together a great little study into the blog hosts of the top 100 bloggers (according to Technorati). On top of the list is Media Temple, Datagram, BlogSpot and Six Apart. Yes you heard it, 8 of the top 100 blogs use Blogspot and 4 ...more
Miscellaneous Blog Tips
AdWords Keyword Tool How to Use it to Hone Post Titles and Choose Blog Topics
21st of August 2008 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

AdWords Keyword Tool How to Use it to Hone Post Titles and Choose Blog Topics

Today I want to point out a useful tool for bloggers wanting to do a little research into topics to blog about (or even what topic to choose for your next overall new blog). The tool is a free one from Google – their AdWords Keyword Tool. This tool is ...more
Blogging Tools and Services
The Buzz about Yahoo Buzz
20th of August 2008 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

The Buzz about Yahoo Buzz

I opened my inbox this morning to find quite a bit of mail on the one topic – Yahoo Buzz which today opened up its doors to the public and started allowing other sites outside of it’s initial closed test to submit stories to it. Yahoo Buzz is a social ...more
Social Media
Applying for a Blogger Job? Treat it Seriously
20th of August 2008 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

Applying for a Blogger Job? Treat it Seriously

Today I received an email from one of the advertisers on the ProBlogger Job Boards. They reflected back to me that they’d had a lot of ‘low quality’ job applications and made some suggestions for those looking to apply for a blogger job. I’ll include their suggestions below. Let me ...more
Miscellaneous Blog Tips
Blog World Expo (Winners of Passes) – I’m Going Too!
19th of August 2008 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

Blog World Expo (Winners of Passes) – I’m Going Too!

A couple of weeks ago I announced that Blog World Expo had generously decided to give away two free passes to their conference in September to ProBlogger readers. There were a lot of entries so it took us a while to choose the winners but over the weekend Rick emailed ...more
Miscellaneous Blog Tips