Social Media Love-In: Phase 2 Coming Soon
22nd of July 2008 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

Social Media Love-In: Phase 2 Coming Soon

Wow – when I posted an invitation this morning for ProBlogger readers to promote their social media profiles on this post I didn’t know what would happen – but I suspected it would be fun. It’s been almost 9 hours since the post went live and over 280 readers have ...more
Social Media
AdSense Announce Changes to Ad Ecosystem.
22nd of July 2008 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

AdSense Announce Changes to Ad Ecosystem.

Today AdSense publishers (or at least some of them) received the following email outlining some recent ‘changes and improvements’ to the Google ad system. These changes largely revolve around new features that they’ve added to AdWords to let advertisers target websites differently (more control). One of the big changes is ...more
Adsense
Welcome to the ProBlogger Social Media Love-In
22nd of July 2008 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

Welcome to the ProBlogger Social Media Love-In

Image by Mandala Update: This will close after 24 hours – read more about why here. Today I want to try something a little different and want to invite you to share your social media profiles with us (please read the ‘rules’ below before participating). Are you active on social ...more
Social Media
Dates on Blog Posts – Should You Have Them?
22nd of July 2008 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

Dates on Blog Posts – Should You Have Them?

Last week in my post exploring how to make blogs sticky I suggested (in point 14) that one technique to consider is to remove the dates from your blog posts. My theory is that dates can either add to or take away from a post. Let me explore this a ...more
Blog Design
Blogger Gives Up Medicine to Go Full Time as a Blogger
21st of July 2008 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

Blogger Gives Up Medicine to Go Full Time as a Blogger

I always love hearing stories of bloggers who are able to go full time with their blogging so earlier today when I read in the NYT about the author of one of my favorite blogs (Mac Rumors) has traded in a career in Medicine for blogging it got my attention. ...more
Pro Blogging News
Has Blogging Lost Its Relational Focus?
21st of July 2008 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

Has Blogging Lost Its Relational Focus?

Today I want to talk a little about bloggers working together – to talk about the importance of it and to reflect upon whether the blogosphere has become a less relational place. “After years of being in an offline business I’ve recently decided to start an online business that will ...more
Miscellaneous Blog Tips
iPhone Applications for Bloggers
20th of July 2008 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

iPhone Applications for Bloggers

I know quite a few ProBlogger readers are enjoying the iPhone App store – so I thought I’d ask the question: What iPhone Applications are most useful for bloggers? In addition to that – what iPhone apps would you like to see developed for bloggers? PS: I’m yet to get ...more
Reader Questions
The Wink Wink, Nudge Nudge Method, Or, Blogging Is Flirting
20th of July 2008 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

The Wink Wink, Nudge Nudge Method, Or, Blogging Is Flirting

Oh blogger, are you a flirt? You should be. Sara Ost from EcoSalon explains more. Successful blogging takes epic diligence. As a blog grows and brings in new readers, we all want to maintain what we’ve already built. No easy task! This sort of strategy calls for an effective tactic. ...more
Miscellaneous Blog Tips
7 More Techniques to Make Your Blog Sticky
19th of July 2008 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

7 More Techniques to Make Your Blog Sticky

In 21 Ways to Make Your Blog or Website Sticky I shared a long list of ways to help first time readers ‘stick’ to your site and become loyal readers. The comments on that post triggered a number of other ideas for making sticky sites that I want to add. ...more
Miscellaneous Blog Tips