
Dear AdSense, You Broke My Heart – An Open Letter to AdSense
AdSense have sent publishers using the AdSense referral program who live outside of the US, Canada and Japan an email confirming that the program will be retired as of 31 January (published below). The email came from a ‘noreply’ email address – so publishers have no way of feeding back ...more
Adsense

Blogging On Expo – a Virtual Blog Conference
Just a short post to point to an online blog conference that is happening today – Blog On Expo. It is running over 3 days with some pretty good names as ‘speakers’. I’m featured with an interview on Day 1 (here). See the rest of the first day’s sessions here.
Pro Blogging News

How to Run a Successful Competition on Your Blog
Yesterday I shared some of the costs and beefits of running a competition on your blog. I ended that post by asking: “So how does one run a competition on their blog that brings more benefits than it costs?” In this post I want to walk you through everything I ...more
Blog Promotion

Welcome to Readers of the Wall Street Journal
Welcome to readers of Wall Street Journal who may have found themselves here after today’s article in there. If this is your first time to ProBlogger.net then let me give you a quick tour of my online home. Firstly, my name’s Darren Rowse and as the article in the WSJ ...more
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The Costs and Benefits of Running a Competition on Your Blog
‘How do I run a successful competition on my blog?’ Competitions on blogs have become increasingly common in 2007 with an increased number of high profile blogs running them. As a result many smaller to medium sized blogs are considering them also. The problem is that a competition can actually ...more
Blog Promotion

Elite Retreat Adds Brian Clark to Speaker Lineup
I just heard that Elite Retreat has added another quality speaker to it’s lineup (previously written up here). The new speaker is Brian Clark from CopyBlogger. Now I’m really wishing I could extend my stay in the US after SXSW!
Pro Blogging News

Socialized Software — a ProBlogger Community Blog Consulting Project
This week we’ll be looking at Socialized Software, a blog by technology executive and entrepreneur Mark Hinkle. If you’re new to the project, it’s recommended that you read the launch post. This week there’ll be yet another chance to score an iPod Shuffle and a link to your blog under ...more
Case Studies

Blog Tips – Twitter Style Competition Winner
Over the weekend I held a little competition here at Problogger where readers were asked to submit Twitter Style blog tips (tips that were 140 characters or less). The winner (chosen randomly) is CatherineL who submitted this tip: “Be human – Your readers want to learn about your mistakes, as ...more
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Six Tips for More Creative Blogging
This post on Creative Blogging was written by Mark Seall from Talk Climate Change. Creative lapses are one of the biggest blog killers out there. Every blogger spends time staring at a blank screen searching for inspiration at some point, and few niches provide a steady stream of juicy news ...more
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