Are You Contactable?
30th of May 2007 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

Are You Contactable?

Idle Profit writes a post with 5 Reasons you need to have a contact page – I think all 5 reasons are valid. Plus it’s just bad manners not to and can create a spammy/cheap and nasty impression when you don’t. Plus it’s just good business sense to give customers, ...more
Miscellaneous Blog Tips
ProBlogger New York Readers Meetup – RSVP here
30th of May 2007 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

ProBlogger New York Readers Meetup – RSVP here

To help us plan for the fast approaching ProBlogger Readers Meetup in New York on 9 June I’ve just set up a page for the even on Upcoming. If you’re planning on attending it’d be great if you could drop by the page to RSVP. While it’s not compulsory to ...more
ProBlogger Site News
WordPress Plugins to Make Your Blog Sticky
30th of May 2007 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

WordPress Plugins to Make Your Blog Sticky

Do you want to make your blog Sticky (or keep people coming back for more)? There are lots of ways to get first time readers to become loyal to your blog but today Aaron compiled a nice little list of four WordPress plugins that can definitely help. I’m sure there ...more
Blogging Tools and Services
Social Bookmarking and Networking – How Involved Are You?
30th of May 2007 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

Social Bookmarking and Networking – How Involved Are You?

Belle from Working Blogger wrote me an interesting question last week on social networking and bookmarking communities that I thought might make an interesting topic for discussion for the wider community. She writes: “What on earth is a blogger to do about all the various social networking communities. I do ...more
Social Media
Blogging Overheads – How Much Does it Cost?
29th of May 2007 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

Blogging Overheads – How Much Does it Cost?

Sometimes when I get together with my business owning friends I feel terribly guilty. The reason – I have no substantial overheads or expenses. When we get together my friends bemoan the costs of renting properties, paying staff, the cost of advertising and having to find the money to pay ...more
Miscellaneous Blog Tips
Do you kiss on the first date? The Art of Courting as a Blogger
28th of May 2007 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

Do you kiss on the first date? The Art of Courting as a Blogger

I was recently emailed by a blogger asking me to take a look at their brand new blog. The blog was very new (it only consisted of 3 posts) and it’s purpose was obviously to convert readers into sales of the blogger’s new e-book. The first three posts on the ...more
Miscellaneous Blog Tips
Where do Your Readers Come From?
27th of May 2007 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

Where do Your Readers Come From?

I’ve been having some fun with Google Analytics tonight – particularly in looking at where readers of my blogs come from geographically. It’s not something that I’ve done for a while and the stats for ProBlogger have changed quite a bit. Previously when I did this I had a fair ...more
Miscellaneous Blog Tips
What’s the Lowdown on Digg Bait?
26th of May 2007 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

What’s the Lowdown on Digg Bait?

Muhammad Saleem wrote a post over at CopyBlogger this week by the title – ‘Is it OK to Write for Digg’ and makes some really good points on either side of the debate. Here are a few key quotes from his piece with a few of my own thoughts: “for ...more
Blog Promotion
ProBlogger Readers Do it Better…. than Digg Users
25th of May 2007 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

ProBlogger Readers Do it Better…. than Digg Users

Wendy writes a great post today in her introduction to Social Media Strategy and Socially Driven Content. In the post she talks to bloggers about why they should learn about social media, what results they can get and how to start out in it. What caught my attention was right ...more
Blog Promotion