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FeedBurner Stats PRO–It’s a great value and valuable!
It’s been over a week since I turned FeedBurner’s Stats PRO on for View from the Isle’s feed. The chart at the right shows the data for the post about trying Stats PRO on View from the Isle. So, what do I think? Well, it isn’t perfect, but it is ...more
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What If No One Answered The Call?
Last week I published a post on moving the discussion to conversion. Thinking about that post and associated comments a bit earlier, a related thought crossed my mind – What is no one answered your call to action? What if no one ever bought, no one ever registered, no one ...more
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More thoughts on defining blog (but much more intelligently put!)
It seems my “I goofed” post, or rather my attempt to explain the difference between a web site and a blog has got some folks thinking. Taughnee at endeavor creative (do you have any idea how hard it is for a Canadian to spell endeavor? I spell in endeavOUr every ...more
Business Blogging
Blog Saturation? Is it still bleeding edge?
At work we do a bit of blogging. My boss still doesn’t really grasp the concept of what a blog is, but now he wants to host blogs for a niche group. The problem is, he doesn’t think anyone knows what a blog is and doesn’t want to use the ...more
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What Kind of ProBlogger Are You?
I recently wrote an article, Solo Blogging vs Network Blogging, which is a follow-up to the quiz: Are You A Solo Blogger Or A Network Blogger? In the quiz, I identified four main problogger categories: Solo Bloggers – Those who set up their own blog/s and try to earn money ...more
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Link blogs and RSS feeds
What do you think about link blogs and RSS feeds on blogs - do they add to the reader experience or just clutter up the sidebar?
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The difference between a website and a blog
This is not directly related to problogging as such, but it’s an insight we can probably all relate to. This is cross posted from The Blog Studio, making this an act of shameless self promotion. But its too good not to share, so I’m going against my better (sober) judgement ...more
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Blogs Must Earn Their Keep
Sounds like Darren is having a wonderful time on his well deserved holiday. From a ProBlogger fan, it’s been great fun reading the variety of posts by guest bloggers. Over the past few months, I’ve been talking to marketers around the country about how blogs can support business initiatives. Most ...more
Business Blogging
Make yourself available
This may seem kind of obvious. But you’d be amazed at how difficult it is to get in touch with many business or pro bloggers. There have been a couple of instances where I’ve wanted to suggest stories to people I read, and I haven’t been able to get in ...more
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