CategoryMiscellaneous Blog Tips

I had an Instant messaging conversation yesterday that highlighted to me that some bloggers have very little idea when it comes to the topic that they’ve chosen to write about. I won’t go into the details of who it was but the person was writing on a topic that had ...more

Lately I’ve been pondering a the issue of dates on blogs. While I see the usefulness of dates on posts (they help give context to a post) I wonder if they sometimes do more harm than good. A Confession The reason I say this is that I’ve come to realize ...more

As submission to this week’s Writing Project I’ve just updated a list that I first posted a few days ago – my Essential Books for Bloggers list. The list is now categorized and has the additional books that readers have submitted. There are a total of 65 books in the ...more

It struck me today as I sifted through a variety of questions from readers that the age of a blog brings with it a different set of challenges to their bloggers. Bloggers with young blogs tends to ask one set of questions and bloggers with older blogs have their own ...more

Yesterday I wrote a series of tips on how to ask for an interview for your blog. Today I want to focus on how to handle being interviewed as a blogger. Over the past few years I’ve been interviewed in numerous ways as a result of my blog including on ...more

Yesterday I began a short series of post on ‘Blog Interviews’ that started off by looking at some of the benefits of using interviews on your blog and why it’s good to be interviewed on other people’s blogs. Today I want to swing my attention to the topic of how ...more

Lorelle has been doing some great blogging recently and her latest titled How NOT to Comment on Comments has a lot of wisdom in it. She outlines 5 main ways to make your comment count when you leave it on someone else’s blog: 1. Say Something Intelligent 2. Ask Something ...more

It’s time for another reader question… Eric Allam from 52 Reviews asks: Hey Darren… I’ve read many an interview from problogger, and I was wondering if you had any tips for getting people to agree for the interview?” Thanks for the question Eric – it’s a good one and something ...more

Marketallica has an interesting article by a top 100 Digg user who shares his tips for being successful on Digg (as a user). The english isn’t great (but then again neither is mine at times) but the tips give insight into Digg userland. 1. Recognize Big Stories 2. Track Pulse ...more