CategoryMiscellaneous Blog Tips

Write an Elevator Pitch for Your Blog [Day 1 -31DBBB]
6th of April 2009 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

Write an Elevator Pitch for Your Blog [Day 1 -31DBBB]

Welcome to Day #1 of the 31 Days to Build a Better Blog Challenge. As on each day of this project today I’d like to present you with two things: Some Teaching/Theory A Task to go away and Do Teaching Today’s task (outlined in full below) is to develop an ...more
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Hot Button Marketing (Factors that Call Your Readers to Action)
5th of April 2009 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

Hot Button Marketing (Factors that Call Your Readers to Action)

One of the books that I’ve been reading off and on over the last 12 months (it’s a good one for dipping into a little at a time) is Hot Button Marketing (by Barry Feig). It’s an interesting read that caught my attention in the book shop because it puts ...more
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Blogging Debates – There are Many Ways to Build a Successful Blog
4th of April 2009 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

Blogging Debates – There are Many Ways to Build a Successful Blog

Debates in blogging circles have raged for years now on many topics. Should a blog have full feeds or partial feeds? Is a blog a blog if it doesn’t have comments? Frequency of Posting – Should a blog post once a week, once a day or 20 times a day? ...more
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To have a Niche Focus with Your Blog or Not? Tips on Making the Decision
2nd of April 2009 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

To have a Niche Focus with Your Blog or Not? Tips on Making the Decision

In this guest post Sherice Jacob from iElectrify and author of Get Niche Quick explores a question I get a lot – how should a blog be niche focused or not? At one point or another, all bloggers have had to sit down and make a crucial decision with their ...more
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Using Aweber Web Forms to Track Conversions for Email Newsletters
1st of April 2009 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

Using Aweber Web Forms to Track Conversions for Email Newsletters

While I’ve delayed the start of the 31 Day Challenge until next week I wanted to show you a glimpse behind the scenes of my signup process using one of the features that Aweber gives those using it’s email newsletter system – Web Forms. The idea is simple – Aweber ...more
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Blogs and Email – How to Get the Best of Both Worlds
31st of March 2009 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

Blogs and Email – How to Get the Best of Both Worlds

Today Hendry Lee from BlogBuildingU explores the power of combining blogging with email. Most people think email is dead, at least for marketing. A few years ago when blogging was just reaching mainstream, some aggressive marketers claimed that blog would replace email in its marketing role. But that never happens. ...more
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Building an Empire around Your Blog
30th of March 2009 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

Building an Empire around Your Blog

This is a guest post on growing your blog into a full blow website by Robby G from Shite I Like.com. When many people get into blogging, they usually, not always, but more often than not, start by blogging about their daily life’s activities. When they see that not too ...more
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Rise Of The Blogging Service Industry
22nd of March 2009 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

Rise Of The Blogging Service Industry

In this guest post, Neil Matthews from WPDude.com writes about the rise of the blogging service industry, and how bloggers can use their existing skills to enter this lucrative industry. Blogging has moved away from a niche activity to such an extent that it has spawned it’s own service industry. ...more
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How has the Economic Downturn Impacted my Blogging Earnings?
20th of March 2009 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

How has the Economic Downturn Impacted my Blogging Earnings?

How has the economic downturn impacted your blog earnings? Team Nirvana recently emailed to ask me what impact the recession has had upon my blog earnings – it’s actually a question that I get quite a bit when talking to friends and family – (I guess everyone is asking it ...more
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