CategoryMiscellaneous Blog Tips

How to Make Your Blog More Personal
25th of July 2008 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

How to Make Your Blog More Personal

It has been a while since my last video and in this one I’ll show you the reason why – my son Henri who arrived just a few weeks ago has been taking a lot of my attention of late. In this video I want to talk about adding a ...more
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Conversion Blogging Video
23rd of July 2008 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

Conversion Blogging Video

Yaro Starak from the popular Blog Mastermind mentoring program has today released a video that looks at a processing of making money from blogs that he calls Conversion Blogging. Yaro’s been using it to make over $10,000 a month from his blog. Yaro is an expert at building an audience ...more
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The Power of Making Readers Famous
23rd of July 2008 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

The Power of Making Readers Famous

The last 24 hours on ProBlogger have seen a lot of action around our social media love-in project that is currently running. Not only has there been a lot of action in the comments on that post but it’s driven up traffic and increased the numbers of emails that readers ...more
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Has Blogging Lost Its Relational Focus?
21st of July 2008 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

Has Blogging Lost Its Relational Focus?

Today I want to talk a little about bloggers working together – to talk about the importance of it and to reflect upon whether the blogosphere has become a less relational place. “After years of being in an offline business I’ve recently decided to start an online business that will ...more
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The Wink Wink, Nudge Nudge Method, Or, Blogging Is Flirting
20th of July 2008 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

The Wink Wink, Nudge Nudge Method, Or, Blogging Is Flirting

Oh blogger, are you a flirt? You should be. Sara Ost from EcoSalon explains more. Successful blogging takes epic diligence. As a blog grows and brings in new readers, we all want to maintain what we’ve already built. No easy task! This sort of strategy calls for an effective tactic. ...more
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7 More Techniques to Make Your Blog Sticky
19th of July 2008 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

7 More Techniques to Make Your Blog Sticky

In 21 Ways to Make Your Blog or Website Sticky I shared a long list of ways to help first time readers ‘stick’ to your site and become loyal readers. The comments on that post triggered a number of other ideas for making sticky sites that I want to add. ...more
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You’ll Never Know Unless You Ask
17th of July 2008 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

You’ll Never Know Unless You Ask

Growing up I was a very shy little guy. I was so shy that I rarely put myself out there in situations that I was unfamiliar with and never asked other people for favors unless I was either in desperate need or very familiar with the other person. I remember ...more
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When Should You Add a Newsletter to Your Blog?
16th of July 2008 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

When Should You Add a Newsletter to Your Blog?

Over on Plurk HCI Blogger asked me – “How do you decide when to start publishing a newsletter?” I’m sure other bloggers with newsletters will have different opinions to me on this one but if I were starting a new blog today I’d start a newsletter to go with it ...more
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The Comprehensive Paint-by-numbers Guide to Writing and Publishing Your Ebook
16th of July 2008 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

The Comprehensive Paint-by-numbers Guide to Writing and Publishing Your Ebook

Over the last few months I’ve had a rise in the numbers of people asking me about the why and how of writing and publishing Ebooks. So when Mary Jaksch from the blog Goodlife Zen and Ebook From Tragedy to Triumph: Winning Through a Life Crisis offered to write a ...more
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