31 Days to Building a Better Blog Headquarters
UPDATE: This page is for the 31 Days to Build a Better Blog project that I ran in 2005. You can get a much more updated version of this challenge which I ran in 2009 here.
In an attempt to keep all of the posts in the 31 Days to a Building a Better Blog Project together in a succinct and easy to use place I’ve decided to start this page that lists all of the blog tips. I’ve divided them into two sections – firstly those I’ve written and secondly those submitted by readers.
ProBlogger Posts
Miscellaneous Posts
- Introduction to the 31 Days to Building a Better Blog Project
- Blog Case Study – Is it Time to Quit?
- SEO Tip 1 – Put Keywords in Titles
- Domain Name Suggestion Tool – DomainBot
- On Posting Schedules
- Social Bookmarking – Getting your Blog Noticed
- Converting One off Visitors to Your Blog into Regular Readers
- Writing Blog Content – Make it Scannable
- When is it Time to Go Pro as a Blogger?
- Overnight Blogging Success
- Adsense Optimization Case Study – BuzzMachine
- The Secret to Interactive Blogging – Expertise blended with Invitation
- Getting Inside Your Blog Readers Mind
- There’s a Hole in my Blog – Holistic Blogging
Strategic Blogging Series
- Introduction
- Mission
- Values
- Vision and Goals
- Issues, Present Reality and Future Direction
- Strategy
- Action Plan
- Complete Series in one Post
Declaring War on Blogger Apathy Series
Search Engine Optimization Tips for Blogs Series
- Introduction
- Off Site Techniques
- Keywords
- Internal Links and Frequent Posting
- Site Themes and Design
- Outbound Links and Choosing a Domain
- Lengthy Domain Registration, One Topic Posts, Optimal Length Posts
- Duplicate Content, Pinging and MyYahoo
- Quantities of Content and Submit to Search Engines
- SEO Articles and Resources
- The Complete SEO for bloggers Series
How Email Newsletters can Improve your Blog
Affiliate Programs for Blogs
- Affiliate Programs for Blogs – Introduction
- Amazon Associates Program
- Clickbank
- Commission Junction
- LinkShare
- 10 Tips for Using Affiliate Programs on your Blog
Reader Submitted Links
Day 1’s Submitted Links
Day 2’s Submitted Links
- Blog Tips for August
- The Top 10 Things You Should Know Before You Blog
- Blog to Learn
- Keyword Reseach
Day 3’s Submitted Links
- Developing Community
- Secrets of Google Sitemap
- Top 10 Blog tips
- Full Feeds or Extracts in feeds
- Keeping organized when you post on more than one topic
Day 4’s Submitted Links
- Business Blogging – What do I say?
- The Writers Buzz
- Blog Tips for Writers – Part 1
- Productivity Tips for Avid Blog Readers
Day 5’s Submitted Links
- Blog Tips for Writers 2
- Script for Firefox which prevents publishers clicking on their own Adsense ads
Day 6’s Submitted Links
Day 7’s Submitted Links
- Tips for a Successful Blog
- Make sure you have enough to say
- Exit Adsense
- are there three blogospheres
Day 8’s Submitted Links
Day 9’s Submitted Links
- Building a Better Blog – Six Do NOTs
- Search Engine Optimization Tips for Beginners
- Blog Search Engine Optimization
- Publish at the right time
- Anything That Can be Measured, Can be Improved
- Design Theory for New Bloggers
- You’re going to spend a lot of time talking to yourself in the beginning
- Short conversations, long conversations
Day 10’s Submitted Links
Day 11’s Submitted Links
Day 12’s Submitted Links
- 6 Ways To Get Out Of The Deserted Blog Island
- 10 Useful SEO tips
- 4 Steps To Get Your Website In Googles ‘Back Door’
- Keep Searching Blogs
Day 13’s Submitted Links
- Building Traffic for Bloggers
- Site search, calendars and search term hilite
- Blog Better By Learning from the Rapper
- Blogging for its own sake
- Help for the Business end of a Business Blog
Day 14’s Submitted Links
Day 15’s Submitted Links
- 7 Mistakes for your First Week Blogging
- How to start a new Blog
- Setting up a Blog
- Make Feedburner Work for You
- Vary your content!
- Thick and Thin Clients
- Which one pay more
- Copy Paste: Why and Why Not?
- Non-SEO Marketing for Instant Massive Traffic
Day 16’s Submitted Links
- Improve Your Blog’s Content in 5 Steps
- Build a Better Blog: Build a Blogging Team
- CMS and the Web
- Wordpress as a CMS
- Donate Buttons
- Giving Your Business a Personality
- Content is King
- Blogosphere Networking
- Blogstars :: The Price of Success
- A Word to All Bloggers
- Reasons to Read my Blog
- Tips on Starting a New Blog – Part 1
- Turn a negative situation into a positive one
Day 17’s Submitted Links
- Tuning Your Entry Titles
- Improving Blog Headlines: Lessons Learned offline
- Fighting Link Rot
- What do I care what Strangers Blog?
- Develop a “Constant Reader”
Day 18’s Submitted Links
Day 19’s Submitted Links
- The Power of the Mission Statement
- Observational Blogging
- Technorati, tagging and all that
- Starting a Blog Using WordPress and Dreamhost
- Using blogs as a learning Tool
- Guest Blogging and Other ways to create content
- Adwords First Experience
- Track your Visitor
- Introversion and How to Win Friends
- Winamp playlist
- Cross Browser Compatibility
Day 20’s Submitted Links
- Blogging Blues
- Pro-blogger barter
- Journey to Become Pro Blogger
- Why Keeping Several Blogs Can be a Good Idea
- The Tools of the Trade
- Let online tools help you begin
- To All WordPress Users: Back up Matters
- Responding to Blog Criticism
- Building Traffic on this Blog
- What to Write About in Blogs
- Turn Your Life Experiences into Blogs
- Blogging the Write Way
- Mice Life
Day 21’s Submitted Links
- Should My Home Business Have a Blog?
- Is your Blog Placement hurting Conversion
- How to Benefit from Google Sitemaps
Day 22’s Submitted Links
- Content Mangement System Review
- Keep your Blogging Software Up to Date
- Remove your own Duplicate Content
- Find Their Need and Fill It
- Google Adsense for Search
- Is your Site Pleasing to the Eye
- How to Prevent Blog Bloat
- Blogging Tip: Permalink
- Free Essential Tools for Blogger
- Web Site Promotion and Popularity
- Amazon Associates Program
- Track Visitors Using Google Maps
- PHP Bloggers Magazine
- Proper Use of Your Blog Links
- Why would you want to Blog Professionally
- Best Practices for Driving Traffic with Blog Carnivals
Day 23’s Submitted Links
- Target Your Audience
- Blog Rating – Increase your Blogging Confidence
- Blogging while on the clock
- Display relevant Ads in Blogs: Just suggest Google
Day 24’s Submitted Links
Day 25’s Submitted Links
- Is there value in SEO Firms?
- How to find inspiration for your blog posts
- Advertising Strategies for Bloggers
- Driving Traffic through PSAs
- Adwords your way to Traffic
- Server Logs
- Google Sitemaps
Day 26’s Submitted Links
Day 27’s Submitted Links
- Networking and Blogging – Blogging and Networking
- Helping Bloggers get to the top
- Copywriting Tips from the Donald
- How to become the ‘Go To’ in your niche
- Online libel: How to avoid
- Do you see Ads on this Page?
Day 28’s Submissions
- Technorati Tag Generator
- How to Restore Lost Blogger Template Code
- How to convert visitors into regular readers – part 1
Day 29’s Submissions
- Boost Earnings from Adsense for Search
- Why the Elite Blogs are the Elites?
- More links, more traffic, more…
- Website Infrastructure – Building your web site
- Could you be sued because of others’ comments? Create a comment policy now!
- Backup Your Blog
- The Sin of Noodle Posting
- Just Two Posts a Day
- Ping your Blog
- Read your Readers’ Minds
- Syndicate Headlines Using BuzzBoost
Day 30’s Submissions
- Overcoming Blogger’s Block
- Use your blog as a personal wayback machine
- Improving Your Writing Skills: Lessons Learned Online
- Blogging Personality
- Increase your PR with Yahoo
- RSS for Dummies
- Helping Bloggers get to the top
- Expand the Blogstream
- Those Special Dad Moments
- Will Windows Vista be good for Probloggers?
Day 31’s Submissions
- How many Visitors: Quality over Quantity
- Blogging Security
- A workable Blogging Schedule
- Context is Everything
- Blogging on a Mac
- Thoughts on Articles Websites
- How to Convert Visitors into regular readers – Part 2
- Bloggers Write Articles for traffic
- Moving Beyond the Blogroll: Looking for New Ways to Link-Share
- Blogging and procrastinating
- Theming: How it Isn’t Just About the Looks
- Get Your Visitors to Subscribe to your RSS Feed via Email
