Archive for: November, 2005
Written on November 28th, 2005 at 02:11 pm by Darren Rowse
Chitika to Launch ‘Local eMiniMalls’
Chitika have been promising a localized eMiniMalls for a few weeks now and it seems that it’s about to happen. The localized eMiniMalls will find UK ads for UK readers initially and gradually will roll out ads for advertisers in other countries across Europe in the coming weeks. This should lead to more satisfied advertisers [...]
Written on November 28th, 2005 at 09:11 am by Darren Rowse
Macro and Micro Posting – Battling Bloggers Block
Blog Tip 16. Macro and Micro Posts
Most niches have both big and little picture aspects to them. Good bloggers have a grasp of both and are able to expand upon them in the one blog. For instance in the Pro Blogging niche some big picture issues include topics like How Bloggers Make Money from Blogs [...]
Written on November 28th, 2005 at 08:11 am by Darren Rowse
ProBlogger Iconized
After seeing the caricature that they did of Steve Rubel I decided to surf over to iconizeme.com to order my own one.
It’s a bit self indulgent but yesterday was my 3 year anniversary of blogging and I thought I deserved a little treat – so I placed my order.
This morning it came in and here [...]
Written on November 28th, 2005 at 01:11 am by Darren Rowse
Use Your Archives as Inspiration
Blog Tip 15. Read your Archives
After you’ve been writing on a topic for a year or more it’s normal to get to a point where you feel like you’ve said everything that needs to be said on a topic.
While you might have covered your topic fairly comprehensively it’s worth remembering that most of your readers [...]
Written on November 27th, 2005 at 08:11 pm by Darren Rowse
Use Comments as Inspiration – Battling Bloggers Block
Blog Tip 14. Use Comments as Inspiration
Comment on Others Blogs – Have you ever started commenting on someone else’s blog and found that your comment turns into quite an epic!? You get to the end of it and you realize that you’ve been so inspired that you’ve virtually written a blog post? Maybe you have.
I [...]
Written on November 27th, 2005 at 08:11 am by Darren Rowse
Google AdSense Animated Ads
Threadwatch, Search Engine Journal and Jensense all are talking about another new type of ad that Adsense has been testing at Search Engine Roundtable – Animated background ads. It looks like a format that they’re offering premium publishers (and other testing publishers) who have special permission to try new things in conjunction with Adsense – [...]
Written on November 26th, 2005 at 02:11 pm by Darren Rowse
Preparing your Blog for the Silly Season
Duncan has a good post unpacking the Blogging silly season a little. The ’silly season’ traditionally starts the day of US Thanksgiving and extends into the first few weeks of January. It’s silly because traffic levels can vary incredibly. Every blog has it’s own pattern (depending largely upon it’s topic – ie product blogs tend [...]
Written on November 26th, 2005 at 08:11 am by Darren Rowse
Find Your Golden Hour – Battling Bloggers Block
Blog Tip 13. Find your Golden Hour
I’m a (mid) morning person – 10am until midday are what I call my golden hours. They are when I am at my best in terms of thinking creatively and getting things done.
That’s not to say that I fall in a heap for the rest of my day. All [...]
Written on November 26th, 2005 at 04:11 am by Darren Rowse
Blogger Starts ‘Shut Up Jar’
The AFL Player Spectator is having some fun with their readers by offering to stop blogging for a $1000 donation to their ’shut up jar’.
Yep – many blogs out there have a tip jar where your readers can encourage you to keep writing through a donation – but this blog is flipping that idea and [...]
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