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By: Peter

Peter — Thu, 10 Aug 2006 22:33:30 +0000

Well i just reboot my blog, here is the link:
http://silentbits.com/?p=450

By: Reinventing my Blog at JohnTP’s Home

Reinventing my Blog at JohnTP’s Home — Tue, 08 Aug 2006 04:29:36 +0000

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By: Dee Stewart

Dee Stewart — Sun, 06 Aug 2006 00:19:53 +0000

Tanya, I definitely am going to check your site out.

I also check my site stats to see what are driving people to my site. Particularly newbies. And then I think of ways to bring them back.

This week I hosted a weeklong web event at my site where fans of a particular author could ask her questions and she would respond without either party emailing each other. I used Faqqly.com for this.

I also hosted a writing workshop this spring, which generated traffic.

I set up a myspace page for my musician clients, but my blog readers have followed me over there, which is killing me time wise. I can’t respond to all the people who want to be added to my friend’s space.

By: Brotherhood of the Bean

Brotherhood of the Bean — Fri, 04 Aug 2006 18:28:51 +0000

Blogs like coffee are best appreciated when they are fresh. How you define “fresh” is up to you. Maybe its design, maybe its content, the possibilities are endless. The point is you need something fresh to keep your readers coming back.

By: tanya

tanya — Fri, 04 Aug 2006 12:42:32 +0000

I have tried a few of the things mentioned in your post with great success and I think it was after you mentioned them in various entries on this site – so credit to you! I have a very niche specific blog (healthy ‘diet’ food reviews) and I didn’t want to stray too much from that niche but I wanted to try and increase traffic and keep it fresh and interesting. When I noticed a lot of people searching for coupons, I added a category for coupons and freebies with short posts linking to coupons for healthy foods that I found searching around the web, and it is now one of the most popular categories. I also added a category of diettrash for foods that are surprisingly not-so-good for you, and this too turned out to be very popular too (I think it’s the keyword diet). I have tried a lot of different things – most work, some don’t.

By: Greg

Greg — Fri, 04 Aug 2006 09:03:33 +0000

What a great post! If thats the kind of posts you come up in the local cafe then i see me and the laptop are going to have to go to the local cafe more often.!

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Blog-Her » links for 2006-08-04 — Fri, 04 Aug 2006 04:27:25 +0000

[...] Reinvent Your Blog Several ways to reinvent your blog. [via Blogging Pro] (tags: blogging) [...]

By: Splatty

Splatty — Fri, 04 Aug 2006 02:05:25 +0000

Long time, first time. I have been blogging since October of last year and have read your site since the beginning. I have been contemplating some serious site re-design/tweaks for the past couple of weeks. It might be just what I need to bring some new readers. Thanks for the ideas and keep up the great work.

By: Stu

Stu — Fri, 04 Aug 2006 01:45:57 +0000

Once again, an excellent post Darren.

Now I can tell people my inability to choose a WP theme and stick with it is actually me “re-inventing” my blog! :-)

Thanks!

By: Reinvent Your Blog by Blogging Pro

Reinvent Your Blog by Blogging Pro — Fri, 04 Aug 2006 00:52:03 +0000

[...] Reinvent Your Blog Darren Rowse went on a bit of a tangent today, but it was a good one where he informed us all how great a few changes can be for your blog. [...]

By: Jon

Jon — Fri, 04 Aug 2006 00:28:01 +0000

I love that the “Related Posts” is ‘How to Kill Your Blog’ so I guess we know what to do if the revamp doesn’t go so well :)

By: Leroy Brown

Leroy Brown — Thu, 03 Aug 2006 20:10:19 +0000

It’s a shame there aren’t really any nice cafes like that around here.. just the usual Starbucks and such… but they aren’t really very nice. Not a place I’d like to hang out, anyway.

By: renee

renee — Thu, 03 Aug 2006 20:09:01 +0000

great post, darren. i recently just changed my blog theme, and the response i got was amazing! all blogs should reinvent once in a while, to mix things up to keep it ‘fresh”!
take care, renee

By: Bill McRea

Bill McRea — Thu, 03 Aug 2006 19:39:49 +0000

I just updated the Themes of several of my older blogs and now I find it easier to stay interested in the topic.

Now to just find a local Cafe where I can work.

By: Innovation Zen

Innovation Zen — Thu, 03 Aug 2006 19:02:26 +0000

Darren were you able to quantify the changes in terms of traffic or rss subscriptions when you changed the layout of your blog to a professional design?

By: bernard

bernard — Thu, 03 Aug 2006 19:01:11 +0000

Testing new features is cool, aborting them is less fun… for my new website I plan adding some more extra features such as embedded google videos (but squared to 250×250 screens) in order to bring extra life and keep the visitors hooked to the site. Dunno yet how I will implement it but I do think it might be cool… perhaps I will do a editorial videopost just for fun every now and then in between videos from bands that send in news. Nothing revolutionary but step by step it adds up…

The best thing I did was setting up a forum, the things reaches lots of people and google has picked up the threads pretty well.

Next to this I have some other plans to increase the power of viral marketing… lots of work. Oh well…

By: Burt Anderson

Burt Anderson — Thu, 03 Aug 2006 18:56:42 +0000

Darren,

Good advice. Also reinventing your public image is important as well. It was really nice seeing you on The Simple Life: Till Death/ Part in the Beggs family episode.

By: prlinkbiz

prlinkbiz — Thu, 03 Aug 2006 17:19:10 +0000

Great practical post. I’ve been a lurker for a while, but thought I’d put my two cents in! Eateries give us a great example to follow. For the most part, we are creatures of habit. We don’t really like it when things change dramatically when it comes to what we love from cafe’s to blogs! (and don’t even think about messing with my mocha….) However, variety is the spice of life, so the idea of new ways to interact, a series, etc. are great- they are like introducing a new speciality item! A little bit of fun with your comfort level intact! * Interesting note- women are more likley than men to try something new at their favorite place to eat. So know your audience!

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blogHelper Redesign Complete (or At Least, I Hope So) | blogHelper — Thu, 03 Aug 2006 17:08:03 +0000

[...] Edit: Yet again, Darren Rowse amazes me with his prescience. He has just published a post on reinventing your blog, where he describes a redesign + new features as ways to do so. [...]