Archive for: August, 2006
Written on August 28th, 2006 at 09:08 am by Darren Rowse
Akismet Suffers Comment Spam Downtime
Akismet users might have noticed an increase in comment spam getting through the system over the past 24 hours. It seems that they had some downtime as a result of an update that allowed quite a bit of spam to get through.
It seems to have settled now but for a few hours there last night […]
Written on August 28th, 2006 at 12:08 am by Darren Rowse
Brian’s CopyWriting Book Recommendations
A couple of weeks ago when I published my Essential Books for bloggers I asked a number of other bloggers for their recommendations on what they considered to be excellent resources in the different aspects of blogging.
Since then a number of others have suggested books including one of my favorite bloggers, Brian Clark from Copyblogger.
Brian […]
Written on August 27th, 2006 at 09:08 pm by Darren Rowse
Telegraph Caught Republishing Blogger’s Post Without Acknowledgement
This tale of the Telegraph Newspaper foolish action in publishing a bloggers post without permission, acknowledgment of source and under one of it’s author’s name (all they did was change the heading) has left me shaking my head today. Very odd.
See the original post, a cached version of the copy (the actual article on the […]
Written on August 26th, 2006 at 06:08 pm by Darren Rowse
Lists Group Writing Project - Categorized
During the Last Group Writing Project (on the topic of Lists) I was quite overwhelmed by the number of entries. The list that we ended up with had a total of 301 lists.
The main problem with the final list of entries was that despite containing a lot of great posts - it was difficult to […]
Written on August 26th, 2006 at 12:08 am by Darren Rowse
Closing the Deal - Persuasive Blogging Part V
“Desire is the key to motivation, but it’s determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit of your goal - a commitment to excellence - that will enable you to attain the success you seek.” - Mario Andretti
The last step in the process to writing a persuasive blog post is to lead your readers to a […]
Written on August 25th, 2006 at 03:08 pm by Darren Rowse
Resources for Information Publishers
Martin at ePublishingDaily has put together a page of resources for information publishers that I think a lot of entrepreneurial bloggers will find very useful.
It’s got over 100 resources in 17 categories including:
Online PDF Creators
Keyword Tools
Stock Photos
Online Payment
Autoresponders
Online Researching
Some categories will be more helpful for some than others (depending upon their approach) but there’s sure […]
Written on August 25th, 2006 at 09:08 am by Darren Rowse
Six Figure Blogging Gets an Update
It’s been almost a year since Andy Wibbels and I ran the live version of the Six Figure Blogging Course. The response we had back then was pretty terrific - thousands registered for the free preview call (which is still available to give you a taster on our main page) and we ended up with […]
Written on August 25th, 2006 at 02:08 am by Darren Rowse
Desire and Persuasive Blogging - Part IV
“Desire is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish, but a keen pulsating desire which transcends everything.” - Napoleon Hill
Over the last few years I’ve put on a little weight.
Actually - a more accurate statement would be - each year over the last few years I’ve put on a […]
Written on August 24th, 2006 at 05:08 pm by Darren Rowse
Marinating Ideas into Blog Posts - My Posting Workflow
Glen has posted a nice post at LifeDev titled Let Your Blog Posts Marinate (4 Steps to Forming Great Ideas) which uses the great image of marinating your ideas for a while before posting them.
Below I’ll share 10 steps on how I let ideas marinate and become posts - but first….
I love the marinating image […]
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