Archive for: August, 2006
Written on August 24th, 2006 at 10:08 am by Darren Rowse
Job Boards - 11 hours In
Thank you to everyone who has sent in feedback, questions and ideas for the ProBlogger Job Boards as well as the many bloggers who have linked up to it.
I’ve always wanted to be a match maker - and now I sort of feel like I am with lots of reports of bloggers and blog employees […]
Written on August 24th, 2006 at 12:08 am by Darren Rowse
Blogger Jobs - ProBlogger Job Boards
Are you looking for a Blogger for your blog?
Are you a blogger for hire, looking for a blogging job?
Today I’m proud to announce the ProBlogger Job Board - a place where bloggers for hire and those looking for them will meet.
Two questions are popping up in my inbox over and over each week.
“I’m […]
Written on August 24th, 2006 at 12:08 am by Darren Rowse
Conviction - Persuasive Blogging Part III
“Strong convictions precede great actions.” - Louisa May Alcott
We’ve been talking this week about how to be a persuasive blogger and so far I’ve spoken about getting attention to your posts and going deeper to create interest in your post. Today I want to go a step deeper again and look at ‘conviction’.
You see you […]
Written on August 23rd, 2006 at 01:08 pm by Darren Rowse
Speedlinking - 23 August 2006
Glenn Wolsey has written a good post for bloggers looking to buy a Mac where he looks at the type of Macs that bloggers are using and what software they get.
More Minimal has a couple of good posts on making your blog more readable and minimalism in blogging
Business 2.0 has an article this month on […]
Written on August 23rd, 2006 at 11:08 am by Darren Rowse
AdSense Launches Premium Video Test
A few weeks ago Google announced a partnership with Viacom (NYT Coverage) to allow their AdSense publishers to put video clips (MTV video) on their websites with embedded advertising in them.
In the last 24 hours they’ve begun to roll out the program and a select group of publishers have been selected as beta testers of […]
Written on August 23rd, 2006 at 09:08 am by Darren Rowse
Amazon aStore in iFrames
Two of the main critiques of Amazon’s new aStore (the new beta test from Amazon that allows you to make your own Amazon store) that I’m hearing from publishers are:
It’s hosted on Amazon’s domain which doesn’t look that integrated with your site
There’s no link back to your site from the store
One of the more creative […]
Written on August 22nd, 2006 at 11:08 pm by Darren Rowse
Creating Interest in Your Posts - Persuasive Blogging Part II
Have you ever picked up a novel in a bookstore that just jumped out at you from the display and screamed ‘read me’. Perhaps it was the title that got your attention, perhaps it was the design of the front cover, or perhaps it was a recommendation that some newspaper reviewer had written saying how […]
Written on August 22nd, 2006 at 02:08 am by Darren Rowse
Attention Grabbing Blogging - Persuasive Blogging Part I
Getting eyeballs on your post is the first crucial step in it being persuasive.
Read the Introduction to this mini-series on persuasive blogging.
In order to persuade your reader to take a certain action you need to find a way to get their attention - otherwise they’ll never read your content and find out what you’re attempting […]
Written on August 22nd, 2006 at 12:08 am by Darren Rowse
Car Salesmen, Preachers and the Art of Persuasion
Have you ever wanted to be more persuasive in your writing? If so, this is the first post in a series that is designed to help you achieve just that.
Warning - Tangent Ahead
Lessons from a New Car Salesman
A few months back, in the lead up to our little Xavier’s arrival, we decided we needed to […]


