Written on September 26th, 2006 at 07:09 am by Darren Rowse

Which Font is Best for Blogging?

Blog Design 26 comments

Before and After Magazine have a great PDF download on choosing the right typeface (via LifeClever).

It’s actually a topic I’ve been asked about twice today so it is a timely find.

I’m no expert on design but my approach to choosing fonts is two fold:

1. Take on board the advice of designers - I’m lucky enough […]

Written on September 26th, 2006 at 12:09 am by Darren Rowse

Full Stops (Periods) in Titles

Writing Content 26 comments

Here’s a quick tip for composing the titles of your posts.

Avoid putting full stops (periods) at the end of your titles.

Most bloggers naturally avoid using them in titles (without giving much thought to it). However from time to time I see them.

Why shouldn’t you use full stops at the end of titles? Isn’t it just […]

Written on September 25th, 2006 at 10:09 am by Darren Rowse

How Much Is a Blog Post Worth? A Formula?

Pro Blogging News 9 comments

Interesting post over at Steve Pavlina’s which takes up the question that I wrote about last week - How Much Is a Blog Post Worth?

In the post Steve decides that posts on his blog are worth $2400 calculated over a 10 year life span.

He calculates this by taking the total earnings of his site […]

Written on September 25th, 2006 at 08:09 am by Darren Rowse

AdSense add Channel Name to Code

Adsense 6 comments

I was just making a new ad unit for one of my blogs and have noticed that when generating code for an ad unit in a channel that the channel code is no longer just a number but the name of the channel and the date you created it as well as a numerical code […]

Written on September 24th, 2006 at 08:09 pm by Darren Rowse

How to Make Bloggers Angry in 10 (+1) Steps

Miscellaneous Blog Tips 3 comments

Denise writes 10 Things That Make Bloggers Angry when pitching them - as someone who gets pitched a lot of ideas I’d recommend it as essential reading for marketers wanting to interact with bloggers.

In the same vein of #1 (Not spelling the blogger’s name right) I’d add an 11th suggestion.

‘don’t put another blogger’s name on […]

Written on September 23rd, 2006 at 10:09 pm by Darren Rowse

11 Lies of Professional Blogging Resources

Pro Blogging News 0 comments

Over the past couple of months I’ve come across a number of ebooks on the topic of making money from blogs. I bought them with the hope of finding some quality products to recommend and in the hope of discovering some new techniques to try out.
My reaction after reading them (I bought and read five) […]

Written on September 23rd, 2006 at 04:09 pm by Darren Rowse

Blogging For Chickens - Will You Join Me?

ProBlogger Site News 50 comments

Can Blogging Make a Difference in this World?

I think so - that’s why this week I’m going to be blogging for Chickens!

Today when I logged onto my computer a Calendar notification popped up at me telling me that it’s ProBlogger’s 2nd birthday. Time flies when you’re having fun.

So how does one celebrate a blog birthday?
Blogging […]

Written on September 23rd, 2006 at 01:09 pm by Darren Rowse

Are Delicious Bookmarks or Digg Traffic Better?

Miscellaneous Blog Tips 10 comments

Thoughtful post by Brian over at Performancing on 3 Reasons Why Delicious Bookmarks Beat Digg Traffic Hands Down.

I have to say I’d never really given it much thought before - but Brian makes some good points.

I guess I’d take a link on the popular page of either one. I find that Digg leads to a […]

Written on September 23rd, 2006 at 01:09 am by Darren Rowse

Do you write for Individuals or the Masses?

Miscellaneous Blog Tips 20 comments

The Blogosphere is Big!

Blogs are read by millions of people every day
Blogs have a global audience
A popular blog post can be read by hundreds of thousands of people over its lifetime

It’s very easy to get caught up in the size of the blogosphere and picture your blogs readers as a crowd.

However the reality is that […]