Archive for: January, 2007

Written on January 31st, 2007 at 02:01 pm by Darren Rowse

Technorati launches WTF Digg Clone

Social Media 35 comments

Steve writes that Technorati has launched a new digg clone feature called Technorati WTF (where’s the fire).

It allows users to submit posts that they think are hot - and then people vote for what they think is… hot.

I’m getting an 404 error page when I go there at present so maybe they’re still launching but […]

Written on January 31st, 2007 at 09:01 am by Darren Rowse

Speedlinking - 31 January 2007

Pro Blogging News 7 comments

Zedomax has a post about Blogging as a Tax Deductable Home Business. I’m not sure it applies to every country but in some it definitely will.
The Probabilist writes about the 10 Most Misspelled Words in Blogs
Liz writes 10 Ways to Start a Blog Post
Nick rants a little about why he dislikes the Snap Preview tool […]

Written on January 31st, 2007 at 04:01 am by Darren Rowse

23 Ideas for Finding New Readers for Your Blog

Blog Promotion 178 comments

Over the weekend I ran an ‘open mike’ discussion which asked the question of How do you find Readers for Your Blog?

There were quite a few responses to the question - some of which went a little unnoticed as they were moderated until I got home. So I thought I’d summarize some of the […]

Written on January 31st, 2007 at 02:01 am by Darren Rowse

Guy Kawasaki to Speak at Elite Retreat

Pro Blogging News 7 comments

I’m excited - this afternoon I was informed that Guy Kawasaki is going to be speaking at Elite Retreat.

It’s not up yet on the main site (very recent news) but it’s official.

Guy’s a great speaker (I’ve seen him on numerous videos) - but from what I’ve seen he usually speaks at some pretty big conferences […]

Written on January 30th, 2007 at 01:01 am by Darren Rowse

Speedlinking 30 January 2007

Pro Blogging News 10 comments

I’m back from a very quick 36 hours away to make the most of the long weekend here.
While I was gone there was plenty of action around the blogging community. Here are a few of the stories that have caught my eye so far as I’ve scanned my RSS feeds.

Andy Wibbels shares how to add […]

Written on January 29th, 2007 at 08:01 am by Darren Rowse

Blogging for Income - A Passive Income?

Miscellaneous Blog Tips 64 comments

Last week two posts popped up in my RSS feeds with the words ‘passive income‘ in their headings.

BJ asked - So Where’s the Passive Income? and Dave writes about Growing a blog or blogs as a source of passive income.

The idea of passive income is obviously one that many people strive for - and it’s […]

Written on January 28th, 2007 at 10:01 am by Darren Rowse

How do you find Readers for Your Blog? - Open Mike

Blog Promotion 92 comments

I’m heading away for one night as part of our long weekend here in Australia for Australia Day and so thought it might be time for a reader discussion on the topic that everyone seems to be asking me about these days - ‘how do I find readers for my blog?’

Share you own experiences and […]

Written on January 28th, 2007 at 07:01 am by Darren Rowse

When is it Time to End Your Blog?

Miscellaneous Blog Tips 8 comments

Lorelle has written a great 15 point post on How to Know When to Stop Blogging.

Sometimes bloggers feel they ‘have to’ keep a blog running - when the best thing for it is to end it.

If Lorelle’s post connects with you - you might also like to read my mini-series on How to Kill a […]

Written on January 27th, 2007 at 07:01 am by Darren Rowse

Speedlinking - 27 January 2007

Pro Blogging News 11 comments

Lorelle’s post Fear Not WordPress 2.1 and WordPress Plugins is an essential read for those WP bloggers scared of upgrading for fear os losing plugin functionality.
David from Blogging Pro writes a post - Making it Easy to Subscribe to RSS feeds on your blog.
Lorelle from Lorelle on WordPress covers a similar topic in Understanding, Using […]

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