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By: Real Women Scrap

Real Women Scrap — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 17:40:31 +0000

Love the description of the three types of bloggers. I can definitely see that in my journeys through the blogosphere. Of course, I'd like to think of my blog,Lessons from the Scrapbook Page, as a springboard. And it has already launched me into other areas, including writing columns for other sites, coaching new clients, getting booked for speaking engagements, and establishing credibility as an expert. That is much more than I ever expected for a blog to be able to do in less than a year. But, even more than that, I love that I can connect with the readers of my book, Real Women Scrap, on a personal level and build relationships through my blog and community. It's all good in my book (no pun intended)!

By: Best reasons to have your own blog — part 1

Best reasons to have your own blog — part 1 — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 13:58:41 +0000

[...] yourself into something new — ProBlogger, Darren Rowse writes, “. . . springboard bloggers usually start out with smaller blogs but use even the [...]

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Another blog Jeremy? Seriously? — ideas & co. — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 02:31:23 +0000

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I have a serious commitment problem. — Thu, 03 May 2007 06:07:15 +0000

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Fri, 27 Apr 2007 21:05:10 +0000

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By: Greg Lunger

Greg Lunger — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 07:33:28 +0000

Hello Darren,

Great post !

Thank you so much for All the Wonderful advice you give out, Wow, I Love it !!!******

I started out back when you did. We were taking a course with Andy at the same time and exchanged some emails then and linking. You had livingroom.org then and I had digital art and photography at typepad.

It had a steady readership of 103 people, even after I stopped posting for a year. While I was doing more Art and shows. Then I dropped it about 1 yr ago.

Just a couple weeks ago I started a new one at blogger for my Art. Then started reading more about blogging, and found you and problogger at MyWebLog.

From what I have read and seen you and others do, I got my own domain and wordpress and started http://www.digitalartworldblog.com, so I can share with others about all aspects of creating digital art and digital photography. Using both blogs to help build the other.

Today I just started a new blog that I have my own domain for and wordpress, http://www.cosmicphotoart.com, it will take over for my blogger Art blog .

Your thoughts on springboard blogging make a Lot of sense to me. Thinking ahead and planning for it with what we are doing now. Continually exploring how we can use what we have, and what is out there to be put into action in an organised way to build even further.

I am so inspired, seeing what you have accomplish with blogging. All the people you are helping. this Blogging World is made up of such Wonderful people, all helping each other.

Thank you again Darren, and will be reading more soon !!!******

Greg

By: David

David — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 01:35:07 +0000

Darren,

This is a great post ! I enjoyed learning more about how you started. I also went to your LivingRoom blog and learned more about you personally. It is great to hear these entrepreneurial stories, in particular how one thing leads to another.

I am reading the book Founders at Work now and it is amazing how a lot of entrepreneurial success stories have a similar themes where one idea leads to another and eventually you hit the big one and become a big success.

I am writing a series of articles on entrepreneurial success, some based on the stories from Founders at Work. Here is one example:
http://ww-success.com/blog/index.php/2007/04/21/entrepreneurial-success-requires-courage-and-persistence/

I would love to write about your entrepreneurial journey and how problogger.net became such a huge blogging success. If you are interested please drop me a note at info@ww-success.com.

David

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Quick links - Bloggers » Investments & Loans — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 07:51:11 +0000

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By: Blog News Watch » Blog Archive » Wednesday Round-up: April 25, 2007

Blog News Watch » Blog Archive » Wednesday Round-up: April 25, 2007 — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 14:06:48 +0000

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By: Ravi Karandeekar

Ravi Karandeekar — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 09:24:59 +0000

Stop! Darren, please stop!! This is too much. You are driving me crazy! Stop instigating new ideas,new goals and new possibilities. Darren, i have a job, carrier, family and life. Please!

By: Sean Hackbarth

Sean Hackbarth — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 05:45:17 +0000

My weblog has been around since 1999. The initial premise was it to be a place to jot down thoughts that would later become paid articles. With the explosion in attention paid towards weblogs I focused solely on writing for the weblog hoping to hit it big. While helping me know for sure that I am a writer I haven’t hit it big yet. I’m not much of a marketer but the springboard idea would get me back to the initial mission of my weblog as well as allowing me more opportunities to market my weblog.

By: Beth Robinson

Beth Robinson — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 20:32:12 +0000

Springboard is a great word for what I intended when I began my adhesives blog last month. I always intended it as a tool for my own development.

I am currently staying in my comfort zone of writing in a personal tone and am still struggling to post weekly. But I dream that consistent writing and progress will allow me to make the content reader-focused within a year, increase my career options because I will have proved that I can write intelligently about science, and generally make myself more well-known in and more knowledgeable about my industry.

It seems almost impossible at the moment, when I compare what I am doing, to where I want to be, but then I look back at some of my early posts in my art blog from two years ago and both the writing and the art have improved so much, that it makes me believe that I can take this next step in a different area of my life.

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By: Julio Angel Ortiz

Julio Angel Ortiz — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 16:23:38 +0000

Great article, and it gave me some things to think about. My site, The Next Cahmber, was started primarily as a way to talk about writing and my interests, and grew into discussion on writing, books, electronics (smartphones, digital audio players, etc.), and more. It's weird for me because I fall into two polarized categories: sci-fi/adventure writer, and computer guy (I work as a Network Engineer), so combining both into a blog is a balancing act. I can never tell what article will get responses and views. Some of the more personal, "My Life" posts will get commentary, and some of the technical articles won't. I'm constantly surprised by that. But I get a "decent" amount of views a month (over 8,300), which was way more than I ever expected and it has been growing over the past two years. In the end, I can only blog for myself and my interests, and hope to connect with others, even if it attracts a variety of people.

By: How to Leverage Your Blog for Bigger Things - Springboard Blogging Part II

How to Leverage Your Blog for Bigger Things - Springboard Blogging Part II — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 15:50:39 +0000

[...] I wrote about using a blog as a Springboard for bigger things. In the post I talked about different kinds of bloggers and shared a little of my own story. Today [...]

By: Joanna Young

Joanna Young — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 15:32:03 +0000

Great post – and lots of food for thought. I branched out into a second blog after only three weeks of running the first one… so far I’m finding it okay as the two blogs have different ‘personalities’, they’re telling different stories. I’ve made a deal with myself not to take on any more for a while though!
Joanna

By: Janet Green

Janet Green — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 15:14:33 +0000

Darren, I’ve been through all three of these in phases and it’s interesting to see them laid out in black and white like this. First, I have to say that as a whole person, I *am* the random-thing-jumper. Every new thing I learn about seems to have the potential to become a business, and I have a hard time focusing. What’s consistent in my life though, are writing, and marketing, and the Internet. So it seems my next gig lies within those areas.

I’ve been blogging since 2002 when I was determined to write actual thoughtful content instead of just the usual “I slept late this morning” crap that seemed to be dominant at the time. I didn’t have much focus though – it was just my own musings, though I tried to always have a point. This was/is a #1-type blog for sure. I moved along to having created a nice niche website, http://www.bikerchicknews.com, that really needs to be moved onto a blog platform and that gets decent traffic for its kind. Barely monetized, have just started with AdSense now that the site is two years old. This could be a springboard blog.

And I have just started a third blog, http://www.marketingideablog.com, which will be a springboard to the business I eventually hope to start (if I don’t get side-tracked first by the lure of a biker leather retail store or a t-shirt screen-printing shop or some other such thing), focused on helping small businesses identify goals for internet marketing and getting them set up to meet those goals.

Great post, saw myself in all of it! ~ Janet