Archive for: April, 2007

Written on April 25th, 2007 at 01:04 am by Darren Rowse

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

Miscellaneous Blog Tips 22 comments

Yesterday 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 I want to suggest a few ways to build a blog that launches you into bigger things.
So how does one become a ‘Springboard […]

Written on April 24th, 2007 at 05:04 pm by Darren Rowse

Speedlinking - 24 April 2007

Pro Blogging News 3 comments

Chitika’s month long Blog Bash continues with a post from me on the topic of - “Help me, my mom is my blog’s only reader!” - I hope you enjoy it
Des writes on Why “More” Can be Less in a WordPress Feed at Business and Blogging
Chris writes a post comparing advertising with Squidoo and StumbleUpon […]

Written on April 24th, 2007 at 02:04 am by Darren Rowse

Blogs as Launching Pads….

Miscellaneous Blog Tips 46 comments

Are you jumping up and down on the one spot with your Blog or are you using it as a launching pad for something else?
While I was in Washington at the Underground Online Seminar, one of the speakers (I can’t remember which one) spoke in passing about an entrepreneurial principle of always looking at what […]

Written on April 23rd, 2007 at 06:04 pm by Darren Rowse

Testing Moblogging

General 22 comments

Today a package that i had been waiting for arrived - a new nokia n95.
Part of the appeal was its web browsing capabilities and wi-fi.
So the logical first move was a post via phone.
I doubt it will be a regular thing though as it is quite tedious.
I will use it for surfing […]

Written on April 22nd, 2007 at 01:04 am by Darren Rowse

Hosted or Standalone Blogging Platforms - Which is Best?

Blogging Tools and Services 80 comments

One of the most common questions that I get asked around blogging platforms is whether people should go for a hosted blog platform like Blogger, TypePad or WordPress.com or whether they should go for a stand alone platform that you host on your own domain and server like WordPress.org, Drupal or Movable Type.

I’ve talked previously […]

Written on April 21st, 2007 at 02:04 am by Darren Rowse

The Future of Blogging?

Miscellaneous Blog Tips 44 comments

Otto asks - “We’re reading almost the same posts on every top blogs - it makes me feel that either there’s nothing really new on making blogs and/or that blogs are past. So, what’s next?

Otto, I presume you’re talking about reading the same posts covered on blogs blogging about blogging? If so, you’re probably right […]

Written on April 20th, 2007 at 04:04 pm by Darren Rowse

Leveraging Blog Profile to Open New Opportunties

Pro Blogging News 19 comments

I’m always looking for examples of how blogging opens up doors for those who write them to lead them into new opportunities to build their profile and make a living.

Today ProBlogger guest blogger Wendy Piersall gave us a prime example with her post The Biggest Blog Post of My Life.

Wendy has been approached by Entrepreneur.com […]

Written on April 20th, 2007 at 08:04 am by Darren Rowse

How to List Your Blog in MySpace News

Blog Promotion, Pro Blogging News 21 comments

MySpace have recently launched their News service (complete with some very nauseating flashing ads that I’m seeing right now).

Loren from Search Engine Journal posts that blogs and news sites wanting to be considered for this new index can submit their link here.

This is a worthwhile endeavor for any blogger wanting to promote their blog as […]

Written on April 20th, 2007 at 05:04 am by Darren Rowse

Speedlinking - 20 April 2007

Pro Blogging News 4 comments

Taking a month off from reading a feed reader is a liberating thing…. until you come home and are confronted with tens of thousands of unread posts. Today I began the task of catching up - here’s some of the first pieces of news, tips and posts from the last month (more to come over […]

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