Comments on: How to Find Untapped Audiences Offline – By Letting Others Republish Your Content

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 01:53:55 +0000

This is really great news for you. That is a big way of getting more readers.

By: Net Writing » Blog Archive » Top 5 Tips Writing for Blogs

Net Writing » Blog Archive » Top 5 Tips Writing for Blogs — Mon, 07 May 2007 21:24:21 +0000

[...] It is a mistake to feel that you are “only writing for a Blog” If you view your blog like a magazine it will help maintain a certain standard. Also, as a blogger you can open many future potential avenues of work. For example, in a recent post at ProBlogger, Darren shared how a blog post had been used in a magazine. See: Finding offline work [...]

By: Ravi

Ravi — Thu, 03 May 2007 10:16:16 +0000

I just saw your article in The Costco Connection’s latest newsletter! I didnt realize it at first, but then I saw the same tractor photo as the article on DPS you mentioned in this post and so I actually read the article and realized it was the one you mentioned here.

Small world…

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links for 2007-05-02 | Mansoor Nathani's Blog — Wed, 02 May 2007 00:33:30 +0000

[...] How to Find Untapped Audiences Offline – By Letting Others Republish Your Content Interesting way to benefit by allowing your blog articles to be published offline (tags: Problogger) [...]

By: Doug

Doug — Tue, 01 May 2007 19:04:40 +0000

Yeah, i always allow indivduals to republish my content. I use to be protective with it when i first started out, but now i let anyone do it if they put a link back to my website and do edit itt or use it for a non profit format. However, i have gotten those occasions when indivduals would copy my content without putting a link back to my website, and that didn’t go too well. For those who want to check their content to make sure that its not being duplicated, scan your writing through copyscape monthly, you may be surprised on what you find at times.

Doug

By: Duplicate Content Checker

Duplicate Content Checker — Tue, 01 May 2007 04:47:57 +0000

I think offline love would definitely do some online ventures a lot of good.

By: Tiffany C Kelley

Tiffany C Kelley — Tue, 01 May 2007 03:34:50 +0000

As a marketing consultant, I’ve seen numerous times where a web site’s search engine rankings have increased due to increased one-way links created by article submissions/republishing. Most of my clients though don’t have the luxury of being approached directly like you have for reprint permission….being that I usually work with start-up businesses and new webmasters. So instead, I usually recommend that they submit articles themselves to spread the word and those invaluable links.

By: Savvy Affiliate » Blog Archive » Syndicating Offline Content

Savvy Affiliate » Blog Archive » Syndicating Offline Content — Tue, 01 May 2007 03:16:47 +0000

[...] Want an example of a good time to let a publication sydicate your content offline? Problogger has one Here [...]

By: Randy Bryan

Randy Bryan — Tue, 01 May 2007 02:33:50 +0000

This is a great idea. I have been helping my 70 something year old dad get his blog, jonbryan.com, off the ground. One of the BEST traffic getter has been getting his blog articles published in the local papers. Thanks for the great ideas Darren.

By: MotorsportBabesAU

MotorsportBabesAU — Tue, 01 May 2007 00:57:34 +0000

Everyone loves a flame war! Haha. I guess that people will simply do anything to get more traffic to their site and make more money.

By: Ilya Lichtenstein

Ilya Lichtenstein — Tue, 01 May 2007 00:33:40 +0000

Letting people republish your content can often lead in directions you never anticipated. For example, a post I wrote months ago that turned out to be a breakout hit has been translated into 8 languages- and every day I still get a couple of hits from some Brazilian or Turkish web sites or blogs.

By: Darren Rowse

Darren Rowse — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 23:09:20 +0000

yeah Peter – it’s not a new practice at all. I guess we as bloggers can sometimes put our heads in the sand and just think we’ve got all the answers within the blogosphere and forget that there are some pretty amazing opportunities out side of it as well :-)

By: Peter Cooper

Peter Cooper — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 23:07:50 +0000

Y’know.. Tim Carter (AskTheBuilder.com) was doing this eight or nine years ago already (this is not to say anything bad, but merely to show how things always seem to come round and round :)). He started the AskTheBuilder site up ages ago, way before the blog era, and then got into having columns syndicated in lots of newspapers across the country, and then even onto a radio show (as I recall). It’s great how “old” ideas can come round and improve our lives in the present if we’re ready to take them on.

By: Darren Rowse

Darren Rowse — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 23:07:45 +0000

gecko – actually the invitation didn’t come as a result of me or my profile at all – just because the person who asked me found me on google.

wendy – thanks

Rene – I think charging can work too – although my aim with it is to drive traffic and build profile so if charging means that the content doesn’t get in front of a new reader then I don’t mind doing it for free.

Nicholas – yeah I think you’re right.

Lori – thanks for your kind words.

Trevor – I should have added that most of the requests that I get for republishing comes from:

1. other websites – which I generally say no to
2. smaller newsletters (offline) which I generally say yes to

For me I’m still a little hung up on the online republishing of my content because of duplicate content issues – however if another site really wants to use my stuff I encourage them to either use an excerpt and link back or if it’s a bigger website that I want to build a relationship with I’ll write an article specifically for them.

By: Trevor

Trevor — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 22:59:10 +0000

I can only dream of such exposure in off line publications. So far I’ve had only two requests – one was from a local club’s newsletter where I know I’ve picked up at least one new reader. The request came after I was a guest speaker at one of their meetings.

The other request came from the small state of Sikkim in India. I have no idea if this has resulted in any readers. In both cases I asked for a link to my blog site. Darren’s example shows that you never know what can result from such requests.

By: Lori

Lori — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 20:52:09 +0000

I have to say it’s nice to find a blog that is as informative as yours, but that keeps a person’s interest too. You provide quality information that is well worth the reading. I subscribed to your feed right away and am already looking forward to see what you write about next. Well done!

By: Nicholas

Nicholas — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 20:43:06 +0000

I think you’re going in the right direction Darren.

Bloggers do have that tendency to not let others republish their content.

But as marketers know, it’s more about getting readership, and if you can do that by having others distribute and market your content, then it’s always a positive for both parties, mostly you. You gain more authority, and you gain more readers. (not that you need more authority)

By: Rene Kriest

Rene Kriest — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 20:39:50 +0000

Congratulation for changing your mind. :)

However if the offline promotion happens to be become a common thing I would charge a little. ;)

Regards,

René

By: Wendy Piersall

Wendy Piersall — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 20:33:22 +0000

That is flipping awesome! Congrats Darren!! :)

By: gecko

gecko — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 19:59:41 +0000

not many people enjoy these kind of luxury, only famous blogger like Darren. i like the idea of inviting offline publication linking…