Archive for: May, 2007
Written on May 28th, 2007 at 12:05 am by Darren Rowse
Do you kiss on the first date? The Art of Courting as a Blogger
I was recently emailed by a blogger asking me to take a look at their brand new blog. The blog was very new (it only consisted of 3 posts) and it’s purpose was obviously to convert readers into sales of the blogger’s new e-book.
The first three posts on the blog were all fairly strong sales […]
Written on May 27th, 2007 at 01:05 am by Darren Rowse
Where do Your Readers Come From?
I’ve been having some fun with Google Analytics tonight - particularly in looking at where readers of my blogs come from geographically. It’s not something that I’ve done for a while and the stats for ProBlogger have changed quite a bit.
Previously when I did this I had a fair spread of readers between Europe and […]
Written on May 26th, 2007 at 02:05 am by Darren Rowse
What’s the Lowdown on Digg Bait?
Muhammad Saleem wrote a post over at CopyBlogger this week by the title - ‘Is it OK to Write for Digg’ and makes some really good points on either side of the debate. Here are a few key quotes from his piece with a few of my own thoughts:
“for it to be classified as “Digg […]
Written on May 25th, 2007 at 01:05 pm by Darren Rowse
ProBlogger Readers Do it Better…. than Digg Users
Wendy writes a great post today in her introduction to Social Media Strategy and Socially Driven Content.
In the post she talks to bloggers about why they should learn about social media, what results they can get and how to start out in it.
What caught my attention was right down the bottom of her post where […]
Written on May 25th, 2007 at 11:05 am by Darren Rowse
Chitika Linx - Beta In Text Advertising
Chitika have today added another new ad unit to their growing line of options for publishers - this one is called Chitika Linx.
It’s still in beta and I’m not one of the lucky few to be invited to test it - but from the overview page it looks very similar to other in text advertising […]
Written on May 25th, 2007 at 12:05 am by Darren Rowse
Make a Contract With Yourself
In BJ’s post on Developing a Blogging Schedule she finishes with a short section titled ‘A Contract with Myself’ which caught my eye.
It reminded me of a rough patch that I went through in my blogging a couple of years ago when I really struggled with bloggers block and motivating myself to blog to the […]
Written on May 24th, 2007 at 01:05 pm by Darren Rowse
Melbourne Bloggers Meetup Recap
Last night was the first gathering of the Melbourne Bloggers Meetup.
Despite me giving everyone the wrong address for the Bar it was a great night with around 25 people in attendance. I think I got to meet most people and collected a few cards.
Some of those in attendance included Gala, Zach, the team from Fashionising, […]
Written on May 24th, 2007 at 12:05 pm by Darren Rowse
Speedlinking 24 May 2007
Mani shares a few tips on developing stickyness on a blog - read more on keeping first time readers on a blog in my previous series on the topic.
Chris writes - Fear of Blogging, or What Bloggers Can Learn from Shakespeare.
Technorati have announced a new look and ‘refreshed’ site in the last 24 hours.
Blogg-Buzz is […]
Written on May 24th, 2007 at 12:05 am by Darren Rowse
A Glimpse Behind the Scenes of Successful Blogs
After my recent post on the pressures of blogging I had some great feedback from PreBloggers (those thinking of starting up) thanking me and those who commented for giving a more realistic view of blogging.
One of the pictures that comes to mind of my own experience of blogging is that it can look to the […]
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