Written on July 28th, 2007 at 09:07 am by Darren Rowse

Using Local Newspapers to Promote Your Blog Offline

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This mini guest post is from Harry Maugans the co-founder and lead developer for Desktop Nexus.

One of the biggest problems for local newspapers is finding things to write about.

Email or call 5-10 of your closest local newspapers and explain you have an explosive new website that will revolutionize the industry you’re in. Make sure […]

Written on July 28th, 2007 at 06:07 am by Darren Rowse

How Many Blogs Do You Post to Each Week

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Time for a Reader Poll - the question is - ‘How Many Different Blogs Do You Personally Post to Each Week’.
Note - this isn’t about how many you own, or how many blogs you have that are inactive - I’m looking for how many you actively are a blogger on.
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Written on July 27th, 2007 at 07:07 am by Darren Rowse

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Written on July 27th, 2007 at 12:07 am by Darren Rowse

Gala’s Lessons in Blogging

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Yesterday I introduced you to Gala Darling and talked about her transition from having a blog with a niche topic to having a blog more with a niche demographic. Today I want to hand ProBlogger over to Gala for a post and have asked her to share a few of the lessons she’s been learning […]

Written on July 26th, 2007 at 04:07 pm by Darren Rowse

Speedlinking - 26 July 2007

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Read WriteWeb points to the relaunch of one of my favorite organizational tools - Backpack.
Anne shares some ways that Writers (and I guess that means us bloggers) can help stop global warming.
b5media is currently hiring for 5 new positions including server ninja, junior tech support, editorial director, executive assistant and WP developer.
Enkay points to a […]

Written on July 26th, 2007 at 08:07 am by Darren Rowse

Does Your Blog Focus Upon a Niche Topic or a Niche Demographic? - a Mini Case Study with Gala Darling

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Last week I had a coffee with Melbourne blogger Gala Darling (pictured) to talk blogging. Gala blogs at iCiNG).

We had a great chat that covered a lot of topics - from how to make money from blogs, to adding features to blogs to take them to new levels, to where we should hold the next […]

Written on July 26th, 2007 at 05:07 am by Darren Rowse

More Pillars of Exceptional Blogs

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Rory Sullivan has written a great companion post to one that Leo Babauta wrote here at ProBlogger (4 Pillars of Writing Exceptional Blogs).

The main point of Rory’s post is to point out that to build a great blog it takes more than just writing great content - to put it in his words, you need […]

Written on July 25th, 2007 at 01:07 pm by Darren Rowse

SketchCasting

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Here’s a nice idea that I’d like to see more bloggers experimenting with - Sketchcasting! I think it’s got some great possibilities.

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Written on July 25th, 2007 at 06:07 am by Darren Rowse

“If you had a Gun against your Head to Double your Readership in Two Weeks, What Would you Do?” - An Interview with Tim Ferriss

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Two of the most popular posts on ProBlogger over the last couple of months were an interview that I conducted in April with author Timothy Ferriss who wrote the best selling book The 4-Hour work Week. Tim’s also been developing a blog as part of his 4-Hour Work Week site and has seen some amazing […]