Archive for: August, 2007
Written on August 27th, 2007 at 12:08 am by Darren Rowse
Find a Sponsor for Your Blog
Today’s task in the 31 Day Project will appeal more to those who are looking to make money from their blogs. If that’s not you - there are plenty of other daily tasks in previous days of the project that you might like to repeat. This task might also be easier for more established blogs […]
Written on August 26th, 2007 at 06:08 pm by Darren Rowse
MovableType 4 Review
Thinking of giving MovableType 4 a go? There have been plenty of reviews done of it but today Aaron Brazell put together a well balanced one with some of hi impressions at his Movable Type 4 Review.
Another review worth checking out is Mashable’s comparison of MT 4 and WP 2.2. Austin Heller also reviewed it.
I’m […]
Written on August 26th, 2007 at 06:08 am by Darren Rowse
10 Blogs That I Read
Earlier today I set the task for readers to link up to other blogs in their niche. I decided to do it too - but immediately hit a snag.
As I scanned through my feed reader i realized that I read hundreds of blogs about blogging (and related topics). Listing them all would be crazy (and […]
Written on August 26th, 2007 at 12:08 am by Darren Rowse
Link up to a Competitor
Earlier in the 31 Day Project that I’m running this month I suggested taking some time out to analyze your Blog’s Competition as an exercise to help you improve your own blogging.
In that post I wrote:
“I use the word ‘competition’ hesitantly because the thing about blogging is that those blogging on the same topics as […]
Written on August 25th, 2007 at 09:08 pm by Darren Rowse
Subscribe to Comments Reactivated
Just a short note to let readers know that due to an overwhelming number of requests for the feature to be re-added to this blog that I’ve activated the ’subscribe to comments’ feature again.
By default it is not activated when you leave a comment - so you need to manually check the box under comments […]
Written on August 25th, 2007 at 05:08 am by Darren Rowse
10 Lessons in Blogging Learned on a Shopping Expedition
Earlier today I suggested that bloggers go shopping as an observational exercise to help them improve their blogs.
While it is a fairly random idea - I did it myself today and as I sat in the food court of my local shopping establishment I jotted down the following 10 lessons and observations on a napkin:
1. […]
Written on August 25th, 2007 at 12:08 am by Darren Rowse
Go Shopping and Improve Your Blog
Today’s task in the 31 Days to Building a Better Blog project is to go Shopping!
OK - I can hear what you’re probably thinking:
“What? The ProBlogger has lost his mind - what does shopping have to do with blogging?”
Stick with me for a second and let me explain….
The reason I want to encourage you […]
Written on August 24th, 2007 at 05:08 am by Darren Rowse
Same Niche, Different Blogs: Why Not?
This guest post has been submitted by Sara Ost from www.healthbolt.net and www.marksdailyapple.com.
Do you find yourself dreaming about writing posts that aren’t quite the right fit for your current blog?
The dilemma: you have a successful blog with a specific style and you want to depart from it and express yourself in a new way […]
Written on August 24th, 2007 at 12:08 am by Darren Rowse
Do a Search Engine Optimization Audit on Your Blog
One of the biggest sources of traffic on the web is Google (and it’s fellow search engines). As a result it makes sense that a blogger interested in building traffic to their blog would take some time to learn how Search Engines Rank sites.
Today’s task in the 31 Day Project your task is to do […]


