Archive for: 2007
Written on December 28th, 2007 at 12:12 am by Darren Rowse
Evolving from a Blog to a Community
In this post Deborah Ng from Freelance Writing Jobs gives us and insight into how she improved her blog in 2007.
2007 was a year of changes for Freelance Writing Jobs. Originally, FWJ only offered listing of jobs available to freelance writers. Now it’s a resource for freelance writers and bloggers and features informative tips [...]
Written on December 27th, 2007 at 06:12 am by Darren Rowse
How Longer Feature Posts Improved My Blog
Today Leo Babauta from Zen Habits shares what he did in 2007 that improved his blog the most.
Improvement on Zen Habits has come in many small doses this year, but if I had to pick one thing it would be my transition to longer, less-frequent “feature” posts that go into more depth about a topic.
My [...]
Written on December 27th, 2007 at 05:12 am by Darren Rowse
One Question Interview Summer Series
Over the next week I’m taking a little extra time to enjoy the Summer weather here in Aus with my family.
To help provide those of you not taking a break with some inspiration I’ve asked a handful of bloggers that I respect to take part in a one question interview.
I’ve asked each one the same [...]
Written on December 27th, 2007 at 12:12 am by Skellie
Wife Advice — a ProBlogger Community Consulting Project
This week’s community consultation is for a very unique blog!
If you’re new to the project, it’s recommended that you read the launch post. This week there’ll be another chance to win an iPod Shuffle and a link to your blog under the winner’s name in the summary post. Not a bad haul for a few [...]
Written on December 26th, 2007 at 12:12 am by Darren Rowse
What Was Your Most Popular Post in 2007?
As we draw closer to the end of the year I spent some time this week doing some reviewing of ProBlogger.
One of the things I looked at was to analyze popular posts. It got me wondering what type of posts were most popular on other blogs.
So here’s a reader question:
What Was Your Most Popular Post [...]
Written on December 25th, 2007 at 12:12 am by Darren Rowse
Best of ProBlogger – 2007
Happy Christmas – I hope that you’re having a good one. I’ve got a bit day of family fun planned – but wanted to leave something here on the blog for those of you with a little more time on your hands to enjoy.
I thought I’d take this opportunity to look back on the [...]
Written on December 24th, 2007 at 06:12 am by Darren Rowse
Winners of this week’s Comments Competition
Over the last week we’ve held a competition here at ProBlogger where five active readers (those leaving comments) win a free copy of the Premium News Theme (for WordPress blogs) – designed by Adii.
375 readers put themselves in the running for the competition by commenting on the initial post with some increasing their chances by [...]
Written on December 24th, 2007 at 12:12 am by Darren Rowse
The Secret Motivations that Drive Your Customers
The following post on the motivations of customers is by Dean Rieck from Direct Creative.
Do you understand the motivations of your blog customers?
Hold on. Did I just say, “customers”? If you’re like most bloggers, you talk about “subscribers” or “traffic” or “page views.” The term “customers” may not come naturally to you.
But if you’re selling [...]
Written on December 23rd, 2007 at 12:12 pm by Darren Rowse
What do YOU Do with Your Blog When You Go on Vacation?
There’s four emails in my inbox today which all ask the same question.
‘What do You Do with Your Blog When You Go on Vacation?’
I’ve written about it previously (links below) but I thought it might make a good reader discussion question (and topical too as many of us are on the cusp of taking time [...]
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