Archive for: January, 2008

Written on January 28th, 2008 at 02:01 pm by Darren Rowse

Do You Swear on Your Blog? [POLL]

Reader Questions 51 comments

Late this week here at ProBlogger guest blogger Justin Dupre explored the topic of swearing on blogs in his post - Dropping The F-Bomb: Blogging with Naughty Words. The response to his post was a great discussion with a variety of opinions expressed.

I thought a followup poll might be in order with the question being:

Do […]

Written on January 28th, 2008 at 05:01 am by Skellie

MLB Trade Rumors — a Community Consulting Project

Case Studies 23 comments

This week we’ll be looking at MLBTradeRumors.com, a blog about Major League Baseball trading (one I’m sure the baseball fans here will enjoy reviewing!)If you’re new to the project it’d be a good idea to read the launch post.
This week there’ll be another good chance to score an iPod Shuffle and a link to your […]

Written on January 27th, 2008 at 12:01 am by Darren Rowse

Competition Case Study Update

Miscellaneous Blog Tips 19 comments

Just a quick update to my Competition Case Study post from a couple of days ago.

One of the best things that I did to promote this competition was to email inactive members of my forum. VBulletin (the forum software that I use) allows me to send emails to members based upon different criteria. I sent […]

Written on January 26th, 2008 at 07:01 am by Darren Rowse

How to Make CPC Ads Convert

Advertising 28 comments

Wendy at eMoms at Home posted an interview with me today which focuses upon getting advertising to convert into revenue on a blog - particularly CPC ads (cost per click) like AdSense or Chitika.
I give a variety of tips in the 3 question interview but here’s the crux of it for me with 3 main […]

Written on January 26th, 2008 at 12:01 am by Darren Rowse

Dropping The F-Bomb: Blogging with Naughty Words

Writing Content 132 comments

This guest post on using swearing on your blog was written by Justin Dupre from Blogosis.

I’m thinking of a word that starts with F- and ends in U-C-K. There are two answers to this. If you are the good blogger, which I know you all are, (Italics for emphasis, people) you would know I’m thinking […]

Written on January 25th, 2008 at 03:01 pm by Darren Rowse

The 2008 Bloggies - a couple of Familiar Names

Pro Blogging News 20 comments

The Eighth Annual Weblog Awards (the Bloggies) are on and ProBlogger has been nominated in the ‘Best Topical Weblog’ category. The competition is HOT. Oh for the days when they had a ‘best web dev’ award which I did ok in!

Also - congratulations to Skellie for her nomination in the Best Australian and NZ category […]

Written on January 25th, 2008 at 06:01 am by Darren Rowse

35 Twitter Tips from 35 Twitter Users

Miscellaneous Blog Tips 25 comments

As a follow up to my last two posts on Twitter (the Benefits of Twitter and How to Use Twitter - Tips for Bloggers) I thought I’d ask a group of people more qualified to answer the question of ‘how a blogger should use twitter best?’ - my Twitter followers.
Following are the first 35 tips […]

Written on January 25th, 2008 at 12:01 am by Darren Rowse

How to Use Twitter - Tips for Bloggers

Miscellaneous Blog Tips 63 comments

Yesterday I wrote about some of the benefits of using Twitter as a tool to improve your blog. I’ve seen tangible benefits of getting into Twitter over the last month - but it hasn’t been as simple as signing up for a Twitter account and then documenting every area of my life.

What follows is a […]

Written on January 24th, 2008 at 07:01 am by Darren Rowse

Confucius said - Build a Better Blog

Miscellaneous Blog Tips 27 comments

The following guest post is by Jon Bishop from TechNomads. You can learn more about him at the base of this post.

Now that I’m living in China, and having lived in Asia for the past 8 years, I’ve often found myself thinking about Confucianism, and considering certain elements of Confucian culture.

In some parts of Asia, […]

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