Archive for: March, 2008

Written on March 26th, 2008 at 12:03 pm by Darren Rowse

Re-Tweeted – 73 Top Posts from the Last Week

Miscellaneous Blog Tips 40 comments

Earlier this morning I did a little experiment on Twitter and asked my followers to nominate their best post from the last week with a URL and Title. I said that I’d ‘Re-Tweet’ the best of them.

I did this because I was feeling a little uninspired (I’ve been sick) and needed to read some great [...]

Written on March 26th, 2008 at 06:03 am by Darren Rowse

Welcome to Firepow – Premium Sponsor

ProBlogger Site News 14 comments

Over the last few weeks while I’ve been traveling you may have noticed a new sponsor on ProBlogger in the headline banner position. Where as previously we’d kept this position for internal advertising this month we’ve launched a premium sponsorship package which was quickly snapped up by new sponsor Firepow.

Firepow is a new (well actually [...]

Written on March 26th, 2008 at 12:03 am by Darren Rowse

Group Video Project – ‘Why I Blog’

ProBlogger Site News 62 comments

OK – so today I want to launch something that I’ve been thinking about for a while now. It’s a little like my previous group writing projects but it’s all about video.

Here’s how it’ll work.

I’m going to name a topic/theme (see it below) and invite everyone and anyone to put together a video on that [...]

Written on March 25th, 2008 at 12:03 am by Darren Rowse

How I Use Twitter to Promote My Blog

Blog Promotion, Featured Posts 133 comments

How Can Twitter be used to promote a blog? In this guest post Chris Brogan gives a few tips on blog promotion.

Twitter is a lot of things to a lot of people. For some, it’s a virtual water cooler. For others, it’s a great way to get answers to questions. Since I started using Twitter, [...]

Written on March 24th, 2008 at 12:03 am by Darren Rowse

The Greatest Blogging Skill

Miscellaneous Blog Tips 68 comments

The following guest post was submitted by Easton Ellsworth from Visionary Blogging.
What is the greatest blogging skill?
It’s not the ability to produce excellent blog content.
It’s not the ability to build a strong blog community.
It’s not the ability to monetize every page view, click and pixel.
It’s not even the ability to improve your content or your [...]

Written on March 23rd, 2008 at 12:03 am by Darren Rowse

How to Breathe Life Back into Your Blog

Miscellaneous Blog Tips 57 comments

Thinking about quitting your blog? Dee Stewart examines some way to give it a new lease of life.
Thinking about cutting the plug on your blog?
I almost did last year after I found myself busy with other projects, my Adsense and Chitika checks were waining and especially after I noticed that many of my blog friends [...]

Written on March 22nd, 2008 at 12:03 am by Darren Rowse

Blog Promotion – Reader Submitted Tips

Blog Promotion 38 comments

Last week I ran a series with five tactics for promoting a blog that I’d use if I were starting out again in blogging. To finish it off I asked readers to submit their own blog promotion tips of things that I didn’t include. The comments left were great and I wanted to highlight a [...]

Written on March 21st, 2008 at 12:03 am by Darren Rowse

How to Promote Yourself (and Your Blog) at a Conference

Blog Promotion, Video Posts 57 comments

Conferences can be a prime space for bloggers to recruit new readers. Last week at SXSWi it was fascinating to watch hundreds of bloggers attempt to standout from the crowd, network and develop fruitful relationships with others there. In this video I point out 5 of the better tips and strategies that I saw:
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Written on March 20th, 2008 at 10:03 am by Darren Rowse

ProBlogger Streaming Chat Now On

ProBlogger Site News 19 comments

I’m doing a quick impromptu Ustream Q&A chat right now on the ProBlogger Channel on UStream.
Come by and say hi!
update: the stream is now over but there is a recording of it on the ProBlogger Channel link above.
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