Archive for: April, 2008

Written on April 28th, 2008 at 06:04 am by Darren Rowse

How Much Traffic Should a Blog Have Before Running Advertising

Advertising 46 comments

iamluc asks “How much traffic should you have to offer advertisements on your blog?”

“When should you put advertising on your blog?”

Funnily enough I’ve been asked this question four times in the last 24 hours so it’s probably a good time to answer it.

Before I answer the question though – let me say that there are [...]

Written on April 28th, 2008 at 03:04 am by Darren Rowse

9 Essential Questions to Ask Yourself Before Posting to Your Blog

Writing Content 22 comments

HaraldJohnsen asks “As a quality control, what are the most important questions to ask before hitting ’submit’ / posting a blog post?”
Great question Harald – I actually think that most of us as bloggers could improve many of our posts by pausing before hitting ’submit/publish’ and asking a few basic questions about the post. Here [...]

Written on April 27th, 2008 at 11:04 pm by Darren Rowse

How to Be More Positive

Miscellaneous Blog Tips 31 comments

@SmallFishMedia asks about ‘”How To Be More Positive On A Daily Basis”
What a great question and one I never expected to write about here at ProBlogger – it’s a little off topic but as I was asked it – here goes.
Firstly, I’m no expert on being positive. I’m a bit of an optimist (my wife [...]

Written on April 27th, 2008 at 07:04 pm by Darren Rowse

How to Establish Trust Online

Miscellaneous Blog Tips 16 comments

@eMarv asks – “how do you establish trust online?”
I’ve touched on this with a few of my other answers this weekend but let me share three thoughts:

It’s not something that happens quickly – I wrote a post a while back titled ‘Do you kiss on the first date? The Art of Courting as a Blogger‘ [...]

Written on April 27th, 2008 at 03:04 pm by Darren Rowse

Should I Have a BlogRoll on my Blog

Blog Design 63 comments

@SalesBlogcast asks – “What’s the difference between haveing “links” vs. a “blog roll?” Benefits? Chosing wisely?”
Ultimately the word ‘blogroll’ is just a different term used to describe a list of links, usually on the sidebar of a blog. It’s just a different label for the list of links I guess.
When I first started blogging [...]

Written on April 27th, 2008 at 10:04 am by Darren Rowse

Hiring Virtual Assistant to Help Administrate Your Blog

Miscellaneous Blog Tips 28 comments

@jb108 asks – “how do you feel about VA’s, do you use any, how many, how much work and what type do you delegate to others.”
I love the idea of VA’s (virtual assistants) and can see a lot of tasks that I could potentially have one do for me – however I’ve never really felt [...]

Written on April 27th, 2008 at 05:04 am by Darren Rowse

How to Grow Beyond Blogging

Miscellaneous Blog Tips 9 comments

@itravin asks – “you’ve gone from blogging to b5 to become an author now, can you do a post on blogger growing beyond blogs”
You know it’s never really been my long term goal to write a book or even to start a blog network. In fact when I started blogging I didn’t even think it’d [...]

Written on April 27th, 2008 at 01:04 am by Darren Rowse

How Do I Make Money Fast Blogging?

Blogging for Dollars 55 comments

@eMarv asked – “how can one make 25K in 2 months by blogging? :) I know, I know… “
I think you know the answer to that question from your last few words. But when it comes to blogging it’s not a get rich quick thing. I don’t know too many (any) bloggers who made $25k [...]

Written on April 26th, 2008 at 10:04 pm by Darren Rowse

Full or Partial RSS Feeds?

RSS 28 comments

@SeanBannister asks – “on Problogger your RSS shows the entire post but on DPS it only shows a teaser”
Whether to post excerpts or full feeds is something I’ve grappled with on and off for years now. I used on only do excerpts here on ProBlogger too but in the end decided to switch. The main [...]

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