Archive for: May, 2008

Written on May 31st, 2008 at 05:05 am by Darren Rowse

Should I Publish Free Articles On My Blog?

Writing Content 76 comments

Earlier today I was asked to take a look at a blog of a reader to give it a critique. On arriving on the blog I immediately noticed that at the top of every article on the front page of the blog there was a copyright notice which ascribed the copyright to a ‘free article’ […]

Written on May 31st, 2008 at 12:05 am by Darren Rowse

Web Video University Review

Blogging Tools and Services 15 comments

Around a month ago regular readers will know that I wrote that I was about to start an online video making course at WebVideoUniversity.
Around 10 other ProBlogger readers signed up with me and have been partaking in this four week course over the month of May. I said that I’d give a review of the […]

Written on May 30th, 2008 at 09:05 pm by Darren Rowse

TypePad AntiSpam Launches

Blogging Tools and Services 17 comments

After my post a few days back about my love hate relationship with Akismet I was pleased to see Six Apart announce another option for bloggers looking to stem the tide of comment spam - TypePad AntiSpam.

While I’m yet to try it the reports coming in about it are good so far. It’s free (Akismet […]

Written on May 30th, 2008 at 05:05 am by Darren Rowse

What 28 of My Blogging Friends Say about How they Build Relationships with Bloggers

Miscellaneous Blog Tips 30 comments

Image by Michael Sarver
Over the last two days I’ve been writing about building relationships with other bloggers including tools and techniques for building blogger relationships as well as general principles of building relationships.
Today I want to finish this series on building relationships with bloggers with some tips from some of my own network of […]

Written on May 30th, 2008 at 01:05 am by Darren Rowse

Shopzilla Publishing Program - Showing Very Promising Results

Advertising 42 comments

I’ve been playing around with Shopzilla publishers network for a few months now but it’s only been in the last week that I’ve had time to take it for a full run on my blogs.
Today I checked my stats and am kicking myself that I didn’t take this program more seriously sooner!
You can read […]

Written on May 29th, 2008 at 10:05 pm by Darren Rowse

Offline Blog Promotion Techniques

Blog Promotion 19 comments

In my weekly column over at ScribeFire this week I started a series on Offline Blog Promotion (ie promoting your blog through means that have nothing to do with the internet).

You can read part 1 (it’s a 3 part series) here. In this post I introduce why offline blog promotion is worth considering and 4 […]

Written on May 29th, 2008 at 05:05 am by Darren Rowse

Web Warrior Tools Launches

Other Income Streams 16 comments

Today I was chatting to Leo from Zen Habits who told me that he’s just launched a new site.

When Leo tells me he’s starting something new I always take notice - he’s got a habit of making things work and has built his blog from 0 to over 50,000 subscribers in under a year, has […]

Written on May 29th, 2008 at 12:05 am by Darren Rowse

17 Principles of Building Good Relationships With Bloggers

Miscellaneous Blog Tips 40 comments

Image by Michael Sarver
Yesterday we looked at 12 techniques and tools for networking with other bloggers. Today I want to move on to look at some general principles of building relationships with bloggers that I think are important. I’ve covered these previously here on the blog but have updated the following from last time I […]

Written on May 28th, 2008 at 01:05 pm by Darren Rowse

ProBlogger on the News

Video Posts 62 comments

As mentioned in my last post - today saw Karen, Neerav and myself featured in an Aussie national news story on channel TEN.
Many international readers have asked to see the story so Neerav has posted it on Google Video for you. If you’d like to see the full sized version of the story you […]

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