Written on July 13th, 2008 at 09:07 am by Darren Rowse
Enter Our SNAP ProBlogger Book Competition
I’ve got a spare ProBlogger Book sitting here on my desk with one of your names on it.
To win - in comments below simply leave a link to your blog (if you have one) and in under 250 words tell us why you need the book.
What do you need to improve on your blog? What questions do you hope it answers? What’s your biggest need as a blogger?
I’ll choose the person who I feel the book will help the most. The competition ends Monday Morning at 9am my time here in Melbourne - 24 hours from now.
update: Thanks everyone - I’ve closed this competition (and comments) and will announce a winner today.
193 Responses to “Enter Our SNAP ProBlogger Book Competition”
Manish
July 13th, 2008 9:05 am
to put it simply I don’t have a blog yet and want to start one.Also I have the system and the idea just need the expereince and expertise which you share in this book. This book should be given to me because it will guide me and give the insights which you think are usefull.
LiviuX
July 13th, 2008 9:08 am
Hey i need the book because it’s a big distance to Romania. And that’s all.
The Geared Investor
July 13th, 2008 9:10 am
Darren,
I’ve been a fan of your site for quite some time and I took al ton of your advice to build my own site. I know the book would help me with creating better quality posts, and that should be the intention of every blogger. I’ve seen what financial sites like mine has to offer, and I want to give my readers the best experience without confusing any investing terminology. Your book will allow me to better help these individuals. Thanks in advance.
http://www.thegearedinvestor.com
Evan
July 13th, 2008 9:12 am
Why I need it.
Because my traffic from StumbleUpon doesn’t convert to subscribers.
Because my existing marketing strategies seem to only maintain my readership, not increase it.
Because I need to know how to make money from a membership site (my blog is low traffic at the moment so advertisers aren’t an option (except for Adsense and such which bring in very little, and I can’t find any affiliate products in my niche which I would love to endorse).
Because I want to figure out what on earth “niche” really means.
Kim
July 13th, 2008 9:15 am
Hi - I could really use this book for my blog, http://www.busybeelifestyle.com. My partner and I have been working really hard over the last year to build content, improve graphics and technical aspects and create a beautiful and useful website for women. I did start with Google ads on the website right away, and I think eventually they could bring in a significant amount of money, but other than that I really haven’t monetized the website. Now that we are getting more traffic and are happy with our content and look, I’d really like to start concentrating on making more of an income! I’m convinced the website has potential, and I’d like to use the tricks of the trade to take advantage of our accomplishments so far. For example, we do extremely well with Google searching on our content, and I think I could take more advantage of this. I believe we provide a unique advertising opportunity and I’d like to put general advertisements on the site, but so far I have just been soliciting individual websites that look like a good fit. I’d like to reach out to other websites in our niche and build a supportive network, and I could also use some tips on building and making the most of partnerships! I’m looking for very specific ways to improve our traffic and monetize our website and am hoping your book can help focus my efforts and provide some great tips!
Kirk Warren
July 13th, 2008 9:16 am
I run two blogs, http://www.weeklycrisis and http://www.kirbynonihongo, and I’d love to win a copy of the book because I’m a big fan of the site, read it just about everyday and like free stuff.
Laura
July 13th, 2008 9:21 am
I recently started blogging. Every posting or contest entered I am doing it for the wealth of knowledge that comes with it. I have a blog where I will be focusing all my energy.
http://www.whateverebay.com
I want to inform and educate everyone out there; not to limit themselves on just one site to sell or just One form of revenue. Same principles as in life. Always have plan B.
I have read and know of many good sellers and some not so good to have had the door slammed in their face and found themselves without income.
I would benefit from your book and why I need it; simple, I would learn from the best, prepare my outline, understand the structure of a blog and other media available to promote yourself and others. Offers proper advice to empower others to pursue their passion.
Keith
July 13th, 2008 9:26 am
Darren
I just wanted to say I loved the book, have it sitting on my nightstand. I read a chapter every few days as a refresher.
While I don’t need the book, I would strongly suggest to anyone posting in the comments hoping to win the book to just go out and buy a copy. It is worth the $20, you will make that back in a few days/weeks.
Thanks again Darren, I look forward to the next book.
Chris
July 13th, 2008 9:27 am
This book would be useful for me because, while I have no problem getting people to visit the site, I do have a problem getting them to come back regularly :)
I want to know how I can turn visitors into readers.
I want to know how I can generate at least enough cash to cover hosting costs, and hopefully a bit more on the side!
I want to know how I can make the site useful and attractive to my target audience.
I want to know how I can expand my reader base without becoming gimmicky.
…and that’s just the start :)
Sonni
July 13th, 2008 9:27 am
Hi Darren,
I need your book because I don’t know what I’m doing. I keep reading and studying and hoping for a light bulb moment to happen. Clueless newbie on the loose needs help. If you see my blog you’ll know what I’m saying is true.
Sonni
ReddH
July 13th, 2008 9:36 am
I’m borrowing this book from a friend and really don’t want to return it! I’d love my own copy so that I can spend more time going through the exercises and working on improving http://distilledrose.blogspot.com. I’d really like to work better on my niche and on creating improved content, as well as a better site design. I’m an avid Problogger fan!
suburbancorrespondent
July 13th, 2008 9:39 am
I’m hoping the book may give some good tips on using the social networking sites to increase traffic to my blog The More, The Messier. I’m having a difficult time figuring out how exactly to navigate them and use them most efficiently.
Dick Hillenbrand
July 13th, 2008 9:43 am
Hi Darren,
I have been reading your posts on problogger for several months and have been following you on twitter for a couple of months.
I also read dozens of other make money gurus, but there is no doubt in my mind that your common sense approach and easy explanations are what make you so over all popular. I thank you for all you do.
Now here is why I think that I need your book. I have been writing about genealogy for about ten years. Last November I started putting some AdSense ads and then some Affiliate Ads on my Upstate New York Genealogy Blog at http://ny-genes.blogspot.com and though I started out with a pretty fair rush, things have dribbled off for some reason.
My memberships are still growing, my serps are fabulous for the keyword phrase “upstate new york” (without the quotes and without the word genealogy.) Google just raised me up to a 4/10 the last time, but now my Alexa stats are climbing back up. I don’t get it.
I really need to find out what I am doing wrong. I need more traffic, and I need to get better conversions out of what I do have.
As I sit here in the sweltering heat, I know you are in winter and that you probably have not the slightest interest in Upstate New York. I also know that the subject will not matter to you and that you will look at my Blog with a professional eye. What a great opportunity! Thanks again!
Dick Hillenbrand
Michael Roberson
July 13th, 2008 9:46 am
Hi Darren,
Why do I need your Book?
That would be because I just recently discovered your blog and already have learned a great deal from you just from reading your posts. Also, I have learned the best way to learn is to emulate (or learn) from someone who is already successful.
In my case, that someone is you. While I do have a blog, I am but a small fish in a big pond and I know your book will help me become a bigger fish, as well as help me to be able to do as you do, help people.
Just saying :)
Sincerely,
Michael
David Hobson
July 13th, 2008 9:50 am
I need your book Darren because i ran a contest last month for one of my lucky readers to win a copy of the book you kindly gave as a prize and i never got to read it.
Jade Craven
July 13th, 2008 9:57 am
I wont mention my blog(s) because they are so embarassingly new.
First - a story of Wednesdays past.
I live in Geelong and couldn’t find the book here. When visiting Melbourne with my technology illiterate friend, I dragged him to all the bookshops which had it on order, but not in stock. By the days end, he not only knew about blogs but why books on firefox and Ipods exist :)
This brings me to my first reason: Cheap postage..
Reason Two: I can’t find direction.
I have several blogs can’t seem to find direction. I was diagnosed with anxiety last year. Concentration is difficult – and going through every page of Problogger.net is extremely daunting. I have been doing so and applying relevant information to my 6 month blog plan but I do know this book would make the learning process much easier.
Reason Three: It will benefit others.
Its part of my plan to give as much information away for free as possible. Many of my projects and e-books could easily be monetized. The niche I’m focusing on is personal finance. Considering the current issues many are facing I know that by giving the information away for free I can help a wider audience. I have 3 personal finance blogs aimed at different demographics. Two of these are the ones that could benefit most from relevant information.
Thank you for this kind offer. I know whoever you choose will find it immensely useful.
Megapixelicio.us
July 13th, 2008 9:58 am
Hi,
I started my blog about photography at http://www.megapixelicio.us and you appreciate this book very much! Because I desperately need to increase my web traffic. Since I discovered your blog, I have applied all strategies that you have talked about on the blog for far with some good result (traffic increased by about 30%) but I would appreciate more tips and tricks to move it to the next level.
I think I create great content, I just need others to notice it and I think this book would help!
Thanks
Talent
July 13th, 2008 10:00 am
I’ve been building my site for nine months and I’m finally seeing the results of my hard work but now it’s time to take it to the next level and I think your book will get me there.
http://thailandlandofsmiles.com
Mr Lady
July 13th, 2008 10:09 am
Ooooh! Consider me entered!
I could really use your book. I write a mom blog (stop rolling your eyes) that I have built up over the past 3 1/2 years on my own. I started it on a whim, and I have worked on it, developing it, for all these years on my own. I learned basic HTML to tweek the template on my own. I didn’t know about SEO until a few months ago. I didn’t know about mom blog networks for more than the first two years of writing it. I didn’t know how to market it or network it or anything, and yet I have built it up to be something great, with a devoted, if small, readership all own my own: no tricks, no bells, no whistles.
I don’t think it’s an ordinary mom blog. I think it’s helpful to people in some small way. It’s self-depricating, it’s funny, it’s heart-felt, and under the surface it’s meaningful. I have never been afraid to talk about how hard raising my kids is, I don’t shy away from the effects being raised in an abusive home have had on my ability to parent. I talk about PPD, about an alcoholic marriage, about me. It’s not all sunshine and rainbows, and I think that means something to other moms.
I am at a cross-roads right now, where the blog is going to have to make the next big leap or I’m going to have to go back to work and put it on the back-burner. I really don’t want to do that. I’d really like some help making this blog become something amazing, something professional, something that I can make a small income from and continue to inspire women to rise above and keep moving forward.
Thanks for considering me!
Mr Lady
Dee
July 13th, 2008 10:09 am
I’d like to reach internet-challenged baby boomers that don’t mind picking my brain but are hesitant to search the internet. I’d like to be able to direct them to a blog that makes people feel like they are talking to me and all links would lead them to useful oinformation. My dilemma is that I want to monetize my blog space but I’m not convinced that all links that earn money for me would build confidence in my readers.
For example, I work from home as an ESL instructor and I also write for a soap opera site. As a Google Adsense subscriber, I might be given a link to a work at home site that requires payment to look at the job leads. Therein lies the problem……I know that you don’t have to pay for legitimate leads but my new reader doesn’t and thinks I’ve just sent them on another internet wild goose chase.
stephentrepreneur
July 13th, 2008 10:10 am
250 words! I just want the book because i know that anything that has either your signature or stamp-of-approval must be good.
Does the book teach us how integrate a blog into our domain? Is there easy explanation on affiliate advertising?
PS. Longtime reader, first time commenting. This is an excellent way to boost your traffic, profile, affiliate-ranking, and readership-base!
Amie
July 13th, 2008 10:20 am
I hear it’s the best tip book for bloggers…. prove it!!
please?
Amie
PS I really need to know how to take my growing vanilla .com wordpress blog, and turn it into a real website where I can have more control of design. I would like to add my twitter, travel blog and writing blog onto one site…
http://writetools.wordpress.com
Mike Valentine
July 13th, 2008 10:28 am
Would love it to learn a few tips for my own three blogs and then pass it on to clients - to whom I constantly recommend that they consider blogging to open a channel to their audiences which moves beyond the one-way communication of traditional marketing to become a conversation.
Kinderlehrer
July 13th, 2008 10:32 am
Blogging as a not for profit requires all the nouse one has and more.
It is so much harder to use and harness the SEO techniques and get the message out and there is only so far that passion will take you before you feel as if you are hitting a brick wall!
Then you have to borrow other peoples experience and I’d really appreciate being able to use and build on yours!
I would like to double the site hits within the next 6 months; increase the features of the blog - using it as a spring board for other internet-based ’services’; and improve my rankings so that the site features on the first page for a variety of engines and terms.
Even just writing those goals down gives me renewed ooompf!
Tyler Ingram
July 13th, 2008 10:38 am
http://www.tyleringram.com
I want the book so I can see what it takes to become a better blogger, so I can attract more visitors and earn money doing so. I would like to live comfortably and not pay cheque to pay cheque by the use of my blog and not have to ‘work for the man’.
I also think it would be cool to have a ProBlogger book sitting in my book case (which currently only has 5 books in it).
Ali Alaoui
July 13th, 2008 10:38 am
It’s been Ten years since I started building & designing websites on the Internet all of them died and the last one is struggling “www.ideasr.com”.
That’s why I started my blog, hoping I can make some money to finance my studies abroad.
I was hardly saving money to buy your book, but now I hope I’ll have mine form you Darren.
Friendly.
JackieW. transplanted Okie (Buried in Legos)
July 13th, 2008 10:38 am
Practical is my middle name.
I’m 49 & my problem is there is so much technology & too little brain. I’m also a visual person & learn from books.
We homeschool & this prize will become a textbook in our school. We’ve graduated one & have 3 students to go, plus a 4 year old grandson.
My only niche so far are Kansas hitching posts. So I think I need your help.
Thanks !
Jason Rehmus
July 13th, 2008 10:41 am
Hey, Darren.
I’d love to get my hands on a copy of your book. My reasons can be summed up in one word: value.
It is my desire to create web content that consistently adds value to my readers’ lives. I have several ideas that I’m fleshing out right now. But I need a hand in executing those ideas. You’ve been there and I’m sure your book can help me with some of the strategies I need to learn.
Asif
July 13th, 2008 10:44 am
I Tried to Buy your Book three times, but wasn’t able to buy it due to Insufficient funds.
I have been reading this blog for an Year, all the post written here are really helpful, but I get confused sometimes, maybe because, as you told that they are not in well order for blogger as the book is. If you take a look at my blog, you will find it highly influenced by your Blog. but apart from the design, almost everything is completely opposite to yours, be it Traffic, Loyal Readers, Feed Counts, Page Rank.
If I Still don’t Qualify for the book, I’ll Buy it in Near Future.
Anyways, Thank for Offering this Book.
Preston
July 13th, 2008 10:46 am
I came “this” close to buying this book yesterday after reading your concise commentary on blog networks. I’m always on the read for anything to be a better blogger and writer, but with my wife’s birthday coming up, etc., I couldn’t yet justify spending money on myself. Keep up the good work!
Connie
July 13th, 2008 10:46 am
Darren,
Thanks for having such a fun competition!
Why do I want a copy of your book?
I need to improve my revenue, subscriber count, even my tone.
I hope you book tells me how to attract more readers and turn them into subscribers, and how to reach out to advertisers in my niche in a professional manner.
My biggest need as a blogger? I need an explanation of carnivals, and other marketing techniques that don’t necessarily involve digg or StumbleUpon, though I’d like to learn more about those too.
We’ve been through many upgrades on my site already:
http://www.ThriftyMamas.com, but I really need to work on setting up a landing page, ’cause mines not cutting it!
Thanks for letting me throw my hat in the ring!
Connie
Tim Christie
July 13th, 2008 10:48 am
Having built and tweaked and modified and played some more over and over on my Freelance Photography Blog blindly for the last two years I think it is time to really turn things up a notch with information from someone who really knows what they are doing.
I research from fellow blogging sites and try to implement their strategies into my own. Over time this has caused my site to be a bit of a mish mash of styles and themes and just a bit disjointed. It would be good to be able to have a single source of information that is consistent and knows how to work everything together into a standardised form.
Problogger and DPS has been an inspiration for a while and I can relate to your writing style. I am sure that your book is just just as easy to read and has even more tips and guides to help take my blog to the next level
Lee
July 13th, 2008 10:52 am
Website: http://LeesVoice.blogspot.com
Reason: I need all the marketing help I can get!
Lee
July 13th, 2008 10:54 am
PS: Thanks for your excellent posts and for running this contest too!
Merry Strong
July 13th, 2008 11:00 am
I have several blogs, The one I really want to promote is http://savemoneyonyourgrocerybill.info.
I worked very hard writing an eBook about saving money on your grocery bill and I have yet to sell a copy.
I checked with my local library, but they don’t have the book. (I suggested that they add it to their inventory… but so far no such luck.)
I have heard so many good things about the book and would love to have my own copy.
Not only would it help me sell one of my eBooks, it would stop my husband from grumbling about how much time I ‘wasted’, while writing it.
RB!
July 13th, 2008 11:03 am
If you look at my site, you can tell that I have recently just started and am new to blogging. I don`t have any posts, nor have I submitted my blog to the search engines yet.
I wanted to first find a great theme that is pleasing to the eye, but most importantly is user friendly and then modify it to my liking. I wanted to get the design and outline of the blog out of the way first, so I can focus on the content and the marketing of my blog.
I have now finished with the modifications and have installed the best plug-ins and am now ready for what is most important, content and marketing, what better time to have this book. As you can see from the site and menu options, I have big plans for the blog, I need something that can get me on the right track and introduce me to the world of blogging and be successful, I’m sure this book will help me with those things.
Shanel Yang
July 13th, 2008 11:07 am
Hi, Darren! Here’s my link: http://shanelyang.com/blogs/articles/
1. “What do you need to improve on your blog?”
Other than adding quality content for the next 6 months, a new, elegant, colorful, more user-friendly custom design.
2. “What questions do you hope it [the book] answers?”
I’m most interested in the following chapters from the book: Blog Income and Earning Strategies; Blog Networks; Blog Promotion and Marketing; and Secrets of Successful Blogs.
3. “What’s your biggest need as a blogger?”
Honest, straightforward, and up-to-date information about how to monetize the blog.
Clara Mathews
July 13th, 2008 11:12 am
I NEED your book to help me take my sad little blog from someting I keep talking about and planning to a reality. I did actually create a blog with Blogger, but I want to take it to the next level.
Questions? I have a million of them. I have been reading your blog daily for the past few weeks and it has given me some great tips and encouraged me that I could finally do it.
Also, the idea of making money doing something I enjoy like writing is a plus. Extra income is wonderful…Six figures would be great, but the the price of gas skyrocketing I woul be happy with 3 or 4 figures would come in handy.
Thanks for all the informative posts!
Tara Lockhart
July 13th, 2008 11:15 am
Darren,
I have borrowed a friends dog earred copy just to get some insight to how to get my act together. I’m jobless and have a passion for my music podcast & blog, but need to find a way to make it all come together so that I can earn an income from my podcasting & blogging endeavors.
Thanks for your consideration
Tara
Tara Lockhart
July 13th, 2008 11:17 am
ooopps, heres my link: http://queensartistspodcasts.com
more proof that I need your help.
Kimberly Coleman/Mom in the City
July 13th, 2008 11:27 am
I have a blog (Mom in the City) about raising young kids (newborns to five years old) in an urban environment.
I need the book in order to figure out how to stand out amongst all of the other “mommy blogs”. I know that timing (I’m SO behind in focusing on my blog) and talent are a huge part of the equation.
I’d like to learn the other tools and techniques to help transition my blog from a “hobby” to a “business” while still remaining true to both myself and my readers. Thanks!
Ann
July 13th, 2008 11:28 am
Great idea! My site is here: http://www.booksonthenightstand.com
I would like the book not only because it will help our new blog become better, but also because I am working with many of my small, independently-owned brick & mortar retail customers to determine whether they should enter the blogging world to help their businesses. So the knowledge I get from your book would also help many others as I share my experiences.
Whether I win or not, thanks for doing this.
Mike
July 13th, 2008 11:29 am
I am looking for any new tips that might help my Olympic blog.
http://2008gamesbeijing.com
Bruce
July 13th, 2008 11:40 am
I started blogging at the beginning of this year mainly to help draw traffic to my original site a website template store. It turns out that I really enjoy blogging but I know I need a lot of help.
Anyone who’s been around bloggers very long has heard your name. My hope is that the book can get me on the right track to becoming a successful writer and show me how make a living from it or at least an extra income.
David Tinney
July 13th, 2008 11:43 am
I NEED your book because I suck at blogging!
David Tinney
July 13th, 2008 11:45 am
P.S. I also have a truck payment due, would like to know how to make some extra money.
Mia 'thousandhound'
July 13th, 2008 11:46 am
I’m a photographer and a dog lover. I’ve recently started a blog featuring dog photographs I’ve taken while I was in business as a pet photographer as well as on my travels around the world. This blog has a very specific niche market and I’m finding it a little difficult to draw new traffic. It’s been particularly difficult to drive search engine traffic my way. When it does come, it doesn’t stick because I’m obviously not marketing it correctly. I have big plans for the blog as I really want to make a difference in the world and this is my platform. I want people to share the journey with and need help to have them find my blog! :)
Katja @skimbaco
July 13th, 2008 11:46 am
I need blogging help!
I love blogging at my little lifestyle blog http://skimbaco.blogspot.com and would like to make blogging my lifestyle. I pour my heart and soul to my blog, but it doesn’t really pay my bills. Actually I don’t get any income from my blog, and would love to learn more how to monetize it.
I think (I hope) I have a lot to offer, but my biggest challenge is finding my niche, now I write about various topics, and struggle with readers. My personal journey interests people and gets regular readers, but other topics, like product reviews get most traffic fro google. Trying to find a balance is difficult, and I’m even wondering should I have several blogs with specific topics instead.
I’m hoping your book would help me to figure out how to specify the niche on my blog and how to monetize my blog. Well, more traffic would also be very welcome.
I was planning on going to BlogHer next week to learn more about blogging, but got just out of hospital - I had 12 blood clots in my lungs. I was so bummed, not just because of my health, but because I had to cancel going to BlogHer.
Winning your book would just mean a lot to me, help me with my struggles with my blog, and be a nice pick-me-up for missing BlogHer conference.
Pretty please?
David Tinney
July 13th, 2008 11:54 am
crap. I forgot to give my blog address: http://davidtinney.blogspot.com, hope this doesn’t knock me out of the running.
Mia 'thousandhound'
July 13th, 2008 11:55 am
I have a couple of passions in my life. One is dogs, the other is photography. I’ve managed to combine them with my new blog http://www.thousandhound.com.au/dogaday. I have a desire to change our world for the better and am choosing to focus on improving the lives of dogs around the world. I can only do this if I have a strong following on my blog. While readership has been steadily growing through word of mouth I am struggling to draw search engine traffic that converts to regular readers. From reading your blog religiously I know that there are quite a few things I need to do to rectify this, but I really do need it laid out logically for me….like in your book! Please, please pick me!
Scott McIntyre
July 13th, 2008 12:16 pm
I begin my entry by ‘confessing’ to the fact that you’ll find no link to a blog in my signature above.
But, that’s ok, for it is the very reason why I would like to win your book in the first place…
You see, as an avid reader of blogs who doesn’t have a blog, this hasn’t stopped me from commenting, nor wanting to learn about both the ‘art’, and the ‘technical’ side, of blogging- like any of your other readers.
It’s just that I don’t yet have a blog.
However, the longer I journey through the blogosphere and the more blogs I read, the greater I see the potential for the writer to interact with the reader.
I am increasingly drawn to becoming an active participant in this unique form of media as a means of expressing myself. It just hasn’t happened yet.
But, as much as I believe that blogs are brilliant, I still love the portability and ‘flick- through- ability’ of traditional books.
Therefore, I would really like to win your book to inform my decision to blog, and to help equip me when I eventually do.
Just as Problogger (the blog) is a first-class subscription in my feedreader, I’m sure that Problogger (the manual) would be as equally valuable a read in my book collection.
Eric
July 13th, 2008 12:16 pm
I have been blogging about my profession for a few years now and have what I would consider a decent amount of posts yet my daily hit count is hovering around twenty. Recently a friend of mine and I took on a new en devour of starting a new blog catering specifically towards personal finance for individuals in their twenties. As COO of the blog I find myself reading many books on professional blogging that seem to take up space more than they provide content. I won’t say I’ve been following pro blogger for a long time, only recently have I attached to the feed. I’ve found your content useful and enjoy reading the past entries. However, my new blog is moving very slowly. I understand that everything takes time, and a lot of work goes into it and I have been trying. I’ve been making modifications to the things I need to modify, and have been trying to network. I am even pursuing classes and books to enhance my writing ability.
Items I know need work on my blog include but are not limited to; Traffic generation, networking, marketing, content layout and creation.
Having basked in your wisdom over the past few months I would love to have a handy resource available in a consolidated form e.g the book. Thank you for your consideration.
http://twentiesmoneymag.com
Fadli Wilihandarwo
July 13th, 2008 12:28 pm
When you published your book, I really want to buy it. But as a student, I don’t have credit card to buy from Amazon. So, maybe this is the change to me to get it. For free of course.. :)
I’m currently living at Indonesia, a great country near you. Hope to get it as soon as possible. I’m sure it will make my blog better.
Thanks for that..
Todd
July 13th, 2008 12:28 pm
I’ve been a fan of Problogger for several months now and you give me great motivation. I’m hoping that your book will allow me to make it to the next step. My blog has been making 40% to 50% traffic gains each month but I think there is so much more I can do. Unfortunately I write a blog that’s in a very specific niche and it feels like it’s a constant uphill battle. I have a feeling that your book would certainly help me make it to the next level.
I’m slowly getting emails from PR folks, advertisers and other bloggers asking to team up. I need the technical skills to make it all count. The Problogger book would certainly help me accomplish my goal of replacing my wife’s salary so she can stay home with our two young children.
Bohemian
July 13th, 2008 12:29 pm
I live in Bangladesh, a country where we don’t have even paypal account.So its really hard to get your book here.
I am very much passionate for my blogging .I have been working on some other blogs too.I just not only want to earn but also too spread the ideas i have.I have already downloaded the free part of your book.It gave me hope but it also told me to be careful.And after reading your blog i am now more matured but i think after reading your book i will be an advanced blogger!
“What do i need to improve my blog?”
i need more readers.I need more commentators.I need more loyal readers,subscribers.Tips for Earning strategies and blog marketing.
‘What questions do iI hope it answers?”
Blog promotion, and also monetization guide.
‘What’s my biggest need as a blogger?”
To be confident about blogging.As i read your post everyday via google reader i feel how much hard working your are.Number 1.Still u blog regularly! I want to learn secrets of successful blogger.
Bohemian
http://prometheandreamer.blogspot.com
James Whatley
July 13th, 2008 12:30 pm
Hey there..
I blog for work http://blog.spinvox.com
For fun http://rogerandjames.blogspot.com
For myself http://whatleydude.vox.com
And for a friend http://smstextnews.com
I enjoy writing every single one of them but no post is ever perfect. So any and all help on ‘being a better blogger’ will be graciously received and faithfully applied.
:)
Cheers and Good Luck to the other commenters!
Rachel
July 13th, 2008 12:31 pm
This giveaway was made for me! My blog officially launches Monday-less than 48 hours and I am still COMPLETELY overwhelmed with all I’ll need to learn. Oh, and I have plenty of time to ready your book because I’m diving into blogging FULL TIME from the get go. So really, any income would be fantastic. But I wouldn’t mind six figures either. =)
Jess
July 13th, 2008 12:32 pm
Hi Darren,
I’d love your book… but give it to Jade Craven :) She’s a member of my team in the 30DC, and she’s motivated, young, and passionate.. and I think she has the drive to make blogging work for her!
Hopefully she can then share what she’s learnt with us, too!
I’m going to spend my time learning all I can from your blog… then I’ll probably mosey over and grab a copy of your book.
Thanks for being both an awesome inspiration, and proof that all of us jumping into this whole ‘blogging for a living’ thing have a chance, if we just take our time and do it right.
Jess
Todd
July 13th, 2008 12:33 pm
whoops….forgot the url
http://www.homeconstructionimprovement.com
http://www.todaysgreenconstruction.com
Adam King Studio
July 13th, 2008 12:35 pm
Like anything we do in life, there is always more to learn. I started my blog in the spring with the intention of building it into a resource for others to go to in my niche.
I have a lot to learn, and the process of learning will never end. I will always be changing and growing as a person and as a blogger.
Having said that, I believe the greatest improvement for my blog would be developing solid consistent content. I have a lot to say, I just need to improve upon its delivery and sequence. I hope that the ProBlogger book can help with that as well as reveal a system of thought and strategy that I can implement regularly to maintain a quality site that others will benefit from. The biggest need, at present, would be a consistent system for marketing the blog that I can implement regularly while also maintaining the day job. I know that your book can provide the solutions to these situations and more. I look forward to receiving it.
http://www.adamkingstudio.com
Deepak
July 13th, 2008 12:43 pm
I have recently started BlogStroll and I am seeking sources of inspiration. While I think that my niche can only be worked upon by me, but getting educated on overall blogging culture and successful methods is always welcome.
No Debt Plan
July 13th, 2008 12:43 pm
Because I’ve had some early success generating visits from social media, but getting people to stick around seems hard. I’m stuck at 250 RSS reader and 6,000-9,000 visits per month.
I need help getting to the next level.
http://www.nodebtplan.net
Lipton of Starfeeder
July 13th, 2008 12:51 pm
I love blogging, and I plan to create a career and businesses out of my blog.
In my family and close circle of friends I know a lot of people that could benefit from creating a Blog and going about creating businesses online similar to what I’m doing.
The book is physical and a tool that can help change peoples lives… its not easy trying to explain what blogging is or how it can benefit others, but this book does all that and more.
http://starfeeder.gameriot.com
Shankar Ganesh
July 13th, 2008 12:54 pm
I’d love to win that copy because Amazon doesn’t accept my Dad’s credit card for some reason, and I’m 16 and am unable to avail a card here.
I really want to buy the book, but at the moment, I’m unable to.
amirulcyber
July 13th, 2008 1:03 pm
Darren,you are my make money online idol.Your blog is no.1 from the 100 make money online blog.It really very impressie me.
I need the book because i know it is very informative and full with practical guidance.
There are many things to improve my blog such as quality article(i need people to contribute article to my blog),latest plug in,creating my advertising banner.
Besides, i also need more visitors to come to my blog because this will increase the value of my blog.I really sure the book can help me a lot.The question that i really want to know the answer is how to be top 10 list in Yahoo and Google search engine.Well,i hope i will get it as soon as possible.Yeah i know i need to work hard,yes now i really work hard.
As a full time blogger ,my biggest need to make $2000 constanly every month.That it.If i got more tahn that thank to Got.It bonus to me.I really hope i get your book.Beside that Darren I always come to your blog everyday to get your new tips and useful article that i can apply on my bloghttp://www.amirulcyber.com
Grizzly Adam
July 13th, 2008 1:09 pm
http://www.epicriding.com
I have established myself within my small niche, but would love to gain more subscribers–both in and out of my niche–and more traffic. Blogging has helped me improve my writing and my photography by leaps and bounds.
I’d love to be able to cross over from a niche blog, to a more mainstream audience without changing the heart of what I write. Is it possible? Hopefully the book can help me find out.
Thanks!
Sarah Tan
July 13th, 2008 1:25 pm
Hi everyone, I have been running a blog on finance http://SingaporeProfit.com for about year, hoping to educate young people to make better judgements on their expenditure, savings and investments.
After being excited about it for a long time, I lost the zest to continue with it until recently. I need to realign my goals with my blog and at the same time bring this to a higher level, especially when the economy is not doing well.
I wish to become a problogger so that I can make better use of my time doing something I really love. With your book, I will be able to move closer to my goals. Thanks!
Tara
July 13th, 2008 1:32 pm
http://www.dealseekingmom.com
My blog is fairly new, just under a month old, and while I’ve had a fair amount of success to start, I know that I have a LOT more to learn. I’ve been a subscriber to ProBlogger since I started blogging, and I’ve picked up many useful tips, so I’m sure your book would help me immensely. I’d learn all I could from it, and then I’d pass it on to some other deserving person. Thanks for the opportunity!
Laryssa
July 13th, 2008 1:35 pm
Thank you so much for providing such a great opportunity to your readers!
I am an aspiring writer, currently pursuing a graduate degree in Creative Writing and using my blog as a way to share my writing with others. I secretly think that I have excellent content, but my blog has a very small readership. The statistics discourage me sometimes.
In addition, I run my own freelance writing business and hope to use my blog as a way to broadcast my talents and abilities to my potential clients. As a graduate student, I don’t have a lot of money, and I’m always looking for creative ways to earn a little extra cash. A girl’s got to be able to enjoy life outside the university library every once in a while!
I know that I’m a good writer, but I need help attracting readers! I am confident that people will continue to read my blog once they discover it, but the problem is that they have to find it.
Thanks again!
http://tooshytostop.wordpress.com
blogversary
July 13th, 2008 1:36 pm
I would love a copy of the book. My blog: http://blogversary.blogspot.com
I think my content is okay (getting better with each piece I write), but my presentation (platform, graphics, layout etc) needs help.
I would like to know more about what details are important and which details are not for a successful blog.
I am starting to truly feel comfortable as a blogger, and I want to take my motivation and develop a blog worthy of being read and remembered.
Finally, I am a frugal person and winning a book is definitely a great way to own a book. -Thanks.
AJ
July 13th, 2008 1:39 pm
I just picked up a copy of this book last weekend. I have found a lot of great infomation in it and also found this site because of the book.
When I’m done with my copy I will give it to the local library.
I’m sure anyone that wins this book will find something in it they can us.
Good luck everyone!
Thanks,
AJ
http://ApplianceJunk.com/blog
Mandi
July 13th, 2008 1:39 pm
As “just another” mommy blogger, I need to learn how to differentiate myself while still providing the crafts, activities and homemaking tips that I’m passionate about. Because I’m on a slow satellite connection, knowing how to prioritize the tasks on my to-do list from most effective on down would be a huge help as I work hard to grow my audience and connect with readers.
Benjamin Jones
July 13th, 2008 1:42 pm
Http://collegevegan.com
I’ve been reading problogger for months, and am really just writing this blog for fun. Weird that I’d write it for fun and be interested in the problogger book, eh?
Well, the way I see it, I want the blog to be the best it can be, and have the best, most informative experience for the users. I figure I can learn a lot from problogger about how to do a professional job, even though I don’t expect to earn any money from my little blog.
Hell, I might even be like you, darren, turning a fun hobby into something more? Anyway, I’d just like to improve my blogging for myself and the readers!
-Benjamin
Tom S
July 13th, 2008 1:43 pm
I’d like to give it to my wife. My wife is a talented and creative writer who just recently began blogging. She has become passionate about telling her stories online at http://nothingbetterthanablankpage.blogspot.com/, but still hasn’t figured out how she might make a dollar doing the thing she is passionate about.
If you give me the book, I will give it to Valerie, and it may make a big difference in her life…
Tom
Greg "Moose Man" Johnson
July 13th, 2008 1:46 pm
It was morning, July 12th, 1975 and a strapping 19 year old, laced to the shins with a pair of size 10 Herman Survivors sporting a black Vibram sole, stuck out his right thumb and launched himself across the world on a thin white line that would forever change his life.
In the 70’s Hitch Hiking was as much a part of the American Dream as listening to Dad’s war stories of how he had been pitched across the ocean to the summit of the rugged mountain peaks of the Italian Alps to save the free world. That wild winding thread went North over the snow covered passes of the Rocky Mountains on a Grand Adventure that would be transforming a Boy into Man and a Man into a Hero and a Hero into a living Legend.
It was 33 years later to that fateful day I left the road and walked straight into a small cramped store in the sweetest little Port City of Marquette, which is snuggled into the shores of Gitchi Gummi the world’s largest wilderness lake.
Crossing the isle I was magnetically drawn to a shining white object sitting on a shelf. Picking up a book, I was instantly exposed to the secrets of wind, fire and ice from the legendary and world renowned Hero, Darren Rowse and like a crazy fool I set the book back down on the shelf and walk out that store… Oh, Boy I wish I would have bought that Book!
Alex the Freelance Twin
July 13th, 2008 1:47 pm
Wow already 68 comments! You’re going to have some reading to do Darren.
As for me, I’ve been freelancing for over a year, and I’m just now hitting the blogging scene hard (although I’ve been reading your stuff for about a year too). Freelance Twins is the blog I just started up to show how I’ve been making money online for the last year.
I would love to have a chance to get a copy of the Pro Blogger book so have right at my side as reference while I broaden my horizons as a blogger. My writing is already pretty good since that’s what I’ve been doing to earn money recently, but knowing all the ins and outs about running a blog and being a pro blogger would be exceptional.
Josh
July 13th, 2008 1:49 pm
Relatively Journalizing — http://joshuadelung.blogspot.com
I need to improve my blog by narrowing my niche. I created it to chronicle my graduate internship at the recommendation of my adviser, but it became an addiction. Now, I’m more interested in ever in social marketing and Web 2.0 (as I’m a PR major with an undergraduate degree in journalism). I want to learn how to target the right market for my blogging style to grow my blog and network because I hope to blog and use other social marketing tools in my own PR firm someday. My biggest need as a blogger is to grow my subscriber/reader base and to keep creating content that will bring these audience members back time and time again. I hope to use these contacts as a base to create an online community to generate free speech, creative ideas and a forum for progress in mass media and communications.
Joshua A. DeLung is a graduate student in the Department of Communication at Virginia Tech. His undergraduate degree is in journalism, from the W. Page Pitt School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Marshall University. Mr. DeLung’s work experience is as a journalist in both editorial and reporting positions, a public speaking college instructor and in public relations and marketing for a firm in Roanoke, Va.
According to Microsoft Word, this post is less than 250 words. Because the instructions said “under 250 words” and not 250 words or less, I felt that it should be exactly 249 words.
Charlotte
July 13th, 2008 1:50 pm
I need the ProBlogger book as I am shortly beginning a multi-year round-the-world journey and hope to start a travel blog to go along with it that will contribute a little money to my travel expenses, provide a new source of information (the niche being low-cost, medium-term stays in less-travelled countries) for potential travellers, and inspire people to go overseas and live their dreams. Having such big goals, I would like to start learning from the best immediately to make my blog as enriching and popular as I can. I believe I have the writing skill, but I could definitely use the content and monetization advice.
Lori
July 13th, 2008 1:57 pm
I have just discovered your blog today and it’s exactly what i’ve been looking for to help me improve my blog. I would tell you what I need help with but really the only thing that I have under control is my content! Everything else needs help!
Why do I need your book? Many reasons, one is i’m new at this and can’t seem to get many visitors nevermind subscribers! I really need this blog to work so that I can create an additional income to supplement my income from full time employment. I am also a parent who receives no child support.
One more thing, my blog is about free and cheap stuff on the web and getting a free book certinately fits that category!
Dad of Divas
July 13th, 2008 1:57 pm
For meI have been blogging now more full time for only about 4 months…I find that it opens my mind and my thoughts to so many things that I would not have even thought of in the past.
The blogging world is full of some great people that I have been introduced to and I find myself each day in wonder at the amazing things that people are doing out there and that people do for others.
In regards to my blogging now, I feel that I am at a crossroads…I still have a lot to learn and this would open me to learning from one of the experts. I am constantly looking for new ways to improve as well as getting new readers and even in the future being able to make some eventual money with my blog (if possible).
I now just need to have the resources to make it happen. I am building a great network of support, but could use some hands on resources to aid in my own personal understanding and development of this new method of communicating with others (at least new for me).
Thanks for the consideration!
suresh
July 13th, 2008 1:59 pm
Hi,
I love to be one among all these people who would like to get the book as all of us know the value of the wonderful book.
I am having some technology blogs which covers the programming aspect of different technologies which is a comfortable topic for me.One of them is
http://abapprogramming.blogspot.com
It has got a page rank four and having 65000+page views per month.Recently i turned into a custom domain as
http://www.abapprogramming.net
Well how to do this smoothly has turned into a small problem and i want to through some good light on this topic.
How to get back my page rank ?
Even i want to know how to turn this blog to a web site and what are the issues that has to be taken care to do this.
I had all ready reached a certain level of traffic and it is all most stand still and how to go to the next level is also a difficult question for me.
I will be glad if i see some posts about this topics and of course i will be very glad if I am the winner.
Thank you Darren.
Eric
July 13th, 2008 2:04 pm
My Blog (The Couch Potato)
http://myblogisonfire.com/couchpotato/
My blog has been growing ever since I found this site but I could use some more help. I believe I have good content and it is improving every week that I blog but I need help with trying to attract people to my blog. I have tried to get people to come to my blog but I obviously need some help with it. I could also use some help with trying to create a community on my blog and get my readers to leave comments. Currently I get very few comments compared to the amount of visitors that I get.
Thanks!
Lane Wright
July 13th, 2008 2:23 pm
Hi Darren,
VeganBits.com has been in existence for 7+ months. The traffic to my site has been increasing steadily. The subscribers have been increasing proportionally. However, being in such a specialized niche, which doesn’t have high paying advertisers, it’s difficult to monetize. I was hoping that your book offers some suggestions.
Even if I am not the winner, please let me know if you feel that your book offers such ideas, and I’ll purchase a copy of my own.
Thanks
Lane of VeganBits.com
Zerolove
July 13th, 2008 2:32 pm
While my blog is growing, it is slow. http://www.zerosource.org I have used the website to help me develop my blog and signed up for Ad Words and Chikita based on the recommendations from this site. My readership fluctuates on a daily basis from almost none to a few hundred. I hope this book will help me learn to keep the readers and turn them into subscribers.
Rachel Keslensky
July 13th, 2008 2:32 pm
I want your book to help promote my webcomic (at http://www.lastres0rt.com).
Yes, it’s not “really” a blog so much as it has a blog attached to it, but who cares? That’s where any blog I link you to will funnel to eventually.
I’ve read enough about blogs and blogging from following you and twenty other RSS feeds that I doubt the book would tell me something I didn’t already know, if that was all I wanted to do. I’m far more interested in how the whole blogging mantra can be applied to other, non-blog works to make them more interesting, more appealing, and sure, profitable. There’s something distilled about blogging that I want to harness and discover for my own purposes, and not just for the purposes of “more successful blogging”.
(Besides, webcomics are a type of blog anyway…)
Most books on comics only focus on the content in the comics themselves, so it’s caused me to seek out books in other fields (like yours) to fill in the gap between my content and everyone else’s eyeballs. I doubt your book will help me, but at least it’s one less book that focuses on the content at the expense of how to make people read that content.
ArpitNext
July 13th, 2008 2:34 pm
Hi ! I am new in blogosphere and a student of Electronics too . I am not much in to Web technology , still I am working hard to learn these things ( XML , AJAX , PHP etc. ) . Besides these , I am working on other areas ( like : building readership , focusing on writing good stuffs etc . ) . To perform these things simultaneously , I have to go through this infinitely large Internet ( to read different blogs , websites , tutorials , podcasts ) .
I think that this book will be a boon for me , as it is a “Complete Guide” for being a successful blogger . So , I don’t need to go for an infinite search , which sometimes results some Poor and un-authorised tips !
Being a student , I can’t afford purchase of book and hence , I wish to get this give-away .
My biggest need as a blogger is to get some tips on building readership and getting some reputation as a blogger . Because , I feel that if you don’t have these things , you can be successful ; even if you write good stuffs !
I blog @ TechRaga : http://Blog.ArpitNext.com
Dan Mihaliak
July 13th, 2008 2:41 pm
I need this book because I am just starting out as a blogger and my goal is to become more wealthy and famous than all bloggers including Problogger. The best way to do that is to get your book and study it and know your techniques.
Jon Smock
July 13th, 2008 2:46 pm
I would love to obtain this book. I’m about to launch a blog with my Dad, a psychologist, in the family/parenting blog niche. While I’ve been active in the blogosphere for about a year (I suppose longer if you count my old xanga account in high school), but he’s relatively new and still getting his feet wet. We’d both learn a lot from this book!
Ari Herzog
July 13th, 2008 2:51 pm
Hi Darren, I’ve followed your and Chris Garrett’s blogs for the past few months and I’ve not only learned some cool tips and gained ideas, but I’ve also become more attuned to social media and personal branding.
I’m a public policy and technology geek, and I blog about politics, society, and culture at http://www.ariwriter.com. I seek to continue my career in public affairs and ultimately public office; and I find it incredulous that so-called policy experts like U.S. presidential candidate John McCain admits he is computer illiterate and does not know how to use a computer.
I am computer literate, something I learned 25+ years ago. I’ve blogged on and off for years. But I’m currently unemployed due to the near-U.S. recession and can’t afford to buy books. I know your book is not available through my public library; I checked.
So, what do you say?
Technotip.org
July 13th, 2008 2:55 pm
Hi Darren,
I have a blog http://technotip.org and actually I am also having a ProBloggerBook.
And I also have many friends(including my lecturers) who want to be bloggers.And they always keep asking me many things about blogging (everything about internet).
I have been telling them about your book and I have also told them, not to get it xeroxed.So they are trying to collect money to buy the book from Amazon.
Now if I get this book, I will just conduct a contest here and give it to a person who deserves it.
And Darren, I really liked the Contents of the Book and I am trying to implement one by one in my blog.
And please me something about my review of the ProBloggerBook at http://technotip.org/problogger-book-review/
With Best Regards,
SATISH
Tsahi Levent-Levi
July 13th, 2008 2:56 pm
I started a corporate blog site and we now have 3 blogs. We are rolling out a lot of quality content and I’d like to increase the readership of the blog.
Duane Brown
July 13th, 2008 3:03 pm
Seems like a good book to have around, so if your giving one away I may as well try and be the recipient. My blog is located within my http://BensonBear.net website, I could really use any book on blogging actually as i have nothing in paper form on the subject. If I’m going to eventually have my first book on blogging, I may as well go ahead and make it one of the best available.
What do I need to improve on my blog? I guess the blogging software side of it at the moment is what I’m looking at. The Web-App software(I’m an admin with the group) is really lacking in the articles publishing code, and needs a lot of improvement. So I’ve tried to begin blogging, to research what’s involved with blogging. So that I can help improve our articles publishing aspect of our code.
What questions do I hope it answers? I guess I would hope it gave your result, in terms of figures and opinions on each secret deployed. the do’s and the don’ts. How to keep score of each tactic to know whether or not its effective as used, or that it needs modified, or even perhaps completely abandoned type of analysis. Of course, what software features your glad you have, and those you wish you had are important for sure.
My biggest need would be how to organize everything in my life that’s non-blogging related, so that it gets done. Otherwise blogging considerations would use up all my time and nothing would get done. That’s in terms of needs as a blogger. In terms of needs as a coder. basically an account of what your doing and why over a time period that would account for you doing almost everything that you would do as a blogger.
Jaseem Umer
July 13th, 2008 3:16 pm
I am a school boy and I am really fond of blogging. But i haven’t been able to get involved in blogging. I just have a blog, i do almost nothing with it. I want to become a real blogger and I hope your book can help me. The link to my blog :http://www.jaseemumer.com
Joe mcCoy
July 13th, 2008 3:17 pm
I need the book to help me more confidently take the next steps needed to make my website, http://WebsiteMarketingWorkshop.com, the kind of website that provides the best steps to improve their business at a time when the economy is struggling.
Or I could just buy the book the next time I’m on Amazon — it’s already on my wish list.
Thanks for your great blog,
Joe
Norm
July 13th, 2008 3:24 pm
I have a dead-end job that I absolutely hate. I spend all day being a slave to a system that knows no limits. Blogging is my escape from that. I long for the days when I can work from my home office and be my own boss. I love to write. I especially love to write about things that other people find useful…
That being said, my blog has made me a whopping $14 in the past year. I read this site daily, however I feel that the book may bring it together for me.
I don’t know exactly what I need to improve on my blog, but I know that I can always improve something. I’m hoping your book can help me increase the traffic to my blog, ultimately increasing revenue. While I am quite pleased with my writing style, I do feel that my choice in topics might require some improvements.
Quite simply, I am looking for some additional directions, and I believe you have the information I desire.
http://blog.geekeleet.com
Kyle | BroncoTalk
July 13th, 2008 3:24 pm
http://BroncoTalk.net
Darren, I love the blog. I’m sure I’d love the book too. :)
I want the book because I’m looking for help to cross the next threshold. Part of that is my PageRank - I’ve been frustratingly stuck at PR 3 for nearly a year, despite active networking efforts. It’s beginning to handcuff me - advertisers are even using my relatively low PR as a bargaining chip,
I want to know more about the best techniques to building a network, and become an authority in my niche. I’m active in forums and in other blogs, I link to other blogs as well, but I’m not getting a lot of reciprocated activity.
Thanks for the consideration.
Jacob
July 13th, 2008 3:38 pm
Hey Darren,
http://www.wethepeoplepolitics.com is my site.
Why do I need the book? I need the book because while I have been blogging for some time, the hardest thing I have found when trying to really learn a step by step method to creating a great blog is that on blogs about how to blog, it never starts from the beginning. Whatever makes sense is where the blogger decides to write about. I feel with this book, I could first learn everything I need to learn, but then use it as a ‘pass around’ kind of book to give to other writers that I have working with me on my blog.
I think it would be a great thing to have for myself and also for those that work with me. I look forward to hearing if I won the book. Thanks a lot, Darren!
-Jacob
Umar in Dubai
July 13th, 2008 3:58 pm
Right now I have a blog about life in Dubai.
What I look forward to improving the most is how to present the content in such a way that it is interesting to those who don’t live in Dubai. I want to convert it into an international lifestyle blog, or something. From the book I hope to learn how to make the blog sticky, how to reach out to maximum readers and how to make them keep coming back. As a blogger I need to figure out how to keep generating new content no matter how occupied and tied up I get.
Lightening@Lightening Online
July 13th, 2008 4:26 pm
My Blog (one of several): http://www.lighteningonline.com
I began blogging out of interest and quickly developed a passion for it. A passion like I’ve not had for anything else I’ve done in life. It was only when I realised how much I LOVED it that I even contemplated earning money from it. I’ve always been taught that the best “job” to have in life is doing something you are passionate about. So I started to look into whether I could turn my passion into a way of bringing about an income. As a stay at home mother, problogging would also give me the flexibility I believe a primary carer needs.
What do you need to improve on your blog?
Can I say everything? I’m a believer that there is ALWAYS room for improvement in all areas.
What questions do you hope it answers?
I’ve learnt HEAPS since I began blogging but it’s all been in quite a muddled, “bits and pieces” type order. I like the idea of being able to sit down and read a book from start to finish and hopefully put some of my muddled thoughts into some sense of order.
What’s your biggest need as a blogger?
More traffic
Denise
July 13th, 2008 4:31 pm
Hi - I believe there’s a good chance that the spare copy of your book has my name on it. I recently discovered you/ProBlogger through StevePavlina.com site a few weeks ago. My life hasn’t been the same since. I’m hooked! You’ve lit a fire in me. Because this is a very new world for me, I spend about 7-9 hours a day educating myself through your site, and those you link to. I also signed up for your newsletter. I’m at the point of trying to come up with a name and considering (due to one of your posts) going through typepad (I think). I’m just trying to understand what I’m doing so I do it right. Even though I’m somewhat tech challenged, I’m trying to learn this so I can stay in for the long haul and not create a mess for myself. With so many questions, I could truly use your book. Anyway, I look forward to learning more. Thanks.
Shafar
July 13th, 2008 5:27 pm
I need ‘The Book’ because I’m a regular customer here. Sounds arrogate, but ‘the book’ was always my Big Dream. I’m an Amateur in this Arena. Its your Blog which gave me the wisdom of ‘Money Blogging’. And your Book, its my Dream.I think i wont get this Book, but just trying to fulfil my Dream.
I need someone like me to Improve my Blog. I mean someone who can thinks like me, help me to take Best Options from Alternatives. (again i think, impossible)
My Biggest need as a Blogger is I want to show or exhibit my Skills and Knowledge I acquired(not ‘Pro’ though) to the World. (again, impossible)
Anyway I’m happy Darren, with my ‘Small Blog’. I love Blogging and Your Blog too.
Shafar (jumblespot.blogspot.com)
Santosh Puthran
July 13th, 2008 5:38 pm
Problogger book almost comes up every time on the Amazon, US widget on the Management Accountant Blog. I do not know why my blog about management accounting attracts your book. I am curious to read the book and find out ….
Regards,
Santosh Puthran
Management Accountant Blog
http://managementaccountant.blogspot.com
Jeroen de Miranda
July 13th, 2008 5:55 pm
I would definitely benefit from your book!
Some key issues facing every starting blogger are:
- get razor sharp focus in the main topic of your blog
- get to know your readers
- know how to combine your blog with other tools (Twitter, FriendFeed, …), increasing the conversation around your choosen topic
- learn to listen to your readers
Your book will certainly help the winner to improve in these key topics!
Paul Piotrowski
July 13th, 2008 6:04 pm
Hi Darren, I’d love to get a copy of your book so that I can read it, test and implement the wisdom taught in it and then help others who are pursuing the “Blogging For a Living” path.
I run a Blog called Inspired Money Maker which focuses on helping people to learn how to make money doing what they love.
I see no higher calling in our lives than to pursue our purpose and passion and that is what I teach people. I consider you a true Inspired Money Maker as well and I’d love to read your book absorb some of your philosophies into my thinking.
Thanks!
Paul
http://www.InspiredMoneyMaker.com
Navjot Singh
July 13th, 2008 6:32 pm
My Blog is 1+ year old but still I haven’t been able to monetise it effectively. Neither I have been able to find any advetiser for it. Most people around me think, its impossible to make money online. I want to prove them wrong. I have not read your complete blog but by reading your book maybe I will be able to prove everybody wrong. I want to make money online and maybe make even a living out of it.
Will you help me proving everybody wrong?
Team Nirvana
July 13th, 2008 6:42 pm
Words cant describe how I have gone thru each and every post of yours as an invisible disciple. I have read every word and memorised most of what needs to be done. And, yeah I am proud to say that I have implemented some of them. But, what cuts me out from the top bloggers is a consistency in order to deliver the promised content. Which I will be doing in the days to come.
I have read your principles, your methodology, your enthusiasm when teaching thru this blog. Who would share the success mantras to newbies and fellow bloggers? As per me, someone who is quite nearer to Indian bloggers himself would not respond to a sincere comment posted. I do agree that big bloggers do not have that much time to respond to each and every reply. But, you guys can surely feel how a new blogger would feel when he sincerely asks you to respond once. That would be boosting the morale. But, we cant expect everything.
Anyway, the book would be with Me all the while. It would go on as a personal momentum from Rowse and I would be more than happy if you can sign on it ur name. I wish to get it autographed from a top blogger who read my comment and felt how I felt. Everyone has to start somewhere. I have started, I wouldnt stop.
Thanks Rowse for directions.
silvino
July 13th, 2008 7:10 pm
http://silvinohenriques.blogspot.com
What do you need to improve on your blog?
increase engaged readers. not just random visitors.
What questions do you hope it answers?
writing tools on how to mantain insightful posts.
What’s your biggest need as a blogger?
improve the ability to deliver value, in a way people enjoy it.