Archive for: 2008
Written on December 23rd, 2008 at 12:12 am by Darren Rowse
Blog Blazers – Get a Glimpse in the Mind of 40 Successful Bloggers
One of the books that has hit my mailbox lately for review is Blog Blazers – a book of interviews with 40 top bloggers exploring how to create successful blogs.
The book is by Stephane Grenier from FollowSteph.com and it features some great bloggers (some who will be familiar with many and others who you’ll [...]
Written on December 22nd, 2008 at 12:12 am by Darren Rowse
3 High-Powered Reader Engagement Tactics
In this guest post Jonathan Fields from the Career Renegade takes a look at three types of blog posts that will Engage your readers.
Three words…
Engage. Engage. Engage.
It’s the rally cry of great blogging. Heck, it’s the touchstone of powerful writing in general. When it comes to blogging, though, three major types of engagement-oriented posts really [...]
Written on December 21st, 2008 at 12:12 am by Darren Rowse
If Marilyn Monroe was a Blogger What Would She Do?
Today Mara Rogers from Secrets for Money looks at how Marilyn Monroe would blog.
If Marilyn Monroe was a Blogger, what would she do? Here are some quotations from famous classic silver screen stars, and what I imagine their advice to all us bloggers would be.
So just sit back, relax, and enjoy the show!
(1) “I just [...]
Written on December 20th, 2008 at 12:12 am by Jeff Chandler
Save Time By Auto Filling Comment Forms
In this post Jeff Chandlerhighlights a cool tool for auto filling in comment forms on blogs.
Ok Problogger faithful, I’m going to keep it short and sweet this week by telling you about a cool FireFox extension which is sure to save you some time in the long run. Generally, every blog out on the web [...]
Written on December 19th, 2008 at 08:12 am by Darren Rowse
How a Blogger Creates a REAL Full-Time Income
Internet Marketers and Bloggers are often seen as two very different types of online entrepreneurs. In this guest post David Risley looks at these two worlds and suggests some middle ground.
One of the questions I get very often when I tell people what I do for a living is this: How do you make money [...]
Written on December 19th, 2008 at 12:12 am by Darren Rowse
Develop a Twitter Landing Page
Over the weekend I created a landing page for my Twitter account.
I got the idea off Laura Fitton (@pistachio) when a guest post on TwiTip highlighted what she’d done with her own Who is @pistachio landing page.
What is a Twitter Landing Page?
In short – a twitter landing page is a page on your blog or [...]
Written on December 18th, 2008 at 06:12 am by Darren Rowse
Plugins Plugins Plugins (of the WordPress Variety)
Andy Beal has posted a great list of 21 WordPress plugins that he uses and recommends. Check it out at
21 Awesome WordPress Plugins That I Selfishly Kept to Myself Until Today.
There are a few others that I’ve included in my own recent list – 10 WordPress Plugins for New Blogs.
What others do you recommend?
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Written on December 18th, 2008 at 12:12 am by Darren Rowse
Increase Amazon Sales with Best Seller and Popular Product Lists
This week we’ve been looking at a variety of techniques to help you increase your blogs earnings in the lead up to Christmas.
Today I want to share 2 similar techniques that I’ve used in the last week that is a big part of tripling my Amazon earnings for the month of December – best seller [...]
Written on December 17th, 2008 at 07:12 am by Darren Rowse
5 Tips for Making Widget Ads Perform Better on Your Blog
In my last post I talked about 4 Widget Ad options that bloggers should test in the lead up to Christmas – in this post I want to give a few quick tips for beginners to keep in mind as they test and optimize these types of ads.
1. Keep Ads Relevant to Content
To make any [...]
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