Archive for: February, 2009

Written on February 28th, 2009 at 08:02 am by Darren Rowse

24 Hours Left in Affiliate Ninja Discount

Blogging Tools and Services 13 comments

update: The discount offer is over. You can still buy the Affiliate Ninja product though – while the discount was great I do think it’s a tool worth investing in if you do affiliate marketing.
Quite a few ProBlogger readers have signed up for the 30% discount on the Ninja Affiliate WordPress Plugin this week (see [...]

Written on February 28th, 2009 at 12:02 am by Darren Rowse

8 Tips for Building Community on Your Blog

Miscellaneous Blog Tips 55 comments

Another challenge that faces a lot of bloggers who’ve reached a point of getting their blog past the ‘launch phase’ and where they have regular readers is forming those readers into a ‘community’.
What I noticed in the growth of my photography site was that in the first 6 months most of my readers seemed to [...]

Written on February 27th, 2009 at 12:02 am by Darren Rowse

How to Grow Your Blog to the Next Level With SEO

Blog Promotion, Search Engine Optimization 60 comments

In this series we’re looking at 9 things that bloggers need to work on once their blog moves out of ‘launch phase’ and into maturity.
Today I want to focus upon the topic of SEO (Search Engine Optimization).
While SEO is something that is well worth while focusing upon right from the start of your blog – [...]

Written on February 26th, 2009 at 12:02 am by Darren Rowse

7 Ways to Keep Fresh Content Flowing On Your Blog

Featured Posts, Writing Content 145 comments

This is the third post in a series on taking your blog to the next level.
Image by …rachel…
“How do I keep posts flowing on my blog?”
This is a question that most bloggers face at one point or another – particularly bloggers who have been blogging for 6-12 months.
The reality is that there comes a point [...]

Written on February 25th, 2009 at 12:02 am by Darren Rowse

Converting First Time Visitors to Loyal Readers

Blog Promotion 60 comments

This week we’re looking at a variety of tips for helping medium sized and somewhat established blogs to grow to the next level. Yesterday we looked at building upon your strengths and successes – today I want to look at the topic of turning first time readers into loyal ones.
This issue is particularly relevant for [...]

Written on February 24th, 2009 at 03:02 am by Darren Rowse

Build Upon Your Strengths as a Blogger

Blog Promotion, Writing Content 57 comments

This post belongs to the ‘taking your blog to the next level‘ series which looks at tips for bloggers whose blogs have got a start but want to take it up a notch. Read the intro here.

Analyze why Readers Come to your Blog….. and then Build on It
The first thing that I’d highly recommend medium [...]

Written on February 24th, 2009 at 12:02 am by Darren Rowse

How To Take Your Blog to the Next Level… Once You’ve Got a Start

Featured Posts, Miscellaneous Blog Tips 70 comments

Help! People are reading my blog, what do I do next?
I get a lot of emails from people asking for advice how to get people to read their blog and have written a number of series of posts with tips on how to find readers – but lately I’ve had conversations with a few bloggers [...]

Written on February 23rd, 2009 at 01:02 am by Darren Rowse

10 Tips for Blogging Your Way to Small Business Success

Business Blogging 70 comments

This is a guest post from Mark Hayward, you can follow him on Twitter @mark_hayward. The article focuses on helping business folk, both big and small, who would like to start blogging.

Do you own a business? Have you noticed a dramatic decrease in sales because of the current economy?
Here’s the thing: For people like Darren, [...]

Written on February 22nd, 2009 at 12:02 am by Darren Rowse

Smart Article Marketing For Fast AND Long Term Blog Traffic

Blog Promotion 73 comments

I’m regularly asked by readers whether they should use Article Marketing as a way to build their blogs traffic. My answer is always the same – ‘I’ve never done it, but I’ve heard that others have had some success with article marketing.’ So today when Andrew Hansen offered to write this guest post of his [...]

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