Archive for: February, 2009
Written on February 21st, 2009 at 03:02 am by Darren Rowse
Seven Expert Tips For Outstanding Web Writing
Today Ali from Ali Adventures (and other blogs) shares some tips on writing for the web.
You’re an experienced blogger. You know all the basics: you’ve read all about writing useful and unique content, and all your posts use subheadings, thoughtfully bolded text and bullet-pointed lists to be as reader-friendly as possible.
But could you be doing [...]
Written on February 20th, 2009 at 09:02 pm by Darren Rowse
Ninja Affiliate Plugin for WordPress – Special Price for ProBlogger Readers
I’m about to head out the door for a 10 day vacation but before I do I want to pass on a special offer exclusive to ProBlogger readers (that I’ve just had offered to us) for a cool product that those of you who run affiliate programs on your blog might want to check out.
It [...]
Written on February 20th, 2009 at 11:02 am by Darren Rowse
AdSense Lets You Change Your Font in Ad Units
AdSense have just announced a new feature that many of us have been asking for for a while – the ability to change fonts in ad units.
While there’s not an extensive choice of fonts (they allow Arial, Times, and Verdana font faces) it is better than nothing and allows publishers to tweak the way their [...]
Written on February 20th, 2009 at 12:02 am by Darren Rowse
A Secret to Writing Posts that Go Viral on Twitter
There are many reasons that a blog post might get spread widely through ‘ReTweets’ (when one person passes on the tweet of another) but one fairly obvious, yet often overlooked one, has to do with the length of your blog post title.
Yesterday on TwiTip I published a post with a formula for getting ReTweeted on [...]
Written on February 19th, 2009 at 12:02 am by Darren Rowse
5 Ways to find Direct Advertisers for your Blog
It is the goal of many bloggers to move from monetizing their blogs with ad networks like AdSense into selling ads directly to advertisers. But getting into this game can be difficult – particularly in the early days while you’re still growing traffic.
Below are 5 ways that I secured direct ad deals with sponsors in [...]
Written on February 18th, 2009 at 12:02 am by Darren Rowse
If Your Blog Died Today…. What Would It Be Remembered For?
If your blog were to die today – how would it be remembered?
Here’s a little 2 part exercise that might be fun (although slightly morbid) – and hopefully insightful. You’ll need half an hour or so to do it properly.
1. Write an obituary for your blog 10 years in the future
Project yourself forward 10 years, [...]
Written on February 17th, 2009 at 07:02 am by Darren Rowse
Learn how to Launch the **** out of your E-Book
While many bloggers are monetizing blogs with direct methods like advertising and affiliate programs another method that more and more bloggers are making good money by selling their own e-books. Today Jade Craven of The Prolific Writer reviews a new resource that is written to help bloggers wanting to do exactly that – How to [...]
Written on February 16th, 2009 at 01:02 am by Darren Rowse
5 Ways to Make an Empty Ad Slot on Your Blog Work For You
Yesterday I published a guest post here on ProBlogger that gave 7 Reasons to not have Empty ad Spots on your Blog. Today I want to build on this post and give you 5 alternatives to simply removing an empty ad slot from your blog.
Removing the ad is one valid option (especially if you already [...]
Written on February 15th, 2009 at 12:02 am by Darren Rowse
7 Reasons not to have Empty Ad Spots on your Blog
This is a guest post written by Ben Barden, developer for the CMF Ads advertising network, which offers low cost, no-nonsense advertising.
Blog advertising is an excellent way to reach a wide audience without breaking the bank. It can also make money for your own blog. There is a mistake that quite a few blogs make [...]
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