Archive for: April, 2009
Written on April 30th, 2009 at 09:04 pm by Darren Rowse
Ask a Question: 10 Reasons Why Questions Work & 12 Tips on How to Ask Them [Day 25: 31DBBB]
Today’s task in the 31 Days to Build a Better Blog Challengeis to ask your readers a question.
10 Reasons to ask Your Readers Questions
Asking readers questions is a fantastic way to grow you blog for a number of reasons – here are 10.
It gives readers a sense of community and participation – there’s nothing like [...]
Written on April 29th, 2009 at 08:04 pm by Darren Rowse
How to Use a Magazine to Improve Your Blog [Day 24: 31DBBB]
Are you looking for some fresh design, marketing and even story or headline ideas for your blog? Today’s task in the 31 Days to Build a Better Blog challenge that might just help with this.
This is an off line activity – all you need to complete it is a pack of sticky notes, a notebook, [...]
Written on April 29th, 2009 at 06:04 am by Darren Rowse
Quick Podcast Interview on Blogging
If you’ve got 15 minutes to spare today (and want to hear a couple of Aussies talking blogging) check out this quick podcast of an interview that I did this week with Clayton Bjelan on the morning show local Melbourne radio station – Light FM.
In it I talk a little about my story of going [...]
Written on April 28th, 2009 at 08:04 pm by Darren Rowse
Call Your Readers to ACTION [Day 23: 31DBBB]
Today’s task in the 31 Days to Build a Better Blog challenge is another writing oriented one – it’s to write a post that contains some kind of a ‘Call to Action’.
While this type of post might not be one that you’ll use all of the time it is a handy style of post to [...]
Written on April 27th, 2009 at 08:04 pm by Darren Rowse
Pay Special Attention to a Reader [Day 22: 31DBBB]
Today your task in the 31 Days to Build a Better blog is to Make a Reader Famous.
The Task – Choose one (or more than one) of your current readers and do something out of the blue that acknowledges them, shows them that you see them as valuable and highlights them to your other readers.
Why [...]
Written on April 27th, 2009 at 04:04 pm by Darren Rowse
Membership Site Masterplan Report is now Ready for Download
On Friday I posted about that a great free 72 page report by Yaro Starack called Membership Site Masterplan was about to be released.
Yaro’s just old me that it’s now available for you to download.
The report contains some great information on how Yaro uses membership sites to build significant community sites and a six figure [...]
Written on April 26th, 2009 at 07:04 pm by Darren Rowse
Breathe Life Into an Old Post [Day 21 - 31DBBB]
This post is an excerpt from the 31 Days to Build a Better Blog Workbook
Let me be a little presumptuous and blunt – not every post in the archives of your blog is up to scratch.
I know this because the statement is true of my own blogs.
No matter how hard we work on our blogging [...]
Written on April 26th, 2009 at 01:04 pm by Darren Rowse
31 Days to Build a Better Blog – Two Thirds Through Update
We’re at Day 20 (almost 21) in the 31 Days to Build a Better Blog challenge and at two thirds of the way through the project I thought I’d give a quick update with a few random highlights, updates and thoughts:
1. We’ve got over 12,000 people signed up and at different stages of the process. [...]
Written on April 25th, 2009 at 08:04 pm by Darren Rowse
Leave Comments on Other Blogs [Day 20 - 31DBBB]
This post is an excerpt from the 31 Days to Build a Better Blog Workbook
“Leave comments on other blogs.”
If there’s one piece of advice for building traffic to a blog that is given to new bloggers more than any other it is about leaving comments on other blogs.
Today your task in the 31 Days to [...]
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