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• Home Jobs

  April 11th, 2009 10:46 pm

  Great collection Darren, I have checked all the links. I find all the links bookmarkable. I liked the post “How to Find Advertisers for your Website”

• opinionatedant

  April 11th, 2009 10:53 pm

  Thank you for all the extra links.

  I’m really enjoying Seth Godin’s Email Tips, which is great since I’ve been working on returning email’s from yesterday.

  Can’t wait for the next lesson.

• Roy Schwartz

  April 11th, 2009 10:55 pm

  Skelliewag’s post was so good that I just return to it each time I need copyright-free images instead of adding bookmarks to each link.

• Lisis | Quest for Balance

  April 11th, 2009 10:55 pm

  Thanks for this fantastic list, Darren! I guess my weekend is planned now. ;-)

  Just wanted to add another one from Dosh Dosh that I really liked, about social media:

  http://www.doshdosh.com/the-importance-of-social-media-marketing/

  Have a Great One!

• Barry Wright, III

  April 11th, 2009 10:56 pm

  I’m biased, but I have always resonated well with the posts (and books) of Seth Godin, and I suggest to anyone here who doesn’t already subscribe to his blog; go subscribe today!

  Of the posts Darren selected, I particularly like, “First, ten.” It brings great focus to the idea that you have to build a following, a tribe, bit by bit over time.

  For those without time to read 27 articles today (perfectly understandable!), I suggest printing the ones you can’t read right away out.

  Put the printed articles in your purse, briefcase, hat, shoe, whatever. You’ll find moments of downtime during the day (waiting in line at the grocery store, for example), and it’s a perfect time to read one of these articles (unless the person ahead of you in line is also a blogging guru).

  Thanks for the wealth of information Darren!

  Barry

• Karl Foxley

  April 11th, 2009 10:56 pm

  This blog post alone is one of those resources that will have you checking back again and again just to see something that you have forgotten about.

  Great content as always.

  Karl

• Internet Business With Purpose

  April 11th, 2009 10:57 pm

  I’m making a list of my favorite blogs on my website at http://www.reallifepurpose.com today. My goal is to make a post responding to each of your daily tasks.

  Hopefully, I’ll make the list of successful blogger soon.

  Thanks,
  Greg

• Chetan

  April 11th, 2009 11:00 pm

  Very useful list. But there is still one article remaining that you did not cover. Its about how to catch the eyeballs of your blog visitors and make them glued to your blog, so that the more time they stay on your blog, the more chances they’d become your readers. Here is the link:

  http://www.carlocab.com/catching-eyeballs-5-steps-to-transforming-visitors-to-loyal-subscribers/

• Karenne Sylvester

  April 11th, 2009 11:03 pm

  @BarryWrightIII

  Thank you Barry.

  I’ve read quite a few of these already and gotten such wealth of knowledge -especially Chris Brogan’s 40 and Seth 1st 10 that I know I need to read all or most of Darren’s suggestions.

  But as I was just looking at the list, I was also staring outside at the very beautiful and untypically warm day and my heart kind of sank. When, when I murmured quietly until I read your comment.

  ;-) Thanks Darren, appreciate the time and effort you just took to do this for us!

  Karenne

• Beaman the Interiors Chap

  April 11th, 2009 11:10 pm

  This is an excellent list of wonderful and valuable information for bloggers. I will try and read each and every one over the course of the coming week. Thank you!

• Vicki@collegeparentcentral

  April 11th, 2009 11:11 pm

  Thanks once again, Darren.

  As a new blogger, I’m trying to read as much as I can to learn. Having a “pro” suggest my reading list is more than I could ask for.

  I particularly like the broad range of topics here. I know that some are going to be extremely helpful to me right now, as I begin, and others are going to be more relevent as I go along. I’m going to be coming back to this list for a very long time.

  Off to do some reading. Thanks, again!

• Shantanu

  April 11th, 2009 11:12 pm

  Hi Darren,

  I came here thinking that I’d have to do another writing task this being a weekend. But to my surprise you had something else in store.

  Of the list you’ve passed, I’ve only read Daily Blog Tips and from Barry’s and Karenne’s comments, I feel that I must subscribe to the others too.

  *note to self: read all these posts tonight itself*

  Thanks for the list, will post my experience once I’ve gone through all of them.

  Shantanu.
  http://www.threetipsaday.com
  @threetips(twitter)

• Bradford Shimp

  April 11th, 2009 11:13 pm

  Wow, what a list! I have been behind in my blog reading lately, but with a focused list like this I’ll have a jump start to get back into it.

  I was glad to see a mix of people I know and those I haven’t heard of. Looking forward to making some great discoveries here.

  I do want to say that I recently read Skellie’s article on personal branding. This is a hazy area for me, but the article helped to bring it into focus and was really helpful. If all of these articles are of the same caliber then we are all in for a big treat!

• Shane - Inspiring your Success

  April 11th, 2009 11:33 pm

  I have had many of those posts bookmarked for a long time. I do not know how Skellie chose those posts.. I think the whole blog should be listed!!!

• Lisis | Quest for Balance

  April 11th, 2009 11:35 pm

  @ Barry Wright, III – Hat? Shoe? I love it! :)

  I just want you to know that I have started looking forward to, not only Darren’s posts, but finding your comments on them as well.

  Keep ‘em coming!

• Simon

  April 11th, 2009 11:39 pm

  One of the best ways to learn anything is to emulate what other successful people are doing.

  Great post!

• Rehuel

  April 11th, 2009 11:40 pm

  Nice list!

  2 years ago, when I started blogging, most of these guys were on my daily list, because they had great articles. They all have a different writing style, which made it fun to see things from different angles.

• Ching Ya

  April 11th, 2009 11:46 pm

  I would advise who has just got here, read through all the links provided above. You’ll find lots of hidden treasures (some hidden within their comments of each post, you’ll be surprised).

  One of the best I’ve learnt is about the flickr image & the copyright issues. I know some may think it’s weird why I never considered using pics from flickr before this. I always thought free stock photos would best fill my needs, actually, not so much. I’ll take flickr more seriously now.

  Also, it’s time to think about hosting, and template-modifications for a change. Thanks to Chris Garett for his earlier advise to me about going towards authority blogging, now I have a new perspective about future goals, and also, it’s ok for not being ‘perfect’.

  Should definitely work on the 50 ways to bring blog to next level.. although all I can think about now is the toughest~ ‘Work On Your Content’…

  @wchingya
  Social Media/Blogging

• Andy

  April 11th, 2009 11:46 pm

  Wow, lots of reading to do today ;)

  This challenge has already helped me get organised, and I’m half way to launching a new blog (more focused than my personal one, and one where I’m a bit less tied down to post about specific things)

  All things considered, it’s going well so far! thanks :)

• delicate flower

  April 11th, 2009 11:51 pm

  I just read Chris Brogan’s blog: 40 Killer tips! Far out.. I’m psyched and will have to give up my day job if this keeps up.
  I intend to read all on your list!

• Max Trescott

  April 11th, 2009 11:56 pm

  I like how you were able to create a list post that
  1. Required little writing time
  2. Sent traffic to blogger friends.

  I did the same thing yesterday with this post.
  Max
  http://www.maxtrescott.com/max_trescott_on_general_a/2009/04/general-aviation-heroes-part-v-readers-top-16-choices.html

• David (Marketing Integrity)

  April 11th, 2009 11:59 pm

  I liked the Dosh Dosh article about rethinking blog comments. One of the the reasons we all blog is to share our ideas and to get a conversation started…that the community aspect of blogging. We all need to be commenting more on the posts we regularly read and encouraging those in our community readership to do likewise.

• venkat

  April 12th, 2009 12:04 am

  @Darren Rowse
  That’s a quite useful list,all links seemed to cover gettign traffic to a site through social widgets and writing good articles wiht quality .

• Mrs Green

  April 12th, 2009 12:06 am

  Thank you Darren; this list looks really comprehensive and well thought out. I’ll enjoy having a browse this evening.

  I just want to extend my thanks and appreciation for this first few days of the challenge.

  I’ve had a few people reach out to me, personally, through your site, and I cannot tell you how much they enrich my life.

  Thank you to you for all that you share and for these lovely new friends :)

• Roseli A. Bakar

  April 12th, 2009 12:16 am

  Lots of reading to do today and that’s what blogging is all about…

• Pushkar

  April 12th, 2009 12:41 am

  Thanks Darren for this fantastic list though i have read few of them. Seth Godin has quite a few short but amazing & very useful posts.

• Ravi Ahuja

  April 12th, 2009 12:45 am

  Great list to study and learn. Thanks for a great list.

• topcool

  April 12th, 2009 12:46 am

  Thank you for this great list.
  Let me do these reading now.

• TuanAnhBB

  April 12th, 2009 12:52 am

  I can’t figure it out why I clicked on every single link as soon as I ran my eyes over it, they knew how to name their post, really!

• Team Nirvana

  April 12th, 2009 12:53 am

  An awesome list to go thru Darren.

  Thanks for taking time and pointing us to the apt resources.

• Lewis B

  April 12th, 2009 1:00 am

  I’ve been compiling useful links for some time, but this takes the cake!

  As always, thanks so much for sharing… not often do you run across people who are so open to sharing their thoughts & knowledge for FREE!

  Thanks!
  Lewis

• Rajeev Edmonds

  April 12th, 2009 1:07 am

  Taking my cup of coffee before I dive into this list. Nothing can be better than this thoughtfully compiled list for a weekend task. Great list Darren.

• Aidil TipsGoda

  April 12th, 2009 1:14 am

  thanks. I read them all and i definitely learn a lot from all of it. great compilation Darren.

• jan

  April 12th, 2009 1:16 am

  There are some of those posts I’ve already read. Wow, the cream of the crop, these list of bloggers. I have missed out on four of them. No, I will not reveal here who I have failed to get on my email or reader.

  But what am doing, running off the mouth here while there are lots of goodies to read!

  Out of here in a sec, my good sir. “,)

• Robert Bravery

  April 12th, 2009 1:32 am

  Very nice list. I aspire one day to be included in that list, specifically for my particular niche market.

  Having gone through the links and reading the content, I see there is a lot to learn. Some though I might disagree with, others I take to heart.

  I must admit that if you are serious about blogging and learning more, you should have encountered some of these articles. But it is always nice to re-read those that you have read before. Kinda cements the ideas in.

• Sharon Hurley Hall

  April 12th, 2009 1:35 am

  The two that really struck a chord with me were Skellie’s post on buliding your personal brand and Maki’s post on making money with your website

• Glen

  April 12th, 2009 1:39 am

  Thanks for the list this will definitely give me a lot of food for thought and different things to try.

• Sam

  April 12th, 2009 1:44 am

  twitter: sambuzin

  Great articles and easy reading. Perfect for a lazy weekend!

• Jacob Duchaine

  April 12th, 2009 1:49 am

  I enjoyed the 10 Worst Ways to make money, and 27 Secrets to power your community.

  They were all really informative though. Thanks a lot.

• Mike

  April 12th, 2009 1:50 am

  Wow Darren. I honestly don’t think I’ve ever found so much fantastic information concentrated into such a small space. There’s enough content to write 2 books here.

  This page will be a fantastic resource for anyone looking to improve their work. I’d recommend you throw a link to this page in your ‘favorites’ column.

• Nicola Lees

  April 12th, 2009 2:07 am

  I’ve read and enjoyed Yaro’s and Skellie’s posts before – and put into action their recommendations, however I found Chris Brogan’s posts really helpful this time as they suggest a couple of things I hadn’t heard of before, especially in:

  * 50 Ways to Take Your Blog to the Next Level
  * 40 Ways to Deliver Killer Blog Content

  I’m now exploring Alltop and trying to claim my blog on Technorati (although it seems to be stuck at the verification stage…).

• Linsey

  April 12th, 2009 2:13 am

  Wow – what an incredible resource you’ve scoured together, Darren! Thank you so much for this.

  As I read the articles and put the advice into practice, I keep wondering: in my crowded niche (the food blog) that already has its share of super-stars, what can I do better?

  I still don’t know. I’m hoping that the next 25 days will help me discover that.

  twitter:cakeandcommerce (great idea, sam)

• Nik

  April 12th, 2009 2:28 am

  Few bloggers at the top of their game can get away without images in their posts.

  Most notable example? Mr. Steve Pavlina, of course. This is yet another confirmation that authentic writing coming from the heart stands above blog traffic strategies and calculations.

  Still, “a good picture is worth a thousand clicks” (if you’ll allow the paraphrase) and I’ve sure added quite a few hits to Leo Babauta’s visit count because of his tasteful selection of attribution-only Flickr images.

  Hence, my dear ladies & gentlemen, my vote goes to Skellie’s Flikr tutorial.

  Have a fantastic weekend, everyone!

• Elena

  April 12th, 2009 2:59 am

  This is a post I’m going to be coming back to a few times for reference as I keep working on my blog.

• Gunnar

  April 12th, 2009 3:20 am

  This is great. Makes the work of getting my new blog started alot easier! There are so many articles about bloggin out there, that without an expert telling you which ones are good, you have no chance… you can’t read them all…

  Thanks Darren.

• Kayla

  April 12th, 2009 3:29 am

  Great list of resources. I have a lot of reading to catch up no now.

• Larrie Campbell

  April 12th, 2009 4:02 am

  Thanks for the great list. I’ve got some reading to do, now. I did read the post about 10 Reasons Readers Don’t Comment and had some fun with it making my own list for my blog today.
  Also, just wanted to share that yesterday, I had lots of traffic… at least for my little blog. Thanks!

• Christine Eaton

  April 12th, 2009 4:07 am

  Thank you for another great article.

  I have two favorites:

  1. Dosh Dosh: Rethinking Blog Comments- This one gave me some valuable insite. Being one to read, but not comment, it really gave me pause.

  2. Liz Strauss: 10 Reasons Readers Don’t Leave Comments

  The blog I am currently working on is only a week old. In just the past few days I have already garnered 15 new subscribers. Yay, me.

  I can’t wait for the rest.

• @nlbctim

  April 12th, 2009 4:09 am

  Great list of resources for bloggers no matter how long they have been at it.

  I appreciate the time put into this list as it is really a blogging course without the added expense.

• Nikhil

  April 12th, 2009 4:13 am

  Great & Long List.
  I want read all the posts first and then will say that they are excellent…. ;)
  Because Darren Always give the excellent contents only…

• CGabriel

  April 12th, 2009 4:16 am

  Outstanding list, Darren. All these folks know what they’re talking about.

  I’m especially partial to Chris Brogan – not only is his advice clear and concise, it’s never delivered in a way that’s anything but completely accessible to those of us not dialed into the really complicated aspects of blogging (fully understanding SEO, etc.). I’ve incorporated his ideas at Blog Harbor and have seen a definitive increase in traffic over time.

  Quick sidebar about Chris: He’s everywhere. His face is on websites, billboards, busses, subways, trailing behind planes advertising at ballgames, on blimps, at the International Space Station and in a tiny vodka bar in Kathmandu…ok, maybe not all of those, but my point is this…

  He’s a smart and savvy guy who understands that to create community, you have to live in the community.

• Christine Steinmann

  April 12th, 2009 4:32 am

  Really impressed with Rand Fiskin’s 21 Tactics to Increase Blog Traffic and with Chris Brogan’s 50 Ways to Take your Blog to the Next Level. Also really enjoyed Seth Godin’s How To Get Traffic To Your Blog.

  This is exactly what I need – in-depth how-to on a new form of writing known as blogging. With a slight sigh on the amount of learning involved that is NOT writing related.

  Although the links to a new community make the work of learning something new more than worthwhile.

  Thanks.

• Corinne Edwards

  April 12th, 2009 4:33 am

  I liked all of these – and yes, I read them all.

  The one I resonated with was Liz Strauss

  http://www.successful-blog.com/1/10-reasons-readers-dont-leave-comments/

  One of the reasons I don’t leave comments is when I feel the writer has said it all already.

• FSMdotCOM

  April 12th, 2009 4:40 am

  this is wicked!!!! thanx Darren

• Tobias

  April 12th, 2009 4:43 am

  Done.

  SeoMoz is the top pick, I’d say. And quality writing, pillar-style, probably beats all (besides basic human values like ‘thank you’ – which is working wonderfully for me).

• Coop

  April 12th, 2009 4:57 am

  Yaro’s “Pillar Article” post has been one of my favorites for awhile now. Got me obsessed with “Top 10″ movie lists…

  http://www.smalltowncritic.com/category/top-10-lists/

• infmom

  April 12th, 2009 4:59 am

  Lots to read and think about! At this point I’m more concerned about expanding my readership (in, admittedly, a niche topic) than in making money from my blog, but it’d sure be nice if I got something from Amazon and Google other than “You didn’t earn anything this quarter.” :)

• CGabriel

  April 12th, 2009 5:08 am

  Oops…almost forgot about Liz. Several comments earlier, Corinne mentioned Liz Strauss resonating for her. I’m with you, Corinne!

  For me, Liz is right there in Chris Brogan’s class. She’s an absolutely delightful person I’ve had the great pleasure of communicating directly with…someone who has a complete and thorough understanding of community, sharing and how best to go about it.

  Her advice is priceless.

• Mario

  April 12th, 2009 5:47 am

  Gosh, what a list. I thought the Eastern weekend would be kind of boring. You just saved me with this information.

  Thanks for this.

• Richard

  April 12th, 2009 5:52 am

  Sweet! I am just about to launch my first blog, thanks for this great list of useful resources!

• Dee Wilcox

  April 12th, 2009 6:22 am

  I am definitely bookmarking some of these! I’m a fan of Seth Godin and Chris Brogan both, so some of these I’ve already been implementing. Thank you, Darren, for all of the new information! Much of it does apply to the kind of blog you have, your audience, etc., but can be modified to suit your own needs. I appreciate it!

• Markus

  April 12th, 2009 6:27 am

  This was a great list but not really what I was looking for when I signed up for the challenge. I want something simple yet effective to do each day. I hate being overwhelmed.

• Matt Cheuvront

  April 12th, 2009 6:31 am

  Great list of amazing bloggers – I draw a lot of my inspiration from these guys.

  http://www.lifewithoutpants.com

• Susan Keeping

  April 12th, 2009 6:52 am

  I just started a brand new blog this weekend and I’m going to follow a lot of these ideas. I took all my Adsense and affiliate advertising off until it’s established as per one of the instructions in one of the articles. I want to compare how quickly this one gets regular visitors and commentators as opposed to my more established one.

• Luca

  April 12th, 2009 7:09 am

  what great resources!
  I’ve read some of them, there’s so much to learn, everyday.
  thanks!
  Luca

• Sandra

  April 12th, 2009 7:14 am

  Wow! This was so amazing and inspiring and…overwhelming! Unlike Markus, however, I’m good with that. I’ll eat this Elephant one bite at a time.

  Some of these Bloggers I know – I’m already a fan of Seth, Chris Garrett and Rand Fishkin and I’m completely addicted to anything Yaro (taking the Become a Blogger Course now and I can’t wait to move up to Blog Mastermind)!

  I’ve skimmed some of the others and I’m really looking forward to diving in to them in depth. So if you’ll excuse me, I need to get a mug of hot chocolate, settle in on my couch and revel in this wonderful information!

  By the way – I’m getting some traffic to my (brand new, just in it’s infancy) blog from some of you and I really appreciate it and I appreciate your comments, you have inspired me!

  Have fun!

• Michael Godawski

  April 12th, 2009 7:21 am

  Impressive reading. Thank you Darren.

  This course is really starting to take effect on my writing. Not only on my subjects but also on my overall perception of my blog.

  Wanna see my latest post? ;)
  http://zenlife.comze.com/2009/04/zen-for-ubuntu-users/

• FootBall Games Online

  April 12th, 2009 7:43 am

  Great stuff again, this should keep me busy for a while, Im just starting a nes site, for online football games, so I can use all the advice I can get,http://footballgames09.com/

• HazardousPaste

  April 12th, 2009 7:45 am

  Great resources!

• Jon Reid

  April 12th, 2009 8:06 am

  I’ve only made it as far as the Flickr images tips, and have been busy puny graphics with eye-catching imagery!

• Jon Reid

  April 12th, 2009 8:06 am

  I’ve only made it as far as the Flickr images tips, and have been busy replacing puny graphics with eye-catching imagery!

• Palma | Buddha Trance

  April 12th, 2009 8:19 am

  Darren, this is a fantastic list. It will keep me busy for days! I have barely made it through a third of them, reading each one in depth.

  I can already feel all the benefits from the 31DBBB challenge. Feeling more focused, getting ideas, making decisions. It’s all really great!

• Bruce Dillahunty

  April 12th, 2009 8:20 am

  I’ve struggled to get past the “decent size blog” point. Traffic very, very slowly grows, and ad revenue pays the hosting but…

  Anyway, thanks for all these links… there are some really good ideas in here. The entire 31 days was exciting to me, but I haven’t really “gotten into it” until this one.

  Thanks!

  Bruce

• Liz Strauss

  April 12th, 2009 8:27 am

  Darren,
  This list turned out so fabulous! I’m delighted to be here with so many of my friends. I’m keeping this one — it’s a classic — and marking for my clients and a presentation that I’m doing at SOBCon09.

  Thank you for letting me be a part. Addicted to this whole series.

• Honza

  April 12th, 2009 8:33 am

  I’ve read through most of the resources, and I must say that Maki, Rand and Skellie are my favourites. This post has given me a lot of theory necessary for better blogging. My blog is soon going to change, because I found out that there is so much to optimise.

  Concerning the use of images: the Creative Commons license was the idea that is making the Internet truly free. I love it!

• Peter Konz

  April 12th, 2009 8:35 am

  Darren,
  This was very helpful. I heard much of the same theme from different perspectives. Very helpful for a newbie, such as myself.

• Alison Kerr, Earthonaut

  April 12th, 2009 9:17 am

  Darren, wow, you are giving us so much meat! It’s hard to keep up with this homework. I’m trying. Can we have an easy day for Easter Sunday, please, please, please? I’m still working on the Day 5 assignment, and Day 1 keeps cropping back up in my mind. It’s good, but I could use a little help.

  I’m looking at changing my blog byline and I posted a couple of alternatives. I’d be exceedingly grateful to have some new visitors give me their opinion. My loyal and trusty readers already know my blog and will stick around anyway. It’s new people I need to make sense to.

  I’m willing to reciprocate with some feedback for your blog if you visit me. Just:
  1. Visit my blog
  2. Try to get an idea what my blog is about from the main page.
  3. Visit this post and let me know what you think.

  Thanks in advance for being a kind and helpful person :-)

• jeremiah

  April 12th, 2009 9:31 am

  Thanks for showing us another good example of day 2’s lesson: Write a List Post. :P

• Laura Simmons

  April 12th, 2009 9:57 am

  Just wanted to say thanks for creating this course for us. Sometimes just knowing where to start is a big problem.

  It’s the old information overload and a good deal of the info out there is old and vague.

  Hope we will have some hands on your blog lessons. Like how to use the all in one seo plug in or how to create a google map, I don’t know what is most useful for what types of blogs.

• Bumbles

  April 12th, 2009 10:39 am

  What I thought would be some very dry reading that hurt my eyes and brain turned into a very stirring afternoon of ideas. I enjoyed Liz & Maki’s sites the most – the way they write worked best for me. I took lots of notes and am excited to put all these new ideas on our blog some day soon. And will never forget that comments are a great, and long lasting, form of promotion and relationship building.

• Sudeep

  April 12th, 2009 10:48 am

  Thanks Darren ,
  Hey Gr8 collection of articles .It is really helpful for me to start my new blog comning soon …

• Anne Maybus

  April 12th, 2009 10:55 am

  Wow. This will keep us busy!

• Andi

  April 12th, 2009 11:01 am

  Lots of homework for the weekend! Some of these guys I read, but some are new to me, so I really appreciate the share! Lots of stuff to read this weekend!

• Networking Clues

  April 12th, 2009 11:50 am

  I liked the posts -something useful from all of them. Again the List post was mentioned. Thanks for pointing us to these great blogs.

• Amanda Steinberg

  April 12th, 2009 11:58 am

  I have the “Why Don’t Bloggers Understand Email Marketing?” handled. That was a major confidence booster.

• Linda M

  April 12th, 2009 12:08 pm

  I’ve read through 6 articles so far, and I have already made some changes – took off AdSense for now, changed how I list comments – LOTS of great stuff! One article said “Be controversial,” so my post today took on Martha Stewart and her segment on the Today Sow from Thursday, which got all the marblers in the world (literally – from around the world on the marbling digest in Yahoo) seriously PO’d at her. She treated a centuries-old art form with numerous misinformation.So check it out, ping me, do whatever!

  http://marbledmusings.blogspot.com

• Jarlin

  April 12th, 2009 12:17 pm

  Thanks Darren, will read one by one.

  -Jarlin Paul

  http://www.jarlinpaul.com/

• Lee Ka Hoong

  April 12th, 2009 12:30 pm

  Thanks Darren for the great collection! I personally like “How To Write Great Blog Content – The Pillar Article” from Yaro, great points indeed! :)

  Regards,
  Lee

• Catherine

  April 12th, 2009 12:48 pm

  Darren, what jewel of a post. Good to bookmark. Good to go.

• Duane Johnson

  April 12th, 2009 12:50 pm

  I’m a new blogger and I’ve enjoyed reading sites like this. The frustrating part is that I read a lot about “you should do X, Y, & Z when you have 100,000 daily hits”, how do you get that many daily hits? I’m not ready much that targets the new blogger to growing a site to have 100K or more daily hits.

  The tips in this article are great reads though. Thanks.

• desiree fawn

  April 12th, 2009 12:57 pm

  These are really great articles — I’m working my way through them all.
  Thanks for compiling them, Darren.

• The Scrub

  April 12th, 2009 1:04 pm

  Thanks for the reading list Darren. I read them all and have them bookmarked.

• PlanningQueen

  April 12th, 2009 1:22 pm

  I only had a quick 5 minutes to spare this afternoon and so read only one from Liz Strauss. It has had a significant impact. Will bookmark and get to the others after school holidays! Thanks for putting together such a great resource.

• Robin

  April 12th, 2009 1:48 pm

  These days I would add “green” blogs to the over saturated market.

• Destination Infinity

  April 12th, 2009 2:34 pm

  It is one of the list that I have been looking forward to, so thanks to you Darren. I have already been reading your previous articles on such topics, and now I know what else to read!

  Destination Infinity

• Nik

  April 12th, 2009 2:41 pm

  Dear Darren, what an inspiring selection!

  Combing the entire blogosphere for content and writing of this quality could take months if someone’s just starting out.

  The wealth of information on this list of people & articles alone makes joining the 31DBBB a solid step ahead my online development program.

  Thank you very much for so generously sharing!

• Pallab

  April 12th, 2009 3:04 pm

  Brillian post. This is definitely worth bookmarking.

• Pam

  April 12th, 2009 3:20 pm

  I understand now that writing a blog is as much about reading blogs as well. i`ve made an effort to comment on blogs when I visit them but I always reply to comments left by others on my blog especially new people. i`m just not sure how to get their email address to reply to them personally.

• Paul Dickinson

  April 12th, 2009 4:31 pm

  This is an amazing list, I’ve subscribed to all of the writers by RSS. Skellie in particular is great!

• Claus D Jensen

  April 12th, 2009 4:58 pm

  Once again a post where I learned a lot!

  Thank you. :-D

  Greetings,
  Claus D Jensen

• jan

  April 12th, 2009 5:02 pm

  Oh boy, I’m not yet done reading this list.

  From my reading so far, I have found the following as stand outs:

  1. Maki – Rethinking Blog Comments: Much More Than Just A Quick Way to Get Web Traffic. I am sold on his long term take on the benefits of blog commenting and the likelihood of effecting future possibilities through building network and collaboration.

  2. Maki – You’re Not Just a Writer, You’re the Editor-in-Chief. Very solid advice. For web authors to chart where the blog is going. And not just to get lost on the daily routines of maintaining a blog. Executive planning – very forward-looking take on blogging. Brilliant.

  3. Chris Garret – all articles you’ve cited. What sticks in my mind is the value of building authority. And not to be overly fascinated with search traffic to weather the storm of a fickle market.

  4. All of Skellie’s post – What can I say, I love her even before you’ve recommended her.

  5. Liz Strauss – Again, the 3 posts. My first to comment on her blog. She sounds like a good friend who knows lots of stuff and very generous at that.

  *sighs* I’m still reading the rest. Lovely read. I think I’m in dire need of more neurons – preferably billions of them – to accommodate all these precious knowledge. lol

• The Lifehack Post

  April 12th, 2009 5:29 pm

  Nice portfolio Darren. I’ve read them all :-) Thanks for your reading task in Day 6. Helpful!

• Hning

  April 12th, 2009 5:33 pm

  Sorry.. Just wanna know, is there a fixed schedule (time) for 31DBBB? Day 6, came not as usual, too early.

  It could be better if you set a fixed time. For example, lets say – everyday at 5pm.

• P Shankar

  April 12th, 2009 5:45 pm

  Good collection of nice articles, I did read about 10 of them and marked this page. Will come back later to read the remaining articles.

• Gina

  April 12th, 2009 6:00 pm

  Aloha Darren!

  Mahalo once again for such incredible info.

  I started pasting and copying notes in my googledocs for the things I want to remember to DO. I also got deeper and deeper into many of the articles by clicking on more links….note to self: add more links!

  I learned so much and will return often to this list as I continue to grow as different articles will be more important in the future.

  This was a very intense assignment for me and I am exhausted with a information overload but happily so :)

  Aloha~
  Gina
  @starlightlife (twitter)
  http://www.lunchwithouted.wordpress.com

• Nathalie Hamidi

  April 12th, 2009 7:14 pm

  Great articles, but I found myself disagreeing with a few of the tips inside. I think they would be a bad strategy on my part (in my particular case, for my own blog).

  Anyway, I think it’s important to keep my unique point of view and be true to myself: so I will follow what I think is good advice, and discard the rest.

• Nicolas Prudhon

  April 12th, 2009 7:19 pm

  Wow, Darren, there’s so much information in there, that I have to put a filter in my mind and start to implement, if not it will be wasted knowledge!

• Mike CJ

  April 12th, 2009 7:43 pm

  That was hard work! When I saw the task yesterday, I thought it would be quick and easy – especially as I’d already read many of the posts. But it’s taken me several hours as I made sure I checked each to see if any actions should come out of them.

  Result – I have a full page of notes and to do’s, so I’m getting on with those before today’s task arrives.

  Note to Hning – Darren’s in Aus, I’m in Europe and most readers are in the US – 5PM where?

• Beverley

  April 12th, 2009 7:45 pm

  Thanks for the the list of successfull bloggers, a great way to learn, I can wait to digest it all

• cb

  April 12th, 2009 8:20 pm

  A great resource! I have to say I have read through some of the article and flicked through others but it has generated not only some great ideas and perspectives but also some new sites that I hadn’t found before.
  One of the most interesting parts of the exercise was about being exposed to some very different styles of blog.
  I’ve bookmarked this post to come back to and am sure I will over and over. For information that I personally found useful and interesting, I’d have to go for Skellie’s articles. But I haven’t read all of those on offer extensively yet.

• Arshad

  April 12th, 2009 8:22 pm

  i recommend putting a delicious link here so that everyone could bookmark without fail.this is very cool .

• Susan

  April 12th, 2009 8:55 pm

  A good teacher delivers in building blocks and you did it Darren.
  This is the one that has helped me make the most changes and absorb the other material better.
  Who did I resonate with? Actually it was Rand Fiskin of SEOmoz’ entry that brought me the greatest gifts if I can put it like that. He found me feedburner.com But Skelliwag also shaped my thinking and come to think of it so did Liz. Strauss….

• Danimal

  April 12th, 2009 11:28 pm

  Having just decided to start a blog two days prior to learning of your 31DBBB project, I cannot express my gratitude in basically “holding my hand” throughout this challenging task of creating a relevant and meaningful blog.

  I actually did make it through all 27 tips and wrote them down in my 31DBBB notebook. Keep up the great work, Darren. I now know what Stephen Covey meant when he referenced win / win situations. I win. You win. Everyone wins when information is shared generously. Thanks again!

  Dan

• ITrush

  April 12th, 2009 11:29 pm

  This is awesome.. these information will surely help us grow our blog. Thanks Darren.

• Chris Somers

  April 12th, 2009 11:39 pm

  Wow ! What a great list ! I resonated with something that was said with each of the 9 top bloggers ! So much amazing info packed into those lists.

  I took my experience on the task and did the following blog post:

  http://activerain.com/blogsview/1030437/Have-you-read-some-of-these-top-Bloggers

• Make Money Online

  April 13th, 2009 12:27 am

  Those are some awesome resources. Did not read all but loved 50 Ways to Take Your Blog to the Next Level.

• أطياف مصر

  April 13th, 2009 1:02 am

  I think that’s useful but there’s some words may need to explain at those posts… thanks again

• personal trainer austin tx

  April 13th, 2009 1:03 am

  That is one hell of a comprehensive list of links. I am on it

• Brigitte

  April 13th, 2009 1:11 am

  The most helpful for me was “How to Find Advertisers for your Website”. Seems I’ve got some design work to do. Luckily, I have a day to replace my template and get all the optimization code I have added back in place…which usually takes a day to do. Thanks for all the great tips. I bookmarked this post so I can return to it often.

• Janet_Gourmet Traveller 88

  April 13th, 2009 2:05 am

  Thanks Darren, I am sure I will benefit from these links. Time to read them now.

• Dana

  April 13th, 2009 2:06 am

  An amazing list! I’ve bookmarked, and will use time and again!
  Thank you, Darren, for all the work you’ve put into the challenge.

• SiSi

  April 13th, 2009 5:29 am

  Great tips, Darren, I looked at some of them and was able to learn something today, so thank you:)

• Kate Foy

  April 13th, 2009 6:14 am

  Great tips here. My own choice since I’m short for time right now was Chris Brogan’s ‘50 Ways …’ list. I like Chris’ comments and style in general on the web and felt his would resonate best for me. Sure enough.
  This task gave me some great 360 degree hints to revise my thinking and practice on blogging.

  And of course when I get some time, I’ll read a few of the others. Perhaps bookmarking on Delicious and reading one of these each week over a period of time would be a not bad thing at all. It might also share the wisdom around a bit more.

• Fred

  April 13th, 2009 6:30 am

  Great resource Darren – thank you for the pace and intensity of the training – I was wondering if 31DBBB would be happy camp & we get served 31 days of boot-camp, I love it.

  Thank you for delivering on the promise & thanks again for your generosity.

• Maddie Grant

  April 13th, 2009 6:34 am

  Unlike everyone else I was not so enamored with this task. I can see what the purpose was, but it seemed like just an exercise to get traffic to all these blogs.

  I wish you’d separated them into subject matter (that way, for example, I could have skipped all the monetizing ones which don’t interest me) and maybe just picked one post from each blogger.

  Having said that, I did think two of the posts were outstanding though – Liz Strauss on why people don’t comment and the one about 43 web design mistakes.

  Next!

• Jason

  April 13th, 2009 8:27 am

  I can’t believe how many great bloggers are out there. I just started blogging as part of my internship with a startup called Future Delivery. They are developing a blog ranking site. They have some interesting bloggers and video interviews with the actual people, which I think is pretty cool It’s the next best thing to actually meeting people

• JustinSMV

  April 13th, 2009 9:07 am

  Howdy Darren.

  Great compilation you got going here, will definitely try to give each of these links a read, thanks for putting this together.

• Liz

  April 13th, 2009 10:17 am

  Since I am new to all this blogging stuff, I feel a lot of the information is over my head BUT I tried to read at least one article from each blogger’s posts.
  And YES, I actually did learn some stuff. Learning something new is still “something” even if it is something small.
  One quote I read (not on this lesson) a few days ago that I really love is: “If you always do what you’ve always done, You’ll always get what you’ve always got”.

• helmy

  April 13th, 2009 10:20 am

  Hi Darren,

  You have a great list. All of them are “must read articles” for all the bloggers. I like how Seth’s get traffic at the top of your list. However, we can be great blogger too if we do the things on those articles.

• stephanerd

  April 13th, 2009 11:07 am

  Lord, I really hate leaving these types of comments, but I just wanted to say thank you for turning me on to so many other blogs. Not only did I learn some new and helpful blogging tactics, but I’ve added a couple new blogs to my Google Reader!

• Soulpowr

  April 13th, 2009 11:34 am

  I read: Seth Godin from Seths Blog – How to Get Traffic to Your Blog
  and
  Skellie from Skelliewag – A Complete Guide to Finding and Using Incredible Flickr Images also How to Start or Start Over Building Your Personal Brand

  From these I learned that the content has to be tight, that there’s a wealth of images on Flickr that can be used (relevant and good to break up a long post) and the importance of personal branding. I don’t know how I feel about that label, but I do know that the more you interact, the more you write, the more you comment is a reflection on you/your brand.

• Kate Foy

  April 13th, 2009 12:25 pm

  Day 6 and Chris Brogan’s ‘50′ list resulted in an inquiry to my readers about what works on my site. After all, the reader knows best, yes?

  Here’s the post: ‘Hello Dear Reader’ http://katefoy.com/?p=1061

• Christie

  April 13th, 2009 1:18 pm

  What a fantastic group of posts! I am definitely keeping this in my list of bookmarks to read again and again. Thanks :)

• elizof

  April 13th, 2009 2:31 pm

  This is truly a gift and I am a little ticked that I did not respond yesterday because of the stalkdaily virus scare. I learned valuable tips from the links you provided from all the bloggers and plan to bookmark them for future reference. I did particularly enjoy Seth’s “first,Ten” (i’m a subscriber), Liz’s “Ten Reasons…,” Chris B’s “40 Ways…,” and Skellie’s”…Personal Branding.”
  Honestly, ALL the bloggers listed gave me great food for thought and I will go back and re-read every single one of the posts above.
  Okay, a lightbulb moment here Darren, each assignment triggers an idea for a blog.
  Thank you!

• Alex Stewart

  April 13th, 2009 2:49 pm

  Solid resource. Thank you once again for your great work!

• Mary H.

  April 13th, 2009 3:00 pm

  Thanks for the resources, I’m going to spend tomorrow afternoon checking them out.

  Do you have any good tips for those of us dealing with a not-so-websavvy crowd?

  I’m pretty sure many of my readers don’t know what digg, twitter, or stumbleupon are. One reader asked me the other day what a twitter was, after hearing Diane Rehm talking about tweets on NPR.

  Is there good info anywhere about how to cater to the not so web savvy crowd?

  cheers,

  Mary H.
  http://stalecheerios.com/blog

• Robyn

  April 13th, 2009 6:17 pm

  HI Darren

  The Heading I was drawn to was

  “40 ways to deliver killer blog content.”by Chris

  blogging to me is all about improving communication skills.
  The other Heading I enjoyed was
  “7 great ways to connect with other bloggers, while you’re out reading other blogs” by Liz

  Good stuff

• Ten

  April 13th, 2009 8:35 pm

  Wow… I had to read a lot but I have a lot of things to do.

  Great list, thanks Darren

• Jean

  April 13th, 2009 8:45 pm

  Thanks Darren. I appreciate you linking to good bloggers other than yourself .. you are definitely showing us the way to do things.

• gabybali

  April 13th, 2009 10:13 pm

  Thank you,Darren! I’ve read all Seth’s post links and one from Daniel Scocco. I hope my blog would be amazing as those Top Bloggers’ soon!

• Kern

  April 13th, 2009 11:13 pm

  Just wanted you to know that on day six, of 31, my blog traffic has already doubled, and google Adsense is performing best yet to date. Plus, comments are coming in for the first time!
  http://WWW.AllThingsAboutPhotography.blogspot.com
  You all rock!

• kosmo @ The Casual Observer

  April 13th, 2009 11:16 pm

  Wow. Nice collection of links. I’m read a bunch already and I’ll have to catch up on the rest later.

  Very good series so far. I look forward to the rest.

  The Casual Observer
  http://www.observingcasually.com/

• Bruce > The Hockey Writers

  April 13th, 2009 11:33 pm

  Terrific,

  I’ve read a few of these but many are new. This is certainly a list that any blogger old or new can benefit from. I’m going to write a short post about it on one of my other blogs.

  Simply a perfect place for any blogger to get all of the best info.

  ps. I am thoroughly enjoying the workshop. I was worried that it was going to be dumbed down a bit and geared for entry level bloggers but as a seasoned blogger I am finding it very informative and helpful !! you should be commended (you are being commended – Thanks)

• Darran

  April 13th, 2009 11:49 pm

  I managed to read through all the articles and I have chosen Liz post on 10 reason readers don’t leave comments as the post which I resonate most with. I have also written a blog post on it – just like every day of the blog challenge. I will be looking to use her advice to get more readers to leave comments.

  http://limetouch.com/archives/learning-from-successful-bloggers/

• Mannie

  April 13th, 2009 11:53 pm

  WOW! Such a great collection of helpful links! I’ve read just a few & plan to come back to read more of them soon!

  ♥Mannie
  MannieMandibleNews.blogspot.com

• BenSpark

  April 14th, 2009 12:06 am

  With the holiday I’ve only been able to read the 1st nine, this is some great stuff to take in. Lots of advice. Feel my head going to explode.

• Miguel Wickert

  April 14th, 2009 12:54 am

  Neat collection, so far… Seth’s are legit. :) I mean, how can anyone beat the “you can’t market to the masses, they’re not masses, no names, you must find 10 persons who are willing to participate. Start with 10, build trust, they trust you and believe in your message, product or whatever, they are listening. You can’t market to those who aren’t participating. This is the truth, he’s telling it like it is. :)

  -Mig

• Jason@internetmarketing

  April 14th, 2009 2:48 am

  The selection of bloggers are really great. I am familiar with most of them and I know they are the most successful blogs on the net. Will get to this listing right away. This was very helpful.
  thanks

• Brook Lenox

  April 14th, 2009 4:08 am

  I really like the “Rethinking Blog Comments” by Maki. I’m going to read through that one a few times.

• bantingboy

  April 14th, 2009 6:19 am

  good tutorial. I wonder if i can follow all that tips. But i will give my best try to see the difference.

• Kelly Walsh

  April 14th, 2009 6:46 am

  I can hardly believe how much rich information is in this one set of links! I’ve been combing through this stuff for days and feel like it’s quadrupled my understanding of quality, effective blogging. Just awesome stuff. I know I’ll be referring back to this list repeatedly for months, probably years.

  - K. Walsh (www.emergingedtech.com)

• Daryl Urig

  April 14th, 2009 11:26 am

  Wow, such a wealth of info, I had to go through every page and a lot of links, but could not stop. Even watched 2 Yaro videos.

  Thanks so much. This is a must for any newbee blogger like myself

• Robby G

  April 14th, 2009 2:13 pm

  Nice list. Definitely bookmarkable and I’ll need to look and read and implement the advice more during the summer when I have more time.

• ExcitedByLife

  April 14th, 2009 6:35 pm

  I know a lot of people don’t have time so I did a quick summary of the 27 articles in point form. All 27 articles are worth reading anyway as I did miss a lot of important points in my summary.

  Summary
  http://www.excitedbylife.com/better-blog-challenge/guide-to-blogging/

  Biggest Things I Took Away
  - Build a brand, you are building a brand with everything you do online (even comments on other peoples blogs).
  - be consistent and focused on your brand and topic in all your posts
  - have foundation,cornerstone articles/ebook/training course/how to etc. (your brand again!) around which everything is built
  - use large creative commons images, they look better than paid for stock photos
  - be the expert or be unique in your niche and give, give give.

• Tim

  April 14th, 2009 8:23 pm

  Apart from Godin – superfluous.

  One thing I notice is it’s very formulaic.

  “10 ways to do this”
  “209 ways to do that”
  “47898 ways to get X to do Y”

  Nothing stands out
  Nothing is a purple cow….

• iCan't Internet

  April 14th, 2009 9:33 pm

  Quite some homework you gave us this time Darren, but it surely is a list to go through. Very valuable, a keeper!

• dev

  April 14th, 2009 10:06 pm

  Great list of tips and tutorial to learn and really need time to read all.

• Patti

  April 14th, 2009 11:16 pm

  What I’ve learned from this lesson is that I have the attention span of a gnat and with all these links, I’m overwhelmed and under impressed. It was too much. All too much.

  The other thing I learned was that if you do finally get someone to your blog, you should NOT send them away. If they have to click the back button, especially if the LINKED page has links and then that page has links and then clicky clickied right into infinity, YOU HAVE LOST THEM.

  Always, ALWAYS, open your links in a new window or tab. This means your links have a Target=_blank and is somewhere in your blog formatting page. This is very, Very, VERY useful. Well, it is useful if you want to keep your readers.

• HostChart.net

  April 15th, 2009 1:01 am

  I am glad I read this one as some of these tips are new to me! Thanks.

• Patricia C

  April 15th, 2009 1:16 am

  My life is just one catastrophe after another. My website, blog, and email are all gone. Status says “locked.” I fear that means someone hacked my site (through my blog?!) and that caused my entire site as listed above to get shutdown. I’ve sent a panicked support ticket and a DM through Twitter (my web host’s owner is on Twitter). She’s very much on top of things so I an hopeful that this won’t last too long. Only, it’s 2 hours earlier there than here, (11 here, 9 there) IIRC, so she may not be at her machine yet. Or looking at panicked support screams.

  *sigh*

  Patricia

• Miguel Wickert

  April 15th, 2009 5:20 am

  Again, a good collection of links. Hands down, my favorite from this list was none other than Skellie. She is on an entirely different level. :) haha, I enjoyed reading her posts most. All around, there’s plenty to digest and worth your time. I actually read some of these posts before.

  Bravo, bravo!

  -Mig

• Kris

  April 15th, 2009 8:40 am

  Thanks for the resources

• Amy

  April 15th, 2009 9:21 am

  This is great stuff Darren. Each day I’ve put at least one tip to work. For example, I just added the ShareThis widget to my blog. Thanks again for all the great info.

• Amelia Burton - Health and Fitness

  April 15th, 2009 12:17 pm

  Ok guys I’m freaking out!!!!!!

  There is SOOOOO much to learn and I feel a bit lost. I’ve been twittering, stumbling, and Digging yet in the last 3 days I’ve had 8 visits from twitter, none from stumble and Digg yet 700 from google. Google takes no effort (except for a good title) and the others are so time consuming.

  Am I missing something here?

  I am just not seeing the benefits of twitter, stumble and Digg. Am I doing something wrong or is google always going to win? Should I keep trying?

  Amelia

• Tim Jones

  April 15th, 2009 11:25 pm

  Wow! Some amazing resources, here. Thanks for reaching out to your network to help us all improve our blogs.

• Kaye

  April 15th, 2009 11:29 pm

  What a great list of resources! I’ve printed them all out to read while waiting at the doctor’s office. These were all new to me except Skellie’s article on using Flickr. That one I’d already read three times, have bookmarked, and appreciated so much for helping me with photos for my site. Can’t wait to read the rest of the articles! :)

• Kristin

  April 16th, 2009 1:00 am

  I’ve read a few of these, and will be reading more as time allows. I’ve already put a few tips into action, and one I modified. I agree that seeing a blog full of 0 comments makes me (as a reader) think they don’t get much traffic, but at the same time, I don’t want to completely disable comments.

  So, I closed them for older posts, and am keeping them open on the last month’s or so, and that’s it. Time will tell if this has any effect.

  http://mymeanbean.com/Blog

• bettina

  April 16th, 2009 1:18 am

  I liked the comment from Rand Fiskin about hosting the blog on your own website not another site, if you can

• Bibokz

  April 16th, 2009 7:58 pm

  How to Get Traffic to Your Blog is the most hottest topic on my blog… never give a doubt.

• I am a US Blogger

  April 16th, 2009 9:59 pm

  thanx for this comprehensive list! I gonna read a few today and a few later :)

• Blogging Basics And Money Making Tips

  April 16th, 2009 11:49 pm

  Thanks Darren for putting up this great list of post. I read all of them and they are fantastic. I specially liked the one on “How to Send a Personal Email”

  Cheers
  Krish
  http://www.bloggertalkz.com

• Wayne Sharer

  April 18th, 2009 12:09 am

  Thanks for creating this great list of references. I wish I had been smart enough to know how to find this stuff when I started blogging. Keep up the good work. Everyone needs traffic to their blog, and there is lots out there if you know where to look.

• JD

  April 18th, 2009 5:45 am

  This may have been the best post so far in the 31 day chanllenge. Since I new to blogging I am sitll trying to get lots of content up on my blog. I am also working on my writing skills and found many of the links here to be helpful. Thanks again!

• Tshombe

  April 19th, 2009 9:29 am

  This is great stuff, Darren. Thank you!

  I know I will find myself returning to this page time and again to review and absorb and experiment with these bloggers’ advice and best practices.

  I was previously unfamiliar with Skellie of Skelliewag.org, and I’m grateful to have discovered her via this assignment. I like her insights and fresh perspectives on blogging, and I’m looking forward to following her over time.

• kathi

  April 20th, 2009 3:55 pm

  What an excellent collection of links! I have bookmarked most of them for future and permanent reference.

  The ones that are most relevant to me immediately:

  Skellie’s “How to Start or Start Over Building Your Personal Brand” since I am currently working on a redesign to go along with a slightly changed focus, name and tagline that came about from the elevator pitch exercise on Day 1.

  Liz Strauss’s “10 Reasons Readers Don’t Leave Comments” because it’s helping me work on making my posts and blog more inviting to commenting, and also helping me to not obsess about it because there are also reasons that people don’t comment that are completely outside my control.

• Conrad

  April 21st, 2009 1:52 am

  It is just me or does Seth’s blog have a lot of contradictions in it? Is he trying to say that it depends on your blog? Am I being blond?

• whitney

  April 21st, 2009 1:53 am

  I follow Chris Brogan on twitter and find his advice spot on -love this bit from ‘27 ways to bring blog to next leve’ –

  7.If you are attempting to do real business via your blog, look for ways to convert readers into customers

  Not sure HOW to do that but it is THE goal of my blog.

  also he mentions – quit the “echo chamber” which is good advice. Experts don’t parrot they give new ideas.
  Whitney
  Twitter: wald12

• whitney

  April 21st, 2009 2:20 am

  thanks Kathi – I had missed Liz Strauss’s “10 Reasons Readers Don’t Leave Comments” blog post and so went back to read it. Though it made me feel a little better (all the reasons why there are no comments) – it made me think how I also don’t post to people’s blogs – I think I will have to get more involved in blog comments and see if it makes a difference. – also I need to make sure you don’t have to sign in to comment (I won’t bother to sign in why should I expect others to?)
  Wd
  twitter: wald12

• marina k. villatoro

  April 23rd, 2009 3:23 am

  this is one of the best lists ever!!! to be honest with you, i wanted to read it so thoroughly, that i’m totally behind with the rest of the posting, which i’m running to do now:) however, i’ll be going back and back and back to all the posts you recommended and your blog!!!!!!!
  thanks for this great opportunity to participate in this challenge. i might be slow, but i want to make sure i’m doing it right!!!!!!
  The Travel Expert(a) – Living and Traveling Central America

• maggie madison

  April 27th, 2009 11:05 am

  I am overwhelmed (in a good way) at the amount of information you’ve put together in one place.
  I just finished reading each post, clicking on their links, taking and copious notes. Whew! I think I will go meditate now ; )

• Heathen Mom

  May 4th, 2009 6:43 am

  I am a tad behind on my 31DBBB, but I will get caught up, lol! Thanks for the links. A lot of good information was found on those pages.

• Ronnica

  May 9th, 2009 5:04 am

  This task has taken me FOREVER, basically becaue I’m implementing many of the helpful hints I’m reading!

• Fahad

  May 9th, 2009 5:08 am

  Thanks Darren,
  There are some cool tips on these blogs.

• Chloe Alice Wilson

  May 20th, 2009 3:29 am

  Wow that was quite a list. I printed off all the posts and carried them around with me for a couple of weeks, reading them when I got the chance. I particularly liked the Flickr Images guide from Skelliewag as I had not come across anything similar and it covered everything I needed to know. I’ve been adding Flickr images to each of my posts since.

• ED hardy clothing

  June 30th, 2009 7:58 pm

  So much good advice! I’m more than a little awestruck. I agree with many others… Darren, this is a great thing you’ve put together.

• Slym

  July 1st, 2009 9:05 pm

  Making money via blogs is really an art, those people know it, make huge amounts easily while others make fool of themeselves.
  Sometime I really feel curious, how much do these big names on blogosphere earn… dont mix my curosity with jealousy, but I really want to know and learn this art of making money.

• links of london

  July 4th, 2009 4:45 pm

  This is a post I’m going to be coming back to a few times for reference as I keep working on my blog. thank you, sir

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