Archive for: September, 2009
Written on September 30th, 2009 at 12:09 am by Darren Rowse
Listening – Principles of Successful Blogging #1
Last week I shared a set of slides from a presentation I recently gave which outlines a variety of lessons that I’ve learned as a blogger over the last 7 years. Over the coming months I intend to expand upon many of the points in that presentation – starting today with ‘Listening’.
When I began blogging [...]
Written on September 29th, 2009 at 12:09 am by Darren Rowse
Books – How to Expand your Blog #2
See the full sized version of this video at YouTube – Expand Your Blog By Adding a Book.
A couple of weeks back I introduced a brainstorming exercise that gets bloggers to think about how to expand their blog. I followed that post up with an exploration of adding a forum to a blog as one [...]
Written on September 28th, 2009 at 12:09 am by Darren Rowse
Top 10 Posts on ProBlogger Q3 2009
Over the last three months on ProBlogger it’s been a pretty busy time – here are the most popular posts – judged by mixture of factors including traffic and comments.
9 Things to Do To Make Sure Your Next Blog Post is Read by More than Your Mom
8 First Step SEO Tips for Bloggers
Forums – How [...]
Written on September 27th, 2009 at 12:09 am by Darren Rowse
Blogging Tips in 140 Characters or Less
A couple of days back I tweeted this question:
“Question: what’s your #1 blog tip in 140 characters or less? GO!’”
Over the next hour or two a lot of great responses came in – so I thought I’d post a link to them today because I think in the midst of them is a lot of [...]
Written on September 26th, 2009 at 12:09 am by Darren Rowse
How to Create Reader Profiles/Personas to Inspire and Inform Your Blogging
One of the techniques that I’ve employed in my blogging over the last 6 months behind the scenes is to create Reader Profiles (or Personas).
The technique is simply – open up a word document and begin to describe a type of reader that you’re either attempting to write for or who is already reading your [...]
Written on September 25th, 2009 at 02:09 am by Darren Rowse
Don’t Be a Greedy Blogger
This is another guest post from Robby G at Shite I Like.com where he gives expert dating advice for both men and women, amongst other advice.
I’ve only recently realized the benefits of good Karma. Greed and blogging doesn’t go well together at all. Right off the bat I wanted to say that if you’re thinking [...]
Written on September 24th, 2009 at 11:09 am by Darren Rowse
ProBlogger Birthday Sale – For 24 Hours Only Get 50% off the 31DBBB Workbook
Update: This sale is now over – thanks everyone for participating. The ebook is still available at $19.95, an affordable price considering it’s 31 days of content about improving your blog!
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I just realized that yesterday was ProBlogger’s 5th birthday (I imported a lot of previously written posts onto the ProBlogger.net domain on 23 September 2004 [...]
Written on September 24th, 2009 at 01:09 am by Darren Rowse
Confessions of a ProBlogger – Principles of Successful Blogging
Yesterday I spoke at the MarketingNow conference here in Melbourne. I shared my story of blogging and then explore 25 or so lessons that I’d learned as a blogger in the 7 years since I started.
Following is the slide deck from the presentation. It might not make a lot of sense without the commentary (the [...]
Written on September 23rd, 2009 at 12:09 am by Darren Rowse
Leo Babauta from Zen Habits Shares a Popular Post Case Study
This week I’m featuring a short series of interviews with successful bloggers looking at a popular post on their blog and why they think it went viral. Today Leo Babauta from Zen Habits has agreed to dissect the popularity of one of his site’s most popular posts.
1. What is the post on your blog that [...]
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