Darren Rowse

How to Keep First Time Readers to your Blog – Part II
27th of February 2005 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

How to Keep First Time Readers to your Blog – Part II

You might also like to read part I, part III and Part IV of this series on helping those first time readers to become loyal ongoing visitors to your site before reading on. Here are a few of the things that I’ve tried over the past few years to help ...more
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How to Keep First Time Readers to your Blog – Part I
27th of February 2005 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

How to Keep First Time Readers to your Blog – Part I

This is a 4 part series on how to keep first time readers on your blog (or how to make your blog sticky). This series of posts continues at part II, part III and part IV. Wayne has a good post titled Previous posts still bring visitors which picks up ...more
Blog Promotion
When the blogging stops…
26th of February 2005 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

When the blogging stops…

It looks like a number of my blogging tools are making the most of the weekend to do maintenance. Bloglines hasn’t been accessible for me for a while and Adsense has also been out of action for the last few hours. I’m not sure I’ll make my 25 post target ...more
Blogging Tools and Services
Contextless Problogger Links
26th of February 2005 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

Contextless Problogger Links

– Internal Blogs And Wikis At The BBC – Oscar Producer is blogging the Academy Awards – Podcasting business idea – from NY Times – Podcast Directory: PodCast Marketing – How Effectively Are You Deploying This Definitive Marketing Solution?
Pro Blogging News
$100,000 to Blog on Dukes of Hazzard
26th of February 2005 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

$100,000 to Blog on Dukes of Hazzard

Ok – here’s a dream job for bloggers who love the Dukes of Hazzard who want to get paid ($100,000) for watching (and blogging) about it. Job responsibilities include: — watch The Dukes of Hazzard weeknight on CMT — know the words to The Dukes of Hazzard theme song, Good ...more
Pro Blogging News
Bloggers blend business with stuff they like
26th of February 2005 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

Bloggers blend business with stuff they like

I didn’t spot this article in the Chicago Tribune til today on blogging and advertising. Its titled Bloggers blend business with stuff they like and has a few interesting tidbits and examples of blogs making an income from their work. One blog featured is The Movie Blog.
General
Why the Crocodile Hunter needs a Blog
25th of February 2005 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

Why the Crocodile Hunter needs a Blog

I was just chatting to Paul on Skype when the conversation wandered to Australia (my home) and the Crocodile Hunter, Steve Irwin (as it tends to when I talk to friends from overseas). Paul suggested the Steve should start a blog. Of course this was the only invitation I needed ...more
Case Studies
Bloggeropoly – Blog Matchmaking Agency
25th of February 2005 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

Bloggeropoly – Blog Matchmaking Agency

Paul over at Radian Marketing Group is launching Bloggeropoly – the World’s First Blogger-for-hire Agency. It is pretty much what it sounds like. Paul wants to represent bloggers who are looking for work and help set them up with Networks, Businesses and blogs looking for quality writers. Paul will act ...more
Pro Blogging News
What you can learn about writing Blogs from Infomercials
25th of February 2005 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

What you can learn about writing Blogs from Infomercials

Search Engine Guide has an interesting post on – what you can learn about writing web copy from Infomercials. Whilst I’m not really sure I’d want my blogs to look too much like the infomercials we get here in Australia (they tend to be a laughing stock and very tacky) ...more
Writing Content