CategoryBlog Promotion

Promote a Blog Post [Day 3 – 31DBBB]
8th of April 2009 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

Promote a Blog Post [Day 3 – 31DBBB]

Yesterday’s task in the 31 Days to Build a Better Blog Challenge was to write a ‘list post’ on your blog. Hopefully you’ve had a chance to write that up and publish it by now. Today we’re going to take that post and attempt to drive some readers to it. ...more
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11 Ways to Increase Your Chances of Being Linked to By a Blogger
3rd of April 2009 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

11 Ways to Increase Your Chances of Being Linked to By a Blogger

Today I received what seemed like a fairly generic email from the website Dummies.com. I won’t republish the email (I’m not into that) but it was a fairly generic ‘could you link to our website’ type email asking for a link because they’ve redesigned their site. It even included a ...more
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4 Pretty Pictures to Illustrate Impact of Email Newsletters on Traffic (and Social Bookmarking)
21st of March 2009 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

4 Pretty Pictures to Illustrate Impact of Email Newsletters on Traffic (and Social Bookmarking)

Today I was reading a post on CopyBlogger by Dean Rieck on the importance of using email to grow a blog and it struck me how many bloggers still don’t fully understand the power of email as a way to grow their blogs. I’m not going to rehash all of ...more
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Five Marketing Mistakes to Avoid
8th of March 2009 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

Five Marketing Mistakes to Avoid

With so many blogs revolving around the theme of “make money online”, John Robinson of JWRmedia focuses on ways you can improve your blog through branding, marketing and optimization which will allow you to establish a name for yourself and gain Internet success. Why are there so many unsuccessful websites ...more
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How to Expand Your Blog Audience when Traffic Plateaus
6th of March 2009 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

How to Expand Your Blog Audience when Traffic Plateaus

This post belongs to a series on how to grow your blog once it gets past launch phase. Many bloggers that I chat with tell me that their blogs hit plateaus in terms of traffic after around 6 months of blogging. They launch with enthusiasm, great content, significant time invested ...more
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Blog Carnivals Are Great, Hosting Them is Better
3rd of March 2009 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

Blog Carnivals Are Great, Hosting Them is Better

The Writer blogs about money and writing at The Writer’s Coin. His goal is to become the Michael Lewis of the personal-finance world—always writing something interesting and entertaining. That’s his goal, anyway. Image by meagen You can’t read a post or a blog about “being a better blogger” without some ...more
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How to Grow Your Blog to the Next Level With SEO
27th of February 2009 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

How to Grow Your Blog to the Next Level With SEO

In this series we’re looking at 9 things that bloggers need to work on once their blog moves out of ‘launch phase’ and into maturity. Today I want to focus upon the topic of SEO (Search Engine Optimization). While SEO is something that is well worth while focusing upon right ...more
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Converting First Time Visitors to Loyal Readers
25th of February 2009 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

Converting First Time Visitors to Loyal Readers

This week we’re looking at a variety of tips for helping medium sized and somewhat established blogs to grow to the next level. Yesterday we looked at building upon your strengths and successes – today I want to look at the topic of turning first time readers into loyal ones. ...more
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Build Upon Your Strengths as a Blogger
24th of February 2009 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

Build Upon Your Strengths as a Blogger

This post belongs to the ‘taking your blog to the next level‘ series which looks at tips for bloggers whose blogs have got a start but want to take it up a notch. Read the intro here. Analyze why Readers Come to your Blog….. and then Build on It The ...more
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