Archive for Featured Posts

Written on July 4th, 2008 at 12:07 am by Darren Rowse

Why I Use Aweber To Deliver My Newsletters

Blogging Tools and Services, Featured Posts 46 comments

Yesterday I announced the re-launch of the ProBlogger Newsletter (there have been 500+ new subscribers added to the list from last time bringing it to a total of around 16,000 - the first newsletter will come out next week) and since doing so I’ve had a number of questions about why I use newsletters, ‘how’ […]

Written on July 1st, 2008 at 12:07 am by Darren Rowse

The Importance of ‘Pause Points’ On Your Blog

Blog Design, Featured Posts, Miscellaneous Blog Tips 41 comments

Over the last week I’ve run some Crazy Egg heat map tracking on two posts on Digital Photography School (both of which got to the front page of Digg and got a lot of traffic) that both highlight to me a very simple method of increasing the number of pages that people view when they […]

Written on June 16th, 2008 at 11:06 pm by Darren Rowse

10 Ways to Let Your Blog Go and What to Do About It

Featured Posts, Miscellaneous Blog Tips 48 comments

Have you let your blog go? It’s easy enough to do - this series of posts explores 10 ways that bloggers ‘let their blogs go’ and what they can do about it.
The season here in Melbourne is changing (some say it changes every day) and we’re slowly moving into Winter. This is the season […]

Written on June 12th, 2008 at 12:06 am by Darren Rowse

How Batch Processing Made Me 10 Times More Productive

Featured Posts, Miscellaneous Blog Tips 159 comments

Today I want to share a technique that has increased my productivity levels incredibly.
image by estherase
“How do you fit so much in?”
This is a question that I’m asked a lot.
Yesterday I kept track of the work that I did. It included:

Researched & Wrote 5 blog posts (2500 words) - Planned a future series - Edited […]

Written on June 4th, 2008 at 12:06 am by Darren Rowse

How I Make Money Blogging - Top Income Streams Update

Blogging for Dollars, Featured Posts 99 comments

Once every 3 months I update my Make Money Blogging page here at ProBlogger with my top income earners for that last quarter. Today I made the update for the last three months (March to May 2008).
My top income earners for the last quarter were:

AdSense (previously #1)
Chitika (previously #2)
Private Ad Sales (previously #4)
Amazon Associates (previously […]

Written on June 2nd, 2008 at 10:06 am by Darren Rowse

Is it Possible to Earn a Full Time Salary as a Part Time Blogger?

Featured Posts, Miscellaneous Blog Tips 79 comments

“Is it possible to earn a full-time salary as a part-time blogger? (eg, if you’re student)”

This question has been voted up quite high in my Q&A sidebar widget so I thought I’d attempt an answer today.

It’s one of those questions with two answers:

Yes…. and…. No

Let’s unpack both (and I’d encourage you to read both as […]

Written on May 28th, 2008 at 12:05 am by Darren Rowse

12 Tools and Techniques for Building Relationships with Other Bloggers

Featured Posts, Miscellaneous Blog Tips 73 comments

Image by Michael Sarver
A recent question asked in the Q&A widget was from a reader asking me to write about:

“How to go about building relationships with other bloggers?”
Building relationships with other bloggers is an important aspect of blogging. I see it as crucial for a number of reasons:

Finding Readers - one of the best ways […]

Written on May 20th, 2008 at 05:05 am by Darren Rowse

12 Traits of Successful Bloggers

Featured Posts, Miscellaneous Blog Tips 109 comments

I was just doing an interview on an Aussie radio station and was asked to name some traits of successful bloggers. My initial reaction was to giggle - because no two successful bloggers are the same - however as I began to answer I realized that there are some common traits among bloggers who gain […]

Written on May 17th, 2008 at 12:05 am by Darren Rowse

Should I Stop Blogging? 20 Questions to Ask Yourself

Featured Posts, Miscellaneous Blog Tips 55 comments

“When Should You Give Up On a Blog?” - question from the Q&A sidebar widget.
While they won’t all apply to every blog - here’s a list of questions to consider when working out whether you should give up on a blog.

What goals do I have for this blog? Are they being met? Am I getting […]

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