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Written on August 4th, 2009 at 06:08 am by Darren Rowse
What people are saying about the 31 Days to Build a Better Blog Workbook
Since launching 31 Days to Build a Better Blog Workbook there have been many reviews written by other bloggers of the resource. I’ve not really linked up to too many of them as I’m naturally a little shy about promoting my own work – but today was challenged by another blogger to step out of [...]
Written on July 28th, 2009 at 12:07 am by Darren Rowse
How to Get In Tune with Your Readers Needs [and Produce Compelling Content]
Compelling – “having a powerful and irresistible effect; requiring acute admiration, attention, or respect”
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Compelling content is a cornerstone of all great blogs. But what is it? How do you write it? Why do some blogs have it and others don’t?
Over the next week at ProBlogger I’ll be exploring a number of important principles [...]
Written on July 15th, 2009 at 12:07 am by Darren Rowse
6 Reasons Your Blog Traffic Might Be Declining [And What to Do About It]
Over the last few days I’ve read a few comments here on Problogger from bloggers who are feeling low because they’ve noticed a plateau or even a decrease in the traffic coming to their blog.
While we all want to see our traffic rise the reality is that every blog has days, weeks and even months [...]
Written on July 2nd, 2009 at 12:07 am by Darren Rowse
8 First Step SEO Tips for Bloggers
“What are the first steps to optimizing my blog for searches?” – question submitted by @monedays using the #pbquestions hashtag on Twitter.
Much has been written on the topic of search engine optimization for bloggers – but let me give you a few basic first steps:
1. Content is King
The quality of the posts you write is [...]
Written on May 28th, 2009 at 10:05 pm by Darren Rowse
Get Your Own Copy of the 31 Days to Build a Better Blog WorkBook
Join over 14,000 other bloggers and Give your Blog a Kick Start with this 31 Day Challenge.
Regular readers of ProBlogger are familiar with the 31 Days to Build a Better Blog project that we ran here recently.
The concept was simple: bloggers set aside 31 days to be intentional about improving their blogs.
Each day for 31 [...]
Written on May 23rd, 2009 at 12:05 am by Darren Rowse
15 Ways to Rework Your Next Blog Post Title
This post is task #32 (a bonus one) in the 31 Days to Build a Better Blog challenge.
Your task today is to rework the title of the next post that you write
OK – so you need to have a post written before you can do this one but assuming you have a post ready [...]
Written on May 20th, 2009 at 12:05 am by Darren Rowse
11 Striking Findings From an Eye Tracking Study
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If you’ve got a spare 10 minutes today check out Eyetrack III who have published some great findings in their latest eye tracking studies of news and multimedia content sites (found via Direct Creative Blog).
There’s loads of juicy goodness in the full article but here are 11 of the main points that grabbed [...]
Written on May 12th, 2009 at 12:05 am by Darren Rowse
Start Your Own Blog Network or Community with Blogs.mu
If you’ve ever dreamed of running your own blog network but have been put off by the idea of setting it up and managing it you you’re not alone. As someone who has co-founded blog networks I understand the challenges.
It is for that reason that I’m really excited about a brand new service that has [...]
Written on May 9th, 2009 at 12:05 am by Darren Rowse
Get 2 Weeks Access to ‘Become a Blogger’ for $1 [Exclusive to ProBlogger Readers]
If you’re looking for some more training in building a blog after our 31 Day challenge I’ve got a special offer for you in this post.
Since finishing 31DBBB yesterday I’ve had a number of participants in the project email me to ask what other training that they can do to keep improving their blogs.
The realization [...]
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