Written on June 28th, 2008 at 09:06 am by Darren Rowse

The Long Tail of Blogging: Why Content is King

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In this post Eric from Photography Bay examines the Long Tail as it applies to blogging.
Content is king. Yawn . . . right? You know this tired phrase is the gospel of blogging, but did you ever wonder why content is really king? You spend your time developing and massaging your posts […]

Written on February 28th, 2008 at 07:02 am by Darren Rowse

9 Tips to Start Blogging Successfully

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This post was written by Sudeep D’Souza
I have been blogging for close to 3 years just for the fun of it without realizing the amount of money you can make. One day while browsing the internet, I stumbled upon problogger.net and suddenly realized the opportunity out there. So I started to blog a bit more […]

Written on February 27th, 2008 at 07:02 am by Darren Rowse

Pros and Cons of Niche Blogging

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In this article Mark Avey discusses the pros and cons of running a niche subject blog, from a point of view of making money.
A little History
I run a number of blogs. Most of them cover pretty niche subjects but one, in particular, is about as niche as you can get - flight simulation. Nothing more, […]

Written on January 15th, 2008 at 09:01 pm by Darren Rowse

Welcome to Readers of the Wall Street Journal

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Welcome to readers of Wall Street Journal who may have found themselves here after today’s article in there.
If this is your first time to ProBlogger.net then let me give you a quick tour of my online home.

Firstly, my name’s Darren Rowse and as the article in the WSJ suggests - I’m a full time blogger. […]

Written on September 4th, 2007 at 06:09 pm by Darren Rowse

Map Your Blog’s Visitors

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Want to see where readers of your blog are geographically?
maps.amung.us might be a tool (toy?) that you find useful. Here’s the ProBlogger reader map (it could take a little time to populate - but it is supposed to be flash based so it won’t need to refresh the page to update)!

Of course it only […]

Written on June 19th, 2007 at 12:06 am by Glen

The Most Important Tip For Better Writing

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Glen Stansberry is the author of the blog LifeDev (feed). Check out LifeDev for other tips about productivity and life improvement.
I’m going to let you in on a little secret: Becoming a better writer is the best thing you can do to improve your blog’s readership and traffic. Not how many buttons you […]

Written on April 23rd, 2007 at 06:04 pm by Darren Rowse

Testing Moblogging

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Today a package that i had been waiting for arrived - a new nokia n95.
Part of the appeal was its web browsing capabilities and wi-fi.
So the logical first move was a post via phone.
I doubt it will be a regular thing though as it is quite tedious.
I will use it for surfing […]

Written on March 31st, 2007 at 07:03 am by Glen

The Importance of Letting A Good Post Wait

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This article was written by Glen Stansberry of LifeDev (feed). Check out LifeDev if you want more ways to be creative and efficient with your writing.

Growing a readership is something that takes hard work and a little luck. Sure, sites like Digg and Reddit can greatly expand your readership overnight, but it’s really […]

Written on March 24th, 2007 at 08:03 am by Glen

Use A Startpage to Blog More Efficiently

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This post was written by Glen Stansberry of LifeDev.net (feed). Check out LifeDev if you’re interesting in adding more productivity and creativity to your blogging and life.
There are tons of startpage options to choose from: Google Homepage, Netvibes, Pageflakes and a slew of others. Personally, I’d recommend either Netvibes or Pageflakes, but to each […]