Archive for Miscellaneous Blog Tips
Written on July 2nd, 2009 at 04:07 am by Darren Rowse
Win an Omni Bean Bag Worth $149 in the Next 48 Hours at @ProBloggerDeals
Update: Congratulations to @GemmaWent who has won this competition. Thanks to SumoLounge again for sponsoring this - check out their bean bag chairs here.
Today’s ProBlogger Deal is simply - follow @ProBloggerDeals on Twitter and you’ll automatically go into the running to win the ultimate blogger’s chair - the Omni Bean Bag Chair from SumoLounge.
You’ve [...]
Written on June 30th, 2009 at 07:06 am by Darren Rowse
How to Manage a School/Blog Balance
This post was written by Aditya Mahesh, founder of AMBeat.com, a complete resource for entrepreneurs complete with advice articles, start-up profiles, interviews, news analysis, and more.
Common wisdom suggests that academics are always chief in importance. Students, at least those here in the United States, are told time and time again that extra-curricular activities, whether it [...]
Written on June 29th, 2009 at 12:06 am by Darren Rowse
Better Questions Than “Do I Need a Mentor?” and “How do I get one?”
A Guest post by Josh Hanagarne – World’s Strongest Librarian
In my Problogger post about how to land big interviews when your blog is small, I mentioned that I had a mentor. A lot of commenters asked me about that process and if I could write more about it. Send your thanks to Darren if you [...]
Written on June 24th, 2009 at 06:06 am by Darren Rowse
Aweber Introduces More Sophisticated Timing Options to Autoresponder Messages
One of the tools that has become central in my own blogging is Aweber. I won’t rehash all of the reasons that I use Aweber but essentially it’s a tool that enables you to allow readers of your blog subscribe to it via email. I use it mainly as a tool to deliver weekly newsletters [...]
Written on June 18th, 2009 at 09:06 am by Darren Rowse
One Blog or Many? [VIDEO]
Here’s a video answer to a question I was asked on Twitter a few days back on whether it’s good to have more than one blog or just to concentrate on one.
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Written on June 12th, 2009 at 12:06 am by Darren Rowse
Run a Town Hall Meeting on Your Blog and Increase Reader Engagement
Here’s a quick tip that I think a lot of bloggers could learn from - run a ‘town hall’ meeting on your blog.
The inspiration from this comes from Digg who are periodically run a ‘Town Hall’ webcast for their members.
The idea is simple - Kevin Rose and Jay Adelson from Digg periodically do a webcast [...]
Written on June 10th, 2009 at 12:06 am by Darren Rowse
13 Things I’ve Learned about Successful Blogging [My 5000th Post on ProBlogger]
This is my 5000th post here on ProBlogger.net. To commemorate the moment I thought I’d share some of the lessons that I’ve learned in building my blogs.
I was recently asked as the last question (with 60 seconds to go) in a radio interview how I’d built my blogs into successful blogs. What follows is what [...]
Written on June 9th, 2009 at 12:06 am by Darren Rowse
13 Lessons (& Tips) Learned Launching an eBook
It’s been 10 days since I excitedly launched the 31 Days to Build a Better Blog workbook. When it launched I wasn’t quite sure what to expect but I was sure I’d learn a lot by doing it - I was right.
Today I thought I’d share a few of the lessons and tips that I’ve [...]
Written on June 3rd, 2009 at 08:06 am by Darren Rowse
How Listening to a Waiter can Jack your Profits up 33%
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Guest Post by Michael Alex Wasylik from perpetualbeta.com.
A Persuasive Profession
When you think of people who know you to use words to persuade, you might think of salesmen, writers, lawyers, or politicians. Few people realize that good waiters (and of course, waitresses) also know how to use the power of words to influence the [...]
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