Archive for Miscellaneous Blog Tips
Written on October 16th, 2009 at 12:10 am by Darren Rowse
Usefulness – Principles of Successful Blogging #3
Today we continue my series in principles of successful blogging by looking at something that is at the heart of my own philosophy of blogging (and business) – usefulness.
I’ve said it many times on ProBlogger but if your blog is not solving a problem or fulfilling a need or desire among your readers then you’re [...]
Written on October 15th, 2009 at 12:10 am by Darren Rowse
The #1 Reason My Blogging Grew Into a Business
Have you ever had a moment in your life where everything changed?
You might not have known it at the time – but the moment was defining, it changed the course of some area of your life in a way that turned things upside down.
I had one of those course changing moments early in my blogging. [...]
Written on October 12th, 2009 at 09:10 pm by Darren Rowse
Win a Weekend Pass to Blog World Expo Worth $495
Today I’m running two competitions here on ProBlogger – both centre around the Blog World and New Media Expo happening in Las Vegas next week. The first (in this post) gives one lucky blogger an opportunity to get a last minute pass to attend – the other (which I’ll post about in a few hours) [...]
Written on October 10th, 2009 at 01:10 am by Darren Rowse
How To Backup Your WordPress Blog In Three Easy Steps
A guest post on backing up your wordpress blog by Jason Tarasi
Do you want to see your blog on the side of a milk carton? No? Then keep reading because…
It is very likely this will be the most important article you read all year. Of course you can choose to skip this article, but you [...]
Written on October 5th, 2009 at 08:10 pm by Darren Rowse
Free Hour Long Call with Andy Wibbels on Blogs and Social Media
Long term readers of ProBlogger will know of Andy Wibbels – the two of us put together a course a couple of years back called Six Figure Blogging – one of the best learning experiences of my life.
Funnily enough we’d never met until this time last year at Blog World Expo but it felt like [...]
Written on October 3rd, 2009 at 12:10 am by Darren Rowse
Why Blogging is Like The Wizard of Oz and There’s No Place Like Home. A Polemic or Maybe a Manifesto. For all the Red Shoe Bloggers.
A Guest Post by Kelly Diels.
Let’s mash up reality and assume that Dorothy wrote The Wizard of Oz and it is a memoir told through the lens of pharmaceuticals and it is to be published next year.
Dorothy has written a great book: part trippy fantasy, part freudian/jungian/wonky archetypical therapy, part love letter to friendship, and [...]
Written on October 1st, 2009 at 12:10 am by Darren Rowse
Should You Use a Localized Domain Name?
I’m regularly asked about local domain names and whether they are worth using on a blog.
My answer usually revolves around the question of ‘what audience are you trying to reach?‘ Let me explain.
When I first secured my own domain name I chose a .au (Australia) domain without really giving much thought to it. I figured [...]
Written on September 30th, 2009 at 12:09 am by Darren Rowse
Listening – Principles of Successful Blogging #1
Last week I shared a set of slides from a presentation I recently gave which outlines a variety of lessons that I’ve learned as a blogger over the last 7 years. Over the coming months I intend to expand upon many of the points in that presentation – starting today with ‘Listening’.
When I began blogging [...]
Written on September 28th, 2009 at 12:09 am by Darren Rowse
Top 10 Posts on ProBlogger Q3 2009
Over the last three months on ProBlogger it’s been a pretty busy time – here are the most popular posts – judged by mixture of factors including traffic and comments.
9 Things to Do To Make Sure Your Next Blog Post is Read by More than Your Mom
8 First Step SEO Tips for Bloggers
Forums – How [...]
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