Archive for Miscellaneous Blog Tips
Written on October 6th, 2008 at 12:10 am by Darren Rowse
How To Get Free Books To Give Away On Your Blog
One of the most successful ways to bring in new subscribers to your blog is to give away a bonus when people sign up.
In this post Brian Armstrong from StartBreakingFree.com shares some tips on getting free books to give away on your blog.
If you’re like most people, you haven’t had time to write a great […]
Written on October 4th, 2008 at 06:10 am by Darren Rowse
Timothy Ferriss vs Gary Vaynerchuk - Two Approaches to Successful Blogging
One of the things I love about the blogging community is how there’s such a diversity of approaches being tried by successful bloggers in their pursuits.
Take for instance two well known bloggers - Timothy Ferriss and Gary Vaynerchuk. Both take different approaches but both have been very successful in building strong online presence.
Timothy is famous […]
Written on October 3rd, 2008 at 05:10 am by Darren Rowse
How to Choose Categories for Your Blog
“How do I choose categories for my blog?” This is a question I’m asked a lot so when Ali Hale from Alpha Student asked if he could write a post on the topic of choosing categories I was all ears!
Before you start reading this, take a quick look at something very important: your own blog. […]
Written on October 2nd, 2008 at 07:10 am by Darren Rowse
10 Prolific Bloggers Share Tips on Generating Conversation on Blogs
Yesterday I gave 13 tips for having great conversations on a blog. As a followup to that I shot an email to a number of bloggers that have a habit of having active comment sections to ask them how they make their blogs more conversational.
As expected - their responses were rich and full of goodness! […]
Written on October 2nd, 2008 at 12:10 am by Darren Rowse
Blog Tips from Blog World Expo [VIDEO]
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Last week at Blog World Expo I had the opportunity to speak with hundreds of bloggers of all topics, backgrounds and levels of experience. One of the things that quickly became evident as I spoke with these bloggers was that collectively the bloggers who had gathered together in Vegas for those few days […]
Written on October 1st, 2008 at 12:10 am by Darren Rowse
13 Tips on How to Have Great Conversations On Your Blog
Lately I’ve been suggesting 11 points to take a little extra time in the posting process on a blog. We’ve looked at everything from choosing topics, to crafting titles, to calls to action, to promoting your posts.
The point of this series is simply that when you take a little extra time at each of these […]
Written on September 30th, 2008 at 12:09 am by Darren Rowse
13 Gary Vaynerchuk Tips on Building a Profitable Blog
One of the sessions that I enjoyed most at Blog World Expo (actually it was one of the few sessions I actually was able to get to) was a keynote by Gary Vaynerchuck.
While I’m sure he rubs some up the wrong way his tips on building a successful blog (and business) were refreshingly honest, […]
Written on September 29th, 2008 at 10:09 pm by Darren Rowse
How Blogging Changes Lives
I just viewed this great video on how WordPress (and blogging) changed one person’s life. Inspiring stuff from Glenda Watson Hyatt (follow her on Twitter here).
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Written on September 28th, 2008 at 08:09 pm by Darren Rowse
Beyond a Blog - Running a Full Website Using WordPress
Amir Helzer is a business owner, blogger, and webmaster, who runs ICanLocalize, a human and technology-based translation service for small businesses who want to move their product or services into multilingual markets.
Some businesses start blogging to expand their website. Some start with a blog. For the strongest online presence, business websites need both static content […]


