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Written on January 16th, 2010 at 12:01 am by Darren Rowse
How To Be Funny Without Even Trying
A Guest Post by Jordan Cooper Not A Pro Blog.
Ok, so I lied. You’re going to have to try. But not too hard. I promise you.
You must have heard the saying “laughter is contagious”. Scientists have actually proven this to be true! Just as any other human emotion, we tend to mirror the feelings and [...]
Written on December 6th, 2009 at 01:12 am by Darren Rowse
How To Stop Procrastinating and Start Your Blog
A Guest Post by Jennifer Blanchard of Procrastinating Writers
I read this blog daily. But it wasn’t until last week when I noticed the results of Darren’s poll on “How long have you been blogging?” that I decided it was time to submit a guest post.
According to that poll, more than 4,000 of this blog’s readers [...]
Written on October 28th, 2009 at 04:10 am by Darren Rowse
The Power of Being Personal on Your Blog
Over the last few weeks I’ve been exploring principles that are evident in many successful blogs. So far we’ve looked at Listening, Trust, Usefulness and Community. Today I want to get personal with you and share a story with you.
The Day I Was Jumped On By a Reader
Last week while at Blog World Expo I [...]
Written on October 28th, 2009 at 12:10 am by Darren Rowse
Discover How to Build Profitable Membership Site
As mentioned a few days back – the popular Membership Site Mastermind Course has just reopened its doors to new members for the last time in 2009 – for 3 days only.
In short – Membership sites are where you sign up readers to pay a monthly subscription to receive teaching, tips, community, coaching or some [...]
Written on October 12th, 2009 at 12:10 am by Darren Rowse
How to Go from 1 to 1,000,000 Users (or Readers)
The gang over at Carsonified has released the following video this week by Kevin Rose talking about taking a web app from 1 to 1 million users.
While the video talks more about web applications and not specifically about blogging – some of the principles that Kevin talks about I think are applicable to blogging.
Taking your [...]
Written on October 8th, 2009 at 12:10 am by Darren Rowse
Trust – Principles of Successful Blogging #2
Today I want to continue our series of posts looking at principles of building a successful blog by looking at the topic of Trust.
A Quick Definition of The Type Of ‘Successful’ Blog I’m Writing About
It might be worth stating that the type of blog that I’m talking about in this series is a blog that [...]
Written on August 14th, 2009 at 08:08 am by Darren Rowse
Forget the Fatal Flaws of Blogging
In this guest post Seth Waite from Blogussion shares some thoughts on two fatal flaws that most bloggers struggle with. Image by helgasms.
Blogging has been a passion of mine now for almost two years. Learning the basics took time and developing my skills has been even longer, but I have learned how to overcome most [...]
Written on July 21st, 2009 at 12:07 am by Darren Rowse
22 Why Reasons People Go Online: Which is Your Blog Connecting With?
This afternoon I came across the results of an interesting study called the Ruder Finn Intent Index which I think makes useful reading for bloggers.
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Written on July 17th, 2009 at 12:07 am by Darren Rowse
9 First Step Goals for New Bloggers
My youngest boy will take his first steps any day now. He’s been watching his older brother (and his mum and dad) run around the house for 12 months now and you can just see in his eyes the desire to be up and doing it too. This week he’s started pushing around the block [...]
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