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Written on April 27th, 2009 at 08:04 pm by Darren Rowse

Pay Special Attention to a Reader [Day 22: 31DBBB]

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Today your task in the 31 Days to Build a Better blog is to Make a Reader Famous.

The Task – Choose one (or more than one) of your current readers and do something out of the blue that acknowledges them, shows them that you see them as valuable and highlights them to your other readers.

Why [...]

Written on April 24th, 2009 at 02:04 am by Darren Rowse

Get Your Free Membership Site Masterplan Report

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Regular readers of ProBlogger will be familiar with Yaro Starak. He’s been a guest blogger here and I’ve linked up to his work many times. Many hundreds (it could be thousands by now actually) of you have also have also been a part of Blog Mastermind (a fantastic course for bloggers) and Become a Blogger [...]

Written on March 29th, 2009 at 12:03 am by Darren Rowse

How Sports Teach me to be a Better Blogger

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This post was written by Seth Waite, an avid blogger who currently writes for Blogging Agenda.
It’s my favorite month of the year as college basketball is in full swing and “March Madness” has got me thinking. I love sports and many of my best experiences have come from what I learn playing them. Realizing the [...]

Written on February 18th, 2009 at 12:02 am by Darren Rowse

If Your Blog Died Today…. What Would It Be Remembered For?

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If your blog were to die today – how would it be remembered?

Here’s a little 2 part exercise that might be fun (although slightly morbid) – and hopefully insightful. You’ll need half an hour or so to do it properly.
1. Write an obituary for your blog 10 years in the future
Project yourself forward 10 years, [...]

Written on February 6th, 2009 at 11:02 am by Darren Rowse

Learning From Free Content… And why it’s Not Always Enough

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Recently Sheryl Schuff contacted me to thank me for referring her to a paid course here on ProBlogger. Her email came a few minutes after I read a comment from another reader saying that they’d ‘never pay for information online’ because ‘everything is available for free already’. I thought that the striking difference between the [...]

Written on January 26th, 2009 at 12:01 am by Darren Rowse

5 Ways Blogging Can Make You a Better Writer

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Today freelance writer Jenny Cromie shares 5 areas in which blogging can help you to improve your writing.
Several years back, a friend of mine started a blog and e-mailed the link to me and a bunch of her other friends. I didn’t *get* her blog or anyone else’s. In fact at the time, I thought [...]

Written on September 22nd, 2008 at 12:09 am by Skellie

10 Innovative Blog Business Models

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Skellie wrote this post. For more advanced blogging tips and strategies, visit her blog, Skelliewag.

When people think about making money with a blog, they tend to think about things like AdSense and affiliate links. You write good content, people come to your blog, people click on links, and you make a bit of money. [...]

Written on July 8th, 2008 at 06:07 am by Darren Rowse

6 Types of Business Entities to Consider for Your Blogging Business

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This guest post is part of a two part series (see part 1 here) written by Kelly Phillips Erb, a tax attorney who blogs for b5media at taxgirl.com. You can find out more about Kelly here. For more information about tax and blogging, check out her handy list of prior articles on the subject [...]

Written on May 29th, 2008 at 05:05 am by Darren Rowse

Web Warrior Tools Launches

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Today I was chatting to Leo from Zen Habits who told me that he’s just launched a new site.

When Leo tells me he’s starting something new I always take notice – he’s got a habit of making things work and has built his blog from 0 to over 50,000 subscribers in under a year, has [...]

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