Archive for Reader Questions
Written on May 15th, 2008 at 12:05 am by Darren Rowse
How to Respond to Individual Requests for Help From Blog Readers
Today Lisa sent in this question which I thought might make an interesting post topic:
“I would love if you’d do a post on how you handle emails from people who ask for one on one help.
As my site and blog grows, I continue to get more and more emails for one on one assistance. I […]
Written on May 11th, 2008 at 06:05 pm by Darren Rowse
How do you Stay Motivated as a Blogger?
Here’s another question from webspear for some discussion:
“How do you keep yourself motivated, when your blog is not attracting much traffic.”
Staying motivated is a massive issue for bloggers. Without it a blog really suffers.
How do you keep yourself motivated? Do you have systems or practices that help you? I hope this discussion will be […]
Written on May 11th, 2008 at 05:05 am by Darren Rowse
Should you add Keywords to the Name Field when you Leave Comments on a Blog?
This weekend is a weekend for discussion here at ProBlogger and I’m posting some questions submitted by readers via Twitter.
jophllips asks:
“should you add keywords to the name field when you leave comments”
So another way to put it - should you leave your name, blog name or some other keywords in the ‘name’ URL when you […]
Written on May 10th, 2008 at 03:05 pm by Darren Rowse
Is Syndicating Other People’s Content on Your Blog OK?
This weekend I’d like to throw open a couple of discussion starters for the ProBlogger community. The questions come from some of my Twitter followers.
flabuless asks the following question to you the ProBlogger community:
“Is syndicating content is kosher or not…ie running someone elses content through rss into ones own blog?”
This is a particularly important question […]
Written on May 5th, 2008 at 09:05 am by Darren Rowse
What Do You Most Want to Learn About Blogging? [POLL]
I get asked a lot of questions about blogging but every now and again I like to run a poll to help me prioritize your needs. So this week’s ProBlogger poll is all about refining and ordering your needs.
I’ve taken the 9 most common topics that I’m asked about and have listed them in a […]
Written on April 30th, 2008 at 07:04 am by Darren Rowse
What Topic is Your Blog? [POLL RESULTS]
Last month the ProBlogger Poll asked readers to tell us what their blog’s topic is. The results are in and it’s a fairly even spread across 11 categories. There were 3043 responses that categorized themselves as follows:
I was actually quite surprised by the evenness of topics covered. There is probably a skew towards ‘internet’ as […]
Written on April 29th, 2008 at 08:04 pm by Darren Rowse
What is the Biggest Source of Traffic to Your Blog?
It’s time for another ProBlogger Poll.
What is the Biggest Source of Traffic to Your Blog?
Is it search engines? If so which one? Is it RSS subscribers and loyal readers? Is it Social Media sites (and which one is it)? Do other blogs and sites send most? Or is it some other source of traffic?
If you […]
Written on April 26th, 2008 at 05:04 pm by Darren Rowse
How Many Blogs Do You Write On? How Many Posts Per Day?
@SeanBannister asks “how many blogs do you write for and how many blog posts a day you make?”
These days I only write actively on two blogs - ProBlogger and Digital Photography School. At one point I was writing each week on around 25 blogs - but a lot of them were pretty much just watching […]
Written on April 6th, 2008 at 01:04 am by Darren Rowse
What is the Biggest Mistake That You’ve Made as a Blogger?
It’s time for a reader discussion/open thread and today’s question is:
What is the Biggest Mistake That You’ve Made as a Blogger?
What in your time as a blogger do you look back on with regret, wish you’d not done or wish you’d done differently?
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