Archive for Social Media
Written on May 4th, 2009 at 08:05 pm by Darren Rowse
Develop a Plan to Boost Your Blog’s Profile and Readership Online [Day 29 31DBBB]
Today your task in the 31 Days to Build a Better Blog is one that should help you think a little strategically about where you spend time online building your online profile.
One of the ways that many successful blogs build a readership and profile is by spending significant time and energy building up a presence [...]
Written on April 2nd, 2009 at 07:04 pm by Darren Rowse
The Changing Face of Interlinking Blogging Culture [And the Impact of Twitter]
Today at SMX Sydney Rand Fishkin and I had a pretty cool chat about how Twitter (and other factors) might have changed the landscape of blogging and the way that people link up to one another.
I was going to sit down tonight to write up some reflections on the conversation but Rand beat me to [...]
Written on March 26th, 2009 at 12:03 am by Darren Rowse
84% of People Would Prefer More Blog Readers than Twitter Followers
Over the last 10 days I’ve been running twin polls on two of my blogs - ProBlogger and TwiTip - asking readers whether they’d prefer more Twitter Followers or Blog Readers.
The overall results were fairly clear - 84% of those who responded people would prefer more Blog Readers.
I expected this result but was curious when [...]
Written on March 23rd, 2009 at 12:03 am by Darren Rowse
How to Use Social Media to Land the Job of your Dreams
This interview was conducted by Monica O’Brien (@monicaobrien) from Twenty Set.
As the recession looms on, more and more people are turning to social media and blogs to look for jobs. Jamie Varon (@jamievaron) has generated buzz in the Twitter community with her new website called Twitter Should Hire Me, where she blogs candidly about her [...]
Written on March 21st, 2009 at 12:03 am by Darren Rowse
4 Pretty Pictures to Illustrate Impact of Email Newsletters on Traffic (and Social Bookmarking)
Today I was reading a post on CopyBlogger by Dean Rieck on the importance of using email to grow a blog and it struck me how many bloggers still don’t fully understand the power of email as a way to grow their blogs.
I’m not going to rehash all of the reasons why email marketing is [...]
Written on March 12th, 2009 at 12:03 am by Darren Rowse
Blogging vs Twitter [A few Random Thoughts on the Two Mediums]
On Twitter yesterday Yaro asked me whether I like Twitter more than Blogging.
My reply was of course limited to 140 characters and as a result not overly comprehensive:
“no I like blogging more than Twitter but Twitter is fun and a useful part of the mix of what I do - both have their place”
I thought [...]
Written on February 20th, 2009 at 12:02 am by Darren Rowse
A Secret to Writing Posts that Go Viral on Twitter
There are many reasons that a blog post might get spread widely through ‘ReTweets’ (when one person passes on the tweet of another) but one fairly obvious, yet often overlooked one, has to do with the length of your blog post title.
Yesterday on TwiTip I published a post with a formula for getting ReTweeted on [...]
Written on February 4th, 2009 at 07:02 am by Darren Rowse
Use Niche Social Networking Sites to Gain Readers
Many bloggers attempt to use social networking sites to gain new readers for their blog. In this post Kevin Palmer of Social Media Answers shares some tips on how to do it.
One of the most undervalued places to find readers is a niche social networking site. Right now there are niche sites for just about [...]
Written on January 24th, 2009 at 05:01 am by Darren Rowse
The Day 250,000 People Showed Up At My Blog: Case Study
Wednesday was the biggest day of traffic that I’ve seen to any of my blogs for a very long time (perhaps ever). I mentioned this on twitter yesterday and had a few followers request that I write up how it happened - so here’s a quick recap/timeline on the 24 hours that saw around a [...]
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