Archive for Video Posts
Written on February 22nd, 2008 at 05:02 am by Darren Rowse
4 Social Media Marketing Tips for Bloggers
My good friend Aaron Brazell from Technosailor asked me if I’d record a short video for a presentation he was giving on the topic of Social Media. He asked me to speak about marketing with Social Media sites. I thought I’d publish the video here also.
To summarize - I share 4 simple tips on marketing your blog with social media sites.
Written on February 7th, 2008 at 06:02 am by Darren Rowse
Do You Call Yourself a Blogger?
This might sound like a strange question for someone behind a site called ProBlogger to be asking - but do use the word ‘blogger’ to describe what you do? In this post I want to explore some reasons why I’m using the term less.
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Written on January 11th, 2008 at 08:01 am by Darren Rowse
ProBlogger HQ 2.0
A few weeks back I mentioned in passing that I’d show you my new office in a video. I never quite got around to that - so thought I’d show you today.
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Written on December 19th, 2007 at 12:12 am by Darren Rowse
Sometimes Blogging is Like Watching Grass Grow
As we continue to settle into our new house, a new routine and new surrounds in our suburb I’m being constantly inspired by the lessons I see around me and how they apply to blogging.
In today’s video I want to talk about Grass (Turf that is…)
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Written on December 5th, 2007 at 12:12 am by Darren Rowse
11 Ways to Spring Clean Your Blog
Every few months I set aside a block of time to do a little ’spring cleaning’ of my blog.
In this video I share 10 11 areas that I’ve worked on when spring cleaning my blogs.
They include (I’ve included links for each point where I’ve written recently(ish) on them):
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Written on November 13th, 2007 at 12:11 am by Darren Rowse
Using Images to Take Your Posts to a New Level
With millions of blog posts being added to the web each day - bloggers need to consider more than just the content that they are posting and think about how they can design their posts to grab attention.
One element of this post design is adding images to posts.
Images enhance posts in any number of ways including by giving posts a visual point of interest, grabbing attention (great for making your RSS feed readers stop and read), drawing people’s eye down a post beyond the first few lines, illustrating examples, giving your blog a more personal touch, engaging the emotions and senses of readers and giving posts more authority.
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Written on November 1st, 2007 at 05:11 am by Darren Rowse
It’s Movember - Please Sponsor Me
Today is 1 November which means that like thousands of other Men around the world I’m starting to participate in Movember (see my page on Movember here).
Movember is an event that originally started out of Australia and New Zealand (but which has gone international this year) where men (Mo Bros) grow Mustaches as a way of raising money for charities around Mens Health issues.
Written on October 25th, 2007 at 12:10 am by Darren Rowse
Are You Prepared for a Worst Case Blogging Scenario?
Today I we had to postpone a family holiday due to our little guy being sick and I got thinking about ‘backup plans’ and being prepared for worst case scenarios.
Written on October 16th, 2007 at 12:10 am by Darren Rowse
A Secret to Profitable Blogging - Trending Up Over the Long Haul
Over in my question box reader JoLynn Braley asked me:
“Was there a time when you first started blogging that you became despondent and thought about quitting? If so, what happened that gave you the confidence to keep going?”
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Who is behind Problogger?
My name is Darren Rowse and I’m a full time Blogger making a living from this new and dynamic medium from blogs like Digital Photography School.
Back in 2002 I stumbled upon an article about ‘Blogging’. I didn’t know it at the time but that moment changed my life. Since then I've become a full time blogger and have blogged on over 20 blogs and co-founded the b5media blog network.
Connect with Darren
You can connect with me via social media sites at - Facebook - Linked In - Twitter and StumbleUpon.