Archive for Video Posts
Written on December 2nd, 2009 at 12:12 am by Darren Rowse
7 Questions to Ask On Your Blog to Get More Reader Engagement
Have you ever been ‘talked at’ instead of had someone ‘talk with’ you in a real life conversation? It doesn’t feel good to have someone talk AT you.
It leaves you feeling like you might as well not have been there at all.
Blogs can be like that and in this post we explore the power of asking questions on your blog and I share 7 types of questions you can ask to increase reader engagement.
Written on November 19th, 2009 at 12:11 am by Darren Rowse
Warning: Watching This Video May Lead to Work! [But It'll Also Improve Your Blog]
What’s your blogging Vice?
Most bloggers that I know have at least one – whether it be compulsively checking blog stats, constantly tweaking template designs, obsessing over plugins and widgets, spending hour after hour ‘networking’ on Twitter, becoming preoccupied with SEO and… even allowing ourselves to become consumed by learning about blogging…. and not doing much of it.
The reality is that as bloggers there are many tasks that compete for our attention. Many of them are important and can bring a lot of life to our blogs but most of them can also become distractions and counter productive to our blogging if we allow them.
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Written on October 27th, 2009 at 12:10 am by Darren Rowse
Yes! A Great Book for Bloggers
Over the last few days I’ve been digging into a great little book called Yes! 50 Scientifically Proven Ways to Be Persuasive.
I’m only halfway through it but of the 25 or so chapters that I’ve read so far I have jotted down 50 or so ideas for my own blogs – both ideas for content, ideas for next time I try a promotion and just general ideas. You see being persuasive is something bloggers of all kinds could do well to be whether it is
- persuading people to subscribe to your blog
- persuading readers to take action on a post you’ve written
- persuading readers to buy a product you have
- persuading readers to buy an affiliate product you’re promoting
- persuading another blog to link up to you
- persuading a reader to pass on your content to their own network
Not everything in the book will apply to every blogger but there’s plenty in this book to draw on as you develop your blog.
Written on September 29th, 2009 at 12:09 am by Darren Rowse
Books – How to Expand your Blog #2
See the full sized version of this video at YouTube – Expand Your Blog By Adding a Book.
A couple of weeks back I introduced a brainstorming exercise that gets bloggers to think about how to expand their blog. I followed that post up with an exploration of adding a forum to a blog as one good way to expand your blog.
Today In this video I continue this exploration of how to expand a blog by looking at adding a book to a blog. In it we look at the example of PostSecret and their new book PostSecret: Confessions on Life, Death and God.
Written on September 22nd, 2009 at 12:09 am by Darren Rowse
How to Promote a Blog with Social Media
Last year I wrote a post exploring how I use Social Media to promote my blogs – the post looked at the idea of creating Home bases and Outposts (a metaphor that I picked up from Chris Brogan).
In this video I extend the idea a little and talk about the importance of not only develping a presence on social media sites but also making connections with and developing a presence on other people’s home bases. You can see the full sized version of this video at How I Use Social Media to Promote My Blogs.
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Written on July 31st, 2009 at 12:07 am by Darren Rowse
How to Use Google’s Wonder Wheel to Find Topics to Write about
Stuck for ideas to write about? Here’s a quick and easy to use tool from Google to help you identify topics within most niches.
View this video at full size to get all the visual details in the video here on Facebook.
PS: a number of people have been asking about how I made this video and what microphone I am using. The mic is a Rode Podcaster USB microphone which I only recently have received. It’s not a small microphone but the quality it has produced is excellent.
The software I used to record the video and screen capture is a Mac tool called ScreenFlow. This is the first time I’ve used it and I there’s a lot more I could have done with it – I’m still learning to use its features.
Written on July 11th, 2009 at 12:07 am by Darren Rowse
Don’t Let your Blog Become Like My Sock Drawer
Got a messy sidebar on your blog? It’s time to clean it up (like I cleaned up my sock drawer today).
Note: You’re more than welcome to share this video and embed it on your blog/site.
Check out the full sized version of this on YouTube, MySpace, Blip.tv and Viddler.
Written on June 23rd, 2009 at 12:06 am by Darren Rowse
How to Optimize Ads on a Blog for Higher Profit [VIDEO]
“What is the best way to utilize ads on a blog and maximise their potential profit?” – Question from @RyanBarr on Twitter.
This video post looks at 5 factors that help to make an ad be more profitable on your blog – it’s based on an older post here on ProBlogger where I presented an equation for AdSense success.
The five factors are:
- Traffic
- Ad Positioning
- Ad Design
- Relevancy (between reader intent, the content and the ads)
- How much are ads paying
While I originally came up with this equation with regards to AdSense it relates to all kinds of advertising on blogs as well as affiliate programs to some degree. The principles are introductory but a good place to start for those just starting with making money from blogs.
Written on June 5th, 2009 at 12:06 am by Darren Rowse
5 Tips to Help You Get a Blogging Job
More and more people are looking to add a second income stream to their lives by landing a blogging job. In this video I share 5 tips for increasing the chances of finding a blogging job.
This video was sponsored by eHow.com – a place for writers to make money, promote their blog, and share their knowledge.
See the full sized video at YouTube.
If you’re looking for a blog job don’t forget to check out the ProBlogger Job Boards mentioned in the video.
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