Written on June 27th, 2008 at 12:06 pm by Darren Rowse

Why Being a Better Writer Affects the Performance of your Blog

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Amrit Hallan from Content Blog writes today about how improving your writing can improve the performance of your blog - Image by The Trial.
Why are writers banned and persecuted in undemocratic countries? Because the written word is stronger than the entire governments and the ruthless forces they wield upon their masses. Effective writing can awaken […]

Written on June 21st, 2008 at 01:06 pm by Darren Rowse

The Power of Getting Personal on Your Niche Blog

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This time last weekend I was sitting in a delivery suite in a Melbourne hospital waiting for the arrival of my second son Henri. It would be another 12 hours til he was actually born but after he’d come along and we’d had a little recovery time I managed to get online and post that […]

Written on June 20th, 2008 at 06:06 am by Darren Rowse

Don’t Let Emotion Be MIA In Your Content

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Too many times, bloggers focus on their content without stopping to think about how they’re presenting it. Today Dave Hughes takes a look at creating memorable content by injecting Emotion into it.
The trick is to know how to construct an effective bloggerie (or blog post). Luckily, this doesn’t involve deals with the devil, mystic VooDoo […]

Written on June 20th, 2008 at 12:06 am by Darren Rowse

Great Content… Bad Titles - How to Let Your Blog Go #4

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One problem that I regularly saw in the days that I took on blog consulting work was bloggers who spent hours and hours slaving over the writing of quality posts only to take 5 seconds to slap a very ordinary title on them.

While poor titles won’t have as much of an immediate detrimental impact as […]

Written on June 19th, 2008 at 06:06 am by Darren Rowse

How Blogging made me a Better Writer

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Karen Andrews is an award winning short story writer coming up to the second year anniversary of her blog www.miscmum.com. Her first book, a children’s picture book called Surprise!, will be released in Australia in October. Further details can be found at www.miscpress.com.au
I recently spoke at a writers’ festival about the potential confluence of my […]

Written on June 18th, 2008 at 12:06 am by Darren Rowse

Getting Off Topic - How to Let Your Blog Go #2

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One way that I see some bloggers ‘letting their blog go‘ is to become distracted and move off topic more and more. When I asked readers why they unsubscribed from a blog’s RSS feed they told me that the forth highest reason was when blogs change focus or go off topic.

There’s nothing wrong with a […]

Written on June 17th, 2008 at 12:06 am by Darren Rowse

Lack of Posting - How to Let Your Blog Go #1

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Perhaps the fastest way to let your blog go is to stop posting to it. It can happen for many reasons whether it be your life getting busy, suffering from a bout of bloggers block or becoming distracted by another project.

Most bloggers go through one or all of these issues at one point or another […]

Written on June 11th, 2008 at 12:06 am by Darren Rowse

What is the Ideal Post Frequency for a Blog?

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In our current reader poll I’m asking readers to tell us how many posts they made on their main blog over the month of May.

It’s only been 12 hours since I posted the poll so it’s early days - however so far category with the most responses so far is 1-10 posts (currently with 30% […]

Written on June 4th, 2008 at 06:06 am by Darren Rowse

A ‘Quick’ Tip on Landing an Interview for Your Blog

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Over the last month since launching the ProBlogger book I’ve done more interviews with other bloggers and sites than I’ve ever done before. It’s been a lot of fun but it’s also taught me a lot about how to approach people for interviews on your blog.
Perhaps the best piece of advice that I […]