Archive for Writing Content
Written on November 5th, 2009 at 01:11 am by Darren Rowse
14 Types of Stories You Can Tell On Your Blog
Yesterday we explored WHY stories can be such a powerful communication tool on your blog.
Today we’ll look at 14 types of stories that you might like to try on your blog.
14 Types of stories can you tell on your blog
Personal Discovery Stories – tell how you discovered a lesson. These stories show your readers how [...]
Written on November 4th, 2009 at 01:11 am by Darren Rowse
Why Stories are an Effective Communication Tool for Your Blog
As I write this it is the first Tuesday morning of a new month and I’m sitting in a local coffee shop going through my ‘start of the month routine‘.
It involves a large lattè (everything else hinges on this) and some delving into my blogs metrics to see how they’ve been performing.
While I do [...]
Written on November 1st, 2009 at 01:11 am by Darren Rowse
How to Write a Blog Post That’s Stickier than Velcro
A Guest Post by Marelisa Fábrega. Image by drmama.
Do you have a really good idea which you want to go viral? Is there a behavior you’re trying to modify in your blog readers, such as encouraging them to save, eat healthy, or start an exercise program? Are you looking for ways to persuade readers to [...]
Written on October 26th, 2009 at 01:10 am by Darren Rowse
How To Get Past The Blank Page By Creating Urgency
In this post Roman from How this Website Makes Money shares some suggestions on how to create urgency to get past bloggers block.
Sunday morning. You have everything ready. Hot coffee on your right side, a crisp bagel on your left, computer on and ready.
You have the whole day to write. All week the post has [...]
Written on October 18th, 2009 at 01:10 am by Darren Rowse
The Holy Grail to Writing Great Content – Rhetoric
A Guest Post by Patrick Riddel from Must Know Investing.
Darren has debunked the myth that great content markets itself. There are countless blogs that produce quality content that don’t get read. Why is that? Because no one knows about them.
He followed up with a post on 9 things you can do so that your next [...]
Written on October 7th, 2009 at 12:10 am by Darren Rowse
3 Principles of Effective Communication
Do you want to learn to blog in a way that goes beyond just conveying information and helps people to take action on what you’ve written?
Last night as I was watching the new Australian version of The Apprentice I saw a very short segment featuring public speaker Brett Rutledge. The winners of a task were [...]
Written on August 15th, 2009 at 12:08 am by Darren Rowse
How to Create Compelling Content by Inspiring Action
Image by Anirudh Koul
As we come to towards to the end of this series on how to create compelling blog content I want to examine a topic that is fairly and squarely inspired by readers of ProBlogger.
When I first brainstormed topics for this series I came up with the previous 7 topics (I’ll listed below). [...]
Written on August 13th, 2009 at 12:08 am by Darren Rowse
How to Write Sharp and Snappy Blog Posts
In this post Dan Kaufman from Bar Zine shares some tips on writing Sharp Snappy Blog Posts.
When you write a story you’re lucky if you can get a reader beyond the first paragraph. This is true in print and it’s even worse online (a recent study by Jacob Neilson at http://tinyurl.com/mubtmr makes for interesting reading). [...]
Written on August 12th, 2009 at 12:08 am by Darren Rowse
Inject Yourself into Your Content – Principle # 7 of Creating Compelling Content
As I look back on the posts that have connected most with my readers it is often posts in which I’ve shared something of my own personal story and experience that seem to draw readers into a deeper engagement.
Sometimes it’s not what you write but who you are and the stories that you tell that [...]
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