Written on August 8th, 2008 at 12:08 am by Darren Rowse

24 Things to do When Stuck for a Topic to Blog About

Featured Posts, Writing Content 85 comments

Stuck for something to write about on your blog? Here are a few suggestions of things that might help get the creative juices flowing.

1. Use Mind Mapping
I’ve previously talked about how Mind Mapping can be used to generate hundreds of ideas for blog posts. It can be used both to come up with fresh […]

Written on August 7th, 2008 at 12:08 am by Darren Rowse

Linkbait, Passion, Fluff and Mixing it Up: Reflections on Content Development

Social Media, Writing Content 34 comments

Today I want to tell you the story of a blogger whose problem that he was too good at getting on the front page of Digg. But first - I want to share a quote from Michael Gray who said something last week that hit the mark for me:

“One way to make sure your linkbait […]

Written on August 2nd, 2008 at 12:08 am by Darren Rowse

GRAB Your Reader’s Attention and HOOK them into your blog

Blog Design, Miscellaneous Blog Tips, Writing Content 46 comments

Do you want to learn how to SNAP readers out of their zombie like surfing and HOOK them into your blog?

If so - read on….

Image by Essjay in NZ

Before I was a blogger I did a lot of public speaking. I did a number of courses in public speaking and used to spend a […]

Written on July 10th, 2008 at 06:07 am by Darren Rowse

Nine Signs of an Effective Blog Post

Writing Content 31 comments

In this post Dustin M. Wax explores what it takes to write an effective blog post. Learn more about Dustin at the conclusion of this post. Image by B Tal.
You sweat blood all night, hunched over your keyboard, typing away at your blog’s next masterpiece. Finally, you click “Publish”, the post flies into the ether, […]

Written on July 9th, 2008 at 06:07 am by Darren Rowse

The Beauty of Imperfection

Writing Content 51 comments

Today Chris Brogan shares with us one of the secrets of his blogging.
I’m not sure what it is about Darren’s blog that makes me confess my blogging secrets. I did it once before when I discussed how I promote my blog using Twitter, and here I am back to give away another of my secrets […]

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

Why Being a Better Writer Affects the Performance of your Blog

Writing Content 41 comments

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

Writing Content 36 comments

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

Writing Content 28 comments

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

Writing Content 54 comments

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 […]