Archive for Writing Content
Written on August 7th, 2008 at 12:08 am by Darren Rowse
Linkbait, Passion, Fluff and Mixing it Up: Reflections on Content Development
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 […]
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