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15 Ways to Rework Your Next Blog Post Title
23rd of May 2009 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

15 Ways to Rework Your Next Blog Post Title

This post is task #32 (a bonus one) in the 31 Days to Build a Better Blog challenge. Your task today is to rework the title of the next post that you write OK – so you need to have a post written before you can do this one but ...more
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Be Consistent and Useful – Thoughts on How Often to Publish on Your Blog
15th of May 2009 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

Be Consistent and Useful – Thoughts on How Often to Publish on Your Blog

In the last task of our 31 Days to Build a Better Blog challenge I encouraged bloggers to set up a plan for the next steps in their blog. As an example I set up a hypothetical Blogging Calendar with an activity for each day of the next month. Here ...more
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Write a ‘Review’ Post [Day 28: 31DBBB]
3rd of May 2009 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

Write a ‘Review’ Post [Day 28: 31DBBB]

Today’s task in the 31 Days to Build a Better blog is another writing challenge – I’d like you to write a ‘review post’. I know that many bloggers already write ‘reviews’ on their blogs but you can never have enough practice on this type of post. The web is ...more
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Ask a Question: 10 Reasons Why Questions Work & 12 Tips on How to Ask Them [Day 25: 31DBBB]
30th of April 2009 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

Ask a Question: 10 Reasons Why Questions Work & 12 Tips on How to Ask Them [Day 25: 31DBBB]

Today’s task in the 31 Days to Build a Better Blog Challengeis to ask your readers a question. 10 Reasons to ask Your Readers Questions Asking readers questions is a fantastic way to grow you blog for a number of reasons – here are 10. It gives readers a sense ...more
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Call Your Readers to ACTION [Day 23: 31DBBB]
28th of April 2009 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

Call Your Readers to ACTION [Day 23: 31DBBB]

Today’s task in the 31 Days to Build a Better Blog challenge is another writing oriented one – it’s to write a post that contains some kind of a ‘Call to Action’. While this type of post might not be one that you’ll use all of the time it is ...more
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Breathe Life Into an Old Post [Day 21 – 31DBBB]
26th of April 2009 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

Breathe Life Into an Old Post [Day 21 – 31DBBB]

This post is an excerpt from the 31 Days to Build a Better Blog Workbook Let me be a little presumptuous and blunt – not every post in the archives of your blog is up to scratch. I know this because the statement is true of my own blogs. No ...more
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Write an Opinion Post on Your Blog [Day 19 31DBBB]
24th of April 2009 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

Write an Opinion Post on Your Blog [Day 19 31DBBB]

This post is an excerpt from the 31 Days to Build a Better Blog Workbook Your task today is another writing oriented challenge and is all about expressing an opinion. There are many factors that set great bloggers apart from the rest but one that I’ve seen continually cropping up ...more
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Solve a Problem – 7 Ways to Identify Reader Problems [Day 16 – 31DBBB]
21st of April 2009 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

Solve a Problem – 7 Ways to Identify Reader Problems [Day 16 – 31DBBB]

Today’s task in the 31 Days to build a better blog project is a ‘writing’ oriented task and it is all about solving problems. Your task is to write a post that solves a problem that your readers (or potential readers) have. This is a task that most successful bloggers ...more
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Develop an Editorial Calendar for Your Blog [Day 12 – 31DBBB]
17th of April 2009 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

Develop an Editorial Calendar for Your Blog [Day 12 – 31DBBB]

This post is an excerpt from the 31 Days to Build a Better Blog Workbook Yesterday your task in the 31 Days to Build a Better Blog challenge was to come up with a list of at least 10 post ideas for your blog. The idea was to spend time ...more
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