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Tips on Finding Your Blogging Rhythm
25th of October 2008 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

Tips on Finding Your Blogging Rhythm

Today I had this question from a reader about their struggle with posting daily on their blog: “Darren I am a new blogger and I really want to be posting every day, but I just can’t keep up. I find it takes me so long to put each post together ...more
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When to Publish Blog Posts – Timing Considerations
15th of September 2008 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

When to Publish Blog Posts – Timing Considerations

Over the last few weeks we’ve been looking at important times to pause in the writing and publishing of a post. Each of these stages in the development of a blog post can contribute to whether a post makes it big around the web or not. Today we’re considering the ...more
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How to Polish Posts: Individual Blog Post Design
9th of September 2008 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

How to Polish Posts: Individual Blog Post Design

Much is written about how to ‘design blogs’ (as a whole) but another element of ‘blog design’ that I think is just as important, yet not written about much, is the design of individual blog posts. How blog posts ‘look’ is so important. I’ve seen the power of ‘polishing’ posts ...more
Blog Design
Punctuation, Spelling and Grammar – Quality Control for Bloggers
6th of September 2008 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

Punctuation, Spelling and Grammar – Quality Control for Bloggers

In our series on crafting blog content we’re at stage 7 (of 10) and having chosen our topic, crafted a title, written an engaging opening line, written a meaningful post, added a call to action and added depth – we’re finally ready to hit ‘publish’! Or are we? Image by ...more
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13 Ways to Add New Dimensions to Your Next Post
3rd of September 2008 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

13 Ways to Add New Dimensions to Your Next Post

What do you see when you look at this image? Image by Lord V OK – so it’s two flies right? Yes it is…. but look a little harder. Have you ever used one of those crazy eye cross eye 3D multidimensional pictures? This is one of them. Relax, cross ...more
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Calls to Action – 12 Tips To SNAP Readers Out of Passivity
29th of August 2008 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

Calls to Action – 12 Tips To SNAP Readers Out of Passivity

The vast majority of visitors to your blog are paralyzed by passivity. They never comment, they don’t vote in polls, they won’t subscribe to your feed or newsletters, they won’t buy the affiliate products that you recommend, they won’t email a friend about your blog, they won’t vote for you ...more
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Does Your Next Blog Post Matter?
27th of August 2008 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

Does Your Next Blog Post Matter?

If your next blog post doesn’t matter – don’t publish it until it does. In our series on How to Craft a Blog Post we’ve been talking about ‘points to pause’ while writing a blog post. So far we’ve looked at choosing a topic, titles and opening lines and today ...more
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Show Off Your Title Creation Skills – Rework These Post Headlines
24th of August 2008 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

Show Off Your Title Creation Skills – Rework These Post Headlines

In the last few days we’ve been talking about how to write good blog post titles here at ProBlogger. We’ve talked about the theory of it – so now it’s time to get a little more practical. In the next couple of days I’m going to launch a group writing ...more
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11 Ways to Open a Post and Get Reader Engagement
23rd of August 2008 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

11 Ways to Open a Post and Get Reader Engagement

‘Hi Michael, it’s nice to meet you’ These were the first words my wife spoke to me. Not the most spectacular start to a relationship…. considering my name is Darren. Opening lines matter – particularly when it comes to blogging. If you don’t get them right your posts will go ...more
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