Written on September 12th, 2008 at 06:09 am by Darren Rowse

How Do You Define ‘Great Content’?

Reader Questions 99 comments

Blogging advice articles all seems to include the matra - “create great content”. The theory goes that if you create great content people will come to your blog, link to it, pass it on to friends, bookmark it and your blog will grow.
OK - we’ve heard the ‘write great content’ thing over and over […]

Written on August 22nd, 2008 at 12:08 am by Darren Rowse

Is Writing Great Content Enough to Build a Successful Blog?

Featured Posts, Miscellaneous Blog Tips 115 comments

At times you could be forgiven for thinking it is - if you read a lot of blogs on ‘how to blog’ that is.

One of the first thing that most of us who write about blogging advise those starting out is to work on writing useful and unique content.

Certainly at the core of most great […]

Written on August 19th, 2008 at 05:08 am by Darren Rowse

The Why and How on Repeating Content on Your Blog

Writing Content 40 comments

Many bloggers come to a point in their blogging after they’ve been at it for a sustained period of time where they need to make a decision about repeating content and posting on topics they’ve already covered. Here’s a recent question from a reader who wished to remain anonymous:
“I would like to get your opinion […]

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 […]