Written on December 23rd, 2008 at 07:12 am by Darren Rowse

What to Do With Your Blog Over the Holidays

Reader Questions 56 comments

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Today I had a good discussion with my Twitter followers about what they were doing with their blogs over the Christmas break later this week.
Most of the answers came down to the strategies that I mention in this old post here at ProBlogger - 7 Things to Do with Your Blog when you […]

Written on December 1st, 2008 at 12:12 am by Darren Rowse

How Much Money Did You Earn from Blogging in October 2008?

Blogging for Dollars, Reader Questions 105 comments

It’s time for another annual poll here at ProBlogger - this one asking readers how much they earned in October 2008? I’ve run this poll a number of times over the last couple of years and the results are always interesting.
Just to qualify it - I’m asking about ALL blogging revenue that you can tie […]

Written on November 4th, 2008 at 07:11 am by Darren Rowse

What Blog Carnivals and Memes do You Participate In?

Blog Promotion 87 comments

A year or two back ‘blog carnivals’ were all the rage as a way to put yourself out there and promote your blog. I know that they still exist and many bloggers still get into them - but I’m wondering how many bloggers use them these days?

For those not familiar with the concept - a […]

Written on October 19th, 2008 at 12:10 am by Darren Rowse

What Name Do You Leave Comments on Blogs Under?

Miscellaneous Blog Tips 244 comments

Here’s a question for discussion this weekend:

Do you use your real name when leaving comments on a blog or do you use ‘keywords’?

I was moderating comments last night here on ProBlogger and noticed almost a 60/40 split between these approaches (with 60% using ‘real’ names).

My personal preference is to leave my real name - that’s […]