Written on February 13th, 2009 at 12:02 am by Darren Rowse
5 Universal Writing Rules
In this post Isaac Sweeney shares some rules of writing that I think many of us as bloggers will benefit from. Isaac teaches at the School of Writing, Rhetoric, and Technical Communication at James Madison University (Harrisonburg, VA) and is a published author. He blogs at Ways With Words.
Whether it’s blogging, a novel, a newspaper [...]
Written on February 10th, 2009 at 12:02 am by Darren Rowse
How to Effectively Educate Your Blog Readers
In this post John from Ace Online Schools shares some tips for writing educational blog content.
When the titans of blogging write about building a successful blog, they always emphasize the importance of insanely useful content. One of the best ways to be useful is to educate your readers. If you can give your readers knowledge [...]
Written on February 3rd, 2009 at 12:02 am by Darren Rowse
7 Ways to Turn a Blog Post Upside Down and Get More Comments
In the early days of a new blog it can be frustrating to put a lot of time and energy into the writing of posts only to find that it seems as though no one is listening. While you feel you’ve said something worthy of some discussion the comments section of your post resembles a [...]
Written on January 21st, 2009 at 07:01 am by Darren Rowse
21 Ways to Write Posts that Are Guaranteed to Grow Your Blog
Write something useful
Write something unique
Write something newsworthy
Write something first
Write something that makes those who read it smarter
Write something controversial
Write something insightful
Write something that taps into a fear people have
Write something that helps people achieve
Write something that elicit a response
Write something that gives a sense of belonging
Write something passionately
Write something that interprets or translates news for [...]
Written on January 17th, 2009 at 12:01 am by Darren Rowse
Sugar, Spice and Vitamins: Three Types of Posts that Will Grow Your Blogs Traffic
What type of content helps to build a popular blog? Today Jurgen Appelo from Noop.nl shares three types of posts to help you grow your blog.
There are many ways to build a popular blog, and each blog author has his own ideas on topics and style of writing. In this post I will tell you [...]
Written on January 14th, 2009 at 12:01 am by Darren Rowse
7 Tips on How to Write Sticky, Memorable Blog Posts
Today copywriter Glenn Murray from http://www.DivineWrite.com shares 7 tips on writing sticky blog posts.
People don’t want to read your post. Chances are, they’ve dedicated the first hour of their morning to staying in touch, and even that’s more than they really have time for. They checked out 4 or 5 posts before they stumbled across [...]
Written on January 13th, 2009 at 08:01 am by Darren Rowse
The Power of Being Specific
Don’t be afraid to be a little Bossy on Your Blog.
Over the weekend I was reminded that sometimes readers just like being told what to do.
In my post How to Launch a Blog and Have Fresh Content for Weeks I was asked by a reader for advice on how much content to write before launching [...]
Written on January 10th, 2009 at 12:01 am by Darren Rowse
How to Launch a Blog and Have Fresh Content for Weeks
This question from James of My Fitness Guide hit my inbox this week:
“My question is, when starting a new blog, do you write a list of all your blog topics first, then plan to write one of them per day, or do you write it all as fast as possible to build your archives, and [...]
Written on January 6th, 2009 at 12:01 am by Darren Rowse
Two Tips on Landing Interviews for Your Blog
Last week on Twitter I had a discussion with a number of followers about landing interviews with other bloggers as a way to generate interesting content for your blog. One of the responses I had via a direct message from a follower was:
“I’m too shy to approach big bloggers for an interview – do you [...]
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