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7 More Techniques to Make Your Blog Sticky | | In 21 Ways to Make Your Blog or Website Sticky I shared a long list of ways to help first time readers ’stick’ to your site and become loyal readers. The comments on that post triggered a number of other ideas for making sticky sites that I want to add. Thanks to everyone who has [...] [..] Read complete article |  | Published 18-Jul-2008 by Darren Rowse in miscellaneous blog tips Read 0 times |
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| You?ll Never Know Unless You Ask | | Growing up I was a very shy little guy. I was so shy that I rarely put myself out there in situations that I was unfamiliar with and never asked other people for favors unless I was either in desperate need or very familiar with the other person.
I remember my mum telling me on numerous [...] [..] Read complete article |  | Published 16-Jul-2008 by Darren Rowse in miscellaneous blog tips Read 1 times |
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| When Should You Add a Newsletter to Your Blog? | | Over on Plurk HCI Blogger asked me - “How do you decide when to start publishing a newsletter?”
I’m sure other bloggers with newsletters will have different opinions to me on this one but if I were starting a new blog today I’d start a newsletter to go with it on the very same day.
I won’t [...] [..] Read complete article |  | Published 15-Jul-2008 by Darren Rowse in miscellaneous blog tips Read 0 times |
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| Is Your Blog a Networking Tool? | | Is Your Blog a Networking Tool? In this post Jennifer Gniadecki from Everyday Networker explores this question.
One of the most frequent questions I’m asked during the Q&A at live speaking engagements is, “So?yeah?.I’ve been thinking about starting a blog?is a blog a networking tool?” I thought it was a question that warranted some serious thought. [...] [..] Read complete article |  | Published 14-Jul-2008 by Darren Rowse in miscellaneous blog tips Read 1 times |
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| Should You Incorporate | | This guest post is part of a two part series written by Kelly Phillips Erb, a tax attorney who blogs for b5media at taxgirl.com. You can find out more about Kelly here. For more information about tax and blogging, check out her handy list of prior articles on the subject including Problogger articles!
“Should I [...] [..] Read complete article |  | Published 06-Jul-2008 by Darren Rowse in miscellaneous blog tips Read 1 times |
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| Taking your Blog to a Community | | Today Community Strategist Connie Bensen shares some tips on taking your blog to a community.
Every blogger wants more readers. I’ve always appreciated how Problogger regularly features ideas for improving your blog & writing techniques. As people happen upon your blog they may decide to join your community of readers. But what if you could take [...] [..] Read complete article |  | Published 05-Jul-2008 by Darren Rowse in miscellaneous blog tips Read 1 times |
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| Achieving ?The Package Deal? | | Today Chrissy Scivicque from OfficeArrow continues her two part series of posts on Blogging Your Way to a New Career.
Previously, I shared my story with you. I told you all about how my blog was purchased by a start-up website called OfficeArrow. I explained ?The Package Deal?, which miraculously changed the direction of my life [...] [..] Read complete article |  | Published 01-Jul-2008 by Darren Rowse in miscellaneous blog tips Read 1 times |
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| Blog Your Way to a New Career | | Today Chrissy Scivicque from OfficeArrow.com shares her story of building up her blog, selling it and then being hired to keep developing it - many bloggers dream.
There?s no denying it: blogging is now considered a legitimate way to launch the career of your dreams. The opportunities for bloggers are numerous and they only continue to [...] [..] Read complete article |  | Published 30-Jun-2008 by Darren Rowse in miscellaneous blog tips Read 3 times |
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| How to Let Your Blog Go - Series Wrap Up | | Over the last two weeks I’ve been running a 10 part series here at ProBlogger on 10 ways that you can let your blog go and what you should do about them. The series is now complete with the following 10 methods to let your blog go.
Lack of Posting
Getting Off Topic
Becoming a Self Centered Blogger
Great [...] [..] Read complete article |  | Published 30-Jun-2008 by Darren Rowse in miscellaneous blog tips Read 1 times |
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| How To Use Product Launch Principles When Selling From Your Blog | | Today Yaro Starak from Entrepreneurs Journey and the Blog Mastermind Mentoring Program has written this post on Selling from your blog.
When I say the words “product launch” do you cringe and think of over-hyped Internet marketing product launches? Or maybe you have never been on the end of a barrage of emails sent out by [...] [..] Read complete article |  | Published 28-Jun-2008 by Darren Rowse in miscellaneous blog tips Read 1 times |
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| Stretching Yourself Too Thinly - How to Let Your Blog Go #10 | | Today I want to share one last way to let your blog go to round off our 10 part series. It’s something that has at times almost brought my own blogging to a grinding halt - taking on too many projects and stretching myself too thinly.
There’s a fine line between:
1. diversifying your blogging interests so [...] [..] Read complete article |  | Published 27-Jun-2008 by Darren Rowse in miscellaneous blog tips Read 1 times |
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| Whose Blog IS This? | | Today Lightening talks us through the process of deciding whether to monetize her blog and how she involved her readers in that process.
I recently went through the process of deciding whether or not to monetize my personal blog Lightening Online. Personal Blogs seem to be a whole different ball game when it comes to [...] [..] Read complete article |  | Published 25-Jun-2008 by Darren Rowse in miscellaneous blog tips Read 2 times |
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| Having a Lack of Original Content on Your Blog - How to Let Your Blog Go #8 | | This week we’ve been looking at a variety of ways that bloggers let their blogs degenerate. Today I want to talk about something that has the potential to kill a blog very quickly - the lack of original content or ideas.
This is a mistake that many bloggers fall into to numerous degrees. At one extreme [...] [..] Read complete article |  | Published 25-Jun-2008 by Darren Rowse in miscellaneous blog tips Read 2 times |
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| Becoming a Negative Blogger - How to Let Your Blog Go #7 | | This week we’re looking at a variety of ways that bloggers let their blogs ’slip’ over time. So far we’ve looked at mainly things that are pretty easy to identify - but today I want to look at something that creeps into the attitude of many bloggers over time without them realizing it.
This ‘poison’ comes [...] [..] Read complete article |  | Published 24-Jun-2008 by Darren Rowse in miscellaneous blog tips Read 0 times |
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| Do You Suffer from Blogger Imposter Syndrome? | | This post on Imposter Syndrome and Bloggers was written by Clarke Scott from Positive Blogger a blog about leveraging Positive Psychology to improve your blog. Image by Steffe
Do you suffer from Impostor Syndrome (or IS)?
Those who suffer Impostor Syndrome are convinced that friends or colleagues grossly overestimate their abilities. The ‘impostor’ feels they don’t deserve [... [..] Read complete article |  | Published 23-Jun-2008 by Darren Rowse in miscellaneous blog tips Read 1 times |
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| Excuse Posts - How to Let Your Blog Go #6 | | Have you ever come across a blog that posts more about why they don’t post than anything else?
I hesitate to write about this method of ‘letting your blog go’ because I know that most bloggers do go through stages when they struggle to post to their blog due to legitimate reasons (sickness, death in family [...] [..] Read complete article |  | Published 23-Jun-2008 by Darren Rowse in miscellaneous blog tips Read 2 times |
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| 6 Lessons a Barista Taught Me About Building Community on a Blog | | This week my guest post at ScribeFire is all about building community and conversation into your blog.
It struck me today that the barista in my local cafe is not only one of the best coffee makers that I know - but is also really great at building community (albeit temporary community) in the cafe that [...] [..] Read complete article |  | Published 23-Jun-2008 by Darren Rowse in miscellaneous blog tips Read 2 times |
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| Understanding PR People for Fun and Profit | | If you?re just getting your first message from a public relations (PR) professional, and you are wondering why you?re being graced with our august presence, this article is for you. And, if you?re among those who receive dozens of seemingly pointless emails from PR people, and you?re wondering what in the blue blazes is going [...] [..] Read complete article |  | Published 21-Jun-2008 by Darren Rowse in miscellaneous blog tips Read 2 times |
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| Letting Comment Spam Take Over Your Blog - How to Let Your Blog Go #5 | | One of the saddest things that I see on blogs is where a blogger completely gives up on staying on top of comment spam.
You dig into their archives searching for information and expertise on their topic only to find their comments section completely riddled with comments that range from annoying self promotion, to links to [...] [..] Read complete article |  | Published 20-Jun-2008 by Darren Rowse in miscellaneous blog tips Read 2 times |
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| Becoming a Self Centered Blogger - How to Let Your Blog Go #3 | | Another way that some bloggers let their blogs go is to let their blog become more about them and their own needs and less about the needs of their readers.
A blog will only ever be successful if it fulfills a need for readers in some way. This need might be for information, tips, inspiration, entertainment, [...] [..] Read complete article |  | Published 18-Jun-2008 by Darren Rowse in miscellaneous blog tips Read 1 times |
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| 5 Influential Books All Bloggers Should Know | | Today Chris Garrett (my co-author from the ProBlogger Book) shares 5 influential books that bloggers will find useful - all of which heavily influenced me (Darren) in my blogging).
Blogging is relatively new in the scheme of things, but even so, there are some conventions and ideas that are already well embedded in blog “culture”.
For example, [...] [..] Read complete article |  | Published 16-Jun-2008 by Darren Rowse in miscellaneous blog tips Read 3 times |
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| 10 Ways to Let Your Blog Go and What to Do About It | | Have you let your blog go? It’s easy enough to do - this series of posts explores 10 ways that bloggers ‘let their blogs go’ and what they can do about it.
The season here in Melbourne is changing (some say it changes every day) and we’re slowly moving into Winter. This is the season [...] [..] Read complete article |  | Published 16-Jun-2008 by Darren Rowse in miscellaneous blog tips Read 3 times |
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| Build Your Network Before You Need It | | Last week I was speaking to a business owner who was in the process of doing some ‘preliminary research’ (his words) into blogging and social media.
The reason that he was thinking about getting into blogging and social networking was that later in the year he was going to be launching a new product with his [...] [..] Read complete article |  | Published 15-Jun-2008 by Darren Rowse in miscellaneous blog tips Read 2 times |
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