iPhone Applications for Bloggers
July 19, 2008
I know quite a few ProBlogger readers are enjoying the iPhone App store - so I thought I’d ask the question:
What iPhone Applications are most useful for bloggers?
In addition to that - what iPhone apps would you like to see developed for bloggers?
Orginal post by Darren Rowse
The Wink Wink, Nudge Nudge Method, Or, Blogging Is Flirting
July 19, 2008
Oh blogger, are you a flirt? You should be. Sara Ost from EcoSalon explains more.
Successful blogging takes epic diligence. As a blog grows and brings in new readers, we all want to maintain what we’ve already built. No easy task! that sort of strategy calls for an effective tactic. And that tactic, my friends, is flirting. Though we can shout it anything, My Super Official Blog Maintenance &…
7 More Techniques to produce Your Blog Sticky
July 18, 2008
In 21 Ways to build Your Blog or Website Sticky I shared a faraway list of ways to help first instance 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 contributed their experience - there’s some great conversation in the comments on the previou…
Thesis - a WordPress Theme Design Worth Considering
July 18, 2008
What do you get when you take one great blog designer and match him with a brilliant blogger with superb writing ability and marketing skills?
Not it’s not the start to a poor joke and yes the reply could be many things - but today I’m excited considering one of my favorite blog designers, Chris Pearson has teamed up with one of my favorite bloggers, Brian Clark from CopyBlogger to pu…
21 Ways to assemble Your Blog or Website Sticky
July 17, 2008
Does the traffic coming to your site come in a Yo-Yo like cycle of ups and downs that never really seems to go anywhere in the expanded run?
Yesterday I wrote about a common problem that many bloggers face - spikes of traffic followed by flat-lines and promised a follow up post today on how to break that cycle by building ’sticky’ sites.
My point yesterday was to boost readers not to s…
You’ll Never Know Unless You Ask
July 16, 2008
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 folks for favors unless I was either in desperate need or very familiar with the other person.
I remember my mum telling me on numerous occassions when I was too shy to ask citizens things - ‘you’ll never know unless you ask’.
It s…
Do Your Visitor Numbers Look Like that?
July 16, 2008
“Darren, I have been blogging for 6 months and have tried to build traffic through social media, networking and buying reviews. I have attached a screen capture of the last 2 months of traffic (above) where you will see I have some good days in traffic, but it always flat lines days later.
The spikes all come from social bookmarking campaigns, urls from other blogs or paid reviews - but…
When Should You Add a Newsletter to Your Blog?
July 15, 2008
by on Plurk HCI Blogger asked me - “How do you decide when to start publishing a newsletter?”
I’m certain other bloggers with newsletters will have different opinions to me on that one but whether I were starting a new blog today I’d start a newsletter to go with it on the very same day.
I won’t rehash all of the reasons why a newsletter can improve your blog but…
Twitter Confirms Summize Acquisition
July 15, 2008
Twitter has confirmed rumors from earlier that month that they would be acquiring the Summize search engine.
Last month, Twitter had a very special moment in New York City. We met with another startup, had lunch at the famous Shake Shack, and spent some quality instance together in Union Square. The meeting with that other startup was largely a formality-we had already fallen in love with both …
The Comprehensive Paint-by-numbers Guide to Writing and Publishing Your Ebook
July 15, 2008
Over the last few months I’ve had a rise in the numbers of society asking me about the why and how of writing and publishing Ebooks. So when Mary Jaksch from the blog Goodlife Zen and Ebook From Tragedy to Triumph: Winning Through a Life Crisis offered to write a post on Ebooks I jumped at the offer. Here’s her comprehensive guide on the topic.
When I began writing my Ebook From Traged…