January 22, 2005
The Importance of Good Headlines for RSS
Poynter Online has a great post about the importance of having a good headline in your RSS feed. 'But what do I do with headlines like "Dramatic change" (which turned out to be about a change in the government's...
Posted by Darren at 10:51 AM
January 13, 2005
Rhythmic Blogging
There is a good collection of blogging tips over at Leave It Behind's Building a Better Blog with a few tips that I've not seen on too many other similar lists. I like this one: 3. Publish During High...
Posted by Darren at 10:01 AM
December 29, 2004
How Obvious is your Blog's Topic?
Can your readers identify what your blog is about quickly? SEO Scoop has a good basic tip on making the topic of your posts obvious as a method of optimizing your page. I would extend this tip to the...
Posted by Darren at 09:32 AM
December 27, 2004
Copyright and Blogs - 14 Guidelines
Copyright issues are becoming more and more important for bloggers as blogging is a medium where by it is so easy to borrow, steal, copy or duplicate another person's content. I've blogged on numerous occasions about breaches of copyright...
Posted by Darren at 05:57 PM
December 09, 2004
3 Reasons why Content is Still King
By Nick Usborne Back in the late nineties, the phrase ‘Content is King’ was repeated and repeated and repeated by site owners and marketers alike. The belief was that the more content you had, the greater the number of...
Posted by Darren at 11:40 PM
October 15, 2004
Article Swapping
Wayne over at Blog Business World has a good article on Article Swapping as a strategy to increase the content on your blog. If you can ensure the quality of your article swapping partners this is a good strategy...
Posted by Darren at 09:38 AM
October 07, 2004
RSS Syndication Made Simple - Finding Content Made Easy
Steve Rubel (one of my newest favorite reads) has a very useful post on RSS Syndication Made Simple. It is one of the best and easiest to follow, descriptions of how to use RSS to find and read content of...
Posted by Darren at 01:30 PM
October 06, 2004
What Can Lots Of Content Do For Your Blog?
by: Matt Colyer Today there are so many web sites on the web, but so few of them have good content and there are even fewer web sites that have large amounts of content. Why is the web like...
Posted by Darren at 09:13 PM
6 Power Packed Tips For Article Writers
by: Ken Hill 1. Offer an email course, multipart report or a free subscription to your ezine in your resource box. Have your readers come to your site to get your report, course or subscription to your ezine so...
Posted by Darren at 09:10 PM
Top Ten Tips For New Writers
by: Elaine Currie, BA (Hons). Golden Rules For Writers - Things you need to know before you begin. Rules govern everything we do in life; even if those rules are of the unwritten kind we abide by them and...
Posted by Darren at 09:10 PM
Writing Articles
by: William C. Wilson Sr. You say, I can’t write an article, I have no knowledge of writing. Let me tell you yes you can! Why write an article? It can help you build your business! Yes, writing articles...
Posted by Darren at 09:09 PM
Writing Articles for Profit
by: Steve Shaw Most Internet marketers worth their salt know how effective articles can be to generate promotion for their web sites. The major problem for many is simply writing the article. This article shows you the exact steps...
Posted by Darren at 09:08 PM
How to Write Great Headlines
by: Dean Phillips According to experts, just changing the headline of an ad or sales letter has been known to dramatically improve the effectiveness of an ad or sales letter by up to 1700 percent! Yes, headlines are that...
Posted by Darren at 09:08 PM
October 05, 2004
Writing Articles - Inform First, Sell Later
By John M. Hanevy Many people buy things without ever looking at the ingredients. When was the last time you read a detergent bottle for example? Even if you did read it, chances are you didn't understand it. You...
Posted by Darren at 10:32 PM
September 30, 2004
Product and Brand Names are Best Keywords
The Daily Rundown has this interesting piece of analysis about what people are searching for on Google. ' 28% of Google searches are for a "product name", 9% are for a "brand name" and 5% are searches for a "company...
Posted by Darren at 11:22 PM
Writing Web Pages: Get To 'The Meat' Faster
By Nick Usborne Much of my consulting work comprises writing ‘Outside Opinion’ reports on the sites of large companies and organizations. Sometimes I review just a few pages, sometimes fifty or more. I’m just finishing one up now and have...
Posted by Darren at 06:59 PM
Power Headlines for Promotion Success - Writing Titles for your Blog
Power Headlines for Promotion Success Judy Cullins ©2004 All Rights Reserved. The biggest mistake professionals and entrepreneurs make is to announce, rather than promote themselves. Each piece you send or put on your web site should begin with the...
Posted by Darren at 04:02 PM
Writing Tips for Bloggers
Poynter Online is one of the best resources around to help you with your content development. It is actually a tool for those wanting to improve their journalistic skills - but as is often the case - it is easily...
Posted by Darren at 02:08 PM
September 29, 2004
How To Write More Powerful Online Text
By Suzan St Maur Although there are significant differences among the various types of online communication, there all have one critical thing in common - they're read off a screen. There are substantial benefits, too, in that while your message is...
Posted by Darren at 07:36 PM
Choosing the Topic Of Your Blog
By Oleg Lazarenko The first thing you will have to deal building your website has nothing to do with the web design itself, it's me related to content writing but it must be defined and will effect the rest of...
Posted by Darren at 07:31 PM
Your Blog title could be costing you money
Your website title could be costing you moneyBy Joe Duchesne Nothing could be simpler than the title you give to your web pages right? Unfortunately, the vast majority of the websites I visit these days have absolutely terrible titles that...
Posted by Darren at 05:54 PM
Generating High Quanitities of Blog Content - Recruit Writers
This is the Fifth post in a series of tips on how to generate higher quantities of content for your blog. Check out the previous posts at Set Targets, News Sites and Aggregators, Start a New Blog, Break Down Your...
Posted by Darren at 02:02 PM
Generating High Quanitities of Blog Content - Ecto
This is the Fourth post in a series of tips on how to generate higher quantities of content for your blog. Check out the other posts in this series at Check out the previous posts at Set Targets, News Sites...
Posted by Darren at 10:22 AM
Generating High Quanitities of Blog Content - Break Posts Down
This is the third post in a series of tips on how to generate higher quantities of content for your blog. Check out the other posts in this series at Check out the previous posts at Set Targets, News Sites...
Posted by Darren at 12:09 AM
September 28, 2004
Generating High Quanitities of Blog Content - Start a New Blog
This is the third post in a series of tips on how to generate higher quantities of content for your blog. Check out the other posts in this series at Check out the previous posts at Set Targets, News Sites...
Posted by Darren at 11:59 PM
Blogs, like all forms of writing, are an art form
Writing…Blogs…Blogs are on-line journals where people express themselves through writing. Writing…Writing is the process where one puts down words of a language in a format that others can read. This process has not been around very long; to use one...
Posted by Darren at 09:12 PM
Generating High Quanitities of Blog Content - News Sites and Aggregators
This is the third post in a series of tips on how to generate higher quantities of content for your blog. Check out the other posts in this series at Check out the previous posts at Set Targets, News Sites...
Posted by Darren at 02:31 PM
Generating High Quanitities of Blog Content - Set a Target
We've been talking about how one strategy in building blog traffic and income is to work hard on posting reasonable Check out the other posts in this series at Check out the other posts in this series at Check out...
Posted by Darren at 12:52 PM
Blog Tip - Generate a high Quantity of Content
Do you want to generate good traffic on your blog and therefore give yourself a chance at earning an income from it? Quality Content is a good first step - but it is not enough - you need to...
Posted by Darren at 10:42 AM
September 27, 2004
Creating Content: The Easy Way
There is little doubt that quality content has a number of real benefits for your web site, not least increasing levels of repeat visitors, and valuable revenue streams such as advertising and the sale of products or services related to...
Posted by Darren at 05:17 PM
How Many Words Should A Blog Post Contain?
The following article examines the question of 'How many words should a good blog post contain? It has been written by author George Rusky. Have you ever thought of how you start reading a new article? I mean, what do...
Posted by Darren at 02:13 PM
September 24, 2004
Blog Post Formats
Amy at Contentious is writing a series on different types of blog posts which might be of interest to some readers. She's broken blog posts down into 7 formats and is working through each post (only 3 completed so...
Posted by Darren at 11:17 PM
September 23, 2004
Moveable Type - Individual Archives Titles
This week's Blogger Idol topic was one dear to my heart - Blog Tips. Some of the tips there are excellent (its never too late to submit yours). One in particular has been valuable to me as a Moveable...
Posted by Darren at 07:35 PM
Blogging for Change (6) - Fear to Commitment
This is the last installment of a 6 part series on blogging that brings about lasting change. Before reading on you might like to Read the introduction here. Stage 5 - Fear to Commitment Depending upon the gravity of...
Posted by Darren at 07:31 PM
Blogging for Change (5) - Procrastination to Desire
This is the 5th installment of a 6 part series on blogging that brings about lasting change. Before reading on you might like to Read the introduction here. Stage 4 - Procrastination to DesireYou have gotten the attention of...
Posted by Darren at 07:29 PM
Blogging for Change (4) - Scepticism to Conviction
This is the 4th installment of a 6 part series on blogging that brings about lasting change. Before reading on you might like to Read the introduction here. Stage 3 - Scepticism to ConvictionHaving got the attention and peaked...
Posted by Darren at 07:28 PM
Blogging for Change (3) - Indifference to Interest
This is the third part of a 6 part series on blogging that brings about lasting change. Before reading on you might like to read the introduction here. Stage 2 - Indifference to Interest Your witty, controversial, intriguing title...
Posted by Darren at 07:27 PM
Blogging for Change (2) - Rejection to Attention
This is the second part of a 6 part series on blogging that brings about lasting change. Read the introduction here. Stage 1 - Rejection to Attention The first task of the blogger wanting to have a lasting influence...
Posted by Darren at 07:26 PM
Blogging for Change
Why do Bloggers Blog? Is there some underlying thread of motivation that we all share? This is the introduction for a 6 part series on how to blog in a way that brings lasting change. Each blogger writes for...
Posted by Darren at 07:25 PM
How to Write Better Blogs
Dennis A. Mahoney writes a great article entitled How to Write Better that picks up a number of things that he believes bloggers need to be encouraged to do. It focuses mainly on writing. His headings are: - Professional...
Posted by Darren at 07:10 PM
Blog Content Tools
Finding good fresh content for your blog will make it more attractive to your readers. There are a number of great online tools that I have used to come up with up to date content that might be useful...
Posted by Darren at 05:19 PM
The Rhythm Method of Blogging
One of the keys to blogging is frequent posting. This is what distinguishes weblogs from from static websites. The average blogger posts once every 14 days - personally I tend to mainly visit bloggers who update more regularly than...
Posted by Darren at 04:35 PM
Blog Content Tip - Titles are Everything
After slaving away on your latest blog post pause before you hit that 'publish' button and consider your title. What does it convey to your potential reader? Titles can be the difference between having your post read or ignored....
Posted by Darren at 04:33 PM
Writing Blog Content - Make it Scannable
Only 16% of people read web sites word for word. Source Most people read online by scanning the page for individual words or phrases, headings and other visual cues. Studies have shown that reading from a screen is more...
Posted by Darren at 04:29 PM
Writing Blog Content - Keep it Simple
The average person only comprehends 60% of what they read. How much do you comprehend?. To ensure your reader 'gets' what you're saying you need to make it clear by using some of the following techniques. - Use simple...
Posted by Darren at 04:12 PM
Get to the Point
The average person reads 200 words per minute - What's Yours? (The speed reading record is 1347 wpm) In 96 seconds they will read 320 words. So keep things short and to the point. I know this sounds crazy...
Posted by Darren at 04:09 PM
