Written on September 8th, 2005 at 08:09 am by Darren Rowse

Selling Ads Directly to Advertisers

Advertising 5 comments

Chrispian at Web Dev Source has a good, simple tip on how to find private advertisers for your blog. Here’s the crux of it:

‘The bottom line is that people are out there advertising already, find them and get them to spend some of their advertising dollars with you! ‘

It’s a good tip and one that […]

Written on September 8th, 2005 at 02:09 am by Darren Rowse

Tell me a Story

Writing Content 7 comments

Dave Taylor has written an interesting piece today on story telling and blogs that has resonated with me. It’s at “Don’t sell me a product, tell me a story!”:

‘What stuck in my head, however, was that his background gave him a unique ability to tell an interesting story. After all, isn’t the best marketing […]

Written on September 7th, 2005 at 09:09 pm by Darren Rowse

Quotable Seth Godin - From ‘Who’s There?’

Pro Blogging News 5 comments

Here are a few take home quotes from Seth Godin’s “Who’s There?” Free e-book which I read this afternoon (and ask usual with Seth’s writing - enjoyed):

‘People have a choice (4.5 million choices, in fact) and nobody is going to read your blog, link to your blog or quote your blog unless there’s something […]

Written on September 7th, 2005 at 03:09 pm by Darren Rowse

ReveNews Additions

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Revenews has relaunched with a new look and feel. They’ve added a new Premium Member Program as well as a new renowned author - Joel Comm - author of the successful Adsense Secrets e-book (aff link).

Revenews is a daily read for me and with additions like Joel to the team becoming an even more worthwhile […]

Written on September 7th, 2005 at 02:09 pm by Darren Rowse

Adsense and YPN on the Same Blog?

Yahoo Publishing Network, Adsense 14 comments

Speaking of Creative Weblogging - in writing the last post I decided to take a wander through their network - which has been redesigned in the past few months (boy did it need it). It’s scrubbed up ok - but I can’t help but notice that they are running Google Adsense Ads and Yahoo Publishing […]

Written on September 7th, 2005 at 02:09 pm by Darren Rowse

Creative Weblogging launches Creative Reporter System

Blog Networks 6 comments

Creative Weblogging has just launched the Creative Reporter System where they are inviting people to submit posts to their system and will pay them $10 per 1000 page views of their posts. They explain:

‘Creative Reporter is your online reporter desk that allows you to share and contribute news with the audience of Creative Weblogging. In […]

Written on September 7th, 2005 at 01:09 pm by Darren Rowse

Six Figure Blogging - What it is and What its not

enternetusers Site News 5 comments

Just a reminder to those of you who have signed up for the free preview call of six figure blogging that it’s happening in less than 24 hours time.

Andy just told me that there are over 700 people registered for the call! Wow - I’m starting to get nervous now.

If you can’t make the call […]

Written on September 7th, 2005 at 08:09 am by Darren Rowse

“Who’s There?” Free e-book from Seth Godin

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I’m a fan of Seth Godin’s writing and so when he points to a new (and free) e-book on the topic of Blogging - I’m going to download it for a read!

‘Who’s There is not an ebook about how to write better or how to follow the traditional conventions about formatting and building a blog. […]

Written on September 6th, 2005 at 12:09 pm by Darren Rowse

Blog Reinvention

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One of my favorite bloggers, Jennifer Rice from What’s Your Brand Mantra?, is reinventing herself as a blogger after some time away from her blog. She’s decided to take a simpler, more personal approach to her blog and will be breaking some of her rules of blogging:

1. No more blogroll
2. New photos which reveal […]