I have to admit I have a thing for the problogger if you spent some time on his site you probably would understand and agree. Now before you hit the next button it might be a good idea to read a few lines before you decide to do so you might miss out on some vital information..information from the book..that will benefit any business.
Problogger-Secrets for Blogging Your Way to a Six-Figure Income
Darren Rowse and Chris Garrett
Little snippets and a little narration!
The story of these two gentlemen are classic. Darren started as a hobby blogger, part-time blogger and then professional blogger.
The reality it takes time!
Chris on the other hand A founding father of Performancing.com in one year they took it to #15 on the Technorati Top 100 list.
Please pay attention to this quote in the book, its not just related to blogging it's related to all business.
"Fast forward a few years to today, I now make 100% of my income directly or indirectly from blogging. As well as my blog, chrisg.com and I write for several other blogs as a guest or paid writer, and I do consulting with leads all coming from my blog or past client-referrals." Chris Garrett
Sound familiar-SOI-one door opens another generating multiple streams of income.
As I read the book. I grabbed a highlighter and I read the book two times.
It's still not enough, its a book that is full of resources, full of useful information and its even interesting.
You can easily read it in a day but I assure you will go back and reread and refer to the book frequently.
Here is a quick overview of the book and hey you want all the goodies...buy the book!
What is useful content? Now when I look at this..its human interest just like business..and business blogging
- Entertainment
- Education
- Debate
- News
- Community
Here are five samples of the 20 types of posts
- Link Posts-finding quality posts and linking up to it.
- Case Studies- walk a reader through an example you are writing about
- Comparison-weighing the good and the bad of each choice
- Research-stats, surveys
- Hypothetical- What if?
So how do you encourage comments? Ask questions, interact with comments left, reward comments and highlight them on your blog.
Blog Networks and why you should join them? Relationships and traffic among others (you have to buy the book and read it!)
Why you should not join blog networks? Risk of Losing Control of design, branding and advertising and the legalities and responsibilities this would include keeping certain information confidential.
Should you join a blog network? Yes, Darren Rowse does enjoy his relationships that he builds but still recommends you have your own site and experience being a solo blogger too!
I found this profound!
Never ever have a link request email as your first conversation with a blogger. Get to know them first. Do not be surprised either if a blogger that you think you know well ignores your link requests.
You have a much better chance of success if you do the following:
- Be human
- Be interesting
- Be deserving
Build Community and get more comments! Jakob Neilsen's usability study found that 90 percent of on line community users are lurkers and only 1 percent actively contributing.
How do you gain more comments?
Ask questions, be gracious, be interactive to name a few.
The book is loaded with sites and different concepts but most of all the important questions bloggers ponder. I do give the book thumbs up..reading it reminded me most blogging tips are universal business tips. Tips on service, of sales skills and true marketing not much different than running a business....any business.
One day I hope to meet Problogger and when I do...I'll ask one vital question... Darren Rowse, can I have your autograph? Yeah, I know what a dork!
But hey that's me! Look for a second interview with the problogger coming soon!
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Midori, thanks for sharing. I been meaning to order a copy of Problogger.