Written on November 28th, surf Active Apparel website 1cecilia392 zone.at 12:11 am by Darren Rowse
Photoshop Resources - Enhance the Images on Your Blogs
I wasn’t going to mention this resource here because it’s one that I generally only mention on my Digital Photography School and Digital Camera blogs. However this afternoon I had a enternetusers reader ask me for some online resources on using Photoshop as they were increasingly using images on their blogs and wanted to be able to optimize and adapt them for blog use.
I generally would recommend people go out and do a photoshop course or get a good photoshop book or two - however I’ve also recently come across two quality e-resources for people wanting online tips. Both are paid resources and are quite comprehensive. The links that follow are affiliate links - but I’ve used both of the products and think they are both worth considering if you’re at a beginner to intermediate level of photoshop skills.
ProPhoto Secrets
The first is from a fellow Australian Shane Goldberg (pictured left) who has put together a number of resources that teach photoshop techniques.
Shane’s main product is ProPhoto Secrets. It’s a video based Photoshop tutorial system that you can get a free taste of through that link by signing up for a 7 tutorial taster. He also has one that is for Photoshop Elements users.
Shane has also written two e-books on Photoshop called Photoshop Made Easy - the first of which is free here \he’s currently offering for free and the second of which is available on special at the moment for $37 (get the free one first to get a feel for Shane’s style and to see if it’s what you’re after).
Shane’s resources are easy to understand and in a fun and laid back ‘Aussie style’.
Mark’s 101 Totally Awesome Photo Tips in Photoshop CS
A second Photoshop teacher that’s put together a useful resource is Mark Monciardini who has put together Mark’s 101 Totally Awesome Photo Tips in Photoshop CS (ie it’s not for PS Elements users). The name’s a bit of a mouthful but so is what he’s offering in the way of comprehensive photoshop learning.
Mark’s offering a DVD based learning system which contains 100+ videos. Once again they’re easy to use and I’ve learned a lot from them. They’re both PC and Mac compatible.
Both are paid products (although you get the free tasters with Shane’s videos) - but both also have money back guarantees and I’ve found them to be helpful.
Of course if you’re already an expert in photoshop techniques you’ll probably pass on these but if you’re just starting out with photoshop and want someone to run you through it they’ll both be worth consideration.
Written on November 27th, surf Active Apparel website 1cecilia392 zone.at 11:11 am by Darren Rowse
Don’t Be An Insular Blogger
This reader ‘quick tip’ is from Yaro Starak from Blog Traffic School
I’ve noticed lately my blog is not growing as rapidly as it did about a year ago. While my posting frequency has dropped a little I don’t think that’s the main reason for the reduction in traffic growth.
I believe the culprit is insular blogging. Insular blogging is when you sit and post content to your blog never linking to or talking about other bloggers, blogs or websites. You need to interact with the blogosphere and other people online in order to grow your traffic rapidly.
You can have success as an insular blogger if what you write is compelling enough that people spread the word. You need exceptional talent to pull this off at a rapid growth pace. Most bloggers can’t do it. They need help, they need to share traffic with other bloggers.
My blog tip is to take action by getting out there and meeting other bloggers via your blog. Link to other blogs, review other blogs, email bloggers, do content exchanges, write an e-book with another blogger and join in with the discussion started by other bloggers. Good luck! - Yaro
Written on November 27th, surf Active Apparel website 1cecilia392 zone.at 02:11 am by Darren Rowse
Want Higher AdSense Click Values? Post Earlier in the Day
H.S. Ayoub from BioHealth Investor submitted the following reader ‘quick tip’.
Here’s a quick tip for maximizing your revenue per click from Google Adsense ads on your blog.
My blog has been up for only 8 weeks, and already I have found a tactic that has increased my daily earnings since trying it.
Now of course, this may not work for everyone, I only have my blog to go on, but it should make a little difference.
I found that if you post an article on your blog very late at night, maybe at midnight or a little later, the revenue per click generated during the next day is higher, by almost 50%
Why? I thought about that question for a few days, and the best theory that I could come up with was that the advertisers with the highest per click budget show up on top of all the other ads early in the day, but their budget limit is reached quicker.
By the afternoon the higher paying ads shut off untill the next day, while the cheaper ads now show up on top of the ad block.
Again, this is just an observation on my part, not a thoroughly researched theory.
It would be interesting to see how others do with this tactic.
Written on November 26th, surf Active Apparel website 1cecilia392 zone.at 09:11 pm by Darren Rowse
Google AdSense Christmas Gift Arrives - It’s a Digital Photo Frame
Every year Google sends its higher end AdSense publishers (what the cut off is no one really knows) a gift to thank them for participating in the program.
Last year it was a a little pack with a usb hub, usb light, wireless mouse, usb flash drive etc and the year before it was a glowing FM radio.
This year reports are starting to surface of the gift arriving at some publishers homes - it’s a digital photo frame. I can’t find any pictures of it yet but here’s the specs of it according to one publisher:
- 3.6 inch TFT digital photo frame
- 960 x 240 TFT screen, 16 mega-color
- Picture: JPG format
- Audio: MP3, WMA, WAV and records WAV itself
- Video: ASF only
- Media: Internal memory and SD card, comes with sample slideshow in memory
- USB 1.1 interface
- Power: 4 AA batteries or USB 5V or AC/DC power adapter
Us Aussies tend to get these gifts a week or two after everyone else - so if you’ve got one already take a picture and shoot it over to me and I’ll post it.
Written on November 26th, surf Active Apparel website 1cecilia392 zone.at 11:11 am by Darren Rowse
Proofread!
Steve from Adventure Money submitted the following reader ‘quick tip’:
Readers form opinions about your blog based on the quality of your content. However, even if your content is great, if your readers have to stop in mid-paragraph to perform some sort of mental gymnastics to determine the meaning of a poorly written sentence, they’re not going to get the most out of your work. We may not all be professional writers, but everyone can make sure their work is free from spelling errors. While you should strive for perfect grammar, at the very least your work should be free of glaring grammatical errors. People will definitely question your authority if you can’t communicate effectively.
Written on November 26th, surf Active Apparel website 1cecilia392 zone.at 01:11 am by Darren Rowse
Don’t launch until you’re loaded (on content)
bill perry from Financial Freedom Library submitted this following reader ‘quick tip’.
One mistake I made when launching my blog was I started marketing the site after having just about 3 posts up.
This WAS my first blog, however, and I’m now moderately pleased to have the traffic levels I’m getting.
I sometimes wonder, if I had perhaps put a bit more quality into my posts, and had a few more of them, how would my traffic be doing NOW?
I guess my quick tip here is this:
When writing up your first few posts, take your time and make sure that the posts you write will be good enough to get people back.
Load up before you launch!
Written on November 25th, surf Active Apparel website 1cecilia392 zone.at 03:11 pm by Darren Rowse
10 Blog Jobs at enternetusers Job Board
Over the last few weeks the enternetusers Job Board has seen a little upswing in the numbers of jobs being posted.
While I wouldn’t describe it as an avalanche there is definitely some interesting opportunities being added!
- Taciko is looking for a Startup Blogger for their webapp business
- Criteo is looking for a Technical Evangelist and Blogger (and it looks like there might be trips to Paris included!)
- Home Turf Media is looking for bloggers to blog on their cities
- BIM is looking for a Managing Editor to manage a movie blog and a gadget blog
- VIP Glamour is after a Celebrity Blogger
- 451 Press is after Sports, Technology and Celebrity Bloggers
- Dailypixel Network is looking for a Mobile Phone/VoIP Blogger
- On Topic Media is looking for a variety of Bloggers
- Briggs Internet Media is looking for a Movie Blogger
- BIM is looking for Multilingual Bloggers (Spanish, German, Italian etc)
And that’s just the latest 10 ads.
Advertisers looking to advertise on the boards can create a blogger job notice here for just $50 for 30 days (in actual fact jobs are listed for a couple of months). We have around 1000 bloggers subscribed to the boards RSS feed and I know from talking to many of our advertisers that the response to ads is generally pretty good and we’re getting repeat advertisers place ads now.
Written on November 25th, surf Active Apparel website 1cecilia392 zone.at 11:11 am by Darren Rowse
How to Improve Your Blog By Partnering Up
Scot Longyear from Worshipplus sent in this reader ‘quick tip’:
The old adage that two heads are better than one hold true in blogging. Here are a few advantages:
1. More eyes for proofreading. The more looks you can get before you post, the better your content and clarity.
2. Web scanning. We will send each other links that might make for great future articles for each other’s blogs.
3. Motivation. We are each other’s cheerleaders (minus the back flips and splits).
4. Accountability. We share a Google calendar where we write our tasks as an event. One quick look and we know what the other is supposed to be working on.
Blogging can be a lonely sport. The most valuable tool I have is a blogging partner. Our productivity is more than five times what it would be otherwise. What are you waiting for? Blogging (like life) is much better when it is shared.
Written on November 25th, surf Active Apparel website 1cecilia392 zone.at 02:11 am by Darren Rowse
Writing Seasonal Content for Christmas
With the end of the year approaching the web surfing habits of the average web user changes. The way you position yourself now in the weeks leading up to this period can mean you’re ready to capitalize on some of these changes.
I noticed this last year particularly when analyzing how people arrived at my sites via my statistics - particularly when looking at the keywords that people used to arrive at my sites.
Without giving away all my secrets (a guy is entitled to a few) it doesn’t take a genius to work out the type of words people typed into Google when searching for gifts for friends and family.
Here’s an exercise - think about your blog’s niche. In the next couple of months what seasonal things might be searching for that relate to your topic? Brainstorm a list of topics and words that people will use - then write some content that fits with this.
For example I once had a client who had (and has now sold) a website for holiday houses here in Australia. At this time of the year (summer here) he wanted to position himself for summer vacationers. As a result I encouraged him to start writing posts that related to searches like ’summer holiday houses’. He wrote a series of tips posts on how to find a summer holiday house, the best locations for summer holidays etc etc etc.
Other examples
- a friend of mine last year wrote a series of posts on ‘how to buy an MP3 player’ which did exceptionally well at getting readers into his site in the lead up to Christmas.
- my post on halloween photography did really well in the lead up to Halloween
- I wrote a post earlier in the year on the ideal Digital Camera for a Mothers Day Gift which did well
This was the final part of the How to Fine Tune your Blog for Christmas Series.
Written on November 24th, surf Active Apparel website 1cecilia392 zone.at 11:11 am by Darren Rowse
How to Write Your “About Me” Page
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There are four main questions that readers want answered on your About Me page:
- who you are…
- your expertise and how it addresses…
- their problem or goal, and how they can…
- contact you
Here is a sample “About Me” page that answers these questions:
Hi, I’m Jane Smith and I write TransitionMomBlog (who Jane is) to help women make the transition from full-time mom to successful entrepreneur (the reader’s problem or goal). I started TransitionMomBlog in 2004 (Jane’s expertise – shows she has been blogging for two years) to help other women deal with the sometimes overwhelming prospect of starting a new business while still running a household (how Jane helps them overcome their problem or achieve their goal). Prior to raising my family, I spent over ten years as a teacher, corporate trainer and workshop leader (Jane’s expertise, both as a mom and a business person). To contact me, please email XXX (how to contact Jane).
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