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Confessions of a Blogger & Social Media Addict
                            Darren Rowse - ProBlogger.net
Pre 2002
Voice
Community
Today
Today
• 3 million visitors a month
Today
• 3 million visitors a month
• 12 million page views a month
Today
• 3 million visitors a month
• 12 million page views a month
• 150,000 Social Network Connections
Today
• 3 million visitors a month
• 12 million page views a month
• 150,000 Social Network Connections
• Six Figures per Year Revenue
Today
• 3 million visitors a month
• 12 million page views a month
• 150,000 Social Network Connections
• Six Figures per Year Revenue
• 9 Writers (part time)
Today
• 3 million visitors a month
• 12 million page views a month
• 150,000 Social Network Connections
• Six Figures per Year Revenue
• 9 Writers (part time)
• ProBlogger the Book
Today
• 3 million visitors a month
• 12 million page views a month
• 150,000 Social Network Connections
• Six Figures per Year Revenue
• 9 Writers (part time)
• ProBlogger the Book
• Forums - 70,000 members
Today
• 3 million visitors a month
• 12 million page views a month
• 150,000 Social Network Connections
• Six Figures per Year Revenue
• 9 Writers (part time)
• ProBlogger the Book
• Forums - 70,000 members
• Job Boards
Today
• 3 million visitors a month
• 12 million page views a month
• 150,000 Social Network Connections
• Six Figures per Year Revenue
• 9 Writers (part time)
• ProBlogger the Book
• Forums - 70,000 members
• Job Boards
• ebooks
Listen




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Identify Goals
Build a
‘Home Base’
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Be Useful
Build Community




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Be Personal




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Tell Stories




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Be Unique
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Be Relational




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Leverage What
         You Have




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Craft Content




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Ask Questions




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Be Playful




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Be Transparent
Be Accessible
Be Passionate




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Promote.... but not too much
Viral Promotion
Social Proof
Use Familiar




 Mediums
Be Prolific




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Persist
My Card

         DARREN ROWSE



          web: problogger.net
         twitter: @problogger
email: darren@problogger.net

Confessions of a Blogger

Editor's Notes

  • #26 The Way I look at Social Media Outposts - places where you have a presence, listen, add value, produce content, build profile, have conversation, make connections and through all of this - point to your Home Base. Home Base - place where people find you, where you produce valuable content, solve problems, provide resouce, build community etc
  • #27 outposts could be many other things - for each situation it’ll be a different mix and could include: other blogs forums and community sites social bookmarking sites social media sites social messaging tools
  • #28 The Way I look at Social Media Outposts - places where you have a presence, listen, add value, produce content, build profile, have conversation, make connections and through all of this - point to your Home Base. Home Base - place where people find you, where you produce valuable content, solve problems, provide resouce, build community etc
  • #29 The Way I look at Social Media Outposts - places where you have a presence, listen, add value, produce content, build profile, have conversation, make connections and through all of this - point to your Home Base. Home Base - place where people find you, where you produce valuable content, solve problems, provide resouce, build community etc
  • #30 The Way I look at Social Media Outposts - places where you have a presence, listen, add value, produce content, build profile, have conversation, make connections and through all of this - point to your Home Base. Home Base - place where people find you, where you produce valuable content, solve problems, provide resouce, build community etc
  • #33 How to Build Community •Give members ways to 'belong' (newsletters, subscribers, membership areas) •Give readers jobs •Make readers famous •build momentum/anticipation •use social proof •sticky sites
  • #34 What need does your blog fulfill Usefulness and Uniqueness Prolific Frequent Updates/Rhythm Emotion and Opinion - Add value
  • #36 What need does your blog fulfill Usefulness and Uniqueness Prolific Frequent Updates/Rhythm Emotion and Opinion - Add value
  • #37 Benefits of Social Media •Research tool •Reinforce and expand brand •Promote content/drive traffic •Extend audience •Networking with others in my industry
  • #38 How to Build Community •Give members ways to 'belong' (newsletters, subscribers, membership areas) •Give readers jobs •Make readers famous •build momentum/anticipation •use social proof •sticky sites
  • #39 What need does your blog fulfill Usefulness and Uniqueness Prolific Frequent Updates/Rhythm Emotion and Opinion - Add value
  • #40 What need does your blog fulfill Usefulness and Uniqueness Prolific Frequent Updates/Rhythm Emotion and Opinion - Add value
  • #41 What need does your blog fulfill Usefulness and Uniqueness Prolific Frequent Updates/Rhythm Emotion and Opinion - Add value
  • #42 What need does your blog fulfill Usefulness and Uniqueness Prolific Frequent Updates/Rhythm Emotion and Opinion - Add value
  • #43 What need does your blog fulfill Usefulness and Uniqueness Prolific Frequent Updates/Rhythm Emotion and Opinion - Add value
  • #44 What need does your blog fulfill Usefulness and Uniqueness Prolific Frequent Updates/Rhythm Emotion and Opinion - Add value