Steve Rubel jumps on the value blogging train. Good for him… he’s a smart guy with great insights, and I’m happy the extraneous stuff is going over to Twitter.
Hate your job? Chuck hates your job, too.
The downside of being a professional blogger. Thank goodness I’m not one, although this still sounds like my life.
43 Guru Tips on How to Write Titles: The Ultimate Guide.
Go from freelancer to guru with this series of posts from Tony Clark.
John C. Dvorak says we’re in Bubble 2.0, Marshall Kirkpatrick says it’s different this time. They’re both right.
Doc Searls says to look beyond advertising, and he’s right on. The Internet is a direct medium, and advertising in many cases is morphing into compelling, persuasive content that prospects actually value. Now all you need is something to sell.
Problogger has a new design. Sweet.
Reader Comments (19)
If I tried to digest all of this right now I would get no work done! 🙂
Great resources, thanks!
Thanks Brian : )
Thanks for the link. I really appreciate it. Love your blog.
hey great links. way to hep me procrastinate 🙂
For some reason when I clicked thru from my feed reader, I thought the post was going to be about the benefits of linking to others 🙂
This is the benefit of linking to others in action. 😉
Brian, do you really think the new Problogger design is sweet?
RT
RT, absolutely. It’s a big next step in making blogs not look so “bloggy.” This is a trend to pay attention to, and I’m glad Darren is pushing it.
To be honest with you I’m not sure I agree.
1. I don’t know why anyone who has a successful trademark would change it unless they were being sued, associated with a food poisoning scare or some other consumer realted woe. That seems like an odd move to me.
2. Whats with the categories and everything being down the bottom. It looks messy. Is that a technique to draw the eye down?
3. My very first thought when I opened it up was that it looked like a spam or news site – it has lost a lot of the personal touch which I’m not sure he should move away from.
I know it looks less bloggy, like your good self stated, but are you sure that is a good thing?
RT
Yes. Not only good, but necessary. Blogging is young, but it’s changing fast. And I’m glad.
I thought the old Problogger site was fine 2 years ago, but it was quickly getting left behind design wise. His trademark had become amateurish.
So, Darren pushed the envelope. Not everyone will like it right away. Anyone who likes the content but stops reading him because of the design is not worth keeping, so I think everything will be just fine.
Evolution is messy, and people hate change, but it will happen regardless. But really… a spam site? How many spammers do you know who spend thousands of dollars on cutting-edge design work?
Don’t get me wrong. Problogger kept me sane when I was trekking through India. He’s my hero.
However, why is the design cutting edge? Most of the b5 blogs have that thing down the bottom. Also, half the ads don’t fit on my screen. Maybe it early days yet.
Your right though, change is hard.
I like the new Problogger look. Although it looks less like traditional blogs, and more like modern news sites, for anyone who is looking for information that Darren has to offer, he is presented with the best of it on a single page.
And I agree, someone had to break the traditional, and now almost sacred, look and feel of blogs. Seeing that it is the good ol’ Darren who is taking the first step, many will follow his lead.
Many thanks for the information. Will follow your lead and mention your site for blog karma :*)
Clayton Makepeace’s story at The Total Package was beautifully told, but he lost me at the point he tried to ‘sell’ me what he had to offer.
For me, it didn’t work as copy.
How about Tony Clark’s latest post? I know you left a comment there, but other people might not know about it. The cartoon and first sentence are gems.
Jean, yep. That Tony Clark is pretty smart. I’ve got my eye on him. 😉
Are you the one that’s been stalking me? 😉
This article's comments are closed.