As the title above suggests, I have sold the Get Rich Project after some (drawn out!) negotiations. Out of respect for the new owner’s wishes, I am not going to post any financial details of the deal.

To be honest, I have no idea what plans your new editor-in-chief may have for the site, although I am assured you are in good hands! I’ll still be looking after the hosting, etc, for the site – so I’ll be able to keep an eye on things anyway!

So thanks for reading the site while it was in my hands. Hopefully the new owners will be writing a lot more, better articles for you than I have been!

2 years ago, I suffered a brain hemorrhage. The specialist Neurology department saved my life. Now the Scottish Government is considering closing the department and “centralizing” services to a new center 150 miles away. On my personal blog I have written an Open Letter to the Minister with the final say on the matter. My hope is to raise public awareness and support against the plans for closure. Please take a moment to read the letter and Digg, Stumble or link it.

At the very least, you’ll get to see a wicked picture of the bad-ass scar I have on the side of my head :-)

Thanks.

Increasing your readership is not just about your (presumably great) content. I’d say about 40% of blogging is marketing. There are plenty of tips out there on marketing your blog. The usual suspects include submitting to Digg, guest posting on other blogs, including your blog address in forum/email signatures, and commenting on other blogs. There are also some lesser used methods.

These are all fine and dandy to know, but actually doing something is always the hardest part for most. So what have you done to increase your readership in the last 24 hours? Here’s my list:

• Added the home page and various other entries on the site to StumbleUpon
• Used StumbleXchange to get a bit of extra traffic from Stumblers.
• Personally invited those who recently added me as a friend or joined my “neighbourhood” at Blog Catalog to subscribe to this blog. A little bit of personal contact can go a long way.

So far these three small things have brought in a steady increase in traffic, which I expect to grow further. As a bonus, some of those visitors have become subscribers!

So what have you been doing to market your blog recently? Please tell us all in the comments.

For many, Darren Rowse’ Problogger is the quintessential example of making money from Blogging. Problogger is well written, with good content which people want to read, is monetized well, and is well known – both on and offline.

Problogger is often used as a model by others trying to replicate Darrens success. Beginning bloggers often look at Problogger, and try and copy it.

But how much work does it take? How often is Darren posting to his blog? How much is the content is actually his own? How often is Darren reporting on stuff elsewhere? Take a look at the following chart, showing a content breakdown for the month of October:

Key Info

• While not shown on the chart, it should be mentioned that there were just under 100 posts written on ProBlogger in October.
• 46% of Darren’s content is original. I class this as anything Darren has written himself, for ProBlogger, which other websites/blogs are likely to link to.
• 36% of ProBlogger content is “reporting”. In my analysis, I determined this as anything where the focus of the entry was on something on another website/blog, such as when the focus was on external links (Speedlinking, new products, etc)
• The remaining 18% of posts in October are contributed content. These, as you might imagine, are posts written by somebody else, and posted on ProBlogger. Note that ProBlogger ran a Birthday Bash series of competitions during October, and Darren employed someone to manage these. These will have pumped the numbers up slightly for October.

What Does it Mean?

There are a couple of things you could take from this

1. Darren writes a hell of a lot, while still keeping up to date with (and letting us know) what’s going on in the wider blogosphere.
2. - or – if you’re a pessimist, over half of Darrens content comes from somewhere else.

Personally, I look at it as Darren writes a lot. No one could produce nearly 100 fully original, high-quality pieces of original content in one month, so a level of outside “help” is to be expected. The fact Darren is able to produce as much as he does dazzles me a bit, but it’s worth remembering that this is his full-time job! The average blogger who is also holding down a 9-5 should not expect to reach this level yet. There’s a reason Darren’s a Pro!