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   Darren Rowse

   Today your task is a writing challenge and is all about solving poblems for readers. I can't stress enough how important it is to get your head around this type of post. If you're solving problems with your posts  you make an impression, create loyal readers and build blogs that people tell others about.

   1. What problem did you solve today?
   2. Share the link to the post you write below.
   3. Once you've submitted a link - how about promoting to your network one of the other links that someone else writes?

   ProBlogger, DPS & TwiTip

   Posted 1 year ago #
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   ChristiaanH
   Member

   While I'm already in the business of working on solving problems (it's what my blog is all about) I really would like to engage more with my readers and solve problems together..

    

   Please use the contact information on my blog and tell me about a problem you would like me to blog about, perhaps we can find an answer together.

    

   my biggest problem was staying focused. Yesterday I wrote about my sollution and how it helped me to get in focus. My sollution was zen meditation.. Have you had the same problem and found a different sollution? Tell me all about it.

   Mind the beginner A blog on beginning, it sounds so simple but it’s quite complex

   Posted 1 year ago #
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   Copra
   Member

   Interesting challenge, especially to me, as I have gotten accustomed to write about my thoughts. I need to sit down and do some serious thinking over this. Perhaps even resort into doing some research, too...

   Thank you Darren!

   Bullcopra: World of Warcraft and Copra :: Fast enough to catch the Lure<

   Posted 1 year ago #
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   cardiogirl
   Member

   I spend many hours on the elliptical machine and during those hours my feet tend to go numb. A while ago I ran across another woman who experienced that same phenomenon. So I thought it was time to tackle this issue once and for all.

   
   You might presume the answer is to step away from the elliptical machine but I say there must be an answer that does not involve avoidance.

   In my travels I found some interesting information which I have presented in a tidy little package today called "Cardiogirl Tightwad Disorder or Elliptical Trainer Sleepy Foot Syndrome, you decide"

   
   http://www.cardiogirl.net/?p=2549

    

   
   

   Cardiogirl: 19% body fat 100% fun
   

   
   

   http://www.cardiogirl.net/

   Posted 1 year ago #
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   robertbravery
   Member

   I do this a lot. Mainly as I learn new things, and struggle to do other thing. When I eventually find a solutions. I try to document it and the blog about it. I fihure that there might be someone else who is having the same problem that I am having.

   A good example would be Joomla, PHP, Mysql, Windows Vista, IIS. How to get these working together.

   Check it out @ Installing Joomla onto Vista, IIS7 with PHP5.2 and MySQL 5

   And what did I find, that there indeed were others that were experiencing the exact same problem I was able to share how I came right. Problem Solved.

   I find that this is a easy topic to blog about, as it is right in my groove, I am able to write about what I know, what I experience, knowing that others could have the same problem. People want their problems sorted out.

   If done correctly, these type of posts will find good value in Google Searches as well. IE "How to install Joomla onto Vista"

   The Brave Programmer

   Thanks

   Posted 1 year ago #
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   sharonhh
   Member

   Here's mine: How To Write With A British Accent

   Straight Talk About Developing Your Freelance Writing Career

   Posted 1 year ago #
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   Ulrich
   Member

   Great challenge and great introduction to it. I especially liked the use of the search referrals and internal searches, as I have not payed very much attention to them. Today I settled on writing about a solution about a problem that was on my mind for quite a while: the replacement of Google notebook - a tool that I have been using for quite a while. http://info.ulrich-schrader.de/node/640

   Posted 1 year ago #
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   opinionatedant
   Member

   i had a hard time with this since my opinionated ant blog is basically her rants. 
   so i choose something that may not be very useful (okay silly) to many but eliza leigh (the ant) really enjoyed it.  this was really a post to get my feet wet.  i'm going to sit down though and go through the 7 different ways to try to brainstorm some problems eliza might be able to answer. 

   the post is about getting over telephone phobias to be able to order your favorite take-out.  i warned you it was silly (this is what happens when you work nights and have no sleep!)

   i'll be back on here later on tonight to look at all the other posts.

   see you all soon.

    

   C.McKane | Opinionated Ant

   Posted 1 year ago #
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   onnaholl
   Member

   I have done some of these types of posts.  This post on How to get your child to sleep Fits the problem scenario.  I am going to ask my twitter followers and readers for questions they want answered.  I love that idea.  I also might revisit the sleep post and go into some other suggestions to solve that problem.

   Loving 31dbbb!  Onna @ Toddlercraft -resource for crafts & parenting advice

   Posted 1 year ago #
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    Mike CJ
    Member

    I've just posted my task for today. I was scratching my head trying to work out what to write when an email popped in from a reader asking "How do you find the time to write two blogs?" So thanks to Jenny, and here's the answer:

    http://www.mikeslife.org/content/working-batches-blogger

    Posted 1 year ago #
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    annemai
    Member

    I must have been psychic!  I wrote a post yesterday trying to answer friends' and colleagues' frustrations over Twitter.  Try as they might they don't "get" Twitter.  Hence, my post, Twitter:  It's all in the following.  (Maybe I should send to Oprah since she's only following 10 folks?)

     

    http://maistrategies.wordpress.com

    Posted 1 year ago #
12. 

    girlxoxo
    Member

    I just put my post up today - 5 Windows Mobile Tweaks for SmartPhone and PocketPC Newbies. I'm looking through everybody's - some good stuff.

    Girlxoxo.com Mobile Blog

    Posted 1 year ago #
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    sswriter
    Member

    I'd already written a post for today, but this exercise gave me a good excuse to expand on something I'd written in that post. The topic is on how to write an effective call to action.  Here it is:

    http://www.b2bsellingonline.com/how-to-write-an-effective-call-to-action

    Posted 1 year ago #
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    jams
    Member

    I ended up responding to a silly question asked in Twitter. Had bit of fun with it, but still managed to get a serious post. Not my best, but there has been results already.

    The question was about eating easter eggs for lunch and I ended up listing some healthier addings to those eggs: http://jokapaivaistaleipaa.blogspot.com/2009/04/suklaamunia-lounaaksi.html

    And I do have a follow-up in my mind too.

    Twitter | Qaiku

    Posted 1 year ago #
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    Coolwired
    Member

    Hi Darren,

       My new blog is about helping people discover  social networking.

       I always give credit to appropriate the blog, such as Problogger as needed, and encourage newbies as well.

    Check it out at:   http://coolwired.wordpress.com .

    Is using RSS feeds one of the lessons in the 31DBBB Challenge? I hope so!

    It would be easier to learn it from the expert.  ;-)

    Keep smiling! @ Coolwired

    Posted 1 year ago #
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    Coolwired
    Member

    Oops! I meant:

    I always "give credit to the Appropriate blog".

    Isn't it funny, how a simple change in words can change the meaning??

    Keep smiling, bloggers!

    Posted 1 year ago #
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    jon.reid
    Member

    I started my various posts about Twitter as a way of answering the questions I faced as a new Twitter user. Just posted What to tweet (and what not to).

    blog one another | http://twitter.com/jonmreid | http://jonmreid.stumbleupon.com/ | http://digg.com/users/jonmreid

    Posted 1 year ago #
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    New Wife
    Member

    I wanted to have fun with this one:

    How do you plan to bring rock n' roll into your house decor?

    I had fun, so thanks Darren.

     

     

     

    New Wife (AKA Alison) 

    
    

    www.newlifeasnewwife.blogspot.com

    Posted 1 year ago #
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    rostitchery
    Member

    my post is not a tutorial, it is a little tool.  since my readers are crafters/seamstresses/maker of things, i posted a printable chart for them to take to the fabric store.  the chart lists the yardage conversions for various widths of fabric.  for those who don't sew:  commercial patterns all specify the width of fabric to be used and give layout diagrams for that width of fabric.  many people choose a fabric that is a different width, so this chart will help them figure out how much more or less they need to buy to accomodate the pattern. http://www.rostitchery.com/2009/04/yardage-conversion-chart.html   *edited to correct URL

    rostitchery and the ELLA echo

    Posted 1 year ago #
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    Karenne Sylvester
    Member

    IF there are any pro bloggers in here, I mean advanced on using blogspot... I have got a problem that I would be infinitely grateful to have solved!  It's in this section of the forum, here.

    Teaching teachers how to teach speaking (EFL)

    Posted 1 year ago #
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    Karenne Sylvester
    Member

    This is my posting on solving a problem and decided to get my readers to solve it - fun and a bit of destiny - got the email then got the task! 

    http://kalinago.blogspot.com/2009/04/question-from-reader-life-with-wolves.html

     

    Posted 1 year ago #
22. 

    Qforce
    Member

    Here is my latest post:  http://cioassistant.wordpress.com/2009/04/22/a-darwinian-view-of-a-successful-it-organization/.

    It addresses one perennial problem of an IT organization and its Leader, the Chief Information Officer (CIO), namely how to be successful. While the target audience is very specific, the approach that I offered could be applied to other fields of endeavour as well.

    Your feedback (here and over there) is most appreciated.

    Long H.

    The CIO Assistant - Helping IT Leaders Optimize, Align and Grow

    Posted 1 year ago #
23. 

    lostcheerio
    Member

    WHEW! I finally finished my task of solving a problem for my readers. I decided to create a categorized list of homeschoolers on Twitter, so people can find those Tweeps who are interesting to them specifically, and also see all the resource and community Twitters in the same place. Hoping not to start too much controversy with my categories.

    
    

    Homeschoolers on Twitter

    Little Blue School: This is how homeschoolers really are.

    Posted 1 year ago #
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    AKAmamma
    Member

    I received a comment from a young woman about the creation of impossible beauty standards through advertising. In this particular post, I wrote about what my husband, who works in advertising, had to say.

    I wasn't sure that the young woman had read my previous post, so I approached the issue from another angle to make my original argument clearer.

    Luckily, I tapped into the success of Susan Boyle to further illustrate my point.

    Here's the link:http://akamamma.blogspot.com/2009/04/who-would-you-prefer-to-be-angelina.html

    Posted 1 year ago #
25. 

    Roby
    Member

    I used my own problem as a post today, which had been bugging me for ages.

    thanks Darren, I used you today : )

    http://outbackselfhelp.blogspot.com/2009/04/solve-problem-finally-i-solved-my-own.html

    Posted 1 year ago #
26. 

    excitedbylife
    Member

    We solved a few problems in previous blog posts but as I am sure a lot of us "starting out bloggers" can attest - as saying goes:

    "If a tree falls in the forest does anyone hear it"

     

    Feel free to comment / tweet / stumble etc. if any of the following is related to your niche.

    A medical view on how to be happy

    Recent research on how to reduce belly fat

    How you can save the rain forests

    How to close hacker back doors to your PC

     

    Thanks for the useful tips by @ChristiannH on #meditation and @Ulrich on #evernote. We tweeted/hash tagged and commented on your posts.

     

    Children are born ExcitedByLife. When did we forget?

    Posted 1 year ago #
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    evelester
    Member

    I wrote mine a little late but here you go- LOL, Not as much helpful as funny

    http://confessionsofahousewife.com/2009/04/26/ho-to-get-your-husband-to-do-everything-for-you/

    Confessions of a Housewife

    
    

    @evelester on twitter

    Posted 1 year ago #
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    Emily Geizer
    Member

    The entire premise of my blog is solving problems -- all of the basic and not-so-basic parenting struggles. Some content comes from my own experience, some from frets I heard as a teacher, some from observations at the neighborhood playground or grocery store. I'm grateful that there always seems to be a topic presenting itself and hopefully solving or easing some of my reader's problems.

    Posted 1 year ago #
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    samsall
    Member

    Hi Darren and everyone

    the problem i tried to solve is to provide my reader a list of most effective twitter service to help business marketing

    here is the link

    http://www.speechstarter.com/twitter-services-for-business-plans/

    i chose this topic because it is one of the key words been searched recently in my blog when i looked at my google analytic aad eapecially that i wrote 3 posts  about twitter befor that was most of the viewed pages in my blog ,also when i searched in  technorati twitter marketting was one of the top tags

    for promotion i used social networks ,catalog blog , inviding other bloggers and commenting on other posts

     

    Sam Sall

    
    

    www.speechstarter.com

    Posted 1 year ago #
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    kzemek
    Member

    Today I posted about things one can do to help them feel better when their pet dies.  Here is the link:  http://zemeks.blogspot.com/2009/04/6-ways-to-cope-with-death-of-pet.html  I've lost birds, a dog, and several cats so I've had experience to draw from.

    Karen, author of "My Funny Dad, Harry"

    Posted 1 year ago #

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