Darren Rowse, aka ProBlogger, is giving away books for a comment:

I’d like to do a bit of a giveaway today of a few of them and all you need to do is leave a comment saying which one you’d like.

This Wednesday I’ll randomly choose a winner for each book, contact you to get your mailing details and pop them in the mail for you (I’ll pay for the shipping).

Here are the 5 books:

1. Yes: 50 Scientifically Proven Ways to Be Persuasive
2. Search Engine Optimization: Your Visual Blueprint for effective Internet Marketing
3. Me 2.0: Build a Powerful Brand to Achieve Career Success
4. Blog Blazers: 40 Top Bloggers Share their Secrets to Creating a High-Profile High-Traffic and High Profit Blog
5. Say Everything: How Blogging Began, What it’s Becoming and Why it Matters

Oh and for a little extra I’ll throw in a copy of ProBlogger the Book as a 6th Alternative.

That’s right. You comment, you have a chance at one of those six great books. I chose #2 on SEO. It’s definitely an area I can improve my skills in.

Which book will you choose?

Just had to share this video. Darren Rowse, aka Problogger, shares his 5 important tips to landing a job as a blogger. This is a frequently asked question on the Problogger site, and just around on the net. I’m interested myself, so watch out for the competition.

20 Types of Pages that Every Blogger Should Consider: “There’s a lot of reasons why you might choose a post over a page or a page over a post (that’s for another post) – but today I thought I’d highlight a few ‘pages’ that I have here on ProBlogger as examples of pages that bloggers might want to develop to promote their blog to different groups of people. Some are more essential in my mind than others but all have been helpful in the development of my own blogs.”

With that statement, Darren Rowse leads us into the 20 pages all bloggers should consider. The idea is to provide permanent and useful pages on your blog for landing and internal referrals. Some of these pages are more critical than others.

Most important on the list would be the About and Contact pages. Darren has this to say on the About page.

Having an about page is essential in my mind as it gives new readers to your blog a snapshot of who you are and why they should subscribe to your blog. This is the page that I go to every time I hit a new blog – if they don’t have one it decreases my chances of subscribing significantly.

He couldn’t be more right. I visit lots of about pages, especially when I’m new to a blog.

Other pages brought up include a Subscriber page, and Series pages. A Subscriber page is used to clarify what subscription is and how to subscribe. This helps bridge the gap for those new to RSS and blogs.

Series pages allow you to consolidate a series of posts in one page. One could also be used to provide a central page linking to the individual posts in a series. This allows readers to select only the articles they are most interested in.

Overall this should be a must read for new bloggers or bloggers wondering how to get more ’stick’ to their blog.

Good show Darren as usual.