Darren Rowse

In a quiet moment yesterday I asked my Twitter network: “what’s one thing that you have been putting off that would improve your blog? (and what’s stopping you from doing it now?)” The answers were quite varied – everything from redesigns, to writing E-Books, to posting more regularly to SEO ...more

Yesterday I had the privilege of eating at a great Melbourne restaurant – Maha. The food was exceptional but what I came away from the meal with was…. well it was an ‘experience’ and not just a ‘meal’. A number of things went into the 3 hours that we dined ...more

I started blogging in 2002. Since that time the question I’m most frequently asked by strangers at parties who hear what I do has changed 3 times. what’s a blog? (2002-2004) how do you make money blogging? (2005-2008) you still blog – doesn’t everyone Tweet these days? (2009-2010) I wonder ...more

A Guest Post by David Turnbull of Adventures of a Barefoot Geek After the initial excitement of launching a new blog fades most bloggers are a few steps away from being overwhelmed with the pressure of blogging to the point that they quit, losing the momentum they were building up ...more

The last poll here on ProBlogger examined a growing trend among bloggers trying to monetize their sites – to sell their own products from their blogs rather than just relying upon advertising and affiliate revenue. Whether it be by selling an E-Book, training program or some other kind of learning ...more

A Guest Post by Christie Burnett. Image Source. Feeling sluggish about blogging in the new year? Being innovative on your blog can be a great way to re-energise yourself. The process of being creative and trying something different can definitely up your blogging fun quota when you are feeling stale ...more

A couple of weeks ago I hooked up on Skype with a great blogger by the name of Pat Flynn who has a fantastic story to share. Pat was working as an architect and was about to get married – life was good – but unexpectedly he was laid off ...more

This post continues my series exploring Principles of Successful Blogs. Have you ever seen a snowball rolling down a hill, gathering speed and momentum and growing in size as it rolls until it gets to a size that will destroy anything and anyone in its path???   Me neither…. not outside ...more

I’d like to run a quick poll in this post that examine the idea of outsourcing. You see more and more I’m talking to bloggers (big and small) and am hearing that they outsource at least some of their blogging activities. Perhaps the most common of these is hiring designers ...more