Darren Rowse

Trust is something that is crucial if you want to build a blog that has influence. As a result I think it’s something that we as bloggers should be working hard to build but also be willing to invest a little into learning about. As a result I want to ...more

Guest Post by James from Organize IT. Running a blog isn’t simple. Besides the obvious challenges of regularly writing great content and making sure plenty of people get to read it, there are so many elements of a blog that need regular attention. You could ignore things like spam comments, ...more

A few readers have stumbled upon it by themselves and some of my followers on Twitter have heard about it too – but I wanted to give everyone the opportunity to put themselves in the first group of people to hear about a new development here at ProBlogger – ProBlogger.COMmunity ...more

In this guest post Seth Waite from Blogussion talks about how to think differently in order to develop a Unique blog. Image by Ateo Fiel. Last night after turning off the lights in my room I staggered and stumbled from the light switch across the room to my soft and ...more

Image by Anirudh Koul As we come to towards to the end of this series on how to create compelling blog content I want to examine a topic that is fairly and squarely inspired by readers of ProBlogger. When I first brainstormed topics for this series I came up with ...more

In this guest post Seth Waite from Blogussion shares some thoughts on two fatal flaws that most bloggers struggle with. Image by helgasms. Blogging has been a passion of mine now for almost two years. Learning the basics took time and developing my skills has been even longer, but I ...more

Today two videos were released that involved me and that I think would be of interest to readers. 1. Video interview with Gideon Shalwick – in this video Gideon interviewed me on a range of aspects of blogging. In the video I talk a little about how I got started ...more

In this post Dan Kaufman from Bar Zine shares some tips on writing Sharp Snappy Blog Posts. When you write a story you’re lucky if you can get a reader beyond the first paragraph. This is true in print and it’s even worse online (a recent study by Jacob Neilson ...more

As I look back on the posts that have connected most with my readers it is often posts in which I’ve shared something of my own personal story and experience that seem to draw readers into a deeper engagement. Sometimes it’s not what you write but who you are and ...more