Darren Rowse

Time for a little speed-linking. This time there’s a deal, reports, some jobs, an interview and a new group for professional bloggers. Professional Bloggers Group on LinkedIn – for people who are or who are becoming Pro bloggers (i’ll let you decide whether that’s you or not). Blog World Expo ...more

While much of the content here on ProBlogger is about the ‘Business of Blogging’ I’m regularly asked to speak at conferences and receive emails from readers with questions about how Businesses can use Blogs to grow themselves – particularly in their marketing efforts. Below are a 13 tips that I ...more

Guest Post by Nick Thacker If you’re anything like me, you struggle with self-discipline every now and then—especially when it comes to your business. I run two businesses, and am trying to build a successful blog. My businesses, luckily, are getting to be more and more self-sustaining every day, though ...more

This post was written by Aditya Mahesh, founder of AMBeat.com, a complete resource for entrepreneurs complete with advice articles, start-up profiles, interviews, news analysis, and more. Note: I (Darren) have added a few thoughts below Aditya’s post. When it comes to the blogosphere it may be all about the content, ...more

Here I am – sitting in my local cafe where I’d come to spend the morning working on my blog using my mobile broadband modem…. which today decides not to work. Arrrghhh! I spent 15 minutes trying to connect…. 5 minutes complaining about it on Twitter…. another 10 minutes trying ...more

Here’s a quick tip that I think a lot of bloggers could learn from – run a ‘town hall’ meeting on your blog. The inspiration from this comes from Digg who are periodically run a ‘Town Hall’ webcast for their members. The idea is simple – Kevin Rose and Jay ...more

A Guest post by Josh Hanagarne – World’s Strongest Librarian In this article I outline: Why I was scared to ask for big interviews How I got over the fear The results of my efforts, which I couldn’t be happier with Seven weeks ago, my blog was one day old ...more

Do you have a question about blogging that you’d like to hear me answer? As a bonus to those who buy the 31 Days to Build a Better Blog workbook I’m going to record a podcast later this week that tackles as many blogging related questions as possible. The recording ...more

It’s been 10 days since I excitedly launched the 31 Days to Build a Better Blog workbook. When it launched I wasn’t quite sure what to expect but I was sure I’d learn a lot by doing it – I was right. Today I thought I’d share a few of ...more