Darren Rowse

This morning I got on the phone with internet marketer Jack Humphrey as part of his webside chats series of interviews. It was an enjoyable 45 minutes which you can listen into here: Jack also has some other great interviews in his series – check them out here.

In this post Glen Allsopp from Pluginid.com takes a look at passion and how to choose what to write about. I’ve included a few links to other posts on this topic below also. Image by Dario. “Don’t do it for the money, do it because you love it!” Sound familiar? ...more

What to do when a PR company pitches to you badly Every day I get 5-10 emails from PR companies trying to pitch me with one of their client’s products or services. In my estimate – 1 in 10 do it well. The rest clearly either don’t know how to ...more

“How do I increase the chances of getting a blog post to the front page of Digg?” I’ve had questions about getting to the front page of Digg many times in the last few weeks so thought I’d put together a guide with a process for doing it. By no ...more

If you’re looking for a job as a blogger then the ProBlogger Blog Job Boards have seen 8 new jobs advertised in just the last 3 days. Actually there’s more than that – because some of the ads are for more than one blogger and one has already been filled. ...more

Stuck for something to write about on your blog? Here are a few suggestions of things that might help get the creative juices flowing. 1. Use Mind Mapping I’ve previously talked about how Mind Mapping can be used to generate hundreds of ideas for blog posts. It can be used ...more

It’s time for a new poll here on Problogger – this time the question is: Do you Run RSS Ads on Your Main Blog? RSS advertising has been around for a couple of years now and I see quite a few RSS ads appearing in my own RSS reading – ...more

Today I want to tell you the story of a blogger whose problem that he was too good at getting on the front page of Digg. But first – I want to share a quote from Michael Gray who said something last week that hit the mark for me: “One ...more

One of my favorite blog designers is Chris Pearson – the designer behind the newly released Thesis premium WordPress theme (which I reviewed here). Chris has consistently produced great blog designs over the last few years so after the launch of Thesis I thought it would be worthwhile to do ...more