Darren Rowse

I don’t do many guest posts on other people’s blogs these days but this week I was asked to do one that I couldn’t resist. Kristen from Social Media Mom asked me to write something on Social Media and being a Dad. My first thought was that it was all ...more

You get an idea for a post – it might start out as just a few words, a title, a point or two – but how do you take the idea and mould it into a full post? In he above video (see a full sized version of it here) ...more

It’s time for a little ProBlogger Book Launch Update. A number of readers have been asking how the launch is going and are watching some of what we’re doing for their own launches – so let me share a few things we’re learning and seeing (plus I’ll give you a ...more

image by Jeff Bauche Yesterday I wrote about being a ruthless blogger and named a number of areas that I find helpful to have more harsh boundaries in with the hope of it helping me become more productive and focused as a blogger (and as a result provide a better ...more

The session that I participated in as a panelist at SXSW is now available here. It’s a panel so it covers a fair bit of ground and includes information on ad networks, affiliate programs and other topics associated with making money online.

AdSense is a wonderful way to make money from blogs for many bloggers – however it’s not always suitable. Check out this post looking at the ads that AdSense put up on a blog for women over the age of 40. Ads included (to name just a few): MEET MARRIED ...more

Sometimes to grow your blog you need to be ruthless – otherwise you’ll become distracted, unproductive, lazy, unfocused and or lose your passion for blogging. Here’s 7 areas that I’ve found myself becoming more and more ruthless in in my blogging: Image by LLimllib 1. Declare war on comment spam ...more

Tomorrow Six Apart will launch a new ad network, the acquisition of a social media agency and new ‘services’. I’ve published the full press release below but tomorrow Six Apart are going public with some major developments. The main components of the announcements today: A New Ad Network – for ...more

I was reading through an old notebook last week and came across a quote that leapt out from the page at me. It was partly because it was written in CAPITALS and had arrows pointing at it – but partly because of what it said. “Probably the best place to ...more