Darren Rowse

Earlier today I posted about using paid advertising to Promote Your Blog. In the research of that post I interviewed a fellow blogger who I’ve seen use Advertising very effectively to launch numerous blogs. I asked if he’d be willing to speak publicly about his experience and he said he’d ...more

Image created in Canva The following post on finding your blogging voice was submitted by Lance from Honey and Lance. We all know that content is king, and we’re also aware (sometimes painfully) that the vast majority of bloggers come from non-writing backgrounds. This means we come across a lot ...more

This guest post by Matt Harzewski of Webmaster-Source. Get webmaster resources, tips, and tutorials delivered straight to your feed reader by subscribing here. You don’t just want people to subscribe to your RSS feed. You want them to keep coming back to the actual website. You want to build an ...more

Today I want to explore a ‘secret’ of growing the readership of a blog. A few weeks ago I explored how to increase the number of subscribers on your blog through creating anticipation. The more people anticipate that they’ll get something of value from your blog in the future the ...more

In this post Leslie Madsen-Brooks explores 5 teaching techniques that bloggers might like to explore to connect with their readers The best teachers–from first-grade teachers to university instructors–employ some simple techniques that bloggers can use to their advantage. image by Patrick Q Here are five of my favorites: 1. Find ...more

The following post on OpenID was submitted by Yung Chin from YC’s Ramblings. Undoubtedly you’ve seen the icon shown here appear in the comments section of many Blogger, WordPress, LiveJournal, and MovableType blogs recently. What it means: “this site is OpenID enabled”. In case you’ve missed all the news buzz ...more

The following post on dealing with blog hecklers was submitted by Jonathan Fields. I was only a few weeks into my blogging adventure when I took my first very public thrashing at the feet of another much more established blogger. I’d written a round-up column, featuring insights from a wide ...more

A few people have asked where I’ll be at SXSW this week. The following is a shortlist of sessions that I have on my ‘might go’ list. If you’re there and see me – do say G’day! Friday, 7 March 2008 03:30PM How to Rawk SXSW: The Basics (18ABCD) 04:30PM ...more

Elite Retreat is almost sold out and the more I hear about this year’s event the more I like it. They’ve just added Matt Mullenweg to the already amazing line up – they’ve got limo pickups for attendees, have a top notch dinner for the first night and Jeremy says ...more