Darren Rowse

So you want to be a famous blogger? Cartoon Blogger Dave Walker has the secret on how to do it: Cartoon by Dave Walker. Find more cartoons you can freely re-use on your blog at We Blog Cartoons. via Blogging Expertise

A number of people have asked me to write some reflections on running the ProBlogger Birthday Bash $54,000 Giveaway last week. What were the results like? What did I learn? Will I do it again? How would I do it differently? All good questions – let me share a few ...more

If you’re in or near Melbourne you’ll want to block out 17 November from 12.00pm until 7pm (and perhaps a little longer for a drink or two) because the first ever Melbourne WordCamp is on! Venue: WordCamp Melbourne will be held in the ‘Pavillion’ at the Watermark Bar, Victoria Harbour ...more

A few newsy items from the last couple of days: WidgetBucks have announced that they’ll be moving to reporting revenue per click and revenue in real time – starting today. This was one of the main concerns that I”ve been hearing about the ad network – while they will still ...more

<rant>Once again AdSense have alienated publishers not based in the US with an update to their blog post announcing their new video units with a short update: “Video units will be live in AdSense accounts later today (10/9). Currently this feature is open only to publishers located in the United ...more

A number of months ago I wrote a post titled How to Build a ‘Digg Culture’ on your Blog which explored a trend that I’d noticed on my blogs where getting on the front page of Digg once tended to lead to attracting other active Digg users to your blog ...more

“Your first 10,000 photographs are your worst.” Henri Cartier-Bresson – Photographer I came across this great quote today and as a photography nut it rang true. However I quickly realized that the quote could easily be applied to the medium of blogging. “Your first 10,000 blog posts are your worst” ...more

AdSense have today announced their long awaited Video Units. This is what ProBlogger broke the news about last week. It allows you to get video content for your blog with an embedded ad using YouTube ‘partner content’ on your blog. Basically you set up a video unit to run on ...more

This post on Blogging Ethics and Sponsored Reviews has been submitted by Travel Blogger – Melissa Petri from Europe String. With the increasing number of people turning to blogs, it is no surprise that companies have also started recognizing its use as powerful marketing tools. And apart from just helping ...more