Darren Rowse

4th of January 2024 Darren Rowse

Trust – Principles of Successful Blogging #2

Today I want to continue our series of posts looking at principles of building a successful blog by looking at the topic of “trust”. A fundamental principle in marketing and relationship building is that people tend to do business with individuals or companies they know, like, and trust. This is ...more
Build Community
28th of December 2023 Darren Rowse

Why Stories are an Effective Communication Tool for Your Blog

As I write this it is the last Tuesday morning of the month and I’m sitting in a local coffee shop going through my ‘end of the month routine‘. It involves a large lattè (everything else hinges on this) and some delving into my blogs metrics to see how they’ve ...more
Creating Content
21st of December 2023 Darren Rowse

Mastering the Art of Listening: A Blogger’s Guide to Success

Once upon a time, I shared a set of slides from a presentation which outlines a variety of lessons that I’ve learned as a blogger. Over the coming months I intend to expand upon many of the points in that presentation – starting today with ‘Listening’. When I began blogging ...more
Creating Content
26th of October 2023 Darren Rowse

Using Categories and Tags Effectively on Your Blog

This post on using Tags and Categories on a blog was originally written by Michael Martin from ProBlog Design and updated recently by the ProBlogger team. Categories and tags are essential for blogs and content organization for many reasons: SEO Benefits: Categories and tags help search engines understand the structure ...more
Miscellaneous Blog Tips
7th of September 2023 Darren Rowse

14 Top Bloggers Share Their Daily Blogging Routine

Last week I shared some tips for busy bloggers on how to find time to blog based upon a lot of questions I’ve had of late on that topic. As part of that post I was intending on describing my own blogging routine – but on the spur of the ...more
General
31st of August 2023 Darren Rowse

7 Tips for Busy Bloggers on Finding Time to Blog

Whenever I ask ProBlogger readers “what’s the biggest challenge that they face as a blogger?”, the answer I hear most is “Time”. Finding time to blog is something that all bloggers struggle with. Whether you are just starting out and blogging as a hobby, blogging as a part time job ...more
Be Productive
17th of August 2023 Darren Rowse

17 Statistics to Monitor on Your Blog

Today your task is to spend some time looking at your blog’s statistics/metrics package to see what you can learn from it. I encouraged participants in 31 Days to Build a Better Blog Challenge to make sure they had a metrics package installed on their blog before they started so ...more
31 Days to Build a Better Blog
10th of August 2023 Darren Rowse

25 Types of Pages that Every Blogger Should Consider

When you use WordPress you’re given the choice when publishing between doing it as a ‘post’ or as a ‘page‘. Posts go up on your blog while ‘pages’ are static pages that you can publish without it having to go up on your blog. There’s a lot of reasons why ...more
Miscellaneous Blog Tips
27th of July 2023 Darren Rowse

The Ultimate Guide to Guest Blogging in 2023 for Increased Organic Traffic

In 2023, guest blogging remains a vital strategy for bloggers and businesses aiming to boost their online visibility, improve search engine rankings, and drive organic traffic. However, as the digital landscape evolves, so must our approach to guest blogging. In this comprehensive guide, we will examine current tactics to boost ...more
Finding readers