Darren Rowse

This time last night the ProBlogger meetup was in full swing in an Upper West Side Bar here in New York. The night was a great time of catching up with old friends, putting faces to names and meeting a few brand new people. The picture to the left is ...more

This post on blogging workflow has been submitted by Melissa Petri of Europe String. Apart from maintaining 5 travel blogs under 3 different networks, I also: (1) work full-time; (2) am a mother of 2 very young boys; and (3) travel a lot for work. Many have asked how I ...more

Stephanie asks – “I’d like to know: As a blogger: What matters most to you?” Wow – this could go in any number of directions including the philosophical! I don’t think I could name one thing alone but here’s the first few things that popped into my head (I’m sure ...more

I’m just home from the Problogger NY Readers meetup – what a fun night! Thanks everyone. I’ll post some photos and comments tomorrow after I recover. If you’ve got pictures or blog posts about the meetup please tag them pbny07 so we can all share the fun. By the Way ...more

Phil asked – “Would you ever consider selling problogger.net?” I’ve been asked this quite a few times of late for some reason – increasingly by genuine buyers. The answer is Yes…. and No. At this point I’m not looking for a sale and am not even close to doing so ...more

Lots of people have been emailing to ask how the Future of Online Advertising (FOOA) conference has gone here in New York over the last couple of days – so I thought an update was in order. Overall I’ve found it to be a very worthwhile experience – both as ...more

Bob (no url provided) asks – “I want to know how blogging can be used in personal branding. I want to be considered an expert in a topic, how best can writing a blog get me there? I do not care about adsense or CJ.com, I want to know how ...more

Just a quick reminder for those of you in New York and surrounding areas – this Saturday night (tomorrow) is the ProBlogger New York Readers Meetup. We’ve got 38 RSVPs on the meetup page but there are others I know who are coming that are not on the list so ...more

Tech Crunch today points to a new service for bloggers called Blogstorm which tracks the number of other websites linking to a blog on a post by post basis. They are already tracking a number of blogs – including ProBlogger (see our stats here) and provide some useful information. The ...more