Darren Rowse

Every year Google sends its higher end AdSense publishers (what the cut off is no one really knows) a gift to thank them for participating in the program. Last year it was a a little pack with a usb hub, usb light, wireless mouse, usb flash drive etc and the ...more

Steve from Adventure Money submitted the following reader ‘quick tip’: Readers form opinions about your blog based on the quality of your content. However, even if your content is great, if your readers have to stop in mid-paragraph to perform some sort of mental gymnastics to determine the meaning of ...more

bill perry from Financial Freedom Library submitted this following reader ‘quick tip’. One mistake I made when launching my blog was I started marketing the site after having just about 3 posts up. This WAS my first blog, however, and I’m now moderately pleased to have the traffic levels I’m ...more

Over the last few weeks the Problogger Job Board has seen a little upswing in the numbers of jobs being posted. While I wouldn’t describe it as an avalanche there is definitely some interesting opportunities being added! Taciko is looking for a Startup Blogger for their webapp business Criteo is ...more

Scot Longyear from Worshipplus sent in this reader ‘quick tip’: The old adage that two heads are better than one hold true in blogging. Here are a few advantages: 1. More eyes for proofreading. The more looks you can get before you post, the better your content and clarity. 2. ...more

With the end of the year approaching the web surfing habits of the average web user changes. The way you position yourself now in the weeks leading up to this period can mean you’re ready to capitalize on some of these changes. I noticed this last year particularly when analyzing ...more

Want to learn more about how to make money blogging? Subscribe to ProBlogger today for free. How do you write an About Me page? There are four main questions that readers want answered on your About Me page: who you are… your expertise and how it addresses… their problem or ...more

So you’re looking to increase the profitability of your blog for the Christmas period (and beyond). You’ve optimized your AdSense, Chitika and Affiliate programs, you’ve even written a little seasonal content…. but there’s one missing element…. Traffic. Unless you actually have people viewing your blog it is very difficult to ...more

One key to affiliate programs succeeding is that you have enough traffic that actually sees your affiliate links. There is little point in actually deep linking to products on pages that no one actually visits. So how can you increase the chances of people seeing and potentially clicking your affiliate ...more