Darren Rowse

How to Make Money As a Blogger Through Affiliate Marketing
Thanks all for your feedback on our 50th episode of the ProBlogger podcast! I still can’t believe we finally made it. Onward with episode 51 and my tips on affiliate marketing as an income stream: This episode is sort of an introduction to what affiliate marketing is and how I ...more
Blogging for Dollars

What I Learned About Podcasting in my First 50 Episodes
We made it to episode 50 of the ProBlogger Podcast! To be honest, when I was about halfway through the 31 Days to Build a Better Blog podcast series, I didn’t think I would make this that far. Podcasting in the early days is tough going! In this episode, I ...more
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How to Define Your Blog’s Brand
In today’s episode of the ProBlogger podcast, I want to talk to you about blog branding, and how it shapes the relationship between you and your reader. It’s something I think everybody should take seriously, and put thought into, rather than just muddle along and see what happens – it really ...more
Blog Design

How to Make $30,000 a year Blogging
If you’re anything like the overwhelmed blogger I spoke to a few years ago, who thought making a full time living from her blog was basically impossible, then this episode of the ProBlogger podcast is for you. The truth is, making a full-time living from blogging means different things to ...more
Blogging for Dollars

Writing Challenge: Write a ‘How I Do It’ Blog Post
Today’s podcast episode is a little bit different – a throwback of sorts to one of the 31 Days to Build a Better Blog Podcast challenges. I think it’s important to offer challenges like this, as it’s very easy to read or listen to what to do, but actually doing ...more
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Do You Recognize These 21 Blogging Mistakes?
While the pathway to blogging is different for everybody, and you could argue there’s no “wrong” way, in today’s ProBlogger podcast I discuss some of the mistakes I made when first starting out, and the most typical mistakes I see newer bloggers making. I wonder if any of you recognize yourselves in ...more
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How to Use Blab Live Streaming to Grow Your Blog
In today’s episode of the ProBlogger podcast, I am talking about a new tool for bloggers and content creators that I’ve really taken to: Blab. It’s kind of like the lovechild of Google Hangouts and Periscope, and I’ve been experimenting with it a lot lately. When I first heard ...more
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How To Create Great Content For Your Blog – Q&A, Part 2
Episode 43 of the ProBlogger podcast is part two of the Q&A series I’ve been doing on how to create great content for your blog (episode one is here). In it, I answer your most recent questions from the callout I put on the ProBlogger Facebook page about: What are ...more
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Behind the Scenes of our Latest Six Figure Product Launch
In today’s episode of the ProBlogger Podcast, I discuss the behind-the-scenes view of our latest product launch, which made $US120,000. On my main blog, Digital Photography School, we have more than 30 products, and the Lightroom Presets Pack was our most recent. Today I go through the complete life cycle of the ...more
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