Darren Rowse

A few posts back I introduced the concept of ‘luck’ as a principle of entrepreneurship but also reflected that in my experience that my own ‘luck’ as a blogger has in part arisen out of decisions I’ve made. I’m fascinated by the idea of people making their own luck – ...more

There’s a couple of posts over at cre8d which caught my attention today. Firstly Rachel writes about Subscriber count buttons and ask if they are the ‘new hit counter?’ She writes: “On the other hand, some may find that displaying subscriber counts may come across as an ego badge, just ...more

Welcome today to readers of The Age (a Melbourne newspaper) which today has the same article that SMH had a couple of days back on Online Ventures being bought up (update: it only seems to be in the Age’s online version – not their hardcopy). If you’re here from the ...more

I just listened to a good podcast at TPN by three of the guys (Nik, Ben and Cameron) from the new Aussie 2Web. The highlight for me was Nik’s description of Web 2.0 – I’m not sure I’ve heard it explained better.

“Be Lucky” was advice I gave late last year in a post reflecting upon the lessons I’ve learnt as a blogger. “I’m increasingly becoming aware that despite the many hours of hard work that I’ve put into building up my business that many others work just as hard and are ...more

100 bloggers usually ranked in the 400’s at Technorati’s rankings must be feeling pretty nice tonight as they’ve been elevated to the top 100 in what seems to be a glitch in the Technorati’s top 100 blogs list. I have to say – it’s kind of nice to see some ...more

Today’s been a fun day as a result of the Sydney Morning Herald article (it didn’t appear in the Age for those asking). I finally managed to get a copy of the hard copy and was amazed to see it as a half page spread on page 3. I was ...more

Welcome to readers of SMH who may have found themselves here after the article printed there today. If this is your first time to ProBlogger.net then let me give you a quick tour of my virtual space. Grab a coffee and make yourself comfortable while I show you around. Firstly, ...more

The last element of the mix to consider as you look to optimise your Advertising revenue on your blog is the actual amount that the ad will pay. As we’ve discussed earlier in this series, there are many different advertising programs out there for bloggers – but most fall into ...more