Darren Rowse

I’ve got nothing unique to say. It has all been said before. There are so many people who are smarter than me. Why would anyone listen to me? Have you ever found yourself thinking like this? If so – you’re not alone. At one point or another most bloggers do, and ...more

Yesterday, during our Q&A webinar, we received a lot of questions about the tools and services we recommend for different aspects of blogging. While we touched on a few, there are quite a few more that I wanted to touch on. Not all are strictly ‘blogging tools’ but all are ...more

Yesterday I tweeted a couple of thoughts on Twitter leading to an explosion of retweets but also questions, reactions and ideas. I thought I’d put them here on the blog too, in the hope they might help to kickstart your week! So many of us wait for opportunity to knock ...more

Just a short post today to let readers know that next wee we’ll be holding a ProBlogger Webinar. You can register for it here. It has been a while since we’ve had a webinar here on ProBlogger so we’re going to make this one a Q&A session where you can ...more

“I’m quitting my job to chase my dreams!” When I hear someone say those words I experience two feelings simultaneously. 1. Excitement. You can’t help but admire someone with that kind of passion. Exciting things often happen when people step out of their comfort zone and make space to go ...more

Over on Reddit today someone asked for some advice on switching from monetizing a blog using just ad networks (like AdSense) to selling advertising directly to advertisers. I found myself writing a rather long response and thought it might also be of some use to readers here. Here’s the question: ...more

Choose one small thing to start with that will move you toward your dream and do it to the best of your ability (tweet this). I issued that challenge in a post How to Make Your Blogging Dreams Come True just over a month ago. Since publishing that post, I’ve ...more

A year back, a new cafe sprung up in our area. At the time, I didn’t really pay much attention to it as I was satisfied with the 2 cafes I already went to each week. But last Christmas morning, I was desperate for a coffee and it being Christmas ...more

How do you keep yourself fresh, inspired and creative as a blogger? I was asked variations of this question three times this week, so thought I’d put my mind to giving a public answer. There are certainly times when I don’t feel overly ‘fresh’, ‘inspired’ or ‘creative’. However, I guess ...more