Darren Rowse

Next month on 24 May we will be running a day long workshop in Melbourne for bloggers on the topic of using Email to grow traffic and build profitability to your blog. There are only 12 10 9 tickets left – grab yours here. Over the last few years we’ve ...more

Over the last few days we’ve been tackling the problem of ‘not enough time to blog’ that many bloggers struggle with. I started by sharing 7 tips for busy bloggers on how to find time to blog and then had 14 of my blogging friends share a little about their ...more

Today, I was looking back over some of my earliest attempts at making money from blogging. I realised that this month marks 10 years of me using Amazon’s Associates Program. How I Started Making Money with Amazon’s Affiliate Program I first heard about Amazon’s Affiliate program in April 2003. I ...more

Today in a radio interview I was asked to give 4-5 quick tips on how to write great blog posts. Quick isn’t my forte when giving tips (I have a lot to say) and I can think of many more than 5 tips for writing great blog posts – but ...more

In this post Shayne and I share the back story how we mistakenly sent an email to almost a million people that should have gone to a few thousand – (and we then share what we did about it). From Shayne: Wednesday the 10th of April 2013 was a day ...more

A common question that I get is ‘how early should I begin to monetize my blog‘. I understand the concern behind the question – some bloggers certainly like to build their audience before they introduce monetization and you do need readers before whatever monetization model you choose will work – ...more

Over on our Facebook page last week Kim Hill-MacCrone asked a question that I thought might be a good one to discuss with the wider ProBlogger readership. How do you Keep your Content Fresh, Interesting and Engaging? It is a question I get asked quite a bit and know is ...more

Recently I was part of a panel to launch a new book by Trevor Young called ‘Micro Domination‘. In the book Trevor identifies a number of what he calls ‘Micro Mavens‘ – including people like Chris Brogan, Jonathan Fields, Marie Forleo, Chris Guillebeau, Trey Ratcliff, Pamela Slim, Gary Vaynerchuk (and ...more

… is to start a blog and use it. The barriers to entry into blogging are low – you can start a blog in minutes using a tool like WordPress.com. In setting it up and hitting publish on your first blog post you’ll learn so much. In your first week ...more