Darren Rowse

The community at ProBlogger is growing in size and involvement so today I’m happy to announce a way in which readers can become a little more involved in the blog by subscribing to a special free members newsletter. This weekly(ish) newsletter will include: – a short summary of the hottest ...more

Media Daily News posts that Ad Agency Carat are launching some interesting resources for companies wanting to explore blogging as part of their marketing. ‘John Cate, vice president and national media director for Carat Interactive, said clients such as TiVo and Pfizer will each be given a three-part blogging “starter ...more

Scrivs post a nice comparative analysis of two entrepreneurial blogging network models – Weblogs, Inc vs. Gawker. I have learnt a lot from watching both approaches and think that both are valid and seemingly very successful approaches to blogging for dollars. One of the subtle differences in approach that I’ve ...more

I’m heading to Sydney today for a couple of days to meet with some blogging partners (the co-owners of Breaking News Blog). It is time for some reviewing and planning for the collective which has been live for five months now. So blogging will be a little scarcer than normal ...more

Today I had an interesting time with an experienced business person that I meet with from time to time as a business coach. I love catching up with him for a number of reasons – for one he’s got some wonderful experience and has built himself a successful business that ...more

Interesting post over at StarGeek on the Commercialization of blogs in Finland.

Michael gives his first impressions of WordPress 1.5.

Jason Calacanis responded to a comment on this blog by Ray saying that Weblogs Inc come across as ‘aloof’ with the following comment which I thought has some interesting tidbits in it worth highlighting here on the main page. ‘The aloof is probably due to the fact that we are ...more

After quitting his job to become a Professional Blogger, Jason Kottke has just published a post updating his readership on how his 3 week fund drive went. Looks like he make his goal (almost) although he doesn’t give actual figures: ‘As I mentioned in my initial post about all this, ...more