Darren Rowse

Having interviewed a Professional Blogger each week since relaunching this blog today I found out what it was like to be on the other side of the interview. Susannah Gardner from Buzz Marketing with Blogs asked me about my mistakes and successes with blogging, about the tools that I use, ...more

Well known blogger Jason Kottke has bitten the bullet and has decided to go Prowith his blogging. He’s quit his web design job and has decided to go the route of trying to raise money for his blogging from donations from readership. ‘I’m asking the regular readers of kottke.org (that’s ...more

Do you listen to PodCasts? If so how many per week? This is the question I’m asking in my inaugural ‘Poll of the Week‘ question – see side bar to vote. You see I’m fascinated by new media like PodCasting and Vlogging – however I have a few reservations about ...more

Big Money Tips has changed domain. All the goodness is now over at WorkBoxers! Huh? I’ll let Paul explain the name: ‘Well I wanted something that symbolizes a goal that many people strive for when reading the content on this site. I wanted to stay away from ‘money’ and ‘cash’ ...more

I’ve had a lot of good feedback on the interviews with Professional Bloggers that I’ve been running lately so I’ll keep the ball going with this week’s one – this time I’m featuring a blogger I’ve admired a lot recently Jon Gales. Jon is one of the youngest Pro Bloggers ...more

Pete continues the discussion going over at pc4media on The Lone Blogger vs The Group, responding to my post and some comments left on it by lone bloggers who are making a living from blogging. He writes: ‘The key to building a business is building “processes” that are valuable, not ...more

pc4media is making some sense writing on Access to Inventory. Ad sales is Most Profitable when More Inventory is Accessible ‘No matter how good your writing is, if you don’t have a full time sales guy selling ad inventory, you aren’t making a living. And therefore, the more writers you ...more

I’m sorry for my absence this past few days, I’ve been speaking at a conference and also trying to keep up with posting on a couple of trade shows in the US that are related to a couple of my blogs. Things should return to normal here in the next ...more

There is a good article over at Yahoo news on Mena and Ben Trott from Six Apart: ‘Like so many other 20-somethings hoping to mine the Internet gold rush of the late 1990s, Mena Trott was thrown for a humbling loop by the dot-com bust, yet still craved stardom. Her ...more