Darren Rowse

This is the 5th installment of a 6 part series on blogging that brings about lasting change. Before reading on you might like to Read the introduction here. Stage 4 – Procrastination to Desire You have gotten the attention of your readers, they are interested in what you are blogging ...more

This is the 4th installment of a 6 part series on blogging that brings about lasting change. Before reading on you might like to Read the introduction here. Stage 3 – Scepticism to Conviction Having got the attention and peaked the interest of your reader it is now time to ...more

This is the third part of a 6 part series on blogging that brings about lasting change. Before reading on you might like to read the introduction here. Stage 2 – Indifference to Interest Your witty, controversial, intriguing title and first sentence has grabbed the attention of your reader. They ...more

This is the second part of a 6 part series on blogging that brings about lasting change. Read the introduction here. Stage 1 – Rejection to Attention The first task of the blogger wanting to have a lasting influence on readers is to get their attention. In today’s world the ...more

Why do Bloggers Blog? Is there some underlying thread of motivation that we all share? This is the introduction for a 6 part series on how to blog in a way that brings lasting change. Each blogger writes for their own unique set of reasons and motivations. Some do so ...more

How Blogs Work in 7 Easy Pieces is a great little piece that explains in easily understood language the steps of blogging and RSS. It even has pictures!

So you’ve got a blog, it is looking good, the design is working and your content is stimulating – now you’d like to spread the word on what you have to offer, after all blogs are designed to be read! How should you get the word out? Well you’ve probably ...more

10 Ways To Make Money Blogging is an article written by a blogger who is making a bit of money on the side of his hobby. Whilst I probably don’t see eye to on a political spectrum with John, he does speak some sense when it comes to blogging. His ...more

John Robb posts about how to build a hot/popular weblog. His suggestions of different approaches make some sense. Basically he breaks it down into a number of approaches you might take to become popular. – Connection machine – Name dropper – Ideologue – Thinker – Topic Owner – Voice of ...more