Darren Rowse

Earlier today we heard from Kevin Cullis, who’s successfully using his blog to support his self-published print book, How to Start a Business: Mac Version. As print publishing evolves, we’re seeing more and more bloggers release printed books—either themselves or through established publishing houses, like I did. This is an ...more

One of the great things about the blogosphere is innovation, and the fact that there is an almost unlimited number of ways you can make money blogging. One glance around the web shows such variety in terms of the way bloggers approach their audiences and provide them with value. The ...more

We often hear the word “authority” mentioned in blogging circles, particularly in discussions around building a loyal following. At its most basic, authority is about knowing what you’re talking about, and who you’re talking to. If you think about it, this is a key to rich exchanges in the real ...more

You’ve started a blog, written great content, engaged with readers … and now you’re making a little money at it. Congratulations! I started blogging seriously with the aim to make a living from it, but I know plenty of bloggers—probably the majority of those making money blogging—have less clear-cut ambitions ...more

As I was reviewing my analytics this week, it struck me that the universal desire for basically all of us is to grow traffic. We’d all like more traffic, all of the time. Having that goal in mind drives more than a few bloggers to try black-hat techniques, or to ...more

Google Plus has been a medium I’ve had a fascination with since Day 1, but it’s taken me a while to work out how to actually use it effectively in my blogging. I’ve tried a variety of things, including using it as a blog of sorts (making longer posts), for ...more

Over the last couple of months, we’ve taken a close look at WordPress here on ProBlogger. I know that many readers do use WordPress—either the free or paid version—and it’s the content management system of choice for many high-profile sites. I’ve been using it for years, and I’d have to ...more

Greetings from far north tropical Queensland, Australia, where I’m writing this post from as part of the ProBlogger Queensland Blogger Trip. You may remember a couple of months back we ran a competition here on ProBlogger to identify ten bloggers from around the world to win an all-expenses-paid trip to ...more

In this, the second part of our short series on boosting conversions on your blog, it’s time to look at your conversion funnel. Yesterday, the Blog Tyrant showed us how to review our offer of a paid or free product or service. Through that analysis, you should be able to ...more