Darren Rowse

Over the next couple of days on ProBlogger, we’ll be taking a look at key marketing tactics bloggers are using on Twitter and Facebook. Since we covered Pinterest recently, I thought I’d explore Google+ today, and check out the approaches some of the A-list bloggers are using on this network. ...more

What are your plans for the weekend? If you’re looking forward to spending some time on your blog, then this weekend’s posts might help. Improve blog security and control Today, we help you boost your blog’s security, and gain more control, with a tour of WordPress user roles. This is ...more

Update: this competition is now closed to new entries. We’re now narrowing down to find our 10 winners who will be contacted and then announced here on ProBlogger on 23 April. Thanks to all who entered! Ten days ago I excitedly announced an amazing opportunity for ProBlogger readers to enter ...more

Earlier this month, I wrote a post on gearing up your blog from a hobby into a business that generated some interesting discussion. One thing that’s often a sticking point relates to the point I made about niche assessment. Today I’d like to step back a little further and consider niche selection ...more

Yesterday, we published the second post in a series of guest posts written by author Greg McFarlane here at ProBlogger. And recently you’ll have noticed our multi-author series on generating blog comments. So today I thought it might be interesting to talk about the thinking behind trying out series, and ...more

Update: this competition is now closed to new entries. We’re now narrowing down to find our 10 winners who will be contacted and then announced here on ProBlogger on 23 April. Thanks to all who entered! Last week I excitedly announced a competition to fly 10 ProBlogger readers into the ...more

If you read Lisa’s post on the Grace of Communication yesterday, I hope you felt as inspired as many of the commenters who added their thoughts to it. Her heartfelt post really spoke volumes, and not just about social media. As I read it, it reminded me of a question that ...more

In our first article from the series Build Blog Products that Sell, Greg McFarlane makes an interesting point. “Don’t be afraid to solicit feedback,” he says, “but on the other hand, don’t cede the responsibility of initiative by asking your readers, ‘So, what would you like to see?'” I wanted ...more

Recently at a parenting blogger conference here Melbourne, I was listening to a panel discussion on business models when Aussie blogger—Laney from Crash Test Mummy—made a statement that connected strongly with my own recent experience. I’m paraphrasing here, but Laney talked about how as bloggers we’re often on the receiving ...more