Darren Rowse

Thanks to everyone for a wonderful year in 2010. Wishing you peace and happiness in this holiday season and looking forward to connecting with you in the new year!

Many bloggers develop products as a way to monetize their blogging, but one problem that more bloggers are running into is that they become very dependent upon product launches. A product launch can bring a lot of profitability to your blog, but what happens when things die down after that ...more

It is the end of the year, and time for a little fun. What’s the funniest, weirdest, or most surprising thing someone has bought through one of your affiliate links on Amazon? I was trawling through my Amazon Associates reports yesterday to see what items were selling, and here’s my ...more

If you’ve been putting off buying ProBlogger the Book (the ‘real’ paper one) that I wrote with Chris Garrett – today’s the day to pick one up at Amazon. Normally retailing for $24.99 today they have it at 44% off – just $14.04. They often have had it at 30% ...more

Over the last few months I’ve been showing breakdowns of my earnings in an attempt to give some insight into the diversity of income streams available to bloggers, as well as showing how earnings can vary from month to month. Earnings come from my work on a number of sites ...more

A few days ago, personal development blogger Alex Shalman sent me a question that I thought might be a good discussion starter. He asked: I feel like after many years of blogging that my opinions have changed. That’s natural, and in most cases it’s okay to have that archive of ...more

Anyone following me on Twitter will have probably seen me um-ing and ah-ing about whether to buy an 11 inch Macbook Air. I did! And this is my review, having used it for ten days. Note: I’m not really a technical person so don’t expect too much from that perspective. ...more

Earlier in the week I wrote an email to ProBlogger PLUS subscribers that talked about deepening reader engagement by aiming at the hearts of your readers. In it, I shared an example from FeelGooder of a personal story post that I wrote that got a great reaction from readers. As ...more

Later today the first ever ProBlogger Academy short course, “Creating Killer Content for your Blog,” goes live. Have you joined yet? It’s going to be an exciting week. Chris Garrett and I have put together some great content and are looking forward to interacting with students. This five-module course will ...more