Confucius said – Build a Better Blog
24th of January 2008 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

Confucius said – Build a Better Blog

The following guest post is by Jon Bishop from TechNomads. You can learn more about him at the base of this post. Now that I’m living in China, and having lived in Asia for the past 8 years, I’ve often found myself thinking about Confucianism, and considering certain elements of ...more
Miscellaneous Blog Tips
9 Benefits of Twitter for Bloggers
23rd of January 2008 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

9 Benefits of Twitter for Bloggers

I was a little slow getting onto Twitter last year (when so many other bloggers embraced it). To be honest I didn’t think it had much to offer me – I’m beginning to see how wrong I was. In this post I want to explore how I’m using Twitter to: ...more
Blog Promotion
ProBlogger T-Shirt Hits Italy
23rd of January 2008 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

ProBlogger T-Shirt Hits Italy

Davide “Tagliaerbe” Pozii from Italy just emailed me to let me know that he’s got his ProBlogger T-Shirt. He sent a picture too. Anyone else out there with a picture to share? I know there’s more Tshirts in circulation and would love to see people modeling them!
ProBlogger Site News
A Reality Check about Blogging for Money
23rd of January 2008 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

A Reality Check about Blogging for Money

Last week’s article in the Wall Street Journal revealed that my blog earnings are in excess of $250,000 per year (a very ballpark figure). The problem with these type of articles is that they report in a few words just one element of a story – in this case my ...more
Featured Posts
Face to Face with the Matthew Effect: Making Yourself Heard
23rd of January 2008 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

Face to Face with the Matthew Effect: Making Yourself Heard

Guest Post: Muhammad Saleem is a social media consultant and a top-ranked community member on multiple social news sites. For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath. (Matthew XXV:29, ...more
Writing Content
My Search for the Perfect Cafe [And What it Taught Me about Blogging]
22nd of January 2008 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

My Search for the Perfect Cafe [And What it Taught Me about Blogging]

Warning – Tangent Ahead… As I’ve been Twittering lately, I’m currently on a search for a good local cafe to blog from. While there are plenty of cafes in the area we’ve moved to – this morning’s ‘cafe crawl’ showed me that it could be more of a challenge than ...more
Miscellaneous Blog Tips
How to Run a Blog Competition [CASE STUDY]
22nd of January 2008 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

How to Run a Blog Competition [CASE STUDY]

Last week I wrote a couple of posts about how to run a successful blog competition. Today I thought I’d give you a little background information (case study) on how I’m currently running one. The competition is over at DPS where I announced it about 12 hours ago with a ...more
Case Studies
14% of Bloggers Prefer to Do It in Bed [POLL RESULTS]
22nd of January 2008 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

14% of Bloggers Prefer to Do It in Bed [POLL RESULTS]

A couple of weeks ago I polled ProBlogger readers about their favorite place to blog. 1481 readers responded. In many cases their choices were determined by where their computer was (it’s hard to take your desktop computer to bed) and so the ‘home office’ was the clear winner. But the ...more
Reader Questions
Writing with Confidence or Risking Your Reputation?
21st of January 2008 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

Writing with Confidence or Risking Your Reputation?

A guest post over at John Chow’s blog today by Steven York titled Successful Blogging – 5 Tips for Writing With Confidence caught my attention today. The title was something that I was keen to read as I think that being confident as a blogger is important – however as ...more
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