
Which Laptop for Blogging?
A regular reader of ProBlogger, Mark from The Rock and Roll Report, has asked the following question that I thought I’d open up to all readers for discussion. ‘I am looking at getting a laptop that will primarily be just for my blog site The Rock and Roll Report. From ...more
Blogging Tools and Services

Podcast Network – Vidcast
Cameron and Mick from the Podcast Network have just put up their first vidcast to celebrate six months of podcasting. The video is interesting – they talk about some of the recent developments of their network and the pressures they are facing. Whilst they seem to be enjoying it it’s ...more
Podcasting

Tips on Selling T-Shirts on a Blog
After my post earlier in the week on making money by selling T-Shirts from your blog – a regular reader by the name of Chris (from Poker Geek and Jedi Scribe) sent me a message saying that he’d done ok out of T-Shirts himself and that they were definitely worth ...more
Other Income Streams

More on Weblogs Inc’s Star Comment System
Jason Calacanis comments on my post on Weblogs Inc’s new Star Spam system and writes: ‘Darren: I have not given all the details on the system yet, but it does handle automated comment spam. Blogsmith (our blog platform) forces folks to validate every comment via email right now, so if ...more
Pro Blogging News

What $695 Buys You in Blogging
Looks like the real way to make money from blogging is to write a report on the topic of blogging (business blogging to be more specific) and then to charge $695 for it. That’s the approach that e-marketer are taking with their latest report • What are the three main ...more
Pro Blogging News

Blog Power = Blog Clutter
Andy has a good post on ‘Blog Power’ which I think is a pretty spot on analysis of a tool that attempt to game Google and simply clutters the web with useless content. These sort of tools might bring you a little short term benefit but the risks are not ...more
Blogging Tools and Services

Why Not to Join Blog Networks
Scrivs has just saved me some time and written a post that builds on my Examining the 9rules Network post (in which I gave reasons to enter into a network) – in it he gives some of the negatives of joining 9Rules (or any network for that matter). So when ...more
Blog Networks

Blog ‘Issues’
Many of you obviously noticed that my blog has ‘issues’ this afternoon. Apologies for those who tried to access it but there were a few complications with the database around our server being upgraded. They all seem to have worked themselves out now and things will be back to normal ...more
ProBlogger Site News

Pro-Podcasters
BitPass have announced a service for helping PodCasters charge for their work via a subscription – enabling a new wave of professional podcasters to hit the airwaves: ‘BitPass Unplugged is a patent-pending, powerful new service that will allow podcasters ranging from hobbyists to mainstream media organizations to introduce à-la-carte and ...more
Podcasting