Which Laptop for Blogging?
14th of May 2005 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

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
14th of May 2005 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

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
14th of May 2005 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

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
14th of May 2005 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

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
14th of May 2005 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

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
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Blog Power = Blog Clutter
14th of May 2005 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

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
13th of May 2005 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

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’
13th of May 2005 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

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
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Pro-Podcasters
13th of May 2005 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

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