Sydney Bound
13th of April 2005 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

Sydney Bound

I’m heading to Sydney today for a couple of days to meet with some blogging partners (the co-owners of Breaking News Blog). It is time for some reviewing and planning for the collective which has been live for five months now. So blogging will be a little scarcer than normal ...more
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Some Perspective on the Opportunities for Blogging
13th of April 2005 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

Some Perspective on the Opportunities for Blogging

Today I had an interesting time with an experienced business person that I meet with from time to time as a business coach. I love catching up with him for a number of reasons – for one he’s got some wonderful experience and has built himself a successful business that ...more
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Commercial blogs entering Finland
12th of April 2005 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

Commercial blogs entering Finland

Interesting post over at StarGeek on the Commercialization of blogs in Finland.
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WordPress 1.5 first impressions
12th of April 2005 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

WordPress 1.5 first impressions

Michael gives his first impressions of WordPress 1.5.
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Jason Calacanis on an ‘Aloof’ Weblogs Inc
12th of April 2005 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

Jason Calacanis on an ‘Aloof’ Weblogs Inc

Jason Calacanis responded to a comment on this blog by Ray saying that Weblogs Inc come across as ‘aloof’ with the following comment which I thought has some interesting tidbits in it worth highlighting here on the main page. ‘The aloof is probably due to the fact that we are ...more
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Jason Kottke Speaks about his Fund Drive
12th of April 2005 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

Jason Kottke Speaks about his Fund Drive

After quitting his job to become a Professional Blogger, Jason Kottke has just published a post updating his readership on how his 3 week fund drive went. Looks like he make his goal (almost) although he doesn’t give actual figures: ‘As I mentioned in my initial post about all this, ...more
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Cats, Dogs and Adsense
11th of April 2005 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

Cats, Dogs and Adsense

Ted Rheingold has a good summary of the recent Adsense Publisher’s Forum (I’m still waiting for my invitation – with airline tickets – to the next one). Ted has a couple of sites (Dogster and Catster) that use Adsense. He writes that between the two sites they serve 6 million ...more
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The $100 a Day in 12 Weeks Challenge
11th of April 2005 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

The $100 a Day in 12 Weeks Challenge

Just stumbled upon WebSiteNights – a blog dedicated to a 12 week challenge to make $100 per day via Adsense and Affiliate programs. So far the bloggers that have joined the challenge are: BJ’s Challenge Cy’s Challenge Cal’s Challenge Rob’s Challenge Teli’s Challenge Jenn’s Challenge Star’s Challenge Kevin’s Challenge Arina’s ...more
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The Complexity of Advertising on a Blog
11th of April 2005 Darren Rowse 0 Comments

The Complexity of Advertising on a Blog

Are you a media buyer or seller that wants some work? This might be a good post for you to read to the bottom of. One of my biggest frustrations as a single practitioner blogger is that I have to get my head around multiple areas of expertise. I’m a ...more
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