OK - that heading sounds like a bad joke (and it could be) but I had confirmation this week that Jeremy from ShoeMoney is joining our ‘make money online with a blog‘ panel at Blog World Expo.
This makes the lineup - Brian Clark from CopyBlogger, John Chow, Zac Johnson, Jim Kukral, ShoeMoney and myself. It’s [...] [..] Read complete article
Published 06-Sep-2008 by Darren Rowse in pro blogging news Read 0 times
If you’re going to Blog World Expo and can be there the day before the official program starts - b5media is running a training day for our bloggers that we are opening up to any BWE registrants that would like to attend.
It is running on 19 September at the Las Vegas Convention center and all [...] [..] Read complete article
Published 27-Aug-2008 by Darren Rowse in pro blogging news Read 0 times
I’ve been doing most of my ’speed linking’ on Twitter lately - but here’s a collection of links from around the web for bloggers and web workers that got my attention today:
Screen Casts Rock - Here’s Who’s Rocking Them Now - RRW showcases great Screen Casters
7 Tips for New Twitter Users - From Shel (don’t [...] [..] Read complete article
Published 22-Aug-2008 by Darren Rowse in pro blogging news Read 1 times
Blog Action Day 2008 Poverty from Blog Action Day on Vimeo.
I hope you’ll consider joining me in this year’s Blog Action Day - The topic This year is Poverty.
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Published 18-Aug-2008 by Darren Rowse in pro blogging news Read 1 times
One of the best courses that I’ve personally participated in on the topic of teaching people how to make money online is TeachingSells - and it’s about to close it’s doors to new members (in just 7 days).
Every time I come to write about TeachingSells, its creators have added new courses/modules to it.
They’ve now completed [...] [..] Read complete article
Published 24-Jul-2008 by Darren Rowse in pro blogging news Read 1 times
Is Google’s Knol an attack on Wikipedia or Could it hurt Smaller Publishers like bloggers more?
So today Google finally opened up and launched Launched Knol (it’s been coming for a while) a place where people can publish ‘authoritative articles about specific topics’. It’s like Wikipedia in that articles can be edited by others - but [...] [..] Read complete article
Published 23-Jul-2008 by Darren Rowse in pro blogging news Read 2 times
I always love hearing stories of bloggers who are able to go full time with their blogging so earlier today when I read in the NYT about the author of one of my favorite blogs (Mac Rumors) has traded in a career in Medicine for blogging it got my attention.
“Dr. Kim’s Web site now attracts [...] [..] Read complete article
Published 21-Jul-2008 by Darren Rowse in pro blogging news Read 1 times
Wendy at SparkPlugging (formally e-Moms At Home) is today launching a new learning area called SparkPlugU.
Drawing on the expert writers that write for the Sparkplugging blog network they have put together a variety of short courses on different aspects of working at home such as business and productivity.
Courses will be available in a variety [...] [..] Read complete article
Published 09-Jul-2008 by Darren Rowse in pro blogging news Read 2 times
At 5pm Pacific time today (10am Melbourne time) I’m being interviewed by Wayne Hurlbert (his blog) on Blog Talk Radio.
If you’re around and have the time it should be a fun interview. I’m told there will be downloadable recording of it in the coming days also and I’ll post the link to it as I [...] [..] Read complete article
Published 03-Jul-2008 by Darren Rowse in pro blogging news Read 4 times
A quick congratulations to WidgetBucks ad network for announcing their VC funding today.
I’m looking forward to seeing how the injection of funds helps this already promising ad network to grow in what they offer publishers.
Disclaimer - WidgetBucks is a sponsor of ProBlogger.
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Published 12-Jun-2008 by Darren Rowse in pro blogging news Read 3 times
If you’ve got a little spare time today and are in the mood for learning about how to blog - you might want to check out Alltop’s Blogging Page. It lists the latest posts of 44 great blogs about blogging. Only thing I’d add to the page is the RSS feed of each blog (so [...] [..] Read complete article
Published 10-Jun-2008 by Darren Rowse in pro blogging news Read 5 times
I’ve been back from South by South West Interactive for a few days now and am slowly recovering from the jet lag. All in all it was a pretty amazing experience to attend SXSW - I had a lot of fun and learned a lot. As I didn’t get to live blog during the event [...] [..] Read complete article
Published 17-Mar-2008 by Darren Rowse in pro blogging news Read 12 times