Earlier in the week I offered ProBlogger readers signing up for the BlogMastermind Blog Mentoring program the chance to win a Flip video camera and 5 ProBlogger books. The 48 hour window to win is up and the winners (selected randomly) are:
Winner of Flip Video Camera (I just bought one for myself too) - Becky [...] [..] Read complete article
Published 01-Aug-2008 by Darren Rowse in problogger site news Read 1 times
36 hours ago I announced the re-launch of Yaro’s BlogMastermind Blog Mentoring program.
As part of my promotion of it I offered any ProBlogger reader who signs up the chance to win one of six prizes.
First prize is a Flip Video Mino Series Camcorder (worth $179) and 5 runners up will win a copy of the [...] [..] Read complete article
Published 30-Jul-2008 by Darren Rowse in problogger site news Read 1 times
One of my biggest regrets of 2007 was not being able to attend Blog World Expo.
The reports that came out of BWE from thousands of bloggers were quite amazing. Rich networking, great teaching, showcases of services and tools for bloggers and much much more.
This year Blog World Expo is on again (20-21 September) in Las [...] [..] Read complete article
Published 30-Jul-2008 by Darren Rowse in problogger site news Read 0 times
As this post goes live the doors at the BlogMastermind blog mentoring program are opening again for the first time in many months.
Signup today to receive free bonuses as a ProBlogger reader and go in the running to win a prize - you could win a Flip Video Camera or a ProBlogger book (see the [...] [..] Read complete article
Published 29-Jul-2008 by Darren Rowse in problogger site news Read 0 times
It has been a while since I’ve run a group writing project here at ProBlogger so I thought it might be time to another one (if you’re new to ProBlogger and don’t know what a group writing project is I’ll describe it below).
While I’m getting things ready I’m looking for prizes from up to 3 [...] [..] Read complete article
Published 28-Jul-2008 by Darren Rowse in problogger site news Read 1 times
Over the last few weeks there have been a number of offers and deals for bloggers - some exclusive to you as Problogger readers.
As some of these expire at the end of the month I thought I’d give a brief recap of three of them with cut of dates that are approaching:
$100 Signup Bonus from [...] [..] Read complete article
Published 27-Jul-2008 by Darren Rowse in problogger site news Read 1 times
I’m excited today to announce an exclusive special offer for ProBlogger readers from Chitika (my own #2 income earner) that could be worth up to $100 for some of you.
If you’ve previously not been accepted into Chitika or have a site that is product focused and didn’t work well previously this will be especially beneficial [...] [..] Read complete article
Published 14-Jul-2008 by Darren Rowse in problogger site news Read 2 times
I’m so confused!
The 193 entries into my ProBlogger Book competition were all so great that I’ve spent the last hour agonizing over who to choose.
I didn’t know whether to choose winners based upon quality of the comment, the blog of the commenter and how much help it needed (and how useful the book would be [...] [..] Read complete article
Published 13-Jul-2008 by Darren Rowse in problogger site news Read 3 times
Just a short note to let those of you who have not subscribed to the ProBlogger weekly newsletter know that next week’s edition has a couple of great offers for readers - only one of which will be posted here on the blog.
One is a way to make up to $100 and the other gives [...] [..] Read complete article
Published 13-Jul-2008 by Darren Rowse in problogger site news Read 3 times
I’ve got a spare ProBlogger Book sitting here on my desk with one of your names on it.
To win - in comments below simply leave a link to your blog (if you have one) and in under 250 words tell us why you need the book.
What do you need to improve on your blog? What [...] [..] Read complete article
Published 12-Jul-2008 by Darren Rowse in problogger site news Read 2 times
I don’t usually go off topic here at ProBlogger but just having seen the Telstra Plans for the iPhone 3G (a device I was excited to be able to use in my blogging) I’m incredibly frustrated.
If you’re sick of iPhone blog posts today - feel free to skip this little rant - but I needed [...] [..] Read complete article
Published 09-Jul-2008 by Darren Rowse in problogger site news Read 1 times
Have you subscribed to the ProBlogger Newsletter that I relaunched last week? If not - you’ve only got 24 hours or so to sign up if you want to get the first one.
I’ve almost finished writing it and in this first edition you’ll get:
Free 1 hour Podcast - (you get this on signup but I’ll [...] [..] Read complete article
Published 06-Jul-2008 by Darren Rowse in problogger site news Read 3 times
Today I’m pleased to announce that the ProBlogger Newsletter is Back! You can sign up today and get a 1 hour podcast with me for free here:
Add Your Email Address Here to Subscribe
Early on in the life of ProBlogger I produced a weekly newsletter that ran parallel to this blog.
I did this as [...] [..] Read complete article
Published 02-Jul-2008 by Darren Rowse in problogger site news Read 4 times
Last week we ran a competition here on ProBlogger where our kind sponsors First Blog Media offered to give three lucky ProBlogger readers a year’s worth of free podcasting recorded professionally. To win readers needed to answer why they would like to have a podcast on their blog.
Brian from First Blog Media has selected the [...] [..] Read complete article
Published 21-Jun-2008 by Darren Rowse in problogger site news Read 4 times
I’m excited to announce that at 2am this morning V gave birth to our second son - Henri.
He’s 7 pounds 14 ounces (3.59kg) and so far is a very content little guy. Here are a couple of pictures from this morning and last night.
Both mother and baby are doing well after a long day - [...] [..] Read complete article
Published 15-Jun-2008 by Darren Rowse in problogger site news Read 4 times
Today I’m pleased to announce a giveaway/competition here on ProBlogger where you have the chance to win one of three prizes - a year’s worth of free podcasts for your blog from First Blog Media.
All you have to do to win is answer a question in the comments of this post (see below for the [...] [..] Read complete article
Published 10-Jun-2008 by Darren Rowse in problogger site news Read 5 times
Regular readers to ProBlogger will notice that the advertising campaign that I was running with Entrecard has come to an end and there’s no longer any Entrecard widget on the blog here.
I want to thank Entrecard for their sponsorship and giveaway the credits that I earned from the widget today.
I’ve got a total of 36,723 [...] [..] Read complete article
Published 04-Jun-2008 by Darren Rowse in problogger site news Read 3 times
Just a short note to welcome viewers from Australia’s TEN News. A story just aired on the TEN network that featured three bloggers - Karen Cheng, Neerav Bhatt and myself (I’m told it will also be on the PM editions of the news in some cities tonight). For international readers - you can now see [...] [..] Read complete article
Published 27-May-2008 by Darren Rowse in problogger site news Read 2 times
Last week I asked those readers who have bought a copy of the ProBlogger book to send in a picture of them with the book. I put up 3 prizes for my favorite pictures (a book at Amazon to the value of $20). Below you’ll see all of the submitted pictures. The first three are [...] [..] Read complete article
Published 20-May-2008 by Darren Rowse in problogger site news Read 4 times
It was a busy weekend here at ProBlogger full of some great conversation as a result of the ‘weekend of discussion’ series of questions that I posted - so I thought I’d do a quick recap post:
Is Syndicating Other People’s Content on Your Blog OK? - Reader Discussion
Migrating your Blog Between Platforms: Pitfalls and Consequences [...] [..] Read complete article
Published 12-May-2008 by Darren Rowse in problogger site news Read 4 times
Have you got a copy of the ProBlogger book yet?
I’ve been overwhelmed by the numbers of people who have emailed, Tweeted and IM’d to say that they got one. A few people have even sent me pictures of them with the book. Thank you to everyone for buying the book and for your excitement about [...] [..] Read complete article
Published 11-May-2008 by Darren Rowse in problogger site news Read 5 times
Today there was a little excitement in the Rowse House.
On returning from a morning out there was a parcel sitting on our doorstep. On opening it I found:
It’s been fun to watch many of you ordering, receiving and even reviewing the ProBlogger book - but it’s a very strange feeling to hold it in your [...] [..] Read complete article
Published 09-May-2008 by Darren Rowse in problogger site news Read 5 times
Do you have a product or service aimed at bloggers that you’d like to be put in front of hundreds of thousands of bloggers?
The premium sponsorship package here at ProBlogger has just become vacant and our ad sales team would love to chat with you about the opportunities that are available. The package includes multiple [...] [..] Read complete article
Published 05-May-2008 by Darren Rowse in problogger site news Read 10 times
OK - time for a ‘comical’ interlude.
I was just over at the ProBlogger Book page at Amazon and scanned down the page to see this:
OK - so what ProBlogger reader is searching for ‘no show briefs’?
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Published 28-Apr-2008 by Darren Rowse in problogger site news Read 8 times
This past few days have seen me experimenting with a new type of post here at ProBlogger - Speed Posting.
I set myself the challenge to answer 20 or so questions from my Twitter followers in no more than 3 minutes per post. I then handed each post over to readers for them to continue to [...] [..] Read complete article
Published 28-Apr-2008 by Darren Rowse in problogger site news Read 11 times
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