Written on September 24th, 2005 at 01:09 pm by Darren Rowse

Making Money with your Blog’s Archives

ProBlogger Site News 13 comments

Nice post by Tristan over at TNL.net titled Money in the archives which talks about one of the lovely things about Pro blogging - ie its ability to continue to generate income off posts that are quite old (the archives). This is what many refer to as the principle of the Long Tail. The article […]

Written on September 23rd, 2005 at 06:09 pm by Darren Rowse

ProBlogger HQ - Dreams and Realities

Miscellaneous Blog Tips 21 comments

Someone asked me what I want for my ProBlogger Birthday. I said nothing - that was until I saw this:

Could this be every blogger’s dream?

The reality however is probably a little more like this for many bloggers:

Found via Gizmodo
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Written on September 23rd, 2005 at 05:09 pm by Darren Rowse

Blogger.com adds New Adsense Integration Features

Adsense 13 comments

Blogger.com have just gone and made it easy for bloggers using their system to integrate Adsense into their templates by adding new features which allow easy selection and design of ads to blend into their blogs. Bloggers get a more automated choice of size and colors. They offer a variety of ‘match template’ options and […]

Written on September 23rd, 2005 at 02:09 pm by Darren Rowse

Six Apart - Project Comet

Blogging Tools and Services 6 comments

Six Apart has put out a press release in the last few hours annoucing a new blogging platform that they are planning to release early in 2006. It’s code named Project Comet. They are selling it as featuring Community Aggregation, Multiple Streams and Privacy.

They write:

‘Combining the weblog publishing power of Six Apart’s popular TypePad service, […]

Written on September 23rd, 2005 at 11:09 am by Darren Rowse

Shiny Media Announces 3 New Blogs

Blog Networks 1 comment

Everyone’s favorite UK Blog Network, Shiny Media, has announced three new blogs.

They describe them as follows:

HDTV UK - High Definition TV will arrive in the UK next year and HDTV UK is the first website to deliver daily updates of the latest HD news, whether it be new HD compatible screens, HD programming or HD […]

Written on September 23rd, 2005 at 09:09 am by Darren Rowse

ProBlogger Turns 1

ProBlogger Site News 54 comments

Today ProBlogger turns 1 year old. Despite its 1465 posts it’s only a baby still.

I thought I’d do the normal celebratory thing and post a list of the 20 most popular posts from the last year (in no particular order). Feel free to nominate your favorite ProBlogger moments/posts/series in comments below if you’re in the […]

Written on September 23rd, 2005 at 04:09 am by Darren Rowse

Can Blogging For Dollars Articles Find a New Angle?

Pro Blogging News 10 comments

Wired News has a post titled Can Bloggers Strike It Rich? today that is getting a bit of attention from bloggers around the web.
To be honest I’m not sure why - the article doesn’t contain anything that I’ve not seen written many times in other articles - in fact the first time I saw […]

Written on September 23rd, 2005 at 01:09 am by Darren Rowse

Six Figure Blogger Interview - Manolo from ShoeBlogs

Pro Blogger Interviews 47 comments

One of my favorite blogs to show people when they ask to give examples of innovative ways to use blogs to earn an income is Monolo’s Shoeblog. If you haven’t seen it before you really must go have a look - it’s a blog written by ‘the Manolo’ about shoes and celebrities. Odd topic? […]

Written on September 22nd, 2005 at 03:09 pm by Darren Rowse

Another Six Figure Blogger Goes Public

Pro Blogging News 49 comments

Wow - I just got back some answers to an interview I have conducted with a ProBlogger and I’m really excited about publishing them.

Why?

Well while I know of a few bloggers making six figures directly from their blogging - I don’t know many who are willing to go public about it. This person is and […]