Comments on: My Digital Photography School Goals

By: Corsi Fotografia

Corsi Fotografia — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 07:26:19 +0000

excellent post. i’m a photographer based in Italy and I usually teach in photography workshop and I’m developing a mixed strategy (on-line / off-line) to give new force to my bussiness. This post is really useful for me. Thanks!

By: traffic

traffic — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 11:55:00 +0000

Woow! You’re rock.

I can’t belive you how much traffic are you getting in so short time.
Please give us more tips about how you succed !

Good luck!

By: Nextebizguy » Profitable Blogging

Nextebizguy » Profitable Blogging — Wed, 13 Sep 2006 22:45:44 +0000

[...] I found this great post over at problogger. Darren explains how he has started and nurtured a new blogging site. Definitely some good ideas. He’s also had some excellent traffic for the first few months. His explanation? Most traffic has come from a number of links it’s had on sites like Lifehacker, Engadget and Gizmodo as well as the flow on effects of being picked up on social bookmarking sites. [...]

By: photomfa.com

photomfa.com — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 01:10:59 +0000

I think it is interesting to know how much money you are making and how much traffic you are getting. I would have to say that when I do blog searches about topics covered by your blog, that you really dominate.

By: Kitty

Kitty — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 05:06:04 +0000

Hey D, wow this is a great site and your goals are simply fantastic! Taking photos is my passion, and I would love to learn more from you through this DPS. Who knows, with more learning on digital photography, I might end up being a new blogger in this area or partner with you in the future?

By: Rob Elam

Rob Elam — Mon, 12 Jun 2006 19:59:59 +0000

40 some posts and 2500 unique visitors for april… wow. Sucks to be you.

By: Pittsburgh Homes Daily - A Blog on Pittsburgh, its Real Estate, Realtors, Homes for Sale, and Things to Do » My personal ‘best of’ Blogging Goals to date

Fri, 09 Jun 2006 16:06:03 +0000

[...] 1. Best goals, of course. [...]

By: Small Business Blogging

Small Business Blogging — Fri, 09 Jun 2006 15:25:53 +0000

Best Blog Goals: Comprehensive and Entertaining…

The blogging goals project at Problogger finally ends today. There were 130 submissions in total. Again thanks to Darren for the hard work, not just listing them all but actually reading them along the way.
Regarding my favorite, to no surprise is My…

By: Hendry Lee

Hendry Lee — Fri, 09 Jun 2006 14:52:53 +0000

There is no WINNER but in my mind you are the winner. Thanks for such in depth look of one of your project. If there is only one thing I learned from this post I think that is being persistent.

After reaching a certain level, virtually “any project” would become success easier than the first one. Getting the first momentum, as Alan Pritt said above is utmost important.

By: Andrew Garrett’s Mutation » No-one links to the linkers

Andrew Garrett’s Mutation » No-one links to the linkers — Fri, 09 Jun 2006 09:03:36 +0000

[...] So, I was thinking about Darren’s Digital Photography School, and what he wrote about it (and his goals for the site) over on Problogger. In particular, the success he’s had with it already, particularly this little snippet: Earnings vary considerably from day to day but are averaging around $25 per day this month. I know I could do much better than this with more aggressive ad positioning but this is not my priority at this point. [...]

By: mayvelous » Second Best Goals? » Me, Myself and Mayvelous

mayvelous » Second Best Goals? » Me, Myself and Mayvelous — Fri, 09 Jun 2006 01:40:55 +0000

[...] My craziness has been noticed by alike minded crazy people. LOL What an honor to be acknowledged my post “The Great Determinations of Mayvelous” as “Second best goals post” after very own Darren’s Goals by Pitts Burgh Homes Daily Blog. My sincere thanks. [...]

By: Alan Pritt @ Improve Human

Alan Pritt @ Improve Human — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 09:35:13 +0000

“Originally when I started DPS my goal was to leverage traffic that I already had on my other blogs, particularly those with a digital imaging focus. While there was some traction in this idea (I do interlink the blogs and use my other blog’s newsletters to send traffic) the majority of traffic has come via other sources (as mentioned above).”

I think the most important point here is that your leverage got the snowball rolling a lot quicker. It may not be your main source of traffic now, but it got you a good surge of traffic in the beginning and got the word out (like a press release). Now more and more people are linking to you and so the snowball continues to grow.

I’ve leveraged traffic on a much smaller scale and had some success, but the difficulty is getting to that first 1000 or so visitors. Getting that initial traffic is where leverage is really needed. After that, momentum takes over.

RebelXT: You’re right about WordPress.com not allowing advertising. They state for security reasons that they don’t allow javascript so that blocks out most things. I think as a free platform it is a great way to see if you like the wordpress platform and the concept of blogging generally, but if the traffic looks like it’s going to take off, quickly change to your own domain – it’s better to start from scratch from 10 daily visitors than 500.

The one product looks a bit shortsighted to me. It may be a good place to start, but you want to leave room for expanding into other products as soon enough that one product will become obsolete.

By: Razib Ahmed

Razib Ahmed — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 07:48:06 +0000

Thanks for sharing your own goal with us. I am sure DPS will be a very successful blog and our idea of getting a writer is a good one too. If you get 10,000 subscribers for your this blog then getting premium sponsorship should not be a problem.

By: RebelXT Power Shooter

RebelXT Power Shooter — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 05:41:42 +0000

Very good idea for a blog site. I’ve started a similar one, but have narrowed my focus to a single type of camera. I’m not sure if that niche is too narrow, and I’m not sure if the free WordPress account is the best way to take my blog to pro level. WordPress doesn’t even allow ads–as for as I can tell at least.

I’m still, though, trying to figure out how get the word out about my blog. I’ve started to do it some in groups on Flickr, but I need to figure where else I can go.

This site continues to be great resource, though I have a lot to learn about getting blogging to professional level.

By: Peter Cooper

Peter Cooper — Thu, 08 Jun 2006 02:05:10 +0000

Excellent, excellent post. I also started a new side project blog recently (under two weeks ago) and it, too, is up to a thousand unique visitors per day :) Who says there isn’t room for new blogs and for those new blogs to do well?