Comments on: Case Study Update – Digital Photography School

By: Tim R

Tim R — Sun, 25 Feb 2007 19:46:53 +0000

How can we improve copyright infringement for photos on the Internet

By: cognos

cognos — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 14:28:30 +0000

how to stream a movie in my blog.

For example i have a old classic and i want to stream it in my blog how can i do that. What software i need. The movie is in .rm or .avi format

By: Trent

Trent — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 20:07:02 +0000

I’d like to see some elaboration on the idea that it takes a blog 9-12 months to “really” get going. What do you mean by that? Can you give some examples?

By: Peter Flaschner

Peter Flaschner — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 16:14:38 +0000

Darren – great post!

By: Ross Hill - Instant RPS

Ross Hill - Instant RPS — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 14:32:03 +0000

Thanks Darren for the great case study and also for keeping a fantastic photography resource! I know I’ve definitely picked up more than a few new tips.

By: Garri

Garri — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 12:50:40 +0000

Cheers Darren for an inspiring post (although not directly connected to my field).

For a forum have you thought about Vanilla? http://www.getvanilla.com

We’ve been messing around with it and it’s very impressive. Basic but hasa many great add-ons (extensions).

I’ve been looking at Flickr as a way to promote my blog.

By: Darren Rowse

Darren Rowse — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 09:09:05 +0000

John – I don’t give details of which blogs earn how much – I pretty much tell everything else and a guy has to have a secret or two :-)

By: StrangeProgress

StrangeProgress — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 08:14:12 +0000

Nicely done Darren.

I love the blow by blow accounts of a new projects rise in popularity. You’re right, the longterm outlook on a project such as DPS is absolutely the way to look at it in my opinion.

Establish that loyal active userbase, build up the content, then boom the search traffic takes off, and the userbase takes off as well (as they see the loyal users actively taking part everyday).

A year down the track I’d be very surprised if it wasn’t doing very well.

Matt

By: John Wesley

John Wesley — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 02:38:05 +0000

I didn’t know the site was so young. I’m surprised it’s not a big money maker yet, though I’m sure it’s on its way. I’m dying to know, what actually is your most profitable blog?

By: Nneka

Nneka — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 02:30:24 +0000

Darren, I don’t know anything about photography let alone digital photography. I don’t even own a digital camera, GASP! However, I really enjoyed the photos on the site.

You are also good with your “voice” on blogs. I don’t know if it’s because you’ve been writing for an unseen audience for so long or what, but I get what you are saying all the time because of your “voice”.

Thanks for sharing your updates on this particular blog as well as it gives some close to true benchmarks on what you can do starting a site from scratch. Even though, I’m sure that your network in this world was leveraged to get mentions on sites like lifehacker (intentionally or not), it really does let us beginners learn what we need to do by example in addition to the great theory you provide here.

Happy New Year and thanks again!

In Spirit,
Nneka

By: Darren Rowse

Darren Rowse — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 00:16:11 +0000

fixed – thanks Deborah. :-)

By: Deborah

Deborah — Tue, 02 Jan 2007 23:56:23 +0000

Sorry I messed up the html on the last post, hope you can fix it since I can’t do an edit!

By: Deborah

Deborah — Tue, 02 Jan 2007 23:54:38 +0000

Hey Darren great article. I have been a pro-photographer for over 30 years now. And it's always nice to find photography articles and people like yourself trying to help others that want to learn or become better. I have a few other blogs, and one of mine is Daily Art Fix. I also did not want to get caught up in all the technical detail and just wanted something to have fun with. That ended up just being a site where I could load a pic a day on and hope that people will enjoy them. Its hard to write about your own work especially being an artist, or at least it is for me. Keep up the good work, and thank you for helping others!

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Tue, 02 Jan 2007 21:37:27 +0000

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By: Ken Cheung

Ken Cheung — Tue, 02 Jan 2007 20:55:53 +0000

You could probably get writers and e-resources for free in exchange for a link to their sites. Even though you’re not currently making a million dollars on your site, DPS will attract big sponsors down the road and even a buyer for the site. You have done really well and it’s hard to believe you use to do menial jobs for a living.

By: Darren Rowse

Darren Rowse — Tue, 02 Jan 2007 20:50:23 +0000

Dave – I can’t give an exact figure but I’d say that very few came from here at ProBlogger but that initially there was a reasonable cross over from my digital camera blog.

However over the 9 months DPS has come into its own and the majority of readers arrived via other sites linking up – sites like Lifehacker, gizmodo and engadget as well as social bookmarking sites like digg, reddit and delicious which it has regularly featured on.

My thinking is that existing blogs can be helpful, especially if they’re on a similar topic – but ultimately its got to be able to draw its own crowd.

By: Dave Conrey

Dave Conrey — Tue, 02 Jan 2007 20:42:20 +0000

This is my first time reading about the case study. I like what I am reading, but without reading the past updates, I’m have a question about your readership. Mostly I’m wondering how many DPS readers came from your other blogs. The reason I’m curious is that I don’t have any other blogs, but I’m learning about driving traffic to my site and even though my blog has a completely different subject, how much can I use what you’ve found about your traffic to my benefit? I guess there is no such thing as a case study in a vacuum where you know that all the readers found their way to your site through other means.

By: Michael (( QUESTION of the DAY ! ))

Michael (( QUESTION of the DAY ! )) — Tue, 02 Jan 2007 20:26:34 +0000

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Hi Darren!

Thank you so much for this update – I’m looking at your site right now as
I type this and I think you’ve done a wonderful job there.

The appearance is nice and it’s all ‘real’.

I am working on something similar to this type of layout also (not digital
photography though) and your insight is greatly appreciated.

I know that I say that often here – but I truly mean it.

Thank You so much : )

Michael (Q.O.T.D.)