How Blogger Darren Rowse Leverages His Content For Targeted Traffic

I recorded this video for you from the Botanic Gardens in the Brisbane CBD for a change of scenery.

The video starts with a brief chat about how I can easily pack up my video recording equipment and head to the park to record a video like this, all thanks to Gideon’s Rapid Video Blogging set-up, which you… Read the rest of this entry »

The Truth (And Myth) About Passive Income

There are few words in an online entrepreneur’s vocabulary that are more seductive than Passive Income. The term is widely used by multilevel marketers and savvy entrepreneurs across the web to close sales on eBooks and training programs for one simple reason: the vision (of sitting under a palm tree while your bank account effortlessly collects money) sells.

Wikipedia describes… Read the rest of this entry »

My Notes From The Ed Dale Internet Marketing Seminar

Over the weekend I attended Ed Dale’s 30DC Coming Home three day event in Melbourne.

Ed Dale, if you don’t know him, is one of Australia’s most well known and likable Internet marketers, who adds a uniquely Australian flavour to the industry. Currently he is most well known as one of the founders of the 30 Day Challenge,… Read the rest of this entry »

Advanced Affiliate Marketing Strategies For Bloggers

Affiliate marketing is, and will likely always remain, my favorite method for making money online. At the risk of repeating myself, here’s why every blogger should get into the affiliate marketing game -

  1. You make a margin per product sale that is often as good or better than the person or company that produces the product
  2. You

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Reading The Problogger Book On The Toronto Subway

I’m in Toronto living in the suburbs at the moment, trying to find a sublet somewhere downtown.

That means I have to catch a long subway ride to get into the city and whenever I have a commute I like to use my time productively.

Thankfully, Darren Rowse and Chris Garrett were kind enough to send me a… Read the rest of this entry »

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Podcast: Darren Rowse and Yaro Starak Talk Blog Design

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It’s time for podcast episode #40. It’s hard to believe I started podcasting more than two years ago now!

This episode features myself and Darren Rowse and our topic of discussion is blog design. Darren talked about his recent Problogger redesign and… Read the rest of this entry »

Podcast: Advanced Blog Monetization and Traffic With Darren and Yaro

Darren Rowse and I did a special one hour podcast discussing advanced blogging strategies to generate more traffic and make more money from blogging.

The podcast has just gone live at Problogger.net and you can get it now from here -

Free Blogging Tips Podcast with Darren and Yaro

Here is the timeline of what we discussed in the podcast,… Read the rest of this entry »

Do You Have What It Takes To Be A Professional Blogger?

In the first part of this series on professional blogging as a business model I explained the content = traffic = money equation as the root formula for nearly all currently successful professional bloggers and those who are working to replicate their success.

If you have not done so already, please read the opening article here -

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Social Media Gatherings In Toronto And Business Cards By Hugh MacLeod

Last week I headed out to a bunch of industry specific social gatherings in Toronto that all happened to fall on the same week. I attended the monthly Third Tuesday social media meetup, the Mesh/B5 blogger meetup and the second Toronto Mastermind group meeting, which was organized by the people from in and around Toronto who are all… Read the rest of this entry »

Congratulations To b5media For Raising US$2 Million

I had dinner with Jeremy Wright, head honcho of the b5media blog network last week since we both happen to be in Toronto at the moment. Jeremy was in town on business and now the whole world knows what that business was about -

b5media Inc. have raised US$2 Million in venture funding to help grow the business into… Read the rest of this entry »

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Blogging For Beginners And 10 Blog Traffic Tips

Darren Rowse has been putting in the hours to produce an absolutely mammoth blogging for beginners series. I get tired just thinking about how much work went into it but it wasn’t all by himself, he did get help from a few other bloggers, I even contributed a little article in there too.

Darren realized a need for introductory… Read the rest of this entry »

Audio: Building Blog Traffic Discussion With Darren Rowse

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I have a treat for you podcast listeners today – a discussion on blog traffic building with Darren Rowse, the Problogger. In this episode of the Entrepreneur’s Journey podcast Darren and I talk about how he got so much traffic to his big income earning blogs like his DigitalRead the rest of this entry »