Secrets To Blogging Success: An Audio Interview With Darren Rowse of Problogger.net

I had been trying to get hold of Darren for a longtime now. But some how we missed each other. He lives in Australia and I live in US..there is that distance factor.

I guess more than the distance, Darren is a super busy man with his ton of blogs and the blogger network Big5Media of which he is the co-founder.

When I met him at the BlogworldExpo 2008 I made a point that I interview him right there and then which I did.

I suggest that you listen to this interview carefully. The Audio is little poor. The interview was not scripted and we did it in a conference room where there were more people around us. So in a way we both were distracted.

Here are some highlights of the interview.

Daren amplifies my observataion that blggers go negative in business anytime between 3-9 months upon starting.

His advice: Get into it, establish an audiance, Produce useful content and respond to comments even if you have just 4 readers.

Invest time into readers and allow them to guest post.

There is no way to test the success of a blog quickly. He sites examples of the top 100 blogs on technorati and the common element across all of them is tha they had been around for three years and each one of them making 20 posts a day. That’s a lot of work, so take the long term view and choose a topic that you would do for free, you will enjoy and it will sustain you through the tough times.

There are no shortcuts: While its true that suddenly some blogs do appear with a great idea, that usually is not the norm.

Have a unique voice for the blog, have a unique spin and be prolific with what you write

Raise up to the next level with your blog. You can certainly make a good money with average content on the long haul

Here is the recording..

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Listen to the recording Now: Right about 14minutes 30 seconds into the audio you will hear Darren introduces Andrew Jones to me. Apparently Andrew inspired Darren to become a Blogger :)-

It was so kind of Darren to do this interview for me.

If you found this interview inspiring, do leave your comments and suggestions.

For your continued success!

Srini Saripalli

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  1. SamRagu said on September 22nd, 2008 at 4:19 am

    Definitely this is a great interview, though not very encouraging for some one starting new.
    I liked his Communication/community concept.

  2. Talia said on September 22nd, 2008 at 5:23 am

    Hey Srini,

    So happy you got your dream with Darren Rowse Interview! (it pays to be thinking on your feet)
    so are both so down to earth…
    IT was short and good, but i want more..
    I tweeted about it so more people will find it.

    I particularly appreciated your question about frequency of emails & Darren’s answer.

    Thanks for sharing the Interview.

    Talia*

  3. Atma said on September 22nd, 2008 at 7:28 am

    Darren Rocks and You too Srini. Thanks for bringing this to us.

  4. NATASHA, Think-ologist said on September 22nd, 2008 at 2:55 pm

    Thanks for sharing. Great info.
    Wellness & Blessings to you

  5. Michael Leckie said on September 22nd, 2008 at 10:02 pm

    The importance of commitment, quality content in significant quantity, interaction with readership and networking came through loud and clear.

  6. Bill said on September 23rd, 2008 at 3:11 am

    Awesome! Love the idea of communicating with your readers and having them guest post. Wonder how time consuming it could be if we actully DID respond to every post? Would this be feasible if blogging is not one’s main social media focus?

    Thanks for brining this to us Srini. You rock!

  7. Srini said on September 23rd, 2008 at 4:37 am

    Hi Bill,

    One has to have absolute passion to respond. Every response is important. Yes after sometime with volume it will become hard but again you have an option to hire moderators.

    Srini

  8. Srini said on September 23rd, 2008 at 4:41 am

    Hi Talia,

    I just made another post here on how Steve Pavlina makes $50K+ a month from his blog..CHeck out the video here…

    http://gorichonline.com/copy-writing/the-absolute-skill-you-need-to-make-massive-money-online/

    Enjoy
    Srini

  9. Srini said on September 23rd, 2008 at 4:43 am

    Hi Ragu,

    Sorry to know about that…

    I would have structured this interview a little better, had there been no distractions. At the end something is better than nothing.

    Check how Steve Pavlina makes five figure income from his blog in a niche that you are interested in. Check the video here..

    http://gorichonline.com/copy-writing/the-absolute-skill-you-need-to-make-massive-money-online/

    Cheers!
    Srini

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