Comments on: See How Easily You Can Become a Successful Blogger

By: patrick

patrick — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 17:00:40 +0000

can anyone give me some advise to get started. I’m a teacher looking to get out of teaching and want to work at home blogging seemed right up my alley as I’m severely opinionated

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Sat, 12 May 2007 22:09:50 +0000

[...] to this ProBlogger post, it appears to be the marketing blogosphere is divided into those who blog about blogging (or [...]

By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 14 Apr 2007 04:18:16 +0000

So what your saying is that the tile and the content of the article don’t have to match? Hmmm. Isn’t this like the evening news reporting that your tap water could kill you and then tuning in to see that tap water is safe for drinking. Its one thing to have a leading title to draw people in, but it should actually deliver, not point in the opposite direction. My 2 cents.

By: P. G.

P. G. — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 12:30:40 +0000

I think we are all curious about how a blogger does what he/she does and how he/she became successful. Since most bloggers would like to know about the success and struggles of a blogger, from the blogger himself / herself, I started interviewing bloggers and posting their responses online at http://www.OneBlogADay.com . It has been quite interesting to hear their stories so far, and of course, a very good learning experience.

By: zawadi

zawadi — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 11:44:28 +0000

I didn’t realize that getting traffic to a blog was so hard. I would like to be a sucessful blogger and I am still learning everyday. I haven’t found my Niche yet and I think this is the biggest hurdle. With the video game industry being so popular and a Multi-Billion Dollar Industry, I am having a hard time just getting traffic and readers and so many people are playing from kids to adults. Well back to the Drawing Board for me lol.

By: narendra

narendra — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 11:03:00 +0000

thanks for your tip, maybe i will try my best in all these things!

By: TeamTutorials

TeamTutorials — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 00:01:05 +0000

I’m glad you mentioned that it isn’t easy. It seems like most of the sites I visit say it is so easy to make money or have a popular blog.

By: Dr. Howtolife

Dr. Howtolife — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 22:24:52 +0000

It does not make sense to focus on the revenues in the start-up e.g. fist year. Like in all businesses, you need to invest first by offering an added-value to your audience.

By: Jessica

Jessica — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 21:08:51 +0000

I agree too. I would like to learn more about carving out a niche!

By: Vince Cordic

Vince Cordic — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 07:09:24 +0000

Barbra,

I agree, the title should be “It’s Hard to Create a Successful Blog”, a little misleading..

By: JennDZ

JennDZ — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 02:40:14 +0000

Thanks for the reminder that our blogs are our businesses. I now that conceptually, but I have so much fun doing mine, that sometimes I forget a very important part of it – getting some revenue.

By: Mark Woodgate

Mark Woodgate — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 00:47:55 +0000

I’ve found the most difficult thing is getting people to your blog in the first place, but also being conscious of having something useful when they get there.I think hot blogs are great, but a great idea will only be great once.

I’m lucky that my blog topic, fatherhood, appeals to a large base of potential readers. Now its just finding an original and interesting slant to things.

By: azamzaki

azamzaki — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:03:40 +0000

Building a good blog is hard however building credibility is much more harder.

By: Steven Currie

Steven Currie — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:52:00 +0000

Getting a focus for my blog has so far been the hardest thing for me. I’m probably getting more traffic than I’ve a right to, but my blog, like my interests (my life even?) is pretty random.

By: Barbra Sundquist

Barbra Sundquist — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 18:36:55 +0000

ummm…is the title of this post supposed to be ironic, or just a trick to get me to read? Sorry to be cranky but I’m getting jaded about titles that don’t deliver what they promise.

By: Matt Jones

Matt Jones — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 17:49:09 +0000

A good post, but doesn’t tell us something we don’t already know. Then again some people might not know that…

By: Deborah

Deborah — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 17:44:26 +0000

Great reminder of stuff we have heard before. Its good to continue to reiterate the important parts to make sure we stay on our toes. Great post, thanks!

By: James

James — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 17:18:10 +0000

Louis,
Just depends-some day Hilton will not be as popular while you may be.

There are many blogs that are reasonably successful, yet not as popular as the ones listed above. I do think at this point it does take a moderate amount of blogging to get the attention needed to become successful. Like the post said, one post a week will not get you there unless you already have some celebrity status that will get people to read you.

By: Jon

Jon — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 16:23:17 +0000

Right… what is successful. some people today would say its someone with a big house, large car, all the toys and holidays

Yet serving someone, helping someone through a hard time could also be seen as successful

Its all in the eye of the beholder..

By: Louis

Louis — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 16:22:38 +0000

Yes, my blog on meditation can never be as popular as blog talking about Paris Hilton underwear :)