Can you reach your Blogging Dream?
Everyone has a dream when setting up a new blog. I personally want exposure and everything should follow afterwards. I sure would like to be Richard MacManus, the author of Read/Write Web. He lives his dream by running the 15th most popular blog in Technorati. He has an RSS subscriber count of 90551 as of today. He lives my dream and here is how I will reach him:
- Being Polylingual: Eventhough both blogs are written in English, I promote my blog on variety of societies. Since I can speak Turkish, Italian (a little), German & English, I can submit my articles or promote my services in different authority sites of different languages. I know that your searched for “blog directories” in Google, but have your searched for its Italian term?
- King of the backyard: Its hard to become that unique person everyon is talking about in the blogosphere. Opportunities are dimishing. I would rather be a known person in the village then being nobody in the city. This is why I will aim to get publicity using Turkish newspapers. Getting your blog featured on any newspaper will easily guarantee +500 rss readers, and getting featured only brings more offers from other newspapers & magazines.
- I am relaxed: Eventhough I have a much smaller audience, I never need to fill a quota. My readers won’t criticize me when I don’t make posts. This isn’t a uptight blog. I am trying new, innovative ideas and I am not following others. You won’t see me making a post about Facebook getting sold, since about a million other blogs have already written about it.
- I don’t need the money: More people jump of the “make money online” wagon everyday. This is mostly because of their initial excitement of easy money. This is why they eventually lose their interest since after a while, a job of low revenue has a no meaning for them. In my situation, I don’t need this blog to make money. I, ofcourse, want it to generate income, but this blog doesn’t depend on it.
- Connections: Your connections to others are what actually define you as a person. This is why I am working hard to make my connections strong with worthy bloggers. I do have the connections outside the Internet world, but in Internet, its a whole different story.
- Offer your services for free: I think this is the most important bit. Free = traffic. By publishing my themes and photoshop brushes, I am actually offering free services to visitors of this blog. I suggest that if you have a relatively new blog, you should somehow find a way to promote your services by offering them for free.
Hope you liked this post. I don’t usually make lists or write long posts, but I really wanted to express my feelings this time.
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