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Re: Do You Need Money To Become A Successful Blogger? by Mrshroud: 12:28pm On Dec 04, 2012 |
Every venture , including {non- profit- making}, requires a form of capital investment. i.e Money. |
Re: Do You Need Money To Become A Successful Blogger? by sitereview: 12:30pm On Dec 04, 2012 |
as a blogger you need money for promotions, another good blog is gistpage |
Re: Do You Need Money To Become A Successful Blogger? by maclatunji: 12:31pm On Dec 04, 2012 |
DailyNews: Don't mind people, Linda Ikeji was already on the radar when she started her blog. And please, let nobody tell me she didn't spend to promote her blog. It might not be lots of money but she did spend! I am too sure. |
Re: Do You Need Money To Become A Successful Blogger? by brabus(m): 12:34pm On Dec 04, 2012 |
maclatunji: Money is secondary. You need TIME and PASSION. I do make average of N5m per annum on blogging and I spend less than N150k. I spent more time researching and preparing contents than look for money. |
Re: Do You Need Money To Become A Successful Blogger? by Nobody: 12:39pm On Dec 04, 2012 |
maclatunji: You are right bro...but what really helped her was her modeling status. you know Nigeria na? Nigerian men are mostly he-goats, they cherish patronizing females a lot more than males. Most guys today follow anything female with a cute picture on twitter or facebook hoping to get her attention for a date or hookup, and in the process boosting the said girl's online profile and career. Most guys who troop in to visit linda Ikeji's blog or most other female blogger's blogs always comment to get noticed and to see if they could get the female blogger to like them, which is like pouring a bucket of water into an ocean hoping to increase the volume of the ocean. Any wise and smart Nigerian lady of today with slight good looking physique and face will excel easily if she utilizes the shameful attitude of Nigerian men craven for every female attention- be it online, offline, etc....Nigerian men helped Linda's blog, and it owe tribute to her being an ex-model, period 3 Likes |
Re: Do You Need Money To Become A Successful Blogger? by maclatunji: 12:45pm On Dec 04, 2012 |
brabus: Good for you but for you to get to that level, you needed some initial investments- what I don't appreciate is people telling newbies that blogging is as simple as creating a blog on Blogger or Wordpress and start posting content and the traffic will come. Many who fall for such stories end-up becoming frustrated and abandon the blogs altogether. |
Re: Do You Need Money To Become A Successful Blogger? by Ucheosefoh(m): 12:47pm On Dec 04, 2012 |
Bookmarked the thread 4 future references 1 Like |
Re: Do You Need Money To Become A Successful Blogger? by Leadn(m): 12:53pm On Dec 04, 2012 |
Interesting... To earn from anything you need to spend money! Linda's blog started out with some money + sometime + a large gathering of male (he-goats) = LIB Now we have it... |
Re: Do You Need Money To Become A Successful Blogger? by brabus(m): 1:01pm On Dec 04, 2012 |
maclatunji: I can understand your point but really what investment are we talking about here. 1. Time 2. Passion 3. An iPad or any other Internet enabled device 4. Domain name/Hosting plan 5. Internet connectivity year round 6. Good sense of humour, creativity and be on top of your game. 7. Traffic which of course doesn't come without sacrifices. Life is simple when you make it simple. I follow Maclatunji's posts simply because you've carved a niche for yourself not because you invested more MONEY than other people. |
Re: Do You Need Money To Become A Successful Blogger? by maclatunji: 1:10pm On Dec 04, 2012 |
brabus: You are now beginning to speak my language. Do you know that "time" itself isn't free? The time you dedicate to blogging could also be spent doing other jobs no matter how small they pay. And for the average Nigerian, these things you have listed aren't easy to come-by. Can a hungry man be passionate and maintain good-humour? These are majorly the kind of people that some bloggers try to convince that buying a N150 ticket at a cyber cafe and creating a free blog and a few posts will transform their lives. I know several Nairalanders that created blogs and abandoned them, I just laugh because I know they got frustrated! 1 Like |
Re: Do You Need Money To Become A Successful Blogger? by otigainspires(m): 1:49pm On Dec 04, 2012 |
basically, you don't need money. The money just accelerates your blogging exposure. |
Re: Do You Need Money To Become A Successful Blogger? by barapistis(m): 1:50pm On Dec 04, 2012 |
so whats the final conclusion..aside the focus,passion and the rest of it. you can hardly see anyone spending his or her time on the internet without expecting any thing from thesame..all game have their rules and the internet is not an exception...i feel the excerpt below could help Here are the rules of the internet marketing game. 1. This game is played alone 2. Teams can be formed in the game of any size 3. You can choose to work with a coach 4. You have finite time to dedicate to the game 5. You can sell ideas 6. You can sell products or services 7. The web is built of code 8. Professionals outside the game typically (but not always) don't understand code 9. You don't have to write code 10. You must do your work in code or systems built upon code 11. There are a finite amount of combinations of code in existence at any one time but new code can always be created from that which exists 12. In this game certain audiences will cross - certain audiences will remain segregated from other audiences 13. The right kind of Research gives you an advantage 14. The Wrong kind of research can put you on the wrong path forever 15. Tools are available for assistance in execution or abuse 16. Networks are available for assistance or abuse 17. People are available for assistance or abuse 18. If you choose the wrong [use of] or wrong [type of] (15-18) you can wind up on the wrong path forever 19. A PC and internet connection are needed to play the game - The player doesn't have to own or even use these things 20. There is ALWAYS more than one winner 21. There is ALWAYS more than one loser 22. You MUST ACT to win the game - no amount of thought will make you a winner 23. WINNING can only be defined by the player 24. LOSING can only be defined by the player 25. A player cannot win or lose until one makes that declaration 26. A player must win or lose but can also win after losing or lose after winning 1 Like |
Re: Do You Need Money To Become A Successful Blogger? by koolg: 1:53pm On Dec 04, 2012 |
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Re: Do You Need Money To Become A Successful Blogger? by barapistis(m): 2:03pm On Dec 04, 2012 |
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Re: Do You Need Money To Become A Successful Blogger? by nairahacker: 2:16pm On Dec 04, 2012 |
To be sucessfull , u need money.... Now I spend close to 50k monthly to run my blogs[about three of them ] Blogging needs time and money... I remember starting with about 5k[ I set up the website myself],I made ma niche different from other bloggers... That's made we stand Out... I got about 500 visitors d 1st day I launched , got accepted by googgle 2days later... Now its been good but still stressfull Am still a student 200level... Earn about *00k monthly....... 1 Like |
Re: Do You Need Money To Become A Successful Blogger? by Marinah(f): 2:34pm On Dec 04, 2012 |
My Take on this - Well, you don't need money to become a successful blogger. Perhaps, I would say for most of us living in the United Kingdom or better still abroad. We are more advantaged than other counterparts in the world - especially Nigeria(I shake my head for that country) where PHCN/NEPA or whatever they call them will fail to bring light as much as 12 to 24 hours on a stretch. In such an instance, how would you become a sucessful blogger? except - of course, if you have a stand-by generator, unfailing/unlimited internet bundles, dedicated time and well - researched effort. One of the reigning/interesting blog on ground right now is http://amazingandweirdstories..co.uk/. Guyz, check it out. The good thing is you won't be bored on it. |
Re: Do You Need Money To Become A Successful Blogger? by CosmicJames(m): 3:23pm On Dec 04, 2012 |
You must spend money and not just money but good amount of time to be a successful blogger period. If you don't understand me, then answer this question; WHAT CAN YOU DO WITHOUT FINANCE? |
Re: Do You Need Money To Become A Successful Blogger? by Telez(m): 3:48pm On Dec 04, 2012 |
Yea |
Re: Do You Need Money To Become A Successful Blogger? by Revolva(m): 3:51pm On Dec 04, 2012 |
Brand_new: You really don't have to invest so much money to become a successful blogger.I beg your pardon what do you mean?? You wanna tell me that when linda first cameout and bella - they did not pay for campaign online - I mean ads - bullshit they did oo and when they got the traffic they were rest assured before the blogosphere was seen as a big hobby in naija everyone now run a blog... Look let's be realistic you need money to pay for adverts like facebook ads, google ads and any other ads campaign pls abi na free before ... And you need time and dedication check ma blo in ma signature am still workin on it to place ads to get madd traffic |
Re: Do You Need Money To Become A Successful Blogger? by moderatorr: 3:58pm On Dec 04, 2012 |
I didn't create a blog, I created something that could help others blog successfully. They success just came on its own. I don't smile to the bank because use internet banking www.dwitch.com Its amazing all you can do with it! |
Re: Do You Need Money To Become A Successful Blogger? by DeGenius3(m): 4:23pm On Dec 04, 2012 |
you need money for your marketing .. i mean massive marketing of your blog. because, if people get to see your blog, it's quality, design etc, then you are in for a bang. but if you don't have enough cash, you can start anywhere using free methods to drive traffic to your blog. |
Re: Do You Need Money To Become A Successful Blogger? by olempe(m): 4:27pm On Dec 04, 2012 |
elampiro: Of cos, in platforms like http://getacoder.com |
Re: Do You Need Money To Become A Successful Blogger? by demoreon: 4:40pm On Dec 04, 2012 |
olempe:Also fiverr,guru.com,odesk, site nd domain flipping lots man |
Re: Do You Need Money To Become A Successful Blogger? by CosmicJames(m): 4:59pm On Dec 04, 2012 |
nex: What do you people mean by being a "Successful Blogger"? Wow, that's cool! You must have spend some years in building those FB fans and Twr followers. You are good to go with your up coming project. Let me stop by wishing you good luck with your project. |
Re: Do You Need Money To Become A Successful Blogger? by mikuz(m): 6:14pm On Dec 04, 2012 |
Great thread. |
Re: Do You Need Money To Become A Successful Blogger? by NessaFresh(f): 6:23pm On Dec 04, 2012 |
Laila Ikeji: for the basic requirements for running a blog you need money to: I'm feelin ur hustle girl..already a fan 1 Like |
Re: Do You Need Money To Become A Successful Blogger? by Afam4eva(m): 7:01pm On Dec 04, 2012 |
maclatunji:Blogs are no different from other online businesses such as forums etc. If you're doing blogging for money, you can start off by advertising for free in different media eg Facebok, twitter, nairaland etc just like i'm doing with my forum. Then when your blog gets a moderate traffic you can now decide to go for paid advertisement. But that's if you're in a hurry. I once ran a website for two years without paying zilch. You can do it too if you spend more time online and do some Search Engine Optimization(SEO). Infact that can bring you thousands of traffic from Google and other major search engines. So, to answer your question directly, you don't need that kind of money except for the Design and the Hosting. |
Re: Do You Need Money To Become A Successful Blogger? by maclatunji: 7:20pm On Dec 04, 2012 |
^LOL. You go fear my free website promotion skills now. That is why I am confident that you need money. I know someone who cracked the top 500 websites in Nigeria with little content. What happened? Some serious investment in paid SEO. He kind of took a breather and the decline shows. Without paid promotion, the growth is poor. Free website promotion is like farming with your bare hands- it is possible, but ridiculously difficult! |
Re: Do You Need Money To Become A Successful Blogger? by manpo2k(m): 7:40pm On Dec 04, 2012 |
On my blog www.wetinhappen..com, I've more money from offline adverts than online adverts. I DO NOT spend a dime on it apart from the usual internet subscription fees. I think you need to focus on a particular area, write about it and as soon as people start depending on you for info, you wont stop asking yourself [url]Wetinhappen..com[/url]! lol |
Re: Do You Need Money To Become A Successful Blogger? by Afam4eva(m): 7:57pm On Dec 04, 2012 |
maclatunji: ^LOL. You go fear my free website promotion skills now. That is why I am confident that you need money. I know someone who cracked the top 500 websites in Nigeria with little content. What happened? Some serious investment in paid SEO. He kind of took a breather and the decline shows. Without paid promotion, the growth is poor.You're right. Doing free website promotion can be very painstaking. That's why after promoting one of my websites that manages to hit a google PR 2, i kinda stopped doing SEO for now. It's very tiring. |
Re: Do You Need Money To Become A Successful Blogger? by doingreat(m): 9:20pm On Dec 04, 2012 |
Abujafood: Why don't you ask Linda Ikeji, She makes close to N700k monthly and yet uses a free blogging service.wow dats awsome. So wat are my waiting 4? |
Re: Do You Need Money To Become A Successful Blogger? by doingreat(m): 9:28pm On Dec 04, 2012 |
3direct: The whole thing comes to the understanding of SEO and Social bookmarking, Looking at it from linda example .. then i will say you dont need money to be a succesfull bloggerplz wat is Soe and social bookmarking and wat again is domain name? |
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