Few important steps to become famous in blogging

People write blogs for many reasons. Many like to showcase their writing skills or other skills like photography. Few of them like to have their poetry skills seen by more audience. Many newbie bloggers think that they will become a famous blogger soon.

Whenever there is a discussion about blogging, it will end up in money making opportunities as well. Hence, we can’t avoid mentioning about those who started blogging to make money online.

Even if there are hundreds of reasons why someone start a blog, no one will start a blog to become famous. But in their long run as a blogger, some of them attain the status of celebrities and become famous. I am not saying that all the bloggers are famous. I will say that only a selected number of bloggers will attain the status of a real celebrity.

Here, I am not talking about those who are already a celebrity and running a blog of their own. You cannot say that they are famous because they are bloggers. Having a blog may make them attain more respect and admiration from their fans.

We know that Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachan and American actress and singer Gwyneth Paltrow have their blogs that they update regularly. Their fans are eager to see about the new updates that give them information regarding a new film or program.

I know you are not a celebrity. Am I right? You are an ordinary person like me who also writes a blog. Let’s see the situation from an ordinary bloggers point of view. In this context, I am using the word ‘ordinary blogger’ to represent someone like me who is a blogger and not a celebrity.

Imagine you are not a blogger and never tried to be one. Even if we are a blogger or not, we will read a lot on the internet like the news articles and so on.  My question here is ‘Do you check who is the author of an article you might come across the internet while searching for some information?’

I don’t think you will do that. If you are not a blogger yourself, you may not be much interested to know about the author of that particular content you just read online.  I never used to do that before the days when I started to write a blog. Only if you are a blogger or a writer, you will have that curiosity to know about the author behind a topic that you read online.

So I would say that updating your blog with useful and quality articles alone will never make you a famous blogger. Definitely, you will become known among your fellow bloggers and in the circle of online communities where you are interacting with a large number of bloggers. But, that alone make you a famous person or celebrity to a wider audience.

Then what else more you need to do to become a famous blogger? Before I answer that question, let me go through some of my friend’s opinion about starting a blog.

I asked many of my friends to start a blog. I thought that if any of my friends develop an interest in blogging, it could be more beneficial for me. The real fact is that most of them or all of them have some negative things to say about blogging. It seems that they have more misconceptions than the actual facts. 

Here are some of the opinions I got from different people including some close friends about starting a blog.

1. Blogs are like personal diaries, and it doesn’t contain useful content to read.
2. I am not interested in writing.
3. I am not good in writing.
4. I can’t write.
5. Where is the time to write anything after my work and other household chores?
6. Making money from blogging is not easy.
7. Make money from blogging is a misconception.
8. Few people might have got money from blogging, but that doesn’t mean everyone can do the same.
9. These bloggers are lying that they are getting thousands of dollars from blogging.
10. Don’t do it. It is a waste of time. If you are looking for money, do some offline business that is more reliable.
11. I am not good at computers and technology.
12. I am not good in web designing.

Seriously, these are the answers I heard from many people and they all like to say a big ‘No’ to blogging as a career or  a hobby. I believe you might have heard similar views from few of your friends too. If these are the misconceptions about blogging, it is sure that no one will try to become famous by starting a blog. Because they believe that it is a crap thing to do in life. So they don’t believe in any positive aspects of blogging or they never properly understand the advantages of having a blog.

Then, who has the chance to become famous by blogging? Now let me answer that question here.

Few important things you have to do to make yourself a famous blogger

Remember that I am not talking about becoming a popular a blogger in one particular country where you live. You may be a popular blogger in your country of origin or active in some of the online communities and forums. Still you need to do put more effort if you want to become more famous in the eyes of a global audience. I am not trying to degrade anyone by arguing that being famous in your country does not make you famous with respect to a worldwide audience. Here, I am attempting to inspire you to take your blog to the next level to become more popular.

So here are the few things that may lead you to become a famous blogger if you keep consistently working on your blog. Even though I am not a great blogger myself, I am compiling the list based on my little blogging experience and analysis of the trends in blogging.

1.Do something unique that make you entirely different from other bloggers.

You need to do something unique compared to all others in the field. One of the major complaints about blogging is the presence of the similar type of contents or ideas all over the internet in the form of blogs. So you should look for something different from others. For example, I can share you a simple experience of posting personal photos in Facebook. I never like the idea of sharing personal photos in Facebook. Even if I post some pictures occasionally, the comments and likes I used to get from my friends was minuscule. But the attention I got for a cartoon picture of myself drawn by my little daughter when she was just four years old was entirely different. I got the most number of comments and Facebook likes for the picture. Hence, I would suggest that if you would like to stand out from the crowd and get noticed, you need to find something unique and more attention seeking. Remember you are not the only blogger, there are million others. So try something extra which is unique.

2.Provide high-quality services to your clients

When you start a blog, the number of visitors you have will be less. Even though the readers are very less, make sure that you provide some quality service to anyone who approach you for any help. The traffic to your blog may not be the same after few months or years. You may have double the number of visitors than before. If you provide your readers with high-quality service, you can achieve a considerable amount of increase in the number of clients who approach for a service. The word will spread, and hence more number of people and even organisations may start contacting you for your service.  Here is your best chance to show your presence and abilities and make a reputation. You may be providing your clients with web designing or any other service. Try to do your best and brand yourself as a master.

Remember the journey of Neil Patel.He is the best example for a blogger who became famous by giving valuable service to his clients including many corporate giants.

3.Make more money online

People will become famous automatically when they become wealthy. No one recognizes you or care about you if you don’t have enough cash. But having money will give you fame and reputation. The same applies to people from every walk of life. Those who make more money from their blogs have the greater chance of being famous. Bloggers like John Chow from Johnchow.com became popular and get noticed when they started to earn huge income from their blogs. Eventually, they began to appear in TV interviews and also featured in leading newspaper columns. So I suggest you not to make any delay in putting more and more effort to make more money online.

4.Promote your blog properly

You are providing valuable and unique contents in your blog. You may be providing good service to all your clients. Still you need to promote your blog as much as possible. Even though your contents and quality of service you provide from the blog is great, make sure that you are following the best blog promotion activities. If your blog promotion is not up to the mark, the blog may not be noticed by more people around the world. Try to be part of more online communities and actively engage yourself in reading others blog and start commenting on it.  I know the time available for you is the biggest hindrance that make you less active in communities and forums. Even I find it hard for finding enough time to make an active involvement in online communities. You may not do many promotional activities for your blog and still enjoy the privileges of being a blogger. But remember that it will only make you a blogger but not a famous blogger like Neil Patel or John Chow.

5.Promote yourself

Self-promotion has its good and bad effects. It may affect you and your blog in a positive or negative way. Too much of self-promotion will make a negative impact for your blog. It may reduce the professional image of your blog especially if you have a technology blog. Still people may like to know more about the author of a blog. This curiosity of readers makes them interested in reading some personal matters and opinions from you. Here you have to find out the exact limit where you can go with your personal promotion that may be different from blog to blog depending upon the niche. Still there are so many instances where personal blogs made people famous. It is not a bad idea to have a separate personal blog for yourself along with a professional blog to promote yourself. You will have the freedom to write anything and everything under the sun in your personal blog. Also, that same blog can be used to promote your professional blogs through links and promotional posts.

 

Conclusion

These are few steps that may make you a famous blogger if you take it seriously and do your persistent hard work. There is no shortcut to significant success in blogging. Please spare a little time in the comments column for adding any more steps that can make a blogger more famous and popular. I would like to hear more ideas on this topic from other fellow bloggers. Thank you for your precious time with Digitaldimensions4u.com

 

 

 

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