hehehe...Fidelis Chidi's blog will soon be worldwide....hehehe...watch out.....Whether you’re an aspiring blogger or just looking for a little
inspiration in your life, here’s a list of 10 inspirational bloggers who
all started out as, well… bloggers. Enjoy!
He’s
a very loud and charismatic New Yorker who gained internet fame as the
crazy and outgoing host of Wine Library TV, a video blog that
obsessively talked about everything related to wine. Through online
video blogging, he built his wine business from a
$3-million-dollar-a-year wine retail store to a $60 million dollar wine
wholesale business. Gary Vaynerchuk has built a multi-million dollar
empire relating to his personal brand. He’s a two-time best-selling
author and co-founder of Vayner Media, a very large digital marketing
agency that works with some of the largest brands in the world. He’s
been featured in The Wall Street Journal, GQ, and Time Magazine, as well
as appeared on Late Night with Conan O’Brien and The Ellen DeGeneres
Show.
2. (SEOmoz.org) Meet Rand Fishkin.
Rand
Fiskin is a college dropout who started blogging about SEO (Search
Engine Optimization) back in 2004 while working for a family-run web
development company. He was also providing SEO consulting services to a
few small clients. SEOmoz has since left the consulting business and
instead focuses exclusively on creating awesome SEO software, as well as
supporting a large community with educational resources related to the
search industry. It is rumored that the company generates millions of
dollars each and every month from its software and subscription
services. The company also raised $18 million in 2012, which it has been
using to acquire other companies. Rand is still actively running the
company and occasionally posts on the main blog.
Pat
is one of the most inspirational bloggers in the world. After losing
his job a few years into his career, he was forced to scramble to
support his growing family. He started a website called “
SmartPassiveIncome.com”
to track his progress with various websites and online money making
projects. He has since built a massive following and readership thanks
to his transparency and honesty. Still to this day, Pat discloses his
monthly earnings to readers, which has inspired countless individuals.
Pat currently attends industry conferences, runs a regular podcast for
his readers, and spends as much time as he can with his family. Over the
last 6 months, Pat has earned, on average, around $50,000 USD per
month.
Brian
Clark is the founder of Copyblogger. He started the blog back in 2006
as a resource for entrepreneurs to learn to be better copywriters,
content marketers, and all around “kings of content.” The blog has since
grown to become an authority on creating killer content for the web.
With 100k+ subscribers, Brian got smart and leveraged his readership to
launch Copyblogger Media, which launched several spinoff companies.
These software companies include Scribe, Synthesis, Premise, and
StudioPress. The genius behind his business model is that his loyal
readers love him and line up to buy the marketing software his company
creates. Brian is still very active in the day-to-day of running
Copyblogger.
Andrew
started his blog, The Daily Dish, near the end of 2000. By the middle
of 2003, he was receiving about 300,000 unique visits per month. Just
this year, Sullivan made some big changes and decided to leave his other
his other blogging gigs (formerly at TIME, The Atlantic, and The Daily
Beast) to work on The Daily Dish full-time. On launch day in 2013, the
blog reportedly took in over $330,000 in recurring revenue, charging an
average of $20/month to readers.
6. (TMZ.com) Meet Harvey Levin.
Harvey
is an American lawyer, legal analyst, blogger, and celebrity reporter.
His website TMZ is a leading authority on celebrity gossip. You can
frequently see Harvey hosting his own TV show or appearing as a guest on
celebrity related matters on CNN, FOX, and other networks. He managed
to leverage the popularity of his blog to build a personal brand for
himself.
7. (TechCrunch.com) Meet Michael Arrington.
Michael
is one of my favorite bloggers of all time. He started out as a mergers
and acquisitions lawyer working on tech deals in California. After
realizing his passion for the startup world, he decided to start a tech
blog called
TechCrunch.com,
where he profiled and reviewed some of the best up-and-coming tech
companies and entrepreneurs from around the world. TechCrunch became one
of the most widely read blogs in the tech industry, and as a result, it
was Acquired by AOL for $30 Million dollars. Michael used the proceeds
of the sale to become an angel investor and to set up his own investment
fund, CrunchFund, to invest in startups. Today, Arrington is still
considered to be a mover and shaker in the valley.
Tim
is a self-proclaimed life hacker who built a massive following online
through his blog posts. He is the author of the “4 Hour Work Week” which
became an instant bestseller. He has also gone on to publish two other
best-selling books. He’s a frequent lecturer around the globe. He has
also popularized the idea of “lifestyle design” and living an
unconventional life. Tim is credited with popularizing the “internet
lifestyle” or the ability of lifestyle entrepreneurs to work on their
laptops from wherever in the world.
Tim
started blogging to document how he turned $12,000 of his Bar-Mitzvah
Money into over $1 million dollars. He has gained internet fame for
being an authority on Penny Stock trading. His blog has hundreds of
thousands of visitors, which has allowed him to launch additional
companies like
Profit.ly, which
educate other traders on trader strategies. He can frequently be seen
making television appearances on ABC, CNN, FOX, and CNBC about stock
market matters.
Darren
is another blogger who you have to know about. He started blogging as a
hobby. He blogged about the Olympics and his passion for photography,
then eventually started Problogger, a website dedicated to helping other
bloggers. Darren is currently a full-time blogger and started making
money from advertising deals, affiliate programs, adsense, and selling
an e-book. Darren has gained quite a bit of fame online and was named to
the Forbes Internet Celebrity list in 2007. He lives in Melbourne,
Australia, with his family and still makes a full-time living from
blogging!
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