I see loads of blogs copying John Chow dot Com (Style, design, evilness, etc.). Sadly, many of them failed. Honestly, I am one of those. I am one of the victims who copied John Chow’s marketing tactics. But why did my blog became successful? What did I do to make my blog more interesting?
I’m not self promoting here guys. I’m just here to share the things that I learned from this great blogger that helped me through my blogging difficulties and marketing.
So, I’ll just go straight to the point. Here are the 5 things I learned from John Chow that made me a successful blogger.
1. Be Unique
“What the heck Carl? You just said you copied John Chow’s marketing strategies and now you want us to be unique?”
Yea I copied, but not literally! I just get the thought on how John Chow became successful and revised some of it.
Like for example, John Chow is the evil one right? That’s why people love him, he’s unique in some kind of way. John Chow uses branding for people to love him. So if I say, who is the root of evil again? What comes up in your mind? Of course, John Chow!
2. Socialize with famous bloggers
To those loyal John Chow readers here, did you remember the time when John Chow is chatting with Darren Rowse through Adwords? The “I love Darren Rowse” ad? That was the perfect idea that caught Problogger’s eyes and noticed JohnChow.com
3. Leverage Your Knowledge
There are so many great bloggers out there with great and useful post. Some are guru’s blogging just for popularity. But how did John Chow established himself as the make money online authority to many people?
As stated in the guest post of Adii from my blog:
I doubt that he knew anything about making money online and monetizing blogs when he first started blogging. But John Chow has persisted with his goal to be regarded as an expert (see the wording, his readers thinks he is the expert, although he might not even think so himself) and he had the self confidence and arrogance to back up these goals.
4. Don’t Play with Google
If you could recall, remember when John Chow edited his robots.txt? Then after a day or two, his rank went down in Google for the keyword “Make Money Online.”
Yeah… I know if you want to be an SEO expert, you gotta experiment. But please, not on your main blog that gives you 5 figure monthly. I hope John Chow gets some Google love soon.
Oh yea. I told Google that I hate them because you’re not in the top search results for the keyword John Chow! Though I’m not switching to Yahoo
5. Never, Never Give-Up
Even though John Chow is still not showing up number one in the search results today. He still have this sportsman spirit (John Chow used to hold the 100 meter dash in his High School) that keeps his blog alive and his community active. He even reached another blogging milestone by breaking the 6,000 RSS mark!
This is also a reason on why people don’t make money online. They give up. After few months they give up because they are not earning or they’re earning not enough. Remember, Blogging is like planting a tree. It takes years to harvest the fruits.
Via-Carl
Friday, July 13, 2007
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Millions of Britons are hatching new business ideas and inventions, with popular reality TV business shows such as ‘Dragon’s Den’ inspiring one in twelve wannabe entrepreneurs.
NatWest reveals that nearly 17 million Brits* harbour a business idea, with 30 per cent planning to turn their ambition into a reality – a quarter (26 per cent) within the next year. Of those wishing to set up in business, nearly half (43 per cent) view being their own boss as the ultimate reward.
Whilst some may resent reality TV dominating our screens, these ‘start up’ shows are already having a positive influence on UK plc by encouraging new business. One in five (19 per cent) young entrepreneurs (aged 18-34) who set up a company in the last five years was inspired by reality TV. However, how accurately such shows represent everyday working life is another matter, as those running their own businesses warn they make ‘starting up’ look glamorous (45 per cent) and easy (32 per cent).
Motivations to go solo include the ability to work more flexibly (77 per cent), the feeling of freedom and independence (70 per cent) and frustrations with their current boss (37 per cent) - nearly a quarter (22 per cent) had their ‘eureka’ moment at their work desk.
Whilst famous entrepreneurs like Alan Sugar represent the massive financial rewards to be had, those dreaming of owning a business have more achievable financial goals.
They expect to earn up to £40,000 annually from their business, just above the £28,000 that is actually earned by the average UK entrepreneur. In fact, making a fortune isn’t why most get into business, of those already set up, only one in ten (11 per cent) small businesses stated a desire to make a fortune as the original motivation for deciding to go it alone.
The entrepreneurial spirit is at its strongest within the IT and telecoms sectors, of all those considering having their own business, over one in ten (11 per cent) originate from these industries. Whether they want to stay in these industries may be a different matter as over half of all business owners (58 per cent) set up in a completely different sector from their previous career.
Life-changing moments also play a part in fuelling a spirit of enterprise. Redundancy (30 per cent), illness (17 per cent), having children (10 per cent) and career breaks (10 per cent) provided a trigger for the three in ten entrepreneurs prompted to go it alone.
According to the NatWest findings reality can far outweigh ambition when it comes to going it alone. Almost a quarter (23 per cent) of entrepreneurs starting out in the last five years were tempted to give up on their dream, with cash-flow problems, lack of finance and poor marketing knowledge the biggest practical hurdles to getting up and running. The fear of failure, stress and lack of confidence in their abilities were the greatest emotional challenges cited.
Launching a new package to get small businesses off the ground, Steve Pateman, Chief Executive, Business Banking, NatWest said: “Whilst it’s encouraging that TV programmes can inspire an army of armchair entrepreneurs into action, they only really scratch the surface of what it takes to run a successful business.”
Pateman continues: “Although over half (52%) aren’t confident they have the skills and financial know-how to get started straight away, with advice from an experienced local business manager offered by NatWest, plus useful money saving benefits, these initial hurdles needn’t be a barrier to getting a good business idea off the ground.”
NatWest reveals that nearly 17 million Brits* harbour a business idea, with 30 per cent planning to turn their ambition into a reality – a quarter (26 per cent) within the next year. Of those wishing to set up in business, nearly half (43 per cent) view being their own boss as the ultimate reward.
Whilst some may resent reality TV dominating our screens, these ‘start up’ shows are already having a positive influence on UK plc by encouraging new business. One in five (19 per cent) young entrepreneurs (aged 18-34) who set up a company in the last five years was inspired by reality TV. However, how accurately such shows represent everyday working life is another matter, as those running their own businesses warn they make ‘starting up’ look glamorous (45 per cent) and easy (32 per cent).
Motivations to go solo include the ability to work more flexibly (77 per cent), the feeling of freedom and independence (70 per cent) and frustrations with their current boss (37 per cent) - nearly a quarter (22 per cent) had their ‘eureka’ moment at their work desk.
Whilst famous entrepreneurs like Alan Sugar represent the massive financial rewards to be had, those dreaming of owning a business have more achievable financial goals.
They expect to earn up to £40,000 annually from their business, just above the £28,000 that is actually earned by the average UK entrepreneur. In fact, making a fortune isn’t why most get into business, of those already set up, only one in ten (11 per cent) small businesses stated a desire to make a fortune as the original motivation for deciding to go it alone.
The entrepreneurial spirit is at its strongest within the IT and telecoms sectors, of all those considering having their own business, over one in ten (11 per cent) originate from these industries. Whether they want to stay in these industries may be a different matter as over half of all business owners (58 per cent) set up in a completely different sector from their previous career.
Life-changing moments also play a part in fuelling a spirit of enterprise. Redundancy (30 per cent), illness (17 per cent), having children (10 per cent) and career breaks (10 per cent) provided a trigger for the three in ten entrepreneurs prompted to go it alone.
According to the NatWest findings reality can far outweigh ambition when it comes to going it alone. Almost a quarter (23 per cent) of entrepreneurs starting out in the last five years were tempted to give up on their dream, with cash-flow problems, lack of finance and poor marketing knowledge the biggest practical hurdles to getting up and running. The fear of failure, stress and lack of confidence in their abilities were the greatest emotional challenges cited.
Launching a new package to get small businesses off the ground, Steve Pateman, Chief Executive, Business Banking, NatWest said: “Whilst it’s encouraging that TV programmes can inspire an army of armchair entrepreneurs into action, they only really scratch the surface of what it takes to run a successful business.”
Pateman continues: “Although over half (52%) aren’t confident they have the skills and financial know-how to get started straight away, with advice from an experienced local business manager offered by NatWest, plus useful money saving benefits, these initial hurdles needn’t be a barrier to getting a good business idea off the ground.”
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