Comments on: Authority Bloggers are Built for Success

By: KG Lew

KG Lew — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 02:38:40 +0000

great post. I recently wrote a post about how being an authority in your online niche will help you make more money online….

By: Antonim

Antonim — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 19:29:09 +0000

Since it’s my first post here, I don’t want to seem very offensive to some of you guys ( or do I?) but I don’t really like people who start a blog just to make money.
For me, this is like singing music just to sell your albums, not giving a dime about your fans or supporters.You just do what the mass wants you to give them.

Anyway, I must admit, I don’t really read blogs, even though I have one, because most of them are just plain comercial, but this is the most proffesional blog I’ve seen.Smart, nicely “dressed up”, helpful and always looking to improve OUR skills.
Good job with the blog.

By: Alex, Blogsessive

Alex, Blogsessive — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 18:33:30 +0000

izzat aziz: Expertise is gained in time, by study and practice. If you don’t have blogging experience and still want to start a “blogging blog”, maybe the more appropriate approach would be one of a blogging diary, a journal to follow your first steps in the “blogging industry”. One that later will provide advice from personal experience and proven facts.

Good luck with your blog!

Stu: Whichever way you put it, traffic is important. The only thing that’s different between the two targets is the quality of the traffic.

A blogger that’s more interested in “selling” services and consulting would look for more focused and convertible traffic.

An ad-driven blog will most likely be less concerned about traffic quality, referrals and so on.

Although, services, sometimes, sell much better than a few AdSense banners, and those consulting contract can be “gained” from only – lets say – 100 visitors per month, truly focused on your product, not 500.000 visitors clicking like crazy on Ads.

By: Stu McLaren

Stu McLaren — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:19:54 +0000

I thought this was a good article because it raises an interesting thought regarding how you share your expertise.

First and foremost I think it’s important for anyone who is wanting to become an authority blogger to get very clear on their revenue model (especially if they are looking to translate this authority into a full-time income).

So if you plan to generate revenue from advertising, then your entire focus becomes creating a blog that gets eyeballs (traffic).

However, if your focus is to also sell your own information products, then you would have a slightly different approach (although traffic is still important).

Either way, I agree that a plan is definitely important. It’s just hard to build without knowing your business model first.

By: izzat aziz

izzat aziz — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 10:24:40 +0000

how i gain the expertise? you see, i start the blog about bloggin.. why? simply because i enjoy most reading about it, im not expertise in it but i love to read and talk/write about it.. so what your opinion about my concern(problem).. btw first time here..