Opinion

So You Want to be a Caribbean Blogger

Published

14 years ago

December 7, 2010

So it seems that blogging is bubbling up again to the front of people’s minds in the Caribbean for various reasons. Caribbean brands are more aware of the power of blog to influence, they are now monitoring and reading them; more professionals and newbies are using their blogs as a tool to build authority in their industry, with it acting as a passive yet effective leads generation tool. Further, others are using it to create alternative media, an outlet to publish news and opinions they are now seeing in mainstream. Add to that, there are 85 fans of Caribbean Blogs Facebook fan Page, 131 members of the Caribbean Blogger’s Massive Facebook Group, he Jamaica Bloggers Awards has been launched and with a Caribbean Bloggers Competition on its way according to a birdie. 🙂

I’m loving it! I’ve been blogging for about 5 years and I’ve made alot of mistakes and enjoyed many successes and learnt alot along the way, happily so. So I thought I’d share some of the resources that helped me and was passed on to to me also.

Get Smarter
My single piece of advice to anyone who wants to be a professional bloggers…read, read alot. Here are my top 3 sites to becoming a smarter blogger by learning from the three of best six figure income bloggers online who yes average US$40,000 a month in earnings and they got there after an average of 4 years of consistent blogging.

1. Problogger.net

2. Johnchow.com

3. Shoemoney.com

Get Inspired

Then there’s nothing like knowing you’re not alone and reading the stories of how others became super successful. Here are 5 memorable stories to inspire and help power you through what Seth Godin calls the Dip – those times when you feel like giving up and you have to make a decision to stick with it or quit it.

1. 1 Man Blog Bankaholic.com Sells For US$15 Million

2. 30 Blog’s That Make A Lot Of Money Online and how they do it

3. Inside The Wild, Wacky, Profitable World of Boing Boing blog

4. How Top Bloggers Earn Money

5. Top 100 Female Bloggers

TRIVIA

Can you guess who is the first Caribbean Blogger that has turn their series of blog posts into a book that has yielded sales and speaking gigs inside and outside of the Caribbean? More to come on this.

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