Becoming a Pro-Blogger while being myself!

Last updated on: August 28, 2007 at 5:28 am by Desh Kapoor

Becoming a Pro-Blogger while being myself! 2007-08-28T05:28:44-05:00 Desh Kapoor

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I have been blogging for some years now.. I started by doing some blogs on blogger from Google and then moved to MovableType. After a brief tryst with b2e, I finally settled on Drupal. There is a lot of talk these days on “pro-bloggers” – people who blog as a living! There are many .. and the mecca for all of these is Problogger. Darren Rowse has really helped a lot of bloggers to make money.

finding a niche is critical to making money while blogging

I personally believe that to make money – realistically become a pro-blogger – you really need to do the following:

find a niche – 3 categories give the best results (technology, entertainment and personal development)
be very focused
be regular and original

Now, I know this. However, personally, I like writing on different topics.. and yet I want to retire from work and take up full time blogging! The question is HOW? I just cannot write on just one topic – for the simple reason that I like so many things from Finance to Spirituality to Politics to Science to Movies! So, do I have a future as a blogger?

Maybe.. and maybe not! Here are some of my strengths as a blogger:

I write passionately…. so it clicks with the readers.
The topics – though varied – create an interesting rainbow of content that people can read for long.
I do bring a perspective (Drishtikone) that is at times different from others.

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And what are the weakness of my content:

It is not very detailed. It is good but not great.
It is not “path-breaking”. Something that tops the Digg and delicious ranks!
It is not strong enough for people to start writing hundreds of comments!

So what should I do to improve? Do I have a future? Any thoughts?

Here are some of the things I am thinking of doing:

Create a structure around my posts – so they are not a bunch of some thoughts
Research my topics and write in-depth articles which can be digged etc.
Have a definite set of content types that I have create a framework around –

Interviews,
Product Reviews,
Book Reviews,
Case Study,
Detailed Analytical Articles,
Regular weekly/monthly podcast

What do you say? Guide me guys…. what is it that you want to see on Drishtikone and that can help me be a pro-blogger on a long term basis!!

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