I sincerely believe that in order to be the best you have to learn from the best.
One of the cool features of the International Blogger Championship Tournament is the opportunity to learn from the best bloggers on earth.
In preparing for this years tournament I thought it would be a great opportunity to hear from the best in the biz on a very important topic, success.
So, I contacted a handful of the top bloggers on the internet and I asked them one question:
What is the most important skill to becoming a successful blogger?
Here’s what they had to say:
Ian’s blog RazorSocial.com was ranked #46 overall in the 2014 #IBCT.
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“Be authentic. With so much hype and encyclopedia-like content floating around the web, people long to connect with genuine, authentic people who have shown their primary goal is to help their audience. The main reason many bloggers fail is they are trying to be carbon copies of other successful sites instead of finding their own voice and approach.”
Lisa Irby
Lisa’s blog 2CreateAWebsite.com was ranked #44 overall in the 2014 #IBCT
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Zac’s site BloggingTips.com was ranked #33 overall in the 2014 #IBCT.
Also, Zac has a second site that was nominated for the tournament #94 ZacJohnson.com. Zac is the ONLY blogger with two sites ranked in the #IBCT.
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Avinash’s blog kaushik.net was ranked #49 overall in the 2014 #IBCT.
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Brian’s blog BackLinko.com was ranked #27 overall in the 2014 #IBCT.
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*BONUS
I have to exceed your expectations.
I can’t say how excited I am to share a tip from one of my favorite bloggers personally because she has the courage to step up and talk about the most important topic of all:
OUR FOOD
Vani’s blog FoodBabe.com was ranked #56 overall in the 2014 #IBCT.
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Now it’s over to you.
I have found that many times people fail to succeed because they are not willing to change.
They start out with an idea of “how it all will happen” and when it doesn’t go that way they get discouraged.
I want you to be successful so I want to encourage you to think like successful people.
Accept that if you want something you’ve never had you absolutely must do something you’ve never done. Welcome change and GET busy but before you do share your opinion on this important topic, success.
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What's up! I'm Darnell the founder of Your Online Biz. I believe "We come from absolute greatness. Accomplishing the extraordinary is the least that we should expect from ourselves." In 2012 I launched TruckLicense.net which redefined how to get a CDL without expensive trucking school. I also created the #IBCT - International Blogger Championship Tournament which features the top 64 blogs worldwide in a competitive comparative analysis. When you support me you help #PayItForward as I contribute 10% of my online income to help children in need.
Thanks a lot Darnell.
Those five bloggers are my inspirations and almost for all. I have learned a lot from those great people. And I am glad to learn few more from your blog.
I really appreciate your efforts. Keep up buddy.
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What’s up Mohi, thanks for stopping by and adding your feedback I really appreciate it.
It’s awesome that this post helped you man one day soon we’ll all be “THERE” just keep going and FAIL to quit.
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Great share Darnell!
As we all know that without great content you’ll be nowhere fast, I think that what Lisa and Avinash said about being genuine and truthful goes a very very very long way. People can see through you after a period of time and it’s hard to save your reputation when you’ve taken the wrong road.
Thanks for contacting these amazing bloggers and sharing this with us.
~Adrienne
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What’s up Adrienne,
I agree with you, your reputation is the most valuable thing that you can “BUILD” as a blogger I think many over look this fact in their goal to obtain “backlinks” and the like.
Thanks for stopping by I appreciate the very kind words have a great week.
Darnell Jackson recently posted…3rd Annual 2014 #IBCT Champion: ShoutMeLoud.com
Now, this was quiet inspiring for sure. Especially Zac is a great inspirational blogger. Thank you for getting all this together it is much appreciated.
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Thanks Vikas appreciate the feedback glad it helped encourage you to be the best.
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Wow, they all agree on high quality content as being the most important thing.
Without that no one is going to stick around for long. The only other way to make money on the internet that doesn’t require content would be products that sale, such as Amazon. I would think it would have to be a physical product that people want. Anything else you would have to convince people that it would make a difference to them if they had it.
So for most of us it all starts with good content.
Mary
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Couldn’t have said it better Mary thanks for commenting.
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Be aggressive. If you do nothing, nothing will come back to you.
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i agree with that I have said you have to be tenacious. Thanks for adding your view Allen.
Darnell Jackson recently posted…2014 #IBCT – FINAL FOUR
I recently started marketing my blog and I could not imagine how easy it is, simply by having UNIQUE AND CAPTIVATING content. It’s like the few people I have been able to reach out to cannot get enough of it.
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what’s up Victor,
That’s the key understanding what content will really connect with people. There’s a lot of competition vying for everyone’s attention so when you write you have to make it count. I’ve found it’s easiest to just talk to your audience about the problems they’re facing from there you’ll come up with tons of idea. Thanks for sharing your experience.
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