WRITTEN BY: ODKMEDIABLOG.COM
PUBLISHED ON: 23RD MARCH 2015
Photo credit to lindaikeji.blogspot.com
Many bloggers, magazines, newspapers, and even radio and
television stations have said a lot of things about Linda Ikeji the brain
behind the no 1 blog in Nigeria. But in this article I want to x-ray this
young beautiful, talented and outstanding new media entrepreneur perhaps by the
time you are through with this article you will know more about Linda and will
know the secrets of her success. Linda have made many Nigerians to start
cracking their brain and rushing to blogging industry to make money. Sometimes
when I look at some bloggers who without missing any step follow her blogging
style I laugh, though it is good to follow your role model but make sure you
have the rare qualities which your role model have that enabled them to
survive.
WHO IS LINDAIKEJI?
Lindaikeji is a Nigerian popular blogger who is in charge of
lindaikji.blogspot.com which is a house hold name which focuses on
entertainment, fashion, celebrity gist and general gossip. The blog which have
about one million page views per month, makes
her an astounding blogger in Nigeria and Africa.
HOW DID SHE STARTED?
Before Linda started her blog in the year 2005 she has
worked in different places to raise money for her school fees. At the age of
seventeen, an age when many youth especially girls still overwhelmingly depends
on their parents, Linda have started looking for a way to survive. She once worked as an usher, a bar attendant in Lagos
state Nigeria, she later got employment as a fashion columnist for a struggling
magazine, after quitting her modelling work in 2005. She did not last long in
the news room and have to start her own magazine called FM & B, she later
gave up on publishing business which is very stressful and that same year she
have to start her own blog www.lindaikeji.blogspot.com
which today gives her between two to five million naira a month. Many people in life happens to have a very soft landing and have a great opportunity of enjoying the golden spoon, but in Linda's case she started from the scratch and with determination and hard work rose to where she is today. If Linda can achieve it you too can achieve it, it might not necessary be by blogging but perhaps by other great achievements that can shook the world.
HOW POWERFUL IS HER BLOG AND HOW MUCH DOES SHE MAKE A MONTH?
Linda Ikeji’s blog is a powerful blog which has been in many
controversial stories which has created a lot of enemies and a lot of friends for her. As far as
Nigeria blosphere is concerned. Linda Ikeji’s blog is very powerful and just one
controversial article published on it is capable of causing a great damage to
the personality and reputation of the victim, because with just a click on the
publish button the article spreads like a wild fire round Nigeria. She has been
involved in many face off with many politicians like Doyin Okupe the senior
special assistant to president Jonathan on publicity and many celebrities like
Davido. As regard to the amount she earns in a month I can not say
authoritatively how much she earns in a month but looking at her
blog’s traffic I will predict that she earns nothing less than three to five million
naira a month.
HOW DOES SHE MAKE HER MONEY?
Lindaikeji.blogspot.com have many revenues and multiple
income stream some of which includes; affiliate marketing, referral programs,
direct advertisement on her blog, sponsored page writing, event and media
coverage. Through this monetization strategy she makes a lot of money with her
blog
WHAT ARE THE CHALLENGES SHE FACED WHEN SHE WAS STARTING?
Well for those who envy her success and wonder why on earth
will she be making such amount, I will like you to know that just like every
other entrepreneur, Linda also faced a lot of challenges before she arrived
where she is today. For those who don’t know that Linda Ikeji started making good
income with her blog after about four years of starting her blog. Believe me
many of you who envy her will have quited blogging to look for other source of
livelihood but she has to wait this long. She has also faced the challenges of
hacking and possibly the removal of her blog by Google some years back.
SECRETS OF HER SUCCESS
We have arrived in the most important part of this article
which is the secret of linda Ikeji which I know many people especially upcoming
bloggers will like to know. The success stories of Linda ikeji is x-rayed under
these sub headings below.
The dot com boom opportunity:
Linda was among the preveileged few who enjoyed the dot com boom which
lated from 1999 down to 2007. This period saw the emergence of world great web companies like facebook, twitter,
google, nairaland and many other popular social network and web companies.
Linda’s blog was not an exception her blog was launched the year facebook and
nairaland was launched. During this period web and new media was still new and
people have to embrace which ever one that existed that time. When
lindaikeji.blospot.com was launched there were just few blogs then like
bellanaija.com which is a blog owned by Uche pedro which was regarded as a
pioneer blog in Nigeria.
she has passion for
what she does: unlike many bloggers who are rushing into the blogging
industry today without an iota of passion for blogging but just to make money.
She is hardworking
She has
entrepreneurship traits and attributes in her blood
She was patient
enough to learn the game and play it very well
She was not shy to
start small
She has an eagle eye
in detecting opportunity.
She is not afraid of
failures.
HER BLOGGING STYLE: Linda carved out a cool blogging style for herself which makes some of her blog post to have an informal tone but a very formal contents. One thing i like about Linda's blogging style is that she don't want to immitate any body, she is just herslef.
VISIT HER BLOG TO SEE FOR YOUR SELF: to learn more about this great blog navigate down to www.lindaikeji.bblogspot.com
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