1. GaryVaynerchuk.com Meet
Gary Vaynerchuk.
He’s a very loud and
charismatic New Yorker who gained internet fame as the crazy and outgoing host
of Wine Library TV, a video blog that obsessively talked about everything
related to wine. Through online video blogging, he built his wine business
from a $3-million-dollar-a-year wine retail store to a $60 million dollar wine
wholesale business. Gary Vaynerchuk has built a multi-million dollar empire
relating to his personal brand. He’s a two-time best-selling author and
co-founder of Vayner Media, a very large digital marketing agency that works
with some of the largest brands in the world. He’s been featured in The
Wall Street Journal, GQ, and Time Magazine, as well as appeared on Late Night
with Conan O’Brien and The Ellen DeGeneres Show.
2. (SEOmoz.org) Meet Rand Fishkin.
Rand Fiskin is a college
dropout who started blogging about SEO (Search Engine Optimization) back in
2004 while working for a family-run web development company. He was also
providing SEO consulting services to a few small clients. SEOmoz has since left
the consulting business and instead focuses exclusively on creating awesome SEO
software, as well as supporting a large community with educational resources
related to the search industry. It is rumored that the company generates
millions of dollars each and every month from its software and subscription
services. The company also raised $18 million in 2012, which it has been using
to acquire other companies. Rand is still actively running the company and
occasionally posts on the main blog.
3. (SmartPassiveIncome.com)Meet
Pat Flynn.
Pat is one of the most
inspirational bloggers in the world. After losing his job a few years into his
career, he was forced to scramble to support his growing family. He started a
website called “SmartPassiveIncome.com” to track his progress with various websites and online money
making projects. He has since built a massive following and readership thanks
to his transparency and honesty. Still to this day, Pat discloses his monthly
earnings to readers, which has inspired countless individuals. Pat currently
attends industry conferences, runs a regular podcast for his readers, and
spends as much time as he can with his family. Over the last 6 months, Pat has
earned, on average, around $50,000 USD per month.
4. (Copyblogger.com) Meet Brian Clark.
Brian Clark is the
founder of Copyblogger. He started the blog back in 2006 as a resource for
entrepreneurs to learn to be better copywriters, content marketers, and all
around “kings of content.” The blog has since grown to become an authority on
creating killer content for the web. With 100k+ subscribers, Brian got smart
and leveraged his readership to launch Copyblogger Media, which launched
several spinoff companies. These software companies include Scribe, Synthesis,
Premise, and StudioPress. The genius behind his business model is that his
loyal readers love him and line up to buy the marketing software his company
creates. Brian is still very active in the day-to-day of running Copyblogger.
5. (thedishdaily.com) Meet Andrew Sullivan.
Andrew started his blog,
The Daily Dish, near the end of 2000. By the middle of 2003, he was receiving
about 300,000 unique visits per month. Just this year, Sullivan made some big
changes and decided to leave his other his other blogging gigs (formerly at
TIME, The Atlantic, and The Daily Beast) to work on The Daily Dish full-time.
On launch day in 2013, the blog reportedly took in over $330,000 in recurring
revenue, charging an average of $20/month to readers.
6. (TMZ.com) Meet Harvey Levin.
Harvey is an American
lawyer, legal analyst, blogger, and celebrity reporter. His website TMZ is a
leading authority on celebrity gossip. You can frequently see Harvey
hosting his own TV show or appearing as a guest on celebrity related matters on
CNN, FOX, and other networks. He managed to leverage the popularity of his blog
to build a personal brand for himself.
7. (TechCrunch.com) Meet Michael Arrington.
Michael is one of my
favorite bloggers of all time. He started out as a mergers and acquisitions
lawyer working on tech deals in California. After realizing his passion for the
startup world, he decided to start a tech blog called TechCrunch.com, where he profiled and reviewed some of the
best up-and-coming tech companies and entrepreneurs from around the world.
TechCrunch became one of the most widely read blogs in the tech industry, and
as a result, it was Acquired by AOL for $30 Million dollars. Michael used the
proceeds of the sale to become an angel investor and to set up his own
investment fund, CrunchFund, to invest in startups. Today, Arrington is still
considered to be a mover and shaker in the valley.
8. (Fourhourworkweek.com/blog)
Meet Tim Ferriss.
Tim is a self-proclaimed
life hacker who built a massive following online through his blog posts. He is
the author of the “4 Hour Work Week” which became an instant bestseller. He has
also gone on to publish two other best-selling books. He’s a frequent lecturer
around the globe. He has also popularized the idea of “lifestyle design” and
living an unconventional life. Tim is credited with popularizing the “internet
lifestyle” or the ability of lifestyle entrepreneurs to work on their laptops
from wherever in the world.
9. (TimothySykes.com) – Meet
Timothy Sykes.
Tim started blogging to
document how he turned $12,000 of his Bar-Mitzvah Money into over $1 million
dollars. He has gained internet fame for being an authority on Penny Stock
trading. His blog has hundreds of thousands of visitors, which has allowed him
to launch additional companies like Profit.ly, which educate other traders on trader strategies. He can
frequently be seen making television appearances on ABC, CNN, FOX, and CNBC
about stock market matters.
10. (Problogger.net) Meet Darren Rowse.
Darren is another blogger
who you have to know about. He started blogging as a hobby. He blogged about
the Olympics and his passion for photography, then eventually started
Problogger, a website dedicated to helping other bloggers. Darren is currently
a full-time blogger and started making money from advertising deals, affiliate
programs, adsense, and selling an e-book. Darren has gained quite a bit of fame
online and was named to the Forbes Internet Celebrity list in 2007. He lives in
Melbourne, Australia, with his family and still makes a full-time living from
blogging!
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