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I want to be a blogging star

I have a few more blogs to go through and some numbers to add up before I post the next god-blog demographic post.

Having eyeballed about 1000 blogs, my thinking has shifted.
The Perseus Survey caught my attention because it didn’t reflect what I and others saw (or perhaps thought we saw) in the sub-division of god-blogs.

Some time ago Mark Byron wondered who would be the next ’star’ or breakout blogger like Martin Roth had been.
The bottom line from what I’ve looked at is we can hope there won’t be one.

Why? Blogging is interactive and immediate. There can be bloggers that gain a group of readers because of buzz or hype. But the reality is in the god-blogosphere the core group are ordinary people who keep at it, pay attention to their readers, add personal content from time to time and lead by serving.
They find and link others. It isn’t flash in the pan stuff. They can be current and thoughtful without receiving a speck of celebrity type attention.
The Evangelical Outpost looks at 8 ways to become a higher being in the NZ Bear EcoSystem.
I want to add two more.

Be a white male, preferably in your late 20’s or 30’s.
Be American.
The god-blogs don’t have to work that way, because the blogosphere isn’t working that way and I think most have grown past the top of the heap thinking.
The reality is Americans own or have more access to computers and this is not said to disparage.
In looking at 200 blogrolls I found some interesting results. More as soon as I can. I’ll toss out the findings and you can take it from there.

A BlogWiki.
Very cool.
connexions from Wales is setting it up to help people that are entering blogging, people that think about the dynamics of blogging and…..well, go look.
(Shoot-I may have to re-think my ’sign-in’ hangup!)

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8 Responses to “I want to be a blogging star”

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1 Darryl on Nov 16th, 2003 at 4:16 pm

It’s nice to do something and not worry about being the best or the most famous. I like the fact that most of us are ordinary people. Who really wants to be a celebrity of any type? Not me, that’s for sure!
2 Rachel C on Nov 16th, 2003 at 4:53 pm

Very interesting.

Here’s some statistics according to the CIA factbook:

* The US accounts for 27% of the world’s online population (followed by Japan, China, UK, Germany and South Korea).

* The US has the 8th highest proportion of their population online (57%). The highest is Iceland at 78%. Australia is at 54%, Canada and New Zealand at 52% and China is at 4%.
3 Luke on Nov 16th, 2003 at 11:43 pm

I don’t want to be a celebrity. I just want the money and power. Ok, I do want to be a celebrity…that way you get to meet other celebrities.
4 timsamoff on Nov 17th, 2003 at 12:02 pm

Bene, have you seen this?

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0072227125/002-5788619-9024031
5 Bene Diction on Nov 17th, 2003 at 12:18 pm

Thanks Tim:

It looks interesting.
Copywrited in 2002, hopefully I won’t have any lawyer coming after me with a cease and desist for
my blog title. So there are now six books on blogging at Amazon. Blog on!
6 timsamoff on Nov 17th, 2003 at 2:18 pm

Oh, I was thinking that you should go after them!!!
7 Glenn Teal on Nov 17th, 2003 at 8:55 pm

Like most bloggers I just hope my ideas make a connection with someone out there in cyberspace. The power of ideas is amazing!
GHT
8 Ariel on Nov 18th, 2003 at 4:51 am

Fame definitely can’t hurt. It helps a lot in giving weight to one’s voice on the Net. Without fame (or celebrity), you can shout all you want but no one will hear you. So yup, let’s blog on - keep the content fresh and you’re on your way to fame (and probably fortune, too!)