Chris G has an interesting post on “How to Get Top Blogs to Notice You” Chris suggest a three point strategy for positioning yourself so you’re PREPARED for when your blog finds its way into the cross hairs of one of the mega blogs on the internet.
Chris’ team did their homework by posting about a phenomenon that you and I have probably noticed, but didn’t bother to blog about. “Is Google Toolbar Hijacking 404 Pages?” fits BEAUTIFULLY into the content provided at the Codswallop blog and turns out to be a “breaking news” story (one of his tips) which garnered some link love from Techcrunch!
Notice how Chris also graciously acknowledges another blogger, Wendy over at emomsathome.com who suggested he blog about this oddity. Wendy, whose blog really isn’t ABOUT technology passed the tip on to Chris. Yes, networking is an ESSENTIAL part of blogging (also noted in Chris’ top blog notice post).
I work with a LOT of new blogger and they will take a look at Chris G’s blog post and go, “Gee! When will that happen to me?”
I’ve been a subscriber to Chris’ blog for a long time now and I’ve watched him work HARD to achieve this accomplishment. In other words, I’ve been watching as Chris has been “paying” for this success LONG before it happened. Chris has been doing a LOT of legwork behind the scenes preparing for this “big break”. He’s been gracious enough to chronicle the process for those of us interested enough to follow along.
Preparation is the key!!! There is no such thing as an overnight success… it’s often a matter of paying for success in advance.
One hundred years ago, people didn’t borrow money to make a major purchases… they scrimped and saved to afford what they wanted to purchase. Today, we have “easy payment plans” that allow us to “pay as we consume” which is especially overused in the United States. Because of these “easy finance” options it’s far too easy to lose sight of the fact that success is expensive and there are no “payment plans” available for you to pay as you go.
More often than not, success is paid for “in advance” and the currency is frequently time and tenacity.
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