"Either focus purely on your local business and work hard to make a name for yourself, or you can choose to switch to English and serve a greater market with more competition"..
okay, as i said on the previous interview article. i will post interview article again with the same topic, 'blogging for money' for non-english blogs. this time, our sources is John cow, a professional blogger from Ireland, founder johnCow.com.
Johncow.com, which use the great name 'john cow' with anchor link "make money online" became famous after just 6 month launched. maybe, this is the real evidence that john cow is a professional.
okay, let us see the interview with john cow.
(Q) Question
(A) Answer (john cow)
(Q) : What do you think of non-English blogs in general?
(A) :It doesn't matter what language your blog is in, as long as you get readers for it. Blogging without readers is like milk without cookies. :)
(Q) : Do you think non-English blogs have good prospect in the online business realm?
(A) : As far as online business goes, the international language of business is English and you will limit yourself by seeking out a non-English speaking market. Having said that, the majority of entrepreneurs will seek out the largest possible audience, which is English. This leaves a lot of space for those that want to focus on different languages.
(Q) : What are the most advantages of non-English blogs compared with English blogs in the online business realm?
(A) : It's niche based. Most people can do English, only a fraction of that amount can concentrate on other markets too.
(Q) : What are the obstacles or constraints?
(A) : There's no such thing as obstacles and constraints, only opportunities and challenges.
(Q) : What opportunities are mostly suit for non-English blogs?
(A) : That would obviously be local business. Every country has it's own standards and values, you'd need to be a local to know what motivates people. Also generic products that are being used all over the world, like web-hosting for example. These are things that are not limited to certain locations.
(Q) : What theme mostly fit for non-English blogs?
(A) : That would all depend on your country. Once again, you will have too look and see what people are interested in. One can imagine that a Britney Spears blog would do better in the US than in Indonesia for example.
(Q) : While most online ads are in English, what are the non-English blogs have to do to get the cake?
(A) : We know there's companies that specialize in local advertising, like Nuffnang and Advertlets. Google Adwords does localized ads so there's something for everyone.
(Q) : Among these programs: Google Adsense and PPC Ads, Affiliate Programs, Paid to Click, Paid to Review, Independent Ads, Others - which one will give more opportunity for non-English blogs?
(A) : It would depend on the product you are promoting. For obvious reason, we'd say Independent ads would work best on a specific language blog. It's all about local business.
(Q) : Do you think non-English speaker bloggers should push themselves to write post in English?
(A) : That all depends on what you'd like to accomplish. If you're blogging for fun, no. Just keep doing what feels good. If you're blogging to make money, you would be wise to expand your territory and reach out to a larger group of English readers.
(Q) : Do you have or may consider running any new project specifically address for non-English blogs?
(A) : We're actually entertaining the idea of starting up a new blog in our own language. We've been comparing the top 50 blogs from my country, those who only write in my language, and my current English blog, JohnCow.com would be in the top 3, comparing the statistics.
(Q) : What's your advice for non-English speaker bloggers in order to keep survive in the online business realm?
(A) : Either focus purely on your local business and work hard to make a name for yourself, or you can choose to switch to English and serve a greater market with more competition.
Thanks for this opportunity and we hope you found our ramblings useful. And say hi for us to those millions of fans in Indonesia!
John cow
*this interview is by Mr Medhy Aginta, a professional blogger from Indonesia.
one important thing you must remember is "be focus". you are never success on your business if you do not focus with your business. focus on market share, focus on your blog content, or focus on your blog niche or product that you sell on your blog, and focus on your language you use on your blog is one key to success blogging :)
that's it. what do you think about it ? please, leave a comment
Happy blogging :)
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