Firstly I would like to say this is not a rant, or an attack aimed at probloggers or 6 figure bloggers. If you copy what your problogger idol writes you will fail;

  • Bad Movie

We have all seen amazing blockbuster movies, one’s that are fantastic, but for some reason (mainly money) the funding management decide to produce a sequel and it sucks big style. Fly 2, Speed 2 and Starship Troopers 2 all spring to mind and I’m sure a few more will be listed below. A big problem with sequels most of the time seems to be the film has been copied. By that I mean the film has a similar name, similar plot and similar styling. So why doesn’t it work? Because it is missing the same actors and it’s being filmed and produced by someone else.

Think about it, if your role model is Darren Rowse or John Chow you are drawn to them because of their success, the style they write and information they provide. All I have to do is copy them and I’m golden right? Wrong, by all means draw inspiration from them and even use their blueprint, but don’t copy their posts.

I’m going to go one further and say don’t copy their writing style either. For example I write exactly the way I talk, no changes. I also only write about topics I am interested in and know about, it would be quite easy for me to copy all of David Risley’s posts, the way he has styled his site and the style in which he writes, but I would fall flat on my face.

‘Probloggers’ are making that much money because they get huge traffic, so sooner or later the word will get out that you are a wanna-be Darren or John.

  • Ugly Sister

Remember Alex Tew who started the milliondollarhomepage.com? Selling a million pixels on a website for  $1 each. Internet gold and this guy was uber famous years ago. What did this spark? Yep you guessed it thousands of follow up sites that all copied the formula without changing it. Any of them make it? Maybe one or two thats it, why? Because they copied it instead of taking the idea further and adding their own spin on it.

  • Caveat

I am not saying don’t visit the big hitters, what I am saying is please make your own way. Take advice and look at how they are doing it and continue to do it, but carve your own piece of the market.

Take this site for instance (again) I haven’t read another site that has the same writing style as me, I’m not saying that in a arrogant way, but it’s because I think of the content myself even if the post is inspired by someone else.

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