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Aloba,sometimes in just wonder how you think you will have more readers by driving traffic to your blog despite all your experience and exposure.You write one story in 3 days sometimes,and now how is this the type of soft news people will truly be interested in? A governor takes probably his 2nd/trophy wife (notice the age difference) on holidays abroad and they went shopping,see all the superlatives you using to qualify them! Something all the looters do routinely! Guy na wa for you o! Just thinking,if I was in your shoes,I will focus on writing latest gists about the goings on in the lives of people in the limelight (escapades,new deals,Under the table happenings business intrigues, lifestyles etc) that no publication in the mainstream and new media will/can publish but with 100% facts.This you can do through their friends and staffs as is done by and all other such reliable new outlets abroad. This way more people will trust you and always know where to go for authentic gists. You will not need to be afraid of patronage or advert because you will not need to attend their parties,soiries and all but have the right and trusted sources amongst them and everywhere that are reliable and before you know it you will blow and in no time become the go-to blog/person that people refer to for placements,stories and all that.I have read your blogs in the last 2 to 4 weeks and just thought I should share my 2 kobo observation.
Aloba,I am anonymous 12.25.I have meet you personally and you have written a story about a launch event we had in one huge conglomerate I used to work,a long time ago when you were with Encomium weekly. I think you should read my comment thoroughly again! It's not about writing well,we all know you do in addition to your experience,exposure and being a 'town' man or boy as we say it. My point is that this are not the tyou of story angles that interests discerning minds or thay drives traffic when you want to read tabloid or society human angle news and that can make you influential as a society/soft news top rated blog/news outlet as it is being done abroad, even South Africa to come closer home. You need to have a niche and damn the consequences in a short time period because ultimately you will become the go to person/blog for such soft news...An example here for hard/looting/bad governance news,see what Sowore focuses on with Sahara Reporters,even if they are not 100% reliable sometimes! Another fact based news online outlet is The Cable,who are already caving niche for themselves...In the traditional/hardcopy newspapers,was next234 by Dele Olojede,our own Pulitzer award winner,before the plugs were pulled out by the banks who they got loans from and some advertising sales revenue from some MDAs as a result of pressure from the FGN, because they were publishing facts about bad governance and being bold enough then to report that the president Yar'Adua was brain dead.I used to enjoy reading next234 on Sundays then because it was basically not like the regular compromised top/leading newspapers whose publishers always have one interest or the other in government they protect! It was like our own New York Times or Washington Post on Sunday's for me... with all the sections...So what I am saying in essence,my bro, is not about your writing,its for you to see the big picture as the way people consume media and how this has changed and very soon it's only blogs and online news outlets with a niche that are reliable that will lead the way even though the traditional media that continue to be innovative will continue to remain relevant too.Think about this deeply!
