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7 Personality Traits that are Found in a Successful Blogger

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Every blogger have their own unique style of blogging. They have their own unique way of structure and so on. So how do we classify the success of bloggers into traits. Well It is very hard because each blogger have their own personal touch, but there are some characteristics that is found in almost every good blogger.

Innovative Personality

Innovative PersonalityGood bloggers always come out with innovative ways to cover their topics. An innovative blogger is someone who would find new and smarter ways to build his blog. Innovative Personality distinguish between the leader and a follower. People like to follow leaders that is one of the traits of a successful blogger.

Community Enablers

Community EnablerSuccessful bloggers know how to get their audience to read the blog. Not just read but much more than that. They know how to get them involved into the articles and provoke their passion. They get their readers to build a community around their blog by writing articles that appeals to the audience.

Originality and Creativity

Creative PersonalityAs this blogging world expands specially the niches of web development and MMO, it is really hard to come up with original content. Many times bloggers are talking about same topics. But only good bloggers find ways to make their content look original. They add their creative touch to the article and make it far better than the rest. That is why people like their articles more and they are considered successful bloggers.

Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneur PersonalitySuccessful bloggers have a mind of an entrepreneur. They are always finding ways to get to the next level. They try to get the edge over their competitors by coming up with new ideas. They don’t wait for others. If they want something, they go on and take it.

Good Communicators

Good CommunicatorSuccessful bloggers don’t just throw information at you. They are actually very good communicators. Their style of writing gets through people and make them understand what he is talking about. Successful bloggers know what their reader wants and desire, so they come up with those type of material. This skill is which makes them be a community enabler.

Interesting and Focused

Interesting and FocusedSometimes bloggers think it is good to be interesting, so they write about some weird anecdote or so on. But in the course of trying to be interested, they lose focus. Successful bloggers are both interesting and focused. They know how to get their audience interested in by writing good titles, good intro paragraph or what not. They are very focused as well. They write an article and stay to the point. That is what makes them good communicators.

Imagination / Curiosity

Imagination and CuriositySuccessful bloggers have this crazy imagination. They see things that are so weird, but make them work. They are curious. So they try new things. But they never get distracted. So if there is a new service in a market. They will experiment it, but they don’t get distracted from their old focus.

While above are just a list. Every blogger is different in their own ways. They always find ways to be different. Heck that is why there are more than one successful bloggers. So if you ever want to do a case study, a good idea would be to interview multiple bloggers at a conference or so. And see what their traits are.



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13 Comments

Comment by David Hobson
2009-01-16 07:29:38

Good post Syed. Originality and Creativity is one you dont see a lot of these days, usually one person will post and hundreds will copy.


Comment by Wayne Liew
2009-01-16 20:03:32

I have to agree with you as well. As the Internet booms and with more people able to publish their own blogs, the % of original blog posts is going down.

Wayne Liew
http://www.wayneliew.com


2009-01-19 23:08:10

Very true, and maybe inevitable, unless you can find that special twist to make the content go to another level.

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Comment by Anthony
2009-01-16 10:23:16

Thanks for sharing your thoughts and I will try to incorporate these when creating blog for my Game Reviews…


 
Comment by Nicole Price
2009-01-16 10:35:41

David’s observation is one hundred percent correct. I would however comment on good communication and volume of posts as vital.


 
Comment by jesse
2009-01-17 00:51:43

Great Post !


 
Comment by Webkinz
2009-01-17 11:26:03

I wonder how to learn how to become successful blogger. How to perfect that skills…


 
Comment by Silvia
2009-01-18 05:35:40

I agree that a blogger who is successful might be a great personality with a great number of leader features where there is a place for everything both creativity and imagination and bright mind and entrepreneur talent.


 
2009-01-19 06:13:54

Very good list there and I agree with a lot of commentators here, that creativity is something that is rather in short supply!


 
2009-01-19 11:46:35

I think it takes time to develop these traits but knowing what these are, is the first step. Thanks for sharing a great post.

Peter Lee


 
Comment by Web Design Beach
2009-01-20 10:10:03

Great list. It would be best if blogger could fit at least in few of those categories, if not possible in all :-) . That would be perfect, but as nobody is perfect then we can’t complain.


 
Comment by spidro
2009-02-02 07:18:02

great post, i think even if you don’t have any of these personality blogging can help you learn many skills like communicating and helping other people, thanks for sharing syed


 
Comment by Authority Directory
2009-02-22 12:59:34

Good points for those who want to become a good blogger who can gain a following.


 

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