As a blogger, aiming for the “Mister Popularity” title is definitely not an easy to accomplish target. There aren’t many overcrowded niches out there that you can penetrate easily and the ones that are less crowded, don’t bring that much popularity. So, assuming you’ve decided on a niche and topic you feel comfortable and knowledgeable with, you should expect a voracious competition ready to eat you alive the moment you let your guard down. Reaching the status of “popular blogger” ain’t a guarantee in itself that you will be spared, it just makes things a bit easier. But lets focus for now on one of the most important traits of a truly popular blogger: being a helpful blogger.
Why being a helpful blogger matters?
The best way to show you how important it is to be a helpful blogger – and person in general – is by giving you a very popular example from our online world. The phrase “google it” has entered our every day vocabulary. We use it with ease when leading people to discover the answers to their questions and needs through the use of Google’s search engine. This was and continues to be Google’s biggest win over its competition: convincing people of its usefulness, its helpfulness.
The internet has always been a means for people to discover, to learn, to ask questions and find answers to them. As a blogger, your way to mass-appeal and popularity has to be paved with more questions answered than raised.