Blogging Heroes: Interviews with 30 of the World's Top Bloggers
by: Michael A. Banks
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Among more than 102,000,000 blogs, a few stand out as influential, ground-breaking, and singularly successful. These thirty bloggers, who write about everything from business trends to parenting, have been featured in Wired magazine, Popular Science, and on CNN, NPR, MSNBC, and 20/20. In one-on-one conversations with Michael A. Banks, these innovative, creative thinkers have shared their tactics, their philosophies, what drives them, how they mine for subject matter, and their personal secrets for success. Come and learn from the masters.
Among more than 102,000,000 blogs, a few stand out as influential, ground-breaking, and singularly successful. These thirty bloggers, who write about everything from business trends to parenting, have been featured in Wired magazine, Popular Science, and on CNN, NPR, MSNBC, and 20/20. In one-on-one conversations with Michael A. Banks, these innovative, creative thinkers have shared their tactics, their philosophies, what drives them, how they mine for subject matter, and their personal secrets for success. Come and learn from the masters.
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- Bloggers, read this!
Page 30: "A successful blog is like a hungry pet that needs to be walked, fed, washed, cleaned up after, and loved regularly."
Nothing beats hearing from the top bloggers themselves about what it takes to achieve blogging success. Michael A. Banks has taken this huge effort of interviewing 30 of world's top bloggers. He shortlisted interesting blogs in several categories from business trends and the inner workings at Microsoft to parenting tips, personal secrets, DIYs, technology tips ... Read More
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- Thoroughly solid
This was an intriguing book to pick up at the bookstore and thumb through, although less fulfilling to read.Most of the bloggers are full-time paid, and most of them report on the very latest up-to-the-minute breaking news in their mostly-technical field.Most of them give you pretty much the same advice:Write about what you care about, and don't use black hat SEO techniques.
Frank Warren, of PostSecret, is the only completely out-of-the-box blogger covered.
I'll take ... Read More
Rating: 
- Good Book to Read in the Store
I did not find this book useful. The author has spent time interviewing famous bloggers and compiled it. Most of the information is available online . Its a book which you can read when your are browsing in the store. Not worth to buy it
Rating: - The new social media
Looking for an inside edge on the new full-contact sport that blogging has evolved to? Then, arguably, the group interviewed by Michael Banks is the one to consult for advice. Sprinkled with helpful hints and ideas, it is a book that I would recommend to any blogger, albeit with one reservation: you get diminishing returns with every interview you read. While incredibly consistent in their advice - passion, niche, consistency, networking - it almost feels superficial after reading it for the twentieth ... Read More
Rating: - A great group, but
Internet books are getting a little too cookie cutter.I blame the editors for this one.Wisdom takes more than 2 hours to read and needs more than a interview questionnaire.The author is blind to the 3 principles that he presents through the bloggers: passion - there is no passion in this book.Uniqueness - basically most of the bloggers all give the same recommendations. Content - the repetition here is unforgivable.What makes these bloggers unique is their obsession, but the author needs to dig ... Read More
- Bloggers, read this!Page 30: "A successful blog is like a hungry pet that needs to be walked, fed, washed, cleaned up after, and loved regularly."
Nothing beats hearing from the top bloggers themselves about what it takes to achieve blogging success. Michael A. Banks has taken this huge effort of interviewing 30 of world's top bloggers. He shortlisted interesting blogs in several categories from business trends and the inner workings at Microsoft to parenting tips, personal secrets, DIYs, technology tips ... Read More
- Thoroughly solidThis was an intriguing book to pick up at the bookstore and thumb through, although less fulfilling to read.Most of the bloggers are full-time paid, and most of them report on the very latest up-to-the-minute breaking news in their mostly-technical field.Most of them give you pretty much the same advice:Write about what you care about, and don't use black hat SEO techniques.
Frank Warren, of PostSecret, is the only completely out-of-the-box blogger covered.
I'll take ... Read More
- Good Book to Read in the StoreI did not find this book useful. The author has spent time interviewing famous bloggers and compiled it. Most of the information is available online . Its a book which you can read when your are browsing in the store. Not worth to buy it
- The new social mediaLooking for an inside edge on the new full-contact sport that blogging has evolved to? Then, arguably, the group interviewed by Michael Banks is the one to consult for advice. Sprinkled with helpful hints and ideas, it is a book that I would recommend to any blogger, albeit with one reservation: you get diminishing returns with every interview you read. While incredibly consistent in their advice - passion, niche, consistency, networking - it almost feels superficial after reading it for the twentieth ... Read More
- A great group, butInternet books are getting a little too cookie cutter.I blame the editors for this one.Wisdom takes more than 2 hours to read and needs more than a interview questionnaire.The author is blind to the 3 principles that he presents through the bloggers: passion - there is no passion in this book.Uniqueness - basically most of the bloggers all give the same recommendations. Content - the repetition here is unforgivable.What makes these bloggers unique is their obsession, but the author needs to dig ... Read More
