Marketing Defined

The Manolo - the often hilarious, always entertaining six-figure “shoe” Blogger who has his toes firmly dug into the “Shoe” niche is finally “wooed” into an interview. Disclosing all the ghory details of his six-figure income — and who else to get the scoop, but none other than the talented Darren Rowse from Pro Blogger.

Manolo writes his entire blog in the third person, in delightfully quirky English and had this to say when Darren asked “What are the main ways that the Manolo makes income from the Shoe Blog?”

The Manolo - In the order of importance:

• the affiliate sales of the shoes and the fashion,
• the contextual ads like the google and the chitka,
• the blogads,
• then the Amazon,
• and then the tshirts and the miscellaneous.
• This, of the course, does not count what the Manolo receives for writing his new column in the Washington Post Express.

When Manolo was asked for some six figure advice to pass on to anyone contemplating starting up a Blog — he had this to say:

The Manolo: Do not be afraid to be different, in the fact, being different it is the advantage in the marketplace where there are fifty hundred new blogs on the topic you have chosen. Also, do not be afraid of the odd combinations of the topics, or of the peculiar view of the world, or the different way of approaching your subject as long as these things can be entertaining. Do this, and post faithfully everyday, and be generous with your links and with your readers, and your audience it will find you soon enough.

Do you want some “real” insight into how to conquer a niche? — the shoe niche in this instance! —

Aim to be different - AND - be sure to read the entire interview with “The Manolo” who knew very little about Marketing when he started The Shoe Blog — at Pro Blogger Interviews Manolo the six figure Shoe Blogger

Who doesn’t need humour in their life — I have added to my feed reader the entertaining The Manolo - Shoe Blog!