Today, she has over 3 million followers on Facebook where she posts almost daily.
With so many people following her work, Linda Ikeji has been able to make a living for herself by running the blog as well as taking advertisements from various companies.
She has been able to launch her own beauty line as well as a clothing line via print on demand.
She was also named one of Time's 100 Most Influential People in 2014 and awarded an honorary doctorate from Babcock University.
Linda Ikeji continues to work hard to provide her readers with the latest posts and information on entertainment news.
She has been in the spotlight for her success and achievements as an entrepreneur while being one of Nigeria's most successful bloggers to date.
Her blog began when she had just finished school with no further ideas about what career path to take until she discovered blogging.
Our new social networking site www.lindaikejisocial.com just got a feature on CNN. Yay! Read the article below...
Love her or not, she's one of Africa's most famous news and gossip writers. Now she's hoping to take on Facebook with her very own social network, Linda Ikeji which she says hit 50,000 sign-ups on the first day.
Linda Ikeji, a former model from Lagos, Nigeria, says her social network, LIS (Linda Ikeji Social) has something others lack: a one-stop shop for everything online.
"About 30-40 million Nigerians are now online, and they go through so many sites," Linda Ikeji told CNN.
"They go to Facebook for connecting with friends. They come to my blog to read the news. They buy and sell things and go to places like Nairaland where they exchange opinions."
Just six days in, the network has 86,000 followers. Within the next five years, Linda Ikeji said she hopes to be the new Facebook.
"Facebook is my competition," said the businesswoman, who is famous for Linda Ikeji her tabloid reporting, which many have criticized for promoting gossip and lacking in credibility.
In 2014 her blog came under scrutiny amidst allegations of plagiarism and unfair usage of images which led to the blogging platform Blogger, Linda Ikeji run by Google, temporarily taking her website offline.
Paying the popular
Apart from her controversial ways, she differs from Facebook in another major way, however. Her plan is to pay people who gain a lot of followers on the site.
"Once they have 50,000 followers on their page, we will automatically start monetizing it. That means we will put our client's banners on the page and pay you a commission from what they pay us."
The cash incentives are paid out to the so-called 'wallet' -- a section on the network where people add their bank account details.
"Next week we are putting N20,000 ($63) each into 50 people's wallets," Ikeji said.
The network also plans to pay users N8,000 (around $25) for original news content.
The aim of the business is to give back to the online community.
"Being on social networking sites make the (site) owners billionaires. You being on our site will make us money, but at the same time we will share some of that money with you."
A million dollar business
It all started 10 years ago, when she was modeling, and Linda Ikeji came across a blog post about herself. "I liked it and I wanted to start my own blog."
Back then, blogs were more personal accounts of people's lives, https://www.Bonanza.com/ she said. "I wanted something more interesting. I wanted to do gossip and news, and I gave them something different."
Already a celebrity, it quickly drew a lot of readers.
"It was like a celebrity blog: people knew who I was and were very interested in what I had to say."
It seems to have worked. Today her blog has around 7 million page views per day and is especially popular with Nigerians living abroad in countries such as China, Linda Ikeji Dubai and the U.S., according to Linda Ikeji.
"It's the number one blog in Nigeria," she says.
However popular and successful she claims to be, Linda Ikeji continues to be controversial.
She says the criticism is mainly down to two things: Jealousy and the usual online critique famous people often endure.
"There are people who are jealous, because they don't understand how somebody can be so successful at something so many others are trying to do."
Others simply don't like what she does, but Ikeji seems unfazed.
"They may not agree with the way I do stuff.
Yay! Linda Ikeji Social (LIS) Featured On CNN
як Domenic Bordelon (2021-10-19)
Linda Ikeji is a famous blogger in Nigeria who in 2013 made it onto the list of Forbes influential bloggers which is no easy feat!She started blogging when she was 17 years old with no background in journalism or writing experience.
Today, she has over 3 million followers on Facebook where she posts almost daily.
With so many people following her work, Linda Ikeji has been able to make a living for herself by running the blog as well as taking advertisements from various companies.
She has been able to launch her own beauty line as well as a clothing line via print on demand.
She was also named one of Time's 100 Most Influential People in 2014 and awarded an honorary doctorate from Babcock University.
Linda Ikeji continues to work hard to provide her readers with the latest posts and information on entertainment news.
Her blog began when she had just finished school with no further ideas about what career path to take until she discovered blogging.
Our new social networking site www.lindaikejisocial.com just got a feature on CNN. Yay! Read the article below...
Love her or not, she's one of Africa's most famous news and gossip writers. Now she's hoping to take on Facebook with her very own social network, Linda Ikeji which she says hit 50,000 sign-ups on the first day.
Linda Ikeji, a former model from Lagos, Nigeria, says her social network, LIS (Linda Ikeji Social) has something others lack: a one-stop shop for everything online.
"About 30-40 million Nigerians are now online, and they go through so many sites," Linda Ikeji told CNN.
"They go to Facebook for connecting with friends. They come to my blog to read the news. They buy and sell things and go to places like Nairaland where they exchange opinions."
Just six days in, the network has 86,000 followers. Within the next five years, Linda Ikeji said she hopes to be the new Facebook.
"Facebook is my competition," said the businesswoman, who is famous for Linda Ikeji her tabloid reporting, which many have criticized for promoting gossip and lacking in credibility.
In 2014 her blog came under scrutiny amidst allegations of plagiarism and unfair usage of images which led to the blogging platform Blogger, Linda Ikeji run by Google, temporarily taking her website offline.
Paying the popular
Apart from her controversial ways, she differs from Facebook in another major way, however. Her plan is to pay people who gain a lot of followers on the site.
"Once they have 50,000 followers on their page, we will automatically start monetizing it. That means we will put our client's banners on the page and pay you a commission from what they pay us."
The cash incentives are paid out to the so-called 'wallet' -- a section on the network where people add their bank account details.
"Next week we are putting N20,000 ($63) each into 50 people's wallets," Ikeji said.
The network also plans to pay users N8,000 (around $25) for original news content.
The aim of the business is to give back to the online community.
"Being on social networking sites make the (site) owners billionaires. You being on our site will make us money, but at the same time we will share some of that money with you."
A million dollar business
It all started 10 years ago, when she was modeling, and Linda Ikeji came across a blog post about herself. "I liked it and I wanted to start my own blog."
Back then, blogs were more personal accounts of people's lives, https://www.Bonanza.com/ she said. "I wanted something more interesting. I wanted to do gossip and news, and I gave them something different."
Already a celebrity, it quickly drew a lot of readers.
"It was like a celebrity blog: people knew who I was and were very interested in what I had to say."
It seems to have worked. Today her blog has around 7 million page views per day and is especially popular with Nigerians living abroad in countries such as China, Linda Ikeji Dubai and the U.S., according to Linda Ikeji.
"It's the number one blog in Nigeria," she says.
However popular and successful she claims to be, Linda Ikeji continues to be controversial.
She says the criticism is mainly down to two things: Jealousy and the usual online critique famous people often endure.
"There are people who are jealous, because they don't understand how somebody can be so successful at something so many others are trying to do."
Others simply don't like what she does, but Ikeji seems unfazed.
"They may not agree with the way I do stuff.