I want to join in. 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!
Her blog provides news, http://www.bsaa.edu.ru beauty tips, and celebrity gossip to her readers.
She started blogging when she was 17 years old with no background in journalism or Linda Ikeji 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 Linda Ikeji 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 Linda Ikeji 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.
I’ve visited the Linda Ikeji blog twice before. The first was to study the strategy she uses to attract heavy
traffic that qualifies her to be paid by Google. The second was to read what
she put up about a funny radio episode where one of my colleagues stalked and "punked" her. Linda decided to be a good sport - I was told she put up the audio on her site and I went there once again to verify that Linda Ikeji indeed is a good sport. She is. However, beyond
those two
occasions, you will not find me going to Linda Ikeji’s blog because the news it serves is not my cup of tea. This, however, does not mean that I don’t applaud the creativity that she has deployed
in her own unique way to claw her way to the top of Nigeria’s blogosphere. I do. She is an incredible lady; it takes creativity, guts, and a certain level of diligence and discipline to get to the top in any profession or calling - and she did it.
Having said this, I am one of those who disagree that she should put up a picture of herself with the car and tell her readers that she bought it to "spoil" herself on her birthday. And I speak as a professional communications person. Putting up a picture of her latest N24m car on her blog and crooning
that she wants to use it to "spoil" herself on her birthday may be a good marketing
strategy but it is also unfortunately in bad taste. Linda Ikeji has become a
celebrity in her own right. We know that celebrities splurge on themselves
every now and then. But they publicize their predilections with style; they don’t directly boast
about them. Rather, they allow others (the press or paparazzi) to "discover" and publicize their indulgences. The fact that you own a medium does not mean that you should use it to, as it were, boast of your acquisitions. If she has a good publicist (and she should have one),
this toy could have been "discovered" by another gossip column or paparazzi, and Linda Ikeji the story
generated in that other medium can then be reproduced on her blog.
There are two points to note - Linda Ikeji’s blog is about, and feeds on, celebrity gossip. Using it to advertise herself (her "arrival" as many would read it) is rather off-key - it makes her look like a wannabe. Second, she should note that when
celebrities directly promote their foibles in this way, they do attract some admiration no doubt, but they also activate envy or hate in the public sphere.
This is exactly what has happened to her. It is unfortunate because she doesn’t deserve the envy and hate; in my view, she has worked hard for the money she is spending on herself in a way she thinks is good for her.
On Linda Ikeji's N24m Toy - Enugu Metro
як Kaley Mowry (2021-10-18)
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!
Her blog provides news, http://www.bsaa.edu.ru beauty tips, and celebrity gossip to her readers.
She started blogging when she was 17 years old with no background in journalism or Linda Ikeji 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 Linda Ikeji 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 Linda Ikeji 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.
I’ve visited the Linda Ikeji blog twice before. The first was to study the strategy she uses to attract heavy
traffic that qualifies her to be paid by Google. The second was to read what
she put up about a funny radio episode where one of my colleagues stalked and "punked" her. Linda decided to be a good sport - I was told she put up the audio on her site and I went there once again to verify that Linda Ikeji indeed is a good sport. She is. However, beyond
those two
occasions, you will not find me going to Linda Ikeji’s blog because the news it serves is not my cup of tea. This, however, does not mean that I don’t applaud the creativity that she has deployed
in her own unique way to claw her way to the top of Nigeria’s blogosphere. I do. She is an incredible lady; it takes creativity, guts, and a certain level of diligence and discipline to get to the top in any profession or calling - and she did it.
Having said this, I am one of those who disagree that she should put up a picture of herself with the car and tell her readers that she bought it to "spoil" herself on her birthday. And I speak as a professional communications person. Putting up a picture of her latest N24m car on her blog and crooning
that she wants to use it to "spoil" herself on her birthday may be a good marketing
strategy but it is also unfortunately in bad taste. Linda Ikeji has become a
celebrity in her own right. We know that celebrities splurge on themselves
every now and then. But they publicize their predilections with style; they don’t directly boast
about them. Rather, they allow others (the press or paparazzi) to "discover" and publicize their indulgences. The fact that you own a medium does not mean that you should use it to, as it were, boast of your acquisitions. If she has a good publicist (and she should have one),
this toy could have been "discovered" by another gossip column or paparazzi, and Linda Ikeji the story
generated in that other medium can then be reproduced on her blog.
There are two points to note - Linda Ikeji’s blog is about, and feeds on, celebrity gossip. Using it to advertise herself (her "arrival" as many would read it) is rather off-key - it makes her look like a wannabe. Second, she should note that when
celebrities directly promote their foibles in this way, they do attract some admiration no doubt, but they also activate envy or hate in the public sphere.
This is exactly what has happened to her. It is unfortunate because she doesn’t deserve the envy and hate; in my view, she has worked hard for the money she is spending on herself in a way she thinks is good for her.