Just a little over a month a go a blogger by the handle The Infopreneur showed up on my twitter map and I read a few of his articles at first and rapidly became hooked to his dedication and goals to help share his information on how bloggers should be blogging. He provides inspiration and motivational advice as well as SEO tips and shares his own tactics with his readers.
What I like about him is that he is original, bold and isn’t afraid to tell you not to follow what the big bloggers say on certain things. I am amazed by his focus and ability to generate an amazing amount of articles, traffic and twitter followers in less than three months. The Infopreneur is around 100k Alexa rank in its first eight weeks, he managed to achieve what took me about a year to reach in just two months.
If you are a blogger, or want to be one, I encourage you to check him out and take what you can from his articles. Even if you don’t agree with some articles or every point, you are bound to find some valuable information or inspiration from him somewhere.
Here is my interview with The Infopreneur:
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DragonBlogger: Who are you? Let our readers know a little bit about you.
The InfoPreneur: My Name is James Richmond 28 year old family guy from the UK. I left home and school at the age of 16, with no education and joined the military. I spent ten years serving all over the world as a physical training instructor. I set up TheInfoPreneur site because I am passionate about success and how to help others gain this success is what the site is all about.
DragonBlogger: When and why did you start blogging?
The InfoPreneur: I started my site 8 weeks ago 27th of October 2009, I started it because I was sick and tired of websites that were impersonal and most of all lied to thousands of readers. I don’t see myself as an expert or an elite website dictator, I’m a public service, a servant to my readers. Without them I would be nothing. That is why I started the site, to deliver a message that honest and straight from the heart.
DragonBlogger: What makes your blogs different?
The InfoPreneur: TheInfoPreneur is different because it gives honest advice that motivates the hell out of you. So many people start up websites and business that fail. They fail for a number of reasons, but the main being lacking focus and encouragement. I write about how I am promoting the site. A lot of readers leave posts saying they are motivated by my work rate (60 posts a month are published to the site) and that is a great feeling. I work solidly on the site, posting new content, helping others (see my post, I’ll help anyone) and leaving my mark everywhere I go.
DragonBlogger: Do you try to monetize your blogs? If so, what do you like using?
The InfoPreneur: I haven’t monetized the site, not yet anyway. I have decided to hold off from this for two reasons; 1, I hate it when I see a site over crowded with ad’s, to me it looks desperate and tells me the owner is more interested in the cash than the message. 2nd I will monetize the site in April, but it will be done properly with a membership site that won’t detract from the message I provide.
DragonBlogger: Where do you see yourself and your blogs in 2 years?
The InfoPreneur: The authority. Plain and simple I want to be the highest ranking site in my market place. I will rank higher than problogger and copyblogger for sure. This may seem arrogant or deluded, but it really isn’t. I have reached the top 1% (according to alexa-1 month average) in under 8 weeks. Another 8 weeks I’ll rank higher than DragonBlogger. I also want to start motivational speaking at various events. People don’t go for it because they feel scared. They feel like they can’t make it. Listen if a dumb ass like me can do it in 8 weeks, anyone can!
DragonBlogger: What other social networks do you primarily use and why do you prefer those to countless others?
The InfoPreneur: I use Twitter (a lot) Facebook, problogger forum (mainly for networking) and any other websites that allow comments. Social networking for me doesn’t just mean using the traditional social ‘networks’ it means leaving your cookie crumbs everywhere you go, comment on everything you read (as long as it adds value) and I mean EVERYTHING! I must comment on at least 20 sites a day, minimum!
DragonBlogger: Who are some of your inspirations professionally or personally?
The InfoPreneur: My inspiration comes in two forms. My family are my biggest motivator an inspiration because I don’t want my family to go through what I went through which leads me to my second inspiration, my past. I’m not about to start bleating on about how hard my life has been, because in all honesty it was a breeze compared to some, but having nothing is a great motivator. Professionally speaking, I like David Risley, he’s a good guy, makes a crazy amount of cash and clearly does it for his family, something i can relate too. I’m not a massive fan of the other probloggers, not because I don’t like their content, just because I think they all send the same affiliate emails out and talk about the same sorts of things. I love the Allyn from BloggerIllustrated.net, unique close to the bone, but an awesome honest guy.
DragonBlogger: What are your goals for your blogs?
The InfoPreneur: My immediate goal is to get to the top of the rankings. My 7 day ranking with Alexa is floating around 60,000 after such a short space of time being online. I want to start public speaking in a motivational capacity, but more importantly than anything else is to gain more readers that are interested in working with me. I help a lot of people at the minute, which I love and is the reason my site was setup in the first place.
DragonBlogger: What advice can you give other people who are interesting in pursing a similar blogging path?
The InfoPreneur: Write and promote, write and promote! Write as much content as you can and tell everyone you can about it. If I thought I would get away with it, I would staple my domain name to peoples heads in the street! Never think you can’t do it, I’m a dumb ass and I’m out there rocking it!
End of Interview
I would like to thank James the Infopreneur for the interview and I enjoyed showcasing him on DragonBlogger.com, I envy his dedication, focus and sheer confidence and I have no doubt that he will be a well known name in the blogging industry if he continues at this pace. If you haven’t looked at The Infopreneur yet, you should because you can find some good information and something to take away that might help you in your own blogging adventures.
-Dragon Blogger
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January 8th, 2010 at 10:21 am
I haven’t visited his site nor heard of him until now, I’ll head on over after this for sure. I dig his attitude and aggressiveness in the interview so I can’t wait to see and read some of the post. I always try to be the best at everything I do, I don’t think it’s arrogant, I think it has to do with confidence and believing in myself.
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January 8th, 2010 at 11:03 am
Interesting interview. I enjoyed it. I’ll tool on over to this place and check it out.
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January 8th, 2010 at 11:13 am
James is a all round good guy. He speaks from the heart. Tackling tough and often times controversial subjects in the blogosphere. But ultimately I think he has a good heart and is blogging for his readers.
I hope this does not change.
Great interview
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January 8th, 2010 at 12:32 pm
I’ve been following TheInfoPreneur since he started blogging (and I started blogging a few weeks later).
James has been a great help and inspiration to me and a whole host of other folks as well.
If integrity matters to you (and if it doesn’t – let me know who you are so I can stay far far away)be sure and connect with TheInfoPreneur!
@donpower
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January 8th, 2010 at 4:24 pm
The Infopreneur is definitely one blog to watch in 2010. To have had such great success in just 8 weeks, I’m looking forward to what is happening there in 6 months!
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January 8th, 2010 at 5:26 pm
I like the Info Dude a lot. He’s a bulldog when it comes to reaching out and I respect that a lot.
He also comes across and straight up which is refreshing these days.
(note to Dragon Dude– hey man, you got’s a link to my site up there but it is not rendered properly. It is http://bloggerillustrated.net)
thanks, you can delete that part if ya dont mind!
AL
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January 8th, 2010 at 7:25 pm
I fixed the hyperlink and name of the blog to bloggerillustrated.net, since I hadn’t visited your site before, I didn’t realize that the site name was wrong.
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January 8th, 2010 at 5:36 pm
Thanks everyone for the support, awesome feature brother and thanks for the opportunity!
I often find it really funny that people talk about me in this way. I’m a normal guy with a (unhealthy) obsession with my site. Feel free to come on over and get in the mixer.
Please show your support for DragonBlogger and spread this post!
If anyone needs anything please just give me a shout
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January 8th, 2010 at 5:52 pm
I have been reading all of his posts for a few days now and his blog is one of the few I visit on a daily basis to find out what he’s talking about next. Very to the point and entertaining as well as delivers a message that we can all relate to when it comes to all sorts of things.
His blog is worth checking out so go do it!
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January 8th, 2010 at 9:28 pm
James is the a cool guy and has a great blog. I came across it about a month ago and am amazed at the speed at which he can pump out quality content.
Good interview!
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January 8th, 2010 at 9:39 pm
I agree, he pumps out a staggering high amount of quality articles each month.
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January 9th, 2010 at 3:27 am
Thanks for the support guys!
Now hit that vote and re-tweet button to show our support for Justin!
read TheInfoPreneur´s article about Why I’m Going To Write Even More!
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January 9th, 2010 at 7:14 am
Nice reading. I’m in same boat if I consider problogging. I hate them. They just recycle there word again and again. Nothing new to me. They are pro because we come here after them. After spending that much year in internet we will be there when they will be then.
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January 9th, 2010 at 12:29 pm
Interesting read and somebody I will check out. Thanks for your research and continuing new information.
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January 9th, 2010 at 6:16 pm
Great Interview! The infopreneur dropped by my site a little while ago and I was glad he did. It gave the the opportunity to read his blog and I do like it. Lots of original material a really good read. I really enjoy his posts…and now I have another place to take a look around. So I am going to take a look around here too
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January 9th, 2010 at 10:27 pm
This may seem funny, but I found this site because of the comments you left on the InfoPreneur.
I love the motivational and personalized posts that he writes.
I am glad I found you site too!
Elledine
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January 10th, 2010 at 3:30 pm
He’s got some good stuff, I plan to subscribe there too as soon as he enables the email option.
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January 10th, 2010 at 4:08 pm
Yeah, he should have an email subscribe feature if he doesn’t already. I just added his feed to my Inboo, so I get all my favorite blog feeds to arrive in 1 email. I don’t subscribe to individual blog RSS anymore myself.
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January 10th, 2010 at 6:05 pm
why do you not subscribe to individual blogs anymore via RSS. This disturbs me. what is the benefit of this for you?
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January 10th, 2010 at 6:37 pm
I subscribe but via Ingboo, which won’t show up in a blogger’s Feedburner subscription count. IngBoo allows you to subscribe to many feeds and get 1 email update with all feeds in 1 email, instead of having to get 20-30 manual email updates from each blog post, you can get them all in 1 email. Cuts down on number of emails received and allows me to go through all blog RSS updates at one time, instead of some coming in the morning, some at night, some in the middle of the day…etc
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January 10th, 2010 at 6:41 pm
comment subscribe should be working now.
Loving the great response from the interview, if anyone wants any help or advice, just shout
read TheInfoPreneur´s article about The Similarities Between Being a Blogger and an Entrepreneur – Guest Post
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January 11th, 2010 at 8:28 am
Ingboo sounds interesting, especially for those of us with 100+subscriptions, lol…mighty long email though.
Though I can also see how this might disturb individual bloggers; not having it counted.
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January 11th, 2010 at 8:56 am
If a blogger signs up for Ingboo, it tracks subscriptions separately. So it is better for all bloggers to have their blogs listed in Ingboo, just like they have them listed in Feedburner. This way they can get reports and track who is subscribing to them. Do a search on my site for Ingboo, I have done many video tutorials and posts about them. I also have a sidebar button to show how Ingboo looks for my other blogs.
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January 11th, 2010 at 8:35 am
Awesome, now just add the email option to feedburner and I’ll subscribe to the blog!
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January 11th, 2010 at 9:39 am
James has to be one of the most honest, hardworking and dedicated blogger in the blogsphere. He is 100% genuine and if he say’s he will help you, he will.
Great interview, nice to read about real people.
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January 11th, 2010 at 10:03 am
Rikard here from IngBoo.
A couple of clarifications: If a blog already uses Feedburner and a user choses to use IngBoo for its benefits as a reader, Feedburner will indeed count that reader.
If you are a blogger who uses Feedburner, you can also register with IngBoo. If you proceed to use the IngBoo publisher tools (as is the case with DragonBlogger), IngBoo will keep tab on who subscribes via our tools.
Hope this clarifies?!
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January 11th, 2010 at 11:31 am
Right, I forgot. As long as the blogger puts the “feedburner URL” as the feed in Ingboo, sometimes people put the /feed in which case this doesn’t count as Feedburner subscriber. I didn’t realize myself that Ingboo counts as an RSS subscriber when using a Feedburner URL, does it count as email subscriber or just RSS like a reader? Will it show up specifically as “Ingboo” under feedburner?
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January 11th, 2010 at 1:40 pm
Let us assume that a user (i.e., a reader of a blog), clicks on the RSS button and gets the RSS URL. Feedburner will then register an anonymous new user (I assume). The user then proceeds to copy the RSS URL into the IngBoo search field, thus creating an RSS subscription. In this scenario all things work as they should (i.e., like an RSS reader would). In the case where the user bypasses Feedburner, no count is registered. The situation is different when the blogger uses IngBoo. If you used the Feedburner URL, exactly one user is registered with Feedburner and a separate count is maintained with IngBoo for every user subscribing via one-click.
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January 11th, 2010 at 3:36 pm
I get it, so readers have to copy/paste the feedburner subscription URL to make it count as a subscriber (would be listed as anonymous), and site owners if they listed their feedburner URL under their IngBoo Account, then Feedburner only registers 1 subscriber, and IngBoo tracks all additional (this prevents RSS stats floating by showing Ingboo + Feedburner subscribers and having issues of duplicates) inflating your RSS count.
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January 11th, 2010 at 2:56 pm
WTF are you saying… You don’t make any sense to me.. sorry maybe everyone else gets it but your just out there…WTH
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January 11th, 2010 at 2:57 pm
Sorry that comment was for Rikard
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January 12th, 2010 at 7:43 am
Thanks for the support Maria!
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January 12th, 2010 at 8:53 am
Hi,
I just wanted to add my voice to the multitude praising James and the success he’s had with his less than three month old blog. James, you are an inspiration to others and proof that hard work and determination can be enough.
Eleanor
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January 12th, 2010 at 9:14 am
Thanks for sharing your input on James, really glad I had the chance to interview him.
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January 12th, 2010 at 9:54 am
James has a tremendous work ethic.
I came across his site and subscribed to his newsletter about a week ago. Since then I’ve had significant upturn in my traffic and have connected with James on numerous occasions.
I am even guest posting on his site shortly!
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January 12th, 2010 at 2:24 pm
Hi Eleanor,
awesome support, anyone can do anything. Just keep believing and working hard
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January 12th, 2010 at 2:24 pm
Hey Matthew,
Really looking forward to that, thanks for the support
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January 13th, 2010 at 5:09 am
That is an impressive Alexa ranking in such a short space of time. Well done. And it seems as though you have developed a unique voice in the myriad other blogs vying for attention. I look forward to watching your progress.
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January 16th, 2010 at 6:07 am
I wanted basically to comment on your site layout…great job.
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January 16th, 2010 at 8:51 am
I just checked out his site. He is a seemingly genuine person indeed and worthy of keeping him on my RSS page. Thanks.
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January 16th, 2010 at 11:41 am
Hey Geoff,
Thanks for the add brother
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January 16th, 2010 at 7:07 pm
No worries. I also added you on Twitter but I am still getting used to it’s interface. Would you believe that I have only just joined Twitter?
It seems that you tweet almost every time your heart beats (joking), but I am sure I’ll get used to it.
Your 7 days to better traffic book mentions this so I will re-read that section to get a better understanding.
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January 25th, 2010 at 4:03 pm
Awesome brother, let me know if you need any help!
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January 25th, 2010 at 2:27 pm
I’ve been reading the Infopreneur a short while so had no idea the blog ha only been around such a short time.
This only adds to the respect I have for James ‘The InfoPreneur’ Richmond. All I can say is wow. That’s quite some effort to spread his message. You gotta love the dedication.
His ‘Ignore the problogger’s’ post was a strong encouragement and reminder to throw off the burden of trying to conform. I do things my way normally so why should blogging be any different?
Rock on!
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January 25th, 2010 at 2:51 pm
Yep, when I started blogging I didn’t really read any other blogs, I just learned wordpress and did my own thing. I found that it is useful to read posts related to the “Technology” behind blogging (SEO, Analytics…etc) the rest is open to interpretation and what works for some doesn’t necessarily work for others.
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January 25th, 2010 at 4:04 pm
Hey brother, being your self is the best way to eliminate the compition! Thanks for the support brother
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February 26th, 2010 at 8:05 am
I’ve just come across James’ site a week or so ago and I think his work rate and generosity is incredible. A leading light in the blogosphere and an inspiration to all.
Shows what can be done,
Adrian
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