Comments on: John Chow’s rise to fame – A case study

By: Lars-Christian

Lars-Christian — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 20:24:09 +0000

Mark: Glad to hear that you liked the article, and that you noticed my comment as well Loved your article over at PB!

By: Mark

Mark — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 19:31:32 +0000

Lars ~ found your site from your comment on my article over on ProBlogger.

I have just started reading John Chow’s blog and this is a great review of how he rose to the top.

By: Lars-Christian

Lars-Christian — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 23:57:05 +0000

Olivier: You see right through me?

And yes, we can certainly learn a lot from analyzing those that have been successful in our own quest for success.

By: olivier

olivier — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 20:27:47 +0000

I’ve been directed to this post by John Chow Himself. So you know of some pretty good tactics also: put some grease on a famous blogger. I think John recommend this in his manual to make money online.

Nice case study btw. It is good to study those who made it. We can all learn from them.

By: Lars-Christian

Lars-Christian — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 11:22:58 +0000

Jonk: That is right, it’s hard to get anywhere by trying to “be” someone else. As John proves, the best is to forge your own path.

Ivy: I suppose so, but as I said, John plays a lot on himself as arrogant, and that’s why it is an obvious part of his image.

Ibrutus: I think it would be boring to visit blogs that only write things you agree with!

By: IBrutus

IBrutus — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 04:35:11 +0000

John Chow is the first page I visit every morning. I don’t always agree with what he has to say, or use his recommendations, but I always find them interesting and entertaining.

By: Ivy

Ivy — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 02:26:53 +0000

Great case study! In particular, thanks for the Alexa chart. I agree with you totally, especially John Chow’s transparency and unique brand, but arrogant moguls don’t give out “lots of link love” quote and unquote

By: Jonk : Bargains

Jonk : Bargains — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 01:46:12 +0000

HI Lars

The arrogance factor is a great way to lock in a fanatical core audience, as John has done.

He’ll never reach the humble-Rowse ProBlogger heights but he was never going to reach ANY heights by channeling Rowse’s persona.

By: Lars-Christian

Lars-Christian — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 20:39:39 +0000

I guess he’s trying to give us some disproof of that by linking to this post, but we know better, right?

By: Jason

Jason — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 20:17:33 +0000

John Chow? Arrogant? Come on now…