This subject has been festering like a boil on my ass, (not that I have boils on my ass), for about a year. With any new and exciting leap in social technology comes experts, those who proclaim they know what it takes to be successful and if you don’t follow their advice, you will be ostracized and ridiculed.

Think back to your childhood. Days spent on the playground, separated into groups: Those who were cool and those who were, well, less cool. The less cool kids were called names and accused of having cooties because they marched to the beat of their own drummer. No concrete reason other than being different. But guess what? As I’ve aged I have realized-those un-cool kids? Are the kids I remember. The boy who farted and picked his nose in the corner is now a very successful software developer. The girl we all thought was dirty and greasy has a family, with a nice house and a husband who adores her.

Now, let’s return to blogging. Blogging is not unlike a school playground. On one side we have a group of self-proclaimed A-listers who dish out advice on a daily basis on what it takes to become successful. “Do this, do that, don’t do this, don’t do that,” and you’ll be close to where I am when it comes to blogging greatness. On the other side we have bloggers like myself-who enjoy entertaining readers by writing about what we know best-the odd happenings in our every day lives. I read one post recently, which gave a list of reasons why a blog might be considered bad. The tip which stuck a cord with me? “Don’t be personal.” What? Does this mean as bloggers we should spew out the same information only with different wording? Because this is exactly what I am seeing more and more of. The almighty dollar at it’s best-because if you are not making several thousand dollars a month from your blog, then, I’ll be damned you aren’t successful. Says who? I’ve made money from this blog-not several thousand dollars in a month, but enough to say I’m extremely proud of what I have accomplished. And I did it all by being myself.

Oh, the tip on being a unique blogger? Be yourself. Write about the things you know and don’t follow the crowd because the crowd isn’t going to let you in. I would rather have thousands of different readers a week than one group who offers little new insight into anything. Keep on blogging- I’ll read, even when others don’t.