I had the privilege of hearing award winning blogger Dr. Kurt Hochenauer speak in class last Thursday and i was surprised to find how enthralled i was in what it takes to become a successful blogger today. Despite the fact that he has made most of his success back in 2008 and 2009, he still remains today as a strong willed, successful liberal blogger in an extremely right wing state. I don't want to say it was easier to break into the blogging scene when he first started in 2004, but there was certainly less competition. Back in 2004, there was around 2.5 million blogs. Now, however, there is upwards of 200 million blogs. That being said, Dr. Hochenauer did an excellent job converging his media to the changing scene. He switched blog platforms multiple times as he grew in popularity. That is a feat in itself, let alone the feat of remaining a valuable read as a liberal blogger in Oklahoma. Sure, he gets his fair share of criticism, as do most controversial writers out there.
His status as a writer has also grown since he began writing. He has held multiple writing and editing jobs for various newspapers from the beginning of his blogging career. He has worked at the Oklahoman, the Tulsa Tribune, and the Kansas City Star. One of the most honorable things i found about Dr. Hochenauer is that he purposely does not accept revenue from his blogs success. The ads that would be a result from him accepting the money, he says, would clutter and cheapen his blog and disappoint his readers. My view on blogging has changed, in that, i don't necessarily need to compromise my beliefs and morals to please my readership. As long as i stick to my guns, proofread my work, and blog often, I'm pretty much guaranteed hits.
If you are interested in reading his work click the link below
http://www.okiefunk.com/
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