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Can non english speaking people be successful in blogging

Posted by vijayanths • 12/06/08 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
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and make money like those who have english as their own language.

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12/06/08

Onchong

Frankly speaking, I don't see why not!

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1. 12/07/08
  
  vijayanths
  
  thanks for the positive comment.
12/06/08

TwinToddlersDad

Sure, more so if your target demographic is non-English speaking. Good luck.

www.littlestomaks.com/about/

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1. 12/07/08
  
  vijayanths
  
  thanks for the support.
12/06/08

tonybeach

Just do it!
Tony Beach
tonybeach.wordpress.com
Nothing can stop you......there are translators out there to help...
Check out Wiki.com

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1. 12/07/08
  
  vijayanths
  
  thanks for your encouragement.
12/06/08

csiunatc

You should find out a little about "Blondinbella" a swedish 17 year old who's blog has approximately 300.000 readers a week. It has been estimated that she has made several hundred thousand of it, if not millions.

Started as a blog, went to ad-sales and Pay-per post type blogging, from there came a webshop and she is constantly growing her "empire".

Pretty impressive for anyone, let alone someone not even 18 yet.

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1. 12/07/08
  
  vijayanths
  
  very inspiring dear friend, thanks for the info.
12/06/08

timethief

Yes. Here's a post that may be helpful onecoolsite.wordpress.com/2008/11/23/esl-and-blogging/

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1. 12/07/08
  
  vijayanths
  
  thank you timethief you are always there to help every one with your experience and knowledge.You are a time saver n not a thief,lol)
2. 12/07/08
  
  timethief
  
  Thanks for the "time saver" compliment. I appreciate it.
  You will find that I have included links to useful tools for ESL bloggers to use in my post.
12/06/08

Norski
Depends on two things, I'd think.
1. Whether the blog is interesting to a fairly large percentage of English-reading people
2. How easy it is to understand what the non-English-speaker is writing
Point #2 doesn't mean 'writes like someone who grew up speaking English.'

English is a rather flexible language, and a number of people (including a few members of my family) 'write in a dialect.' It's not quite standard English: but it's little to no trouble, trying to figure out what happened.
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1. 12/07/08
  
  vijayanths
  
  absolutely right.fully agree with you.
12/06/08

roentarre

It is just simply too hard

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1. 12/07/08
  
  vijayanths
  
  but don't lose hopes so easily.
12/06/08

LaMirabelle

In blogging in English or in their own language?

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12/06/08

BaiMaleiha

Oh Yes! Blogs are created with a purpose. That is why we have themes for every blog for this tells the readers on what to expect.

IF you want a non-english written blog, then you can still capture readers who speak or write the same language that you have for your blog. If you noticed, there are photo blogs which do not require much words, just mere photos.

I intend to write a blog using my town's dialect soon. Take care all!

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1. 12/07/08
  
  vijayanths
  
  thanks for the views.
12/07/08

TZY

They can, but it would be a little difficult if people don't understand their language because it'd be hard to understand them.

Maybe next time, in my blog, I can make some entries written in Filipino.

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1. 12/07/08
  
  vijayanths
  
  thx for the info.
12/07/08

creativeindia

It would be a lil difficult but not too much

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1. 12/07/08
  
  vijayanths
  
  yes, true, best of luck.
12/07/08

vacationTourism

yes, but success in their own region

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1. 12/07/08
  
  vijayanths
  
  u may be right to some extent,thanks.
12/07/08

ModelElaine

I am non-English speaking, I mean English is not my native language and I do ok in blogging

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1. 12/07/08
  
  vijayanths
  
  thats really great. hats off. but when u live in the USA that will not be a problem at all I guess. I am an Indian residing in India,how abt this?
12/08/08

Aoi

Absolutely. Certainement. I know some Japanese bloggers doing very well in Japanese. As long as your language has enough readers, you'll be fine. It all comes down to traffic, after all, so if your language is Basque, you may be in a spot of trouble.

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1. 1/07/09
  
  vijayanths
  
  nice to know those info,thanks Aoi.
12/13/08

DesiLegend

I believe you can be successful in anything if you put your heart and soul in that. Plus you need to have self-belief! You might be successful very quickly or you might spend a lot of time doing mistakes but then suddenly wow...you start making money!

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1. 1/07/09
  
  vijayanths
  
  great thought, and very practical too,thanks, DesiLegend.
12/13/08

thesanto

I have learned English as a second language, and I have a blog.

If you're passionate about it, just do it! take Nike's advise

spanishto-go.com

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1. 1/07/09
  
  vijayanths
  
  you are right thesanto.
12/14/08

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1. 1/07/09
  
  vijayanths
  
  I doubt whether google would allow you doing it in blogger site?
12/18/08

Frusketer

Absolutely! It's totally possible - my native language is Spanish and I run a few Spanish language sites and they make decent income every month -

I'ts all about finding the popular niche for the language you want to write in - I left a recommendation on one of your other discussions about using pagerank.net - you can also download goodkeywords - as this is a good free keyword research software that New Marketers should use.

Check out my internet marketing blog.

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1. 1/07/09
  
  vijayanths
  
  quite inspiring Frusketer,thanks.
1/07/09

MissAttica

I would think it is possible, but I haven't earned anything myself, so I really couldn't say...

missattica.blogspot.com

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1. 1/07/09
  
  vijayanths
  
  good views Miss, thanks.
1/07/09

saiffarooqi

i'm an Indian, living in India. English is of course not my native language. my blog is doing alright. most of the visitors that i get are from USA. in fact most of the comments that i have got on my blog are from Americans and Europeans.

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1. 1/07/09
  
  vijayanths
  
  great, nice to know you saiffarooqi.
1/07/09

bendriss

Hello,
I'm a native Arabic speaker, but blogging in French as it is my second language; It is difficult to find readers and to be well ranked in google, but I'll give it a try for some months and I may switch to english (so the blog will have both french and english sections )
In my point of view, about the initial question, you have just to start, it will be sooo difficult in the beginning, and it will be easier after the 101st post :o) Good luck!
www.ntsysv.com

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1. 1/07/09
  
  vijayanths
  
  thanks for your opinion bendriss.
1/07/09

keanxy

Many non english speaking were successful in blogging and you can be successful too. English is just my third language and I am new to blogging and want to be successful in blogging too. A 13 year old blogger here was successful in blogging and he was on top 9 in the making money online blog in the top 100 in 45n5.com.

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1. 1/07/09
  
  vijayanths
  
  very inspiring news there, keanxy, thanks.
1/08/09

subhra123

ENGLISH SPEAKING IS NOT IMPORTANT ABSOLUTELY..[FOR BLOGGING]
IMPORTANT IS YOUR ONLY...ENGLISH WRITING SKILL...

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1. 1/08/09
  
  timethief
  
  FWIW typing in all capital letters in cyberspace is considered to be equivalent to SHOUTING into someone's face. It's a habit that all English as a second language people should avoid acquiring.
  
  I do visit some blog where it's obvious that the blogger has not mastered the English language. This is most frequently seen when it comes to tenses and when it comes to singular and plural forms. Provided that the information in the posts is useful I continue to read the blog. I feel completely different when I experience text speak in blog posts. I click out of those blogs and do not return.
1/08/09

Hangingonahyphen

I don't speak English, I don't have any formal training in writing or even a college degree. So that's why blogging is quite a struggle sometimes.

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1. 1/09/09
  
  vijayanths
  
  I understand,but try to hang on , then you will succeed.
1/08/09

searchingwithin

Personally, I use a lot of sites that give me valuable information that are from people who's second speaking language is English. Sometimes, I wish they spoke better, but usually, the sites I have used, the author is very well at explaining what they are trying to convey, even though they leave a word out, or don't use the correct grammar, etc.

Maybe I have just read enough of them, that I have become accustom to the stumbles on the language enough to understand what they are saying.

The point is, even though your words may not flow as fluently as someone who uses my language naturally, I still understand. Hell, many people that grew up with the English language have a hard time using all the rules right. Including myself.

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1. 1/09/09
  
  vijayanths
  
  It is true that the content is more important than the language. But if there are too many grammar errors and if the flow is not there, it may annoy the reader. I can't agree with your last line about you. You are humble.
2. 1/09/09
  
  searchingwithin
  
  I find it much more annoying when people don't use paragraphs, and capitalize the beginning of a sentence, or use texting talk/shorthand.
1/09/09

richardworks

Nothing is impossible! Even thought they can speak or write English very well they can still be successful. There are lots of software or web tools that can translate different languages to English like translate.google.com/translate_t?langpair=ru|en#, but still its up to the content of their blog if its going to be successful or not.

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1. 1/09/09
  
  vijayanths
  
  thanks for your views, richardworks.
1/09/09

busylizzy

I think your English is very good and won't hinder your success in English-speaking markets. And, I assume, your Hindi is great, too! You will succeed in 2 different arenas! Good luck to you!

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1/09/09

vijayanths

Glad to note you know about India's largest spoken language hindi. But I don't know hindi at all. My mother tongue is Tamil, one of the oldest languages of the world.Thanks busy.

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1. 1/09/09
  
  busylizzy
  
  Oops! Sorry about making an assumption...
1/09/09

Jeunelle

YES and placing a Google Translator on your site can also help to drive more global bloggers to it.
I have one placed on my site though my site is primarily English and I don't speak 2nd language
but I do have people coming in via my Statcounter from India, China, Iceland, Russia, Croatia,
Madrid, Kathmandu, etc
www.google.com/webmasters/gadgets/
www.statcounter.com
www.JeunelleFoster.com (you can see both placed here)

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1. 1/09/09
  
  vijayanths
  
  Yes, that's a great idea jeunelle. thanks for the info.
1/09/09

yman

I am Indonesian blogger. can`t speek and write english well but to make the visitor can read my blog, I place a google translator. open my at www.spectrum-energy-plus.co.cc or www.paranormal-indonesia.co.cc

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1. 1/09/09
  
  vijayanths
  
  thanks yman for your feed back.
1/09/09

Takumi86

depend on your content if you just making a post without giving description meaning you just share your picture and any kind of material there then it probably will

But for giving such a huge amount of post, then use english is a must that if you want other people from different country know and understand to what you are trying to say

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1. 1/09/09
  
  vijayanths
  
  you are absolutely right Takumi.
1/09/09

vijayanths

@busylizzy. any one in your shoe could not have made a better assumption, sometimes even your best guess fails though. I am really glad you know something about India.

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10/06/09

dexed

I've come to realise one thing, standards are there as a guideline not as an order that must be followed, a little deviation here nd there is normal, as long as you can convey your message to 50% of your audience. Even well written works are misunderstood by some good readers of the used language.
And as for you, judging by ur replies here, ur written English is ok.

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10/06/09

Halconite

Syempre naman!...

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10/06/09

sorcerer

Yeah..look at me.
The way i write looks like ze englize

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10/06/09

daryanto70

My english is not good but I try to keep learning

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1. 10/06/09
  
  jeremyjanson
  
  Looks like a good start. Keep it up!
  
  Wouldn't have realized you had trouble unless you told me. That sentence is, as far as I can tell, correct. A little doggerel I guess, but grammatical and understandable.
10/06/09

jeremyjanson

If you mean in Blogging, of course. There are plenty of nonenglish speaking people on the web.

I don't know where you're located, however, so if you mean in a primarily English speaking country (US, Canada, Bermuda, UK, et al), technically, but it's easier to learn English then try.

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10/06/09

Agit8r

America's 8th President, Martin Van Buren spoke English as a second language.

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