Could You Be an A-List Blogger in the Making?

I recently came across a blog post on Problogger.com that discussed the 7 Signs of an A-List Blogger in the Making, a guest post by Annabel Candy from Get In the Hot Spot.  This post was a very interesting read so I thought I would share some ideas on the 7 signs of an A-list blogger in the making.  According to the post the 7 signs are:

1. professional blog design
2. a well defined topic and regular updates
3. consistent branding across all social media
4. high visibility
5. friendly
6. writing style
7. blogging connections

Annabel Candy ends her excellent, thought provoking post with the question "Do you show the signs of being an A-list blogger in the making or do you know another blogger who is?"  Any blogger quickly realizes that blogging is a lot more work than it first appears.  Like many new bloggers my original goal with blogging was simply blogging.  It was an inexpensive way to share my thoughts, feelings, knowledge and creativity with others.  My views towards blogging have changed somewhat over the years.  In many respects I think I do show some signs of becoming an A-list blogger but I'm not sure that is what I really want.  What I want to achieve with my blogs is good blogs that others enjoy reading. 

I was surprised though that of the 7 signs listed I was doing all of them to some degree.  While I own two domains (cooking, gardening) I have not migrated my blogs over to them because quite frankly I am not sure how to do it without causing problems.  I noticed to that Annabel said most A-list bloggers have their own domains implying that some do not.  I also don't have professionally designed blogs but I do use my own custom made graphics (backgrounds, titles, etc).  I think I'm excelling at well defined topics and regular updates.  Since the first of the year I have been aiming for a new post daily on each of my six blogs and for the most part that is happening with the exception of two of my blogs (home, Canadian) where blog fodder can be a bit more challenging.  I'm also fairly visible across a variety of online forums, groups, communities and some social networking always using the same branding "Garden Gnome" for name and the same avatar image.  I had actually thought of changing my avatar for Twitter but then there wouldn't be consistent branding.  Anyone seeing that avatar recognizes it as me.  I'd like to think I come across as friendly for the most part and that my writing style doesn't irritate too much.  More important though is I come across as me not as something I'm not.  I have made a lot of good blogger connections as well so all in all I am showing the signs of an A-list blogger.  However I'm quite comfortable being a B, C or D-list blogger.  As long as I stay out of the F-list for blogging I'll be a happy camper.

Garden Gnome
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