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Linda Ikeji is excited and she has every single explanation to be. The 36-year-old media mogul topped the list of ten most influential females in Nigeria 2016 for VL Magazine. I topped VL magazine’s Most Influential Females in Nigeria 2016 list," she announced on her renowned weblog. The aspect of affecting people’s lives positively is the one that gladdens my heart the most," she explained. Adding that she would be undertaking a lot of attain out this year. Whilst becoming number one particular on the list is subjective to the publication, specially as the metric for the index is unknown, the blogger turned media and social media entrepreneur is deservingly one particular of Nigeria’s most influential girls. Via her weblog, Linda she has frequently lent her voice to social transform and has made an impact in the lives of a number of Nigerians. The Imo state native is also a philanthropist, donating millions of naira to good causes like the fight against Ebola, not to mention the occasional Linda Ikeji Blog (LIB) giveaways. On a couple of occasions, she has voiced her passion for giving back and generating an influence just as she did with the announcement yesterday on her blog. I want to give back to the society. I really feel like I am ten % done, I haven’t carried out 90 percent," she stated in the course of an interview two years ago.
Hello readers, welcome to one more edition of -CELEBRITY OF THE WEEK ON EB. This week we would be focusing on an Ex-model , Entrepreneur , Ace blogger , and Owner(founder) of one of the most visited web pages(BLOGS) in Nigeria Now. Some refer to her as "THE QUEEN OF BLOGGING" and others" Mother of blogging" I call her . Her weblog talks about naija entertainment gist ,celebrity gossips ,fashion,news and events. She is highest paid Nigerian blogger . Linda Ikeji was born September 19, 1980 . A native of Nkwerre LGA ,Imo State, Nigeria .She was born in to a struggling family members, the second of seven young children. She grew up in a christain catholic property . At a tender age of ten years , Linda started writing as a hobby .The fiction she penned down were praised by her close friends and loved ones and more than time she cultivated a passion for news.
In contrast to numerous teenagers her age, Linda loved watching newscasters and interviews and by the time the chance presented to attend university in Lagos, her course selection was decided: Mass Communication. She was admitted to study English Language in the university to her disappointment, but she decided to make the most effective of it. She started her advent into entertainment as a striving model while in UNILAG. She modeled for several brands, such as the ‘Rose of Sharon’ label owned by former President of the Fashion Designers Association of Nigeria (FADAN) and Nigerian billionaire and oil tycoon, Folorunsho Alakija. She took to modeling at only 17 featuring in some of the most glamorous style shows in the nation. Talk about St Moritz Style Choice, she was there. She has also been to ECOFEST and accomplished quite a few out door advertisements.
I’d leave lectures, go to a hotel and sell beer from 1 pm till ten pm. I did this for a handful of months. It wasn’t simple but I had to survive". In 2004 , just after she completed her university education, she worked tough to break into the journalism trade, launching her media organization, Black dove Communications, a modelling agency and events management outfit. The name Black dove was inspired by silverbird..a name and a bird. She stayed inside her comfort zone which was modeling so instead of getting in front of the camera , went behind the camera by operating an agency, recruiting models, education models, receiving jobs for models. I nevertheless have the modeling agency but I am not running it anymore .
Linda Ikeji began blogging totally in 2007 to share things that she was interested in with her readers. I was obtaining like 200 visits a day and for me then, it was a massive deal, honestly. It took her 4 years to commence creating funds from blogging. I under no circumstances even believed that I would make funds from blogging. I didn’t start blogging with the mindset that a single day I would make dollars from it. I didn’t even consider that was a possibility, it by no means even crossed my thoughts. I didn’t say to myself that OK let me weblog now and possibly in 5 years time, I will make dollars from it. I in no way imagined that it would ever happen. In truth, in 2008, 2009, I was putting cost-free ads on my blog, I was telling my blog readers, please give me your ads and I will put them for free.
But then in 2010, men and women started asking me for my advert rates and I was like ‘really? Recently acquired an Infinity FX 35 SUV worth about N8 million.Becoming a amazing kid to her parents , she bought a multi-million 5-bedroom duplex in Surulere for her parents. I can say that her she has changed the lives of her family. Linda Ikeji has earned herself the title ‘Queen of Blogging’ . Linda was persistent , focused on what she did even even though there was no economic return but 5 years later it has yielded good profit , a talk of all.
She identified a new path , Blogging . But she persisted till 2010, when some of the stories posted on her weblog started to ruffle feathers. At a point, Linda averaged about 1 million exceptional guests every single month to her blog. And with that came the substantially-necessary recognition and substantial earnings. In August 2012, Forbes Africa described her as a accomplishment and a case study for the organization of blogging. Speaking about her private life , Linda is single and browsing .Effectively she hasn’t identified her My ideal man must be a decent guy, God fearing, excellent seeking and ought to be able to help what I do.
I mean quite supportive. She says she cant date someone younger than her. How numerous young males make the kind of funds I make? If I’m waiting for somebody who earns extra than I earn, I may well in all probability be performing it for a when. There are a lot of guys who earn much more than I earn but if I meet a person who earns less than myself, that is fine, as lengthy as he has his own revenue. Her weblog gets more than 50,000 visits day-to-day and is a hot spot for online advertisers and people today wishing to attract internet site visitors to their internet websites or blogs. Comments on Linda’s weblog can be revealing, exciting and far more controversial than the post itself.
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She’s also a motivational writer. Linda has written a couple of motivational books. I do not like speaking, I only appreciate writing which has positively impacted my weblog. Linda’s blog reportedly rakes in an average of N3m a month from adverts from a variety of brands and online ad networks, which tends to make her the highest earning blogger in Nigeria. Blogging has brought her the fame , power and comfort potential she needed. Now sitting comfortably in the millionaires’ lounge , one particular of the youngest millionaires in Nigeria. The passion and the appreciate she has for blogging has kept her going even though generating her earnings.
In summary ,Linda Ikeji is open minded ,down to earth , persistent, hardworking and a role model to a lot of youths nowadays. Her Grass To Grace story is that of inspiration to Numerous both in Nigeria and Globally. Thousand hoping to be like her on their personal terms. Nothing at all superior comes quick. When you add dedication to passion with a tiny mix of excellent fortune you are most most likely to have a success story. Find what you like performing and do it nicely . To all the young girls out there, if you’re reading this, you can make it on your own.
You don’t need to spread your legs for men you do not require these old married males who just take your glory. You’re powerful, you’re beautiful, there’s nothing you cannot accomplish on your personal. God has given you something no a single else has. Locate what it is and create oneself. Do not be concerned about what other girls about you have. Dignity is far additional beneficial than a variety rover. Make it in life on your personal terms and as your personal lady, so that you can look back 1 day and be proud of who you had been and who you are. I wish each and every one well in their journey. Did You Take pleasure in This Post ?
Nations present: More than 180 diverse countries. She mentioned she only realised she could make revenue from her blog in 2010 soon after 4 years of blogging when she got a mail from a person requesting her advert rate. At a tender of 10, Linda started writing as a hobby. The fictions she penned down had been praised by her mates and family members and overtime she cultivated a passion for news. Linda only wanted to be a journalist - meet people today, interview them and write about them. Due to the malfunctioning capacity of our tertiary institutions she was supplied admission to study English Language as against her preferred selection of Mass communication, she nevertheless decided to make the very best out of it. Linda didn’t come from the middle-class background, to help herself and family via school she started working at the age of 17 performing almost everything from ushering, modelling to waiting tables.
In 2006 Linda casually discovered there is one thing referred to as blogging. How did it occur? A buddy told her an write-up had been written about her on Bella naija’s weblog: (a single of the most well-liked blogs). She saw the story and study the comments from individuals and she liked it. For the initially time Linda started to see the possibility of taking her writing to the planet. It was the closest substitute to Journalism and did have all the charm. She took her time to study extremely effectively how blogs perform. Linda started blogging totally in 2007, sharing items that she was interested in with her readers. Her excitement grew when she noticed how men and women normally dropped comments on her posts. Prior to 2010, Linda by no means made a dime from her weblog, she never knew it could be a enterprise, she never ever set any targets for herself.
I didn’t say to myself ‘let me blog now and maybe in 5 years time I will make cash from it." She affirms. But in 2010 she got a strange mail somebody wanted to know her advert prices and at that time she had no notion what range to take into consideration. When Linda started she was certain she wanted her blog to have a gossip theme. The blog has nonetheless grown massively into a supply of news, entertainment and numerous far more, nonetheless yet, a single thing you are confident to get when you check out LIB is the newest gossip in town. Interestingly the genuine controversy is generated from the comments of more than-excited readers who are usually from all functions of life.
A reader as soon as confessed that she visits LIB just to entertain herself with comments from readers. As a lot as LIB has brought Linda excellent fortunes, she has as properly had her fair share of challenges most notable from celebrities who believe her blog pries into their private lives. She maintains she would under no circumstances use her blog to slander any one. Her weblog has grown exponentially to attracting about a million visits today. Linda has earned herself the title ‘Queen of Blogging’ and Forbes Africa describes her as a good results and a case study for the enterprise of blogging in Africa. Do not consider this happened overnight. I’ve been blogging because 2006 but made practically nothing for the first four years. God, consistency and really hard work brought me right here nowadays. In this Lagos, I have sat in numerous offices waiting to see people who could assistance my organization but most times I by no means passed the reception. I refused to give up and I by no means stopped believing and right here I am now. No dream is too significant, no dream is too small, and no mountain is too high…. Be consistent, be patient. It takes the grace of God. When you get your first breakthrough, don’t stop functioning. Personally, I make enough funds to employ so quite a few folks even though I go and appreciate myself but I do not do that.
Why hast thou birthed monumental plagiarism and then slain the Nation’s reportage with the nauseating stench of your on the net, specialist misconduct? From the inceptive conception of weblog - contemporary version of journalism - to when it began to garner contending popularity in Nigeria, you have been the only one particular winning the war on perfecting plagiarism and piracy. You are the only 1 revelling on the fortunate bounty of on the web illegality. On October 8, 2014, LindaIkeji’s weblog was shut down by her service provider, Google for undisclosed motives. Apparently, the rationale behind the closure may not be unconnected to her chronic indictment to the use of several authors’ tough earned supplies without acquiring having permission from them or crediting them accordingly.
Reacting to the closure of her blog, Mr. Kola Ogunlade, a Google correspondent, stated: "We take violations of policies quite seriously as such activities diminish the expertise for our customers. When we are notified of the existence of content material that might violate our Terms of Service, we act promptly to critique it and decide no matter if it essentially violates our policies. It is seemingly a pathetic breakthrough for African journalism as quite a few international pundits and onlookers have relied on such blogs (her blog) for a broad definition of regional reports inside this geographical ambit. LIB has deviated from the fundamentals, ethics and rudimentary necessities of reportage and has delved into malevolent and maladroit journalism, with the sole aim to promote social media ruckus and imbroglio.
She is synonymously a religious high priestess, who has succeeded to guile her lackeys and staunch followers to usually study from her platform of intriguing balderdash. Just like a shaman, Aunty Linda is absolutely nothing but a false god. LIB is overly submerged in the ocean of ‘weblog lifting’ she barely knows she is a culprit. She seeks for instant gratification, although peddling her gossips, with out painstaking effort. She is bankrupt to invention and creativity. Linda is doggedly unapologetic to angst-ridden outcry of resentment when carrying out her poignant ‘faux pas’, as she believes the country’s blogging neighborhood is a laissez-faire a worldwide village where she can do what ever she likes and go scot-free. She is not just an on line criminal, but a debased misanthrope, who feels most alive when disparaging other humans.
But this time, the exported jibes point at her. Beneath the veneer of what she calls qualified journalism lays acrimonious schadenfreude. Even when Linda tries to defend the interest of ladies, we all know she does it only with ulterior motives. Permit me to use the ‘ugly sighted’ situation, exactly where the Olomofin brothers publicly mortified Beat FM OAP Gbemi Olateru-Olagbebi with profanity-filled Instagram posts. Linda’s reaction (by way of her weblog) betrayed the solemn pledge she produced to generally stand for womanhood. Just recently, I was skimming by way of the accounts of common Nigerians on Twitter and Linda Ikeji, with additional than 1 million followers is the most well-liked Nigerian with an unverified account. Allegorically, it means that the social networking service has not yet acknowledged her outstanding influence in the Nigerian blogosphere.
I mulled over repeatedly on why Twitter did not recognize Aunty Linda even when she had met all the necessary specifications recognizing well that she commands droves of parody accounts. It could possibly not be unrelated to the truth that she has been perceived to be a Quasi-celebrity who has had an substantial profession in advertising public nuisance. The only mania comprehendible to the millions of Naira Linda ‘chop money’ has garnered from blogging is her proclivity to controversies and scandals about fundamental celebrities. Not lengthy ago, an old vendetta was triggered among she and Wizkid which later developed into a full-blown, heated war of words.
