On the 1st of December 2014, ShoutMeLoud had its 6th anniversary and I wanted to write my blogging journey which could help others to take up blogging as a serious career.
This is going to be lengthy and bit boring, as it’s about me and my blogging journey so far. So if you are passionate about blogging then only read it, otherwise check out the other categories of ShoutMeLoud.
This post is all about how I started my first blog and later on how I created a network of blogs, after one successful blog.
Read: After 2191 days of blogging, all I can say – Blogging is incredible (6th Anniversary post)
A Little About Me:
I have already written a lot about me on the “about” page. For new readers, I’m Harsh Agrawal, Founder of ShoutMeLoud. By education I’m a software engineer and by profession I’m a blogger. This story will tell you about important time period of my blogging journey. Getting back to my education background, I completed my engineering in I.T. stream (2008) and by the end of my final year; I was placed in one of the most reputed I.T. Companies: Accenture.
My Blogging Journey : From Start
First three months of blogging:
I started blogging just out of fun in September of 2008 and started writing about things which I knew. I started my blogging journey on the BlogSpot platform. I was more interested in network and computer security, so I started with a community on orkut call “Underground world”. The first domain name which I wanted was underground world, which was already taken. So I started with the domain name virgintech.blogspot, and at the end of three months I was getting appreciation from my readers and I thought of investing on my blog. I bought Web-hosting and a domain from DreamHost and migrated my blog to WordPress.
Selecting a domain name + Hosting
By the end of three months, I was aware of the importance of branding of a blog. Initially I was thinking of some domain name with a keyword containing ‘Tech” but choose “Shout-Me-Loud” for it’s uniqueness and for better branding. For hosting I selected Dreamhost since it was cheap and offered one free domain name along with the unlimited webhosting.
How my niche changed?
Initially I wrote about the usual tech stuff which you could probably find on other blogs. Later on, I started writing about blogging & WordPress based on my personal experience. Since all content was based on my own learning experience and experiments, soon people started liking it and that’s how ShoutMeLoud found its niche.
My First Income:
As I mentioned, I started blogging out of passion and interest. I had no idea what AdSense was or what SEO was, when I started. I was a hobby blogger and with time I learned about AdSense and other advertising programs. Though before that I learned SEO by reading lots of blogs and experimenting every day. I still remember my first $10, which I earned via helping some guy at Digital point forum with his WordPress error. That was my first online income; later on I added AdSense and in the first month I made $40 which I consider as a good start.
Hobby blogger to Professional blogging:
Back in March of 2009, I left my full time job of 6 months and I took up professional blogging as my full-time career. It was not an easy decision and convincing my family was not an easy task, but I took my chance and selected what I liked. By that time I started making decent money which could take care of my daily needs. On another note, I have done my blogging business plan and I knew how I’m going to take ShoutMeLoud to the next stage.
My accident changed my life:
Partnership with another Blogger:
Around January of 2011, I partnered with a Pune-based blogger to take blogging to next level in India. Since we both have the same vision, we thought of doing this together. Later things didn’t come up as expected, and I shifted back to Delhi to start my own venture.
One thing which I learned from this experience is, one should try to avoid partnership until last. If you are undergoing a partnership, you should do the paperwork first and have a complete exit clauses.
My Venture:
My dream and vision till now is making blogging a full time business and set it as an industry in India. Like Rome was not built in a day, it will eventually take some time, but someday I will touch that dream, where I will have a big office and many bloggers will be writing on their blogs sitting in their office.
I started to taking advantage of my current domain name and named my company as ShoutDreams.
Current Blog Network:
Many people have asked me how do I manage so many blogs on our network. It’s not an easy task to maintain multiple blogs and their social media presence. You need to have a team who can treat all blogs as their own blog. Whenever I hire someone (Editor, paid author), one thing that I always make clear to them is always blog for passion and not money.
I divide work amongst all of them, and moreover we work in a model where everyone’s suggestions are welcome. Though I work on maximum of 2-3 blogs promotion at a time. This includes writing guest posts, commenting, social media presence , and so on. At this moment, I’m concentrating on ShoutMeLoud and CallingAllGeeks.
At this moment we have following blogs and portals in our network:
ShoutMeLoud, WPhostingDiscount, ShoutMeTech, WPFreeSetup. Though only first 4 are very active at this moment and from 2013, I will be focusing on other blogs and portals too.
Future Hurdles:
When anyone sets up a company, the biggest problem you face is finding the right team. Your foundation determines the future of your company and whole plan. Right now, I’m in the process of setting up plan for our business, and by April 2013, planning to go live with our office for bloggers.
Earning from Blogging:
This is the most interesting part of my blogging life. If I would have gone ahead with my 9-6 job, I would be making $10-15k per year. With blogging and other online activities, I have managed to make more than $50K a year, which is thrice the amount from my job. Moreover by the end I’m my own boss and I work within my own comfort. I’m sharing this part with you, because I want you to take blogging seriously, and you might end up making money like you’ve never thought possible.
What’s Next for ShoutMeLoud?
We will keep evolving as a blog to teach blogging, SEO and how you can make a living from home. I will keep you updated with what’s going to come here next. You can join me on Facebook & Google+.
This post was written because many people wanted to know a little background about me, and about ShoutMeLoud.
I will be writing more posts on how we work as a team, and what are the options you have to grow along with ShoutMeLoud. Meanwhile, let me know if you have any feedback for me or for ShoutMeLoud?
nice thought but I think nobody can work like you, if you reach this point then this is your hard working result, a lot of people start working but after some time he/she fail or leave their work!
Hi Harsh, your story is really full of motivation.
thanks for sharing.
very very nice and inspirational story harsh sir. great work
Hello harsh, shoutmeloud has always been the first page result that Google is showing me whenever i get stuck on any wordpress issue or any blogging needs. So first of all thanks for been the very vital part of my blogging journey and also for helping me out in setting up my blog and guiding me to install the best plugins for my blog.
Secondly, this is my first comment on shoutmeloud. I know the main ingredient of the successful blog recipes is to spice up other blogs with backlinks and self promotions. But that’s not my case as we have different niche of blogs and i just can spam other blogs. And then i came across this post. Its been wonderful to read about your journey. We do share the same name and also the same engineering background except the Accenture 15k job you had. I never landed up a job ever as i was a stutter and they think communication is the vital part of job world irrespective to of your skills(illogical i know). It’s been 6 years now, i am still searching my way through life. One best thing that happened to me in these 6 years is my extreme love affair with books specially self help books and that helped me to go through a major personal transformation. And that’s how i found my niche. An inspirational blog.
Your journey inspires me. The way you made your way out of over stuffed blog Street is commendable. I am also on the same journey as yours and hoping to make it as big as yours. As blogging is the only thing and only career i have in my life right now. And yes, I will be a father in coming August and i know this will bring a extreme positive change in my life.
Thank you harsh for indirectly introducing my to the world of blogging.
Hoping and working to take it to the another level.
P.s Looking forward to write a guest post in shoutmeloud’s inspirational/motivation/life advice category.
congratulations for the wonderful work you have done this is really inspiring for the beginners.
Your Story Inspires to start my own blog. Thanks
Your story is true inspiration for all of us. This is a great motivation for the beginner bloggers who wants to be successful in this field. Thank you for sharing this.
Really inspiring Harsh. Hope you will be a great mentor for many of us.
Hi,
Harsh there is a little connection between you and me through this blog “shoutmeloud.com”.I like to thank you for your good work, recently I have started blogging and try to following you as mentor. There are a lots of things which are not common amoung us except I got a job of Accounts Officer in the year Sep 2008 and continuing the same job til today.
Thank you for sharing your story. I have learnt a lot and I look forward to being a big blogger like you.
Hi Harsh,
Thank You so much for sharing your experience with us, you are a inspiration for all new bloggers like me and you have changed the meaning of blogging.
As u said Yes it’s true that blogging can be a full time profession and due to shoutmeloud we are able to learn so many things about internet marketing and blogging.
So thank you so much from bottom of my hearth.
If you remember Can u please share with us what was your first month views count.
Thank you
Hi Harsh sir,
I thought becoming a blogger is not a cup of tea, Now , i realise that its 110% correct. But as i setup my mind now m not gonna look back and your inspiring story encourage me even more. And one day hope i could earn the tittle of a professional blogger. Thank you,
Thanks for sharing your story. You have really inspired me! More blessings.
hello harsh
i am a new blogger but i must agree in the blogger’s world the first name I get familiar with is harsh agarwal you are such a inspiration for all..
Thanks for sharing your journey with us!! 🙂
One accident made so many bloggers earn money online today from ShoutMeLoud.
Thanx bro for sharing your blogging journey
@ Techyhum
This is the most joyful blogging career that I have ever learned, you really talked what u have been through, and what we will be, that income from the blog wont come overnight.
Regards
You have always been my best inspiration… I have just started blogging..wish me good luck… I wish to be like you…you are such a great inspiration of my life…
Hey Abarna,
All the Best!
Appreciate hearing about your fascinating blogging career, Harsh.
Your honesty with how much time, learning and trial ‘n errors to share with others means a lot.
I agree that personalizing your blogs is a great tip – Who wants to read boring blogs they don’t connect with?:)
I’ll pass along your wisdom, “Am I the only one with problems?” to a peer who’s overwhelmed with beginning his blogging journey. ~Keri
The journey from newcomers to successful blogger isn’t always easy to track,but stories like yours are always big Inspiration.
Such an inspiring story and it encourages to beginner bloggers to become serious about blogging and earn as much as you want.
I started my blogging career at Squidoo, then moved to Blogger Blog, because the Squidoo was Sold to Hubpages.
My two blogs started to become popular on blogger blog and and after couple of months, I changed the domain to dot com, but that time, I don’t know much and I didn’t redirect them. So lose all traffic and stopped with frustration.
After the gap of one year, again I started at wordpress with Ease Bedding Niche Blog, and now after a year of starting it, last month in october, 2016, it made around $1300
Thanks for sharing such a great Story.
Very heart touching inspiring ..I want to touch with u for guiding me in blogging word bcoz I am belonging to a small city not so active in I.T sector but You are my inspiration so help me .guide me .thanks
HELLO HARSH
Outstanding life’s journey. A perfect example of how to mold & lead your life.
It”s been slightly over a year since I started thinking about writing a blog . I have some in my scrap book but never got down to publishing it. I need to be hand held for the first few blogs to be published.
Nevertheless, congratulations to you for the kind of success you’ve achieved
Chand Rai.
Good read! It’s so inspiring reading a survivor like you. You are headed even higher.
This was a true inspiration for the new bloggers like us. Thank you for sharing your story !!!
You are really a rockstar man. You really know how to make words and money dance for you
Really an inspiring story for newbie like me who started their journey now. All the best for future.. God bless u.
Hello, Harsh Sir.
I am very much inspired by your career experience. I learn lots of things from your site.Thanks for providing your experience and very useful information….
Hi….Harsh, This is inspiring for everyone who are trying for there best in the blogging career. i really appreciate you for written blogging. because it’s very difficulty to write . All the best for your future.
hmmmmm! your story is quite inspiring. I believe by time, i also will get to that height that will make me smile and happy. thanks for the experience shared.
hey first of all kudos to you harsh for giving such a directional guideline on blogging as a profession.Actually i am thinking to start blogging for last 1 year but not found any guide on how to start and what to do to be successful at blogging but after reading your this article i got that push me towards blogging carrier.Again thanks for such a informative post.Keep posting articles like this and be our leader in blogging & represent our country in blogging. God bless you….!
Hello, I appreciate your write-up very well if all what you said are all what you passed through and later achieved your dream successfully more than your expectations. I myself I am a leaner in blogging and I have blogged two sites and all later pulled down after some weeks as I did not register their domains . so I am a leaner in blogging. pls tell me how to get to success just as you did and the processes to follow. Thanks.
Happy to note that there is one person in India who is earning good income through blogging. I always thought that it happened only in the west.
Do you mentor people who are struggling to earn money through affiliate marketing ?
Hey Aleander,
Thank you. I try to reply to everybody who reaches out to me through email, phone etc.. However, it is not always possible. That is why I have created forum:ask.shoutmeloud.com where readers can engage with each other and help each other to move forward. Also, I have few e-books for WordPress and Affiliate marketing where people can learn about it.
Such an inspiring story and true motivation. Loved every bit of the experience you have shared. Keep up the good work. All the best!
Hey Ankita,
Thank you for your kind words.
HI Harsh,
thanks so much for your mail and your willingness to help me go forward with blogging. As i have mentioned in my other comments as well that i would love to interview you someday on your journey in blogging.
Needed some help from you as on how to select the right template for your WordPress blog. I am very passionate about creativity like using free software to create 3D models and creating simulation games using Unity 3D. I am in the learning phase.
Would you suggest me to start blogging right away with the knowledge i have or should I wait till i create something which can be shared through blog.
I am indeed planning to purchase your ebook on Affiliate Marketing very soon once i have a blog setup.
BR,
Ronald
@Ronald
I love your enthusiasm & I suggest you to start blogging right away. With the practice only you will become better. Once you start blogging, you would realize it’s a lot easier than it looks from outside. 🙂
best of luck!
Thanks so much for your motivation.. wish you too all the very best for your future endeavors!!
You are the best HARSH AGRAWAL. I love your way, your will. I hope I can make money as you are doing 🙂
Hey Harsh,
I was just wondering is Shoutmeloud the only site you maintain apart from the affiliate sites ?
D you also use PPC when it comes to affiliate marketing or is it only SEO ?
Thanks
@Sanib
I have few more blogs: ShoutMeTech.com. WPfreesetup.com to name a few.
Yes, all traffic is organic!
basically i am new in in this field. currently i am doing mechanical engineering. but my passion is writing and exploring new things .i am writing my diary . but i want to do something more in my life. i read out your blog and find new things that i dont know. like the word SEO. currentl yi want to make a website but i am very confused to how to start and what content or you can say what type of site should i built. basically i am tech guy. rather than what other catogories that can make me excel in this field.
i searched about it sevices,bloggers sites,online shopping stores,college projects info. sites. and many more.
the same mantra is their in my life .. i.e passion for writing.
but i am very confused to what to do or not?
i hope you understand my problem.
Hey Akshay,
If you have a passion for writing, you are good to go. Regarding the niche, you said that you are a tech guy. So, you can share articles about technology. To know more about niche and where to start from read: https://www.shoutmeloud.com/points-to-consider-while-selecting-niche-for-your-blog.html, https://www.shoutmeloud.com/blogging-for-money-guide.html
I started my Website http://www.vdcure.com through blogger platform on January 2014. I was not a man from this platform so I was totally unaware about the tricks and SEO works. I wrote because I like to spread the goodness of nature to everyone.
Even after two and half years I have not seen any growth in the website. So I was searching why and then I discovered your post. I really liked it. I got enough clues why I am not doing well in this area.
Thanks for sharing such an wounderful article.
@Animesh
Happy to help. Do apply all the tips & let me know how it worked out for your blog. Looking forward to hear more from you.
thank you harsh what i am now is fully due to you.
your starting journey is really very very very inspirable and that inspiration today helps me today to do something for my blog.
today is the day i connected a domain
by saving small small amount .
its very tough to do all things and manage but hope i will be successful like you .
thank you
Hey Harsh , thanks for sharing your blogging journey with us. it will really help me and many other bloggers , i haven’t yet started blogging as i m bit confused that from where i should buy my domain. In this case i need ur help ,do help me out.please!
@Navjot
you should buy domain from here: https://www.shoutmeloud.com/godaddy-coupon-code-promo-domain-discount.html
Hi Harsh, you recommended BlueHost but sharing link for GoDaddy. Am confused, which hosting service to pursue. My current hosting is with GoDaddy but the blog (www.learningbaba.com) loads very slowly. Have even tried out the plugins suggested by you and other techniques. Is hosting the only cause for slow loading or should I try out something else also?
harsh sir
your journey has inspired
me a lot .
and really i want to say i
also want to be like you .
and thank you for
providing this article
which really boosts to me
harsh bro
your journey has inspired me a lot .
and really i want to say i also want to be like you . and thank you for providing this article which really boosts to me
Wonderful journey as a blogger,
Thanks a lot for completed detail life story of such inspirational personality in blogging field. I am a bigger Fan Your and regularly to get the updated information of SEO and Blogging world.
Harsh is a Very inspirational and informative Life story
ShoutMeLoud. : ) 🙂 is one of the most popular and leading bloggers in India. I truly admire him. One thing with him is he’s very open to help and that makes the secret of success in blogging.
Hope I can find such detail life story of many other famous people of blogging arena.
Thanks again Harsh for sharing this “Blogger who is set to become a Millionaire”
Keep on and keep rocking! Really Great 🙂 Happy Blogging Life 🙂
Salute: ShoutMeLoud.
Hi Harsh,
I was pleased to read your theory on blogging… I am A housewife, a mom and most important I am a women 😀 I am planning to write my first blog ever very soon and was looking some giveaways options for my blog and found you. So inspirational and interesting. My blog will be based on Food & Fashion. Thank you once again buddy, and all the very best for your future success.
Thanks
Shilpi
am unspeakable and have no words to express my feelings about you. it is motivational and inspiring to me to start my carrier as blogger,your stupendous experience will definitely help me.and for me i have yet to start with blog,am from low income background and have to work to support my family income at this young age of 17.have t o own my system to get it fast on online.actually i do not have any degree . am happy with your share to me. am happy that my Indian brother is doing so much with the technology like the silicon valley of San Francisco.
It’ really good to know about you, very encouraging.
In fact when you got your leg broken, you then started learning how to walk even on difficult paths and never look behind, today shoutmeloud is a result of your dream and a great source of learning for all of us. thanks
@Sohaib
Happy to share 🙂
Thank you for your comment.
hai this is ram.iam inspire very much this kind of information.but iam interested to start blog.i have seen your biginers ebook.iwant to take this ebook.iam interesting. but this time i have no money.try to take this ebook.thank you very much for giving this information.
Hey Ram,
Thank you for your kind words. By begineers book, you mean WordPress ebook. Am i right? It is absolutely free. You can just use the coupon:Shouter and download it for free.
Hi,
I came to know you from yourstory.com Before that I never mind about blogging and earning through it. I didn’t believe this stuff too. When I came to know from yourstory and your achievement, now I am serious about it. Thanks Harsh.
Ty @Subbulakshmi
Looking forward to hearing much more from you.
khaja khan : touching story actually i just want to congratulate and wish you all the best of best for your venture,i am going to start my new blog which i was left in midst so thank you very much for bring our confidence back
keep it up,,,,……..
Hi Harsh,
Indeed this was very inspiring for me with your past and going experience of blogging with tremendous evaluation ,always people like should exist to motivate seekers.All the best i want to you to set your own workplace with great ambiances and create the employment to this nation.
Best Regards
Uday
Hey Uday,
Thank you for your kind words. Keep coming back 🙂
Thanks Harsh for sharing your blogging journey with us. It’s a great inspiration for new bloggers, like me. All the best for your future.
Have a awesome day !
Hey Harry,
Glad that it inspired you. You too have a good day.
I used to do work in a IT company at bangalore for some months after completion of my engineering on 2014. I left my job some months ago, as it was like hell to me. I got frustrated for some worthless IT rules and regulations. From, few months i have been searching for a group to set up a start up business. but, i got stuck in the middle as some of my co-workers could not able to give their time in it. So, my plan was not able to developed so far for lack of man power. As, I am interested on tech stuffs. I am thinking to write something, wanna make something different in the blogging world. i want to do it as fun and wanna get huge traffic. that’s all. After that some new plans will definitely be fabricated with ideal development. HARSH AGRAWAL if you are listening to me or you can able to hear among 1000 people. Then, please! let me know!
Thank you!
@Abhishek
It’s good you are listening to your heart n without waiting, get started!
Hi, Harsh,
You journey inspiring me again, because I had to left blogging when panda hit me hardly, It was a blog from Finance Niche, Traffic came down from 2000 daily visitors to 100. I didn’t try to recover from that shock, I started doing my day job better, I didn’t even renew my domain thinking that it was not my playground.
Now reading your success story again again I started a small niche blog. Its almost 3 months completed, still waiting for a better traffic. What I want to ask to you is;
What is your first six month SEO,content & social media strategy of a new blog?
Your reply will help me move forward.Thanks in advance.
Great post. I quite like doing this blogging thing on the side (though it is starting to get a bit difficult juggling a full time job and blogging) because it gives me some balance. For example, if I get sick of blogging, I can look forward to work for a change of pace and vice versa. Though not having to get up and tackle traffic would be a huge incentive.
Thanks a lot Harsh, following you I started my own blog Dzignchakra and the journey has been more than satisfying. I love to talk about arts, design and architecture and that’s what i am exactly doing. In a span of 4 months i have got so many visitors to my blog and my friends are really surprised by my writing abilities.
Although nowhere on a commercial level but i am happy sharing the knowledge with the everyone.
Hi, Harsh!
The Nice journey of your life. it’s very interesting your journey is inspiring me to look a future in blogging as m new in blogging but I have been following your blogs since1 month it’s wonderful and inspiring.
I am your big fan really your post motivates me to see future in blogging.
Thanks for sharing your life journey with us broda….
Hello Harsh,
Firstly, let me introduce myself
My name is Ventsislav, however, you can call me Venny as this is easier for the foreigners and this is what I even have planned to change my name to. [long and mysterious story behind My scenes :)]
I am coming from an average family and was born in Bulgaria (Eastern Europe).
I remember as a child I had that dream of becoming a Pilot of a fighter. Seems I had the burning desire to fly from a child. To fly is a symbol of a desire for prosperity and conquering. That’s how I looked at it.
I grew a bit more then life took most of these dreams away as I became a more grounded person. I started wishing for more realistic things within my capabilities.
I remember, I used to spend a lot of time in front of my computer playing around with different things, but again, life took all of my attention away as I became a bit more abstracted by different temptations in life, typical for a youngster.. :]
Nevertheless, I had remembered my first dream, to be able to “fly”, to have that freedom to do what I want, to get the chance to experience all of the life’s beauty, to feed my passions such as travelling, writing, socializing, meeting new people, to hear different inspirational stories and so many more… I realized the only way to achieve all this is to learn how to utilize the future and broke the things down according to the lifestyle I have wanted. That’s how the idea of becoming a free internet bird came to life. I realized I wanted to have my own online business and work whenever, from wherever I wanted just with a contemporary technological notebook gadget called “laptop”. So, I already had some clearer vision of what I wanted so it was a bit easier for me to see and seize the opportunity when it was about to come across and hit me like a drum.
For me, it turned out that this was the only way to my first stepping stones to success. Then I decided my country was not even close to providing for myself and my wishes so I can be able to achieve what I want and that’s how I got to seek my treasure abroad in England.
I spent 1 year there in a university which was a complete hardship as My family barely supported me at that time. After a lot of fluctuations in my 1st year in Coventry University in Marketing and Advertising due to psychological factors, financial struggles which turned me more into an escapist, I successfully graduated that first year.
Then other things occurred into my life and I was forced to stop my education. I don’t regret it, it was my life path. It was meant to be like that. In fact, I didn’t really wanted it so much, I was doing it for my parents, but since they weren’t able to support me throughout I decided that I can do without university and stopped completely in September in 2015 after my last attempt (a successful one though) to move from my previous university to London’s University in the same course.
Long story short, I am currently in the exact same place as you were back in march 2009, I am doing my 9-5 job until May this year, after which I am going back to my country and use the money I have saved (I am working at Pizza Dominos in London as a delivery) as a fuel to establish the foundations and start my online blogging career! Meanwhile, I do my research, I read, I improve, basically I have turned into a sponge which absorbs the knowledge that interests me the most.
I even have a domain and hosted website now and a mentor who taught me things and here is where I practice and gain some hands-on experience before I fully move online.
Much more to say… I really loved your story and I follow your blog daily and started sharing it on the social media. I will be more than happy to get in touch with you personally and get a chance to “steal” a bit from what you have up there. Pablo Picasso: “Good artists copy, great artists steal” Right!?
I would be pleased to share what I have in mind as well.
Looking forward to hearing from you
This is a post written 5 years back and still inspiring all of us :).
I have been following SML for 6 months and learned so many things about blogging. You are always a inspiration for us Harsh!!
Harsh,
First of all I want to ask you one thing from where you think buddy??? please tell me your secret because I want to know…. just kidding… ; )
Harsh, I like blogging and I have good writing skills too but more than that I like to read others blog to gain some knowledge and I really like to appreciate their work. But, your blog visit was so costly to me. Don’t ask for Why?
Because First I was impressed on your domain name then your about me section and at last but not least your blog. So I have to spend so many time to your blog and for me time is more than money from my childhood days.
You know what I was searched for anything else on google and I came here and then….. Don’t ask ?
But, really I learn from you so many things so it’s ‘bole toh time wasool’… ; )
I am management student so I like to know about advertising and marketing but for that I visited so many blogs and collect knowledge but when I came here I got the mine of social advertising and internet marketing so I stopped here.
I read this blog and I really like your timeline and no doubt your future in this is already bright so there is no need to called astrologer for that. so many things that you written relates me somewhere because I also started my journey from BlogSpot as a hobby blogger now I started new blog on wordpress and I also think to purchase domain with same thinking, “NO FOR ONLY FOR PASSION” so I written here so much sorry for that.
Your domain name is different and so unique.
keep blogging and stayed connected… ; )
Your fan blogger friend,
Akki.
Thank you Harsh for sharing your story. It is too motivating. It is like a step by step process to get success in blogging. Need a lot of efforts and dedication to become a successful blogger. Now I will do blogging more passionately with my job. Please keep writing and motivate others for blogging. Thank you once again for sharing your story.
you have inspired me a lot, how much you have no idea. Thank you so much Harsh. Your journey is inspiring.
your are inspiration for all bloggers, especially for newbies like me, and i can one thing it’s not boring at all, it’s inspiring, and thank you so much for sharing your experience Harsh
hi harsh,
really great article your article always motivate to newbies I am not any super successful blogger but I have a dream to become like you really you are doing great job thanks for sharing it
Harsh Sir really m Inspired!
Thank You !
Hey Harsh,
I am regular reader of shoutmeloud all the articles are well written and upto the mark which encourage bloggers to learn about SEO,money making etc.
Apart from this journey of your blogging is really amazing.Keep up the good work bro.! 🙂
I have browsed your blog many times and got motivated. But really i read your journey todat and got inspired further. It is a great achievement at so young age.I also developed a blog and now your story has motivated me put great hard work further.
@Harsh
I don’t have words to express my gratitude towards you. You are my role model. After reading your blog, now every moment is a new learning of life. I promise you that after becoming successful I will be there on that stage sharing with those people who have the hunger to succeed. I want to do something and I will break all the walls to do it. All of us love you. Cheers!
hello Harsh ur blog is awasome Now I want to start My blog but i did not any ideas for that i also want to Buy ur Book but i did’nt get this
but like to start Bloging so pls suggesst me whast can i Do for starting the Blog
This is really so inspiring and inspire us to start blogging as carrer with the guidence of ShoutMeloud.
thanks a lot to sharing your story…..
Thanks @Somen.
Harsh this is excellent. I recently started my blog still not clear about it. Wish to later turn into a profession. Right now a passion to write. Reading your blog inspired and brought lot of clarity. One can easily relate to it. Thanks for sharing your journey. God Bless.
Harsh, Thank you so much for all of the good information. I started a blog about my weight loss journey and am including recipes and posting about how I am making changes in my life. I noticed that over 80 people liked and many commented on my Facebook account when I posted my recent picture and it got me thinking I could reach many other people. I’m very excited to share my story and hopefully even help others find their way to lose weight and be more healthy. Thank you again for the help in getting started!
6 Months of Passion, Dedication and commitment from my side …………….
At the end, it has finally started to pay off.
Thanks Harsh
I started my own blog after reading your posts. You always had a deep impression on me. Even today, when I have some WordPress Issues, I come directly to your website. Rarely do I have an issue that I couldn’t find on ShoutmeLoud
Not only have I Started my Blog, but also my gym. In short, follow your passion. Where your heart belongs, you can always excel.
Dear Harsh, your blogging journey so inspiring…
Hi Harsh,
I am new to blogging. At first i dreamed about making money from blogging. So i got a domain called tehiezcorner from godaddy and installed wordpress . I started taking care of my site by using webmasters tools to index my site. Then i had learnt what is SEO and what are the policies and strategies used for it. I also learnt many technicalities in blogging. Now after reading this article i was really admired and felt what is real blogging. Hats Off man. I had learnt many things from your site and you are my role model too. Thank you for being out a support to young passions. Keep Rocking.
Very interesting Journey (Passion to Profession ), Really interesting !!
I landed here from Google while I was looking for some inspiration for the new blog I started and I found a good one.
I believe I will write my own story someday.
Congratulations for your great success
Hi Harsh , You working with great management skills without an MBA degree. I inspire from your work. I give daily 2 – 3 hour on my internet and blogging.
I too wish I had met with any accident..so that I too can become a great personality like you..You are or inspiration Harsh 🙂 I have learned a lot of stuff from you..Thank you very much
Your story is so inspiring bro.. i started an educational blog few weeks ago.. i hope one day my blog also will be a brand 🙂
Thanks for sharing such great story. I wish you good luck for your dream shoutdream 🙂
Wow, it’s really cool to read your journey. I also want to add that EVERYTHING HAPPENS FOR A REASON. Your leg broke, this was a situation you cannot change or stop such things but how you reacted, responded to it changed your life. I know a lot of people got accident and how they reacted and how they become more successful later on. Love to read your journey. Recently, I also start my blogging journey. Cheers.
Wish you all the best for your future projects !
I am in little dilemma on whether I should move my health blog hosted on blogger to paid hosting or not. I am getting good traffic on my blog but wanted to know that does Google give preference to paid hosted blog over freely hosted blog in search query ? Also can you give me the link to any article by which I can shift my blog to bluehost without losing any comments, subscriber, link etc.
hi Harsh,
your blogging journey is very inspirational for new bloggers like me. Reading someone’s success story and his/her experiences is always inspire me to keep doing hard work.
thanks for sharing your blogging experiences with us 🙂
Harsh bro i got inspired from your site even i started a blog 4 months back on full time jobs but when i got disappointed from adsense i quit my blog becoz i was confused whether adsense is working on my blog or not i already got approved for adsense and i applied for my blog from my same adsense account but i was a bit confused on how to find my blog earning in adsense and due to some other reasons i quit my blog.But now after reading your post i got inspired and i wanted to start my new blog in a very different way InshAllah i will be in touch with your blog from now onwards to get some tips from you.
Thanks a lot for this.
You are a true inspiration for all the newbies who are thinking about making blogging as a career. When i first started blogging, i never thought if people could earn money just for their basic needs. But, later i discovered that if we are passionate enough then blogging is a medium to make money. Now i’m trying to be a successful blogger and your story truly inspires me. Thanks.
awesome..inspired me alot.
Great story. The traffic on my finance blog, in its first month, has been a bit disappointing and I was in need of some inspiration.
You’re an huge inspiration. Thanks for motivating me to start my own blog!
Hey Harsh you are one great inspiration of Indian bloggers and i am sure all will agree to this that whatever information you provide us is accurate and helpful.Thankyou
Mr. Harsh, I must say this now that I am addicted to read what all you share. Whenever I feel a bit low, reading this article wipes it all. You story is really inspirational for the newbies and I can say this that so far, I’ve not achieved anything. It will take time, but I surely will.
You are one of the Gems of India
Keep blogging! Keep Rocking!
Your journey is awesome, your work motivates me a lot.
Hi Harsh, Thanks for sharing this awesome and inspiration experience with us. I really appreciate this and this will motivates me a lot in my blogging career.
Really determined and hardworking attitude is required to be a successful blogger just as you are
Salute you Harsh. I’m new to blogging and this article satisfied me a lot. All I found that never give up 🙂
wow! your story is so inspiring. I liked the way you express your feelings in post. The decision to quit your job and takeup professional blogging was the best decision i think so.
Hi Harsh, Your space is so interesting & all that you have written is so easy to relate to.
I appreciate all the dedication you have. I started a blog 3 years back but do not really update it on time. Though I wish to do much more there I am not really able to get that required dedication like you. But, today I have got really motivated & wish to start my new blog. I want a few tips from you & shall keep bothering you later too.
After the premature delivery of my daughter I wish to start writing a baby blog & also focus on my food blog which is on blogspot. For the baby blog, do you think wordpress is a better platform? Pls do send in your reply!
Hello Harsh
Nice one. I really Love it.Thanks for sharing your exprience.
I also want to start a blog but don’t know how to start. Please give me some suggestions.
Presently I am working in a IT company and I know all about wordpress but don’t know about writing a blog means how to write a impressive blog which people love to read.
This is a well written article. However one thing that cought my eyes is about partnership which you said one should avoid, if I understood you well. Can you throw more light to that please?
Thank you
Athman
man!! you seriously inspire me. I really want to become a successful blogger like you 🙂
Well crafted story by God after your graduation. Specially you should be thankfull to God to give you a time to spent lot more for blogging after accident and more you had a passion on blogging that made this article really worth reading. I loved it hope all others too………..
Even I feel leave my Job and concentrate fully on my blog but doesn’t have that much guts to do so…….
Suggestion: I wish you should make your blog more clear on tab headers. (don’t take it wrong way it’s my feeling).
I m loving it really a good Inspirational Article bro,i have also started the blog now and it’s a useful to a new bloggers.
Keep up good work..
True spirit and i have also started from sept 08.., but i haven’t given up and really this story amazed me and inspired to continue with the same spirit…
You have been a great inspiration for many bloggers harsh. And i hope you continue to be one as time moves along.
Really nice story and motivate for every new blogger. i am new blogger and want to make future in blogging. i like to write article on technology and seo tips. An accident change your life, hope my life also change with blogging.
Great journey of your blogging life ..nice you are motivated to me .
I started blogging just a month back. Your bio and articles keeps me motivated everyday. Wish I had met with an accident to spent hours on my laptop.Great journey Harsh, keep going.
hy harsh,
thanks for sharing you story on how to started blogging and work for 14 hrs. In my case i am also looking as a career in blogging and i am working hard to make by blog a “brand” like yours and will hopefully make it. Get ready for some competition bro!!!! :-p
Hats off man I am very much impressed with this whole story of your life.You did really a lot of hard work.
Happy blogging… (y)
great yar
What a heart-touching journey!!! brother
it’s a prove of your hard work….
keep it up bro.
these days I used to think about blogging as my profession ,. You made me confidence and like to keep in touch with you.
Thanks for the Awesome Information
Sometimes i feel like quitting blogging, because earning is so difficult but then i go back to this same section and feel a bit encouraged. i know i will earn a full time from blogging soon. thanks for sharing your experience.
@Issac
I can understand the frustration and disappointment, but it’s a part of it. Once you cross that phase, you will be making decent income from blog. If you ever find yourself in similar situation, I recommend you to read this post, and it will help you to motivate: https://www.shoutmeloud.com/how-to-motivatefor-blogging-when-demotivated.html
Hi Harsh, it’s nice to know about your blogging journey and I know it is a source of inspiration for many upcoming bloggers. I am also a blogger and freelance writer.
I am enjoying my job as I love writing.
I like reading Shout me Loud because of its useful and interesting content.
I am so Happy to read more about you. now i will hard to achieve my goal insha Allah.
helooo Harsh…its been so happy to read this because , these days I used to think about blogging as my profession ,. You made me confidence and like to keep in touch with you
It was nice to read ! A must say that you have worked hard alot 🙂 and it will get inspired to all 🙂 Thanks for sharing us your web journey 🙂
Hey Harsh..how r u?? Thanks a ton for sharing such an insightful and inspiring experience. I took blogging seriously after reading your, Pradeep Kumar and Sushant Risodkar’s interview on learningblgotips.com. Its a moral booster for newbies like me who are just starting out…all the best for your future plans….once again Thanks a Ton…. 🙂 🙂 🙂
ShoutMeLoud is great resource for learning about Blogging, SEO and Making Money Online. I have learned a lot of stuff from this useful blog and currently daily reader of this blog.
This is really an inspiring article. I hope one day I will start earning from blogging. Can you please suggest me a thing? I have no adsense account right now. I want to start a blog in blogspot with paid domain and my first target is to gain the adsense from that account. Then I will migrate into paid hosting. Will this be a wise decision? I also want to learn SEO. I have just some basic knowledge. Can you help me guiding to proceed learning with SEO?
THANKS IN ADVANCE.
Thank you for sharing harsh.
Me too want to create a real good blog for people from Indonesia.
Your story really inspiring me 🙂
Hi Harsh,
I see a lot of tech blogs out there. Is tech blogs the only way to get traffic and customers ?
for example my blog I write custom love poems and songs for my customers and i have done quite good locally. But when it comes to going all international i feel a bit intimidated. In a nut shell i just want to know what is the scope of such blogs and how to get the right traffic
Hi Harsh! How are you? Your story is very inspiring! 🙂 It is true that in one way or another everything will come good for us huh?. Well Harsh I was also Blogger Blogging and I moved my blog to wordpress but I kept my blospot domain name and blog and I did’t thought of any 301 redirects! Shortly I saw my blogspot blog rising its rankings. But even through my other blog has unique articles mine is not rankin in Google! I asked a blogger and he said that Google might have blaklisted my site since I did’t put 301 redirect oon my other blog. So could you mind to give a little tio to et out from this blaklist? Thanks
@Abhiodh
You have unintentionally created duplicate content issue.
If it’s been long with the migration, you should consider getting rid of BlogSpot blog otherwise try setting up 301 redirection.
First of all I want to say thanks to Harsh, which is actually responsible for my success in online business. He is my inspiration along with thousands of professional established bloggers in India and worldwide.
Actually he is a blogging idol for India. There are many other successful bloggers in India but not everyone share his secrets of success like this great man. That is why Harsh is loved and followed by bloggers.
I had worked for his blog network and he supported me when my family is against my blogging career. I learned a lot and he taught me like brother.
Now I am not only an established blogger but also run some other serious online projects and I give at least 70% credit to Harsh Agrawal.
God bless him.
Hi Harsh,
Well, I haven’t completed my studies yet but I still take blogging seriously (even more than my study) and for my good, I have already convince my parents to let me blog and one more thing, you said the story was big but I felt it too short, you can make it big like John Chow and can add it to your e – book.
Thanks for the post, buddy. A lot of inspiration for everyday.
Regards,
Anurag.
Thank you so much Harsh for sharing some of the most important aspects in blogging. Your journey as a professional blogger, teacher and straight-forward gave us more inspiration to pursue our online journey.
Keep up the good work Harsh, you have a huge following here in the Philippines.
Harsh, you are an inspiration to bloggers everywhere. I am struggling to make money through the Internet, and although I earned some money every now and then, it’s not enough for my needs and my dreams in life. I was tempted to become an IM guru, to build a list and promote crappy offers to that list. But I have decided to do what I really love, and that is to build websites and blogs.
I look to you as one of my inspirations and one of the people that I would like to emulate.
Hi, I am earning just $400 per month from my 8 to 8 (12 hours, some time sunday and saturday also) job, and earning $125-150 from adsense (pagerank 2 blog) with 12 hours work per month. Now after doing 6 year job, i am very frustrated without appreciation and seriously thinking about leaving my job.
Need your suggestions before leaving my job. What to consider before leaving my Job? Please also write any article on this issue, It will be very helpful for guys like me.
Waiting for your answer?
Inspirational journey and very useful post! So, your first income was $10, that’s good to know. Sad to know that you met with an accident. But, you didn’t stop there, it was your dedication which lifted you up and made you more stronger. Indeed, business plan is important to take the business/blogging to the next level and you have implemented it greatly. You are doing great work and Best of luck for your future. Thanks Harsh for sharing your blogging journey with us 🙂
Hi Harsh,
I came to know of your blog through my blogger friend some 15-20 days ago and till then I am regularly reading your blog.There is so much to learn for newbie bloggers like me.You have become a source of inspiration for me.I am a part time blogger but I am really getting addicting to blogging now.May be I also decide to step into professional blogging.
Is it all about you or a heck of success story. In every word I feel struggle, passion and optimism that is why now you are standing at such a higher podium where we have to see you rising our head
Harsh Sir, Feeling so good to know more about you. That accident made a milestone for your blogging career, you had a enough time to write.
In my case, I have been doing full time blogging with SEO. I have added some new skills in SEO in my blogging career.
🙂
Well your story does inspire Bloggers to take blogging up as a serious activity and not as a pastime pocket money earning job. Thanks for being open enough to share the details!
Peace
Harsh
I am really very glad to hear all your story,
Sorry to hear you met with an Accident.
To be honest I have been inspired a Lot, and as You I have also decided blogging as a full time profession. Currently I have 4 blogs under my network.
Thanks a lot for sharing everything about your Blogging Story
My best wishes are with your harsh.
Hi Harsh, was quit inspired by your journey so wrote a post, you were/are an inspiration to many young emerging bloggers of India. 🙂
All the Best.. Keep Going !!
I would appreciate if you start to focus on Service Sector too 😉
Thanks A lot Harsh Sir I am Also A BE Graduate But Haven’t got any job till now . i want to star my career as a blogger and lift it up for the whole life. your article gave me very useful information.thanks a lot again.
Please update this post harsh i dunno why but i read every single word of it. I swear i cannot live without blogging every single second that i get i start writing for my one or another blog. Else i always read others and you are a major part of my niche.
What a heart-touching journey!!! Harsh, it is a inspiration to all the new bloggers like me. Besides being a busy mom, I now think to concentrate as a part-time blogger and your story will help me gear up.
@Harsh, Glad To Read Your Blogging Journey Harsh. This Post Touched Me, Because I Have Same Circumstances Like You. And Finally I Have Started The Sms Blog On WordPress http://www.smschacha.com. Please Suggest Some SEO Tips For This…
@Ashish
It would be tough for me to give direct review of site because of time constraint. Though, I recommend you to check out our SEO category, which will give you enough input about SEO:
https://www.shoutmeloud.com/category/seo
https://www.shoutmeloud.com/category/wordpress/wordpress-seo
Harsh,
Very sorry for the few bad times (accident and etc) you went through, please don’t mind but I would rather say that its your bad times because of which we are getting chance to read you. You journey I would say has been great, I have passion of blogging and always love to read about bloggers and authors life, because it always strengthens me somewhere and inspires too. Thanks a lot mate! Really you have been an inspiration to me any I am sure to many bloggers too. God bless you always. Lots of lucks and love and please keep sharing your valuable thoughts with us as we need you.
good inspiration for fellow bloggers like us,its good to see us desis so into the blogosphere
Thanks for sharing, I have been following your work since last year.
It motivated me to work on my own taking my passion into security to next level. Also I mention “your example” to youngsters during my talks as source of inspiration.
Keep it up, way to go man !
Inspirational article. Many one take it as an inspiration. Thanks sharing your true journey of successful blogging.
Such a genius you are, you deserved with your own style of blogging.
glad to know about you Harsh….
I can say you are my inspiration.
And U mentioned that u learned that one shud avoid partnership at the last stage of life…..Its true..very true
All the best dear always…
ATUL
An inspirational story to all the budding new bloggers like me…Thanks for sharing your experience .
Best of luck for your blogging career 🙂
Really interesting and inspiring story for me. Its serious lesson for serious people………
interesting journey.. keep it up dude. I got inspired from your post
Very Intresting and successful story of ur life.
Thanks Harsh for providing such a beautiful blogs.
I pray to god to make ur blog in the top level around the world
Thanks for sharing your ideas harsh..Wish u all success 🙂
bro u knw wat.. this was an enlightening about me frm ur side.. 🙂
BTW i think the same way as u do.. bt the only difference is that u are a bit older than me which enables you to take ur decisions urself and this thing provides u tons of things which a child like me cant get at this age…
Bt i think one day we bth will stand together and will give head to head competition to IBM,Apple and Microsoft.. 😀
As far as the name of the company is concerned i think u shld work even more laboriously coz one day that name will not be a name.. it will be a brandname !
So think twice before concluding anything.. 🙂
Wish you luck..
Arjun Singh
Thanks Arjun for your comment and good to know that you share the same dream like me.
Wish you luck for the future 🙂
Thanks a lot bro.. 🙂
Oh i am really in love with sml really you guys are rocking.
great amazing sir,
i m also want to make a blogger like you.
plz tell me the way to be become a blogger.
Good info Harsh……it’s a prove of your hard work….
I like your idea about a Blogging Company :). It seems very good! Your story gives me more motivation to keep up my blogging career. Thank you!
I am totally inspired from this. I have been reading this article from the past one hour! I know it doesn’t take that much time, but your Blogging carrer is a thought provoking one which induces many thoughts and plans into my mind. I would like to interview you shortly! Your answers and your tactics will surely inspire the readers of BlogoTech Blog. Thanks Harsh! Good luck in future,
Sincere wishes from Lalit 🙂
Fabulous to know this….
And at d end of the day winner is winner!!
U rock…!!
The gem cannot be polished without friction, no man perfected without trials. Finally you achieve it.
Hi , This is very inspiring for me and every blogger who are trying for there best in the blogging career like you … , but i want to tell you one more thing i follow you since very long time but i think this is my first comment in your blog because you really inspire me .And i am doing my BCA but my all teachers said you have to go with MBA because they think my mind is good for Business,Because if i anything i saw then suddenly an IDEA strikes in my mind for that thing to promote that but i have shortage of money..o k but please visit my blog and give me suggestion.
Nice to know the history of shoutmeloud. I had seen you working hard one legged 🙂 Keep it going.
Amazing post…truly inspirational….you are really great… 🙂
Your journey from a day job engineer to a full time successful blogger is awe inspiring. The fact that you encourage talent and recommend blogging to others noteworthy and respectable though I think it has its side effects.
Over last couple of years, the number of new bloggers getting into the same niche (blog about blogging, tech related) is growing exponentially. I think the main reason is that a fairly large number of successful blogs (that make a good amount of money) release ebooks, and tips and tricks to make money and basically everyone is running after the dough rather than blogging for the pleasure of it.
What do you think is the main cause and what’s the way forward?
Hi Harsh,
This is an excellent stuff which I have come across today, and you are great inspiration for all the presently bloggers and upcoming bloggers.
Thanks for the Share
-Imran
I was really inspired by the work of Amit Agarwal the man behind one of the Best tech blog “Labnol”. But your story seems interesting and somewhat same like Amit he also left his job and concentrated on blogging.
Keep up the good work harsh.it was a pleasure to read 🙂
Thanks Anish for your comment and good to see you here..
I’m glad you like my work.. 🙂
even i started my blogging as part time but last month i had an accident nd since then i am all into blogging….!!
Harsh
nice to read your overall story . I have already left my job to start my full time blogging and services .
Manish
Very Inspirational 🙂
This post is a inspiration for all bloggers…I’l keep tis post in my mind everytime i bloog.
It is so amazing to see others on their own journeys (and
much closer to the finish line) than I am to mine. I look forward
to seeing how things progress for you.
@Harsh : Looks like a great journey so far(In blogging).
I will be happy to look for more posts on SEO.
🙂
nice post … really like ur story 🙂 thanks for the share ..
and best of luck for ur venture
Thanks Aatif 🙂
I wish I had taken blogging seriously.. Sometimes I wish I could just leave everything and sit on an island with my laptop and internet connection and spend my life there.. I mean there is no such thing like internet and sharing your views on internet. Helping people around..
Best of Luck with your venture Harsh.. You are an inspiration to me.
Thanks
Kuldeep
Leavin a well placed job to start something on your own is not only risky, its VERY challenging. It feels great to see you’ve excelled in it. All the very best for all your future projects. May you continue to exhibit this amazing energy through all your years ahead…
I wish you good luck to your blogging journey. I will say blogging continues to be very beneficial to connect your readers and if you can utilize it with affiliate marketing, that will be way better!
sirr ji “T” is missing in first line …..
Way to go Harsh. I am expecting a cool feature on you in
the most prominent channels by this year end. Get ready for an
interview and be prepared with a questionnaire 🙂
Suneel looking forward to it…
If that happens it would be great.as many bloggers will be inspired and many others will join the blogging world :)you can check Amit Agarwal’s interview conducted by CNN IBN(http://www.labnol.org/about/). I was inspired by Amit .he is a great blogger
Great story! I mean real life story. It brought me here. This is all techie stuff? I am not sure if I can write anything relevant. Nonetheless. Great going!! Make greater progress this year 🙂
very inspirational story. Now you are a very ideal face of indian youth who want to be more self dependent…
It is better to work for yourself and your passion compared to working in a company like a dog
Hi Harsh,
It’s a great inspirational journey for bloggers.
Congrats for your achievement & best wishes for your future endeavors.
the most transparent blogger i seen ever!
Harsh your Story is great and inspiring.Wish u all the best in future endeavour.
congos .. & best of luck 🙂 that’s quite an interesting journey
Well your journey is truly inspirational…I think every blogger including me looks upto you as an inspiration..To be very frank, I believe that blogging can be a profession just because of you ..
I wish you all the more success in the coming years…
Thanks Kartik and it’s one of my dream to bring blogging as full-time career in this country….
Imitation is the first step of learning. Good that you shared your experience. Nothing like learning from others experinces. All the best.
Hi Mr. Harsh, a very nice article through which we all
gotta know about you and your life 😉 . I wish you all the very
best for your blogging life ahead 🙂 . Really I too think that
bloggers should blog for fun,passion but not for money(in he
starting). Well a same thing happened with me too in terms of
partnership. My blogging career started in July’09 with partnership
with one of my bro. Eventually it was a good start . He taught me
almost evrything about blogging which helped me a lot in gaining
knowledge on how to write and publicize your content. In the first
six months only I was given the Editor post in the blog. Things
came up more good. And I was happy with people accepting my work
and appreciating me. But since last 8 months things went bad to
worst. My partner insured me that he would too pay me up for my
work but he eventually did never. And at last i left the post and
soon the blog also closed down. Well I think a pretty same case
happened with you too(as you said about that pune based blogger) .
So would like to know that what you actually did? and what should I
do for taking up my share? I have had enormous talk with him on
calls and chat. But nothing helped me up. He says just one thing ”
Yeah Sure I would pay you up soon! ” Well I too blogged for passion
but when a person is offered money why won’t he take his share? It
would be great if you could help me in this topic.. Thnx The
website was/is http://www.techno-planet.net Owner Ashish Mundhra with his
new blog(TechPanache).
Hey Bharat
Mine case if entirely different..My partnership was beyond blogging..!!
Anyways in your scenario you should better have some kind of security like domain access should be under your name and so is hosting…
Get a deadline for the payment..If your partner is unable to make a payment in given deadline..
Ask your partner to sell the blog and pay you..Coz by the end it’s your hard work…
Best of luck for the future harsh…i wish you all the best for the future and keep rocking bro 🙂
Hi harsh
fist happy new yearwishes to you.
really accident is the turning point life.
All the best for future.
Awesome journey brother. Its hard to listen you got accident.
Thank you for sharing your experience with us. Its a great inspiration to us. Happy New Year
Truly inspirational dude. Keep going and best wishes!
I wish you all the good luck or the future harsh 🙂
Get your Company Registered fast enough. I know this sounds weird, but I would suggest take ShoutMeLoud itself as the company name.
All credits to you Harsh….i learned lots from you…My best wishes to your future
Congratulations on your successes so far, and all the very best for the future – your story is very inspirational, and I’m glad you shared it.
Building a team is really a hard task, i am struggling with this since last couple of months – Since I am still in a 12 hours day job (thats too full six days in a week) – Sometime I find it very hard to do all these stuff in remaining 4 hours of my day. But I know I have to do something about it very. I kept few people on paid basis, but it seems they are more busier then me…. Lets see what happens. Good thing is my affiliate marketing is doing superbly fantastic job for me from last couple of years and I am concentrating more on it.
Interesting and motivational story. All the best.
Happy New Year
Nice to know about your blogging career, my son too completed his cs in 2008 and joined Accenture, similar to you he is also passionate about blogging. His blog is nofullstop.com
Hi Harsh, I believe everything happens for a good reason.
Like your accident I also have been through similar situation two
times and both the time I learned new significant things. These
posts of yours brings us more close to you. I already have read
almost all that you have mentioned in this post in your various
online interviews. Following you since more than a year now. I
appreciate your work and also you as a person. All the best Harsh
for your future endeavours. 🙂 Regards.
A nice inspirational read my friend…
I like the way you made the utmost use of even your bad time… when you had your accident…
As I may have mentioned in my earlier comments, I have been following SML since June 2009 and what impressed me that time was the frequency and the quality of posts. Now I understand, these 14 hpd is the reason. 🙂 Some bad things happened for good.
Thanks for this post mate… I never deny from saying that you have been an inspiration and a motivation for me to start my own tech blog… when I was banned to post on SML :D… I did not know the term called duplicate content.. but then… decided some thing… June 2010.. Technolism was born… but I really whole heartedly thank you for that…
Keep posting such nice posts.. Best of Luck for your New company… Waiting for the post saying… “We are finally registered” 🙂
Cheers,
Aman
Harsh, It is great to know about the journey.
Yep you are right. The accident changed your life as you had no other choice than to be at home and that helped.
Hats of to you!
Congrats and All the for future (New company and exising blogs)
No word about shoutdomains.com? Happy New Year Harsh!!
Wow! our journey seems to be exact same except the partnership you mentioned, and thank god I am strongly against such partnership unless a proper homework done, as i have bad experience earlier in other areas of life.
I too managing many blogs without any help and that too managing my full time job 🙂 But now finding it too difficult to manage. So I’m in process of hiring some freelancers. The other task in my hand is registering my company name and most probably will register it in a month in Pune.
Well, best wishes for your journey and hope in near future we will meet somewhere with same blogging passion!
i too wish to meet an acident so that i can concentrate more on blogging… lol.. Always wish you to be on top…
That was an Inspiring one.
You should also write a post about Company registration.
Good Luck and hope you find a good name for your company.
Congras.. Harsh and all the best for future!!!
truly felt awesome after reading 🙂 congrats !
Great Going Harsh
All the best 🙂
Good to know about you and how you started your blog journey. I wish you a very happy new year and wish you that your dream will come true one day. I am completely agree that you should either avoid partnership or made a proper agreement about your roles and share as I have gone through such bad situation.
You can think of Shout Technologies, Techno Shout for your company name.
The story on this post is not new to me as I have been following you for a year now and already know everything about your blogging journey from the starting….. 🙂
All I want to say is ‘HAppy New Year and Best of luck for future’ 🙂
Of course I’ll follow you always 🙂
All the best Harsh! Keep going!
Finally I see the face behind the blog 🙂 ..best wishes in the new year and keep rocking
Very inspirational Harsh. Losing job on Accenture is not a
simple thing which you did. Amazing hard work is behind this shout
me loud. Keep going mate.
Being Inspiration for other’s is not easy task !! Whenever
anyone asks me about blogging as a career , the first name which
comes to my mind is urs.Congrats n all the best for future
!!
Thats a nice piece of words Harsh. I consider you as one of the top elite bloggers in india and your this article has given many new beginners inspiration. I have read amitbhawani’s and amit aggarwal’s story and you also stand with them. I am also having 8 websites , but all of them are just for making money as i didi’nt did it by passion and only for money.
My new year resolution would be to dedicate my free time in Passion Blogging and would like to crack up in top 10,000 sites of the world.
Will sure keep you updated harsh regarding my progress.
Thanks a lot for your story.
Good to get to know the boss behind closed doors and how he began it gives others the motivation to do more and strive to be better great post keep up the good work Mr. Harsh Agrawal
I loved it 🙂
Thanks for Posting 🙂 … Hoping for the best 🙂
Good !
Best of luck for your company. Keep growing ……….
Congrats Harsh !!:) All the very best for the future !!:) Hope u open up many more sites in the near future 😉
I second it that your post it not boring at all. I usually find true life articles more interesting and informative. One sees too many recycled information on the net that one from a personal experience is a joy to read no matter how long.
I love the fact that you turned a bad situation to your benefit (I mean your accident). And I think that your dream is not beyond reach. You know what you are doing and are focused which is all you need.
I must commend you for the kind of success you have achieved in just 2 years online. Some people have spent more years online but still haven’t figure much out talk more make a dime.
I did a guest post here recently and now that I know you better I am most glad I did. I like being associated with people who know what they want and go straight for it.
Wonderful journey as a blogger, Harsh. Turning into a full-time blogger is not an easy task along with convincing our parents. You did everything right and you have grown like a gem. Thanks for sharing your experience with us man.
That was a great read Harsh i was a great fan of you. You inspired me in many ways it was good to know about you and shoutmeloud n a bit depth. Wishing you and Shout me loud a big Success 🙂
Hi Harsh,
Happy New Year 🙂
All the best for your new venture. I started blogging from Aug 2010 and I am also excited by the response I am getting from Alexa, increase in unique visitor’s count and earnings. I too have a dream of starting my own venture but I know it will take few more months (or years :P).
Thanks for writing these type of inspirational articles. We can not imagine how much confidence these articles give to bloggers like me.
By the way thanks for the great article and I can proudly say that you are my inspirational guru.
Cheers!
Awesome post Harsh. Glad to know ShoutMeLoud. Thanks for sharing.
You’ve had spent really a great time in past 2 years. I wish you will keep going as you going! Happy New Year Harsh.
first of all, it was not boaring! 🙂
Thanks for telling more about you.This article is quite inspiring & motivating!!
All the best for future.. & Happy New year!!… May u get everything this year 🙂
As I myself am a computer Engineer I know it take real nerves to say bye bye to a company like Accenture. Its rightly said ..
“You have to risk it to have a biscuit”
Inspiration overloaded. Thanks for sharing your experience, maven 😉
At last u did….. Thanks a lot for sharing.. And yes it was not at all long .. 😉
Lately, I read an interesting article on Famousbloggers in which I remember the title is Each blogger has a story…
Behind your blogging journey and its story in this post, I find many lessons. The first income is not big as expected but we all have to wait for so long. And the second, almost high profiles do not start blogging career with instant success.
A New Year is knocking our door, I hope you will be fine on the way you have been passionate and consistent pursuit so far.
Lastly, I have 2 questions for you Harsh Agrawal. Have you had to deal with any difficult problem related to language, I mean you are not an English speaker. And the second, though it is not a kind of actual question. Will you have some advice for other beginning bloggers and I?
Hi , This is very inspiring for every blogger who are trying for there best in the blogging career like you … , and thank you sharing your journey with all …
Such an inspiring real life story. Many are following you Harsh, am too in queue 🙂
ShoutMeLoud is must read blog for new bloggers. I have spend some months in blogging now and have learn a lot. And everyday I go through blogs I get to learn something new.
Blogging as a carrier is still a doubtful question becaus blogging is not a success for everyone. You’ve worked extremely hard and you are paid for your hard work now. I guess that accident was a turning point of your life where you really took blogging very seriously.
God bless your you and your blog.
Wish you luck for your company and be it a great success 🙂 (wish the same for me 🙂 )
Thanks Harsh for sharing your blogging career……. really you are doing fantastic job…….
Wish you many more happy years of blogging Harsh 🙂
Hi Harsh,
You’re a worthy example of a multi-author-blogger with a big vision and not only as a blogger also as a businessman!
Keep on and keep rocking!
All the Best for the New Year, 🙂
Gera
Inspiring story each and every blogger must read this. While reading I haven’t felt that it was leanthy or boaring
Thanks harsh for sharing
What a great experience you have. I started my blog just a few days after shoutmeloud but now this one left it far behind.
This post will be a big inspiration to give more efforts in blogging. Thanks.
Sorry to hear that you met with an accident.
Congrats Harsh and keep growing all good wishes are with you.
thanks for offering such a good information and content. I’m not new to bloggging but opting blogging as a career for me.
Need help and guidance to grow in this blogosphere.
All the best and a Happy New Year.
May all your dreams come true
Thanks Vivek for your comment and good wishes. You doing good and I wish you luck and success too 🙂
i wish the very success dude, even i completed Computer Engineering in 2008 🙂
Will soon leave my IT job, like you said convincing my parents is hard really
Praveen make sure the time you leave your job, you making handsome money with Blogging. Else it would be like taking a huge risk.
Glad to know more about you Harsh. Thanks for the article. 🙂
Same comments from me… I appreciate you tell all the truths to your readers…. wish you all the luck for 2011
thanks for sharing al your personal info with us…i like to the problems which u have faced in ur blogging carrer..and how u overcome them..
Sumanth nice post idea..I would be working on it soon. 🙂
Thanks for sharing your blogging journey, it is inspiring me to learn new things……
With regards
Mukther.
Thanks Mukther