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Blogging is fun but let’s be sincere it’s a lot of work even if it’s a very stationary profession you still have to go places online to get information, from getting content to getting traffic and building a brand for yourself and so on, you have to put in a lot of your time or money and in most cases both just to get to the top.
You need to have a firm and specific goal, know your market, and create uniqueness in your blogs. And these are exactly what these 10 successful bloggers have done.
Plus, they use Twitter to “sell” their blog posts.
We have put together list of top bloggers in Nigeria who are very active on twitter for you to follow. Goodluck….
1. Linda Ikeji: @lindaikejiis greatly referred to as the pioneer of blogging in Nigeria dough there were some gurus before her, she has been able to set a standard for blogging in Nigeria and a lot of bloggers today would like to be like her. www.Lindaikeji.blogspot.com.
Her success in blogging is evident in the exhibition of her fleet of cars last year just days before GooGle pulled down her blog on October 8. With over 505k followers on her verified twitter account, the single Ex-model is currently topping the list as the Nigerian blogger with the most followers on twitter as at the time this article was written.
2. Uche Pedro: @bellanaijaBorn Uchenna Jennifer Eze, she is fondly referred to as Bella Naija. Uche Eze is the founder of BellaNaija.com, a leading website for entertainment, lifestyle and fashion in Africa and CEO/MD of Bainstone Limited, a new media company. She actually inspired Linda Ikeji to start blogging just after she posted something about her. Uche Eze, took to blogging as a hobby. During the little break she had between graduation and resumption of job, she began to blog to fill those boring moments.Being a big lover of fashion, she started by posting scanned magazine articles, pictures and interviews of Nigeria fashion personalities. Her twitter followers have gone over 286 k followers but she is yet to be verified.
3. Tyler Duncan Sotubo: @Tyler_TXis the Founder, CEO of www.TooXclusive.com which has over 109k followers and has been in the blogging business for nearly a decade now. Talking to Tyler Duncan Sotubo, CEO of tooXclusive.comhe said… “The aim of tooxclusive from its inception has always been to be the biggest music distribution platform all over Africa and after a successful 4 years in Nigeria, we’re convinced that we can comfortably branch out, offering our foremost and indigenous brand to other African countries.” The blog is yet to be verified on Twitter but that won’t stop the entertainment and great sound.
4. Demola Ogundele: @demola is the handle of the CEO of www.notjustok.com and he currently has over 18k followers but that is not stopping the Blog of the Year @ #NEA 2013 from getting verified on twitter with followers of around 200k. @NOTJUSTOK which has been in existing since 2006 and it is still the Nigeria's #1 Music Blog.
5. Stella Dimoko Korkus: @SDimokoKORKUS She is the brain and face behind www.Stelladimokorkus.com. Though her follower is not much she is still a very fun character to follow on twitter because of her controversial insight in to the private life some Nollywood artist.
With 5k followers she is still able to pass her message across very well. Check out one of her conversation from 2012 with ADAORA UKOH as she warns her for prying…
God help this lady....
6. Laila Ijeoma: @LailasBlog has full control over www.lailasblog.com as she pilots the blog in to greatness with Celebrity News, Trending News, Fashion & Funny/Inspirational Stuff at its best. She has over 7k followers and she is open for more so feel free to follow her to get advice and tweets like this…
No matter how much you care about someone, sometimes it's just not meant to be.
— LailasBlog.com (@LailasBlog) January 11, 2015
A good relationship is worth the wait.
— LailasBlog.com (@LailasBlog) January 11, 2015
7. Japheth Omojuwa: @omojuwa, this list would not be complete without the political commentator, environmental consultant and social media expert himself the C.E.O of www.Omojuwa.com. A columnist with Nigeria's most respected newspaper The Punchand Metropole Magazine. His twitter handle has over 170k followers and his timeline is always active with a lot of political and controversial issues.
8. Jide Ogunsanya: @ogbongeblog still holds the title for one of the biggest tech blogs here in Nigeria is Jide the C.E.O www.ogbongeblog.com. A Website designer and Digital Marketer he keeps it real online at all time, it should be fun to follow him if you intend to learn more about blogging. His handle currently has over 6k followers.
9. Jobberman guys: Opeyemi Awoyemi, Ayodeji Adewunmi and Olalekan Olude are the brains behind www.Jobberman.com which is basically a job search website in Nigeria that started on 16 August 2009 at the Obafemi Awolowo University,Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria.
It is based in Lagos, Nigeria. Jobberman.com has been described by Forbes as "West Africa’s most popular job search engine and aggregator"Ayodeji Adewunmi @atadewunmicurrently has 1117 followers while Opeyemi Awoyemi @opeawo has over 2000 followers but that is very small compared to what they have done with Jobberman Nigeria @Jobbermandotcom40.8k followers and Jobberman Ghana @JobbermanGhana with 12.2k followers. Financially backed by a world leader in private equity in internet space, though not yet verified but they are doing very well for them self.
10. Aaron Chidi: @TopTrendNaijaFounder of www.TopTrendNaija.com is also a very important character in the social media world as ever since he created the domain name just 7 months ago he has been able to rank the blog to 900,000 in Alexa ranking. As at the time of this report @TopTrendNaija has over 8k followers and counting on twitter. The theatre arts graduate from University of port Harcourt has created a wonderful blog that talks about the top trending issues on social media. This is a blog to watch out for this 2015.
So, which are your favorite top blogs that are on Twitter? Or is it one not listed here?