Blogging Elements

What You Can Learn From Matt Mullenweg

Posted on 15. Jun, 2009 by Ashwin in WordPress

I was reading The life of an Internet Mogul just yes’day night and I thought there was so much a blogger can learn from Matt Mullenweg, the founder of Autmattic and WordPress — yes, the iconic, much touted, madly used and the juggernaut you and I keep talking about all the time. I managed to pick certain things off that lengthy article that might be a great pointer for us:

1. Matt worked hard; he still does: He started when he was a high-school student; he worked in his room and by the time he touched 25, he is the founder of wordpress which apparently powers more than 12 million blogs — I don’t think I need to explain what that means, right? Although he claims that he doesn’t follow time much and that he is terrible when it keeps to managing and keeping time, he still works very hard. He does the akismet coding himself, for instance.

2. He is a voracious reader: This was expected. One of the most common, well-defining traits most successful people is that they are all well-read. If you don’t read, you can’t be successful. Matt reads the kindle everyday, reads a lot of business books, magazines and keeps on top of his business. When he isn’t reading, he is busy dreaming about wordpress. As a blogger, you must be reading all the time; keep on top of your niche; familiarize yourself with all the tools, SEO, content development and a lot more.

3. Care for your blog, give it your personal attention: With all the success and being so iconic, Matt could automate the whole blogging thing; but he doesn’t. He doesn’t automate. He personally reads and approves each of the hundreds of comments. He avoids getting flamed, and ensures that the positive comments are edited off anything offensive.

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