With 2009 coming to an end, bloggers are looking back at the best of the best and showing their appreciation for everything that has been accomplished in the year. I received an email this morning from a pretty well respected guy, Bradley Will. Turns out, I was included in his list of the top 30 young entrepreneur blogs of 2009. Not a bad way to start my day.

But seriously, what wakes you up better in the morning than receiving news you have been awarded something that a guy like Neil Patel or Zac Johnson have been? I’m pretty honored to be included in this list, and to me, it tells me that maybe I’m actually making an impact in this world of young entrepreneurship.

This blog, even though it’s targeted for young entrepreneurs isn’t what I am most known for. You probably know of my other blog, my much more active blog — Blogussion. That’s what you think of when you hear my name online I bet, and that is what blog represented me as a top young entrepreneur in the list by Unstrapp’d.

So go ahead and check out that list. I found a lot of great blogs over there, and I guarantee that if you read this blog, you will have an interest in the other blogs there as they are all ran by young entrepreneurs.

I just wanted to share this article with you guys. Stick around for Thesis Thursday on, you guess it — Thursday as well as a post where I want all of you guys to share your accomplishments in 2009. Get your lists ready folks, see you Thursday!

When you think of a young entrepreneur, you usually think of someone like Mark Zuckerberg or maybe even my dude Michael Dunlop. How many people think of the really young people? The kids? I’m 16 myself, and there are probably hundreds of other 15–16 year old entrepreneurs. But how many of you would think of an 11 year old kid as a young entrepreneur?

I know first hand that it’s not always wise to judge someone by their age, but what were you doing when you were 11? I bet no one was doing the things my friend Gloson Teh was doing. He is a blogging superstar and yes, is only 11 years old.

He was willing to answer some questions for the Young Bloggers series I have going on Asnio, and he shares some very insightful and inspirational answers. Be prepared to be amazed.

To start off, can you tell us about yourself and your blog?

First of all, I would like to thank Alex for giving me the opportunity to be interviewed on Asnio. My name is Gloson. I’m 11 years old, and I blog on Gloson Blog.

I started blogging when I was 10 in July 2008. But I only got serious in November. At that time, I blogged about ‘Anything Interesting that I Learn’.

But since I found myself mostly blogging about social media, blogging, and tech tips, I decided to change the tagline to ‘Social Media, Blogging, and Tech Tips from a Kid’.

By the way, I’m also on Twitter.

What got you started in blogging at such a young age?

My mom heard about blogging because it was very popular. Since I could design websites when I was 8 (to promote one of my mom’s products) my mom encouraged me to start a blog as a new hobby when I was 10 because I was so free.

I decided to go with the flow and started a blog. At first I didn’t really know what to do. But in November, I read Problogger and DailyBlogTips. And so, I got inspired and started to blog more frequently.

Do you have more than just a blog? If so, tell us about it

Besides blogging, I am a funny poet who writes funny poetry for kids.Poetry Talents is my poetry website (that I created using wordpress) where I post my funny poems and news about it.

I have also authored and illustrated Creative & Funny Poetry for Kids (in May) and recently Creative Row Your Boats (in November). Here is one of my poems from my second book (To be sung to the tune of ‘Row Your Boat’):

See the raindrops fall
like they were ice creams.
Now I’m going off to bed to
eat them in my dreams.

In about a paragraph, what would you say your blog means to you?

Oh, it means a lot. Since I started blogging, my writing skills have increased and also my communication skills and people skills. I have also made many friends through blogging, and it also has gained me publicity on the web.

So, I will say that my blog is a tool for me to build my brand on the Internet and also a tool to explore, discover, and network with people from all over the globe.

I’ve also written a post called 22 Reasons for You to Blog, most of which are the reasons I blog too, and most of which are the reasons YOU should blog too!

How do people react to your age on your blog?

Well, usually people will say that they can’t believe that I wrote the articles on my blog. Some say that I’m an inspiration. I want to say thank you to those guys because they are the people who encourage me to keep on blogging. =)

What limitations do you face as a blogger well under 18?

Well, I need help from my parents to pay for my hosting and domain because you need to be older to be able to pay for it yourself.

Are your parents aware of your blog? If so, what do they think of it and what impact do they have on it?

Yes, my parents are aware of my blog, and they think that I do a very good job. My parents help me to pay for my hosting and domain, as mentioned above.

My mother also frequently encourages me to do research for my posts. My parents sometimes even help me to promote my blog to other people.

What are the advantages of blogging young that “older” bloggers don’t have?

One advantage is people will be amazed by the fact that we, young bloggers, are young and successful and so we’ll get more attention from other bloggers.

Another advantage is that we are starting young and so, we will have more knowledge of blogging when we get older because we kids learn very fast.

Because we are young, we are also an inspiration to many that ‘if we can, so can you!’

What is your biggest accomplishment as a young blogger? What kind of things do you see yourself doing by next year? How about 3 years?

One of the many newspapers Gloson has been featured in

I also went to a blogging carnival in Malaysia. I joined a quiz contest about Internet security and blogging, and won the 1st prize! — An Acer Aspire notebook!

On 10 July 2009, I met the Prime Minister and the First Lady of Malaysia, and the Prime Minister read my post, A Beginner’s Guide to Getting the Most out of Twitter. He also read my first poetry book, Creative and Funny Poetry for Kids.

I also got a lot of Stumbleupon traffic to my blog post, My Former Blog Host ‘Accidentally’ Deleted My Blog (and How I fixed it).

And well, by next year, I would have probably wrote an ebook or a book about blogging.

And by three years, I would have probably earned some money from Gloson Blog (because now I don’t really focus on making money from it) and also have started another blog.

What is your one best piece of advice for those under the age of 18 who are looking to start their own blog?

Firstly, stop procrastinating on whether you should blog or not and start a blog right away! Age is really a huge advantage for you and you should start as early as possible because you will learn a lot of things on the way.

Blogging has many benefits too. I have written a post on 22 Reasons for You to Blog. Please read it if you are still not convinced .

Then, be patient if you don’t succeed immediately. When I started my blog, I got only a few daily visitors. But now, I get a lot, about 70–150 daily (According to Google Analytics). And I’m sure, the number will go up as I focus more and as time goes by.

A big thanks to Gloson for taking the time to answer a few questions. I hope you guys learned something from him, and have found inspiration from his answers. You can read interviews from past young bloggers, or if you would like to be interviewed here — contact me.

The thing that sets apart the entrepreneurs who find success and those who fail is this thing called motivation. See, it has a lot to do with the confidence you have in your work, and without it — well, you might just fail.

As the young entrepreneur you are, you actually have a lot to be grateful for. Not just for what you have in life, but because of the fact that you are trying to do something exciting with your life.

Unfortunately, many of us young people on the Internet looking to start some kind of business online can’t quite grasp the constant motivation that is so desperately needed to find this success. This is why I believe so many young entrepreneurs online fail, and why so many people seem to think that’s all we do. Teenagers especially.

But I think we have it pretty easy in many cases. I know this personally as I run two blogs and a freelance business that we have a lot to be motivated about.

There’s time

Some have more than others, but the fact of the matter is that we’re young and we have more time to get something going than someone who is older and in their 20’s or 30’s already looking to start a business.

What specifically do young entrepreneurs have more time for?

• Time to find what works and what doesn’t work; to fail or succeed
• Time to find their niche.
• Time to plan.
• Time to live.

The older you get, the less true these things remain. So, get off your ass and make the best of this thing that so many of us young entrepreneurs take for granted — time. One day we won’t have it, and we will sincerely miss it and regret every minute we wasted.

Fewer Responsibilities

Taxes¹? Bills? Raising a family? Are you kidding me? The toughest decision I had to make all day yesterday was whether or not to see 2012 or Law Abiding Citizen in theaters. Don’t talk to me about bills or anything, I have a few years before I have to worry about that.

If you’re a teenager, what’s your biggest worry at the moment besides your business? Either my life is so worry free that I have become ignorant of the worries of others, or your life just isn’t as full of as many worries or responsibilities as you think.

Born and Raised for Social Media

Nearly everyone at this point in time has heard of or used a website like Myspace, Facebook or Twitter for example. As a part of this young generation, you were basically born with the skills needed to use these sites. When is the last time you have used a social media site? I’ll even bet you found this article through Twitter.

But social media is the key to a successful business. But don’t just take my word on it, do a little searching around the web and you will find out how important social media has been for even the most successful Internet entrepreneurs.

You’re Building Skills Valuable to your Life

Whether you realize it or not, interacting with others online, doing some freelance work, and even blogging are building some pretty important skills for later on in your life.

Whether or not you do become a successful Internet entrepreneur, the skills you gain from trying will follow you wherever you go.

You’re not alone

You aren’t the only young person on the web trying to start a business and career. Thousands of others are trying to do the same thing, and many of them are willing to help.

Here are a few recommended resources for young entrepreneurs to go and find some great resources (besides here of course):

• Retire@21 — Fully loaded with a blog & forums on young entrepreneurship.
• Youth Bloggers Network — Connect with other young bloggers.
• Teens in Tech Network — Many resources for “teentrepreneurs.”

Your dreams are still big

With the tools available to us in this modern world, what’s stopping us or holding us back from making our dreams become a reality? Is it impossible for someone under the age of 18 earn a full time income from blogging? What about a 17 year old? There’s nothing holding us back, and I say the bigger the dream the better.

Well, I’m pumped

I don’t know about you, but after writing and reading this article I now fully understand what kind of opportunities I have and why I won’t miss any chances to better my life and create a better future for myself.

What about you? Do you share the same thoughts as me on this topic of motivation, or have you yet to really find what motivates you to pursue your dreams?

¹ Business taxes excluded, if/when you get to that point.

I have been designing for a couple of years now, and I like to still learn new things and new tricks to make my designs look better. I have been designing for so long that I am not only critical of what the things on my computer look like, but that habit is starting to follow me to the outside world.

If you have been designing for a while online, have you ever started applying your online design principles to the designs in the real world? It’s amazing how bad it can get

I have changed some things in my life that all come directly from my design habits online. I like to keep everything organized, in best condition, I now appreciate art, live a simple lifestyle and love Apple products.

But this post is about the funny stuff I picked up from designing for so long. The stuff I am about to list below are all things that come through my mind every once in a while and get me thinking “I’ve been designing for way too long!”

Design Principles I live by Offline

1. Just because a color scheme looks good on a website doesn’t mean it looks good on your clothes

Trying funky color schemes to design a website is something I do a lot. But, I don’t go crazy over the way I dress. A sweatshirt and some jeans will work for me, but I don’t go all crazy and try funky colors like purple and yellow just because I saw it on a website and thought it looked cool.

2. I keep my room simple and love it, but others hate it

In my room, everything is simply done. I have a desk, a television, a bed and two chairs in my room. I have plenty of space on the ground and wall. But every time a friend comes over, or my family walks in it’s always “wow, what a boring room.” No one understands minimalism like a web designer I suppose.

3. In school, I really go overboard while formatting notes

It’s crazy how over the top I get. When we go over Power Point presentations and are forced to take down those useless little notes, I find entertainment in doing stuff I would normally do on a website. Like centering text, keeping inside the lines and all of that designer stuff.

4. Working in a public area blows

They say working in public areas like Starbucks or something makes you more productive because of all the activity around you. Not only does it make you unproductive, but you look like a total douchebag.

I tried working in an office at my dads restaurant in Florida. It’s distracting enough that people are constantly walking through there trying to get help from the boss, but it’s another thing sitting there with a MacBook Pro and having people who have never seen an actual Mac asking if they can see it. I will never work out of my own office again.

5. No matter what, my handwriting will never look like Georgia

Georgia is the best font ever, and my handwriting is probably the worst ever. Not only did I come to realize my handwriting doesn’t look like Georgia, it doesn’t look like Arial, Tahoma, Verdana or eve Comic Sans. Just crap.

6. There’s no CMD/CNTRL + Z in life…dammit

Wouldn’t this be a useful feature in life? You fail a test, bam — CMD + Z. But it’s not that easy, and no matter how hard you wish, you can’t undo mistakes in real life.

7. You look worse “powering on” than you do “shutting down”

This is just kind of from computers, but usually at the end of a workday, the computer is all hot and maybe a little slow for being on all day and it just wants to shut down. When you power the computer on, it’s fast as hell and ready to work. But when we as humans go through that process of powering on and powering off…it’s more like the opposite.

8. “I could have done so much better”

Whenever I get a worksheet in school, or see a flyer on the wall at a store, I get so picky about it and lists of improvements on how it could be better just race through my mind.

Have you been designing too long as well?

When I put this post into retrospect, it seems like I have been designing for a while and maybe too long for someone at the ripe old age of 16.

But I seriously think that being a designer has changed my views offline so dramatically, and even for the best. My mind is always on the creative side and in constant thought which I think is good for me. I respect the tools I have and live with, and I don’t have anything I don’t use every day.

This was just a fun little post I would bring up here. Hope you enjoyed it!

Hello and welcome back to Thesis Thursday! They say if you haven’t posted on a blog for a while to not bring it up, but it’s definitely been a while!

Since the last time I visited Thesis in an article, tons of things have changed with not only Thesis itself — but the community of Thesis owners and developers has seen a big change as well. More and more people are looking to have the best Thesis powered blog around.

For the longest of time, the Thesis theme has claimed to be an easy to use and customizable theme. While it has certainly proven to be a very usable theme, many people who have basic knowledge of a WordPress theme have found it difficult to customize it.

Sure, some pros like Kristarella, Greg Rickaby and many others have found their way through the hooks system like it was nothing. But, for the majority of Thesis users, who aren’t all web developers have been seeking a guide to help them customize their theme.

Lucky for all of us, Thesis 1.6 is close to its full launch and will make editing your theme much, much easier. Take it from me, I have used Thesis 1.6 and I have done a lot of customizing without even touching a single line of code.

But, even these new options won’t help many achieve their dream design. So that leads me to the main point of this post — being a freelancer in the Thesis community. The market for this theme is huge, and all it takes are a few good designs to get you started and on your way to becoming a freelancer.

My Short Story as a Thesis Freelancer

I have been creating designs on Thesis since April 2008. When I announced my return to freelancing, I started taking everything more seriously and really getting my act into gear and learning Thesis to the best of my abilities.

Ever since that post, I have been getting emails at all times of the day, from different people around the world in a vast variety of blog niche’s for me to work on their Thesis blog. I have been getting more requests than I can handle, and I do have to say “no” at times.

Basically, this post I am going to cover the three things you have to know if you want to become a freelancer for Thesis. The three topics I am going to talk about in this post are:

• Learning Thesis and resources for learning how to use it
• Pricing your services
• Marketing yourself

1. Need-to-know-info for any Thesis Freelancer

If you want to freelance for Thesis, it’s probably a great idea to have a clue as to what you are doing when opening up the Thesis options panel and creating your own hooks. Here are some resources I have found to help you get started:

Thesis Basics

• Customizing Thesis with custom.css
• How to customize like a pro with Thesis hooks
• Thesis Hook Reference List [I keep this in my bookmarks bar for quickest access]
• Thesis Hooks for Dummies

Customizing Thesis and Beyond

• Creating new widget areas in Thesis
• Using content filters for easier customization
• Thesis Footers 101
• Thesis OpenHook
• Creating custom Thesis categories
• Customizing the 404 page
• Creating Multiple Custom templates

Thesis pros on Twitter

• @godhammer
• @pearsonified
• @kingdomgeek
• @diythemes
• @girliegeek
• @kristarella

[see: 10 Thesis pros on Twitter you need to follow]

2. Pricing Yourself

I think being a regular freelancer and a Thesis freelancer is a lot different. At the moment, Thesis may have a less competitive market then a regular WordPress freelancer, but the way you price yourself should be looked at differently.

At first, I had trouble determining how I wanted to charge my clients. Should I do it on an hourly basis, or set a fixed price for themes? At first, I went with the fixed price because that was the type of pricing I was most familiar with. But, I felt like I was earning less than I should have which made me switch to an hourly rate.

Each side has its own benefits and disadvantages to them, and if you haven’t already decided how you want to be paid, check out an amazing post from FreelanceSwitch; Hourly vs. Fixed Pricing.

Evaluating yourself

You need to be brutally honest about the quality of your work. Ask yourself the following questions:

• How much background knowledge of Thesis do I have? (ex: who created it, licensing options, etc)
• How well do I know HTML and CSS in general?
• Do I fully understand how to create a function?
• Do I fully understand the options in Thesis and how to use them?
• Can I keep up with the Thesis community, trends, and multiple clients at a time?
• Is freelancing even for me?

It can be tough to determine your price. But ask yourself those questions — no one else but you knows the answers and no one is listening so be as honest as you can with yourself. To get a good idea what kind of numbers are being thrown around as to what to charge, check out this extremely informative thread on the Thesis forums “What would you charge?” (Thesis owners only).

Other useful information to know

• The Thesis market is huge and only getting bigger. Take it from me, if you do good design work then you will get more work then you can handle. So don’t under price yourself even by $1.
• Don’t over price yourself either. It’s a general rule of thumb, don’t charge too less and don’t charge too much. Evaluate yourself the best you can and charge what you are comfortable charging.
• Take into account that most of your clients will already own Thesis and that means they have spent nearly $100 or more to get it. That may limit their budget, so if you are throwing a ridiculous $150 an hour at them, there’s not a chance in hell you’re getting the job.
• Spend the extra money to upgrade to the Developers option. If not, don’t even try and freelance for Thesis.
• There will be people who don’t own Thesis already, so you need that Developers option to be able to buy the Cient Site Option which will allow you to buy a license for $40 and let the client use Thesis. Always make sure to tag that as an expense in the final bill.

3. Marketing Yourself

Marketing is such an important thing for your business. If you blog, then you know exactly how a good advertising campaign or good sales pitch is for your blog to be successful.

Here are some ways I came up with to marketing your Thesis services:

• Create a portfolio of your works

I do not have a portfolio set up 100% yet, but you should really start working on building one for yourself immediately. Let your work speak for itself, and do your best to get a few clients done and added to your portfolio. A few good pieces of work is all you need!

And please make sure you build your portfolio on Thesis and make it your best work. It just defeats the purpose of targeting a market and not even using the product you are working on for yourself.

• ALWAYS recommend Thesis to clients who contact you for non-Thesis work

On the occasion I get people who want a theme done, but they don’t own Thesis. If you ever run into that situation, try and get your client on Thesis immediately. Your client will thank you, and they may even want to go back to you for more work later since you put them on the best theme in the world.

• DIYthemes is the key

DIYthemes, the site that created Thesis is the key to marketing yourself. The company has a forum with thousands and thousands of Thesis owners go to discuss Thesis, get help for it and more. Use those forums and get involved with the community and assert yourself as a Thesis guru. Use the Classified sections to promote your services and answer other Thesis ads.

DIYthemes is also very active on Twitter. The Thesis community has its own little spot on Twitter. Just use the #thesiswp hashtag whenever you tweet something Thesis related, and you will be bound to get some retweets. Tweet about your latest designs, and you are sure to make a huge impact in the community on Twitter by just using the simple #thesiswp hashtag.

Be on your way

Freelancing is the best job in the world. I am 16 and am freelancing to the point where I can turn it into a career for myself. Just be aware that it can be a hard job to get used to, and there is just so much information I did not write about general freelancing. This post is just about getting you into the feel of being a freelancer on Thesis.

If you guys have any questions about Thesis, my business, or questions about the article — don’t be afraid to ask in the comments section! I hope you enjoyed the longest article on Asnio yet. Take care now.

Hello again everyone! How have you been? It’s been a busy time for all of us, and after a couple months of not updating this blog like I used to normally — I’m back, and Asnio is back in full swing.

There has always been a lot of plans I wanted to carry out here but never got around to in the summer. I plan to carry these things out this upcoming season however, and there will be more on that stuff later. But, I have exciting news for you now:

The New Design

Yes, if you haven’t noticed, the new design I have been tweeting about for the last few days on Twitter has finally been put up. I started the design back in July, but never finished it. At first I was going to release it for free at Blogussion, but as I started working on it more I decided it would be a great way to refresh Asnio for when I go back to working here. But there is more planned for this design later.

So the one thing I focused on with this design is navigation. Navigation is an important part of a blog, and I felt like the tiny nav bar at the top of the blog in the previous design wasn’t doing much.

New Navigation vs. old

As you can now see, the navigation bar sticks out much more than it previously did and looks much more appealing. In the blue bar, I have placed the pages on my blog that you can access, like learning about me, or my pile of free stuff. Below that are some of the categories on the blog where the most interesting content is placed. You can of course see the full list of categories in the new, gorgeous footer.

Right below the navigation to the right of the page I have used the Multimedia box feature in Thesis to create a random rotating images section where I have included three banners to different places on the blog that I want you to visit the most:

• Thesis Thursday — A weekly series dedicated to the Thesis framework
• Freebies — A place where I throw stuff I make for you to download. And it’s all free, hence the creative title.
• Young Bloggers — A weekly series where a new young blogger is interviewed.

New Footer, Better Steroids

I still have the same awesome footer in effect here (want it?), but it’s amped up a lot. It now spans across the page, holds much more relevant content and just looks a lot better overall.

A new feature I added to it is really cool, the smooth scrolling feature. It’s at the very bottom right of it, and if you click it, you will go to the top but it will be a much smoother ride if you understand what I’m saying.

Content Navigating

I made getting to more content a lot easier than before. I decided it would be a lot better to get rid of all featured posts and setting all of my posts to display as teasers. Now, more content can fit on the page and the size of the scrollbar is slimmer.

I decided to go a little more magazine like in the sidebar and put the latest post from specific categories in the sidebar. I use an incredible plugin by an amazing blog — Latest Posts by Category which is just an incredible plugin that is easy to use and style.

Look Around, Stay for a while. Grab the feed

Well, the Patriots game is starting right about now and I have to go. Rather than writing about every single thing I did here and why — I think you should go look around the blog. It’s quite easy to get around too, as you will soon find out.

Have fun, and go Pats!

Here we are on week two of this series with a great blogger who I have just found out about a few weeks back. Her name is Liane, and she has a really great commitment to her great blog.

As a matter of fact, she has been writing on the same blog for two years now. That is the longest commitment to a blog that I have seen from someone under 18 yet, and I jumped at the chance to get an interview from her!

Luckily she was able to answer the questions for this post quickly and filled her answers with great information (especially question #8). Enjoy!

1. To start off, can you tell us about yourself and your blog?

My name is Liane and I run Better Blogging for Bloggers Dot Com.

I’m currently 17 years old, a freshman collage student at a premier university (see, blogging and school are compatible). Just celebrated my birthday recently and as you can see, I’m still alive and blogging. Kidding. I’m a blogging guru and a pro writer.

2. What got you started in blogging at such a young age?

It was mostly curiosity. Someone just told me about it, I had no idea what that guy (which is a friend of mine) is talking about so I ended up Googling everything. The rest, as they say, is history.

3. Do you have more than just a blog? If so, tell us about it.

I only run one blog (Better Blogging for Bloggers Dot Com). But I’m open to blog consultations and content creation/contribution. Back then, I used to work for designing projects but it was cut-off since I’m without a laptop as of now (I hope to buy one within the next month).

4. In about a paragraph, what would you say your blog means to you?

That’s a tough one. Well, as time grew, I can say my blog is almost like my virtual hub, a place so close to me that I can’t resist not checking it at least once every 24 hours. It is like… an extension of myself.

5. How do people react to your age on your blog?

Haha. I like this question. I never fail to get a “wow, you’re so young to be so good” (or something along the lines) every once in a while. People are usually surprised, especially the older ones who have been around for ages here in the net. It’s cool. I mean, I get to prove that “age doesn’t matter” and you can succeed as long as you believe you can. The best part, I get to say “if I can do it, what more can you?”

6. What limitations do you face as a blogger under 18?

A lot. But I can say my limitations have been lessened as time passed by. Back at 15 years old was the real tough times. If I get to face the computer for more than 3 hours without any homework whatsoever, they [my parents] wonders what I’m up to – again! Financially, was the real issue. The first time I went to PayPal, I was really sweating. I didn’t have a clue of what I’m supposed to do, and I’m dead scared if there will be fees for creating an account. Haha. Memorable times.

7. Are your parents aware of your blog? If so, what do they think of it and what impact do they have on it?

Yes, they aware of it. But only as much as I want them to be. Good thing they’re not over lookers. I don’t get any support but I’m not discouraged as well. So I was just fine by myself. There was that time though when I said I wanted to buy my own domain. I was so nervous, I didn’t know how to properly explain. In the end, I realized I could buy the domain with just my PayPal money. Haha. Geez. If I had known sooner it could have saved a lot of unnecessary talks.

I tried to explain blogging though once, I think they got a vague idea. I settled to the explanation that “I write online”. They’re more comfortable with that one. Lol.

8. What are the advantages of blogging young that “older” bloggers don’t have?

On the serious aspect, I think our main advantage is that we don’t feel a certain “need” to do this. Most bloggers turned to blogging as their substitute to earn their daily living. Unlike them, there’s no need for us to rush things in order to make money online. Sometimes, I just treat blogging like my daily Facebook blog. Majority of the older bloggers’ target is to really earn, and we can’t blame them. We still have our allowances in the first place

Our generation are the hardcore “techies” so I think we have more skills in handling the technical stuffs. For example, I did my own blog theme, like how many kids now know their way around Photoshop. Most older bloggers just buy their own since they have little clue on how to build one from scratch. We’re good at those kinds of stuffs.

Also, we learn fast too, good and friendly communication skills (thanks to Facebook) and are easily loved because we show respect to the older ones. Plus, they usually are a lot kinder when talking to us young ones.

Best of all, we know to have fun!

9. What is your biggest accomplishment as a young blogger? What kind of things do you see yourself doing by next year? How about 3 years?

My biggest accomplishment? My success in blogging I believe. I’ve been running a great blog and people turn to it for advice. It’s so good to get that feeling of helping others, even at a young age.

I can see myself probably running a small blogging company within the next three years. I’m trying to learn internet marketing right now and hopefully, I’ll be successful in it too within the coming years.

10. What is your one best piece of advice for those under the age of 18 who are looking to start their own blog?

The best piece of advice? Go ahead, blog and have fun! Blogging is great, it enhances a lot of skills and enriches you as a person. Don’t be afraid to try new things, the online community is so full of opportunities.

Lastly, don’t get discouraged by your age. The young bloggers group are actually coming as strong competitors in different niches right now! Just believe in yourself, if we can, then so can you!