Bigwhiteguy.com - Best Blogs Asia
An article writer in Hong Kong concentrating on writing first and making money later.
A long time HK observer, who gives his insights into the quirky aspects of living in Hong Kong, poor english, manerisms to daily life.
About Randall and Big White Guy
Bigwhiteguy started many years ago and Randall van der Woning has been posting to the site constantly,
Randall is a HK expat commenting on social issues relating to Hong Kong and also documents HK life through his photos.
I think by writing on his popular site, he’s led to different avenues such as local magazines and photography classes which wouldn’t have been available to him if he didn’t create the site and update it.
Lessons to Learn
The thing I’d take most from his site is that he seems to enjoy writing blog/diary entries. They reflect his mood, they are interesting and funny too. If we as Internet Publishers take a step back from concentrating on adverts and making money online we’d realise that content is always the number 1 factor in getting visitors to your site!
I can see that Randall hasn’t really monetised the site, perhaps would be too distracting from the writing – although I think the site at least pays for itself per month with paid adverts and a Personals section for dating.
Conclusion
I contacted Randall a while back also, having advertised on his site and he gave me CSS tips a long time ago. I feel his site is friendly, the inability to comment on the posts can be frustrating at time…but it’s his personal site and doesn’t follow the normal convention of other blogs.
My feeling to showcase this site is to give an example of a guy who is dedicated to writing whether it’s profitable or not…money and fame do come later!
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