Last updated on August 21, 2017
Meet Philip Verghese Ariel of PVAriel.com
An Interview I had with Zac Johnson of Blogging Tips. A post originally published on the pages of BloggingTips.com
Blogging is an excellent way to put yourself out into the world and giving yourself the opportunity to standout from the crowd. This is especially true if you have something unique to offer or trying to sell a specific service of skill. It’s one thing to have an email address and a social profile, it’s a completely different story if you have a website or blog to show off your expertise, work history, and previous clients or testimonials.
This will actually be a topic of discussion in this week’s Meet the Blogger Interview series, as Philip V Ariel has been using blogging to expand his personal and professional reach, while also making some great business contacts and opportunities in the process. Read along to discover his story, while also improving your own blogging skills in the process.
1.) Please tell us about yourself and how you got into blogging?
I am Philip Verghese ‘Ariel’, a freelance writer. I am a multi-lingual blogger, an internet marketer, and a social campaigner from Kerala, India, commonly known as ‘the God’s own country’. I’m presently based at Hyderabad, another southern state in India. Though I’ve had the passion for writing from a very young age, I never thought of entering into the field of blogging. It all happened as a mere coincidence and an encounter with a colleague. You can read more about that in my page Philip V Ariel.
2.) What is the focus of your blog and why did you choose that niche?
My main focus is to share the knowledge I acquired on my long journey with my fellow beings especially on the religious matter. I was very fond of religious matters and I thought of spreading an awareness among people about the joy I am enjoying in Jesus Christ. As my page is not a single niche, instead, it’s a multi-niche page. In the initial stage, it dealt with religious articles and, later on, the current issues like global warming, current affairs and various other subjects such as internet-related subjects like blogging, SEO, Social Media, Internet marketing, etc. So, there is no single niche selection.
3.) How are you currently monetizing your blog traffic
Currently, I am monetizing, mainly on AdSense, paid ads, link placement, sponsored review posts, and paid guest posts. Affiliate marketing, too, is presently an added monetization strategy .
4.) What do you know now that you wish you knew when you first started blogging?
How nice it would have been if I would have known about WordPress and its vast opportunity and the features it provides. Another thing is, how good it would have been if someone suggested to me to go for a good domain which includes the keyword.
8.) What’s the best advice or tip you’ve discovered about blogging since getting started?
Yes, the best I can say is the one I always mentioned in the answer to the previous question. Visit, Read, And Comment. Your comments on others’ pages, if it is a constructive one, will pull traffic and engagement to your page. I have written a post regarding this in my page in “Power of Blog Comments”.
In fact, I was a blog comment author before starting a blog of my own. So later when I started my own blog, I followed this strategy of commenting on others pages and I could get a good number of influencers on the go. So please do go visit, read well, and write a wonderful and meaningful comment. That will get the attraction of the other visitors of the page and they will land ultimately to your page.
9.) If you only had $100 to start a new blog, how would you use it?
First, I will go for a good domain with a wonderful keyword in it. Then I’d go for a good hosting platform. Now, I have an idea about it and I will select only the best hosting platform (notice there are a number of bogus platforms around which offer sweet offers but sadly many do not stick to their offers) which meets all my blogging needs. Of course with the rest of the amount, I’d get a few essential plugins/tools and then I would hire an expert techie who is well versed in blogging techniques as I am still a “baby” in technical matters. I think, within this amount, this is very much possible!
10.) How can readers of the blog get in touch with you?
I currently have four blogs, two event blogs, and two multi-niche blogs.
Readers can reach me via my blog pages as well as my social site pages:
Main blog: Philipscom
New Site: Newsandviewsforyou.com
Also, can reach me via my social media pages:
Facebook: PhilipsCom
Twitter: @PVAriel
Google+: +PVAriel
Also, they can reach me via my skype and email:
Skype: philva6
email: philipscom55@gmail.com
Thanks again to Philip Verghese Ariel for taking the time to share your advice and story with the Blogging Tips community. If you would like to learn about other bloggers and how they are finding success online, be sure to read through our blogger interview series.
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Hi Phillip and Zac,
I enjoyed reading the interview you had and learning more about your blogging career. For instance I had no idea you had those other blogs!
Tip 7 is the one I wish I had understood when I first started blogging. I wrote and wrote and wrote for months without thinking of looking at other blogs :-( What a waste of time that was. I know better now!
Great to catch up again.
Joy Healey – Blogging After Dark
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Hi Joy,
It is indeed a great joy to see you here again,
I am glad that you liked the interview and happy to know that this post made you to know a bit more about me and my activities online.
Thanks for the kind share and this wonderful feedback.
May you have a great week ahead.
Best Regards
~ Philip
Excellent site you have here. It’s hard to find high-quality writing like yours these days. I really appreciate people like you!
This is my maiden visit here.
This interview reveals a lot about you and your activities.
Keep going. Keep up the good work.
Keep sharing
Take care!!
Thanks Ahsan for this maiden visit here.
Glad to know that you liked the post.
Keep in touch and keep visiting for more interaction ahead.
Have a good day.
Best Regards
~ Philip
Hello Phillip and Zac,
Great post here :)
Its good to know more about you here on this interview.
Zac has done it absolutely brilliantly. Great to know that you are having those extra two blogs, never heard of them before.
Going to get them down so, that more of yours could be delivered.
Thanks for the share.
Shantanu.
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Hi Shantanu,
Happy to see you here again after a break.
Glad that you found this post interesting.
Thanks for your kind words.
Keep visiting and sharing
will do the same.
Have a great day.
~ Philip
Hello Phillip and Zac,
Enjoyed learning more about you. Like Joy, I’d no clue about your other sites. Wishing you even greater success!
Edward
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Hi Edward,
Thanks a lot for your valuable visit and feedback.
Yes, those sites are the recent ones. needs to work on it.
Keep visiting,
Keep sharing your valuable suggestions etc.
Have a great week ahead
Best
~ Philip
Awesome interview Philip! It has been pleasure getting to know you better over the past few years.. Love Ya!! Thanks for all you do.. Chery :))
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I am stunned. This is one of the best articles I have ever read. Well done!
Very good insights! Were you quick to monetize your blog or did that come in later on?
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Hi Philip Sir, Great after this post I learnt to know so many things about you. Thanks for sharing.
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Hi Philip
It is awesome to know and i love your passion for blogging and how you have used it to expand your reac. Thanks Zac for the interview. Have an awesome week Philip
Hi Philip,
Very informative interview. I did not know you had 4sites. I liked how you mentioned you would have wished to have started out blogging on WordPress with it’s many features.
https://www.pvariel.com/the-power-of-blog-comments/
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“The best strategy to enhance your SEO rank is building trust-based relationships, with the influencers, on high ranking sites. All that is really needed is your ability to deliver creative, value added, constructive comments on their Blog posts, write comments from the heart”
Enjoyed both of these articles, Philip well done my friend.
Thanks for sharing more about your blogging career and activities. I enjoyed reading the interview.
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Hi Ruth,
Thanks a lot for your valuable time here.
I appreciate your maiden visit.
Nice to know that you enjoyed the post.
Keep visiting and keep sharing, will surely reciprocate.
Have a good day.
~ Philip
Hi Philip,
It’s my maiden visit here. This was a very informative interview and I will surely apply some of the monetization methods such as guest posting addressed in the interview. Thanks a lot and keep on posting such informative posts.
Congratulations Phil, for being featured on Blogging Tips.com.
I’m glad to read that your first promotion strategy was blog commenting and how it got you relevant traffic. I’m happy to read of your success because I too am commenting like crazy and am beginning to see results.
Cheers!
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