Hello Friends I am here with another amazing interview, this time I am interviewing Jane Sheeba she is a scientist and founder of Pro Blogging Success, I hope this interview will give you some more confidence in your blogging career, Jane Sheeba is Inspiration for female Indian bloggers so this Interview is specially for Female Bloggers in India.
Interview with Jane Sheeba
(www.probloggingsuccess.com)
Q: Hi Jane, Thanks for giving your Precious Time, My First question is How you enter in Blogging World?
Ans: My entry into the blogging world was quite accidental, I would say. I just started hanging out on forums and reading blogs when I was away from home (in the UK, for my Ph. D) for the first time. I was home sick, and lonely and just wanted to get rid of those two feelings. I also started a couple of blogs in blogger.com platform and started sharing the stuff I learned (there was no focused category).
And after a year, one fine morning, my blogs got deleted by Blogger. By the time I was also learning about the potential of blogging as a business. I then started blogging on self-hosted WordPress platform.
Ans: When it comes to blogging in India, I can see a tremendous change in recent years. In fact, more and more Indians, especially the very younger ones are jumping in with their blogs, which is kinda cool. I am aware of many female bloggers who are from India. They are charming, full of enthusiasm and a determination, from what I can see from their blogs and the way they market it. So ya, there’s a pretty cool future.
Ans: I manage about 17 blogs and some niche sites. At the time of this interview I still have a day job (I was ready to quit about 6 months ago, but I have a science project to be completed before I can quit). I can say that I’m pretty good at managing my tasks and working systematically – you know, not the Ms. Perfect, but still I’m good at that.
I use some tools to keep me focused and help me with organizing my work. Google docs, Rainlendar (acts as my PA), Astrid (for collaborating with my VA and PA), Evernote and stuff like that. Couldn’t be organized without them!
Ans : Both are good, if you know to manage your time better. It depends on the financial status and other circumstances the blogger is in. If you are in a regular job and have started blogging, it is good to blog part time since you will have a hard time generating a decent income for the first few months and your day job will help with funding for your blogging expenses.
But when your business grows, and when you need to put your full attention on your business and when you have started generating a stable income, you can quit your day job and become a full time blogger. Just see that you don’t quit in a hurry.
Ans : In India, the most common problem is lack of awareness. Although most women have the potential to become individual business owners, they don’t know such an opportunity exists.
Second, our society is still not completely forward. A small portion of the pie is, but a larger chunk still believes that women should either be housewives or just go to a corporate company and earn a decent income for the family.
Third, starting and running an online business involves some risks and most women don’t want to take it due to the above mentioned reasons.
Creating awareness is the only quick solution as of now – the awareness should not only tell women that such an opportunity exists but also highlight its true potential. Conducting conferences/seminars on this topic in schools, colleges or outside will help spread the awareness.
But I want to make a small note here – I’ve mostly encountered folks who discourage me, and try to get me off track with this blogging business. There’s nothing wrong with them; they think that blogging is not a safe and a robust way to generate stable income and I could end up jobless and lose a great career opps (with my research). I can understand their concern 100%. But all of it is because they are not aware of the potential. 
Ans: Ms. Ileane (Basic Blog Tips), Ana Hoffman (Traffic Generation Café), Ditesco or Franciso (iBlog Zone), Hesham (Famous Bloggers), Annabel Candy (Successful Blogging) and Georgina Laidlaw (Content manager at Problogger) – a few nice folks who’ve been and are nice friends, have helped me generously and have made a crucial contribution to my online success, especially when I was just starting out!
Ans: Oh absolutely YES. Investing is absolutely necessary in any kind of business and blogging is no exception. Investing in a business makes you feel serious about it. It also helps you acquire the right tools and platforms needed to make your blog professional.
Ans: Here are 3 prominent changes I enjoy –
1. I’ve become an authority both in the online and offline world.
2. I make money while I sleep.
3. I’ve become highly self confident, mature (OK that’s an ongoing part) and thoughtful.
Ans : For most Indian bloggers language is a problem. Only a very few bloggers are good with English which is somewhat unfortunate. So I suggest every Indian blogger, who has problems expressing their views in English (fluently and with decent grammar), to take up language courses or even better, read blogs like DailyWritingTips.com. And yes, write more. The more you write the better you will get at it.
The second problem is the availability of resources, and unfortunately we can do nothing about. For instance, even if I am willing to pay for a 8Mbps broadband connection, the highest speed available in my city is 2Mbps. This is just an example; there are more like this.
Nevertheless, it is our duty to work hard and deliver as much as possible with what is available.
Ans : Affiliate commissions, clients from consultation, Thesis design and SEO services, advertisements and my products earn me money.
Q: Thank You for Sharing Your Views and Ideas with us.
Ans : Thank you Nishant for this wonderful opportunity! I wish you all success with your blog.
Thanks You!
Thanks for reading whole Interview, after this interview I found one thing , She works really hard to manage everything properly, I wish more success for her.
Excellent Interview. I read that post. Jane Sheeba answers to your questions also simply superb.
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Hi Nishant! Great interview.
Jane is truly a gem of India and I really enjoyed your chat with her.
Thanks for the shout out Jane. You always have my support.
Best wishes to both of you for your success in 2013!
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Hi Ileane Mam,
I am glad to have your comment on my blog, Jane is truly a Gem for all Indian bloggers especially for women bloggers, she motivates many Indians, she is very busy in her life and I am really thankful to her.
Thanks for the wishes mam, I hope the same for you!
Nice interview Nishanth! Jane mam also one of the blogger who inspires me start blogging. Thanks Jane Sheeba for spending your precious time for Geek Blog Tips.
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Hi Sai,
Thanks for reading this conversation, Hope you will love to read more interviews in the future.
Thanks for kind comment!
Jane,
Congrats for the path you choose which is less trodden one . I have a quick question here, Why google deleted your blogspot blog ? i see people who are running on blogspot since 5 years they get very huge traffic daily but their blogs are alive on blogspot.
Thanks
Suresh
Superb interview Nishanth… Jane is a true inspiration for Indian bloggers like me and especially female bloggers in India.
you again did a fantastic work nishant..
jane is definitely an insipiration
….. And I am seeing you could also be that soon
keep up the work…
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Great interview and thanks for the shoutout Jane. I truly admire Jane’s drive and passion for helping people out. She’s one of those few that are legit and hopefully, this interview will help and encourage more women in India about the potential there is to blogging.
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Thanks for stopping by!
She is truly a Gem of Indian blogging, she helps many Indian bloggers to learn blogging, and I have seen many women in India start blogging because of Jane’s Blog Pro Blogging Success.
I wish her more success in future..
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Nice Interview Nishant Bro.Blogging is good thing if you do with all passion and creativity,but if you do for just nothing they can be become worse thing in the world
its really cool interview and getting to know more about blogging
thanks for sharing
Great interview. she is very hard worker and @Jane I like suggestion “How to improve English Grammar” Only for Indian. it is good tips. I will follow your suggestion
Thanks Nishant for this interview
Hi Nishant,
Here, i too agree with Ma’am ‘why females are not coming in this field’ just because of AWARENESS and here people are think that they should do 9-5 jobs or just be as a HOUSE WIFE!
As a female she really Inspires me a lot! She is the real GEM for Female INDIAN Bloggers! I wish more and more success in her life!
Thanks for the Interview I really enjoyed while reading n Inspired too!
~ Sugandha!
A perfect interview
Hi Nishant,
I have read some of your previous interviews with Indian bloggers. Needless to add, this is the one I found refreshingly different and inspiring. Jane was one of the first female bloggers from India, if not THE FIRST.
She is managing her online ventures very efficiently, and that always serves to inspire other aspirants in this field.
She is a role model for me, in more ways than one.
And a reminder for Nishant: You’ll need to interview me also in six months from now- fix up an appointment before I get busier, dude!!
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Hi Ambica,
Thanks for writing comments here, I think she is not the first female blogger from India,but she is surely the top Female Blogger in India now, one of the most important, she is managing her family, her business and many other things perfectly, she is the inspiration for all bloggers who make excuses of time.
Ok mam lets fix the appointment of 15 aug 2013! you will surely free on that day…
Nishant Srivastava recently posted..BLOGGING, The word speaks what it needs
Thanks for the interview man and of course thanks Jane! I was startled to read that she manages more than 17 sites. Terrific! I struggle with 1. Phew being a student is tough ain’t it?
Come March and I’ll away from the pack with some well-made plans. Awesome tips here as well.
Thanks again!
Aditya
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Would say one thing; she doesn’t work, but works harder. Which is what I see as a misconception, people work and they call it hard work. Hard work is overrated and so underrated that way.
Thanks, Ms. Jane, you’ve been helping me with my writing and other stuff always. Have a blast this year, you both!
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Exciting to see female bloggers out there. Blogging scenario in India has been changing tremendously, and to see people like Jane coming up is really wonderful. Thanks for the interview Nishant
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That’s a another great Interview. Proud to see many women doing well in blogging and SEO fields. I think it is a new dimension to Internet world.
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Hi Nishant
Thanks For this Great Interview.. Jane ma’am who inspires me to start blogging.
Mosam
great interview really encourage me a lot and i also want to become a pro blogger
Hi Aliya,
You should follow her blog she is awesome blogger, and also follow me as well
Nishant Srivastava recently posted..BLOGGING, The word speaks what it needs
Great Interview! informative and inspirational
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I have seen Jane on various forums and also on indiblogger but never have followed but your gems on interviews really blown me of.
Great Initiative.
Nice interview Nishanth!
Nice interview, Jane has already influenced many bloggers specially females are on there way to pro blogging, i must there is bright future for Indian bloggers too.
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Sorry to hear you had and still have many naysayers sticking branches into the wheels, Jane, but so proud to see you grow in spite of them, Jane.
Thanks so much for the mention!
That’s A nice Interview. Really She is doing great work
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Internet Speed is really a problem in India but the most frustrating thing is that it gets disconnect every now and then Special thanks goes to DOCOMO. Its really wonderful to see how she manages 17 blogs as well as her Job . After reading this interview I really find dailywritingtips quite useful and atlast if I am grammatically wrong pardon me.
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