A Free Trip to China! Thanks to the power of blogs and IM!

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I just felt like sharing this in here. Not to boast or anything, but just to show the power of internet and blogs. Sometimes money is not the only currency... the experience of something new is just priceless. An authority blog can bring you a lot of opportunities.

The best thing about this is that you need not have all the traffic in the world. If your blog is No.1 in a category which has a reasonable sized audience then opportunities will find your way. Mine is focused on India & Motorcycles... there are bigger blogs which cover both cars and bikes but for bikes, I am No.1.

This blog of mine is not the best money maker out of my several projects, but I love it more than others because it provides a lot of value and I have gained a lot of new experiences and friends from it. Its more of a hobby!

I was invited to a motorcycle trade exhibition in China with 100% sponsorship and my only obligation was to post 5 articles on specific topics on my motorcycle blog after I came back.

I also met other bloggers from my niche... from Spain, Brazil, Canada, USA etc. The guy from USA was from Motorcycle.com! (a very big site). We went to motocross championship, visited exhibits, motorcycle factories and interviewed big shots in that industry.

Each one of us had an escort who also acted as an interpreter as well. And they were beautiful :p

In one phrase: I had a blast for 4 days!

You can read my full story (with photos) here:

My Experience In China - The CIMAMotor 2009
#china #free #internet #marketing #visit
  • Profile picture of the author aquablue
    Congratulations, Deepak! What an inspirational post. Thank you for sharing your experience.
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  • Profile picture of the author JMPruitt
    That is awesome...

    there are many more perks to running your site...

    my dating blog introduced me to the love of my life...funny thing was I knew her in Highschool and she found me through my blog looking for relationship advice...
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    • Profile picture of the author Deepak Media
      Originally Posted by JMPruitt View Post

      That is awesome...

      there are many more perks to running your site...

      my dating blog introduced me to the love of my life...funny thing was I knew her in Highschool and she found me through my blog looking for relationship advice...
      You have the best blogging experience/story to narrate, it can't get better than this!
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      Digital Marketing Author | Speaker | Consultant

      Read my Blog: DigitalDeepak.com

      @ Bangalore, India.
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  • Profile picture of the author 1960Texan
    Congratulations! Now I'm off to work on my "Supermodels attracted to middle aged men" blog.
    Will
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  • Profile picture of the author simplenfun
    This is awesome! The power of IM is really infinite.
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    • Profile picture of the author GopalG
      Deepak is one my good friends. The power of IM is indeed great and you can scale peaks and fulfil your dreams with minimal investment.

      Congrats Deepak on your achievement!
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