A brief about the Top 10 Emerging Influential Blogs Writing Project 2012 organized by Janette Toral, InfluentialBlogger.net (http://www.influentialblogger.net).

1. Top Ten Emerging
Influential Blogs 2012
Janette Toral
http://www.influentialblogger.net

2. Background
• Started in May 2007
• Mechanics
– Anyone in the world can join. One entry per
blogger.
– Any blog can be mentioned as long it follows
the cut-off date.

3. Emerging Influential Blogs 2007
• An Apple a Day • Kubiertos
• The Philosophical • FruityOaty
Bastard • PinoyBlogero
• The D Spot • The Dork Factor
• CokskiBlue • The Anitokid
• Make Money Online Chronikos
with a 13-Year Old • Gibbs Cadiz
• Culture Shiok! • Confessions of a
• Utakgago Hopeless Romantic

4. Emerging Influential Blogs 2007
• Personal
• Passion
• Life
• Novelty

5. Emerging Influential Blogs 2008
• Manila Foodistas • You Got Tech
• Filipino Voices • The Not so Talented
• Visit Sagada DJ Montano
• Missing Carlo • Davao Delicious
• Mar Roxas for • Music Picks
President in 2010 • Bariles Republic
blog • Fritzified
• Bloggers Da Who

6. Emerging Influential Blogs for 2008
• Focused on what matters to You than Me.
• Tells stories that I may not know.
• Blogging is serious business!
– Demanding (coverage and depth)
– Model (business or otherwise)
– Multimedia

7. Emerging Influential Blogs 2009
• Writing to Exhale • Kelvinonian Ideas 2.0
• Patay Gutom • Tales from the Mom
• The Struggling Side
Blogger • Adaphobic
• Zorlone • Lakwatsero
• Father Blogger dot • Let's Go Sago!
Com

8. Emerging Influential Blogs for 2009
• Masa – real people
– No longer to be looked at as an elitist activity
– Various economic class
• Ageless
– From teenager to lolo
• Community spirit
– Active players

9. Emerging Influential Blogs 2010
• When in Manila • The Creative Dork
• Nomnom Club • The Thirsty Blogger
• Facebuko • Foodie Manila
• Ganda Ever So Much • Jay.eLx
• Kusina Maria • Paolodome Edge HD
• Project 52 Weeks • Get Prettified!
• Fat Girl No More
• Music Vlog

10. Observations on 2010 blogs
• Passion
• Identity – brand building
• Individuals rather than groups
• Community builders
• Profession

11. Emerging Influential Blogs 2010
• When in Manila • The Creative Dork
• Nomnom Club • The Thirsty Blogger
• Facebuko • Foodie Manila
• Ganda Ever So Much • Jay.eLx
• Kusina Maria • Paolodome Edge HD
• Project 52 Weeks • Get Prettified!
• Fat Girl No More
• Music Vlog

12. Observation on 2011 blogs
• Girl power!
– The mommy and girls
blogging community got
their act together. Gave
full support to each other.
• Communities matter!
– Bloggers who invested
time to build relationship,
contributed to causes, and
supported fellow bloggers
– thrive.

13. Emerging Influential Blogs 2011
• Certified Foodies • Levyousa
• My Green Living • My Painted Lips
Ideas • The Tottering Mama
• The Bloggers Journal • RizalPark.org
• Mom Writes • Blogger Manila
• Mommy Survival • Eat's Terrific
Guide
• Notepad Corner
• The Pepperrific Life

14. Changes in 2012 Writing Project
Mechanics
• Blog to be mentioned • Writing project
qualification: created participants blog used
anytime from June to submit an entry
2011 to the present must be:
– Must have no less – At least 3 months old
than 20 blog post as of – No less than 10 blog
nomination time. post as of nomination
time.

15. Changes in 2012 Writing Project
Mechanics
• Weekly winner for best writing project
entry.
– Keep us aligned and reminder that this is a
writing project.

16. Blogging Ahead Framework
still holds true
http://www.bloggingfromhome.com/2009/04/politics-of-blogging.html

17. Thank you!
Hope you can join
Top 10 Emerging Influential
Blogs 2012 Writing Project!
http://www.influentialblogger.net