Bamidele Onibalusi

We all talk about Linda Ikeji and Bella Naija, but does anyone know this dude Bamidele Onibalusi? Bamidele Onibalusi is a Nigerian blogger, freelance writer and the founder of YoungPrePro.com which got rebranded to writersincharge.com. He lost his dad at the age of seven, and his widowed mother had to provide for him and his five siblings.

Blogging

The ambitious Bamidele Onibalusi has always wanted to make money. He wants to have a fulfilled life style being a boss of himself just like his mentor Bill Gates. He discovered blogging on December, 2009 and on the 10^th of January 2010, Bamidele Onibalusi, who was 16 years old at that time, heard about the concept of making money online and he schemed out ways to archive that, Bamidele Onibalusi spent 20 hours at a stretch creating his first blog website.

After about three months of working hard online without obtaining any positive result, Bamidele Onibalusi decided to improve himself by reading articles like “How to Make Money Online”. In his quest, he discovered an article by Steve Pavlina. The discovery was a breakthrough; it made him realize how blogging works and also the importance of giving free value without expecting anything.

In his first eight months of blogging, he published not less than 270 guest posts on sites like Business Insider, ReadWriteWeb, Problogger and DailyBlogTips.com, proving his credibility as a writer and becoming a respected voice in the digital space. At some point, he managed to grow his blog by 200 percent in search traffic in six months, by publishing 30 guests’ posts in only one week on smaller blogs. As of 2012, he earned about $5,000 from blogging.

Bamidele Onibalusi has a non-scheduled work routine. He can work for a whole week sometimes and the next week might be spent watching movies.

Usually, I start my day by checking my emails, and I sometimes start the day by writing when I’m on a deadline. I spend an average of 40 hours working in a week, and it can be as much as 80 hours depending on my mood.

Bamidele Onibalusi rebranded his blog, originally called youngprepro.com, which technically stood for Young Upcoming Professional after 2 years. He started writersincharge.com in March 2013 with the sole mission of helping writers to take charge of their careers and be in a position of power in front of their clients.

He published several articles that inspire other writers such as: 30 Websites that Pay You to Contribute an Article and 45+ Websites that will Pay You to Write, these articles earned him 200,000 views and 100,000 views respectively, in four years.

As a blogger in Nigeria, Bamidele Onibalusi faced many challenges initially; his highest challenge was poor electricity supply and poor internet connection, lack of funds, gaining trust from his clients and good marketing strategy. Fortunately,  he eventually conquered these challenges over time.

Offline Business

Bamidele Onibalusi is determined to succeed in life, he suffered from ulcer at a point because he was so focused that he neglects to eat.  However he does not believe in putting his eggs in one basket. In 2014, he took a break from blogging to start a commercial fish farm on a 1-acre piece of land. He learned the ins and outs of catfish farming, a business that provides another great source of income. He is very passionate about his farm.

Every afternoon after I write, I love to go feed the fishes and spend a few hours there. I just love the process. My goal now is to be the biggest fish farmer in Nigeria, possibly in Africa.

In 2015, he returned to the online world and he now shares his time between his blog and his fish farm. Bamidele Onibalusi’s comeback post is a goldmine for his writers – “110 Websites that Pay You to Contribute an Article, Instantly.” The article took him a week to write it, working 6-8 hours a day.

He has been featured in Forbes, interviewed in Digital Journal, been featured in Millionaire Magazine in Italy and on several popular blogs online.

Bamidele Onibalusi is an entrepreneur who has invested in his own growth and happiness and above all, he is committed to helping others. His advice to writers:

Keep at it; I wrote 270 guest posts before getting my first client. Most of those guest posts were awful, but that didn’t stop me. Perfection isn’t achieved overnight, neither is success. Also, success is a journey, and you’re successful no matter where you are; what matters most is where you will be, and for how long. My final advice is to never give up no matter what.

I learnt a lot doing researches on him and his success story, Bamidele Onibalusi is officially my role model.

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