He’s a pretty straight-up guy if you meet him in person. On that same week when John did his Dot Com Pho in Toronto, Yaro Starak was also in the city and John ask us if anyone is going to an EB with Yaro which mostly who were there said yes. I didn’t, and was glad of my decision later when after their meet with Yaro, days later, they said he wasn’t as helpful as John Chow is. From their mouth, not from mine, so….

In addition, a Filipino kid’s blog went on top of the blogosphere in the past mentioned by so many high profile bloggers, I believe. The kid’s name is Carl Ocab and he became well known for topping Google search for the keyword “make money online” – is what I remember.

So, you’re right everyone has to chance to still make it, even now that the competition is fierce, as long as your blog or website is found helpful by your readers.

A good lesson out of John’s success for a lot of non-USA bloggers as well. When I first became aware of John some years back, he didn’t write all that well, and his speaking voice was, well, difficult for me to even understand. Almost painful to listen to for my old, tired ears.

John could have easily just stayed “:under the radar”, dealing only with other bloggers off-line, in his own little “comfort zone”.

Instead he has blossomed, improved his language skills tremendously, and gone on to take his rightful place in the “blogosphere”.

Never hold back or think yourself “small” or “clumsy” or “not enough like the big guys”. Everyone can do it if they believe in themselves.

I have so many Filipino friends who talk to me as if Filipinos can’t be in the big time.

Well John isn’t Filipino, it’s true, but English isn’t his first language, and he started from very modest, “immigrant” roots.

Anyone can do it, US-born, Canadian-born, Chinese-born, Filipino-born, you name it … just do it, guys.