This post
is going to be something a little different. I thought I would share with you
guys some stuff about my blog that nobody knows or very few people do. Maybe in
this post I could answer any questions you guys have ever wondered.
Right, let’s
get into it.
I was
never originally called 'The Berimbolo Kid'
I started
my blog in January of this year, and for about a month my blog was called two
different things. For the first week my blog was called 'Giorcardo1394', hence
the URL. Basically, my name is Giordano, and my brother’s name is Riccardo. If
you split those names in half, you get the name 'Giorcardo'. Also, I was born
on 13/11/94, so that's where the last part comes from.
After
about a week, I came to the decision that nobody will ever remember that name,
so I decided to change it to 'Giordano Lewis' Blog'. I know what you're thinking;
it's a very catchy title. I remained with that for about three weeks and just
before I got my first interview with Seymour Yang, I changed it to 'The
Berimbolo Kid' and never really looked back.
How did I
get the name 'The Berimbolo Kid'?
This is a
pretty weird story. Some of you might not know this about me, but I'm a big fan
of competitive Call of Duty. Subsequently, I am subscribed to a lot of gaming
YouTube channels. One pretty popular gaming YouTuber is ThatGuyWhoCamps.
Using
that name, I was going to edit it to make it relevant to me. Personally, I'm a
big fan of the 50/50 guard, and I wanted to implement that in the name of my blog.
So, when thinking of ideas, I came up with 'ThatGuyWhoPlays50/50' and then
changed it to 'ThatKidWhoPlays50/50'. I was pretty certain that was going to be
the name of my blog, but I didn't like the way it sounded, so instead I got rid
of the words 'plays' and '50/50' and replaced it with 'berimbolo's'. That left
me with 'ThatKidWhoBerimbolo's'. Then I simply shortened it to 'The Berimbolo
Kid'.
I never
solely wanted to be a BJJ blog
I've
mentioned this a few times on my blog, but when I started out, I had no initial
intentions of solely being a BJJ blog. Instead I wanted my blog to not focus
around any topic and I would talk about anything I pleased. I knew at some
point I would talk about Jiu-Jitsu, but I definitely didn't want it to be a
regular thing.
If you
look at my posts during my first month of blogging, most of the stuff I talk
about is not Jiu-Jitsu related. After I got my first interview, I changed to
blogging about Jiu-Jitsu full time. Every now and again I talked about other
things, but for the most part I've stuck to it.
I'll tell
you a kind of embarrassing story. Prior to getting my first interview, I wanted
to talk about something 'current', so I looked at what was the big news in UK
that day. On that day, everybody was making some big deal about how Geri
Halliwell was planning on representing the UK in the Eurovision Song Contest. I
figured I would write something about that as it would get a lot of traffic. If
wrote about that I don’t think I would ever live it down.
My logo is based off the Rolled Up logo
First of all, I apologise for the image not being such great quality, but you get the idea. Basically, I got myself a graphic designer and I told him what I wanted, which was a complete circle with a berimbolo being done in the center and the title of my blog on side exactly as you see it above.
I must
say that it took a while to get the one I was looking for. I'll show you all
the designs we went through below in order, so the first one you'll see is the
first one I was presented and the last is the logo I have now:
I hoped
everybody would find me
Yeah, in
the first six weeks of blogging, I never posted on social media, Reddit, forums
etc. and as a result the most views a post of mine ever got was 30 views.
Honestly, at the time I was very pleased with that. I simply saw it as
progress.
Basically,
I hoped somebody would stumble across my blog and spread the word and if I
stuck with that, I’d be lucky if one of my posts got a hundred views never mind
thousands.
Why?
Well, I was just nervous about what people would say about what I was writing
or my blog in general. Looking back that was a bit stupid, and luckily most of
the feedback I have received has been positive and I'm glad lots of people
enjoy what I write.
My
brother reads every post before it's published
As I
mentioned earlier, I have a twin brother, Riccardo, and he actually reads
everything I write before it's published. I think it's good because I can get a
second opinion on my content before anybody else see's it and if he thinks its
s*** (which has happened a few times), he will tell me. He also comments on the
arrangement, images used etc.
There has
also been a few times where I write something and he thinks it’s terrible and
it never gets published, but that has only happened once or twice. Luckily, he
likes most of the stuff I write.
At the
moment, I can't really think of anymore. If I do, I will do a follow up post in
the future. Yeah, so I hope you found this post a little interesting and you
learned something new about this blog. If you have any questions please let me
know.
Before I
wrap up this post, I’d like to say thank you for 125,000 views!
Catch you
later,
Giordano
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