Why Sneaker Blogging Is Harder Than It Seems

It ain't easy.

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Sneaker blogging is no joke. It may seem like you can just sign up for a Wordpress account and start typing but you'd be a fool to think that. To be successful you have to be knowledgable, consistent and have a certain level of grammatical skills. And even if you have all of those things going for you, you still gotta deal with some seriously lame sneakerheads, hypebeasts everywhere and those wonderful people on the Internet with nothing better to do than try to bring you down. The final product might look simple enough, but as any sneaker blogger will tell you, it takes a lot of work. Check out Why Sneaker Blogging Is Harder Than It Seems and think twice before you jump into doing your own thing.

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Realizing that there are people who work in the industry that don't know or love sneakers the way you do.

You have to deal with trolls every day.

People sit waiting for you to make a mistake.

And you will make lots and lots of mistakes.

People steal your ideas and act like it was their own.

Sometimes brands send you ugly sneakers.

Everyone pretends to be your friend because they think you can hook them up.

Being first doesn't mean being right.

There is no such thing as sneaker-reference.com.

You have to be able to spot fake kicks even when they look real.

By the time a hyped-up sneaker comes out you're sick of looking at it.

People think you're supposed to know everything about every sneaker.