How many of you love gossip? Well, I am sure most of you do and trust me, you all will be mystified, as I am going to share a story of a guy who owns a Hollywood gossip website, and he is earning millions of dollars through it, and the guy is none other than Armando Mario aka Perez Hilton. Let me take you to the memory lane of his life.
Mario always wanted to be an actor, to fulfil his Hollywood dream, he proceeded from New York to LA in 2004. But it was never in his destiny to be an actor, and he was left both unemployed and broke as he calls 2004 as “the worst year of his lifespan”. With the demise of his failure in being an actor, he was startled by what to serve next. He then put up a shop at a local Coffee bean and tea leaf where he could enjoy the free Wi-Fi and came across a few personal blogs at that time. After getting inspired, Armando initially thought of writing an online diary,
He realized his life is dull and nobody would ever be interested in that, but his will to be a blogger was always there. In September 2004, he started a blog on a free website tapping out his musing, which is today known as “Perezhilton.com.”
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The content which focuses on scandals, celebrity buff was not new at that fourth dimension. But the way Armando delivered it was both fascinating and comical. His vicious eye clawing approach stood out of all. His initial posts which include branding a female actress breast ‘fake’ made him the talk of the townsfolk. He was the person with the juiciest pictures ever which attracted a good deal of people. The viewership on his blog started increasing day by day.
His antics of Britney Spears, Lindsay Lohan, and Paris Hilton in his initial years lighted up his glam. Armando’s page started generating 20000 views a month. His scandalous post received a lot of hatred from Hollywood. One of the websites named him as a ‘professional canker sore.’ The hatred gave him limelight and boosted the traffic on his page, and within a year his website monthly page view topped a million.
In 2006, he pitched a reality show to show his day to day activities. Since then his business of bitching about actors and actress which he calls news is on absolute fire. The ads on the Hilton’s website fetch up to 54000$ a day.
He has exactly one employee her sister Barby. She keeps a check on emails and corrects typos, which signifies he is earning millions of dollars all by himself.
Armando lifestyle…
The blogger says, he googles himself daily to know what others have to say about him. When inquired about how did he feel about the negative comment on his site he says, “I’m happier this way than If I was universally adored like Reese Witherspoon.”
The blogger works for 16-18 hours a day. He prefers to stay indoors and focus on his oeuvre. The irony is that the article he writes in a small room brings tornado to the Hollywood industry.
Mario aka Perez Hilton is a diva of his universe, and he is quite passionate about his work. He has never let down his millions of followers. He keeps entertaining them with the quirky and sassy news and gossips about the Hollywood world. Having tons of competitors doesn’t scare the blogger. He is the best in the marketplace, and his talent is unique and unmatched.
Armando’s journey of how he accomplished all this despite having some downs in his life is inspiring. It also enjoins us that, “When you are passionate about something no force in the world can stop you from achieving success in life.”
