#Queensofbloggiwood- Meet Vaishali Sharma ( founder of Thechampatree.in)- An inspiring journey of Never give up and reaching new height!
Hi everyone,
Excited to share another post for series #Queensofbloggiwood.
In this post, I am super excited to share interview of one of my most favorite (and top) parenting blogger, Vaishali Sharma.
Vaishali is the founder and owner of India’s top parenting, motherhood and childcare platform, “Thechampatree.in”.
Vaishali is a mother (and on-the-job-learner), a communication consultant, and a super-juggler.
She is also an avid reader, lover of acid jazz, die-hard fan of Nicolas Jaar, a sucker for authentic Italian food, and a doting mom.
She has started The Champa Tree (aka TCT) blog in the month of May 2014. Around the same time as her son’s birth.
The Champa Tree is all about motherhood, parenting, baby, and child care. And here you will find wide range of informative, research based and authentic articles on parenting, motherhood, real moms, Vocal for local, recipes, baby&child care, arts and crafts ideas, products reviews and more.
As Vaishali says in her own words, “At Champatree you can tickle your funny bone with some parenting humor or read moving pieces that most of us can relate to. But above all else, The Champa Tree is a safe place where all mothers and fathers can find answers to specific questions they think are too “silly” to ask out loud. In case you don’t find the answer to a question that has been bothering you, feel free to reach out to us—there are no “right” or “wrong” questions”.
The Champa tree is Featured in India’s leading online and print media outlets such as Hindustan Times, India Today Woman, Grihalakshmi, The New Sunday Express- Magazine, Parent Circle, and also awarded as leading mom and parenting blogger by BonusApp, Baggout.com, Influencer.com, The BabySpot.ca, and the list goes on.
Personally, I am following “Thechampatree.in” since last 3-4 years and really admire Vaishali’s passion for always sharing something unique and authentic information with her readers. Her work always inspires me to do hard work with constant motivation and firm determination.
I am so thrilled to have her on my blog and want to say a big thanks to her for taking out time and sharing her journey with me and my readers.
Interview with Vaishali Sharma from Thechampatree.in
Q.1 What was the biggest struggle that you have faced in your blogging/entrepreneur journey? And how had you overcome this? This question is the main purpose of the series. So, I humbly request you to please answer this one with some detailing.
A.1 Back in the day, blogging was seen as a hobby, like a side-business. Most people I know would feel shy, embarrassed, or inadequate each time they’d to say, “I’m a blogger,” however, things have become pretty interesting now. I’m being asked, “What does it take to be a blogger-entrepreneurial?” It feels good to hear this coming as often as possible.
I started my journey with The Champa Tree in 2015. It saw troughs and spikes. On a few months of the year – traffic rose while on other months it wouldn’t move. However, I was persistent. Pretty much like you define 5 Ps and Cs , I knew this by heart and followed it year-on-year. Blogging is a lot of hard work. To look for the right content topic, and ensure it is optimized properly, to support the text with apt visuals and often videos, to market the same piece across platforms. That’s a lot of sweat, not to forget writing at least 500 words per topic.
It has been 6 years of relentless work. From handling everything on my own to growing steadily and having a team of passionate writers/content marketeers, it feels like we’re home. We have been successfully curating as well as creating and marketing content. The Champa Tree is growing. I’m so glad that I never gave up. Even during those days when I thought I can’t juggle; I still did and never gave up. ‘We’ never gave up.
Q. 2 Who is the most influential person in your life? And why?
A.2 A real mom, she is you, she is me, my grandmother, your neighbor. A real mom is inside of each one of. She is our inspiration. We recognize the power and strength of a real mom’s narration. Therefore, what started off as a story of one mom who wanted to share her adoption story – this idea gave birth to a series. We’ve covered more than 100 real moms to date. Each one has a beautiful story to share. Do swing by and give them a gentle read. And if any of you who is reading this story is moved by this effort, send me an email. Tell me your story.
Q. 3 What is my exciting and most tiring part of your blogging/ entrepreneur journey?
A.3 Every day is exciting and full of surprises. Honestly, never felt a day when we’ve been tired or exhausted. Our biggest strength is our collaborators. When a brand appreciates our hard work or a real mom feels touched by our gesture, when a local business blesses us for our VocalforLocal series, our hearts are filled with pride. It gives us immense pleasure to realize our dreams of making a difference in the life of our readers.
Q. 4 What is one strong piece of advice that you want to give you aspiring bloggers/entrepreneurs like me to go ahead in this challenging journey?
- Be you
- Don’t chase (brands or money)
- Content is the king
- Do NOT compromise on quality
- Market your blog
- Encourage your tribe
Everything else will follow- name, fame, money, brands, right skillset, learnings, resources…. etc.
Bloggers should motivate and inspire each other. This is a humble group of like-minded content creators; they should extend support to each other to promote blogging as a category.
What was your thoughts and learning with Vaishali’s amazing journey. Please share with me.
This blog post is part of the blog challenge ‘#BlogaberryDazzle’ hosted by Cindy and Noor Anand Chawla, and happily SPONSORED BY RRE Studios and SHOWCASE Events.
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Quick update from my Instagram account (@surbhiprapanna)
Before ending this post, I want to share a quick update with you all from my Instagram account.
I am sure you all would be agree that 2020 (and Covid situation) had made us realized the importance of “Taking good care of our health” that includes our physical, mental, social and emotional health. with passing year, we all had understood that “having a healthy body and good level of immunity” is something that matters most in being protected with Covid 19 and other serious lifestyle diseases.
But with busy schedule, we all tend to go off track and forget to maintain “healthy lifestyle habits” consistently. Also, there are many important aspects of diet, nutrition and prevention of serious lifestyle diseases that remain ignored with pressure of multiple responsibilities. Most often, we know all the things but would not be able to follow them regularly.
In short, we all need some quick reminder, and some sort of inspiration/motivation and little push to do right things every day without feeling too overwhelmed.
So, to keep all these factors in mind, I am starting a new series on “Instagram” as
“Healthy body- Healthy living”
The series is all about
- Healthy lifestyle tips
- Nutrition facts
- Prevention of serious lifestyle diseases
- Home remedies
- Weight loss help
- Expert opinion for your improving your wellness
- Easy fitness hacks to enhance your health and everyday life
- Healthy recipes
- Mental, emotional and social wellness tips
- Homeopathic perspective and homeopathic help for your good health
And much more!
In short, the series is a “Quick reminder for making your health your first priority and keeping you update about important health-wellness-nutrition aspect of life. I am sure this series will help you in living a healthier lifestyle” with ease and less stress.”
So, stay tuned and follow me on Instagram @surbhiprapanna for this amazing health series and other informative content about health, wellness, parenting, kids’ art-craft and much more.
39 Comments
Abhijit Ray
A great post, indeed. Thank you for sharing this interview with an accomplished blogger. Enjoyed reading her thoughts.
Rakhi Jayashankar
Vaishali is one of the most understanding of human beings in my life. Her journey gives me or any blogger to keep trying and never lose your resolve. The real superwoman?
TheMomSagas
Love reading The Champa Tree blogs. They are highly relevant and usually informative. Also great tips shared by Vaishali to all the bloggers and entrepreneurs.
mummatalks
I am loving your series through which you are introducing us to some powerful women. I have been following TheChampa Tree for some time now and I’m impressed with the work. Her interview is a motion to keep writing and growing.
Shweta
Very inspiring. Relentless hard work has made her website what it is today.
I also second her views-Content is the king. Keep creating good content and everything else will follow.
Alpana Deo
I agree with what she said about the most influential person is “Mom”. And also her views about Everything else will follow- name, fame, money, brands, right skillset, learnings, resources. I believe in exactly the same thing. There is no point in chasing things rather, I should be persist and everything will start to fall in place.
Archana
Vaishali’s journey inspires many budding souls out there, trying tall their efforts to mark their steps into the blogging world or entrepreneurial world or both. I can’t agree more on her every piece of advice mentioned above.
timble123
Thanks for this interview. I am a blogger struggling with how to achieve sucess.
Urvashi Nenawati
Have been enjoying this interview series with you Surbhi. You bring so much authenticity in every piece with your effort and research. Wonderful to be inspired along with everyone. I have followed champa tree blog for one of my closest friends from college and I know its a lively and real mom world there.
Sonia Madaan
Thanks for sharing yet another inspiring journey of Vaishàli. Got to learn so much. I loved the last part where she advises Al bloggers to support and encourage each other.
Ujjwal Mishra
The entire series is inspiring. Content is the king is so true. You are inspiring too surbhi, donning so many hats.
Ila Varma
Inspiring journey of TCT and your precious information on health and the pandemic times compelled us to accept the fact that a healthy body is a temple for us n something that matters for all of us is a Healthy Body and healthy body helkps to keep the mind healthy. Good article Surbhi P.
Metamorphosis
I am a big fan of Vaishali’s blog and her content… she inspires people with her writing. Once again I would like to congratulate you Surbhi for sharing their stories and letting world know about their contributions.I just love this series and always wait for your next post.
TripleAmommy
Really enjoyed reading about vaishali and the champa tree. Her tips at the end were very useful. Thanks for this.
Shail Thosani
It is nice to read the interview of such inspirational bloggers. Though I do not follow her but loved reading about her journey. As she said the most inspirational person is “Mom”.
Monidipa Dutta
What a co-incidence. Just yesterday I was searching something on google and I found the appropriate article on thechampatree. I must say that Vaishali’s blog is really good. And I really loved reading her interview!
Sivaranjini Anandan
Very inspiring as always, and I think the pointers were the best. I believe that the content is the king and marketing happens eventually with good content.
Vasumathi
A very nice and perceptive interview. Now-a-days, everyone is jumping on the blogging bandwagon without knowing the hard work that goes into making it or any digital business a success. It is slow process which needs patience and perseverance. And your Insta series seems interesting as well.
Gurjeet Chhabra
I really like piece of advices be yourself,don’t run on brand,market,money just do what you like. She is really inspiration.
MommyShravmusings
Thanks for the interview with the very outstanding blogger and Champa tree founder, Vaishali. Her tips are excellent and eye opening.
myworldwitheira
We as bloggers already know about Champatree and many other moms do as well. It was indeed a pleasure to read about Vaishali and know her about her thoughts. Such a platform to support parents in certainly great.
MeenalSonal Mathur
Vaishali is so powerful in her ideas and execution . I can truly understand the feeling when the appreciation walks in for the hardwork. Good to know more about Vaishali in this post, great series Surbhi 🙂
Roma
This series is so heartwarming Surbhi. I met Vaishali in one of the bloggers meet at Delhi and it was indeed a pleasure. It is so good to know more about her through your blog
Shalu Sharma
Having met Vaishali personally a few times, I know what a strong personality she is and an inspiring mom, amazing professional at the same time. I admire how she has balanced her role of being an amazing mother and her work life so well.
Ritu
Indeed an inspiring journey. Your series has been very informative, Surbhi. She is absolutely right, it takes a lot of hard work and consistent hard work. Shortcuts never work, least of all in blogging.
Harjeet Kaur
Way to go Surbhi..seriously admire your growth and the women you are showcasing on your series. Vaishali is another inspirational and motivating woman. All the best for your new series .
jhilmildsaha
I have been following Vaisjali’s blog for sometime and love her work. It is so good to know about her. Would be looming forward to know about more such queens here.
Priyanka Nair
Thanks for sharing about Vaishali, I have known her via Women’s Web platform, so good to read her inspiring story. And yes, all the best for your new Instagram Series, sound good 🙂
Abha Singh
Thanks for sharing her inspiring her inspiring journey. Her advice for making your blog successful is really useful. Keep writing quality content and everything will follow.
Varsh
I’ve read Vaishali’s blog often and find her posts enlightening and well-written. Glad to know more about her through this interview. Good tips for wannabe bloggers too.
Srishti Rajeev
Great that you are bringing to us people of substance who motivate us and also provide opportunities to others for growth, I had come across the Champa Tree but never followed it like in detail, will do now. You mangaged to convery an update on your insta too! Superb!
Bhawna Shah
Vaishali is a strong woman with strong will power. I will sure spend some time on Champaa tree blog and read her blog post. I felt good after reading your post.
Sindhu Vinod Narayan
I love her blog TCT and it’s great you brought her on to this series. Best wishes to your new series
sonam jain
I have been following vaishali since two years. truly an inspiration .. it’s great to see you got an opportunity to take her interview and share some insights with us
momcaptureslife
I am loving your series and recently came across TheChampa Tree . I’m impressed with her work. Her interview is a motion to keep writing and growing.
Amritha Srinath
The Champa Tree is one of the most beloved website for all moms. Thanks for sharing Vaishali’s journey and she is definitely an inspiration to all the budding bloggers. I am loving to read this inspirational journey of these wonderful accomplished, definitely motivates and pushes the readers to work hard with determination and grit.
Payal Scribbles
That is an inspiring interview. Thank you for sharing. 🙂
momtasticworld
Glad to read about the brain behind one of my fav parenting platforms. Absolutely loved reading this and glad to know Vaishali more through this 🙂
Harjeet Kaur
Champa tree is a very popular platform and it is great to know the inside story of Vaishali. She has been an inspiration and great motivator for so many moms. You are picking out the best, Surbhi.