I have always found that the greatest thing about writing this blog is the readers that follow it. It takes a particularly deep passion and appreciation for Japanese tuning and design to enjoy this blog as a regular reader. What is written here has never been designed for the masses and often differs greatly from what is found in more mainstream magazines. Yet I’m surprised whenever I see the stats on the number of viewers that come to this blog because we are growing into a magazine size readership. It is very exciting times!

The beauty of having such a growing readership of super passionate JDMites (making up words here) is the talent held within the readers.

As such, I always make sure to listen and reply back to any reader who emails me. More often than not I find myself really impressed with the new people I meet because of this blog.

Here’s a quick example of blog readers becoming more than just that:

- Not 1 or 2, but 3 current full time employees of Bulletproof Automotive were blog readers first.

- I held a casting call for a graphic designer on this blog and was overwhelmed with the talent that emailed in. As a result, the blog is now redesigned and I have a great friend and collaborator who was the winner of that position. He came as our guest to Tokyo Auto Salon last year and I expect him to be with us again behind the scenes at TAS this coming year.

- Patrick Callahan, the other blogger currently posting here was a reader of The Real JDM back in the day when it was strictly a magazine column for Modified. Later he became a collaborator in the magazine column, then he became a contributor on the blog and finally he was hired as a full time member of our staff a few months ago (selling JDM parts, not writing BTW).

So here is the next open invitation…

Do you think you have what it takes to become a blogger? Do you have something to share that we can all enjoy?

I’m opening this up to anyone who reads this blog…if you have a great blog post you’d like to see featured here, email me and if it fits with our style then I’ll run it.
Bigger than that however - If you think you have not just one great blog post, but the capability to be a regular contributor/blogger then I welcome your emails as well.

I must warn that perhaps you will be rejected, so please do not expect to become a blogger here or to have your story published. More important than me being a nice guy is the importance of keeping this blog the very best it can be. I wont publish anything that is not relevant to this blog. The easy test is simply whether it is impressive to me and the guys I work with at my office.

If you can impress us, you can be on the blog. It is that simple. No politics, no resumes. Just bring us something awesome we can all enjoy. If it is great, then continue to bring the greatness and we’ll continue to run it.

So do you want to be a blogger? Whether it is a one time post or a ongoing contributing writer I welcome your ideas and content.

email me at ben@bulletproofautomotive.com if you are interested. Send me your best blog post (1-2 pictures and an appropriate amount of text). We may very well see a great new blogger or two here soon if the entries are as incredible as I imagine they will be.

I’m thinking of also holding a contest for the top 5 submissions…more on that later.