Challenge: Conduct an interview for your blog
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Below is a mock interview to myself:
1. Can you tell us a little about yourself?
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2. How you first got involved in with blogging?
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3. What do you find most challenging about blogging about your topic?
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4. Tell me about some of the people you’ve met while working on your blog?
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5. How would (someone) describe your blogging style?
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6. What do you do when you aren’t working on your blog?
I either dream or pray: Click pages on dreams and religious.
7. Are you a full time blogger? How did you get into blogging and why?
I’m not a full-time blogger but rather a “part-time pain in the butt” (per a cool T-shirt). Click here to read the answer.
8. What networking do you do that you feel helps your blogging business?
I don’t actively network but rather operate behind the scenes.
9. How do you keep coming up with material/content for your blog? Many people struggle with coming up with different articles/posts and they only have one blog.
My sources vary from current events via news articles online to ideas from DailyPost.wordpress.com. Depending on the nature of each blog entry, one day I’ll feel moody and blog with much pessimism. Other times, I’ll be feeling great and blog about the beauty of nature.
10. Whats your strategy with your blog in general?
There is no real strategy other than “blogging on the go”. Whenever random thoughts occur and depending on how sharp my memory, I’d blog as much as possible. As long as there is eletricity, the computer and the internet, the more I blog, the higher my blog stats. It’s that simple. I thrive on my imaginery audience.
11. Do you think Pagerank plays a vital role in a blog’s life?
I never heard of Pagerank.
12. What would you prioritize? Content? SEO? Traffic? Readers?
I love traffic. By that I mean when there are readers that means my contents are rather good enough. I don’t know what is a “SEO”.
13. What’s the best thing a blogger can give to his readers?
By blogging, I’m sharing a part of me — a piece of my mind. And depending on how influential my blogs, sometimes peace is good. Other times, my mind is at war with information overload. A blogger can provide some perspective in reality.
14. A lot of people are interested in blogging for the money earning potential. What are some tips for people interesting in making money from blogging? What are some realistic expectations in regards to what can be made?
I don’t blog for money. You will have to ask the experts. Mine is done purely for fun and entertainment. And for those who know me and what is really going on with this world, there contains deeper meanings in my blog entries.
15. Do you think Pagerank plays a vital role in a blog’s life?
Once again, I don’t care to know what is this Pagerank.
16. What has been your strategy for creating visibility to yourself and your blog?
Once again, there is no strategy. Blogging can be anonymous, which I why I could blog just about anything. Why would anyone want to blog about their privacy when family, friends and, yes, current and future employers could lurk online and learn too much unnecessary details? It’s not worth the risk at all.
17. What was the most challenging moment in your blog content development process and why?
Depending on the blogger and the writing skills, getting started is the most challenging aspect of blogging. Writer’s block get in the way and so does the occassional brain burping in the middle of sentences. Sometimes that happens.
18. Everyone has a favorite/least favorite post. Name yours and why?
My favorite posts are social issues. Politics are included. But my least favorite post are interpersonal dramas with family, friends and co-workers. My views are more general and broad, by the way.
19. What’s your take on sponsored reviews?
I don’t know why anyone would want to review my blog. It’s at best amateur.
20. Name some of the bloggers whom you look up to and why?
I don’t look up to any blogger. It’s a creepy factor to put a complete stranger high up on a pedastal and worship that person as a god or guru. As a matter of fact, I look down on some of their views, especially when it is too far-fetched to believe.
21. If someone was interested in blogging, what would be a few things you would suggest?
- Sign up with WordPress.com.
- Keep your blog private until you feel it’s the right time to go public.
- Determine if you want to blog anonymously as a pen name or let the whole world know about your private activities under your agent name.
- Keep your blog focused on at least one topic or one purpose.
- Update your “About” page and “Hello world!”
- Add a new post and start blogging!
- Important: Review TOS and learn netiquette.
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Reference: 21 Blog Interview Questions
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