What is the name of your Blog?Gardening Talk
What is your name?
El
Where are you from? (include country, state and/or city)
Australia, Queensland, Bundaberg
Please describe your blog
Exotic plants information for australian gardeners, general plant care, interesting articles, gardening advice, your garden, photo's.
Describe the main purpose of your blogging, what are you trying to accomplish?
Talk about who I am, what I do, what I love doing. Market my business online and unite gardeners australia wide
What blogging platform do you do and why?
blogger - very easy to use
What do you blog the most about?
plants & gardening
What kind of blogs make you angry?
I don't get angry easy, but do get upset with blog that are only created to ridicule other people. We are all unique!
Give five of your best blogging tips.
Open your mind - there's plenty to talk about! Do a typing course - you can talk more if you type faster! Drink plenty of coffee - the cafeine seems to make me talk, type & think faster....
Did you start blogging for the purpose of making money and if so, are you making enough money?
No, not really. The blog is a way of promoting our online nursery, which in turn needs to make us enough money. Which it does, just... :)
How long have you been blogging?
About 2 weeks!
About how many hours per day do you spend blogging?
It depends.... When I fill out questionairs like these, probably a couple... Afterwards my fingers hurt from typing, so I give it a miss the next day.
Do you track RSS feeds and if so, how many do you usually track daily?
Yes, but I'm only just getting the hang of it... I signed up for a couple of gardening feeds yesterday but am still figuring out how to get back to them to reed it!
Do you use Digg, and why or why not?
No, I don't know what to do with it...
Do you use Stumbleupon, and why or why not?
No, as above
What promotional techniques work best for you and why?
I don't know yet. I've posted the blog on all the blog directories, fed it to twitter & facebook & think word of mouth is always a good one.
What are your top five blogging site picks and why?
Gardening Talk (http://www.cactusisland.com.au/blog.php) as it's my own blood, sweat & tears Coconutters (http:coconutters.blogspot.com) as I loooooove coconut!
Have you met anyone offline as a result of your blog?
noooooo
What is the url of your blog?
Gardening Talk
