Blogosis

Wogan May asked me a lot of questions when I asked you to send me some, and seems to have been paying a lot of attention to this blog. I want to thank you, Wogan. I also want you to send me a 125 x 125 blog ad/logo/thinger and the URL to justindupre@ blogosis.com because you just won my ad spot giveaway. Come on down!

I wanted to know what you want to know from me. Here are the questions I got, with the answers.

Wogan May questioned me on my question blog post, as well as contacting me by email (which really impressed me):

What do you have that’s unique that will make them come and keep coming back? More importantly - what can you write about forever?

Certainly, my blog niche is not unique, being a blogging blog, but I think the content I bring to the table is the important part. The blog topics I come up with are alternative, and I feel a bit more creative than anything what other blogging bloggers are doing. If you are willing to sit through my giant posts, you may gain a lot of insight into what makes a ‘good’ writer/blogger tick.

If I could write about anything forever, it could probably be anything. Give me a topic and I could most likely do it. Want to try me? To narrow that down to what I could really write about forever, I would say myself. Writing about blogging and writing would be next, which is why I am here on Blogosis.com.

Where are you from?

I am from the homely state of Minnesota in the USA. Lovely place, really. I got bored of it really quick though. I was an exchange student last year placed in northern Thailand after I had graduated high school. I loved my ten months there, and after 3 months back in the United States I came back to Thailand to study in a university. Originally I wanted to study in Bangkok, and still do, however American banks don’t give loans for anyone studying at a Thai international university. I ended up finding the only American university here, situated in the beach town of Hua Hin. God, I hate it there. Let me give you an example of how much more fun my weekends are in Bangkok than they are in Hua Hin.

Hua Hin is on the top, with the Bangkok skyline on the bottom. I suppose if you like rabid dogs and a population of 40,000 (with more than half being ‘drunk’ foreigners) ruining your fun on the beach, Hua Hin would be for you. I enjoy speaking Thai, so the 6 to 1 population (Thais to Foreigners) of over 6 million people in Groong Thayp (The first two words of Bangkok’s real name) suits me. That, and the amazing nightlife. This city never sleeps.

Why did you start Blogosis and where did you get the name?

I started Blogosis after I realized my “make money online” blog was more of a “these are tips on how to write a blog” blog. I needed a creative name, so I looked around at some naming tools. I found one that would add prefixes and suffixes to any word you entered. I entered in blog, and -osis popped up. You can read more about the name on the about page so I won’t ramble here too much, but it was blogging magic after that.

What do you think of (Shoemoney/John Chow/Problogger/John Cow)?

I love Problogger. He seems to be the only one really focused on really helping new bloggers. He is also giving new bloggers a chance, like me, by allowing them to guest post. Shoemoney and John Chow have sold out I think. Shoe goes off and shows pictures of his H2 and his Adsense check (which he did not make from from Shoemoney by the way), and John posts about conventions and affiliate programs. He does restaurant reviews every other post, which is pretty annoying to see in my Google Reader. Cow started off with a creative idea, but he is slowly rotting that blog away. I hear he is too busy working on other blogs to give a damn about his John Chow copy blog.

This last question from you, Wogan, made me wonder why anyone would ask this kind of question to a blogging blogger. But then again, I didn’t put up any restrictions on the questions asked:

Do you know what furries are?

Yes I do. Do I enjoy them? Hell no. For anyone that doesn’t know what they are, discretion is advised. Look it up on Google if you dare.

ESVL asked on my birthday blog entry:

“How the heck did you get that right? A guest post on Problogger?”

ESVL, excellent question. I took some time, I took some effort, and I used my blogger’s notebook. I pitched my most creative ideas in an extremely long and well written email. Darren wrote me back, saying he was interested in a few of my ideas, so I took one of them, wrote the blog article and sent it back to him. He emailed me the next day telling me to look for it on Problogger within this week. That was it! Email is there to make communication, no matter how far the users are split, free, easy, and effective. Use it to keep in touch with other bloggers and you might be surprised.

Those are the questions you asked me… all 2 of you! Let’s hope my next blog entries get a little more community activity! You both got some backlinks, and 1 of you is a winner of free ad space. Become an active blog commenter here and I will be generous towards you! I installed the ‘Comment Luv’ plug-in, which will link to your last blog post in your comments. This should be a great way to get you people to ask me questions when I want them. Me and my scheming… tsk tsk tsk.