Beginner Blogger

This is my second guest post interview with blogger Zeeshan Siddiqui who runs the blog dwhnow.com

I found Zeeshan through twitter. He commented on a few of my posts in the very early stages of my blog and was very kind. We both started out blogs around the same time so I had requested an interview with him for my blog.

Let the interview commence

Firstly could you give a little information about yourself – Name, age, location, current job etc?

My name is Zeeshan. I am 26 years old. I live in India but I had travelled across other countries and for about an year I lived in US. Currently I work as system analyst. I work in Business Intelligence.

How did you get into blogging?

One of my friends introduced me to blogging about 1.5 years ago. I didn’t enjoy it much at that time and left it. After reading some other blogs I thought I will like to do it as well.

Is DWH Now your first blog? What does DWH stand for? What would you say the purpose of your blog is?

Yes DWH is my first blog. DWH stands for data warehousing which is part of BI (Business Intelligence). Initially I thought I will write about my field i.e business intelligence but latter I started writing on various topics.

What made you select the niche that you blog about?

I mostly write on Technology but if I feel that I should write on any particular topic I dont stop myself.I am little bit different here.I dont agree with few blogger that you should have a niche to be successful.

Did you do any prior research before launching your blog?

Apart from reading lot of blogs I didn’t do any particular research.

How old is DWH Now?

It is about 1.5 month old.

How well has your blog done? (Stats wise)

Stats wise I am quite happy.I lost lot of stats beacuse i changed the themes few times  and I didn’t understand google analytics that well in beginning. But in past two weeks I got about 303 visitor excluding my city.

What is your main source of traffic?

My main source of traffic is referral by fellow blogger and forums.

What are your main strategies for your blog? (maybe top 5)

1. Connect better with fellow blogger.
2. Improve content
3. Write on time-less content
4. Understanding the readers of my blog better
5. Understanding google

What are typical tasks you perform for your blog, both content and marketing wise? Are you organised with lists or you just take action on what you feel needs to be done?

I will try to read other blogs to improve the content. I just experiment with my blog to see what is giving me more traffic and less bounce rate. I am not so much organized in marketing.

Are you making money with your blog?

Yea a little bit till now only $2.

If you could start your blog over again, what are 3 things you would do differently?

No I will like it to remain same. Most of bloggers self learn everything.

What advice would you give to beginner bloggers?

Just keep doing the work be honest to your readers.

What are future plans for your blog?

I want  to increase traffic from search engine.

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So there we have it! My second Guest Blog Interview. Zeeshan seems to be heading down a successful road.

What I really like about his blog is his posting frequency and consistency. He seems to post a blog post every day just about. His posts are all of a great length to read. You can read them within 5minutes. Fantastic blog if you’re after a quick tip.

What I also really like is the evolution of his blog. When I first saw the blog it just contained posts. Now it has lots of links on the sides which is great for SEO and great for readers to get to where they want to get to quickly. The big RSS button is big and bold but not in your face. Fantastic! I hope Zeeshan gets a lot of subscribers.

If you haven’t already check out Zeeshan’s dwhnow.com blog.

Let me know what you think of this interview and Zeeshan’s blog in the comments section blow.

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