OIT Needs You – Answer Our Blogging Questions

Today’s post is going to be a little different today.  I wanted to try something new and turn the tables to ask you some blogging questions and see what your views and opinions are.   I had this idea of getting you to give me your answers and then turn it into a post at a later date (with full credit given to you).   Thought it could be a good idea to get some reader insight.

It’s a bit of an experiment, so I’m not sure if this will work, but I thought it would be worth having a go.

Please take a look at the following blogging questions and answer as many (or a little) as you want in the comment section.  There is no right or wrong answer; it would just be nice to get your opinions.

I’ll try to pick out the best replies and put them together in a future post for you, plus it may lead to some other future posts.

What Do You Think…?

1. How do you see blogging developing in the future?
2. Which social media sites do you use the most?
3. What’s your favourite social media site and why?
4. What’s your least favourite social media site and why?
5. Do you do any SEO (search engine optimization) for your site?  And if not, why?
6. What is your opinion on Black Hat SEO?
7. Have you used any Black Hat SEO in the past?  If so, what consequences did you find (if any)?
8. Do you know the difference between White Hat SEO and Black Hat SEO?
9. What would you say are YOUR essential ingredients when setting up a site? (i.e. hosting, domain, WordPress, etc.)
10. If you were starting up a new blog/online business and you had $100-$200 to spend, what would you spend it on?
11. Do you sell affiliate products on your site?
12. Where do you go to find affiliate products to promote?
13. What method makes you the most money on your website?
14. How long did it take you to first make money with your site?
15. Have you ever outsourced any website work?
16. Which sites do you use to find people to outsource work to?
17. What makes you want to come back to a blog again and again?
18. What turns you off from a blog?
19. What aspects of blogging/running a website do you struggle with the most?
20. How long have you been blogging and how much traffic do you get on average in a month?
21. Do you use social bookmarking sites?  If so, which ones?
22. Do you (or have you in the past) use social media advertising?
23. Which social media sites do you advertise on?
24. What are your favourite/most useful WordPress plugins that you use?
25. How many posts do you publish a week (on average)?
26. Do you have a set publishing schedule (i.e. Mon, Wed, Fri)?
27. How many words (on average) do you write for your posts?
28. Where do you get/find images for your posts?
29.  Are you a full time or part time blogger/website owner?
30. What do you love/hate about blogging?

To make things a bit easier, could you please include the question number at the start of your comment (i.e. #14 My opinion is…).  Also, if you have any questions that you would like answering, let me know and I’ll add it to the list.

Thanks in advance!

Matt