This the next in the interviews with up and coming bloggers series. Sid gave me some tremendous insights in this 40 minute conversation:
- How he started blogging in 1995 (yes it was possible then)
- How blogging lead to 70+ unsolicited job offers
- The difference between sticky traffic and one hit wonders
- The best sources for getting email subscribers
- Strategic use of your analytics data
- The power of meeting people in person
- Why any blogger can submit posts to the A-list and how to get help back from the A-list
- The Hockey Stick
Sid Savara is the author of Analysis Driven Personal Development, a blog where he discusses personal development, lifehacking and personal productivity. For more inspiration, sign up for his newsletter and receive a free copy of The Little Book Of Big Motivational Quotes.
If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to my RSS feed!
{ 4 comments… read them below or add one }
Hey Srinirao, really enjoyed this interview with Sid. I was very pleased to here that my post link worked out so well for him. Sid is a great guy and it was nice to listen in and get to know him better. Buy the way, the sound quality was A+.
Interesting interview. I seriously need to look into this masterful use of Google Analytics now. I like that you guys mentioned that the content that you will guest post is more important than just being a big blogger so other big bloggers will post your guest post.
@Jonathan, thanks for stopping by.I learned a great deal from the conversation with Sid and the podcast series has been alot of fun for me and given me an opportunity to connect with bloggers from all over.
@Robby G: I definitely think there’s something to be said for that. I think the best point that Sid made here was about scrutinizing your content the same way you would if you were posting on one of the bigger blogs.
@Sid: Thanks for this great interview. The advice you shared here was tremendously valuable and I have started putting some of it to work myself.
Hey Srini,
Thanks for the interview once again – I really enjoyed it, and I think your readers will get a lot out of it.
@Jonathan – Thanks!
@Robby Thanks, and perhaps I will write an article about my use of Google Analytics – I couldn’t find good resources for what I wanted to do, and had to sort of figure it out from the Google Documentation (which is good, but I had to learn how to put it all together).