9 juin 2010
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I know today is not Thursday, but it will be an exception these two weeks due to my finals in uni
Today my Bloggers Face - Off introduces two of our best Lebanese female "Chefs"... Bon appétit!
Anissa Helou
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Julia Tohmé (AkA A La Julia)
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1- How long have you been blogging? | Just over a year | Beginning of 2010 |
2- How many hours per day do you dedicate to the blog? | Oh, it depends. A couple of hours if I am writing a post, otherwise no time unless I am taking pics for the blog or testing a recipe | Around 30 min on average |
3- Has it been worth it so far? | Yes | Of course |
4- How many page views does your blog get daily? | Again it depends. When I did my camel hump post I got thousands otherwise according to my server, it’s a couple of thousand per day | Around 120 page views daily |
5- How many blogs do you have or write for currently? | My own, and about to start an occasional one for sosauce.com | Only alajulia.com |
6- How many hours do you dedicate to them every day? | Very little | n/a |
7- Do you think one needs to post daily to be successful? | Perhaps but I don’t | It’s not about post quantity, but post quality. Plus my blog contains recipes, and the frequency is around 2-3 recipes per week. |
8- Is there an ideal posting frequency? | For me, it would a couple of times a week | My blog is divided into 9 categories; I do my best to have at least one recipe in each category per month, a total of 9 recipes. |
9- What is the biggest blogging mistake you did? | Can’t think of any | Actually it wasn’t a mistake but a transitional period, since I had to immigrate from Lebanon to Canada, I stopped posting for around 2 month. |
10- What is the biggest mistake you see in blog designs? |
Black backgrounds | Some blog designs do not show the true identity of the blog. Thus the need to work well on the design. |
11- Twitter is a distraction or a good promotional tool? | It can be both depending on how you use it | It is a good promotional tool, but it can also be time consuming, and honestly I never had the time to tweet on a daily basis. |
12- Do you think that any professional should have a blog? | Well, it helps increase the traffic to a website, so, I guess it’s a good thing. | Everyone has something to say, so it isn’t only about professionalism, it is about having your space and expressing yourself. |
13- If you could give an advice for a novice blogger, what would it be? | Be original and have a specific focus | I would say be yourself never try to imitate, or to compare yourself with other boggers ;) |
14- What is the secret of your success, expressed in one word? | Expertise | Perseverance. |
15- If you could write a post on any blog in the world, which one would you pick? | Hmm…. Not sure. I am quite happy writing my own blog. | Martha Stewart's Blog |