Becoming a Better Blogger

There are lots of ways to become a better blogger, but few ways are as good as one-on-one time with bloggers who have been very successful.  Of course, securing time with the likes of Aaron Wall and Neil Patel is a pipe dream for most people.  They’re succesful in part because they don’t get distracted from the main thing — and that main thing usually doesn’t involve talking to every single person who wants to talk to them.

So that’s why I’m such a big fan of interviews — both reading them and conducting them.  Interviews allow many, many people to benefit from the one-on-one time that someone has given to a single person.  If you keep up with very many blogs you’ll see interviews pop up regularly, but if you get as much value out of interviews as I do, you’ll also want to pick up a copy of Stephane Grenier‘s book Blog Blazers.

Stephane was kind enough to send me a copy, and I have really enjoyed it.  He’s chosen 40 top bloggers from a variety of blog topics and asked them all the same set of questions.  That makes for a great read because you get to see the extreme range of opinion over the same topics.  It gives you a frame of reference, rather than being just 40 separate interviews with nothing connecting them.

The book is subtitled “40 Top Bloggers Share Their Secrets to Creating a High-Profile, High-Traffic, and High-Profit Blog,” but if you’re looking for the missing link and hoping the “secrets” don’t include hard work, time, or some luck, you’re going to be disappointed.  If, however, you’re looking for something to take you to the next level, there’s a good chance you’ll find it.