Our first Social Spotlight. Our Social Spotlight is similar to the Community Spotlight except this actually involves the blogger. In other words a social spotlight can be considered as a blogger interview. All blog engage social spotlights and community reviews will be based of blogengage members only. With pleasure I introduce to you a Mr. John Sullivan.
Social Spotlight with John Sullivan from Pot Politics
Brian: Hi John welcome to the blogengage social spotlight. Please take a moment and introduce yourself to our members.
John: My name is John Sullivan. I have been blogging a little less then 2 yrs.I live in San Antonio but am from NYC. I got into blogging when I came back to be with my wife after a break up and to stay out of trouble.I thought blogging was going to be some kind of luv feast where everyone would be visiting each other all day everyday. I went about 8 months before I made a dime. I sometimes look at my old blogspot blog just to see that this is something that I have stuck with.
Brian: John, We’ve been blogging the same amount of time pretty much. please make sure to give us that url to your old blogspot blog I think our readers would like to see it. John I would like to ask, what do you offer our readers in comparison to others bloggers and what makes your blog truly unique?
John: I got into the do follow craze awhile back when once again I “thought” it was going to be another luv feast. I blog about whatever I want sometimes some political rants mainly things I think bloggers will like. Something unique that I offer is help and manners. I notice many bloggers don’t help each other or bother to say thank you well I help people and if you do something for me I’m sure to say thanks
Brian: You sure thought blogging was going to be a love fest didn’t you? John you have been so supportive of the blog engage community I cannot even thank you enough. If I haven’t officially said thank you please except this, Thank You! Alright Alright the interview must continue… John our readers want to know, where are you currently marketing and promoting your blog?
John: I joined blogengage after getting fed up with the lack of support on Blogcatalog.I have seen 1000′s of bloggers quit and I have gained some real friends but it took along time. I often write REAL truthful post I don’t lie and say it’s going to be easy. I remind myself that the people that were successful when I started have been doing this for years.I’m bored with twitter and facebook. I was a BIG fan of mixx until they turned on bloggers and made their links no followed
Brian: John it’s sad to see a fellow blogger have such issues when trying to socially connect with friends. I actually removed all my blogs from blogcatalog for this exact reason! No Follow, NO Thanks! Especially my content! Can you imagine they make it mandatory to add a link back to them. How hypocritical is that? I like your attitude John and always have. Alright look, if you were to suggest anything to our blogging community what would it be. feel free to mention anything regarding life, blogging or lessons learned.
John: For anyone new I would suggest you stay positive. I went around confronting many well known people and although I don’t regret it save yourself the trouble it’s not worth it. Keep your site fresh and your hand out to meet new people. I’m happy with my blog so far but in my mind I’m not even half way there. I’m fortunate that one lady that I meet day one has stuck by me and thanks to her I make enough to do what I want when I want and I don’t have to work. I don’t play that John Chow game and basically keep my blogging and affiliate success separate. I found that people don’t want to hear your making thousands a month when they are making little, I know I didn’t. Look at your blog like a house. It will build equity and over time you will have something valuable in the mean time don’t quit and look for the few cool people out there that will have your back that’s what I did. I want to thank Brian for asking I have alot of respect for him because he cares about bloggers and so do I.
Brian: Staying positive is huge when it comes to successful blogging. Your words are wise John. With your experience and popularity I’m sure our members will take your suggestion to heart. Thanks so much for participating our our first social spotlight.
John: Peace and thanks,
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If you have any questions regarding this social spotlight simply post them below I will answer them.
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Brian
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Twitter: extremejohn
Lookin good ya got my man John under the gun and as always the wizard puts together something real sweet. Nice work bro and it’s nice to see Brian doing some interviews now too, seems like the new “in thing”. haha.
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Twitter: bbrian017
I decided doing Social and Community Spotlights would be a big hit. So far so good. Assuming I can continue getting interesting and popular bloggers this should workout and catch on. I agree people have been doing interviews a lot lately.
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I am a big fan of John, good blogger and even a better person. John has been very supportive of my blog as well
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Twitter: bbrian017
Thanks for stopping by and paying your respect to John Dan. Please don’t forget to vote for the article on the mian site! Kind of hurting right now!
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Twitter: writingc
Cool.. Go, Go! PotPolitics!
I like the way that you arrange the Q&A and also the images.
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Twitter: bbrian017
Hi Sarah thanks for voting and commenting on John’s interview. I’m glad you mentioned something about the structure. Personally I’m not sure if it’s cutting it for me. Hopefully over time this will get a few changes here and there and eventually I will have the perfect layout.
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Twitter: writingc
Can’t wait to find out who would be next..
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Thanks for the interview Brian, I really enjoyed it. I think John likes to keep it real and I find that really cool.
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Twitter: bbrian017
Thanks for stopping by AssWass I bet you will like tomorrow’s social spotlight too! A great blogger
I ♥ John@potpolitics but don’t tell him he might think me a stalker
I tell ya I have found some great blogs here on BE
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Twitter: bbrian017
oh he already knows your stalking him lol I’m glad you managed to find great blog on blogengage! It’s the point of our website! Bring bloggers together
Twitter: zxxxt
Yet another great feature of BlogEngage. I like the interview, casual yet meaningful. I’ll make a mental note of John’s advice, stay positive. I think this will keep me on blogosphere.
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Twitter: bbrian017
Zee thinking positive is hard sometimes! John has a unique advantage over us… he sits back smokes a big fatty and he’s happy… On the plus side he is in fact correct. When you’re not happy you can see it in the authors writing.
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Thanx to you brian i know this blogger. Got connected on twitter recently and i think this blog is helping me a lot in finding a no. of probloggers. thanx!
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Twitter: bbrian017
Gautam John is good people. it’s hard to find true real bloggers online but if you hang around here with us the top dogs we will look out for you! Just remember be cool and be positive!
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Really good interview Brian! I love reading John’s site as his says whatever is on his mind, which I really love. His and John’s from ExtremeJohn are 2 of my favorite blogs to read as they don’t pull back any punches. I guess that is why they have so much respect for each other.
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Twitter: bbrian017
We seem to be creating a little cult.. perhaps I’m blind and it already existed and I was recently invited inside. Either way I’m really liking the tight nit community were starting to get here. Very nice to see you visiting the blog engage social blog Doug.
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Nice interview Brian and John. It is so important to have a strong and positive mind because a good mind set is what makes all the difference between any old blogger and an outstanding blogger.
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Hi! I just thought I’d let you know that John’s blog has been taken down for unknown reasons.
I honestly don’t know what’s up or why it got taken down — but whenever I try to visit his site — I get a 404 error saying the page cannot be found.
As for you — consider removing the link to his blog as Google hates dead links.
/Nabil, from Sweden.
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Aaarghhh… the blog of his is still down. What to do? Or is it just my IP that is blocked?
Can anyone else access his blog? If so, what browser are you using and in what country are you based?
I need someone to shed me some light at this…