10 Questions with Liza of Vanilla Soup
10 Questions with Liza of Vanilla Soup
1. Describe your blog in five sentences or less.
Vanilla Soup is a blog about life, love, relationships, self-help, nature, and everything in between. It contains a regularly updated advice column. Vanilla Soup strives to help women understand men and vice versa.
2. Link us to one post from your blog that best defines who you are.
A More Elaborate Introduction
3. What sets you apart from other bloggers?
I am not afraid to discuss and debate controversial topics and target my blog towards a more mature audience.
4. When and how did you first discover blogging?
I discovered blogging several years ago when I saw the word and had no idea what it meant. It took me a while to ’get it’, but now here I am, with my own domain name and blogging away into the distance :)
5. What is your biggest pet peeve related to blogging or the internet?
ROBOT SPAM. I hate it, hate it, hate it WITH A PASSION.
6. Name one plugin, blogging widget, or service that you can’t live without.
I could never live without the good ol’ Text widget.
7. If you could choose anyone, living or dead, to write a guest post for your blog,who would it be and why?
It would be Justin Timberlake, explaining what exactly happened with him and Britney to have him end up so successful and her so very, very bald.
8. How has blogging made you a better person?
It has encouraged me to look within myself and refine my current beliefs as I’m writing. It has also taught me how to put my beliefs into words more effectively.
9. What are your tips for becoming a better blogger?
1) Write useful content.
2) Choose a target audience
3) Cater towards the target audience
4) Don’t ignore your readers’ blogs.
10. Name one great blog that you read on a regular basis. What makes it unique?
Frostfirezoo.com. It is simply hilarious.
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Have a great day!
Thanks so much for posting my 10 questions :) You guys are great.
– Liza
Lol Liza,
I almost got offended by the post “The Slow Evolution of Man”… but then I remembered it’s probably true :).
Nice comparison of that hairy dude to the beauty next to him. The lady is pretty too lol j/k.
A lovely blog indeed, I love it’s simplicity. It’s very clean cut and neat.
Congrats and good luck!
John
LOL…love the answer to number 7 :D
I like the Q&A on #8. Blogging has also helped me grow from within, it forces me to express what I think with words and read what I think.
It is a pretty neat tool…
Don’t know how I’ve managed to miss Liza’s blog up until today when I found a link to it on Mike’s blog, but nonetheless, I’ve definitely been enjoying it ever since. :)
Maybe I’ve come across it before and just don’t recall. Does that mean I’m getting old? You know what they say, “The first is the mind thing to go.” LOL. :P
Shine on,
Aaron