What is the name of your Blog?A Translator's Scrapbook
What is your name?
Abdullah Erol
Where are you from? (include country, state and/or city)
Turkey, Ankara & Istanbul
What is your current age or age range?
34
Please describe your blog
Title says it all.. A Translator's Scrapbook!
Describe the main purpose of your blogging, what are you trying to accomplish?
Just collecting things that I find useful on the net for future reference. Also hoping that the collection will be of help to many translators around the world.. Particalurly my videos showing me doing translation..
What blogging platform do you do and why?
I am into Blogspot because it's Google!
What do you blog the most about?
About translation and translator resources. Also promote my language related websites.
What kind of blogs make you angry?
All Blogs are cool. Very intimate..
Give five of your best blogging tips.
Write Add Photos Add Videos Find interesting topics Write and Read...
What are some things you would NEVER blog about?
Anything is bloggable for me, but I keep my scrapbook limited to translation and language matters.
Did you start blogging for the purpose of making money and if so, are you making enough money?
I started to promote my services as a translator. Not making money for now, but hope Google will help me in this..
How long have you been blogging?
A couple of years..
About how many hours per day do you spend blogging?
Minutes.. Not hours.. I don't have too much time!
Do you track RSS feeds and if so, how many do you usually track daily?
No.. Rarely,,,
Do you use Digg, and why or why not?
No. Takes time..
Do you use Stumbleupon, and why or why not?
Yes. I like the way it helps us find what we are looking for!
What promotional techniques work best for you and why?
Writing different content works.. Develop a good project (idea) and make some journalist friends to promote your idea.. Press releases are important! We have to be on the streets to promote our sites!
If you could post a blog on any blog in the world, which one would it be and why?
I like nakedtranslations.. because it is about translation.. and day-to-day experiences in translation..
What mistakes have you made that you could warn others about?
Don't waste your time..
What are your top five blogging site picks and why?
http://www.nakedtranslations.com/ Cool and language related http://mac4translators.blogspot.com/ I like Mac! http://blog.philippahammond.net/ Translation and Linguistics http://translatorpower.wordpress.com/ News http://vernontbludgeon.com/blog/ Entertaining
Have you met anyone offline as a result of your blog?
Yes.. several translators..
Video blogging?
Won't be a surprise for me!
What is the url of your blog?
A Translator's Scrapbook
