merkal2005: Hi Elliot, please tell us about yourself. Who are you?

ejcross: Well, I'm married with two beautiful daughters and live in the northern Kentucky area, near Cincinnati, Ohio. I have been in the web design field for about 4 years, and have recently started blogging about web design accessibility, SEO, marketing and other topics that I enjoy.


merkal2005: How do you earn your life? What is your profession?

ejcross: My full time career is as a Firefighter. I am a Station Captain in charge of an Engine Company and a Paramedic Ambulance. I have been a firefighter for 20 years and love the challenges and opportunities to help others that it has provided to me. Plus, working 24 hour shifts, I get 48 hours off to enjoy time with my family, and working on my blogs.


merkal2005: When did you discover blogging? How is it going?

ejcross: I have known about blogging for several years, and have read several blogs during that time. I never saw myself as a blogger, but the more I learned about designing sites with accessibility in mind, the more I thought I could help others by sharing what I had learned.

Then I began blogging myself and really caught the bug! I am fascinated with niche marketing and SEO topics as I think they both can benefit from semantic coding practices.


merkal2005: You give good tips on SEO and Marketing. How is the reaction from your readers?

ejcross: Thanks for the kind words! The reaction has been good so far. I wish I had more readers, but more than that I wish I had more interaction on my articles. I have been blessed to have a few loyal readers that leave comments regularly.

I think the most valuable asset that I can give to my readers is the satisfaction that they have learned something useful for their blog, or have learned at least a little something more that will make it worth their time to continue to read my articles.


merkal2005: What are your 2008 goals? What are your suggestions to bloggers in terms of SEO and Marketing for 2008?

ejcross: My goals for 2008 are to pursue blogging more than just a hobby. I am working on several niche sites trying out some things that I am learning and tweaking to be able to see if they are worthy of passing along to my readers. I want to continue to grow my readership and provide quality and relevant information that people can find useful.

My suggestions to bloggers in terms of SEO and Marketing for 2008 would be to really focus on quality content, don't worry to much about Google, find your niche and really focus on it. I think 2007 has been an amazing year in terms of the popularity of blogging, but I feel that 2008 will be spectacular in terms of really exploding onto the mainstream of marketing products.

2008 powered by Peopleized!