I meet Murray Newlands at a tweetup. I am not sure what we were both doing there; I think we were both curious as to what a “tweetup” was. After that we just seem to run into each other and having established that he was not stalking me I agreed to interview for his affiliate blog. Other interesting stuff I have learned about Murray, he is an SEO wiz and a bit of a character, Google famous blogger and you will see what I mean, I wish him good luck with celebrity blogger. Somehow he has 33,000 Twitter followers too.

Murray took time out of his busy schedule to answer a few questions for this blog…

Why do you blog?

Blogging gives you the ability to engage with friends all around the world about your ideas. I have also made new friends share ideas with. I like writing and sharing my ideas with my readers

Why do you do interviews on your blog?

I love interviewing people on my blog; it provides great and interesting content for my blog. It is also a great way of reaching out to people I want to communicate with. Another great thing is that people promote their interviews on my blog with promotes my blog.

What do you put your success down to and what can other learn from you?

I know I make spelling mistakes and the odd grammatical error, some would say very odd, but I have been told that people love my ideas. Engaging in the blogging and online community with ideas that inspire and encourage though communication is more important that great spelling. Get to know other bloggers and interact with them would be one of my top tips for someone new to blogging and read Chris Brogan’s book about Trust Agents he has some good advice on this.

What is one thing not a lot of people know about you?

I once windsurfed to the Isle of White and back. I had RSI in my right wrist for 3 months afterwards, you can imagine the comments / jibes I got from my friends…

Please can you give me a Twitter tip?

Review the twitter profiles of your friends and competitors you will find interesting people there to engage with. I am @murraynewlands.

What can my readers do for you?
Share some link love with another blogger. Find out how you can help someone else and give them a hand.

Find Murray at Affiliate Heat Marketing or at MurrayNewlands.com.