Ask Graham Langdon: round 1
Written on July 24th, 2008 by Graham
This blog series was recommended by a few Entrecarders, so here goes.
As you know, I Graham Langdon am the founder and President of Entrecard. In this blog series, you can ask me anything you like, and I will collect all the Questions and Answer them in a follow up blog post. You can ask me about Entrecard, what the future holds, what I think of the US economy, about Venture Capitalists, about California, about startups in general, about blogging, where the internet is heading… go for it! Ask away!
Oh but please try to make your questions as specific as possible. Nothing more frustrating than an overly vague question that I don’t know how to answer without writing a novel.
July 24th, 2008 at 10:45 pm
What else might we be able to use Entrecard credits on in the future?
July 24th, 2008 at 11:09 pm
this is fun! Okay, my question:
How long have you been blogging? And why “ENTRECARD”? This word has become like an icon for thousands of bloggers out there. It might even become officially a word!
July 24th, 2008 at 11:48 pm
What is the next thing you need to happen in order to propel you to that next level of your Entrecard vision… so much so that it kind of eats away at you, or burns deep within you, making you think of it at various times throughout the day until it comes to fruition?
July 24th, 2008 at 11:56 pm
These questions are awesome so far. I’m going to have a lot of fun with this one.
July 25th, 2008 at 12:05 am
What is your take on Lee Doyle’s U drop I follow movement? I recently investigated them and found only 20% of them returning my drop within a 48 hr period. Isnt this bad for the credibility of Entrecard and EC bloggers?
July 25th, 2008 at 12:08 am
Hi Graham,
The Digg campaign was obviously very successful, do you have any plans for another campaign for social networking?
Btw, I sent you an invitation for Linkedin.
July 25th, 2008 at 12:12 am
I get maybe 10 visitors a day from entrecard. What is the cheapest fastest way to get 100 visitors a day from entrecard without running campaigns.
July 25th, 2008 at 1:12 am
What are you going to name your first child?
Do you floss every day?
Should I update my photo on hundreds of websites or would that just be too much work?
Beer or Bourbon?
Do you prefer a solid nail color or French manicure?
When you buy a home, what will be the top three must-haves on your list?
What are your thoughts on the economic future of Uganda?
Who is your favorite person on Entrecard, besides yourself and the big P…?
White briefs or gray briefs?
Is SezWho your big financial backer as you mentioned before or just a partnership for both to benefit from?
Am I asking too many questions?
Have you ever given money to a widow in Africa through an email?
Who is your favorite personality on the View? (This one says a lot about you.)
Toyota or Honda?
Christmas or President’s Day?
- – Pass this along to 12 other Entrecard members in the next 12 minutes or that love life and irregularity stuff starts kicking in…
July 25th, 2008 at 1:22 am
How was this Entrecard system made?
July 25th, 2008 at 1:52 am
If you had to place an ad on three blogs currently using Entrecard, which ones would you choose and why? Ad price doesn’t matter, and let’s assume you’re placing an ad for the Entrecard Blog.
July 25th, 2008 at 2:03 am
Is it possible to smooth out the log ins for those of us who have multiple blogs on the same account?
When I link into EC from an email ad alert, if the ad isn’t for the same blog I was switched into the last time I was on the site, it gives me a nasty note and requires me to log in again.
This isn’t critical but it is annoying.
July 25th, 2008 at 2:18 am
Have you been to Australia before ?
Do you think the placement of the EC Widget makes a difference ?
Where do you personally Like the EC Widget to be placed ?
Are you going to get a proper forum platform ?
Thanks
July 25th, 2008 at 3:23 am
This is great! I am glad you are being sociable. Anyway, I started a thread in a top forum 20 days ago and is still on top since a lot of bloggers posted their opinion.
Now, I think it is interesting to know about your pint of view as a blogger. Here it goes Which do you prefer, many subscribers or many commentators?
I am quite sure many will be excited to hear your answer.
Thanks.
July 25th, 2008 at 3:25 am
Do you ever wear a tie?
July 25th, 2008 at 3:25 am
This is great! I am glad you are being sociable. Anyway, I started a thread in a top forum 20 days ago and is still on top since a lot of bloggers posted their opinion.
Now, I think it is interesting to know about your pint of view as a blogger. Here it goes – Which do you prefer, many subscribers or many commentators?
By the way, let us assume that the feed count is accurate.
I am quite sure many will be excited to hear your answer.
Thanks.
July 25th, 2008 at 3:26 am
Sorry, thought of another right after clicking submit.
What happens to all the EC credits from people dropping on the EC blog/you dropping on peoples blogs? Do you just delete them or use them as payouts so it won’t hurt the economy, etc?
July 25th, 2008 at 3:34 am
What was the first big purchase you made (or will make if you haven’t) since EC took off?
July 25th, 2008 at 5:30 am
1) What is your biggest challenge in starting and managing Entrecard?
2) What is your main strategy for the next 5 years to make Entrecard more relevant in the blogosphere?
July 25th, 2008 at 6:54 am
I have two questions:
1. When you hear the word “Philippines,” what is the first thing that comes to your mind?
2. Will non-English blogs eventually be allowed in Entrecard?
Salamat.
July 25th, 2008 at 9:09 am
Why don’t you post my contest results?
July 25th, 2008 at 9:40 am
If Google wants to buy Entrecard will you sell it?? Do you have the guts to run it on your own??
The reason is obvious. Some similar trend website come and a giant buys them. Like flickr, youtube. Let’s see if you answer this question and how you’ll answer this.
July 25th, 2008 at 10:04 am
How does a normal work day go for you?
How do you spend your free time?
July 25th, 2008 at 10:09 am
Are you looking for more partnerships for Entrecard in the near future?
Can you believe it’s not butter?
July 25th, 2008 at 10:10 am
If you had an hour to kill, would you play Tetris, Drop EntreCards or Channel Surf?
July 25th, 2008 at 10:20 am
What is Entrecard’s bounce rate?
July 25th, 2008 at 10:42 am
This type of thing seems to be taking the world by storm…. kudos to everyone that’s attempted to do this. I have yet to see someone actually answer all their questions *coughMoniquecough*
Graham: Do you take time to have a life outside of making the blogging world a better place? Do you take time for yourself? If yes, what do you do that centers you? If no, do you think it would be a good idea to start so you don’t burn out and what would you like to do so that you’re centered?
SPANX!
July 25th, 2008 at 11:22 am
What is the status on a new server to speed up EntreCard’s response time?
AND…
Regarding ABBA: Out and Proud?
In The Closet?
Rather have a Root Canal?
July 25th, 2008 at 12:14 pm
The questions posted earlier are interesting and intriguing. Let me ask a simple one.
Are you single?? (just kidding…to break the ice.. )
Here are my questions: when you select blogs (for contests, for comment rush, blog to feature) , do you read the “about me page first” or the contents first? Do you have any discrimination regarding bloggers who have English as their second language? ( discriminate them for not writing very well and exclude their blogs in the selection process for winners, comment rush, etc)?
I believe, all should be given the chance, don’t you think so?
Thanks for answering.
Btw, I would like to thank you personally for entrecard. Without this dynamic community, I would not have been able to meet new friends.
Happy blog hopping.
July 25th, 2008 at 1:18 pm
Wow! There are quite a few questions here to keep you busy Graham. I only have one question: How many different blogs on average do you comment on in one day?
July 25th, 2008 at 1:59 pm
Ooh, I have one. Will we be able to redeem ECs for plane tickets one day?
July 25th, 2008 at 2:14 pm
before EntreCard, what experience did you have with blogs? did you blog? how “well” did the blog(s) do? (traffic, PR, Alexa, etc.)
July 25th, 2008 at 7:17 pm
now here’s a personal question:
are you superstitious? if so, what are your superstitions? if not, what do you think of people who are superstitious?
July 25th, 2008 at 7:27 pm
Questions now closed for this round. I had a lot of fun answering them. Look for all the answers tomorrow (saturday), here on the EC blog.
July 26th, 2008 at 9:29 am
what do you with your money? what is your biggest splurge?
July 26th, 2008 at 9:21 pm
Hey Graham..it’s effectively Sunday…when are the answers coming? I was looking for them all day today.
July 27th, 2008 at 2:27 am
Where are the answers??? I’m waiting….
August 1st, 2008 at 2:00 am
i think you should have member profile pages containing all the details…what do you think about it?
do you think of contests on yourself? you can ask members for a good contest to be held…what say?
August 1st, 2008 at 5:36 pm
Thank you for the opportunity to ask, here’s my simple question:
How do you manage your job-delegation? Obviously a system such as yours has many tasks. Did you have a team to rely on from the start, or did you simply add what you needed as time went along?
August 2nd, 2008 at 2:16 am
What will be scene of internet in 2010? What you think all will broadband connections or will have to make up with dial up connections?
August 2nd, 2008 at 2:20 am
Tell me about the education system in California. Is it job oriented or not?