Yeah! For the first time in my life, I had the chance to interview someone! It is also the first interview here on DivitoDesign and I am sure many will follow in the future.

After reading the answers this guy gave to the questions, I started to look from another side to him. I learned about how blogging is done when you are full-time employed and you are blogging beside that. It is important for you as readers as well!

The introduction

Therefore, I would like to introduce you to Jeffro! His real name is Jeff Chandler and he is the writer and owner of the blog jeffro2pt0.com. Recently, he decided to jump in a exciting job: Writing for performancing.com and he was (unfortunately it stopped..) also the host of the WP-weekly podcasts. Enough things to talk about! He is also showing his online adventures on his new personal blog, jeffc.ME.

The Interview

1. Hey Jeff! Thanks for taking the time to do a little interview with me! How are you today?

First off, thanks for making me feel special by asking me for an interview. Secondly, I’m doing pretty well.

2. A position at performancing.com opened up some time back and you jumped in. How is life treating you there? Are you enjoying the new experience and challenge?

Well, so far so good. The job at Performancing has helped me pay the bills. What is great about this opportunity is that I am writing for a site that my pal, James Mowery is also writing for. I admire his writing ability and his work ethic. Together with the rest of the writers of Performancing, I fee like we are slowly but surely bringing Performancing back to the pillar of excellence it once was.

As for the challenges that Performancing brings, it was extremely tough for me for the first few weeks as I didn’t know what to write about, how to write it, etc. The problem lies in knowing the audience. Now that I am in my third month writing for Performancing, I’ve begun to feel more confident in my writing and which topics I should be writing about.

3. How do you manage to combine blogging with your daily routine? Do you have writing schedules or something like that?

To be completely honest, I live within the realm of chaos theory. There is no rhyme or reason to my workflow. Here is what a typical day in the life of Jeff Chandler is like.

Wake up between 1-3 P.M. EST. Most times, it’s around 3 P.M.

Do my morning routine, take out the trash, take care of personal matters and get on the PC within an hour of waking up.

Check email and respond if necessary.

Check Performancing.com for new comments.

Check the HIVE for new posts.

Log onto Twhirl to see whats shaking in the Twittersphere.

Get on Skype and AIM

Think of ideas to write about. I might open up my FeedReader to see 1 billion unread items. I’ll browse through the headlines or articles to see if any resonate with me in which I can write about. If not, I’ll read a chapter or two of a book and try to generate a post idea from that.

I do all this and before you know it, 6 P.M. Comes around and this is when I make dinner. From 7-8 P.M. I relax and play a game before work. 8-8:30 P.M. I get ready for work. At 9 P.M. I go to work. I don’t get off of work until 5 A.M. When I get home, I fire up the PC, check emails and if I feel up to it, I write a post or two. I try to get to bed before 6 but it never works. Recently, I’ve been getting to bed by about 7 A.M.

Really though, I have no idea how I do this. I am looking at finding some way to schedule my life by the hour. There are too many times when I sit in front of the PC, ready to be productive but because there are so many things to do, I end up not doing any of them thus leading to nothing getting done.

So to sum up your question, I have no writing schedules, no routine, no rhyme or reason on how I get things done. I just trudge my way through each day, trying to get something done. I think I need an overdose of Lifehacker!

4. You run Jeffro2pt0.com and you recently launched a personal site/blog, JeffC.me. What are your goals for those two blogs in the next year?

Well, for Jeffro2pt0.com, I want to get my groove back. I really had a good thing going during my first year of blogging on that domain. Unfortunately, I lost my focus, changed topics and didn’t keep pace. The momentum on the site dropped and I am now in the position to try and get that momentum back. I also want to turn it into more of a serious venture. This meant that I had to establish a separate blog which housed my personal stuff while Jeffro2pt0.com was more of a serious thing.

My goal for Jeffro2pt0.com is to re-establish the community atmosphere I once had. I also want to see if I can’t make a few bucks by dabbling with monetization via 125X125 ads. As for my personal site, I have no goals set. JeffC.me will serve as a portal for everything I do on the net. Jeffc.me/blog will be my personal blog completely seperate from Jeffro2pt0.

5. I guess Jeffro2pt0.com brings in some of the traffic to your personal site. Do you use other methods to promote JeffC.me?

Actually, Jeffc.me has been around for less than a month. The .ME domain extension is brand new and has only recently been available to the public. Right now, I have yet to do cross promotion between all three domains. I plan on doing some cross promotion at some point in the future via a simple text link. As far as promoting Jeffc.me, it is still not in a position to be promoted as I’m still working out some kinks. However, once it is finished, I’ll be pointing people to that site to see what it is I’m doing on the web.

6. Do you know a blogger who you would like to invite for an interview by DivitoDesign?

I would love to see you interview James Mowery, also a writer for Performancing.com.

I will contact him soon!

I would like to thank Jeff to schedule an interview with DivitoDesign in his busy life. Best of luck in the future my friend, and if you need a favor in the future, just shout!