J-Donuts for everyone - An exclusive interview with “C” from Jdonuts.com

On October 15, 2008 in Interviews, fun

Hi all.

I hope you have a sweet-tooth because today we will be chowing down on some creamy, tasty, sprinkle-licious Jdonuts!

Oops. I might have already started…

We’re here with “C” (for “Contamination”) from j-donuts.com, a J-blogger with a funny bone and a lot of heart. A friend of Jamaipanese, you know he must be a great guy, let’s see what makes him and his site tick.

DailyJ: Hi C. What is your site, Jdonuts, all about?

C: Japan, anything I find interesting, weird or newsworthy about Japan.

DailyJ: What projects/etc. are you working on?

www.jdonuts.com my blog about my life in Japan
jokes.jdonuts.com daily jokes and funny images.
blog.jdonuts.com recommendation’s for how to run a good blog & drive traffic to it. If it works for me, I write about it here.

DailyJ: So, what motivated you to start Jdonuts?

The isolation. Its so difficult to find interesting people to talk with, I figured if I shouted out to the rest of the world for long enough, interesting and intelligent people would flock to my blog to engage in thoughtful conversation about Japan.

DailyJ: I can relate to that. How has that worked out so far? Have you had some interesting conversations? Which ones have been your favorites?

C: Kind of, the more popular topics recently have been the more general ones:
http://www.jdonuts.com/2008/01/panasonic-to-consolidate-its-brands.html
http://www.jdonuts.com/2008/01/check-out-my-melons.html
http://www.jdonuts.com/2007/12/i-hate-one-yen-coins.html

All in all it’s been good. I haven’t had to hear anything about Brittney Spears in a long time.

DailyJ: So what posts are your favourites?

C: All of them, everything I write is gold.
http://www.jdonuts.com/2008/01/public-service-announcement.html
It was important at the time as Jamaipanese’s blog was down, so I wanted to do my part in the J-Blogger community.
http://www.jdonuts.com/2007/12/worrying-news-from-2007.html
This was my summary of the most worrying news for the previous year.
http://www.jdonuts.com/2007/12/japanese-drivers-license.html
Getting my Japanese license was a lot of effort, so I’m personally proud of this.
http://www.jdonuts.com/2007/11/fingerprinting-in-japan-blogs-eye-view.html
I was proud do be a part of the community action against fingerprinting of foreigners in Japan while sharing the link love at the same time.

DailyJ: What part of running Jdonuts do you like the best?

C: Watching my daily traffic increase from 1-2 readers a day to currently over 1000 a day, and every now and again over 3000

DailyJ: Where do you see the site going in the future?

C: Paid advertising. I’m not running it as a business, but I’d like to make some Whiskey money out of it.

DailyJ: I noticed you write a bit about blogging and traffic. What advice would you give to other J-bloggers about increasing traffic?

C: Join EntreCard & Stumble Upon for increased traffic and JapanSoc & Japanalyst for increased search engine visibility. Find other j-bloggers and link to them first, comment on their blog for a bit and THEN ask for a link back.

Good advice indeed. Thanks for the interview C! And for all of you reading, I command you to head on over to Jdonuts!

Are you still here? Ok, well there is one more thing…

DailyJ: Is there anything else you want to say?.

C: When I started this ongoing hobby/project of blogging I decided to keep my real life separate and took steps to conceal my identity. There are others in the J-Blogging community who are happy to share their personal details, and thats fine but I hope that others will continue to respect my wish for privacy.

I was always a bit of an extrovert at High School, and even now at work I am very outgoing with the hundreds of students I teach each month. But the idea of 1000’s of people on the internet knowing who I am is a little scary for me.

Sure thing C. We’ll leave you your superhero anonymity The Chemist away!

Have a great day,

DailyJ

p.s. Go to Jdonuts!

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