Andrew Bennett – Exclusive Interview

My Content Pro is conducting a series of interviews with industry leaders about the importance of content and how it intersects with their area of expertise. This time around we asked 7 Questions to Andrew Bennett.

Drew is the creator of the popular site BenSpark.com, which has featured a photo a day for the last five years. He recently gave a great presentation at BlogWorld & New Media Expo that offered tips about using photos, where to post them and how to get more links. Check out his free ebook . We talked with Drew about the importance of visual images as compelling content.

7 Questions with…Andrew Bennett

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Andrew “Drew” Bennett aka “BenSpark” became a blogger in 2003. It wasn’t until 2005 that he hit upon his calling, a Photo-A-Day blog capturing his daily life in photos and blog posts. Drew has taken and posted over 1,920 consecutive photos over five straight years and shows no signs of stopping. After the success of BenSpark.com Drew learned that he was going to be a father, so he created Read To Me, Dad, a blog where he reviews products for kids as well as video based children’s book reviews with his daughter, Eva. While at IZEAFest ’08 moderating the Big Money Bloggers Panel Drew hit upon another part of his brand, “I’m Not a Famous Blogger” was born and became a rallying cry for a community of everyday bloggers. Drew is also a Blog and Social Media consultant. In addition to his own blogs also writes for the Blog World Expo blog, Dad-O-Matic, BloggingTips.com and has worked with major brands such as Sears, Philips Norelco, Philips Sonicare, Kodak and Seagate. He can also be heard as one of the co-hosts of the Geek Dads Weekly podcast.