Michael Schwartz – Valley of the Suns

This week, we feature a blogger that touches a topic that is your favorite and mine.  The Suns, baby!  This time of year, who else could we possibly feature?

Name: Michael Schwartz

Your company: ValleyoftheSuns.com

Blog URL: http://valleyofthesuns.com/

Where you live: Scottsdale, Arizona

How long have you been blogging?

I started ValleyoftheSuns in October 2008, but I’ve been blogging since starting the Arizona Daily Wildcat’s sports blog in 2007 when I covered UA men’s basketball.

What blogging platform do you use?

WordPress

Do you blog for business? for pleasure?

A little bit of both. I hope to one day make ValleyoftheSuns my business, but right now it’s more for pleasure. However, covering an NBA team is also what I would like to do for a living, so I see this as my path toward making that dream a reality. I also blog for the Internet marketing company I work for: Vertical Measures.

How does your blog help the local blogging community?

I provide a local source of in-depth Phoenix Suns news and analysis.

I’m a local blog in a niche that a lot of people care about, especially this time of year. I also try to build relationships with fellow local bloggers as well as make my blog a community for Phoenix Suns fans.

What are your hobbies and interests?

I’m obviously a sports junkie, basketball in particular. I’m also interested in journalism, Internet marketing and watching Survivor.

What do you do when you are not writing online?

Wait, there’s supposed to be time when I’m not writing online???

Honestly, I spend a lot of my time that I’m not blogging at my day job, and I also play for a rec league basketball team. We went from

0-12 our first season to 3-7 last season, so at that rate we should be close to .500 this season!