Evan Roberts, a PPC Hero!
Haha, ok that maybe a bit of an exaggeration to everyone other than myself but the folks over at PPCHero Blog emailed me and asked me to answer a few questions for an e-interview.
You can read my wisdom at PPCHero here
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