Most bloggers start out on free blogging platforms like blogger or wordpress. This is understandable, as very few bloggers have a concrete idea of where they want to take this “blogging thing” when they first start out.
When bloggers start to get serious is when most settle in on a design – and then proceed to forget about it. But, there comes a time when the design of every blog should be changed. …
If I were to approach the subject of designing Blogger templates, many people would moan about the repetitive, boring and dreary styles commonly associated with BlogSpot blogs.
It’s time to rethink these assumptions! In recent months, many talented and creative bloggers have created amazing and beautiful designs for their Blogger powered blogs which certainly offer Wordpress designers a run for their money!
For your visual pleasure, here are ten remarkable and original designs …
As I alluded to in the post, 2 Reasons You Must Keep Blogging at Your Old Blog When You Move to Another Domain, getting a professionally designed blog hosted on your own domain is the best way to go if your blog is an integral part of your business.
“But,” you may be thinking, “I don’t know anything about designing a blog. How do I know what to consider?” Following is a …
Effective blog design includes the design of a blog itself, its navigation elements, and its communication tools. Blogs have a lot of standard elements, articles, comments, categories, and archives; all of which need to be presented well within the blog template design.
Those elements put a lot of constraint on what is possible with a blog design. You should be focusing on making sure your …
One of my favorite marketing blogs is Neuromarketing by Roger Dooley. Earlier this month, Roger published a post that led me to find Feng-GUI, a website that offers free heat maps of your blog, so you can learn where the hot spots are and what people are looking at on your blog.
Feng-GUI is promoted as “Feng-shui for graphic user interfaces”, and it’s meant to simulate eye tracking. While it can …
“Content is king” has become a blogging mantra: if you develop great, unique content you should also be able to gain a wide readership for your work.
But then you only get one change to make a good first impression. If your blog’s appearance doesn’t stick in the mind of the casual visitor, how can you be sure they will remember what you have written?
One of the great criticisms of Blogger …
Images play an important role in your blog’s overall success. Not only do images help the overall design of your blog, but they also help build traffic. And what blogger doesn’t want more traffic?
Bloggers spend a lot of time marketing their blogs in order to boost their traffic, but the simple technique of adding images to your posts can add traffic organically. There are two primary ways images can help you market your blog:
Traffic: …