BLOG DESIGN JOURNAL

Blog designers now need to keep up with smartphone technology. Clients now need for us to incorporate QR codes, automated texting, and a host of other technology with their sites. So we need to know and use the latest technology ourselves.

That means we can no longer wait for our cell phone providers to give us new “free” phones every two years when we sign a new contract. As a blog designer you need to move up to iPhone and Android and keep moving up as technology advances.

So what do you do with those older mobile phones? Do you toss them out? Donate them for emergency use? Or sell them to get back some cash to defray the cost of constantly updating?

Here is the best way to sell your older mobile phone: Trade it in on SellMyMobile.com. They compare and show you the current prices for 400+ models of mobile phones, so you know what is the best price you can get for your phone.

I had no idea what the going rates were for mobile phones like mine, and I find eBay more confusing than helpful for that kind of info. Who knows which prices are realistic there?

From now on, SellMyMobile is where I plan to go to sell my phone.

Take a look. I think you will want to do the same.

As blog designers we need to keep up with not only the latest designs, technology, software and SEO, but also with the latest business trends as they affect the sites we design. It is not all about the pretty colors—or even the content.

As users become accustomed to more and more interactivity—with smart phones, tablets, advanced web designs, and more—we need to provide more and more interactivity on websites and blogs. Especially for business, and even if our clients have not thought of it yet.

Business communication used to be a one-way street. Companies made announcements, ran ads, released news. Customers waited to be persuaded. Or sold. Not anymore.

Interactivity is now essential for business websites. It has been especially important for consumer confidence in new technology such as home banking.

Consequently live chat features have become a standard for ecommerce sites to make connections with site visitors. And LivePerson, which has been around since 1995, provides the most comprehensive live chat software for business.

As the first company to make chat an active sales tool, LivePerson is a chat technology innovator. In fact, they lead customer relationship technology with chat software that includes a behavioral targeting engine to give the customer a convincing, effective, and pleasant experience.

LivePerson has live chat solutions for all kinds of sites. They offer good-looking graphics and specialized products for all kinds of businesses and customers. This is top of the line chat that increases sales, because customers like it.

That means that as blog designers, we need to recommend it to our clients and incorporate it in the sites we build.

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When you first sign up for a blog on a site like Blogger, there is a wide variety of options made available that allow you to reach out to your readers.

From customizable templates to imbedded videos, audio and advertising, the new blogger seemingly has the world at his or her fingertips.

That warm and fuzzy feeling eventually starts to wear off though as new ideas pop up that may not be immediately covered by Blogger’s built-in features.

Luckily, Blogger and essentially any other blogging platform allows its writers to add any number of open source add-ons to their blogs for enhanced features and interaction with readers.

AdSense
The single greatest thing you can do for your blog is turn it into a profitable outlet for your daily writing. Google’s very own AdSense add-on is one of the easiest and most effective ways to do this. The best part is that it is incredibly easy to add AdSense to your blog through the interface provided by Google in Blogger. Read the rest of this entry →

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So you’ve finally decided to join the blogosphere. As a blogger, one of the things you need to decide on is the blogging platform you want to use. Going with the right blogging platform will make your life as a blogger easy.

Choose the wrong one and pretty soon you’ll feel that blogging is more of a chore instead of something you enjoy doing.

A blogging platform refers to the program you use to manage your blog — from creating it to adding posts, editing posts, deleting posts, approving and deleting comments, and adding other elements to enhance your blog. Thus, the right platform will affect your blogging experience, which is why it is important that you spend time checking out the different types available and looking to see which one is most appropriate for you.

Ideally, you want a platform that is user-friendly and is flexible enough so that you can customize your blog and enable you to really create something that is uniquely yours. Don’t expect to find the right platform quickly; this part of the blogging process takes time and you will need to devote time testing out the different types before eventually find the most suitable one.

When you’re looking for a blogging platform, it’s good if you already know your priorities. For instance, do you put more weight in one that is easy to use or do you want a platorm that is highly customizable? Read the rest of this entry →

In order to set up your free blogger blog, just follow these four simple steps and you will see a completed blog. Here it goes.

1. Create your Google account – enter your email, password, display name, and click continue

If you already have a Google account, just sign in.

2. Name your blog – enter blog title, blog address and click continue. Your blog address will be www.yourdomainname.blogspot.com

3. Choose a template from the existing templates. You can preview the template before you choose it too and it is very easy to change at anytime you want it.

4. Start writing your first post on your niche market. Read the rest of this entry →

There are so many different blogging platforms to choose from when starting your first blog.  Blogging should be a pleasant experience so choosing the right platform can either make your blogging a breeze or a chore.  In this article I will share with you 5 tips for selecting the right blogging platform.

Some of the typical concerns people have when choosing a platform are which ones are best, should they use a free service or host their own with their own domain, what are the pros and cons of going with typepad instead of wordpress and should they start with a free platform and upgrade at a later date.

Depending on the goals of your blog will depend on which platform you should use.  The great thing about blogging is that your success is not reliant upon the tool you use, it’s about how you use it!

What you should consider are: Read the rest of this entry →

Many Peoples having problem while converting there blogger blog to wordpress.Many of them Thinking of search engine’s traffic comming to there blogger blog and how to redirect them to wordpress blog.Believe me Worpress have so many extra feutures that you dont need to worry and the best thing about wordpress is that if you dont no any coding you will not face any difficulties.

Remember: I’m talking about if your domain is same and you have install your wordpress blog on same domain
For ex: http://www.teachmetoday.info was hosted on blogger.com but this week i converted this domain to WordPress.

Convert Blogger Blog to WordPress

Many webhosting provide 1-click installations i am using byethost they also provide free hosting with no ads and 1-click installion of wordpress.When you install your wordpress then follow steps if you want to convert Blogger blog into WordPress: Read the rest of this entry →