BLOG DESIGN JOURNAL

The blog design you select and use is a pretty good reflection on what your intentions may be with your site. Of course this should be no accident because, hopefully, much thought was put into both your blog layout and the design of your blogging site.

When creating a blog this is generally the very first step, and one that needs to be done with careful consideration. This is especially true if blogging to make money is your goal. Funny isn’t it how when money gets involved things always turn more serious!

Looking around the internet landscape it is usually easy to determine quickly whether a particular blogging site you landed on is intent on earning an income. What you may also come to realize is that there are basically 3 different blog designs people use for this purpose. These designs reflect the persons approach as much as they do their personalities as a whole and here they are: Read the rest of this entry →

Blogs are terrific methods of speaking out your thoughts and ideas to readers online and expecting that people will learn from it. No matter how articulate you communicate, your visitors will without hesitation close your page if your design is not interesting to them. Thus, be definite to always contemplate the blog’s design to help you to get the heightened traffic you choose.

Do not Put down Basic Styles

Writers who blog aspire their design to stand out, so they either compose or attain a design that has fascinating colors. This might be fantastic, but if you disarray your blog with flash files or complex navigation, how else can you let your visitor find to your content? Read the rest of this entry →

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If, like many bloggers, you started out using a free hosting platform, there may come a time when you want the increased flexibility of a self-hosted paid platform.

The question many bloggers ask is: “Which blogging platform is the right one for my needs?” but the answer may be far from simple.

For a start there will rarely be just the one best platform for you to choose but you will often be confronted with a range of options which could fit the bill.

It may be that  you just want to  avoid some of the restrictions associated with your previous free blog such as limits over they type of content you can publish or restrictions on placing adverts on the blog.

If that is your only concern then you may not be too fussy about your new platform and your only consideration may be how easy it is to transfer your old blog to the new host. Read the rest of this entry →

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From the content to the layout and design, a business blog should accurately portray your brand message while keeping readers continuously interested and loyal.

If your blog content or design is stale and no longer an accurate portrayal of your brand image, it’s time to consider a major makeover.

When there is a disconnect between your message and what you are portraying, you run the risk of losing your targeted audience and key influencers.

Below are 4 blog elements to consider changing:

Design / Theme: If you’ve had the same blog theme for a year or two now, it’s time to update your look. When brainstorming how you want your new blog design to look, consider how your brand story has changed / developed over the past year or two.

Your company might have drastically evolved from what it once was. Your blog design should reflect this new image and express it accurately. Read the rest of this entry →

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