Blogging

  • This Fast Company article — titled Celebrities Boost Their Brands With Personal Blogs — got my attention. Typically, celebrities start something first and then everyone else gets on the bandwagon, right? The article is loaded with good information, but these quotes stuck out to me: Blogs lend themselves to creating a casual environment with fans…

  • In order to demonstrate how WordPress could be used by real estate agents and brokers, we decided to drum up a demo version … here’s a screenshot that’s linked to a live demo of our Real Estate WordPress Theme. Here are a couple of reasons we think a custom WordPress theme would be a good…

  • “Fake Steve” is a blog written by a Forbes magazine Senior Editor Daniel Lyons … only he assumes the identity of Apple CEO Steve Jobs. It’s now garnered national attention in the New York Times. A couple of things stick out to me: Write well and humorously … and people will read you. To the…

  • I’ve been doing some reading on landing pages … and the thought occurred to me: My whole blog should be a landing page. Here’s what I mean by that statement: Simply, your blog should convert your site guests to accomplish your goals, whatever those are. As a blog designer, one of the first questions I…

  • For some time now, I’ve been clicking over to check out the delicious “In Pictures” galleries that Forbes Magazine puts up on a continual basis. These content snippets in particular are great examples of compelling content that creates clicks … Here’s two examples in particular that I ate up: 10 Elements of a Business Plan…