The Importance of a Good Blogging Template

I absolutely hate it when I go to a web site or blog only to be disgusted by the design of the site. There are sooooo many sites out there that hurt my eyes to look at, and this obviously has a negative effect on the reader. I, as well as many other readers, click away from the site as soon as possible, so as not to get a headache. Which brings up the point that it is very important to have a nice looking blog.

So how do you get a nice looking blog? – Well if you want an idea of what I think is a nice template/blog, then you can look at Teen College Education.org.

This design is simple and easy to read. A very important factor is the specific colors that are used; they are gentle on the eyes. Vibrant colors are bad. Next, the layout is simple.

I have the posts right under the header with a sidebar on the left. What one puts in the sidebar is always up to the specific blogger, but I have some popular posts, categories, and advertisements.

There are a few other things, but these are the most important, because they lie above the page break. That means that the reader does not need to scroll down at all to see these boxes; they get the most views. With this knowledge it is important to put the most important elements of your blog above the page break.

Next, having a navigation bar helps a lot with aiding readers. I cannot stress how important it is to have a navigation bar! I have gone to sites that lacked this element and had to manually go through each page in order to find what I wanted. People are lazy!! The less you make them work, the better turnover you will get from them. A nav bar does not have to be anything complicated, but just make sure that it is effective and easy to use.

Most importantly, be organized. It is impossible to find anything on a blog or web site that is not organized. A good template will help organize all of the material that is on it. Blogger, Wordpress, and other blogging platforms provide standard templates for bloggers which are all great.

There are other websites which also can make custom templates for a price. I found mine for Teen College Education.org on Google for free. There are a few links at the bottom of the page that go back to the original site, but it is a fair price to pay.

So if you want to attract readers, have a nice looking website/blog!

-Andy

Please check out my blog at http://teencollegeeducation.blogspot.com/. You might get some ideas!

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5 Reasons Why Common Speech Can Be Better To Blog In

Blog post writing is different from professional article writing. Writing articles or posts in the blog is different from corporate articles writing style.

Corporate writing style is seen in electronic media and print media as they act as mediators between the government and public. They strongly follow certain rules and regulations while publishing their articles because much of the mass media follows it and if there are any false statements, it may cause chaos among people.

Blogging is different from corporate style of writing. Here there are no rules to be followed while writing their posts. Here, Bloggers has full freedom of expressing their views, ideas, opinions, ideas and feeling regarding anything which a blogger like to have in their blogs.

Common Speech blogging
Common speech is better for blogs due to following reasons:

1. The shorter the article the more readers:
Readers like to read short articles in simple language with more suitable words than lengthy paragraphs with difficult words which makes the reader bored. Hence short articles make the blog attractive.

2. The simple the sentences the more clear the content:
Use of simple sentences makes the content clear and also construction of good sentences will make the reader more convenient in understanding.

3. The blogger attitude should be made visible while going through the content:
Reader must be able to visualize the attitude of the blogger which makes the reader analyze the feelings or opinions regarding the post. This can be possible while the blogger writes in open mind and hence ultimately the blogger gets simple words to write than complicated words this is possible only through the common speech.

4. The simple the posts the more the traffic:
Because of the simple words the reader feel relaxed while reading the content and also reader should feel satisfied with the content provided by you. Hence, simple words, short paragraphs will bring more traffic to your site.

5. Enhancing communication between the reader and the blogger:
One should remember that blogging can be done by anyone. They need not be professionals and have freedom to express their views to the public. Hence by showing courtesy while writing an article, the reader will be motivated to read further and also keeps updated with the blog and also express their opinion regarding your blog.

A blogger can be successful when the reader is able to understand what he intended to show through their articles.

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3 Tips for Designing An Effective Website

Content is king there is no doubt about this content is what drive traffic to our blog. However there is another aspect of our blog that we need to pay attention to.

The Design whether or website is for fun or money making we need to give some thoughts to the design of the website. This can make or break the success of the website.

Before you digest this post I must remind you that I am not a professional web designer. I am just a simple self proclaim blogger who shares his experience and knowledge with his fellow bloggers.

Here are some simple tips you need to remember when creating an effective design.

(1) Structure: The format serves as a good design making sure that your content is well organized. Your readers will appreciate and understand this. This can be done by using wireframes and grids. This will give your website a consistent look and feel and also saves you design time.

(2) Content: This simply applies to the information that will make your subscribers easily understand what you are saying and what your website or blog is about. Mainly in order to satisfy your readers you have to come up with a content that will provide them all the information they need. Having well said and explained information will help you to turn out your readers into subsequent subscribers. Or if you are selling a product to make them become buyers.

(3) Navigational structure: This is very important as this allows the users to navigate their way through the entire website. A visitor should never find it difficult to find their way around your blog. All pages should lead back to your main page. Your readers should never be lead away from your website or get trapped while trying to navigate around it.

When designing your website always design with your visitors in mind. Although it is important that we design to be found by the search engines. The user must always be at the forefront of the project.

Another good idea is to limit the amount of graphics. A high amount of graphics can make your website loading slower. This can be a turn of for your visitors.

Follow these tips and if you find them very difficult there are always the possibilities of hiring a professional web designer.

Now it’s your turn feel free to share your comments and suggestion your feedback is greatly appreciated.

Gary Lawood popular known on the internet as Lawmacs and his blog is Lawmacs.com. He is a full time dad and full time employee working as a Retail Unit Manager with a diploma in computer studies.
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Making Money Blogging for Teens

Like many teens out there, I am one of them who (thinks at least that he) needs more money. Everyone wants money for their own reasons (I want to buy a new car) and goes about earning it different ways.

Unfortunately in this day and age, especially with the economy the way that it is, getting a job is extremely difficult. And face it, what teen actually wants to work?? After much research and trials of multiple ways to make money, I found Blogging.

My actual blog http://teencollegeeducation.blogspot.com/ deals with high school life/stress (no not mine personally) and, as the name implies, teen college education. I got a great template somewhere and come up with the articles myself based on experience, news, surveys, and a few other factors.

I have not been working on my blog for too long, but I am already seeing some money coming in from advertising. Some being the key word. Unfortunately, money does not just flood in as some people claim that it does, but you need to work for it.

The great thing about my blog, or any blog in fact, is that you can work on it when you have the time and do other things when you don’t. Blogging is not that time demanding, which is one of the things that makes it a great way for teens to earn a little extra money. Just as an example, I had finals all of this week, so I was not able to post anything on my blog for a while, but when I am on vacation I can post something almost every day.

Another great thing about blogging for teens is that writing an actual article does not take much time. I wrote this article in about an hour, which is simply one hour less that I would have spent on Facebook. A new study just came out a few days ago that said that teens spend more than 7 hours online every single day.

In order to blog, all a teen needs to do is spend one of those hours, at least once a week, writing articles or improving the blog itself.

My posts stay online and receive visitors every day, even when I do not have the time to write new ones.

So how does a teen make money from blogging? – Advertising. I currently have a few PPC (pay per click) ads and one referral ad. PPC, or pay per click ads, basically pay you every time that someone clicks on it. The more people that click on the ad, the more money that you get. It is that simple.

You do not need to sell anything or market anything, just put an advertisement somewhere on your web page where people can see and click it. Referals are a bit more complicated and pay you whenever someone uses your referral link to sign up for something.

I am not too sure yet of how I like referrals, but I will make sure to write about it once I have more experience with it.

Does advertising work for your web page? Well, I have a blog about education, and somehow, Google Adsense gets ads that are relevant to my articles. Some of the ads are repeats, but for the most part they advertise books, classes, or colleges. Adsense really is an amazing thing and can make the ads look like part of your blog.

So if you are a teen, or anyone for that matter who wants to make some extra money, create a blog and put ads on it.

Just write about something that people will like to read and they will come, eventually.

Good Luck!

-Andy

Please check out my blog at http://teencollegeeducation.blogspot.com/. You might get some ideas!

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How To Encourage Comments On Your Blog?

As a Blogger I always love to receive  comments on my blog. Comments likes gift for me, gifts from my readers. Comments made my blog more interactive and colorful.  Great and useful contents not enough to encourage your readers to leave comments on your blog.

Here some tips to encourage your readers to leave comments on your blog. The tips are very easy and I think you all already know about this. This article is just a reminder for you guys.

Here the tips to encourage your readers  to leave comments on your blog:

1. A question. Start your article with a question. This will lead your readers think hard to find the answer.
2. Act like a newbie. Event you are an expert, try to write articles like you are a newbie that need help from every body. There’s a lots of people who love to help you out there.
3. Don’t Finish Your Article. I’m sure you know what you write on your blog, but some time left the article not finished will encourage people to ask you something.
4. Leave Comments On Others blog. This is very simple tip, just visit others blog and leave comments and the blog’s owner will comment back on your blog.
5. Top Commentator Widget. Put Top Commentators widget on your side bar or footer. This will a free promotion for your commentators and it’ll be encourage your visitors to leave comments.
6. Do Follow Blog. Bloggers believe do follow blog will give a back link if you leave comment on do follow blog. So make your blog do follow.
7. Answer The Comments. Try to answer the comments immediately, your commentator will appreciate this and he/she will be back to your blog.
8. Controversial Article. You can create a controversial article that will make people angry with you, lol! Sure this will give you hundreds comments.
9. Share your tips. This is very usual article, write tips about any thing and on the last paragraph, ask your readers to share their own tips.
10. Leave Comment Please. I’m sure you seen a lots of article that asking you to leave comment at the end of the article, may be something like this “If you like this article please leave comment, bookmark and share“.

I’m sure you love to create conversation with your readers and comments is the way to create two way communications. This commenting activities will give the authors and commenter  lots of benefits.

This is my firs article on BlogAdMonkey, so what do you think? Would you leave a comment for me?

Hello, my name is Latief from Another Blogger, I’m a full time blogger former Teacher and Community Development Consultant for SME and Renewable Energy. You can visit me on Facebook and Twitter.

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