CategoryBlog Design

How to Update Your Blog Design (and Why You Should)
This post is based on episode 71 of the ProBlogger podcast. When was the last time you took a long, hard look at your blog’s design? While having great content is important, your blog’s design will also play a part in how successful it (and you) will be. If new readers ...more
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Check Out These 5 Noteworthy Blog Design Trends
Blog design sure has come a long way since I started doing them 6-7 years ago. Back then the designs were very … bloggy. The most recently written post was given all the prime real estate on the home page, with the next most recent posts appearing beneath it. Sidebars ...more
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5 Essential Blog Foundations for Strong SEO
This is a post by ProBlogger’s SEO expert, Jim Stewart. Many bloggers start a blog with gusto, rushing to establish a blogging website and share their opinions and knowledge with the world. They choose a popular platform to build on, select an attractive theme with all the bells and whistles, ...more
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7 Key Design Elements for a Mobile Landing Page that Converts
This is a guest contribution from Shane Barker. If you’ve been blogging for awhile, you’re probably familiar with landing pages, and may have even used a few of them for different campaigns. Whether you’re trying to drive people to sign up for your mailing list, or to purchase a product/service ...more
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Why a Powerful Brand Image Is Crucial for Successful Blogging (And 6 Ways You Can Build One)
This is a guest contribution from Jawad Khan. Do you have a mentor, or have you ever tried looking for one? If yes, you’d know that credibility, apart from the right expertise, is the number one quality a mentor should possess. A person doesn’t deserve to mentor you (or anyone) ...more
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9 Reasons I Hate Your Blog
By Jerry Low. Does your website have a high bounce rate? What is it about your blog that makes them want to press the back button? The truth is that if your bounce rate is high, then there is something that is causing people to discredit your blog and leave ...more
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5 Google Font Combinations That Will Make Your Blog’s Design Sing
By ProBlogger Design Expert Kelly Exeter. When it comes to the readability of your blog, font choice (along with font size and line spacing) is crucial. Unfortunately, this is an area where may bloggers are getting their blog design horribly wrong. Fancy script heading fonts. Tiny text. Lines all squished ...more
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The Best Typography Tools To Make Your Blog Super User-Friendly
This is a guest contribution from Leona Henryson. As a blogger, you might spend several hours working on a single post. You search for topic ideas that are trending and relevant to your followers. You spend time researching and narrowing down your topic even further. You write your post, then ...more
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Are You Ignoring This All-Important Aspect of Your Blog?
This is a guest contribution from Larry Alton. Content may be king to a successful blogger, but layout and design are also important aspects. Unfortunately, this is a topic that doesn’t come naturally to most bloggers. In fact, it can be a point of conflict for bloggers who have no ...more
Blog Design