So you wanna know how you can spice things up a lil on your blog (or website)? Well, the look & feel of your website is probably the most underestimated and important thing to get right.
Different colour schemes draw people in. Like for instance, I know that I'm more attracted to blogs with pinks and purples in their design concept. And I've also found that websites with brown or beige colours really put me off. I'm not a fan.
If you've been stressing out about what colours to use and how to make your blog more attractive, use my 6 top tips to get your blog looking HOTT today.
1. Have a Juicy TaglineDifferent colour schemes draw people in. Like for instance, I know that I'm more attracted to blogs with pinks and purples in their design concept. And I've also found that websites with brown or beige colours really put me off. I'm not a fan.
If you've been stressing out about what colours to use and how to make your blog more attractive, use my 6 top tips to get your blog looking HOTT today.
If you have a blog that's say yourname.com or maybe sweetnothings.com, you gotta have a tagline in your header to say what your business is about.
Don't be afraid to tell people what you do even if it's only tips on styling thick wavy hair. It's your quickest way to a fan base because your visitors will know exactly what to expect and what you offer.
Specificity is sexy. Take 5 - 10 minutes to really think about your blog and what you offer and sum it up in a short sentence that people will understand and resonate with.
Don't be afraid to tell people what you do even if it's only tips on styling thick wavy hair. It's your quickest way to a fan base because your visitors will know exactly what to expect and what you offer.
Specificity is sexy. Take 5 - 10 minutes to really think about your blog and what you offer and sum it up in a short sentence that people will understand and resonate with.
2. Write Badass Titles
Say you're searchin' up the google 'how to get a mint tan for the summer' and you come across two blogs with the exact same content but one has the title '~~**Tanning Up**~~' and the other has the title '6 Quick to Tips to get the Sexiest Tan this Summer!' which would you choose?
Check out Ali Brown's article on the 5 headline formulas that will NEVER go out of style. Great read and a really good guidelines to go by.
Pretty titles are nice but they rarely get you sales and fans so aim for the specific and enticing titles!
Check out Ali Brown's article on the 5 headline formulas that will NEVER go out of style. Great read and a really good guidelines to go by.
Pretty titles are nice but they rarely get you sales and fans so aim for the specific and enticing titles!
3. Go DIY Designer
Biggest pet peeve I have is stumbling onto a blog and it has tacky blog buttons/graphics or ads on the side columns, it take 20 years for the page to load and there hasn't been much effort put into the look at all OR it's still a basic template by the blog provider!
Get your butt over to PicMonkey and design yourself a simple header or graphic for your blog! It's 10x more professional, 10x unique and 10x more magnetic for me and others to magpie your blog!
Get your butt over to PicMonkey and design yourself a simple header or graphic for your blog! It's 10x more professional, 10x unique and 10x more magnetic for me and others to magpie your blog!
4. Use Killer Graphics
Whether you take your own photos, use image quotes or pretty pics you found on pinterest - try to have at least one image for each post.
Posts with pics tend to get picked up by the search engines quicker. I don't know why but that benefit alone is awesome. You can also pin your images on pinterest to drive more traffic to your site. WIN!
Posts with pics tend to get picked up by the search engines quicker. I don't know why but that benefit alone is awesome. You can also pin your images on pinterest to drive more traffic to your site. WIN!
5. A Dash of Colour!
Humans respond to colour! Watch a child trying to paint a pretty plain brown box. Does he go for black and grey? NO! He chooses electric blue, nylon green and grapefruit yellow!
Find at least two colour combos that relate to the theme of your blog. It will do wonders!
6. Avoid Using Tacky Widgets!
I know it's super addictive to put up playlists of your favourite songs but to be honest it's blogger suicide. Going crazy on the extra widgets makes your blog 10x longer to load and therefore runs the risk of pissing off your visitors to the point they click the back button. And we DON'T want that.
My rule is use the minimal amount i.e archive, search and rss sign up.
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