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This article is guest posted by Melvin.
I know many people are blogging for the sake of money. But many people are blogging too just for the sake of sharing what they want to. In short, they do blogging because this already a part of them, a part of you. But it’s really sad how people forget to brand their blog. Many people just put up a blog, get a free theme, make posts and publish. They don’t care if their template is the same with someone or they’re blog is not unique. This is the truth that people should understand. Blogs represent themselves and every part of it is all about you, yes YOU!
That’s why Carl ordered a custom theme and logo. It’s about how you will make yourself stand out from others. It’s not really about making your’s making better than theirs but its more of being unique. People will more likely appreciate you if you are unique. So going back to branding your blog here are things that I have compiled to help you become better with others.
June 17, 2008
If you want to get any of those I will just plug my design company. I do all of the above for about half the stated prices as I don’t have to put the bread on the table from it. Anyway if you need anything done cheap and high quality Pryde Design is for you. If you mention the discount code “A BLOG LIKE CARLS CODE” I will give you 20% off as a carl ocab reader!
- Andrew
June 17, 2008
For themes I hit the DigitalPoint Forum. I have grabbed some amazing designs for $20 or less. My latest for $5! They are uncoded but when you add coding into the total cost it is still $60 or less. Which I think is amazing for a custom design.
June 17, 2008
I agree, every blog should convey its own brand effectively. People can buy a premium theme and customize it to make it entirely unique. At last that is far more affordable than hiring a designer from scratch.
However, please don’t forget about strategy, content and traffic. You can always revamp you theme as you go, don’t let it hold you back for too long.
It may be another reason to procrastinate and postpone writing content.
June 17, 2008
Yes! It seems that I fit all the requirements!
June 19, 2008
I agree also – I’m also a big fan of Digital Point Fourms.
It’s been a great resource for me.
June 19, 2008
interesting topic….
June 21, 2008
Very interesting topic..
Where can i find nice themes??
June 28, 2008
Great ideas on branding your blog. Something I have neglected to do.
I totally forgot to make my blogs unique. Now that you mention it, they have all been rather boring to me. So I can only imagine how it was for a visitor seeing a basic standard theme.
I am off to get a custom theme and a great logo.
June 28, 2008
Good post Melvin. If you are in business for the long run then branding is a must!
July 1, 2008
Look at it as a package to the product I would say. The better looking package the more and easier you will attract people and sell your product/service. I’ve seen some horrible tasting candies being sold instantly just because of the packages. I guess some of you know what I mean.
September 14, 2008
I have a custom WordPress theme, logo and have a favicon, which helps set my blog a part from others. However, I don’t currently use any gravatars, so that would be something different for me to try out and see if it would actually help.
My blog is more for bloggers and webmasters, where I give out free blogging tips and an articles. My web traffic is good, but I am still lacking commentators, at least non spamming ones. Branding is a must, but I believe there is more to it, especially marketing..
Carl Ocab is one of the most successful teenage bloggers on the net. But remarkably, Carl was just 13 years old when he rose to fame with his hugely popular “make money online” website: www.carlocab.com
When I first heard that there was a 13 year old making blogging waves, I had to check it out, and I am glad I did. I contacted Carl and helped get one of his interviews on the Digg.com homepage with the headline: “Mommy, can I cash my Google Cheque yet?”
We really hit it off since, and I have been keen to interview him here at DeanHunt.
Despite being 13 years old and not a native English speaker, Carl has proved that if you are passionate enough, then no obstacles are too high.
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