A theme sets tone of your blog. It conveys a message to the visitors. You need to be extra-careful when deciding on a theme for your WordPress blog. Having said that I must add that choosing a theme for your WordPress blog is not a rocket science; rather it is a 3-step process, which I am going to describe below.
You guessed it right. The process of choosing a blog theme begins with determining the niche you want to serve because a theme that works in one niche does not necessarily will work in another niche. A dog training blog should not use a theme made for web hosting or casinos.
Ask this question every time you run into a theme that makes your jaw drop — well, there is a slight exaggeration there. But, not in terms of browser compatibility because no matter how great the theme look on your browser, if it is not going to look the same on all major browser then it ain’t the theme you are looking for. After all how good is a theme that your audience cannot see?
Before you go ahead to smooch your whatever, let me tell you this: I was talking about keeping it simple stupid. Do not go for a theme that is too complex, or too-layered. Simplicity still sells and sells like a magic. The goal of a blog design is to provide an ambience for the content to be red. Its goal is to make the content stand out, not to stand itself on its seat and shout will all its might—Look how beautiful I am, ain’t I!
You do not need any self-conceit theme. Go for the one that is sleek, sweet, and simple— well you can add sexy in the list, if you please.
Also check the terms of use before making any modification to the theme. It would be nice if you stick to the terms of use set by the designer.
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Writing does not start from the time you press the first key on your keyboard, it starts long before that. It starts from the time you starts thinking about your writing. An article starts in the writer’s mind and ends it journey in the reader’s mind. Blog, website, or paper is just a medium though which the idea inherited in article is conveyed. Therefore, in order to make your article interesting you need to work on your thought process. And asking the following questions will help you in that.
Do not just write what you feel is right because the chances are quite fair that most of the time it is not right. You need to ask your audience what they need. You can take help of occasional surveys, or visit forums in your niche or read other blogs in your niche to understand your audience’s need. This is very important.
Not only what you write is important, but how you write is equally important. You should not use just any tone of voice, rather you should ask your audience how they want to be communicated. Some people need authority-like guidance, while other wants to read blogs that treat them equal, while other wants to feel superior. Use the tone your audience wants you to use.
Timing is equally important. If everyone in your niche is publishing its article at 10 AM then there is a good reason to that. May be it’s the audience who want that! You should research in this as well. Observe when you see spikes in viewership. And also ask your audience if they want you to post daily, or posting on alternate day will do? Should you write on weekends?
These are the decisions you need to make, and these along with creative use of words and sentences will make your blog interesting to read.
Tags: Audience, blog, blogs, Decisions, forums, Good Reason, Guidance, Journey, Keyboard, Niche, Occasional Surveys, Sentences, Spikes, Thought Process, Tone Of Voice, Viewership
This is the last post of the series, and in this part I will talk about how you can sound all knowledgeable to your readers by being on top of the news and by writing resource posts plus one more.
Set Google Alert, Twist (for twitter), and Blogscape (for blogs) for the keywords you are targeting, and be on top of the updates in your niche. You can then capitalize on the recent happenings and tell your readers how they can profit from it. By being top of the news, you will sound knowledgeable and will be regarded as an expert in your niche.
A resource post is a must-have for any blog. It gives your users a reason to bookmark your page. A well-written resource post has an ability to pull visitors again and again to your blog. It is also very much digg-friendly. You need to have as many resource posts as you can think of.
Guest posts are new black for blogging. Write quality guest posts, and while writing them you goal should not only be to get published on the blog of your choice, but also to lure the readers to your own blog. This could only happen if you write quality guest posts.
With this our 11-post long discussion on making your blog stand out from the crowd comes to an end. And I hope, you enjoyed the series, and worked on the bite-size tips shared in this post. You may like to bookmark this post, as I am providing links to all the posts that I wrote in the series. Let me know how you feel about this series, and what changes you would like to see in future series.
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