Cathy contacted me a few months ago and wanted to redesign her mommy blog. She is the author and creator of Mommy Q, a WordPress based blog. Mommy Q is all about the adventures in motherhood, great products for baby and more. She also writes for droolicious.
Go over and check out Cathy’s new diggs and [...]
Entries from February 26th, 2009
Design Focus: Mommy Q
February 26th, 2009 · No Comments · display case
Tags: blog design·blog redesign·design focus·mommy q·wordpress design
Q & A and a Giveaway…{that rhymes}.
February 24th, 2009 · 7 Comments · Q & A
**Update: Winner of the Twitter background design is Kris!**
Today I’m kicking off another round of Q & A on this here blog of mine…but with a little twist.
Here’s the skinny: Ask any question related to the mechanics or technical aspects of blogging in the form of a comment. It can be anything from how to [...]
Tags: blog answers·blog design·blog questions·giveaway·Q & A·twitter·twitter design
Design Focus: Eventfully Yours
February 21st, 2009 · No Comments · display case
Kandice is the CEO of Signature Soirees, a full service event planning firm, and writes a blog called Eventfully Yours. Kandice offers a full range of event planning services for weddings, showers, anniversaries, family reunions, product launches and business meetings/conferences. On her blog, she offers some great ideas and tips, as well as resources and [...]
Tags: blog design·design focus·eventfully yours·signature soirees·TypePad·typepad blog design·typepad design
BlissDom Q & A: Your Burning Questions Answered!
February 19th, 2009 · 4 Comments · Q & A
Last week I asked you if you wanted to know anything about my experience at BlissDom ‘09. A few of you chirped up…so here goes!
Nicole Feliciano asked:
Did you come away with ideas that will REALISTICALLY and DRAMATICALLY increase readership?
My Answer:
Yes, definitely. But dramatically? That may be hard to measure. Though readership/stats are not an [...]
Tags: blissdom·blissdom09·conference·Q & A·question and answer
BlissDom Q&A
February 12th, 2009 · 6 Comments · Uncategorized
BlissDom was (at the risk of being a wee bit repetitive) blissful.
I enjoyed the break from the daily mother routine, the mesmerizing company, the great information I picked up and of course, the awesome swag. The only snaffu was being stuck in the largest airport on the face of the earth (O’hare) without free internet [...]
Tags: blissdom·blissdom conference·blissdom q&a·blissdom09·mama mia·yanni voices
Social Media: What’s In It For Me?
February 10th, 2009 · 2 Comments · how to's
At BlissDom, there was a lot of talk about the current trend of social media. To be honest, the whole things still overwhelms me a bit, but I can see its value now much more than I could before.
There are a lot of popular social media tools out there; Twitter, Facebook, LinkDin, YouTube and StumbleUpon [...]
Tags: blogging·facebook·linkdin·myspace·social media·tweetdeck·twitter
BlissDom
February 5th, 2009 · 1 Comment · boutique news
I’m at BlissDom, ya’ll! Follow me on twitter if it tickles your fancy.
Tags: blissdom·blogging·conference·nashville
Blog Platform Overview: in 500 Words Or Less
February 3rd, 2009 · No Comments · boutique news
I did a little informal survey and found the following:
Out of 34 people
68% of you use Blogger
26% of you use Self-Hosted WordPress
6% of you use WordPress.com
and surprisingly, no one responded as using TypePad.
Today I’d like to offer my humble overview and opinion on the top three blog platforms: Blogger, WordPress and TyePad. If you’re in [...]
Tags: blog choices·blog platform tutorial·blog platforms·blog set up·blogger·new blog·self-hosted wordpress·TypePad·WordPress
