http://www.blogherald.com/2009/08/17/5-ogilvy-tips-for-blog-design/ The leading source of news covering social media and the blogosphere. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 02:30:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.blogherald.com/2009/08/17/5-ogilvy-tips-for-blog-design/comment-page-1/#comment-1104818 Jamie Allsop Fri, 04 Sep 2009 08:34:10 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/?p=13783#comment-1104818 This is some really useful information. I agree with @Brahm, we need to remember the basics. Sometimes it is the basic things which make the design of your blog different from everyone elses. This is some really useful information. I agree with @Brahm, we need to remember the basics. Sometimes it is the basic things which make the design of your blog different from everyone elses.

]]> http://www.blogherald.com/2009/08/17/5-ogilvy-tips-for-blog-design/comment-page-1/#comment-1104487 Brahm Thu, 20 Aug 2009 04:47:05 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/?p=13783#comment-1104487 Good ideas and call to re-focus on the basics, which many of us should do more of; I find as i write that sometimes enthusiasm can run ahead of smarts and colours and fonts collide and explode and become painful to look at and read. Ogilvy was brilliant and agree with your reccomendation on his book. Also just saw a really good docu bio of him, in all places on Air Canada as I sat on the runway waiting to take off. or for food. or clean air. Good ideas and call to re-focus on the basics, which many of us should do more of; I find as i write that sometimes enthusiasm can run ahead of smarts and colours and fonts collide and explode and become painful to look at and read.
Ogilvy was brilliant and agree with your reccomendation on his book. Also just saw a really good docu bio of him, in all places on Air Canada as I sat on the runway waiting to take off. or for food. or clean air.

]]> http://www.blogherald.com/2009/08/17/5-ogilvy-tips-for-blog-design/comment-page-1/#comment-1104418 xensen Mon, 17 Aug 2009 21:40:09 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/?p=13783#comment-1104418 Notice that the illustration (the one that says OGILVY ON ADVERTISING) breaks the supposed image-before-text rule. Clearly the image was positioned after determining that the word "on" in the copy would produce an empty space. Notice that the illustration (the one that says OGILVY ON ADVERTISING) breaks the supposed image-before-text rule. Clearly the image was positioned after determining that the word “on” in the copy would produce an empty space.

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