How to Ensure Your Blog Design Doesn’t Get in the Way of the Actual Content

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While the writing style, topics and the value of the content on one blog are the factors that will determine whether it will become successful or not, they are not the only thing a blog owner should pay attention to. The next important thing is blog design.

Blog design plays a vital role in forming the overall user experience. The more you think it through, the better it will resonate with your readership. Here are some tips to follow to ensure your blog design doesn’t get in the way of the actual content. [Read more…]

7 Ways to Use More Effective CTAs in Your Blog Posts

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“Buy our stuff!”

That is an example of an obnoxious, obvious call to action (CTA). But what if selling a certain item is your main goal for a content piece? Luckily there are a number of ways to engage your audience, give them answers to what they’re looking for, and build a relationship that’s not all about your bottom line—all while boosting sales and strategic goals.

The following seven ways can help you cleverly weave CTAs into your content to move customers further down the sales funnel without causing them to bounce off the page or become annoyed.

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Responsive Design for Newbies [Infographic]

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responsive design for newbies

With the rise of mobile devices and people using them more and more to go online, the need for web design that works across devices arose. While the term “responsive design” wasn’t coined till May 2010 by Ethan Marcotte, the concept finds its roots in 2004, when Cameron Adams first demonstrated a site layout example that adapts to browser viewport width.

Leaving all that dry historical data behind, let’s look at the basics of responsive design. If you’re already up to your elbows in the concept, then you might want to look at another post of ours: Responsive Webdesign – A Paradigm Shift In The Industry [Infographic]. [Read more…]

Design Trends 2015

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design trends 2015

The world of design, whether online or offline, is always in a state of flux. It has to be said, however, that there are certain principles that remain constant, perhaps only being tweaked or incorporated into modern design trends.

In the past year, we have seen a lot of design trends that impress. Many of these trends are new, although we still see how great design does not do away with time tested ideas. [Read more…]

Your Aging Website: When and How to Get a Web Design Facelift

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Editor’s note: This post was written by Adam Kruger, who works at Resurgent Technology LLC, a growing yet small startup company in Chicago, IL. He enjoys sharing his insights and experiences through blogging.

It is not normally one single factor that flags up your website as needing a facelift, but a combination of issues that combine to spell out to you that a remodel would be a good idea.

web design facelift

There are plenty of tools available to help your website get a new lease of life and makeover, such as Adobe CS5 Design Premium Mac, but before you get started you need to take a baseline and see how your current site compares to the competition. [Read more…]