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Is Your Blog An Interior Designer’s Dream?

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By Terez Howard

When someone visits your home, what do they notice?

Will a visitor see clean hardwood floors, cozy seating decorated with fashionable pillows, artwork that matches your theme and room uncluttered by knickknacks and accessories? On the other hand, will a person see a sticky mess on the walls, a carpet that obviously hasn’t been vacuumed in ages, a couch buried by papers and no visible pathway through the room?

These are two extremes. But which spectrum would you want to lean toward? Obviously, the neater one. Sure, no home that’s lived in can look like it belongs in an Ethan Allen catalog. I’m satisfied with a neat, clean, presentable home.

Now type in your blog’s url.

What is will visitors see?

Is it overrun with affiliate links, disorganized archives, poor picture placement, harsh backgrounds and tiny fonts? Or is it simply pleasing to the eyes, a place where visitors can find everything they want?

How can you make sure your blog looks home sweet home?

The same way you make a house a home. You clean it, and you organize its contents. With your blog, you should choose a clean-looking theme, or have a professional designer make one for you. That doesn’t mean it has to just be a cold, solid color background with nothing else. It does mean that your readers will not instantly want to click away from your blog without reading your content.

Here’s how you can get a clean, organized blog:

  • Think about your audience.  Who will be frequenting your blog? Business owners, mothers, gamers, writers? What kind of graphics would your audience like to see? What type of format would they favor?
  • Are your posts and archives easily accessible? Readers come to your blog to read. They shouldn’t have to sort through junk to get to your content.
  • Categorize your information.  Arrange each of your posts according to specific categories. Then, visitors can check out all that resourceful information found conveniently in the categories they want to see.
  • Auxiliary links should be seen but not blinding. Links to your business website, friends’ blogs and other extra links should be easily available to your readers, but they should not overpower your blog. Be discreet.
  • Don’t forget that subscribe button.  Every blog should be equipped with a subscribe button, so your faithful followers can easily follow you.

Give yourself a blog makeover

Niecy Nash isn’t going to pop in and clean up your blog. But there are plenty of graphic designers that will offer their services.

If you’re more of a do-it-yourselfer, like myself, do it yourself. Check out blogs that have designs you favor. See how you can incorporate such elements in your blog. Ask your friends, graphic designers or not, for their opinions. Then get working.

When visitors pop in, you won’t be trying to kick old newspapers under the couch. You won’t be embarrassed. You won’t feel impelled to say that you’re under construction, even if you’re not.

What makes a blog an interior designer’s dream?Â

 

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Terez Howard operates TheWriteBloggers, a professional blogging service which builds clients’ authority status and net visibility. She regularly blogs at Freelance Writing Mamas . You’ll find her on Twitter @thewriteblogger

Thanks, Terez!

–ME “Liz” Strauss
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