BLOGGING

I read two different articles about blogs I randomly found online, that I thought were interesting yet useful in a very simplistic form. 

Blog links:

1- http://shanicecameron.com/14-dos-and-donts-of-blogging/

2- http://amylynnandrews.com/blog-design-dos-and-donts/

Blog one was about the dos and don’ts when creating/having a blog. I am sure we all have questions about what is the best way to go about posting messages online and trying to pursued your reader one way or another while streaming a positive lasting message. The blog went on to talk about being your-self and posting the good in the situations that you may have had regardless if they where bad. Taking a look at her blog, I seen everything that she had wrote about was true about her blog. From white space, to minimal widgets on the side not distracting the reader.

Blog two was addressing the dos and don’ts of blog designs. We all want our blog to stand out (I am even included on this). Simplicity seems to be the best look when it comes to blog and attracting a wide range of readers. An example would not to clutter the page with posts and pictures not leaving “white space”.  Also making it easy to navigate through the blog, finding previous posts or pictures they would like to see/read again.

Both of these articles where very interesting to read about and to see how the dos and don’ts affect each other in some form. Such as, if you have a long blog post that is not funny, relevant or positive you are taking up white space and distracting the reader astray from your blog.  As I read their blogs I made sure they had done exactly what they said as a guideline for a basic blog that they followed.

In such a short reading there is a lot of valuable information that we can all learn from and apply in our own blogs.