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The Writer’s Blog Workshop Series Lessons: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7

Lesson Five:

How do you choose a functional, practical, and beautiful design for your blog? What points should you consider when designing a blog? I’m going to divide the discussion about design into three parts–the emotional impact of design, the technical aspects of design, and the down-and-dirty on getting a design installed.  This lesson covers the emotional element. 

Let’s go back to the professional purpose for a creative artist’s blog–marketing. What does your blog design say about you as an artist?  [Read more →]

Tags: How to Blog, Series Articles, The Writer's Blog Workshop by Suzanne McMinn
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What is a Favicon?

Favicon is short for favorites icon. It’s an icon that is associated with a particular website. It shows up in the address bar of the viewer’s browser to the left of the URL. See some examples:

Here is the readily recognized “G” Google favicon
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Tags: How to Blog, Website Tips by Kacey
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The Life Organizer–A Woman’s Guide to a Mindful Year
Tips, Stories & Prompts to Focus Your Needs & Navigate Your Dreams
Jennifer Louden, New World Library, 247 pages

Busy much? Overwhelmed, swamped, multi-tasking out of control? That’s me, far too much of the time. I’m always saying to myself, I’ve got to get control of my life! Trouble is, I’m too busy, overwhelmed, swamped, and multi-tasking out of control to have time to read a book to tell me how to get control of my life.

If you’re like me, this is the book for you. [Read more →]

Tags: Book Reviews, Creativity by Suzanne McMinn
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The Writer’s Blog Workshop Series Lessons: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7

Lesson Four:

In this lesson, we’ll take a second look at developing blog content, this time from a brainstorming perspective.  Consistent content creation is the biggest obstacle facing new bloggers. On days when the creative juices just won’t fly, use these brainstorming tips to remind you how to fire up your creative idea-maker and face the blank screen with confidence. Start out with a few basic premises: [Read more →]

Tags: Creativity, How to Blog, Series Articles, The Writer's Blog Workshop by Suzanne McMinn
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You’ve heard people talking about RSS feeds, but really, the whole technology of it makes your eyes glaze over. This article is for you.

Want to make your blog hopping simpler? How about using a feed reader? RSS (known informally as Really Simple Syndication) can help you keep up with all the blogs you read. When they are updated. All from one central location.

You’ve seen these icons scattered all over the web.
 Subscribe in a reader

That’s people trying to make it easier for you to read their information. Clicking on those squares will allow you to easily subscribe to their blog. [Read more →]

Tags: How to Blog by Kacey
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