Blogging tips needed!
My blog is brand new. I’m new to this kind of blogging as well. I’m fairly new to SEO though I have gotten some great results with my initial site in it’s pre-blog incarnation. For instance, I was in the top 20 for some key terms (“freelance graphic designer“), and number one for local variations on that.
Evaluation of graphic design articles
If you have a few minutes, I’d love to hear some drag-down, knock-out assessments of some of the graphic design content on the site. The first few articles are longer and not very optimized, but as I researched how to write over the last week, I think I’ve made some progress. There are a lot of great resources and my learning uptake is about as fast as it can be. I’m drinking from the WordPress SEO firehose!
WordPress plugins to manage site and increase SEO of site
Can you recommend anything specific? I’d love to chat about it…
Evaluation of anything else for SEO
As my site finishes coming together and I get more content going, I’d love to hear whatever you might have to say, if you have any experience in SEO at all. It will be much appreciated!
Thanks in advance!
Site looks great. Would be helpful to have an RSS feed so readers can lovingly subscribe
Pretty standard on blog sites.
Thanks Brian! I’m flying by the seat of my pants to get the rest of the site completed. I’m getting the RSS section up and going in the next day or two, top right corner. However, if you go to http://www.bonfx.com/feed you’ll be redirected to the Feedburner subscription which will give you some options to sign up. Please do! I have lot’s more great content in the cue…Thanks for coming by!
I got the RSS feed added! Thanks Brian….
Douglas, before I read that this is a new blog, my thoughts were how completely transparent it was, just nothing hidden, instant accessibility. And a premier model of what I’ve been hearing about — how to use a blog to promote a business. You provide a wealth of valuable information, you get a high ranking, you are recognized for your value, even the design of your blog itself is recognized for its design-worthiness (is that a word?), and all this leads to more business. In a few words, “You help, and help flows back to you.” Inspired, inspiring. Thanks.
Hi Maggy: I really appreciate your comments. Essentially, I’m doing the only thing that all the experts say really works – hard work! I’m going to stay focused on original content and post about what comes naturally as an artist and graphic designer.
I read in quite a few places that only thing, in the end, you can blog about is what you are truly passionate about, or a least honestly interested in. Search engine companies, stacked as they are with PhD’s writing search algorithms, can tell original content from rehashed content. So if you are going to cover something that’s been covered before (hey, it’s ALL been covered), you need to work to provide a twist. On that twist, I will remain focused, and continue to be 100% transparent and work hard to delight any passersby and hope they subscribe!
Thanks again for your delightful comments! Much appreciated!
For clarity and immediate relevance, you get an A+. As a matter of fact and thanks to you, I have spent the last couple of hours sketching a book cover and interior design rather than working it out on the screen, and I postponed working on a brochure until I get the content from the client so that I can fully sketch out and present the ideas correctly. Anything to do with work flow is really helpful. Thanks. I’ll be a regular visitor.
That’s great to hear, and I’m glad this is helpful. Cheers!
Just one tip. When I clicked on your logo ‘bonfx’ nothing happened. Usually clicking on a top-left corner logo should redirect the visitor back to the home page. It’s kinda standard.
Otherwise, your blog is nicely layed out, clean and intuitive. Standing out from most other blogs I have come across.
Thanks Tony. I’m using a template framework I’ve customized bit by bit and you are correct – proper UI convention is to have the logo link to the homepage. I started a complete redesign (after only 7 weeks with this one!) so I haven’t poured as much time into fixing the very unfinished bits and pieces of my current template. But I will certainly hook up the logo to the homepage. Thanks! You might take a look at the layouts of two of my other favorite blogs: JCD and David Airey. Their layouts served as the basic inspiration for what I did hear, David’s site being the most influential for the time being.