Oct | 31 | 2009

Finding Images for your Blog Posts

Posted by Jimmy as Images, Tips One problem that many bloggers encounter is trying to find an image to accompany their posts. Actually the problem isn’t really finding an appropriate image but an image that can be used legally without needing to get express permission from the owner/creator. This isn’t that big a problem for me here at Blog Tutorials since I very rarely use images to accompany posts. However, I can still sympathize with other bloggers who need to find images on a regular basis. Because of this I looked for ways to find images available for republishing in blogs. I then came upon Rhys’ recent ...

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Jul | 29 | 2009

Quick Tips For A Beautiful Blog

Posted by Jimmy as Blog Tutorial, Design, Images While I like focusing more on content, I cannot deny the value of having an aesthetically appealing blog. Here are some quick tips to create a beautiful blog in terms of the visual aspect. Forget the clutter There are countless widgets and buttons out there. It seems to me that everyday, you can find a new one that you like and that you want to put in your blog. While widgets and buttons are cool and useful, beware of using too many of them in your blog. Doing so will only increase the clutter and take away from ...

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Jan | 18 | 2009

What First Impression Does Your Blog Give Off?

Posted by Jimmy as Design, Images, Opinion, Tips First impressions last, or so they say. To be fair, first impressions do not always stand the test of time. There are times when first impressions are false and perceptions change through time. But then again, when talking about your blog and new readers, would you take the risk of not converting a first time visitor to a returning one merely because of a so so first impression? I thought not. So, have you taken a look at your blog lately? I mean really LOOK – from an outsider’s point of view. What impression does ...

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May | 26 | 2008

Adding Interest to your Blog: Images and Multi-media Content

Posted by Guru as Images, Tips Though I rarely add images in my posts here and have lots of pure text entries, it is actually advisable to occasionally add other elements to your blog posts to keep it more interesting. Remember you do not want one time readers only but want to get people to keep on returning. Making sure that your blog is pleasing to the eye (and never ending long lines of text is definitely NOT pleasing to the eye) is one way to make the blog more interesting and worth checking out regularly. So what are the things you should insert in your post ...

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Oct | 05 | 2007

Alt-Tags: For Spiders and the Visually Impaired

Posted by Guru as Design Features, Images, Marketing and Search Optimization, SEO Features Lots of people underestimate the importance of Alt-Tags. Even though SEO experts time and again stress the importance of Alt-Tags many still do not bother with it at all, or if they use it, do not consistently do so. To be honest, I belong to the inconsistent group. Alt-tags ARE very important. SEO-wise the absence of alt-tags will ensure that your images and other embedded media will NOT be indexed by spiders since they will be unable to determine the actual content of each embedded element. Being a parent of a child with special needs though, I am very sensitive about ...

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Aug | 22 | 2007

Add pictures to your Blog

Posted by Jaren as Blog Tutorial, Creating a Blog, Images, Tips, Writing Here's a cool blog tip. Try add pictures relevant to your post to make it more appealing and more attractive to other readers. If you can add you own homemade video the better. Pictures add dept to your posts makes it more exciting and more true. Although an overload of pictures on your post may seem overkill so limit it to just 2-3 pictures. But you can still go as many as 5-10 pictures If it's about photography. Also add your own personalized logo or your picture and tell something about yourself. Advertise yourself : state your strengths, hobbies or anything ...

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Jul | 26 | 2007

Where to Get “Supporting Blog Content”

Posted by Phillip as Blog Tutorial, Images, Tips As bloggers, it's our responsibility to come up with original and informative articles. However, our pen (or keyboard, that is) do fail us from time to time, and we need inspiration for our blog posts. A good answer to this problem would be the earlier Blog Tutorial on where to get more blog topic ideas. So, you’ve pinned down the core concept of your blog post, which built upon your very own sentences, opinions, and experiences. Now, you just need that piece of quotation, that descriptive photo, that matching video – blog content that supports your core idea and words. ...

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Jun | 27 | 2007

A few reminders on third-party Image Hosting

Posted by Jeff as Blogging Tools, Design Features, Images, Tips If you have a blog that's hosted in Wordpress.com, or Blogspot, or any other free* service, or if you have unlimited resources, that is, truckloads of money to pay for all that uncapped web space, you may be least likely concerned about the gigabytes that images can easily consume from what you have arranged with your webhost of choice. The rest of us common men with an inkling of what saving both gigabytes of allocation and the bandwidth needed to pump out all those images may consider hosting these on a separate service, or outsourcing to a third-party image hosting ...

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May | 14 | 2007

Two Design Tactics To Improve Your Blog Income

Posted by Brix as Design, Design and Themes, Images Adsense is one of the most popular ways to monetize your blog. Two of the most popular Adsense advertising tactics that became widespread last year were: 1. Putting Adsense Ads beside images 2. Blending the design You earn money on Adsense through clicks. Whenever a visitor clicks on the ad, revenue from advertisers is credited to your account. Putting thumbnail images beside ads increased the overall number of clicks. This works because people often associate the images with the ad and clicked on it. The latest Adsense blog on images beside ads clarified this rule. You can no longer put images beside ...

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May | 12 | 2007

Maximizing Stock Photography

Posted by Benj as Design Features, Images, Tips Hi everyone, I'm Benj, one of your new writers for BlogTutorials. Even with the preponderance of technology to allow bloggers to take and modify their own photos, there are still individuals (*clears throat*) who are still not well-versed in the subtle art of photography. It's a good thing that now, people who weren't born with a feel for the lens have alternatives as sources of embellishment for their blog posts.

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