Crazy for Comments $150 Cash Giveaway

Posted on September 1, 2009 - by Nicholas Cardot322 Vibrant Responses

Two days ago, I gave you all a teaser preview of an intense competition that I was going to launch today. Well, guess what! Here it is.
I love comments and for the month of September, I’m wanting to take the level of conversation and interaction here up…

Struggling Today to Keep My Site Alive

Posted on August 31, 2009 - by Nicholas Cardot72 Vibrant Responses

I’m sure that many of you have probably noticed that I’ve been struggling with my server today.  The site has been on the fritz, but I’m pleased to say that everything should be fine now.
When I woke up this morning at 5:10, I checked the site and read the…

4 Ways to Show Appreciation at your Site

Posted on August 31, 2009 - by Nicholas Cardot131 Vibrant Responses

I just finished reading a terrific article over at Zen Habits called 3 Jedi Mind Tricks to Feel Better in a Nanosecond. Although that title might sound a bit strange, the article is a terrific challenge to build up your own personal happiness by demonstrating genuine appreciation for…

Another Exciting Contest…Starts in 2 Days

Posted on August 30, 2009 - by Nicholas Cardot56 Vibrant Responses

I love competitions…and in September I’ve got a good one rolling down the pipeline.
Have you noticed the top 10 commenters that are listed in the bottom right of the sidebar? I even added the feature to show off the user’s avatars to you can see who has been commenting…

10 Trashy Fonts for Your Grunge Collection

Posted on August 28, 2009 - by Nicholas Cardot52 Vibrant Responses

Hey all you grunge font lovers, I’ve got another collection here for you to add to your collection.
If you looking to design a website or blog that uses textures and fonts like Site Sketch 101 then this collection of fonts is the perfect way to get going…

4 Blogging Tips from The Dark Knight

Posted on August 27, 2009 - by Nicholas Cardot45 Vibrant Responses

The Dark Knight is easily my favorite movie that came out during 2008.
By almost any standards it was a stellar success. It topped charts in terms of how much money it grossed each week at the box office. In total this action packed movie brought in about…

Display Your Twitter Followers as Text

Posted on August 26, 2009 - by Nicholas Cardot61 Vibrant Responses

If you ask me, those little rectangular chicklets that people use to display their twitter followers and their Feedburner subscribers are getting old. Just look around. Every blog in the universe seems to have one.
Every blog…except this one.
If you check out the top right corner of each page…

4 Powerful Reasons to Start Guest Posting

Posted on August 25, 2009 - by Nicholas Cardot71 Vibrant Responses

If you’re like most bloggers then you want to get as much exposure for yourself, your blog and your work as possible. It would be kind of weird to put time into creating a blog and writing great content if you didn’t want people to see it.
If…

Poll: Which Blogging Platform Do You Use?

Posted on August 24, 2009 - by Nicholas Cardot68 Vibrant Responses

In the most recent poll here at Site Sketch 101, the results were overwhelming. By far WordPress is the most popular blogging platform among the readers here who participated in the poll…and rightly so.
I use WordPress to power this blog. I’ve used two other platforms before coming…

An Url Structure that will Maximize Readers

Posted on August 22, 2009 - by Nicholas Cardot35 Vibrant Responses

Today’s post is going to be quite a bit different than usual. I’m going to use this post as an opportunity to respond to a recent email I received and to encourage you all to connect with me on a personal level just like the reader in this article has…