The Amazing Experience of a Great Design

Posted on February 6, 2010 - by Nicholas Cardot37 Vibrant Responses

Just three short weeks before I made the plunge into married life, I decided to take a chance on something that was at that time quite unfamiliar to me. I logged onto Priceline and for the first time ever, I named my own price. I placed a ridiculously low bid for a hotel in…

Group Discussion: Customers or Community?

Posted on February 5, 2010 - by Nicholas Cardot30 Vibrant Responses

In our current era of internet marketing, we’re becoming bombarded with the concept of building community oriented websites. And rightly so. Facebook, Twitter and other online communities are bringing in users by the millions. Communities are where it’s at.
But the customers pay the bills. So why waste time focusing on…

How to Start a Blog #2: Names & Domains

Posted on February 4, 2010 - by Nicholas Cardot27 Vibrant Responses

The 30 Best Ways to Build Blog Traffic in 2010

Posted on February 2, 2010 - by Nicholas Cardot83 Vibrant Responses

Let’s drastically revolutionize the way we blog in 2010. One of the most difficult challenges that bloggers are facing is how to build high quality blog traffic in 2010. Many of the tips below aren’t necessarily tips that are unique to this year. Rather this is a serious challenge for you to…

Crazy for Comments Valentine’s Day Giveaway

Posted on February 1, 2010 - by Nicholas Cardot50 Vibrant Responses

I love comments and so on Valentine’s Day I’m going to be giving away some cash to those who join in the conversation here at Site Sketch 101.
I’m wanting to take the level of conversation and interaction here up to the next level. I want users interacting with me and with other readers.  I…

How to Start a Blog #1: Choosing a Niche

Posted on January 28, 2010 - by Nicholas Cardot50 Vibrant Responses

The 35 Most Beautiful Websites in 2010

Posted on January 25, 2010 - by Nicholas Cardot83 Vibrant Responses

In the ongoing struggle to build powerful online brands, people are becoming more creative every day. New artistic styles are emerging and web design as we know it is being transformed. The beautiful websites referenced in this post are the perfect proof for this concept.
If you operate a website or a blog then pay…

The 5 Keys to Creating Wildly Popular Content

Posted on January 22, 2010 - by Nicholas Cardot53 Vibrant Responses

A few days ago I published an article called The 15 Best WordPress Plugins for 2010. That article quickly became very popular. It received hundreds of retweets. It secured hundreds of delicious bookmarks.  It had over 100 comments on it by the morning after it was published…

How to Stop Boring Your Readers To Sleep

Posted on January 21, 2010 - by Nicholas Cardot38 Vibrant Responses

I’ve seen your site. I clicked a link and came face to face with your home page. As soon as I landed there I searched frantically for something that I could at least pretend was interesting but I just couldn’t find it. My head smashed into my keyboard as my body convulsed into…

7 Blog Posts That Will Transform Your Life

Posted on January 19, 2010 - by Nicholas Cardot38 Vibrant Responses

Every day we’re bombarded with blog articles. Right now as I look in Google Reader, I see that I have over 400 unread blog posts from sites that I highly respect. But many of these I’ll only skim through as I search out the ones that really hold the most value for me.…