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The 25 Most Beautiful Blogs in 2010

Posted on February 8, 2010 - by Nicholas Cardot46 Comments

The design of a blog is perhaps the most undervalued concept in the entire blogging process. Most bloggers fail to realize how important it is to design something that delivers a powerful first impression to the people visiting their blogs for the first time.
This is a collection of beautiful blogs that show unusually great…

The Amazing Experience of a Great Design

Posted on February 6, 2010 - by Nicholas Cardot37 Comments

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 Chicago…

How to Start a Blog #2: Names & Domains

Posted on February 4, 2010 - by Nicholas Cardot23 Comments

The 30 Best Ways to Build Blog Traffic in 2010

Posted on February 2, 2010 - by Nicholas Cardot74 Comments

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 determine to use…

Lessons to Learn from Beautiful Websites

Posted on January 29, 2010 - by Derek Jensen31 Comments

A few days ago, you all were presented with a collection of The 35 Most Beautiful Websites in 2010. But as we looked through these stunning sites, we were interested in more than just casually browsing through an art gallery. We’re interested in consistently learning and improving our own websites and blogs.
The creators of those websites designed them with much different…

The 35 Most Beautiful Websites in 2010

Posted on January 25, 2010 - by Nicholas Cardot81 Comments

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…

A Recipe to Enhance Your Article Footers

Posted on January 14, 2010 - by Nicholas Cardot30 Comments

If you like the author information at the bottom of this post then you’ll love today’s article.  The following code will provide you with the ability to show off the avatar, the biography and the post count of the author of each article on your site.
I’m sure many of you may not be familiar…

8 Awesome & Creative Free WordPress Themes

Posted on January 12, 2010 - by Nicholas Cardot39 Comments

If you want to stand out in the world of blogging then you’ve really got to have a site that looks amazing.  We live in a world that ignores amazing content if it doesn’t look amazing.
Even if you consistently write award winning content that won’t guarantee that people will read it. If someone lands…

Featuring Your Blog’s Guest Authors

Posted on January 10, 2010 - by Nicholas Cardot18 Comments

Sketch Bookmarks WordPress Plugin

Posted on January 9, 2010 - by Nicholas Cardot36 Comments

I’m very pleased to announce the immediate release of my very first WordPress plugin.
This plugin contains amazing looking, sketched icons for only the top social bookmarking sites.
Quit confusing your readers with dozens of bookmarking options and start to really go after those bookmarking sites that are actually getting used with these amazing looking…