10/29/2005 10:36

Byron is leading a conversation on good blog design. It's deja vu for me all over again, because Marqui has sponsored the Blog Business Summit all year long. He's a great presenter and gives good design tips. His presentation will be posted here. (Actually, all presentations from the day will be posted there.)

Inspiration, creativity and design of a blog... where is your inspiration going to come from? It'll come from your travels, your experiences at shows, your competition.

Simpler design and functionality are best. Apple took at 45 button remote and put the essential functionality into a 6 button iPod.

Nice example.

Be influenced by minimalism, simplicity and usability.

He showed a beautiful example of a minimal, beautiful blog here, called graphicPUSH.

Think of your consumers. Make it simple for them to read about you, to learn about your products, and use blogs to make it simpler for them to find you.

Posted by at October 29, 2005 10:36 AM

Comments

Laura email - laura.prblogs.org

Thanks for the link to see an example of blogs and the presentation to see design tips. I appreciate posts like this that are helpful to people who are new at blogging. Being a PR student at Auburn, part of our style and design class is to start and keep up a blog. Before this class I didn't know anything about blogging from who reads them to what they should look like.

Posts like this one increase my knowledge on blogging, proving another example of how blogs educate those who read them. It is good to know what people are looking for when they read my blog and the ways that I can continue to improve it now in school and also after I graduate in May.

Janet email - blog.marqui.com

Hi Laura,

Thanks for the nice comments. If you view the Blogosphere Ravings category here, you'll find lots and lots of information about blogs and blogging. You're destined to be way ahead of the crowd when you graduate - having done this kind of research and blogging yourself. Good on you!

William email -

Thanks for the continuing background and ideas on blogging in/for businesses.



Personally, I think the most important method in finding your blog design niche is to locate a bunch of blogs you find interesting; those which keep you wanting to come back for more. After awhile, you'll start seeing what makes these blogs "successful", then you can start your own blog with a richer set of ideas.



Thanks again for the insights!

Janet email - www.marqui.com

You're absolutely right - the more you read and comment and respond, the better you'll be as a blogger.

We're glad you've found our blog worthy of commenting on. That's a delight in our books.

Thank you, William!

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