Pimp Your Blog part 3... using image tiles to speed up your blog, marketing week in review - 04/27/08 01:46 AM
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 Hi everyone... in the past 2 weeks I've seen a lot of comments about how slow some  blog pages have become after they're been "pimped" so...
 This week before we get into more customizing I thought I'd talk about a few basics re images, widgets, etc... that should help to speed things up.
 
Let's Take A Look At The Average Person's Screen Resolution
   
 
 The image above shows the stats for visitors to my art website. If you take a close look almost 65% of my site's visitors have their computer monitor set to 1024 W X 768 H … (84 comments)

Pimp Your Blog part 2... 10 free header images, marketing week in review - 04/20/08 12:43 AM
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 Hi everyone... again this past week there was a lot of talk, activity and still some confusion about using the new customized blog feature by Brad Carroll so to try and simplify things for anyone who needs help, I've designed some graphics that you can use as a starting point on your blog headers and... some ideas on how to use them.
 
First, let's take a look at the Active Rain Blog Header
 I realize that some of this might seem overly simplified but just so we're all on the same page, here is a diagram to illustrate a few basic points.
 The … (118 comments)

Pimp Your Blog, graphic goodies, the marketing week in review... - 04/13/08 10:07 AM
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Well, well, well...
 look at all the pretty blogs! Unless you've been on another planet this past week, the Big News here in the Rain was Brad Caroll's wonderful gift... the Active Rain Customizer that allows us to turn the plain old generic version of AR into a personalized way to express and brand yourself with color and images.
 If for some reason you haven't heard this news or haven't seen Brad's post, here it is...
 ActiveRain gives the "Green Light" on Customizing - ActiveRainCustomizer.com  
 
    
 
 As you can see from the screen shot above, you can use … (110 comments)

*important update...Royalty free blog photos, April calendar, the marketing week in review... - 04/07/08 03:27 AM
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 Royalty Free Photos From PDphoto.org
 
 
 Earlier this week a friend of mine sent me a link to a very cool site that she uses to find photos for her blog as well as her print and promo material.
 The site is PDphoto.org and what I really like about PD Photo aside from the beautiful pics you can download royaly free, most of the photos are also available for commercial use(brochures, etc...). So if you're looking for some nice photography shots to use on your blog or elsewhere, check them out.
 
 Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco … (117 comments)

 
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