Very Nice information and great looking headers. Thanks for this.

Evening marti,  Thanks for a terrific overview of this new trend in headfer design.  You obviously have a big talent in this area !

Marti,

I'm just wondering how long it took you to put this post together---such a wealth of information.  I'm definitely bookmarking this for future reference.  THANKS!!

Thank you for the good info.

Thank you for this great info, I have been having a few problems getting mine together

Thank you again - I need to work on my pimping -- I am not sure how to add some text, so when I get a chance, I will try to use your templates to do so.  As usual, your hard work in putting together the week in review is appreciated.

Ok, looks amazing but how do you get the awesome font...Is that paid for?

Marti - these backgrounds are fabulous!  You are such a peach for sharing them.  Thanks for the week in review.  

Marti - Thanks, I pimped my blog OK, but I don't have a Logo, where would I go to make one?

Wendy... thx for the comment on the headers, enjoy the new posts.

Bill... thx for the nice feedback, much more stuff is on the way in the coming weeks!

Diane... hi, since I usually just post once per week on AR I work on my posts in bits and pieces, not sure how long in total. 

Andy... you're more than welcome.

Jean... if you're having problems check out Brad Andersohn's & Jeff Turner's videos, they made it really simple to figure it out. If you have a specific question/problem with it, let me know, I'd be happy to help.

Joan... you can add text to the background images with almost any graphics software. I'll cover more about this soon. Also check out Margaret Woda's post that I listed in the resources for some great info and tools you can use.

Sara... thx for the feedback, the "font" is a graphic I designed.

Maureen... I've never been called a peach before, thx. ;-)

Nice headers--but I be pimpin' a little more custom-like.  Experimentation is fun!

Virginia... for a logo you'd need some kind of graphics or image editing software if you want to do it yourself. Nite...

Marti, how cool your artwork is! How generous of you to share and let us use your stuff. I'll have to experiment with the red.....;-) Thanks as always!

Kent... absolutely, it's always nice to have a totally custom look.

Teri... thx for stopping by, I was thinking of you when I did the dark red one.

Marti- Thanks so much for featuring my post on the proper care and feeding of agents and mention of my google post. 

You did a wonderful job of simplifying this frustrating task of pimping our blogs. Have you checked to see how long it takes to download a blog that is pimped out on a dial up network?

The hardest part is finding the right color because with Brad's place to do that you can not check the color until you apply it and that is a ton of back and forth stuff that I just don't have time for.

Maybe you could create a header that has our green background color and our logo?

OOPs, Can't find my background color right now. It is a muted green like at the top of the globe. If I knew the names of the color that would help. International Properties & Investments, Inc.

Or should I just go with a Florida theme?  Hmmm decisions, decisions.

marti- First Thank you!!!!!  You have compiled not only ready to go Headers, but your explanation on the sizing and not messing with the AR Logo space is the best I've seen :)  A few of the new Headers have gone completly over the AR Logo, so your information can be very useful.

Have a good week :)

Great post!  I appreciated reading your blog.  I'll probably reread this for some ideas.

Marti you have done an awesome job with making some blogs look fantastic! I have been noticing your handy work quite a bit :)

marti, good tutorial on the headers.That appears the place are stumbling. Hopefully this will help and they can refer to your post.  Also thanks for the mention on all the technology links I posted, I also learned from it as some people added theirs to the comments, which I wanted them to do. 

I'm curious.  This discussion about headers is spreading and more and more members are offering advice and help.  At this point, I don't even know who wrote the code for the feature, so many have been offering advice. 

Since you mention copyright for headers designed by you for others with limited use, is there a fee for this service?? 

Another masterpiece by the Canadian crippler! Just something different this week:)

I am glad I subscribe to your blog...I have to re-visit often for the lessons, thanks.

Great overview for sizing the header. Thanks for sharing your graphics.

Great Post!

Marti... again, some awesome information.....  I love some of the new ideas for the headers. And thanks for making the pixel explanation very clear. And overall, for the updates on so many great marketing blogs each week. 

Marti...

I will be sure to send folks over here when they ask me how I pimped my Blog.

This is really nice of you...Now I must go read: "Social Networking Brain Damage"...

I think that may have happened to me :)

TLW...ROAR!

Katerina... first, thx again for your awesome posts. You're not just prolific but you always add quality info to the group, I really appreciate it.

 As for dial up, yes I always double check everything I do on a dial up connection just to be safe. The problem of slow page downloads on some blogs is mainly when someone uses a large background image or too many freekin widgets. I'll be posting about this soon as well.

 To match colors, if you use the Firefox browser check out the add-on Colorzilla. It lets you easily see, analyze and select the value for any color you see on a web page. Try it, it's free, I guarantee you'll love it.

 Question, where is your logo? I looked at your website but couldn't find it.

Kathy... thx for another excellent Tuesday Truths, as I said before I love your series. Hopefully the mini tutorial will help with the text overlap thing.

Find A Notary Public... thx for the comment, nice to have you here in the marleting group.

Bill... thx so much, I helped out a few people when I had some time so my work is showing up here and there. Have a great weekend.

Maryi,

Great re-cap blog. I am sending this on to someone who is looking to pimp her own blog.

Thanks for pulling this ingo together.

Me

Lenn... hi, the code for the AR Customizer was written by Brad Carroll, see his tech support & FAQ post in my resources above.

 The images I designed are free to use, no fees at all. The only limitation is that they are for use here in the AR blogs only. My intention was to help out people who are having a problem getting started or who don't have their own images/graphics to use in their blog headers.

Neal... "Canadian crippler!"???,  yesterday Maureen called me a "peach", this is getting interesting. Thx for stopping by my friend, I'll post this to the WIR later. Have a great weekend...

Marti - Great Graphics and Tutorials!  I hope you get much needed exposure with your fabulous artwork from these type of blogs!!  Once again thanks for the recap on blog reviews its tough keeping up with the many blogs out there and you delivered it once again, keep up the great work!

Gary... we have a very prolific group, enjoy the new stuff.

Michael... thx, enjoy and feel free to use the graphics.

Marti - Linda called me yesterday, and raved about your work.  You never cease to amaze me my friend! Thanks!

Missy... thx for the Services For Technology post, excellent tutorial & list, will be a great resource to refer back to. I really appreciate you addng it to the marketing group!

Jeff... nice to see you. It seems a lot of people are enjoying the new blog features. Some very cool looking stuff out there. Later...

TLW... I loved the Social Networking Brain Damage post, it so applies to me and I'm trying to get it under control. Thx for the feedback, pimp on!

One of the better examples I've seen on adding some pizazz to your blog. Nice post. I fear that some will work too hard on this aspect and not on creating interesting and compelling content. 

Craig... hi stranger, nice compilation you did. Thx for adding it to the marketing group, nice to see what our neighbors are doing.

Brad... thx buddy, Linda and I connected this week, really nice lady and now she has a great looking blog as well. ;-)

 I have a really hectic weekend going on but somewhere along the line I saw a note about you finally meeting your long lost brother today? If so, that is amazing, have fun and let us know how it goes. Later B...

Justin... thx for the graphics feedback, the recaps to seem help a lot of people, especially with the volume of new posts each week.

Joe... excellent point, the pizzazz is nice but without great content, it's pointless.

Marti~ Wow, thanks for sharing the awesome headers and the How To, I always look forward to more pimping:) Also thanks for the mention for this weeks' review!

Laura... thx for the great feedback on the graphics, also thx for the awesome post. It's such an important topic that can put anyone's domain at risk.

Yo, Yo, thanx for the info. (pimp-speak).  Now all I need is the time to apply all this new stuff. 

Hi Martin. Thanks for sharing the great tips! Keep them coming.

I was going to comment even before I saw that you gave me a mention.. Thank you. 

I sat down with gimp and made several headers for my own use.  I will rotate them around on some sort of irregular basis ("when I feel like it" is the specific timing).  But, the point is that in gimp, as well as many other image editing programs, it is very easy to set up a template and then knock out a bunch of headers. 

Heath... thx, it doesn't take too long once you get the hang of it, check out Brad Andersohn's video.

Vincent... you're more than welcome, enjoy!

Lane... thx for the Twitter Tips post, great stuff. GIMP is probably the best free graphics software out there. It can be a little imtimidating with all of it's features but if you have the time & patience to work with it, it's about as good as it gets.

Thanks for the tips and the headers.  I think I will use one of them soon.

Thanks for the tips and the headers.  I think I will use one of them soon.

I pimped to the nth degree and now my blog takes forever to load!!!  Guess I need to start all over again!  Thanks for the great tips!

Tina in Virginia

I'm saving this, thank you once again.  I still haven't had time to go over your last week's reviews.  You rock!

It is very nice of you to share your great artwork. Thanks. All the best.

This is great. I love the designs. They are awesome. I love the willingness to help that flourishes here. 

Marti, SWEET as usual!  I think you're awesome for helping so many out this way.

Russ... nice to hear that, enjoy!

Tina... be sure to optimize your graphics to smaller files sizes so your page doesn't become slow. Also minimize the use of widgets. If you're not sure about the optimizing thing, I'll be posting more info soon.

Ida... thx for the sweet comment, I really do appreciate your kind words.

Bob & Carolin... thx and all the best to you guys as well. Have a great week.

Christy... hi, we have so many people helping each other in the Rain, it's one of the things I like best about being here.

Ray... thx for the really nice comment, it's a pleasure to help out where I can.

Marti - Great info as always - love your art work - one day I'd love to see "you" the man behind the mask :) Hope you had a great weekend.

Hi Marty,

Great information.  Thank you for sharing.  I bookmarked your post so that I can come back and really sink my teath into this and "try" to get creative. 

Cyndee... thx for the art comment, I use my avatar as a pic because it's familiar to a lot of people from other sites I'm on. Will post standard pics later. Nite...

Bill... you're welcome. Try it out, it's not difficult at all.

As always, Marti, you make things look easy.  Maybe I'll get over my fear and actually 'pimp' my blog, too!

Thanks Marti

Both for the header tips (which I needed) and for the mention- You rock!

Marti - Thanks very much!  I've used the cloud header, and finally figured out how to get basic text onto it.  Need to learn more about photoshop....  Thanks again for sharing.  I'm subscribing to that I can learn how to optimize, and get a large background image.

Nancy... trust me, it really is easy, just play around with it, the worst thing that can happen is you can go back to your original settings. If you need help, just ask.

Allison... you rock as well. Thx for the excellent post. Parrots are close to my heart so I can see how well they could fit into marketing, fund raising, etc... If you need help with your header let me know.

Penny... awesome to hear that. Yes I'll be posting more info about optimizing images and creating backgrounds that don't slow down your blog.

 My posts are getting way too long so I have to break up the info into pieces. Have a great Monday...

Between your blog and the useful links you supplied, I am now finally pimped.  Thanks for the great easy to follow info.

Dee Dee... great to hear that. It's pretty easy, just a matter of playing around with the options a bit. Welcome to the marketing group!

Wow - awesome info!  I am always looking for new ideas and this fit that need rather well!  It has been so much fun playing with the blogs lately!  :)

Leesa... thx for the feedback, glad to know the info is helping. Later...

Hi Marti...I'm going to bookmark this, and come back tonight and see what I can do. I appreciate all of the great information...great post as usual! 

Patty... thx, enjoy all the new stuff.