Comments on: Creative Penn Blog Critique http://www.chrisg.com/creative-penn-blog-critique/ Build your business by sharing what you know Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:38:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Ronnie http://www.chrisg.com/creative-penn-blog-critique/#comment-11963 Ronnie Fri, 10 Jul 2009 05:44:19 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/?p=862#comment-11963 Very interesting post and wise comments Very interesting post and wise comments

]]> By: Ronnie http://www.chrisg.com/creative-penn-blog-critique/#comment-21357 Ronnie Fri, 10 Jul 2009 05:44:00 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/?p=862#comment-21357 Very interesting post and wise comments Very interesting post and wise comments

]]> By: Steve http://www.chrisg.com/creative-penn-blog-critique/#comment-11961 Steve Thu, 09 Jul 2009 07:03:07 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/?p=862#comment-11961 Writing anything in 'red' won't look good .. for getting attention we can go for other colors or fonts.. anyways tips are good and really a simple look is needed for any kind of websites! Writing anything in ‘red’ won’t look good .. for getting attention we can go for other colors or fonts.. anyways tips are good and really a simple look is needed for any kind of websites!

]]> By: Steve http://www.chrisg.com/creative-penn-blog-critique/#comment-21356 Steve Thu, 09 Jul 2009 07:03:00 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/?p=862#comment-21356 Writing anything in 'red' won't look good .. for getting attention we can go for other colors or fonts.. anyways tips are good and really a simple look is needed for any kind of websites! Writing anything in ‘red’ won’t look good .. for getting attention we can go for other colors or fonts.. anyways tips are good and really a simple look is needed for any kind of websites!

]]> By: Annabel Candy http://www.chrisg.com/creative-penn-blog-critique/#comment-11959 Annabel Candy Wed, 08 Jul 2009 12:12:06 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/?p=862#comment-11959 Thanks for all your great articles so far. I think TCP's well laid out with great content but the colours don't work for me. Colour is pretty personal though and easy enough to change. I'm just starting out with my blog and would love to know what you think of my humble site, In the Hot Spot. It has Inspiration, Information and Idiosyncrasies for Living Your Dream. Fingers crossed that you can swing by and give me some of your excellent advice. Thanks again! Annabel Thanks for all your great articles so far. I think TCP’s well laid out with great content but the colours don’t work for me. Colour is pretty personal though and easy enough to change.

I’m just starting out with my blog and would love to know what you think of my humble site, In the Hot Spot. It has Inspiration, Information and Idiosyncrasies for Living Your Dream. Fingers crossed that you can swing by and give me some of your excellent advice. Thanks again! Annabel

]]> By: Annabel Candy http://www.chrisg.com/creative-penn-blog-critique/#comment-21355 Annabel Candy Wed, 08 Jul 2009 12:12:00 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/?p=862#comment-21355 Thanks for all your great articles so far. I think TCP's well laid out with great content but the colours don't work for me. Colour is pretty personal though and easy enough to change. I'm just starting out with my blog and would love to know what you think of my humble site, In the Hot Spot. It has Inspiration, Information and Idiosyncrasies for Living Your Dream. Fingers crossed that you can swing by and give me some of your excellent advice. Thanks again! Annabel Thanks for all your great articles so far. I think TCP’s well laid out with great content but the colours don’t work for me. Colour is pretty personal though and easy enough to change.

I’m just starting out with my blog and would love to know what you think of my humble site, In the Hot Spot. It has Inspiration, Information and Idiosyncrasies for Living Your Dream. Fingers crossed that you can swing by and give me some of your excellent advice. Thanks again! Annabel

]]> By: Rhianna Knapp http://www.chrisg.com/creative-penn-blog-critique/#comment-11952 Rhianna Knapp Sun, 05 Jul 2009 15:01:06 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/?p=862#comment-11952 I quite like nice clean layouts. Our blog is a bit messed up at the moment - I'm not that good at modifying the layouts & find the template seems to mess up at the bottom when we add in pictures... It's quite frustrating but I'm getting someone to take a look at it soon. Titles reading like keywords isn't necessarily a bad thing - you still need the search engines to rate you highly so new people can find the blog/website. She probably had the title in H1 tags? I quite like nice clean layouts. Our blog is a bit messed up at the moment – I’m not that good at modifying the layouts & find the template seems to mess up at the bottom when we add in pictures… It’s quite frustrating but I’m getting someone to take a look at it soon. Titles reading like keywords isn’t necessarily a bad thing – you still need the search engines to rate you highly so new people can find the blog/website. She probably had the title in H1 tags?

]]> By: Rhianna Knapp http://www.chrisg.com/creative-penn-blog-critique/#comment-21354 Rhianna Knapp Sun, 05 Jul 2009 15:01:00 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/?p=862#comment-21354 I quite like nice clean layouts. Our blog is a bit messed up at the moment - I'm not that good at modifying the layouts & find the template seems to mess up at the bottom when we add in pictures... It's quite frustrating but I'm getting someone to take a look at it soon. Titles reading like keywords isn't necessarily a bad thing - you still need the search engines to rate you highly so new people can find the blog/website. She probably had the title in H1 tags? I quite like nice clean layouts. Our blog is a bit messed up at the moment – I’m not that good at modifying the layouts & find the template seems to mess up at the bottom when we add in pictures… It’s quite frustrating but I’m getting someone to take a look at it soon. Titles reading like keywords isn’t necessarily a bad thing – you still need the search engines to rate you highly so new people can find the blog/website. She probably had the title in H1 tags?

]]> By: James http://www.chrisg.com/creative-penn-blog-critique/#comment-11950 James Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:54:21 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/?p=862#comment-11950 Totally agree with Neill Watson on this one. Joanna is mainly an author and speaker, so her content should dominate more. It really depends on what your blog/website's goals are. If your a writer/speaker like Joanna you have to have great articles/content. If you're a web designer, the theme/design of the site itself should stand out. What people see in your blog/website is already part of your portfolio. Totally agree with Neill Watson on this one. Joanna is mainly an author and speaker, so her content should dominate more. It really depends on what your blog/website’s goals are. If your a writer/speaker like Joanna you have to have great articles/content. If you’re a web designer, the theme/design of the site itself should stand out. What people see in your blog/website is already part of your portfolio.

]]> By: James http://www.chrisg.com/creative-penn-blog-critique/#comment-21353 James Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:54:00 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/?p=862#comment-21353 Totally agree with Neill Watson on this one. Joanna is mainly an author and speaker, so her content should dominate more. It really depends on what your blog/website's goals are. If your a writer/speaker like Joanna you have to have great articles/content. If you're a web designer, the theme/design of the site itself should stand out. What people see in your blog/website is already part of your portfolio. Totally agree with Neill Watson on this one. Joanna is mainly an author and speaker, so her content should dominate more. It really depends on what your blog/website’s goals are. If your a writer/speaker like Joanna you have to have great articles/content. If you’re a web designer, the theme/design of the site itself should stand out. What people see in your blog/website is already part of your portfolio.

]]> By: Mark Waterfield http://www.chrisg.com/creative-penn-blog-critique/#comment-11946 Mark Waterfield Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:49:31 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/?p=862#comment-11946 A very insightful critique - particularly to do with the clutter and the need to simplify the layout. A good designer, as you point out, could be valuable. The color scheme of red and logo do not reinforce the idea of creativity A very insightful critique – particularly to do with the clutter and the need to simplify the layout.

A good designer, as you point out, could be valuable. The color scheme of red and logo do not reinforce the idea of creativity

]]> By: Mark Waterfield http://www.chrisg.com/creative-penn-blog-critique/#comment-21352 Mark Waterfield Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:49:00 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/?p=862#comment-21352 A very insightful critique - particularly to do with the clutter and the need to simplify the layout. A good designer, as you point out, could be valuable. The color scheme of red and logo do not reinforce the idea of creativity A very insightful critique – particularly to do with the clutter and the need to simplify the layout.

A good designer, as you point out, could be valuable. The color scheme of red and logo do not reinforce the idea of creativity

]]> By: Samantha Lewers http://www.chrisg.com/creative-penn-blog-critique/#comment-11945 Samantha Lewers Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:21:51 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/?p=862#comment-11945 Great point about the 'clutter' and 'noise' distracting the buyer from even getting started on reading what they came for. So many blogs have all these extra distractions and often you leave a site not doing (or reading) anything - click, and you're gone! Great point about the ‘clutter’ and ‘noise’ distracting the buyer from even getting started on reading what they came for. So many blogs have all these extra distractions and often you leave a site not doing (or reading) anything – click, and you’re gone!

]]> By: Samantha Lewers http://www.chrisg.com/creative-penn-blog-critique/#comment-21351 Samantha Lewers Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:21:00 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/?p=862#comment-21351 Great point about the 'clutter' and 'noise' distracting the buyer from even getting started on reading what they came for. So many blogs have all these extra distractions and often you leave a site not doing (or reading) anything - click, and you're gone! Great point about the ‘clutter’ and ‘noise’ distracting the buyer from even getting started on reading what they came for. So many blogs have all these extra distractions and often you leave a site not doing (or reading) anything – click, and you’re gone!

]]> By: Absolutely*Kate http://www.chrisg.com/creative-penn-blog-critique/#comment-11942 Absolutely*Kate Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:10:06 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/?p=862#comment-11942 AIDA ~ It's always the AIDA theory at work, back from Advertising Marketing 101 . . . ATTENTION INTEREST DESIRE ACTION Joanna has Attention & Interest down, "because she's Joanna". The folowing has not built for any reason other than SUBSTANTIALLY, this savvy lady of "the industry" is both content and genuine, genuine. I like the suggestionaries of showing the book or class offering to click on - as competition for attention is fast and frenzied in web'read scans ... Likewise the good sensibility of the Alex guy just up above me there ^^ that content is king - or queen in this case - royalty holding courtside either way. So a place to rest the eyes welcomes 'em on in a little more, a little longer and the easy click and follow desires to buy vs 'bye' brings it all home. Hearty congrats to you all. ~ Absolutely*Kate of RiverView Studios ~ currently launching HARBINGER*33 - promotional publishing sailing forth 33 stellar Authors, 3 stunning Artists and 3 scintillating Authenticators - hopefully, one may just be Ms Joanna . . . AIDA ~

It’s always the AIDA theory at work, back from Advertising Marketing 101 . . .

ATTENTION
INTEREST
DESIRE
ACTION

Joanna has Attention & Interest down, “because she’s Joanna”. The folowing has not built for any reason other than SUBSTANTIALLY, this savvy lady of “the industry” is both content and genuine, genuine. I like the suggestionaries of showing the book or class offering to click on – as competition for attention is fast and frenzied in web’read scans … Likewise the good sensibility of the Alex guy just up above me there ^^ that content is king – or queen in this case – royalty holding courtside either way. So a place to rest the eyes welcomes ‘em on in a little more, a little longer and the easy click and follow desires to buy vs ‘bye’ brings it all home.

Hearty congrats to you all.
~ Absolutely*Kate of RiverView Studios
~ currently launching HARBINGER*33 – promotional publishing sailing forth 33 stellar Authors, 3 stunning Artists and 3 scintillating Authenticators – hopefully, one may just be Ms Joanna . . .

]]> By: Absolutely*Kate http://www.chrisg.com/creative-penn-blog-critique/#comment-21350 Absolutely*Kate Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:10:00 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/?p=862#comment-21350 AIDA ~ It's always the AIDA theory at work, back from Advertising Marketing 101 . . . ATTENTION INTEREST DESIRE ACTION Joanna has Attention & Interest down, "because she's Joanna". The folowing has not built for any reason other than SUBSTANTIALLY, this savvy lady of "the industry" is both content and genuine, genuine. I like the suggestionaries of showing the book or class offering to click on - as competition for attention is fast and frenzied in web'read scans ... Likewise the good sensibility of the Alex guy just up above me there ^^ that content is king - or queen in this case - royalty holding courtside either way. So a place to rest the eyes welcomes 'em on in a little more, a little longer and the easy click and follow desires to buy vs 'bye' brings it all home. Hearty congrats to you all. ~ Absolutely*Kate of RiverView Studios ~ currently launching HARBINGER*33 - promotional publishing sailing forth 33 stellar Authors, 3 stunning Artists and 3 scintillating Authenticators - hopefully, one may just be Ms Joanna . . . AIDA ~

It’s always the AIDA theory at work, back from Advertising Marketing 101 . . .

ATTENTION
INTEREST
DESIRE
ACTION

Joanna has Attention & Interest down, “because she’s Joanna”. The folowing has not built for any reason other than SUBSTANTIALLY, this savvy lady of “the industry” is both content and genuine, genuine. I like the suggestionaries of showing the book or class offering to click on – as competition for attention is fast and frenzied in web’read scans … Likewise the good sensibility of the Alex guy just up above me there ^^ that content is king – or queen in this case – royalty holding courtside either way. So a place to rest the eyes welcomes ‘em on in a little more, a little longer and the easy click and follow desires to buy vs ‘bye’ brings it all home.

Hearty congrats to you all.
~ Absolutely*Kate of RiverView Studios
~ currently launching HARBINGER*33 – promotional publishing sailing forth 33 stellar Authors, 3 stunning Artists and 3 scintillating Authenticators – hopefully, one may just be Ms Joanna . . .

]]> By: Alexis Grant http://www.chrisg.com/creative-penn-blog-critique/#comment-11941 Alexis Grant Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:49:31 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/?p=862#comment-11941 I love Joanna's content, but to be honest, I never loved the look of the blog. It's just too busy for my attention span. I think your suggestions are right on target, great ways to draw attention her her awesome posts! I love Joanna’s content, but to be honest, I never loved the look of the blog. It’s just too busy for my attention span. I think your suggestions are right on target, great ways to draw attention her her awesome posts!

]]> By: Alexis Grant http://www.chrisg.com/creative-penn-blog-critique/#comment-21349 Alexis Grant Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:49:00 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/?p=862#comment-21349 I love Joanna's content, but to be honest, I never loved the look of the blog. It's just too busy for my attention span. I think your suggestions are right on target, great ways to draw attention her her awesome posts! I love Joanna’s content, but to be honest, I never loved the look of the blog. It’s just too busy for my attention span. I think your suggestions are right on target, great ways to draw attention her her awesome posts!

]]> By: Alan http://www.chrisg.com/creative-penn-blog-critique/#comment-11940 Alan Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:48:52 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/?p=862#comment-11940 Great critique. I'm a fan of Jo's and I think your comments would help her improve a lot. Any chance you want to crit my site? :) Great critique. I’m a fan of Jo’s and I think your comments would help her improve a lot. Any chance you want to crit my site?

:)

]]> By: Alan http://www.chrisg.com/creative-penn-blog-critique/#comment-21348 Alan Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:48:00 +0000 http://www.chrisg.com/?p=862#comment-21348 Great critique. I'm a fan of Jo's and I think your comments would help her improve a lot. Any chance you want to crit my site? :) Great critique. I’m a fan of Jo’s and I think your comments would help her improve a lot. Any chance you want to crit my site?

:)

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