I recently got in touch with Nate Whitehill from Unique Blog Designs. I was impressed with how he redesigned John Chow’s web site so I asked him to give my site the makeover treatment. This is the result! Welcome to the new look for Technical Itch. The header and footer have been completely redesigned. The [...]

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To be a successful blogger you need some marketing know how. Watching TV can be a great place to hone these skills. Why not spend a couple of hours watching TV, sounds pretty easy! It can be anything from TV commercials to a documentary. You’d be surprised what you can learn from this.

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David Airey, a logo designer and design consultant is holding an anniversary prize giveaway on his web site worth more than $4,000! This is one of the best giveaways I’ve ever seen on a web site. There are some fantastic items up for grabs. Whether you’re looking for a redesign of your blog, free advertising [...]

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One of the mistakes I’ve made on this blog is not paying attention to the screen resolution used by visitors. Have you ever tried viewing your web site at different screen resolutions? You might be surprised at the results, especially if you use a fluid width theme like I do.

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For the last 2 months I’ve been studying how many times visitors click in the sidebar of this blog. The results so far are astonishing. Hardly anyone clicks on the sidebar. The sidebar might as well not be there.

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One of the most common mistakes when writing blog articles is not spending enough time writing a compelling headline. The headline is arguably as important as the content itself.

Consider your readers, they subscribe to dozens of feeds. Each day their feed reader is full of new information competing for their attention. These people are likely to speed read this information, only clicking on those articles with an interesting title.

You could write a fantastic article, but if it is let down by a poor headline, it is likely to get lost in a sea of blog titles competing for the readers attention. It is no different to going into a shop and buying a newspaper or magazine. It is the headline that counts.

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I’ve read posts before on improving your blog which discuss the pros and cons of custom versus premade themes. I can understand this point. A blog with a unique theme helps develop a personal and unique brand. This will help leave a lasting impression with your visitors and help them recognize your blog next time they visit.

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Overview of how tools like Google Analytics and Clicky Web Analytics can be used to monitor traffic to your web site. Learning how visitors discover your site, what they do at your site once they get there, and how they leave your site, can provide a useful insight into the type of audience you’re attracting. This information can be used to gain a better understanding of your visitors, such as which posts are the most popular, how visitors navigate around your site, or provide clues on how you can reorganize your web site to better cater for your visitors.

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