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	<title>SEO Marketing Promotion &#187; Design</title>
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		<title>The Monogrammed Martini &#8211; Personalized jewelry</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2011 14:55:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bbrian017</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I think one of the most unique things one can do for their selves is to purchase jewelry that is unique and personalized in one manner or another. Being unique and different is always positive for your own personalty and self well being. The Monogrammed Martini provides personalized jewelry that can make you stand out [...]]]></description>
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<p>I think one of the most unique things one can do for their selves is to purchase jewelry that is unique and personalized in one manner or another. Being unique and different is always positive for your own personalty and self well being. </p>
<p>The Monogrammed Martini provides <a href="http://www.themonogrammedmartini.com/">personalized jewelry</a> that can make you stand out in a crowd. Be different and be unique, help make the world a more colorful pace!</p>
<p>Seeing Yahoo supports The Monogrammed Martini you know they have excellent customer service and their products are reliable and original.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.seomkt.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/themonogrammedmartini.jpg" alt="" title="themonogrammedmartini" width="180" height="165" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-4192" /></p>
<p>They have products to meet the needs of all customers in categories such as, Personalized Gifts, Jewelry, Beauty &#038; Spa GoodsBags &#038; Shoes, For the Home and so much more.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.blogengage.com/images/blog_engage_promo_1.jpg" alt="BlogEngage" width="80" height="15" /></p>
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<p>Be sure to add me as a friend, <strong><a title="add me as a friend" href="http://www.blogengage.com/user.php?login=bbrian017" target="_blank">bbrian017</a></strong></p>
<p>Twitter, <strong><a title="Twitter, " href="http://www.twitter.com/bbrian017" target="_blank">bbrian017</a></strong></p>
<p>Thanks,</p>
<p>Brian</p>
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		<title>Search engine optimization (SEO), Pay-Per-Click (PPC) ad management, and search engine friendly web design</title>
		<link>http://www.seomkt.com/search-engine-optimization-seo-pay-per-click-ppc-ad-management-and-search-engine-friendly-web-design/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2011 18:14:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bbrian017</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Design]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Search engine optimization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[web design]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Can you honestly sit there reading this article and say you don&#8217;t want your blog to be involved with these keywords terms in some way or another? I know for a fact and think all of the mentioned aspects in this title are needed to be as successful as you can possibly be while marketing [...]]]></description>
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<p>Can you honestly sit there reading this article and say you don&#8217;t want your blog to be involved with these keywords terms in some way or another?</p>
<p>I know for a fact and think all of the mentioned aspects in this title are needed to be as successful as you can possibly be while marketing online worth your blog.</p>
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<p><a href="http://sporkmarketing.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.seomkt.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/what-we-do-spork-marketing.jpg" alt="SEO, Design, Marketing" /></a></p>
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<p>The question is who can bring you all these featuers and benefits while remaining under one umbrella and not stretching yourself to thin? <a href="http://sporkmarketing.com/">Search engine optimization</a> is key to our success when trying to rank for any specific keywords, <a href="http://sporkmarketing.com">Pay-Per-Click (PPC) ad management</a> is needed when you start marketing your products, services or e-books, and <a href="http://sporkmarketing.com">friendly web design</a> is a must for your end users experience.</p>
<p>If your looking for services similar to this I suggest you check out <a href="http://sporkmarketing.com/">Spork Marketing</a>. the brand name speak for itself. I&#8217;ve seen them around helping other companies and business for the last two years so why not give it a try?</p>
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<p>Be sure to add me as a friend, <strong><a title="add me as a friend" href="http://www.blogengage.com/user.php?login=bbrian017" target="_blank">bbrian017</a></strong></p>
<p>Twitter, <strong><a title="Twitter, " href="http://www.twitter.com/bbrian017" target="_blank">bbrian017</a></strong></p>
<p>Thanks,</p>
<p>Brian</p>
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		<title>Contest Update Keller Hawthorne’s best blog design contest 2009</title>
		<link>http://www.seomkt.com/contest-update-keller-hawthornes-best-blog-design-contest-2009/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 06:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bbrian017</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We have a big update and it&#8217;s good news everyone we have placed in the qualifying top 5 and have been awarded one free 70 usd value theme from a designer that sponsored Keller Hawthorne’s contest. To be frank I&#8217;m not sure what I can do with it but perhaps if I get Brian&#8217;s permissions [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We have a big update and it&#8217;s good news everyone we have placed in the qualifying top 5 and have been awarded one free 70 usd value theme from a designer that sponsored Keller Hawthorne’s contest. To be frank I&#8217;m not sure what I can do with it but perhaps if I get Brian&#8217;s permissions (the designer) I can donate it towards the <a title="Blog Engage 2009 Community Contest" href="http://www.blogengage.com/blogger/blog-engage-our-first-official-year-end-contest-2009/" target="_blank"><strong>Blog Engage 2009 Community Contest</strong></a>. I think ti turned out to be a great contest and the winner is actually a member of our <a title="blogengage community" href="http://www.blogengage.com" target="_blank"><strong>blogengage community</strong></a>.</p>
<p>There was a total of <a title="http://www.fresheventure.com/2230/best-wordpress-design-contest-2009-winners/" href="http://www.fresheventure.com/2230/best-wordpress-design-contest-2009-winners/" target="_blank"><strong>five finalists</strong></a> and I was #5. I&#8217;m pretty happy about that and wanted to thanks all my readers who took the time and voted for me.</p>
<h2>WINNER: What A Website – 111 Votes!</h2>
<p><a title="What A Website" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/recommends/www.whatawebsite.org/');" href="http://www.whatawebsite.org/" target="_blank">WhatAWebsite.org</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.fresheventure.com/images/Winner_WAW.png"><img style="border: 4px solid black;" title="What A Website" src="http://www.fresheventure.com/images/Winner_WAW.png" alt="" width="600" height="414" /></a></p>
<p><strong>Congratulations Will &#8211; You’ve Won!</strong></p>
<h2>5 FINALISTS:</h2>
<p>Each of our five finalists gets to grab the StudioPress WordPress Theme of their choice. Congratulations to…</p>
<h3>1. Dana Slatkin – 53 Votes!</h3>
<p><a title="Dana Slatkin" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/recommends/www.danaslatkin.com/');" href="http://www.danaslatkin.com/" target="_blank">DanaSlatkin.com</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.fresheventure.com/images/Winner_DS.png"><img style="border: 4px solid black;" title="Dana Slatkin" src="http://www.fresheventure.com/images/Winner_DS.png" alt="" width="600" height="414" /></a></p>
<h3>2. Only the Valiant – 51 Votes!</h3>
<p><a title="Only the Valiant" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/recommends/www.onlythevaliant.com/');" href="http://www.onlythevaliant.com/" target="_blank">OnlyTheValiant.com</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.fresheventure.com/images/Winner_OTV.png"><img style="border: 4px solid black;" title="Only the Valiant" src="http://www.fresheventure.com/images/Winner_OTV.png" alt="" width="600" height="414" /></a></p>
<h3>3. Ryan Hanley – 47 Votes!</h3>
<p><a title="Ryan Hanley" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/recommends/www.ryanhanley.com/');" href="http://www.ryanhanley.com/" target="_blank">RyanHanley.com</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.fresheventure.com/images/Winner_RH.png"><img style="border: 4px solid black;" title="Ryan Hanley" src="http://www.fresheventure.com/images/Winner_RH.png" alt="" width="600" height="414" /></a></p>
<h3>4. The WordPress Chick – 47 Votes!</h3>
<p><a title="The WordPress Chick" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/recommends/thewordpresschick.com/');" href="http://thewordpresschick.com/" target="_blank">TheWordPressChick.com</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.fresheventure.com/images/Winner_TWC.png"><img style="border: 4px solid black;" title="The WordPress Chick" src="http://www.fresheventure.com/images/Winner_TWC.png" alt="" width="600" height="414" /></a></p>
<h3>5. SEO Mkt – 44 Votes</h3>
<p><a title="SEO Mkt" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/recommends/www.seomkt.com/');" href="../" target="_blank">SEOMkt.com</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.fresheventure.com/images/Winner_SM.png"><img style="border: 4px solid black;" title="SEO Mkt" src="http://www.fresheventure.com/images/Winner_SM.png" alt="" width="600" height="414" /></a></p>
<h2>Newbie Blogger with Most Votes</h2>
<p>Our Newbie Blogger winner is the nominee who <strong>began blogging in 2009</strong> and received the most votes. Their prize is a FREE review of their blog on FresheVenture.com. Our Newbie Blogger winner is…</p>
<h3>Dana Slatkin – 53 Votes!</h3>
<p><a title="Dana Slatkin" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/recommends/www.danaslatkin.com/');" href="http://www.danaslatkin.com/" target="_blank">DanaSlatkin.com</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.fresheventure.com/images/Winner_DS.png"><img style="border: 4px solid black;" title="Dana Slatkin" src="http://www.fresheventure.com/images/Winner_DS.png" alt="" width="600" height="414" /></a></p>
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		<title>Keller Hawthorne’s best blog design contest 2009</title>
		<link>http://www.seomkt.com/keller-hawthornes-best-blog-design-contest-2009/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 12:40:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bbrian017</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the last week you guys can vote for me so if you haven&#8217;t already voted for someone please take a minute and vote for my blog over at Keller Hawthorne’s best blog design contest 2009. My blog theme was designed my elegant themes a great designer and I&#8217;m hoping you can take a [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is the last week you guys can vote for me so if you haven&#8217;t already voted for someone please take a minute and vote for my blog over at Keller Hawthorne’s best blog design contest 2009. My blog theme was designed my <a title="elegantthemes" href="http://www.elegantthemes.com/affiliates/idevaffiliate.php?id=2039_0_1_3" target="_blank"><strong>elegant themes</strong></a> a great designer and I&#8217;m hoping you can take a minute and vote for me. It&#8217;s named SEOMKT do an alt find and you will see it there available to vote on it. I have a nice little list below on why you should vote for me and my blog theme. Either way I want to thank you all however did vote for me it&#8217;s been a great run and I look forward to the 2010 contest. I also want to send a big thanks out to Keller for hosting such an amazing contest.</p>
<p><strong>Top Reasons you should vote for me</strong></p>
<p><strong>1.</strong> I&#8217;m a nice guy and do my best to help others</p>
<p><strong>2.</strong> I offer a unique perspective on marketing and share all my tips</p>
<p><strong>3.</strong> I created blogengage a place for us to submit articles and hang out gaining web traffic</p>
<p><strong>4.</strong> My blog is all 100% do follow</p>
<p><strong>5.</strong> Because you simply like how I am and support my cause</p>
<p><strong>6.</strong> Because you know if I win I will use the proceeds to help promote blogengage a bit more for all of us.</p>
<p><strong>7.</strong> I actually paid for my template and theme (which looks good)</p>
<p><strong>8.</strong> If I was asked I would vote for you too (too late I already voted for myself)</p>
<p>Well I hope you take a moment head on over and vote for me. Anyone looking for the page you can find it here.</p>
<p><a title="Vote for me please" href="http://www.fresheventure.com/1546/vote-best-wordpress-design-2009/" target="_blank"><strong>Vote for me here</strong></a></p>
<p>As always don&#8217;t forget to vote for me @ <a title="blogengage " href="http://www.blogengage.com/" target="_blank"><strong>blogengage </strong></a>and if interested you can join my<strong> </strong><a title="blog-engage-social-weekends" href="http://www.blogengage.com/group_story.php?title=blog-engage-social-weekends" target="_blank"><strong>social group</strong></a>.</p>
<p>Add me as a friend, <a title="add me as a friend" href="http://www.blogengage.com/user.php?login=bbrian017" target="_blank"><strong>bbrian017</strong></a></p>
<p>Thanks,</p>
<p>Brian</p>
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		<title>Get out and vote&#8230; Help me win Keller Hawthorne’s best blog design contest 2009</title>
		<link>http://www.seomkt.com/get-out-and-vote-limited-time-left-help-me-win-keller-hawthornes-best-blog-design-contest-2009/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 07:30:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bbrian017</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the last week I have been promoting Keller Hawthorne’s best blog design contest and asking all my readers to get out and vote for me. I&#8217;ve promoted on the largest of website forums and to date have gotten an amazing response from communities all over the web. Today I ask you once again for [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Over the last week I have been promoting Keller Hawthorne’s best blog design contest and asking all my readers to get out and vote for me. I&#8217;ve promoted on the largest of website forums and to date have gotten an amazing response from communities all over the web. Today I ask you once again for your vote. Voting is closing in less than 20 days so get out and please go vote for me. I don&#8217;t normally win these things but with my current blog design made by <a title="elegantthemes" href="http://www.elegantthemes.com/affiliates/idevaffiliate.php?id=2039_0_1_3" target="_blank"><strong>elegant themes</strong></a> I think I may have a pretty good chance. He does amazing work over there. Actually I&#8217;m in competition with other themes he has done. A total of 4 themes Nick developed has been entered into the competition.</p>
<p><strong>Top Reasons you should vote for me</strong></p>
<p><strong>1.</strong> I&#8217;m a nice guy and do my best to help others</p>
<p><strong>2.</strong> I offer a unique perspective on marketing and share all my tips</p>
<p><strong>3.</strong> I created blogengage a place for us to submit articles and hang out gaining web traffic</p>
<p><strong>4.</strong> My blog is all 100% do follow</p>
<p><strong>5.</strong> Because you simply like how I am and support my cause</p>
<p><strong>6.</strong> Because you know if I win I will use the proceeds to help promote blogengage a bit more for all of us.</p>
<p><strong>7.</strong> I actually paid for my template and theme (which looks good)</p>
<p><strong>8.</strong> If I was asked I woudl vote for you too (too late I already voted for myself)</p>
<p>Well I hope you take a moment head on over and vote for me. Anyone looking for the page you can find it here.</p>
<p><a title="Vote for me please" href="http://www.fresheventure.com/1546/vote-best-wordpress-design-2009/" target="_blank"><strong>Vote for me here</strong></a></p>
<p>As always don&#8217;t forget to vote for me @ <a title="blogengage " href="http://www.blogengage.com/" target="_blank"><strong>blogengage </strong></a>and if interested you can join my<strong> </strong><a title="blog-engage-social-weekends" href="http://www.blogengage.com/group_story.php?title=blog-engage-social-weekends" target="_blank"><strong>social group</strong></a>.</p>
<p>Add me as a friend, <a title="add me as a friend" href="http://www.blogengage.com/user.php?login=bbrian017" target="_blank"><strong>bbrian017</strong></a></p>
<p>Thanks,</p>
<p>Brian</p>
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		<title>Working on this new blog theme right now</title>
		<link>http://www.seomkt.com/working-on-this-new-blog-theme-right-now/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 13:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bbrian017</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As you can clearly see I&#8217;m working with a new wordpress theme. I&#8217;m still waiting on a banner to be made! I have a thread open over at DP requesting a re wording of an image to match this theme. So far I must admit I love it. The design is nice, unique sort of as [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As you can clearly see I&#8217;m working with a new wordpress theme. I&#8217;m still waiting on a banner to be made! I have a thread open over at <a title="Looking for an Image" href="http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=1425816" target="_blank">DP</a> requesting a re wording of an image to match this theme.</p>
<p>So far I must admit I love it. The design is nice, unique sort of as I havent&#8217; seen it around much. But again ti&#8217;s probably like a car. You don&#8217;t see many until you own one then all of a sudden everyone is driving one. But like I said it&#8217;s pretty decent and I&#8217;m enjoying the functionality that pushes the website. Everything I&#8217;ve done has been user friendly controlled via the admin cp. I don&#8217;t add code, I don&#8217;t edit file I simply don&#8217;t do much. This is a nice relief compared to all my other templates and the mass modification simply to be happy.</p>
<p><strong>What&#8217;s new on my blog:</strong> Lets have a look and see what we offer our visitors here at SEO Marketing.</p>
<p><strong>The About me:</strong> I now have a small mini profile biography on my landing page. I really like the personal touch it ads! It&#8217;s a nice welcomes message to new and existing readers.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.seomkt.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/aboutme1.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-1206 aligncenter" style="border: 2px solid black;" title="aboutme" src="http://www.seomkt.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/aboutme1.jpg" alt="aboutme" width="372" height="234" /></a></p>
<p><strong>125 ad spots:</strong> I really like the new ads spots on the sidebar! I think with the right design 125* 125* ads can bring a lot to the websites. I will be using them mainly for affiliates.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.seomkt.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/125-ads.jpg"><img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-1199 aligncenter" style="border: 2px solid black;" title="125-ads" src="http://www.seomkt.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/125-ads-150x150.jpg" alt="125-ads" width="150" height="150" /></a></p>
<p><strong>Sidebar Setup:</strong> The rest of the sidebar sits really nice! I have my do follow sidebar links to all my visitors and commenter&#8217;s websites. So far this theme is working out well.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.seomkt.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/sidebar.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-1205 aligncenter" style="border: 2px solid black;" title="sidebar" src="http://www.seomkt.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/sidebar.jpg" alt="sidebar" width="352" height="715" /></a></p>
<p><strong>I have a footer:</strong> Out of everything so far I like my footer the best! I never had much marketing space down there and I really enjoy having the free room.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.seomkt.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/footer.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-1209 aligncenter" style="border: 2px solid black;" title="footer" src="http://www.seomkt.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/footer.jpg" alt="footer" width="506" height="396" /></a></p>
<p>Out of everything so far I like my footer the best! I never had much marketing space down there and I really enjoy having the free room.</p>
<p><strong>Q&amp;A</strong></p>
<p>Do you like the new theme?</p>
<p>Let me know what you&#8217;re thinking!</p>
<p>As always don&#8217;t forget to vote for me @ <a title="blogengage " href="http://www.blogengage.com/" target="_blank">blogengage </a>and if interested you can join my <a title="blog-engage-social-weekends" href="http://www.blogengage.com/group_story.php?title=blog-engage-social-weekends" target="_blank">social group</a>.</p>
<p>Thanks,</p>
<p>Brian</p>
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		<title>Design Strategies for Marketing your Blogs Brand</title>
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		<dc:creator>bbrian017</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Brand Management]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When packaging and designing your blog many factors must come into play. We have to remember when building our blog brand the shape and form the blog is being delivered in is of most importance. Most successful bloggers have amazing web designs backing up the content their writing. Heck sometimes an article might not be [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When packaging and designing your blog many factors must come into play. We have to remember when building our blog brand the shape and form the blog is being delivered in is of most importance. Most successful bloggers have amazing web designs backing up the content their writing. Heck sometimes an article might not be written the greatest but it sure looks good.  Today I want to look at what we should be taking into consideration when considering the delivery of our blog and or a new blog article. Like the greatest products in the world, our blog would be nothing with out the proper presentation and design.</p>
<p><strong>Features and Options</strong></p>
<p>Every single thing we add or take away from our blogs affects our brand significantly. If you add or take away something a reader once liked you have the potential of losing that individual as a reader or customer. If you plan on making any drastic changes I would suggest taking a consensus and determining if in fact the change will do more good than bad for your blog. We should look at offering rss feeds, subscriptions and other services our readers and visitors can benefit from.</p>
<p><strong>Navigation</strong></p>
<p>This area of design was a surprise to me. I rarely took the navigation into consideration for my readers. For the longest time I disregarded it to be useless or less worthy of my attention and time. I was wrong and I&#8217;ll explain why. If a visitor cannot find what there looking for while visiting your blog they will never come back. headers, titles, category and topic links all have to be visible and not cluttered with junk in your sidebar. I see so many crap blogspot blogs that are exploding in the sidebars! It&#8217;s disgusting and should never be done on a professional branded blog.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.seomkt.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/brand-marketing.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1146" style="margin-right: 2px; margin-left: 2px; border: 4px solid black;" title="brand-marketing" src="http://www.seomkt.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/brand-marketing.jpg" alt="brand-marketing" width="533" height="322" /></a></p>
<p><strong>The Color Scheme</strong></p>
<p>Before I go into this section and make myself look silly I want to make note or for you to take note I&#8217;m not big on Consumer Behavior but we sort of touch it inside this article1 See the color&#8217;s of your blog will determine the mood of your visitor! Believe it our not it&#8217;s a known fact. Not only did I learn about this during my consumer behavior class I also read an article over at <a href="http://www.blogengage.com" target="_blank">blogengage </a>a week ago or so that detail this exact subject. <a href="http://experimentgarden.blogspot.com/2009/06/psychology-of-color-in-webpages.html" target="_blank">The Psychology of Color in Webpages</a> was the articles name and was written by  <a href="http://www.blogengage.com/user.php?login=NathanKP" target="_blank">NathanKP</a> It&#8217;s really detailed and could be beneficial to have a read.</p>
<p><strong> Consistent and Reliable</strong></p>
<p>This is a very important factor when marketing your blog and brand image. See it&#8217;s ironic but when you say Consistent and Reliable most people think we are talking about the blogger but in fact today we&#8217;re talking about your theme, blog and design. Make sure your hosting is reliable. Your readers will want to have consistent visiting experiences. We can speak of even more simplicity such as making sure the blog works, making sure the services are reliable and more.</p>
<p>Creating a marketing strategy for your blog is difficult but by following these 4 major suggestions you should be off to a great start.</p>
<p>Do you have any other examples of marketing strategies we should take into consideration for our blog design and blog brand?</p>
<p>As always don&#8217;t forget to vote for me @ <a title="blogengage " href="http://www.blogengage.com/" target="_blank">blogengage </a>and if interested you can join my <a title="blog-engage-social-weekends" href="http://www.blogengage.com/group_story.php?title=blog-engage-social-weekends" target="_blank">social group</a>.</p>
<p>Thanks,</p>
<p>Brian</p>
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