What Do Visitors Learn In Just 10 Seconds On Your Blog?

Christopher

Hey Jane,

Looking good! Your sidebar is informative, you offer social connection, and there’s a lot of info for your community.

I’d consider scratching the tags near the bottom of the sidebar, the administrative section in the sidebar, and revise the about page so it offers some sort of beneift to the visitor. The best about pages aren’t about the blog, but rather about how beneficial the blog will be to the visitor. It’s also a great place to offer connection, either socially or via email, which I noticed you don’t offer.

Start building that list!

Another suggestion … try to catch the creation of the murals on video so you can share it with the community as it unfolds.

Thanks for sharing your blog, Jane! Keep up the awesome work, both on and off the blog :)

Christopher

Hey Kevin,

Thanks for taking the time to share your work with us — after reviewing your blog, I have a few ideas that might help you improve the readability.

The first recommendation I’d consider is increasing the size of your font. As your content is very text heavy, usually including technical terms, it’s difficult for me to jump in and understand what I was reading. It may seem strange, but increasing the size of your text will space out your content a bit, thereby making it more reader friendly. I’ve seen this work well with previous projects, so it might work for you as well, though only testing will tell — I could be way wrong.

The header is really busy, so I wasn’t able to pick up what it was all about right off the bat — especially with the various links in that area, including “home, sitemap, and contact us” and “click to search.”

Try simplifying the options you give your readers, thereby focusing their attention to your content. You have a lot of great information published here, and I’m sure readers find your blog super-resourceful, so these little tweaks might just be a way to polish the presentation for them, which in turn could increase your subscriber count.

Cheers Kevin!

Christopher

Hey Sandy,

Your blog looks very nice! As a new blogger with little content published, it’s difficult to tell exactly what you’re blog is about … mostly because the category / tag section isn’t populated. However, that said, it sounds like you’ll be life blogging — or at least sharing your experience up to this point, which I have a feeling a lot of people will find interesting.

The most important thing to do at this point is to keep at it and let your inspiration carry your schedule — that is, just post when you feel like it … don’t worry about what everyone says regarding posting schedules and what the best practice is.

Keep up the good work, and bring your blog to fruition.

:D

Christopher

Hey Marcello,

You have a beautiful website! It didn’t take long to tell it was a great resource for everything related to Japanese cinema. The navigation in the header helps reveal a lot of what your site is about, but I have to admit, I completely looked over the actual logo in the right hand side. I did catch the multi-colored logo after the header slider, and felt it was an interesting position to put the logo.

After looking through a few posts, which are all super-awesome in terms of quality, I scrolled back up to the top and saw the logo to the right.

You’re rocking it! Keep doing what you’re doing!

XD

Christopher

Hey Roxanne,

Thanks so much for hopping on and sharing your blog with us! We’re all in the same boat here … we’re just feeling out what works and what doesn’t, so there really isn’t a right and wrong way to go about blogging.

Working with blogger is a bit more limiting than other platforms, such as WordPress and Tumblr, so don’t take it out on yourself that you find it difficult to customize your blog … it’s the platform you’re on, that’s all. In terms of the feedback I promised you, within the first 10 seconds on your blog I learned that you are a professional hair and makeup artist with awesome experience. The content supports your topic, so it looks like you’re doing a great job!

Remember, people scan content very, very quickly … so it’s usually better to keep it as succinct as possible.

Great job, Roxanne!

Christopher

Hey Greg!

I love the idea of your blog! We could all use a little adventure … even if we’re reading about someone else’s.

In the first 10, I wasn’t able to gather the full premise of the blog. Skimming through the first few posts lead me to believe it was some sort of personal blog, then clicking through to the about page revealed a bit more. However, I only got through the first paragraph … and the most exciting part is the second!

Consider revising the about page so you get to this faster!

“My name is Greg and I’ve spent half my life abroad. I could return home, but at this point I don’t plan on it, nor do I feel the need. With no place to call home I’m wandering the world, with no real mission in mind.”

This is where you either hook or lose the visitor interested in what you’re writing, so you have to really sell it if you hope to build your readership. There might be room to touch on a few examples of your aventures here … just to entice people, you know?

Sounds like you know how to enjoy life! Great job man!