I’m Too Sexy for My Blog

imageOK, I’m not really too sexy for my blog, but that was the name of the talk I gave at Northern Voice on February 11th. My talk was about blog design, with a bit of a focus on what you can do without being a professional web designer yourself. I promised to post my slides, so here they are!

And, here are the URLs of the blogs I shows as examples during the talk:

And, finally, courtesty of Bruce Sharp, here’s a link to the audio (which is even edited!). Thanks, Bruce, and everyone at Northern Voice for the opportunity.

Photo taken by Kris Krug

UPDATE: Ha, ha, it helps if you actually put in the link to the slides when you say you’re going to!

Posted by Susannah Gardner on 02/21 at 12:59 PM • A Little Design -- Blogging Events

Comments

  1. “I’m Too Sexy for My Blog”—That’s just too funny! ROFLMAO!

    Susannah, thanks for the book. When does buzz marketing II come out that really focuses on the MISSED OPPORTUNITIES if you don’t have a BizBlog?

    More like,

    “Forget whatever you have been taught in Marketing Class with PUSH advertising—NOW, refill that void in your HEAD with PULL advertising.

    What if you could have a 1,000 points of lights shining on you—instead of you searching with a flashlight for each of them, one by one?”

    This is just too fun!

    Cheers!
    M Mike Masters

    Masters & Masters

    Posted by mmasters on 02/23/06 at 06:30 AM

  2. I have a question for you regarding the approach to blog design. I am a designer of both print and web. My company, (http://www.formcreative.com)has a fully developed and designed Web site. I have recently begun blogging and have purposefully chosen NOT to design my blog site to retain an objective and somewhat editorial feel. My approach was to use content to attract like minded individuals some of whom may be potential clients thus using the blog to pull them through to my brand.

    My question is this: Are there times when branding and designing a blog dilutes the credibility of the content? Are there purposes for which branded design are not applicable?

    Posted by Rick Lee on 02/23/06 at 09:24 AM

  3. Thanks for the shout out. Your readers may also be interested in seeing the evolution of the final design of Diva Marketing. Peter, The Blog Studio, & I blogged the process and Peter posted all the comps on his blog - http://www.theblogstudio.com/blogarticle/we-have-a-winnah#comment

    Posted by Toby on 02/23/06 at 10:28 AM

  4. rick, great question! i’ve been writing a post in my head on just that topic—i’ll get it into the computer and post it in the next couple days. deal?

    Posted by Susannah Gardner on 02/23/06 at 09:53 PM

  5. That is one of the funniest titles I’ve ever heard smile It would make a great book title (although I’m not quite sure exactly what the book would be about?)

    Posted by Ted Demopoulos on 02/26/06 at 07:19 PM

  6. “That is one of the funniest titles I’ve ever heard smile It would make a great book title (although I’m not quite sure exactly what the book would be about?)”
    it will be bestseller smile

    Posted by yansen on 03/22/06 at 12:07 PM

  7. Aw, hey!  You featured one of ours! smile Thanks.

    Posted by Joelle on 03/29/06 at 04:38 PM

  8. Can’t get enough of this smile you certainly have a way of grabbing attention.

    Posted by Los Angeles Acting School on 09/10/06 at 04:43 PM

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