Homepage is the first page seen when your visitor visit your site. Therefore, homepage should be created with a nice professional touch to attract the visitors to come, and hopefully they will remain as your royal readers as times go by.
Blogging has been becoming parts of so many people’s lives these days, including me. Once, there is a question from a reader asking how important a blog to me? And he also asked if there is any tip to make a blog more powerful. Answering to the first question, yes I enjoy blogging. Blogging is part of my life, it is very important to me, as much as my job, family and friends.
I am still learning, and I read lots of books about seo, and blogging techniques. I will write the secret of 5 tips to make a powerful blog. These tips, I believe, are still so powerful to use now and even for several years to come.
Create a great Homepage can make your blog more Powerful
The first tip is on the Homepage. Homepage is the first page seen when your visitor visit your site. Therefore, homepage should be created with a nice professional touch to attract the visitors to come, and hopefully they will remain as your royal readers as times go by. To accommodate this, here are some tips to make a powerful blog below:
1. Identify the use of your blog
From the homepage, the readers will be able to identify what a blog is all about. Therefore, you need to clearly specify the purpose of your blog, either you intend to make your blog as a site to sell products, share information, offer referral link or newsletter, or some others. You also need to make sure that you do not mention to many purposes into the Homepage, because it will only confuse the readers.
2. The Color of your blog
Color is significantly influencing the atmosphere when the visitor comes to your site. Therefore, choosing the appropriate colors that are likely to give confort to the visitors when reading any of your post is highly important. Basic colors are the most recommended ones to use in your blog. Besides that, you also need to match the color used in every part of your blog. The colors should be matched seeing from the header, widget box, sidebar color, page bar, and other parts, and making them in a nice blend color harmony.
3. Font face and size of your blog
The type of font you use in your blog is another field to concern. Please make sure that you use common font face into your blog, so that your post can be easily read. Some font faces which are higly recommended to use are Arial, Verdana and Tahoma. Besides the font face, the font size is also play an important role. Do not use a too small font as well as a too big one. If you are a little behind to determine this, asking your visitor to retrieve a feed back is an excellent way to do.
4. Use picture or image on your blog
Picture is a great thing to be put into your blog to give a nice interesting look. However, you need to remember for not using too many pictures. First is because your blog will look too crowded, and second is because it will make the loading time slowing down. You should use the picture appropriately if you want to explain particular thing in a more detail way.
These are the tips to make a powerful blog. To sum these up, the first job to have powerful blog is to create a good Homepage by identifying the use of your blog, color and font of your blog, and adding image on your blog.