Comments on: Alltop: Helping You Design A Great Business Blog

By: Henny

Henny — Wed, 04 May 2011 15:20:41 +0000

I feel so much happier now I undsertand all this. Thanks!

By: The Personality Of Your Business Blog | BlogWell

The Personality Of Your Business Blog | BlogWell — Sat, 17 May 2008 00:10:59 +0000

[...] I wish I could give you a template for every industry of the ‘right’ look, but there really is no such thing. You need to do the research to ensure you meet your audience’s expectations. Take a look at our recent post about using Alltop to give you design inspiration ideas. [...]

By: Malcolm Bastien

Malcolm Bastien — Sat, 10 May 2008 16:56:37 +0000

Yey Conformity! (jk)

Your idea does make a lot of sense. If you want to be great, model yourself after great men – just in the blogging sense of things.

Not only in design does this matter though, but what better way is there to get an insight into what early trends are appearing, or even to identify where there might be a gap in the blogging market.

Though I think for now my main use of Alltop is still going to be the way I quickly introduce new people to the web to blogs on the net that fits their interest the best.

By: mark @ mytropicalescape

mark @ mytropicalescape — Wed, 07 May 2008 22:34:41 +0000

Hi Lid! Just wanted to say CONGRATS for being included in ALLTOP.

Keep up the great work!

M.H.

By: Lid

Lid — Tue, 06 May 2008 23:39:28 +0000

@ Michael – Howdy – how cool! Thanks for stopping by

I know, it *is* stating the obvious, yet I’m totally thrown by the amount of questions I get about blogging and where to look for inspiration. It’s odd, because I’m so used to the Web, I can think of hundreds of places, but just figured Alltop would be best for those just starting out.

Your point is valid though; Alltop is a great way to check whether you are just adding same old, same old, stuff. Shows you ways to be a bit different.

The most common advice I give to people is you need to look at industry related sites, print out a dozen or so that you like, lay them on the ground side by side, and then get out a big fat red texta and circle what you love and what you hate on each site. Pretty quickly, you begin to notice patterns – and voila – an idea for your own site starts to materialize.

Too few people spend the time researching and planning me thinks