I got a comment from a new friend, Alex , who has an awesome blog at (http://www.howtospoter.com/). He’s the guy that Mike Paetzold (of http://mikepaetzold.com) twisted his arm to tell my my theme sucked. LOL. That was 3 on the suck side, so as you see, it went. Thanks very much for your input. I sometimes forget that it’s not about me.
What I mean by that isn’t that I’m all self-absorbed or anything like that (at least I hope not), but it’s not about what I like. When you’re communicating with an audience, you owe it to them to do what THEY like. So, forgive me if I inconvenienced you with my very hot blue ball theme. I understand that it was hard to read.
And what a cardinal sin, eh? I mean, if you want people to read your blog, you should make it easy for them. People don’t really love to read, so if you’re boring or if it’s too hard to read what you write, POOF! Audience dries up.
I know these things.
And yet, I stuck to my very hot blue ball. My daughter says that when I see cobalt glass (which I collect), it’s like a dog whistle. I go right to it. So, you see, it’s NOT something I can help. I have the “blue” gene. So, I was distracted. Argh!
But I changed things around here, just for you. I appreciate you.
And talk about cool appreciation stuff. I just got a card in snail mail from Carrie Wilkerson of TheBarefootExecutive.com, who I met at jvAlert. Very cool. Wish I was that on top of it. Snail mail! How cool is that? What a gal.
Relationships. Internet Marketers need those. And I want to have one with you.
Like the new theme? Let me know. If you hate it… It’s gone.




Blogging: Thank You, Alex!…
It’s NOT about YOU! It’s about your readers….
You give me too much credit
I personally think that theme is a personal preference and should reflect YOUR personality! But on same not – I do come from a background of being a webmaster for years, before I ever became blogger and to me look and feel of any site or blog should still provide a few simple requirements:
* Ease of navigation
* Easy of reading (accessibility)
* Intuitive layout
Everything else, like SEO, speed and quality of coding behind the theme is secondary and although very important in my opinion – can be easily moded by the owner – you
so, to make long story short – you like it? Make It Yours!
Cheers,
Alex Sysoef
You give me too much credit
I personally think that theme is a personal preference and should reflect YOUR personality! But on same not – I do come from a background of being a webmaster for years, before I ever became blogger and to me look and feel of any site or blog should still provide a few simple requirements:
* Ease of navigation
* Easy of reading (accessibility)
* Intuitive layout
Everything else, like SEO, speed and quality of coding behind the theme is secondary and although very important in my opinion – can be easily moded by the owner – you
so, to make long story short – you like it? Make It Yours!
Cheers,
Alex Sysoef
Yes this is much better for Old Bald Guy’s with bad eyes.
And your point is very well taken that making things comfortable and easy for the reader will always help to increase readership.
You have never lacked for interesting and good content or I wouldn’t stop by so often
.
Yes this is much better for Old Bald Guy’s with bad eyes.
And your point is very well taken that making things comfortable and easy for the reader will always help to increase readership.
You have never lacked for interesting and good content or I wouldn’t stop by so often
.