Spent the whole morning trying to make a logo for this blog and I came up with this simple one which looks quite appealing. Well, it is to me anyway. Probloggers have advised that we should brand our blogs and give it an identity if it’s own. One way is to come up with a good and attractive logo on top of the good and original contents of the blog. However, no matter how good and attractive the logo is, if the contents are no good, it will do injustice to the logo and the blog. Read what these guys have to say about blog branding.
Lifehack.org, on “How to Brand Your Blogs” in his article, “Branding Your Blog For Sucess”
Think in terms of your layout, colors, logo, content, ads you use, images, and all other elements of your blog.
Chris Garret Advises on Blog Branding in his articles - Better Blog Branding: Your Blogs Hidden Messages and another roundup at Branding Blog Post Round-Up - Readers Best Branding Posts
First of all you need to make sure your blog is making a good first impression
Darren of Problogger.net said
Don’t just think about ‘what’ you write either - it’s about ‘how’ you do it also. Your style, tone, language as well as they way in which you interact with others all have an impact upon how people will perceive you and the words that they’ll associate with you.
in his article, Personal Branding and Blogging
John Chow on “How To Brand Your Blog“, he said,
It’s hard to build brand when you’re using the same theme as a million other blogs.
Lorelle opened her article on Blog Branding with,
Blog branding is the development of your blog’s online identity into a brand, a consistent online identity.
in her post, Blog Branding and Identity
How to Build Your Personal Brand Online by Web Worker Daily has this to say,
Make the website personal.
Liz Strauss too has some good branding ideas that we could implement with her ” 6 Steps to a Branded Business Blog“
Great post! For myself building my blog’s brand has been the most difficult thing. I am frustrated about how I want to be viewed. Perhaps writing a business and/or marketing plan would help?
How you write is important to how you are perceived. As for personal branding, you should match your picture to your writing to your style to your interests. Video is common to use to touch on everything.