Ok, after finding the talk radio site yesterday I decided to see if there was a video service for blogging as well. And lo and behold, I find blogtv.com. I haven’t explored this one too much, mostly because this seems a lot like what people are doing on YouTube. This is supposedly free, but there might be hidden fees.

This is taking blogs in a whole different direction. For those who want to test their radio hosting ability, there’s blogtalkradio.com. I just found out about it today, but it appears that you can subscribe for free and start talking about whatever you want to talk about. I have a feeling I’ll get some interesting ideas on what others are thinking.

There’s many elements to a blog. There’s the layout, the design, the font color, style and size. Some companies will do one or the other, but there are companies that do it all. Squarespace is one of those companies, and from the looks of it, they handle some big name clients. If you have the money, these guys should be a decent option.

You know what they say about education: it’s all repetition, repetition, repetition. So it goes not only in school but life in general as well. I’ve talked about how blogging is a process and how to achieve optimum results. Well, someone else has decided to offer their ideas on this same topic. There is a lot of repetition between us.

I never realized that there was a conference for bloggers. It makes sense, though, most every other field, profession and even hobby has some kind of conference. I don’t think I would be able to attend this since its way out in Las Vegas, but the idea sounds intriguing.

If you want to know what it takes to build a blog, I suggest reading this post. I know I’ve mentioned various aspects of these two steps the author discusses, but it’s always good to hear it from someone else. We all process information differently, and what connects with someone might need more explanation for someone else.

This is going to be more advantageous for you if you are doing an online store, but if you want to have some fun with your blog, you can use this premium site design. You basically set up your site to look like a classified ads section of an online newspaper. I think it might be fun to have a site where each blog entry has a little classified ad look to it.

If you plan on trying to make money on your blog, you’ll need to every once in a while to work on your writing style. We can all get into ruts in anything we do repetitively, so bloggers need to practice enhanced writing activities. Take some tips from this article.

For some, the standard text blog is not enough or the right format to begin with. These people have turned to video blogging. Video blogging to me is basically taking home movies and uploading them to either a YouTube channel or some other online forum. It gives the creator more direct control over the content and perception, but at the same time does not allow for refinement. If you let a verbal comment slip out, you either have to redo the whole vlog post or let the comment stay in or create an obvious edit. I’ll stick to my text blogging, thank you.

I decided to take a look at some free blog designs for WordPress and offer my opinion. The design in question comes from Bryan Veloso. First off, I like the darker background color. With so many pages having a light color, even offline programs like Microsoft Word, it’s nice to see something on the darker side. That being said, the greatest asset also is its greatest liability to me. With a monochrome color, there’s nothing to really demand your attention other than the hue. The layout is simple, which is a good thing. You can clearly see where the new content is and where the archives can be accessed. So, there is both positive and a little negative if you were to choose this particular theme.