presentation given to Manchester blogcamp, June 2011

1. Blog Camp#BlogCamp Blog design Dafydd Prichard @lliwedd

2. A quick word about cite Established 2000 We specialise in online marketing communications Our team of 10 includes creative, technical and marketing What we do Web design - corporate, catalogues, microsites, etc Social media communications - particularly Facebook apps, blogs E-commerce Search engine optimisation (SEO) Email marketing Online marketing - planning and implementation Support Hosting and reporting

21. Colour Typography Usability Visual content Social

22. Jacob Nielsen http://www.useit.com

23. Implications of the F Pattern Users won't read your text thoroughly in a word-by-word manner. The first two paragraphs must state the most important information Start subheads, paragraphs, and bullet points with information-carrying words

25. http://kuler.adobe.com/#themes/ http://www.colourlovers.com/palettes/add http://www.colorcombos.com/

26. AaGg Mm Xx Serif font: Times AaGg Mm Xx Sans-Serif font: Arial

30. Typography resources http://www.w3schools.com/css/css_websafe_fonts.asp http://www.ampsoft.net/webdesign-l/WindowsMacFonts.html

31. Visual content Images. As well as photos and illustrations, you can consider graphs and infographics Resources like iStockPhoto, Flickr and DeviantArt are free or low-cost Moving image – consider using video and audio YouTube Vimeo Audioboo Pull out quotes Create images like cloud tags Beware of using photos from `photo Libraries without paying – AP and Getty regularly track down perpetrators!

32. http://www.istockphoto.com/ http://www.gettyimages.co.uk/ http://www.sxc.hu/home http://www.deviantart.com http://www.flickr.com

37. SEO

42. http://www.pregnantorbaby.blogspot.com/http://www.katgotthecream.blogspot.com/http://www.frecklesfamily.com/http://www.travellingwren.com/http://www.squidgyboo.com/http://thefivefsblog.blogspot.com/

44. And finally, a question How can blogging provide half an hour peace and quiet away from the kids…?

47. Thank You! Dafydd Prichard #BlogCamp Blog design Dafydd Prichard @lliwedd