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Connected Content — Making the Most of your Media Beth Brodovsky
Presentation by Beth Brodovsky of Iris Creative helps nonprofits learn:
• What is Content Marketing?
• What does “content” look like?
• Creating and distributing content
• How to find content in what you are already doing
• Why focus on content?
Hello and Welcome to the Official Guide to Becoming Famous on Club Penguin. Here, you will find the best tips for making an awesome Club Penguin Blog. There will be certain symbols representing different things. Look below for the conversion chart:
= Warning
= Tip
This guide will tell you which hosts you should use, how to make good graphics, and much more! So lets begin!
Part 1 – Choosing a Host
There are a lot of hosts out there, but you want the one that fits you. So first, think of what kind of website you want. Do you want a website with good appearance and colours, or do you want to have a classic theme? It is your choice. This will tell you which host you should use.
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This is the updated production log for Advanced Multimedia. I had to include evidence of creating each concept that I added onto my photography portfolio
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have that will help you reach club goals, such as attracting
new members, finding more project resources, and letting
the community know about your club.
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1. BACK TO BLOGGING SCHOOL
Blog Design
#portlandbloggers
@pdxbloggers
speakers:
@szewacheung
@chicsteals
WIFI
Network: PortlandBloggers
Password: PortlandBloggers
2. BACK TO BLOGGING SCHOOL
1. Branding through Blog Design
2. Branding Discussion
3. Basic Blog Elements & Intro to Design
Terminology: Sze Wa Cheung
4. How to Create a Style Guide for your Blog:
Carly J. Cais
3. Blog design
• Why does design matter?
• “Content is king”
• Once you understand your
content/goals, importance of visuals
and overall message you share
4. Branding
• “Branding”: the promoting of a product or
service by identifying it with a particular brand
• Pull, not push. Precedes and underlies
marketing
• Characteristics, values, emotional corporate
image
• Blog: brand as self
• ONE way: consistency in visual messages
• Gap, Amazon, Nike, Barack Obama
• How our minds work
5.
6. blog branding – core
message
1. Target audience?
2. Why are they reading?
3. What are you telling them?
4. Consistency
5. Repetition
22. Categories
Showcasing
Pros
Informative
Well-Organized
Searchable
Compare & Contrast
Unlimited
Scrolling
Pros
Local
Traditional
Personal
23. Categories
Showcasing
Cons
Lack of Personal Touch
Information Driven
Large Database Support
Compare & Contrast
Unlimited
Scrolling
Cons
Hard to Search
No Featuring Function
Heavily Photo Driven
45. Elements
4.Positive & Negative Space
Online reading is hard on the eyes.
Make sure to leave enough negative space
around your text to create better comfort.
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51. Elements
6.Post Dividers
These are great secondary elements
that sit behind (between) content
as background. But never let them
compete with important content.
52. Services:
Custom Blog Logo
Links & Post Title
Favicon
Social Media Buttons
Designed Sidebar
Welcome graphic
Navigation bar
Brand Identity
Logo Design
Business Card Design
Facebook Page
Twitter Page
Media Kit Design
Design Files
58. READYAIMBLOG.COM
THE STYLE GUIDE CREATES A BRAND
• It acts as a cheat sheet for your blog specs
• It unifies the feel of your site
• It provides a professional face to your brand
Review once a year to make sure it is still relevant, and whenever you update your
blog logo, theme, or want to make a change
*You can always improve!
59. IT SETS THE TONE OF YOUR ENTIRE BLOG BY
DEFINING:
*Brand Colors
*Fonts
*Font sizing
*Textural elements/patterns
*Blog element sizing
*Inspiration photos
READYAIMBLOG.COM
…All fitting with your blog logo and image you want to convey!
60. HOW TO MAKE A STYLE GUIDE?
Decide on elements after you conduct research on your readers. Create your Ideal
READYAIMBLOG.COM
Customer Profile.
***Who is your Ideal Customer?***
-age
-gender
-location
-family structure
-life events
-political affiliation
-hobbies and interests
-ideology/religion
What does this person like and respond to?
62. READYAIMBLOG.COM
FILL OUT YOUR STYLE GUIDE WITH THIS
INFORMATION IF APPLICABLE
• Mission statement
• Tone of voice
• Writing copy example
• Text color
• Brand colors
• Typeface
• Imagery
• Logo positioning, colorization, and usage guidelines
• Blog element sizing
• Stationery and collateral (other branded items)
• Video
63. CHOOSE IMAGES THAT APPEAL TO YOUR IDEAL
CUSTOMER IN YOUR NICHE
• Google Image search
• Pinterest
• WeHeartIt.com
• Instagram
READYAIMBLOG.COM
64. CHOOSE FONTS AND COLORS THAT APPEAL TO
YOUR IDEAL CUSTOMER
Fonts
• Justmytype.co
• Typography.com/techniques
• Blog.canva.com font pairing articles
• Search “Pairing Fonts” and “Tutsplus”
• Pinterest font pairings
• Fontscape.com for font mood
READYAIMBLOG.COM
Color Palettes
• Adobe Kuler
• ColourLovers
• Colorschemer
• Paletton
65. READYAIMBLOG.COM
SPECIFY YOUR BLOG ELEMENT SIZING
Photo width for photos in posts (full width, tiled, side-by-side)
Text boxes, accordions, <hr> dividers, quotes
Sidebar widget width
Sidebar photo max width
Ad dimensions
Photo sizing for Facebook or other social media
66. DOWNLOAD YOUR FREE STYLE GUIDE TEMPLATE
ReadyAimBlog.com/free-resources
READYAIMBLOG.COM
68. resources
• W3schools.com for HTML/CSS/XML how-to
• Csstricks.com for cool CSS how-to’s
• Google very specific keywords for an issue
• Fontawesome.com for fonts
• Picmonkey.com and Picasa (free download) for free image software and
adding type on top of things
• Roll out new branding design strategically
Stock Images:
• Unsplash.com
• Search for Creative Commons photos
• Google Images search
• Sign up for Death to Stock Photo monthly emails of hi-res photos
• Flickr .com: search for creative commons, free usage, unlicensed photos
• Dollarphotoclub.com
• Stocksy.com
69.
70. Thanks again to:
Carly J. Cais - @chicsteals
Sze Wa Cheung - @szewacheung
Liana Mikah - @lianamikah
Say hello:
@pdxbloggers
#portlandbloggers