Sunday 31 August 2014

Red Embossed-look Anarchy Logo T Shirts

Featured Product!

A gorgeous design. Click to customize and personalize. Maybe you'd like to see your name or initials on it?


tagged with: embossed look, disorder, unrest, against authority, reject authority, anarchist emblem, anarchy sign, red anarchy logo, chaos humor, hrfptraz

Fun series A great tshirt with an embossed-look red Anarchist emblem, which is a ragged capital A inside a circle. Feeling a bit chaotic or anarchic today? Wear one of these to show how you feel!
more items with this image
more items in the Fun series

image code: anarchy

»visit the HightonRidley store for more designs and products like this
The Zazzle Promise: We promise 100% satisfaction. If you don't absolutely love it, we'll take it back!

Motivational Words 1 fridge magnet

A gorgeous best-selling design. Click to customize or personalize. How would it look with your name or monogram on it - why not have a look-see right now?


tagged with: motivational words,, motivation,, positive thinking,, positive attitude,, encouragement,, positive outlook,, hrbstslr,, values,, encouraging,, encourage

Motivational Words series Be positive! Here's a great design using motivational word art that could subtly and subconsciously help you improve your outlook and attitude. Each time you look at these influencing words, you should get a little reminder and a small positive boost!

more items featuring these motivational words
more


»visit the HightonRidley store for more designs and products like this

Cute Puppy Dog Look Post Card

Cute Alert!

How can you resist this cute puppy design? Maybe you'd like to see your name or initials on it? Click to customize and personalize...


tagged with: cute, puppy, dog, money, college, dorm, mom, dad, please, send, wild, williams, card, greetings

Go Wild~ Send a funny keepsake card for a guaranteed smile and maybe a bit of money. Stock up, buy all your favorites now and receive a bulk discount.

»visit the WildCardGreetings store for more designs and products like this
The Zazzle Promise: We promise 100% satisfaction. If you don't absolutely love it, we'll take it back!

Dreamlike Conceptual Self-Portraits Fused with Dance by Kylli Sparre

Fun and Random

Dreamlike Conceptual Self Portraits Fused with Dance by Kylli Sparre surreal self portait conceptual

Dreamlike Conceptual Self Portraits Fused with Dance by Kylli Sparre surreal self portait conceptual

Dreamlike Conceptual Self Portraits Fused with Dance by Kylli Sparre surreal self portait conceptual

Dreamlike Conceptual Self Portraits Fused with Dance by Kylli Sparre surreal self portait conceptual

Dreamlike Conceptual Self Portraits Fused with Dance by Kylli Sparre surreal self portait conceptual

Dreamlike Conceptual Self Portraits Fused with Dance by Kylli Sparre surreal self portait conceptual

Dreamlike Conceptual Self Portraits Fused with Dance by Kylli Sparre surreal self portait conceptual

Dreamlike Conceptual Self Portraits Fused with Dance by Kylli Sparre surreal self portait conceptual

Fine art photographer Kylli Sparre (previously) has continued to create her dance-inspired photographs, almost all of which depict the artist herself in various dreamlike states and situations. Working with outdoor landscapes, and bodies of water or ice, Sparre fuses years of formal ballet training with these dramatic and performative photographs. The artist has a show in Amsterdam next month at Qlickeditions, and you can follow her work more on Facebook.

 
#funandrandom 
 » see original post http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/colossal/~3/77Lt9exVDkc/

New Cut Paper Sculptures and Illustrations by Elsa Mora

Fun and Random

New Cut Paper Sculptures and Illustrations by Elsa Mora sculpture paper illustration

New Cut Paper Sculptures and Illustrations by Elsa Mora sculpture paper illustration

New Cut Paper Sculptures and Illustrations by Elsa Mora sculpture paper illustration

New Cut Paper Sculptures and Illustrations by Elsa Mora sculpture paper illustration

New Cut Paper Sculptures and Illustrations by Elsa Mora sculpture paper illustration

New Cut Paper Sculptures and Illustrations by Elsa Mora sculpture paper illustration

New Cut Paper Sculptures and Illustrations by Elsa Mora sculpture paper illustration

Artist Elsa Mora recently updated her portfolio with a number of beautiful paper sculptures created for both private clients and exhibition. All of Mora’s pieces are created with little more than acid-free paper and glue which is carefully cut, layered, and assembled to create 2D and 3D images. Several of the pieces are currently at the Racine Art Museum in Wisconsin for a show titled Once Upon A Time: Fairy Tales, Fantasy, and Contemporary Art that runs through August 31. You can see more on her website and over on Facebook. (via Brown Paper Bag)

 
#funandrandom 
 » see original post http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/colossal/~3/ZT_A4CCiNj8/

Saturday 30 August 2014

Stop the world, I want to get off! Courier Bag

Featured Product!

A gorgeous design. Click to customize and personalize. Maybe you'd like to see your name or initials on it?


tagged with: bewildered faces, staring eyes, screaming, scream, mad eyes, interlocking faces, interwoven faces, zany fun, funny faces, hrfptraz scrmlghs

Fun series A bright, fun painting featuring a mass of jumbled up and interwoven staring eyes, screaming mouths and bewildered faces.Pace of life too manic? If you feel like you want the world to stop, so you can get off, then this design is for you!
more items with this image
more items in the Fun series

image code: scrmlghs

»visit the HightonRidley store for more designs and products like this
The Zazzle Promise: We promise 100% satisfaction. If you don't absolutely love it, we'll take it back!

Motivational Words 1 Positivity Postcard

A gorgeous best-selling design. Click to customize or personalize. How would it look with your name or monogram on it - why not have a look-see right now?


tagged with: motivational words,, motivation,, positive thinking,, positive attitude,, encouragement,, positive outlook,, encouraging,, encourage,, word art,, hrbstslr mowds1

Motivational Words series Be positive! Here's a great design using motivational word art that could subtly and subconsciously help you improve your outlook and attitude. Each time you look at these influencing words, you should get a little reminder and a small positive boost!
more items featuring these motivational words
more


»visit the HightonRidley store for more designs and products like this

Vintage Nurse With Puppy T-shirts and Gifts Posters

Cute Alert!

How can you resist this cute puppy design? Maybe you'd like to see your name or initials on it? Click to customize and personalize...


tagged with: nurse, nursing, medical, profession, dog, puppy, cute, lpn, er nurse, ob nurse, private nurse, student nurse, future nurse, peacockcards, vintage, people, culture

A cute vintage design featuring a female nurse with a puppy on nurse T-shirts, mugs, cards, stickers, tote bags, magnets, keychains, and other nurse apparel and gift items for ER nurses, pediatric nurses, LPNs, RNs, private nurses, future nurses, and student nurses!

»visit the nurse_doctor store for more designs and products like this
The Zazzle Promise: We promise 100% satisfaction. If you don't absolutely love it, we'll take it back!

Friday 29 August 2014

Stop the world, I want to get off! Coffee Mug

Featured Product!

A gorgeous design. Click to customize and personalize. Maybe you'd like to see your name or initials on it?


tagged with: scrmlghs, bewildered faces, staring eyes, screaming, scream, mad eyes, interlocking faces, interwoven faces, zany fun, hrfptraz

Fun series A bright, fun painting featuring a mass of jumbled up and interwoven staring eyes, screaming mouths and bewildered faces.Pace of life too manic? If you feel like you want the world to stop, so you can get off, then this design is for you!
more items with this image
more items in the Fun series

image code: scrmlghs

»visit the HightonRidley store for more designs and products like this
The Zazzle Promise: We promise 100% satisfaction. If you don't absolutely love it, we'll take it back!

Motivational Words #2 badge / button

A gorgeous best-selling design. Click to customize or personalize. How would it look with your name or monogram on it - why not have a look-see right now?


tagged with: badges, motivational words, motivation, positive thinking, positive attitude, encouragement, positive outlook, word art, values, hrbstslr

Motivational Words series Give some positivity! Here's a great design using motivational word-art. Each time you look at them, you should get a subtle positive boost!!

more items featuring these motivational words
more items in the Motivational Words series

Image code: mowds2

»visit the HightonRidley store for more designs and products like this

Thursday 28 August 2014

Ear Assaulting Wicked Mad Devil Sound System Pins

Featured Product!

A gorgeous design. Click to customize and personalize. Maybe you'd like to see your name or initials on it?


tagged with: humor, mzssea, wicked devil, sound system, ear assault, fun cartoon madness, moustache and goatee, maniacal smile, devil horns, hrfptraz, spiky wires

Just Fun series A fun design featuring a mad, zany sound system. It has a horned devil with arched eyebrows, curled moustache, goatee beard and big, red lips parted in a maniacal open-mouthed smile. With fat, spiky interconnecting wires and wicked-looking flails, this sound system will definitely assault the ears!

more items with this image
more items in the Just Fun series

image code: mzssea

»visit the HightonRidley store for more designs and products like this
The Zazzle Promise: We promise 100% satisfaction. If you don't absolutely love it, we'll take it back!

Motivational Words 2 positive encouragement Post Cards

A gorgeous best-selling design. Click to customize or personalize. How would it look with your name or monogram on it - why not have a look-see right now?


tagged with: motivational words,, motivation,, motivating,, positive thinking,, encouragement,, positive outlook,, positive attitude,, values,, hrbstslr mowds2,, wordart

Motivational Words series Give some positivity! Here's a great design using motivational word-art. Each time you look at them, you should get a subtle positive boost!!
more items featuring these motivational words
more items in the Motivational Words series

image code: mowds2

»visit the HightonRidley store for more designs and products like this

Puppy Love - Cute MaltiPoo Dog Photo Round Sticker

Cute Alert!

How can you resist this cute puppy design? Maybe you'd like to see your name or initials on it? Click to customize and personalize...


tagged with: puppy, puppydog, dog photo, cute dog, maltipoo, little puppy dog, cute puppy, puppy face, puppy photo, puppy photograph, toy dog breed, pocket dog

An adorable young puppy dog with big floppy ears and soft fur wants you to show her some love. Cute dog photograph in vivid color showing what may be either a maltese poodle cross, or maybe even something larger like a labradoodle or labrador retriever crossed with a poodle. Use as shown, or upload a photo of your own snuggly fuzzybutt pooch for a treasured dog lover keepsake.

»visit the CountryCorner store for more designs and products like this
The Zazzle Promise: We promise 100% satisfaction. If you don't absolutely love it, we'll take it back!

Cute ponies for the bedroom and school

Bay Cartoon Shetland Pony Love Hearts Stretched Canvas PrintsBlue Roan Cartoon Shetland Pony iPad SleevesBay Cartoon Shetland Pony Messenger Bags

Cute ponies for the bedroom and school

If you know a boy or girl who loves ponies then here's a collection that should give you some gift ideas.
Any boy or girl will love them - some for bedroom and some for school. Which of these would be best?

Click the image for more details and to buy. You'll also see more designs from the artist there.

Top 5 SEO Techniques That Will Hurt Your Business

Blogging with purpose

original post »

This is a guest contribution by Greg Whelan of RankExperts.

5. Relying on Backlinks Alone

The use of SEO has been on the rise for a long time, especially for people who venture in online business. However, while SEO is considered a core tool in enhancing online businesses, the same trend can trigger adverse effects if not implemented in the right way. There are certain limits that you must observe when employing SEO for your business – in other words, SEO for business should never be used blindly.

A great number of online businesses are established each day with most of them turning futile while others respond slowly. Note that some of these businesses make use of SEO strategies and still end up disappointing the founders. This implies that SEO should be used in a strategic and wise manner. It is the only way you will be in a position to make your business yield high returns.

To ensure that SEO works ideally for your business, certain techniques must be avoided. There are strategies which have been confirmed to be really alarming for online businesses hence the need to understand and avoid them now and in the long run. Below is a crackdown on five key SEO strategies which must be avoided for best gains in your business:

1. Purchase of Links

This happens to be one of the most profound habits among people who venture in online business. The good thing is that the trend has worked perfectly for most people in the past. However, the benefits attached to purchasing of links may be cut short in the long run.

It has been revealed that search engines are in the move to eradicate the trend of using purchased links in websites. Google for instance is working tooth and nail to ensure that the trend is stopped completely. It will surprise you to know that Google and other search engine companies have a great team of workers whose sole obligation is to trace purchased links and flag them. This implies that people who are used to buying links for their websites may get hurt in the near future after the fight against the link purchase is fully implemented.

At times, even the untrained eye can detect purchased links in any content. Some patterns formed by a set of links may not make sense at all hence they create suspicion. In addition, you might come across a set of unrelated links which do not even tally with the content in question. This is a pretty clear indication that the links are purchased. The bottom line is that search engine teams will easily know if you have used purchased links or not.

2. Focus on Quantity of Links Rather Than Quality

While use of a huge number of backlinks is considered a perfect SEO strategy, the same can go a long way in ruining your online business. One of the worst mistakes that people make is placing their focus on incorporating a bunch of links in their websites not knowing that quality overrules quantity.

Link building is pretty simple since most people consider it so. Actually, it might not take you long to have a lot of links built for your site. However, most people fail to consider the quality of links they get. Instead, they get excited with the number and forget the quality.

Any link created should be authoritative and attractive to ensure that surfers follow it without a second thought. It is always advised that you refrain from links which are characterized by low DA. This is one of the core recipes behind failure in online business.

3. Keyword Stuffing

For a long time, the threat behind keyword stuffing has been emphasized. It has been confirmed that use of many keywords in website content may trigger adverse effects to your business in terms of ranking. The sad part of it is that most people tend not to drop the practice of stuffing keywords in their content.

Keyword stuffing might have been working perfectly in the past couple of years but it no longer does these days. If you must elevate your business with the help of keywords, then optimization is paramount. You must focus on reaching the recommended density of keywords in your content and avoid stretching further. In most cases, keywords are expected to hit 2% density and nothing more.

Instead of using a lot of keywords in your website, it will work best if you focused on creating quality content. If keywords must be used, the appropriate application and fitting is necessary. The keywords must also be in context to ensure natural flow.

4. Use of Duplicate Content

This is one of the most dangerous SEO strategies that any online businessperson can implement. In most cases, businesses with more than one site tend to recycle their content. You might come across similar articles in different sites. It is also possible to follow a certain link and find similar content from that of the mother website.

If you have the tendency of implementing duplicate content, then your online business is possibly not doing so well. It is important to note that search engines are always on the lookout for unoriginal content, regardless of whether or not the site is owned by one person. Normally, search engines do not rank two copies of similar content. In fact, a penalty may result from using duplicate content. This means that the mission of elevating your online business won’t work.

5. Relying on Backlinks Alone

If you have the perception that use of backlinks is the only avenue towards achieving best ranking, then that is not so at all. There are other tools that must be employed to ensure best SEO for your business website. A lot of people have the delusion that many links in a website will remarkably boost traffic which in return elevates the ranking in search engines.

On the contrary, you must team up a number of SEO strategies and techniques for great results to be achieved. Depending on back-links alone will only boost SEO to some extent but not completely. You must ensure that the use of backlinks is balanced with other suites in the SEO sphere. Content marketing, use of social media, as well as onsite optimization can work as a perfect SEO blend.

The five strategies highlighted above are actually things that can be easily snubbed yet with very drastic and adverse effects in the end. They techniques must therefore be avoided at all costs since it is the only way you can move your business to a better level.

The RankExpert’s  Head of Marketing Greg Whelan holds a degree from the University of Austin’s Mccomb School of Business and a MBA in Marketing. With his unique insights into the world of digital marketing, Greg oversees strategic planning for large to enterprise-sized companies. 

Originally at: Blog Tips at ProBlogger
Build a Better Blog in 31 Days

Top 5 SEO Techniques That Will Hurt Your Business

Build a Better Blog in 31 Days

Top 5 SEO Techniques That Will Hurt Your Business
 #bloggingtips 

Tuesday 26 August 2014

Monogram Spiral Galaxy outer space picture Lamps

Featured Product!

A gorgeous design. Click to customize and personalize. Maybe you'd like to see your name or initials on it?


tagged with: spgxy253, spiral galaxies, spiral galaxy arms, heavenly stars, inspirational, deep space astronomy, outer space pictures, sky watching, hrfptraz, monogram initials, heavens, eso, european southern observatory, vista

Galaxies, Stars and Nebulae series A gorgeous image that reveals a little of the wonder that is our universe.
Measuring 70 000 light-years across and laying 13 million light-years away, the nearly edge-on spiral galaxy NGC 253 is revealed here in an image from the Wide Field Imager (WFI) of the MPG/ESO 2.2 m telescope at the La Silla Observatory.
more items with this image
more items in the Galaxies, Stars and Nebulae series

image code: spgxy253

ESO/J. Emerson/VISTA www.eso.org
Reproduced under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license.

»visit the HightonRidley store for more designs and products like this
The Zazzle Promise: We promise 100% satisfaction. If you don't absolutely love it, we'll take it back!

Courage - Crimson Phoenix Rising blank notelet Greeting Cards

A gorgeous best-selling design. Click to customize or personalize. How would it look with your name or monogram on it - why not have a look-see right now?


tagged with: red,, flames,, fire,, fantasy creatures,, courage,, inspiration,, rise,, fantasy birds,, crimson phoenix,, hrbstslr phnx

A blank card so you can say what you want.
The customizable front text says "Courage..." and the image shows a contoured Phoenix, wings outstretched, having risen from the ashes.
A great card to send to someone who needs encouragement and a bit of a lift from a friend.
more Phoenix items
more inspirational items


»visit the HightonRidley store for more designs and products like this

Cute Blue and Green Sporty Puppy Invitation

Cute Alert!

How can you resist this cute puppy design? Maybe you'd like to see your name or initials on it? Click to customize and personalize...


tagged with: puppy, sport, dog, birthday invitation, baby shower, baby announcement, blue, green, sweet, cute, boy, baby, illustration, football, soccer, baseball, basketball, party, celebration, hip, chic, popular

This adorable invitation featuring two little brown puppies is also splashed with some of your favorite sports! The light blue and deliciously pretty green are perfect for any little boy from birth on up. Great for a baby announcement, baby shower, birthday party and more! Need help personalizing? Contact us at info@missNnick.com

»visit the MissNNick store for more designs and products like this
The Zazzle Promise: We promise 100% satisfaction. If you don't absolutely love it, we'll take it back!

Monday 25 August 2014

3 Easy Steps to take part in a Big Affiliating Experiment and boost your Zazzle sales

1) Follow, follow follow!

By following each other, we all should get a boost in traffic that should lead to sales.
List your user name url in your Zazzle Forum reply on each of Pinterest, Polyvore and Wanelo (PinAProd donaters can also list StumbleUpon and WeHeartIt) and then follow everyone else's.
This last part is important!

I'll get the ball rolling:
http://www.pinterest.com/hightonridley
http://hightonridley.polyvore.com
http://wanelo.com/hightonridley
http://www.stumbleupon.com/stumbler/Highton-Ridley
http://weheartit.com/hightonridley

2) Now comes the affiliate part

List one of your stores in your reply on the Zazzle forum. Mine is:
http://www.zazzle.com/hightonridley

Use PinAProd to pull from each store that people taking part have listed, using your referrer id and a tracking code (of course!). Make sure the tracking code is specific to this experiment (you could use, for example pinterest-afexp, wanelo-afexp etc) and pin, share etc 10 products from that store.

3) Report any successes!

Finally, please report on the Zazzle Forum any sales you make that use the tracking codes you've gave.

If you're not sure where to look to find out, it will be in your Referral History Report, like this:


Good luck everyone!
~~Mark

Surreal Worlds Digitally Painted by Gediminas Pranckevicius

Fun and Random

Surreal Worlds Digitally Painted by Gediminas Pranckevicius painting digital

Surreal Worlds Digitally Painted by Gediminas Pranckevicius painting digital

Surreal Worlds Digitally Painted by Gediminas Pranckevicius painting digital

Surreal Worlds Digitally Painted by Gediminas Pranckevicius painting digital

Surreal Worlds Digitally Painted by Gediminas Pranckevicius painting digital

Conceptual artist and illustrator Gediminas Pranckevicius posesses an imagination to covet. While most of his digital painting is centered around character design, his larger landscapes seen here are rich in detail, creating impossible but ingenious juxtapositions of water, land, and haphazard architecture. You can see more of his work over on Facebook, and all of these are available as prints via INPRNT.

 
#funandrandom 
 » see original post http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/colossal/~3/GWoSpzuMn38/

Sunday 24 August 2014

Monogram, Rings of Gas Giant Saturn - solar system MacBook Pro Sleeve

Featured Product!

A gorgeous design. Click to customize and personalize. Maybe you'd like to see your name or initials on it?


tagged with: protective cover, monogram initials, star galaxies, strnmxtlt, outer space picture, hubble space image, rings of saturn, gas giant astronomy, solar system planet, hrfptraz, astronomy pictures, ice particles, rocky debris, planetary bodies

Galaxies, Stars and Nebulae series A stunning image of Saturn, taken when the planet's rings were at their maximum tilt of 27 degrees toward Earth. Saturn experiences seasonal tilts away from and toward the Sun, much the same way Earth does. This happens over the course of its 29.5-year orbit. This means that approximately every 30 years, Earth observers can catch their best glimpse of Saturn's South Pole and the southern side of the planet's rings. Between March and April 2003, researchers took full advantage to study the gas giant at maximum tilt. They used NASA's Hubble Space Telescope to capture detailed images of Saturn's Southern Hemisphere and the southern face of its rings.
more items with this image
more items in the Galaxies, Stars and Nebulae series

image code: strnmxtlt

Image credit: NASA (Hubble Telescope) and E. Karkoschka (University of Arizona)

»visit the HightonRidley store for more designs and products like this
The Zazzle Promise: We promise 100% satisfaction. If you don't absolutely love it, we'll take it back!

Saturday 23 August 2014

Distressed Golden Chinese Dragon, Happy Birthday Gift Wrap Paper

Featured Product!

A gorgeous design. Click to customize and personalize. Maybe you'd like to see your name or initials on it?


tagged with: happy birthday message, chdrgngld, happiness, immortality, flying dragons, heroism, success, perseverance, golden dragons, hrfptraz, nobility, boldness, fertility, overcomes obstacles, decorative motifs, power, excellence, divinity

Mystical series An elegant sandstone coaster, beautifully adorned with a gold-leaf effect dragon motif. The motif shows two golden dragons, facing each other with mutual respect.

Personalize the text with a name or blank it out - your choice.

The Chinese Dragon symbolizes happiness, immortality, power and excellence. Also boldness, heroism, perseverance, nobility and divinity. A dragon overcomes obstacles until success is achieved. S/he is energetic, decisive, optimistic, intelligent and ambitious.
more items with this image
more items featuring Dragons

image code: chdrgngld

»visit the HightonRidley store for more designs and products like this
The Zazzle Promise: We promise 100% satisfaction. If you don't absolutely love it, we'll take it back!

A Walk In The Park - Missing You Card

A gorgeous best-selling design. Click to customize or personalize. How would it look with your name or monogram on it - why not have a look-see right now?


tagged with: tree lined, cremyll, fences, park walks, hrbstslr hrcol105 fineart, fenced paths, garden walks, estate gardens, park trees, cornish stately gardens, fine art, artistic

English Scenes series An artistic photo showing a tree-lined walk in the grounds of a park. On one side, a wooden fence marks the edge of some pasture and on the other, a line of trees bathes in the evening sunshine.
more items with this image
more items in the English Scenes series

image code: hrcol105

»visit the HightonRidley store for more designs and products like this

Cute Girly Pink Poodle Dog iPhone 6 Case

Cute Alert!

How can you resist this cute puppy design? Maybe you'd like to see your name or initials on it? Click to customize and personalize...

Cute Girly Pink Poodle Dog iPhone 6 Case
Pre-
Order
Pre-order today! Your design will be made and shipped as soon as our manufacturers are ready to begin production.

tagged with: dog lover, puppy, cute, whimsical, cute animals, animal lover, poodle, dog, pink poodle, gifts, dogs, dog gifts, for kids, canine, pets, pet gifts, animal gifts, dog collectors, puppy collectors, chien, perro, hund, 犬, イヌ科の動物, 개

Cute, whimsical pink poodle puppy dog. He has a happy smile and is surrounded by pretty feminine pink roses. Girly, fun. and fashionable. Original Fine Art © by Angela F. All The Materials Contained May Not Be Reproduced, Copied, Edited, Modified, Published, Transmitted Or Uploaded In Any Way Without My Permission. My Images Do Not Belong To The Public Domain. © Angela F., ( Nickname AngelArtiste): Using my images for any purpose and in any way, without prior permission, is strictly prohibited.

»visit the ArtsyKidsy store for more designs and products like this
The Zazzle Promise: We promise 100% satisfaction. If you don't absolutely love it, we'll take it back!

Friday 22 August 2014

Monograms on rich decorative frame for Couple Paper Napkin

Featured Product!

A gorgeous design. Click to customize and personalize. Maybe you'd like to see your name or initials on it?


tagged with: elegance, rdf1, monogram initials, couples initials, rich reds, elegant monograms, golden browns, decorative frame, swirly style, hrfptraz

Elegance series A gorgeous and elegant design made to hold a couple's or individual's monogram initials. The frame is decorative and contrast beautifully with the background that's rendered in deep, rich reds and golden browns. Perfect for the newly engaged or married or just as personal statement to enrich the home.
more items with this image
more items in the Elegance series

image code: rdf1

»visit the HightonRidley store for more designs and products like this
The Zazzle Promise: We promise 100% satisfaction. If you don't absolutely love it, we'll take it back!

Cute Puppy Baby Shower Invitation for Boys

Cute Alert!

How can you resist this cute puppy design? Maybe you'd like to see your name or initials on it? Click to customize and personalize...


tagged with: invitations, baby, shower, boys, puppy, dog, puppies, dogs, cute, custom, unique

Cute Puppy Dog Baby Shower Invitation for Boys.
This design was created using original graphics by Scrappin Doodles. and Mel's Brushes at MyGrafico.

»visit the TheCutieCollection store for more designs and products like this
The Zazzle Promise: We promise 100% satisfaction. If you don't absolutely love it, we'll take it back!

How to Use Content Themes to Make Blogging a Snap

Blogging with purpose

original post »

This is a guest contribution from Sonja Jobson.

This might sound familiar: you’re staring at a blank screen, panic slowly rising, headache setting in, mind blank. You’re due to publish a blog post but you have absolutely no idea what to write about. Again.

The “writers block” cycle can put a serious cramp in your blogging style, but contrary to popular opinion, it’s not a mysterious ailment with no known cure. In most cases, writers block is a direct result of poor planning.

This is good news, because it means that with correct planning, you can skip right over the blank screen and save loads of time and sanity when blogging.

First Things First: Your Editorial Calendar

Before we dig into using content themes, you need to have some tools in place to hold the whole process together.

The editorial calendar is like a blogging secret weapon – except, it’s not so secret. Most successful blogs – across all sorts of niches and industries – use editorial calendars to give structure and consistency to their blogging.

If you’re not already on the editorial calendar bandwagon, now’s the time to jump on. 

If you’ve been putting off starting an editorial calendar because it sounds too time consuming, complicated, or technical, don’t worry about it. Starting an editorial calendar can be as simple as grabbing a cheap wall calendar from the store and penciling in blog posts on the appropriate dates. Or, you could go digital and use an app like Google Calendar or start a simple spreadsheet.

What are Content Themes?

Coming up with an endless stream of fresh blog post ideas can be exhausting. But, like most tasks, it can be made simpler by building on your momentum instead of approaching it in a scattered, ununiformed way.

Say you get an intriguing question from a reader that sparks some inspiration, and you spend some time figuring out how to transform that idea into solid blog post. It takes a bit of time, but you finally find a good angle and the perfect way to tie the topic into your overall blog theme. Next week’s blog topic: check.

Now you go back to square one and begin coming up with an entirely new blog topic to add to your editorial calendar.

Starting the idea process at square one over and over again is time consuming. There is a simpler process that requires you to complete step one just once, and then build on that same foundation to create weeks or months’ worth of content ideas all at once.

That’s where content themes come in: it allows you to pick a broad topic and build off of it with a bunch of hyper-focused topics, making the planning process quicker and more organized.

For example, take a look at ProBlogger’s product creation theme week

 Screen Shot 2014-08-12 at 2.50.30 pm

For an entire week, each post focused on creating products, diving into sub-topics like what to do before you create a product, what type of product to create, and launching a product.

How to Create and Plan Content Themes

You can structure content themes in several different ways.

Some bloggers find that themes save them so much time and hassle that they use them on an ongoing basis for content planning (each theme beginning right after the other one ends).

You can also use themes for a set period of time (say, one week or one month) scattered throughout your editorial calendar whenever you want to create a focused burst of content on a specific topic.

Regardless of whether you choose to use themes on an ongoing or selective basis, the steps for creating and planning your theme will be the same.

Step #1: choose your topic

You always build a theme on a base topic. For example, a health blog might create a theme based on the topic of ‘eating raw foods for weight loss’. Or, an entertainment blog might create a theme around the topic of ‘80’s movies that are still going strong’. 

The two keys to coming up with theme topics are 1) choosing a topic that is broad enough to support several sub-topics (in other words, you shouldn’t be able to sum it up it just one blog post) and 2) the topic needs to be something your audience cares about.

Step #2: choose your timeframe

After you know your topic, you’ll need to decide how long you want your theme to run. A week? A month? Several months? There is no hard and fast rule on how long a theme should run, so make the decision based on how much content you think you’ll need to create to cover the topic, or simply how long feel like talking about the same thing.

Step #3: Choose and schedule your sub-topics

Now that you know your main topic and the amount of blog post slots you want to fill, it’s time to sit down and plan your individual blog posts. Coming up with a calendar full of ideas should be much easier now that you have a base topic to work off of. A great way to get started is by asking yourself “what are the most pressing questions my audience has about this topic?”

As you decide on individual blog post topics, schedule them into your editorial calendar.

And that’s it! You now have an organized group of blog posts and, for the duration of your theme, you’ll never have to wonder “what should I write about?”

Bonus: Use Your Blogging Themes to Simplify Your Other Marketing Outlets

Saving all that time when planning out your blog content was pretty good, but it gets even better.

You can use the themes you create for your blog to streamline all your other content marketing efforts as well.

Use your theme to help you come up with social media updates, live event (like webinars, live steams, or Q&A sessions) topics, email marketing or newsletter content, or whatever types content you create to market your blog or business.

Using one theme across all of your online platforms will help you to create consistency, structure, and a lot more free time.

Your turn:

How will you use themes to simplify your blogging life? Or, if you’ve already used themes, what were your results? Share it with us in the comments below!

Sonja Jobson helps entrepreneurs grow their audience online in a way that fits their schedule, style, and personality. Want even more advice on simplifying your marketing life? Take her FREE 5-Day Marketing Dare.

Originally at: Blog Tips at ProBlogger
Build a Better Blog in 31 Days

How to Use Content Themes to Make Blogging a Snap

Build a Better Blog in 31 Days

How to Use Content Themes to Make Blogging a Snap
 #bloggingtips