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How to Create Branded Blog Post Image Templates (with content upgrade mockups)

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How to Create Branded Blog Post Image Templates (with content upgrade mockups)

Believe it or not, having branded blog post feature images is great strategy for driving traffic to your website. How, you may ask? By sharing your beautifully designed blog post images on Pinterest. To stand out on Pinterest your blog post images need to be well designed and consistent.

The easiest way to do that is to design a blog post feature image template that you can use to quickly create an image each time you have a new blog post. In this post I'm going to show you how to create a branded blog post image templates with content upgrade mockup previews that people will be unable to resist clicking.

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How To Create A Brand Board For Your Blog

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How To Create A Brand Board For Your Blog

Having a brand style board for your blog that defines your visual identity has now become an essential part of blogging, In this post I'm going to show you how to create your own brand board for your blog or business. But first let's look at what a brand style board is and why you want to have one.

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Are your photos slowing your website down?

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Are your photos slowing your website down?

No website is complete without stunning imagery. After all, an image says a thousand words and images, whether it be photos, icons, illustrations or backgrounds are a central part of our website design. (By the way if you're looking for the best sources for free images you should check out The Design Vault)

But could your images be slowing your website down? If you have an image heavy website (like a regularly updated blog) and do not save your images optimised for web then chances are the answer is yes. This is not good because slow loading is a major reason for people leaving a website.

However, now that you're here, you will no longer have one of those websites. In this post I'm going to show you exactly how to optimise your images and increase the speed of your website.

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5 Best Places To Find Free Fonts

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5 Best Places To Find Free Fonts

Many people think that you have to pay a lot of money to download good fonts. And it's true that to purchase the licence for a font it will cost you often $100 - $500. Unless you are really rich or run a profitable business, this kind of money is just not realistic for most of us bloggers.

But the good news is that there are loads of beautiful fonts, that look just as good, that you can get for free! In this post I'm going to share with you the best places to find free fonts that you can use for your blog.

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How I Rebranded My Blog In 2 Weeks Part 2

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How I Rebranded My Blog In 2 Weeks Part 2

In Part 1 of this 2 part series I wrote all about the process behind creating my brand identity, so if you haven’t already read it, go back and check it out. Today I’m going to walk you through how I designed and built my website. 

In Part 1, where I was designing my brand, there was a lovely linear process and I was able to lay out for you, day by day, when I did what. When I moved onto my website, that lovely linear process came unstuck. I should have called this post 'How I Didn't Rebrand My Blog In 2 Weeks' because I actually ended up completely rebuilding my website again last week. 

Nonetheless I did follow a process, it just ended up being a bit untidy at the end. Here’s how it went down