Content and design are, in my opinion, the top two things that make a blog successful. Several people argue that blog design doesn’t matter as long as the content is exceptional. I disagree, and so does Mr. Rowse (Problogger thinks that design influences credibility). Sure, several a-list bloggers have become very successful without beautiful designs, [...]
I’d love to get your help on something. College Startup is getting a new logo designed. I’m at a stage where I’m having trouble picking among very similar logos and would love it if CS readers could take a look at the following logos and give me some feedback. Which two or three do you [...]
My friend Randa Clay is running a pretty cool contest that I wanted to let you all know about, for two reasons. First, the contest can get you a free header or logo design for your blog from a top notch graphic designer. Second, her contest is a brilliant form of attention grabbing linkbait (and [...]
I’ve been helping to develop “a blog directory that matters” and you can see what we’re working on over at The EatonWeb Blog Directory. I’d like to invite College Startup readers to help BETA test the directory by registering and submitting blogs. If you run into any bugs/quirks, please report them back here. We’ll be [...]
One of the most popular posts at College Startup is Ben Bleikamp’s Looking for a summer job? Don’t. Ben describes how he literally created his own summer job by starting his own company, creating blogs, and selling them. The fact is that the web creates virtually unlimited possibilities and rewards those who have good ideas [...]
