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Hello Hello!
Say hello to my new and might I add, very beautiful blog. After three years of blogging I decided it was about time that I invest a little bit of money and effort into my internet diary space.
In all honesty, I have struggled with my blog in regards to regular content, investing time into it and general motivation. I started my blog because I knew it was something I would love doing, and it was and still is to this day. I always thought that by blogging out of pure love for it, and not being driven by the need for success that it would take off on it's own but after three years, I see that this wasn't really the case!
Only recently, I decided to look at other blogs to maybe pick up some tips on what other people were doing right, that I wasn't. And it dawned on me how out of league of blog was compared to the thousands of others. I know that the general look of your blog is what will attract readers first and foremost and my last blog was bloody awful. The thing with blogger is, you can customise a template as much as you like but unless you have amazing coding skills, your blog is still going to look average.
I found PIPDIG, an amazing online blog template company. Their blogger designs range from £30-40 with lots of really lovely designs that are customisable. You can install these templates yourself or ask PIPDIG to do it for you. I stared at blog templates for hours just looking at the price like '£40.. can I really afford to spend that when I'm not currently blogging enough justify the price?' but then it dawned on me that I wasn't ever going to blog on my old site because after seeing my competition, I gave up hope.
Having a blog that beautifully represents me and that I can be proud of would motivate me to write more. I look at my blog now and I WANT to build it. I guess it was just time to step it up a notch and keep up with my *healthy* competition. The truth is, I would be lying if I said I didn't want my blog to be successful. It's great to write because you love it but after a while of feeling like no one really cares, you can get a bit disheartened. I have been expecting to put nothing in and get lots in return which we all know is stupid. So from here on, I am going to be doing the opposite and I am very proud to present to you,
In all honesty, I have struggled with my blog in regards to regular content, investing time into it and general motivation. I started my blog because I knew it was something I would love doing, and it was and still is to this day. I always thought that by blogging out of pure love for it, and not being driven by the need for success that it would take off on it's own but after three years, I see that this wasn't really the case!
Only recently, I decided to look at other blogs to maybe pick up some tips on what other people were doing right, that I wasn't. And it dawned on me how out of league of blog was compared to the thousands of others. I know that the general look of your blog is what will attract readers first and foremost and my last blog was bloody awful. The thing with blogger is, you can customise a template as much as you like but unless you have amazing coding skills, your blog is still going to look average.
I found PIPDIG, an amazing online blog template company. Their blogger designs range from £30-40 with lots of really lovely designs that are customisable. You can install these templates yourself or ask PIPDIG to do it for you. I stared at blog templates for hours just looking at the price like '£40.. can I really afford to spend that when I'm not currently blogging enough justify the price?' but then it dawned on me that I wasn't ever going to blog on my old site because after seeing my competition, I gave up hope.
Having a blog that beautifully represents me and that I can be proud of would motivate me to write more. I look at my blog now and I WANT to build it. I guess it was just time to step it up a notch and keep up with my *healthy* competition. The truth is, I would be lying if I said I didn't want my blog to be successful. It's great to write because you love it but after a while of feeling like no one really cares, you can get a bit disheartened. I have been expecting to put nothing in and get lots in return which we all know is stupid. So from here on, I am going to be doing the opposite and I am very proud to present to you,
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