Do you ever struggle with blog identity? I’m struggling now and could really use your help! What is my blog all about? Where’s my focus? Here’s the thing: I’m a big fan of the do whatever you want philosophy. That means blogging about whatever you […]
Font hunting is SO MUCH FUN. As you may know from reading about my logo design process, I always start by choosing a font because it helps me build inspiration for the rest of my design. But how do you know which font to choose? […]
For a long time now, I’ve been splitting my online presence between: Nose Graze – The blog Creative Whim – The “design/dev” site and shop But for the past year I’ve been constantly asking myself, am I doing this wrong? I didn’t create two brands […]
This isn’t my first post on how to choose a good blog name but I think I have some new points I can make for this series on how to start a blog. Choosing a name is probably the single hardest part about starting a […]
I’m a blogger (duh) but I’m also a web designer. I love both of these things equally! But I think there’s one big problem with being both of those at the same time. Blogs do well when they have a strong brand. This brand can […]
Hi Ashley – thanks for your content. It has been really helpful to me in trying to decide how to position my blog name. I have a bit of a dilemma as I will be the brand. I am a soon-to-be-author, hope to do some […]
I’ve been looking closely at the ins and outs of the social media icons on blogs lately. I came across one that said to “make sure all of your media sites are the same” (same favicons, icons etc.) so that people will know that it’s […]
After a year of blogging, I’ve had some time to recognize and reflect on some of the mistakes I made. I’ve combined those mistakes and a couple other ideas I conjured up to bring you a list of tips for new book bloggers! Hopefully this […]
I didn’t spend enough time thinking and researching about my blog name before I created it (which is why I changed it from BookNook to Nose Graze), so hopefully I can write something that will help new bloggers start off on the right foot and […]
Confession: I have had thoughts about changing my blog’s name. I’m not yet sure if I’m taking these thoughts seriously, but they’re there in the back of my head. I do like BookNook. It’s short, it’s sweet, it’s fun to say.. but it’s not exactly […]