Blog design is a combination of aesthetic as well as function.  In our everyday lives we are all designers.  Look know further than the appliances you surround yourself with in your home and how you utilize them.

When creating a blog you have two choices with design: hire Someone or DIY.  There is the saying that you get what you pay for so keep that in mind.

When hiring a blog designer ask:

1. Do they have a portfolio?
2. Do you like them?
3. Be clear with what you want
4. Know the budget (e.g. flat pay vs. hourly pay)
5. Know what their services provide (e.g. design, maintenance)

Read the rest of Live Blog: Better Blog Design on a Budget»»

Session was formed partially in response to the Marie Clare article that bashed fitness bloggers as little more that woefully misguided obsessive compulsives.  Please not the author of that article had an eating disorder herself because it seemed she picked and choose information to fit an agenda she was on.  Even though that article was a hyperbole of an inaccurate situation it did help set the platform for the question regarding what responsibilities do bloggers have to their readers and themselves.

The panel was moderated by @LisaJohnson and attended by herself and @MizFitOnline and @CarrotsandCake who had intimate knowledge of the Marie Clare incident even though she is an expert on herself type of blogger. Read the rest of Blogger Responsibility – Live Blogging»»