Lady of Huntingdon

I am part of a crafting group on Facebook, and the other day one of the ladies there posted a link to her Mum's blog. In a nutshell she said that her Mum had started a blog but no one was "following" her and that she was getting very disheartened by it all. She had recently come out of a slump after being diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis.

Anyhoo, I decided to help this lady and give her blog an overhaul to help get boost her self esteem. She doesn't really have any knowledge about setting up a blog so although she had content, she was using the basic blue template with no images to catch the eye. I asked her what her favourite colours are, favourite themes and if she loved the look of any other websites or blogs out there. Pink, Purple and White were her colours, 50's-60's Glamour Housewife was her theme and her fav website is SAHM.

This is what I came up with:

Since making the changes Mel now has a small following with many more to come I am sure. You can see her blog here - Lady of Huntingdon

Building up an audience is not as easy as it seems. Have you ever watched the movie Field of Dreams? If so, you will recognise this phrase "If you build it, they will come" Well, that doesn't really apply in the world of web. You need to work hard to build an audience by linking and networking. Go around to like minded blogs and become fans of theirs, comment on posts you like and link back to your own blog. Make sure that you get your friends and family on board as well and get them to follow your page. You should also set up your keywords so that you are being listed in Google under the right keywords. I will do a post on this shortly (applicable to Blogger).

Thanks for reading!

Moey xx